Call of Motherfucking Duty 4

[hyp]

hey man i'm with you, there were many potential broken controller moments.  i'm just trying to be as patient as possible.  don't forget to breathe bro. 

[thekavorka]

I finally got the game. I'll be playing around 7:30 PM CST if anyone wants to play.

Gamertag: Dr Tim Whatley

[CajoleJuice]

I haven't even touched SP yet. 

[hyp]

i'll play if you guys are on tonight... about 9pm PST

[CajoleJuice]

Who wants to play tonight?  Cajole are you on my friendslist?

Yea. My gamertag is the same.

I'll be on then, hyp. Probably earlier.

[thekavorka]

I just played a couple matches. Got to level 5 then quit. When creating a class, what weapon would you guys recommend starting out with?

Currently, I'm using the default one (M16?).

Can you guys post here before you play? I want to get in some games.

Btw, HOLY SHIT. GOTY and i've only played a few matches 

[CajoleJuice]

Told you, dude.

The M16 is definitely the best gun to start out with. When you unlock the AK47, I'd use that...and then use the M4 when you unlock that. A lot of people like the MP5, too. Maybe try that out. I don't even know if that's one of the guns you start out with or if you need to unlock it.

[thekavorka]

thanks. yeah, I've been using the M4 whenever I see it lying on the ground. I think I'm going to use that once I unlock it.

damn, i can't play tonight. i'll definitely be around on the weekend to get some games in. it's pretty addicting.

[CajoleJuice]

I never saw you on tonight, hyp. And Robo never joins me.

[hyp]

sorry bro, got caught up with some chores i had forgot about.  this weekend most definitely.

[Robo]

I never saw you on tonight, hyp. And Robo never joins me.

I was in a party with a bunch of friends from college last night.  If you're around, I'll try to get into a match with you later today.

[Robo]

If there's any ONE thing that need to be fixed on COD4 mp, it's martyrdom.  It wasn't an issue in the beta because it wasn't active until the last week and then it wasn't used often, but in the retail version it seems like EVERYONE has martyrdom.  I can't stab anyone without hearing a grenade bounce at my feet.  I can't engage anyone short range without having to run like a motherfucker as soon as I take them down.  On close-quarter maps and in gametypes with a larger numbers of players, like Ground War, it's so frequent that I don't feel I'm out-of-line considering it a form of grenade spam.

What I would like to see happen is have martyrdom nerfed to where you're only dropping grenades under the conditions that would cause you to go into Last Stand.  That is, no headshots, no explosion deaths, and no stabbings.  I don't think that's unreasonable.  As it stands, you ALWAYS drop one.  How are you gonna pull the pin when you have a bullet in your brain?

[CajoleJuice]

That makes sense. I'm using Martyrdom because I get so many kills with it.

A gripe from me: The sniping has definitely been nerfed since the beta. And Iron Lungs is completely fucking broken. It's almost impossible to hit anyone with that perk activated.

[CajoleJuice]

[thekavorka]

I've been kicking ass the last couple of games with the M4. I finally got my K/D ratio above 1 

[CajoleJuice]

M4 is sex.

[FatalT]

I'm like level 44 or 45 now. I love it so much.

[CajoleJuice]

Jesus dude, you're insane. Level 34 here.

[Mondain]

Wow, Infinity Ward are scammers, the game is 600p on both systems! No wonder they've no problem reaching 60 FPS in these conditions. Screw you for delivering a product that doesn't work as advertised!

I'm not even sure I want to complete the single player mode; the quest is very thrilling and admirably set up from a cinematic point of view, but it's the exact same heavily scripted gameplay since the original COD. It doesn't even look that improved over Call of Duty 2 as far as graphics go. Now that I know why the game looks so blurry it's another huge turn-off.

[Kyle]

Wow, Infinity Ward are scammers, the game is 600p on both systems! No wonder they've no problem reaching 60 FPS in these conditions. Screw you for delivering a product that doesn't work as advertised!

I'm not even sure I want to complete the single player mode; the quest is very thrilling and admirably set up from a cinematic point of view, but it's the exact same heavily scripted gameplay since the original COD. It doesn't even look that improved over Call of Duty 2 as far as graphics go. Now that I know why the game looks so blurry it's another huge turn-off.

dude, 40% of next-gen games aren't even 720p, just play the game god damn it

also, dark10x sucks.

[Mondain]

At some point, you want something else from your FPSes than the same "watch some in-engine dialogue with your fellow soldiers and then get from point A to point B in a chaotic warzone by killing every bad guy in sight and pulling a few switches once in a while" ultra-linear gameplay over and over again for four titles in a row, only with arabic enemies and modern weaponry in this iteration. Your average FPS offers far more freedom. The concept that made every publication that reviewed PC games herald Call of Duty as the game of the year is extremely tired now, in spite of this game being a really great effort.

Sorry but I'm going to give my gaming time to the other promising FPSes set to be released this year, such as Crysis, Unreal Tournament III and Haze. The first one will offer the greatest real-time gaming graphics ever available to consumers, the second one will refine arcade FPS deathmatch further more and offer a beefier single player mode than the past iterations, and finally I look forward the latter because Free Radical seems set to offer a quality, thought-provoking storyline, and a premise that will be as original as that of Second Sight, something that is very rare in this genre.

As far as prominent FPS games go I think that Blacksite: Area 51 is also going to be released soon, but based on the demo it looked like a very generic sci-fi Rainbow Six clone.
 

[demi]

What did they advertise? 1080p @ 60fps? I only recall them gloating about 60fps

[CajoleJuice]

Yea, there's so many games with these lower resolutions that don't even hit 60fps. At least they did. It does seem people with the PS3 version are having a lot more trouble with online, though.

[Smooth Groove]

please can someone invite Dark10 over - he's just been unfairly treated by a GAF mod community that is rapidly selling its ass to Sony.

Seriously, this for me is it - they've lost the plot and the exodus is going to happen.


You know, you can't say that the textures look worse because according to the dev, they don't even though... they do... (shrug) 

At the rate things are going, I really wouldn't be surprised if GAF became the official playstation forum.  Wasn't Dark10x known as a Sony fanboy?  I guess the SDF demands 100% blind loyalty. 

Yea, there's so many games with these lower resolutions that don't even hit 60fps. At least they did. It does seem people with the PS3 version are having a lot more trouble with online, though.

It's not even the developers' fault.  Blame MS for launching too early so they couldn't have more ram.  Blame Sony for putting all the budget into Blu-ray so that they could only afford a budget GPU. 

[thekavorka]

Is it possible for them to fix the lobby system so that people in matchmaking can "party up"?

[CajoleJuice]

Is it possible for them to fix the lobby system so that people in matchmaking can "party up"?

That might be trademarked by Bungie or some shit.

[AdmiralViscen]

I just played a couple matches. Got to level 5 then quit. When creating a class, what weapon would you guys recommend starting out with?

Currently, I'm using the default one (M16?).

Can you guys post here before you play? I want to get in some games.

Btw, HOLY SHIT. GOTY and i've only played a few matches 

AK47, use M16 for sniping. Good luck getting the laser sight, I suck with that thing.

[AdmiralViscen]

That's a fucking shame, I like dark10x even though he gets a little overboard when talking about the technical issues of games!

I'll talk to him.

You talk to him yet?

[Smooth Groove]

Is it possible for them to fix the lobby system so that people in matchmaking can "party up"?

That might be trademarked by Bungie or some shit.

I think it's pretty hard to trademark ideas in a videogames.  That's why there're so many clones of successful games.

[CajoleJuice]

I was somewhat joking...but isn't something trademarked by Bungie in terms of online play? I might be thinking of TrueSkill, which is MS.

[Eel O'Brian]

I'll try MP tonight, but as far as SP goes...it was all right.  I wish I'd rented it.  It's short like Webster.

[CajoleJuice]

I still haven't even touched SP.

[Smooth Groove]

I still haven't even touched SP.

I played it for 15 minutes.  Multiplayer    I'll give full impressions later but right now this all the makings of game of the year. 

Cajole:  Send me an invite later

I thought you game on the PC too.  Did you get COD4 for the 360 because of achievements? 

[CajoleJuice]

It seems like everyone is getting it on the 360.

[Shuri]

I don't think anyone gives a fuck about pc gaming anymore. Also the pc game is coming out like next week or so.

[The Sceneman]

Damn shuri, several EBers are about to rip you a new one....

[thekavorka]

oh man, I played like 3 hours straight with people from GAF. It was the most fun I've had online. We had a group of 14 or so and played a bunch of games.

We played with some guy from Infinity Ward, and he kept kicking our asses.

also Bloc is the worst map in the game. and Search and Destroy is so fucking awesoem

[CajoleJuice]

oh man, I played like 3 hours straight with people from GAF. It was the most fun I've had online. We had a group of 14 or so and played a bunch of games.

We played with some guy from Infinity Ward, and he kept kicking our asses.

also Bloc is the worst map in the game. and Search and Destroy is so fucking awesoem

Fuck dude, I should've just stayed home. Fuck bars.

[thekavorka]

dude, i don't think anyone could beat you even if you were drunk

[CajoleJuice]

I just kicked some ass in FFA. That's the mode where I keep my K:D up. FatalT is just as good, if not better, than me. One of my buddies is really good too.

[The Fake Shemp]

I traded in most of my library for Call of Duty 4.  All I've got is Gears of War, The Orange Box, Halo 3, Ace Combat, Blue Dragon and Call of Duty 4.

[The Fake Shemp]

Cajole, want to play some TDM?

[CajoleJuice]

I'm wasting time on here because I'm trying to do some work. I also want to try to watch some of the Giants-Cowboys game. Maybe late tonight.

[FatalT]

Woo level 51! 4 to go until I can do it all over again with a pretty new icon!

[Robo]

What are some good weapon/perk combos?  I've been playing like serious shit lately and I want to switch things up.

[hyp]

anyone beat this on veteran yet?  i'm on the last mission.  it's been a rough ride, but i'm a millimeter peter closer to the end. 

[Valcrist]

anyone beat this on veteran yet?  i'm on the last mission.  it's been a rough ride, but i'm a millimeter peter closer to the end. 

TV room  :'(

[demi]

anyone beat this on veteran yet?  i'm on the last mission.  it's been a rough ride, but i'm a millimeter peter closer to the end. 

Mile High Club

[The Fake Shemp]

Sorry I dropped out Cajole - I had some internet connection error and my mic was dead.  I'll be on later and I have tomorrow off.

[CajoleJuice]

I didn't notice you were gone until the game was over.

I just unlocked overkill. Two primary weapons.

[hyp]

anyone beat this on veteran yet?  i'm on the last mission.  it's been a rough ride, but i'm a millimeter peter closer to the end. 

Mile High Club

just tried it out tonight.  it's fuckin nuts. one of the hardest achievements ever.

[CajoleJuice]

Up to level 40...and OMG that P90 is an absolute BEAST. Holy shit.

[Robo]

What are some good weapon/perk combos?  I've been playing like serious shit lately and I want to switch things up.

hey fuckers

[Kyle]

Perk1 : RPG7, Perk2: Stopping Power, Perk3: Steady Aim or Dead Silence (it's up to you).

get an M4 Carbine w/ Red Dot sight.. you're good to go!

[Robo]

M4 is sort of the reason I want to try something different.  I've been losing almost every single close encounter I'm involved in with it, which I can only attribute to the low damage and other people using something considerably more powerful or with a faster fire rate.  And latency, but I don't want to bore anyone with my replay woes.  Lately, the most success I've been having is with the MP5, but that doesn't cut it for me on certain maps that require something with a bit more range.

What's a good gun to use double tap with?

[Kyle]

What's a good gun to use double tap with?

SMGs such as MP5, P90 and the Uzi.

[CajoleJuice]

What Kyle said.

What I use most of the time:

Perk 1: Claymore/Special Grenades x3
Perk 2: Stopping Power
Perk 3: Martyrdom

But I'll probably switch to Double Tap for the P90 (I forget whether that's a 2 or 3)

[Robo]

I'm gonna start dropping out of any game where I'm not at 4 bars.  I think most of my problem is latency and the godawful replays I'm seeing back up that theory.

Replays are a mixed blessing.  Sure, I like to know where the guy that killed me was camping, but I don't like to see how some jackass threw a grenade straight up and it just so happened to come down and explode in my face.  And I don't like seeing how in spite of getting the jump on someone and firing first, the replay will show me not firing at all.  The worst are the magic bullet sniper kills that are three feet off target but manage to rake in a headshot.  I'm gonna stop watching them. 

[hyp]

can you disable replays?  i find them really annoying.

[Kyle]

you should keep watching replays, it tells you how stupid is your enemy.

I usually "knife" the snipers after they kill me, that's because i saw where does they camp all the time through replays.