I had successfully ignored this announcement until my wife stumbled onto the trailer and started yelling from downstairs that we had to buy it. She is blissfully unaware that I don't want to by an Activision game or a non-Move FPS on PS3. I, unfortunately, am fully aware that none of that matters if she really wants it come November. Fuck.
I do have to give Treyarch credit for both the premise and trailer. However, would we really want to save California? That seems more far fetched than everything else frankly.
edit: I also expect an extremely tempting and badass Jeep to be branded with this. I saw both the two and four-door MW3 ones recently while getting the oil changed on my wife's Jeep, and they are awesome.
12 May 2012, 03:43 PM
Changeling
I'll buy another Treyarch COD for sure. The single player story stuff sounds more interesting than usual this time with its branching story and multiple endings. The multi will be tight I'm sure.
12 May 2012, 04:06 PM
Yoshi
How did BF3 turnout in comparison to the recent CoD games, since I know you played the shit out of both?
12 May 2012, 06:47 PM
Some Stupid Japanese Name
Completely anecdotal and could be due to game fatigue, but i got a ton of used MW3's traded in for battlefield 3.
12 May 2012, 07:52 PM
gameoverDude
Black Ops was better than MW3, IMO- especially in the challenge of Campaign mode. MW3 I found easy, even on Hardened.
I'm concerned with it using IW 3.0 (albeit modified) for the engine, but at least it'll utilize DX11 videocards. Maybe for BO2, the PC version won't be a "console port" with higher texture resolution. Let's see 2012 graphics in BO2, as opposed to seeing 2009 graphics in MW3- which wasn't quite the jump over MW2 that I hoped for.
Multiple routes through the campaign via the Strike Force mission feature should help this one.
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Originally Posted by Some Stupid Japanese Name
Completely anecdotal and could be due to game fatigue, but i got a ton of used MW3's traded in for battlefield 3.
No surprise there.
12 May 2012, 08:42 PM
Changeling
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Originally Posted by Yoshi
How did BF3 turnout in comparison to the recent CoD games, since I know you played the shit out of both?
I have a love/hate relationship with BF3. I love the gameplay and destruction, but I really hate the lack of tools for communicating that were in BF2. I could get into it at great length but not here.
I bought MW3, played the multi for an hour or so and decided that I didn't wanna get on the unlocking hamster wheel again. Didn't touch singleplayer at all. BF3's single player was a poor copy of COD's which I haven't enjoyed since World at War or to a lesser extent, Black Ops.
BF3's multiplayer and COD multiplayer is apples and oranges. BF3's scale is much larger that COD's, which is basically Quake 3 with different gametypes and objective-based gameplay. Battlefield 3 has much more variety with vehicles on land,sea and air.
New COD intrigues me with all the drones flying around and mechs. Looks almost like Battlefield 2142, which I am a HUGE sucker for. I think Treyarch will try some interesting things with the series this time around. If its a success, great. If not, we can always have the "return to form" game for the new consoles. I bet Treyarch hits it out of the park. Those boys aren't the "B" team anymore.
12 May 2012, 08:48 PM
jyoung
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Originally Posted by Changeling
COD = Quake 3 with different gametypes and an unlock hamster wheel
Word.
I haven't enjoyed a COD game since World at War. Though even with that game, I only played the multiplayer. Singleplayer sucked hard.
Something about World at War just felt right. Mostly, the double barreled shotguns taking off people's limbs.
12 May 2012, 09:50 PM
SamuraiMoogle
I still play Black ops. It's way better than MW3 so I have high hopes for 2. Problem is I don't won't that future shit in my cod multiplayer. Looks like a god damn terminator game. I love black ops, so I hope Treyarch makes me eat my words and knocks this game outta the park. I will at least give them credit for having the balls to change up the usual cod formula.
13 May 2012, 09:43 PM
gameoverDude
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Originally Posted by Changeling
Those boys aren't the "B" team anymore.
Infinity Ward sure seems to have taken a beating with Zampella and West gone and many employees following right behind. IMO Treyarch took the lead at Black Ops.
I don't mind this "future shit" in CoD. CoD could use a big changeup anyway- I've had my fill of WWII or MW themed CoD titles. Future warfare is where it's at. The dismemberment can stay in also. I hope there's a part where we get to blow enemies to bits with a high-cal MG, similar to what was in one of the later parts of F.E.A.R. 2.
13 May 2012, 11:08 PM
SamuraiMoogle
Black ops 2 definitely needs to bring back the gore from WAW. I was disappointed Treyarch didn't keep it in black ops. More gore the better. Would gears of war be as fun if you couldn't saw people in half? Nope.
18 Dec 2012, 10:29 AM
haohmaru
I find it completely fascinating that no one has talked about this game since May. Unless there's another thread I'm missing? If not, this must be the "biggest" game release that TNL has complete apathy for.
18 Dec 2012, 10:46 AM
dave is ok
TNL don't give no fucks if it's not a faggotchan Japanese game or Halo.
18 Dec 2012, 11:24 AM
GohanX
All is as it should be.
18 Dec 2012, 11:56 AM
jyoung
Not much to talk about. These games are the Madden of FPS. Just minor tweaks to the same game released once a year.
18 Dec 2012, 11:58 AM
haohmaru
IDK, the RTS elements are different. They suck. But they're different.
18 Dec 2012, 12:02 PM
EvilMog
I play it often online.
18 Dec 2012, 03:13 PM
Geo
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Originally Posted by haohmaru
I find it completely fascinating that no one has talked about this game since May. Unless there's another thread I'm missing? If not, this must be the "biggest" game release that TNL has complete apathy for.
A number of TNLers play it, pretty much every night. Just not much to talk about regarding it.
Personally I don't think it's very good at all, and it suffers terribly in comparison to Halo 4 in every way. Maybe the Campaign picks up, I've only played the first few missions or so, but it's a jumbled mess so far with the only highlight being shooting rockets at tanks and planes from horseback in one mission. The RTS side-missions as mentioned are a neat idea, but unfortunately the execution is lacking and as such it seems to falls flat. Zombies is even more confusing than before and is an inferior substitute to Spec Ops from Modern Warfare 3, they need to dump that shit in a separate game. Multiplayer is obviously the saving grace of the game and the series, when it's actually working, and I find it to be just okay.
To be frank, I only bought the game for my brother to play. He hasn't picked it up yet however and if that continues, I've no reason to continue buying/playing this series.
18 Dec 2012, 04:35 PM
Changeling
The multiplayer is COMPLETELY broken on PC. Guys running around with wall hacks and knives in their teeth. It may be fixed now, but for the first month, unplayable.
There is WAY more competition in the FPS genre on PC than on console, so I'm sure no one is playing anymore.
17 Jul 2014, 10:18 AM
Error
So turns out good ol Manuel Noriega doesn't like how he was portrayed in this game, and is suing to make some cash.
