Originally Posted by r3loaded So you slate the game so much, then hand it an 8/10? WTF?! 6/10 would be my rating based on that review, at most.
There are plenty of flaws, but I feel the review makes it clear they are mostly found in the singleplayer campaign and that the multiplayer and co-op compensate for them. Also, bear in mind that just because something is crude doesn't mean it isn't effective.
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Originally Posted by logan'srun Zombie mode?
Uh gee, 4 players to fight of hordes of Zombies. . . .does that sound familiar?
Zombie mode was also in World at War, which actually predates L4D's release by a week or so. Valve were obviously known to be working on it before then, but it's not like even Valve came up with the idea of fighting zombies. Besides, gameplay is fundamentally diffierent - L4D is about moving through different areas, COD Zombies is about just holding a small area and unlocking level ups.
Zombies is OK, but whenever I'm playing it all I can think about is how much better L4D is. Treyarch also don't do single player campaigns nearly as well as Infinity Ward. I'm about half way through on veteran and it's very frustrating that they still feel the need to use sections with infinitely respawning enemies after IW largely did away with them in the last game.
Is it any wonder that I don't much like straight FPSs any more, given they cost a bomb and the single-player missions are only a few hours of gameplay?
Social LAN games with friends are fun, but I prefer an immersive narrative and environment.
I'll go back and play Borderlands again as a different character. I should also give the Stalker games another play. And I never got around to finishing The Witcher. Plus Metro 2033 is looking quite cheap now.
zombie mode is fun, but difficult, and i think requires everyone to be within arm's reach for it to work. because voice communication simply isn't enough (from WaW experience, Bops seems to be text only so far). i was playing WaW zombie mode with housemates when that first came out, and that was brilliant.
multiplayer was not great, as highlighted with the review, i have been confused by the map design far too many times. and consequently, my score suffers (well, that's my excuse for getting killed by smc8788 many times)
Nuke town is still my favorite, because it's simple, can actually know where i'd end up if i go down a path.
Originally Posted by Krikkit The biggest element of CoD is the multiplayer these days. Sad, but true.
I agree with you on both the sad and the true, except I would say it isn't restricted to CoD. Halo is another serious culprit, and I haven't played much of the Battlefield games recently (Bad Company and later), but my brother is only ever playing multiplayer and never says a word about the singleplayer. MoH was no better, except the multiplayer there was poor as well.
It's like this generation just don't care about a well crafted, engrossing single player.
I can now avoid this game, and not wonder if I'm missing anything.
This isn't aimed solely at CODBLOPS (brilliant name!), but I find relying on multiplayer to bolster a game's score is pure sh!te.
I've finally grown weary of whiny little 13 year old gits, playing out their own insult competition in the servers, so I stick mainly to the single player games these days and, as such, five hours of poorly scripted gameplay is insulting (especially considering how much they were hoping to charge for it).
I'll forget about this one, as I did with COD5, and pick it up in the bargain bins in a year or so.
Originally Posted by CardJoe I imagine it's the use of the phrase 'gun-porn' that sets it off. I do not apologise.
I was reading a review for the new Saw 3D movie where it was described as "torture porn". How true.
I know someone who gets excited by that kind of gratuitous horror, and I have to wonder if there is a sexual element to his excitement.
so glad you guys didn't give it 90-100% like so many others.
The ingredients in this recipie smell wonderfully to me as a PC gamer, but the end result comes off a bit like a not so fresh burger from a van. I'm enjoying it, but the MP is so laggy at times and the graphics are meh compared to even CoD4:MW. I am glad that they tried so hard to make peace with us PC players, and for the most part I feel that they've made the right choices... even if it's not properly implimented yet.
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Workarounds a-plenty
Really? Did you have to use that? I have just had lunch...:D
And 'quote a plenty' to the number of posts that say the workarounds do not work!
Uh gee, 4 players to fight of hordes of Zombies. . . .does that sound familiar?
There are plenty of flaws, but I feel the review makes it clear they are mostly found in the singleplayer campaign and that the multiplayer and co-op compensate for them. Also, bear in mind that just because something is crude doesn't mean it isn't effective.
Zombie mode was also in World at War, which actually predates L4D's release by a week or so. Valve were obviously known to be working on it before then, but it's not like even Valve came up with the idea of fighting zombies. Besides, gameplay is fundamentally diffierent - L4D is about moving through different areas, COD Zombies is about just holding a small area and unlocking level ups.
Good review mate, the games very good imo =]
Social LAN games with friends are fun, but I prefer an immersive narrative and environment.
I'll go back and play Borderlands again as a different character. I should also give the Stalker games another play. And I never got around to finishing The Witcher. Plus Metro 2033 is looking quite cheap now.
multiplayer was not great, as highlighted with the review, i have been confused by the map design far too many times. and consequently, my score suffers (well, that's my excuse for getting killed by smc8788 many times)
Nuke town is still my favorite, because it's simple, can actually know where i'd end up if i go down a path.
I agree with you on both the sad and the true, except I would say it isn't restricted to CoD. Halo is another serious culprit, and I haven't played much of the Battlefield games recently (Bad Company and later), but my brother is only ever playing multiplayer and never says a word about the singleplayer. MoH was no better, except the multiplayer there was poor as well.
It's like this generation just don't care about a well crafted, engrossing single player.
I can now avoid this game, and not wonder if I'm missing anything.
This isn't aimed solely at CODBLOPS (brilliant name!), but I find relying on multiplayer to bolster a game's score is pure sh!te.
I've finally grown weary of whiny little 13 year old gits, playing out their own insult competition in the servers, so I stick mainly to the single player games these days and, as such, five hours of poorly scripted gameplay is insulting (especially considering how much they were hoping to charge for it).
I'll forget about this one, as I did with COD5, and pick it up in the bargain bins in a year or so.
BTW the bottom section of page 1 of the review is blocked reading this at work saying:
Web content unauthorized...
Filter Name: WebFilter-1
Filter Item: porn
BioShock proves otherwise.
Probably the drunken, naked grandfather causing the problems, as he always does.
I imagine it's the use of the phrase 'gun-porn' that sets it off. I do not apologise.
I was reading a review for the new Saw 3D movie where it was described as "torture porn". How true.
I know someone who gets excited by that kind of gratuitous horror, and I have to wonder if there is a sexual element to his excitement.
The ingredients in this recipie smell wonderfully to me as a PC gamer, but the end result comes off a bit like a not so fresh burger from a van. I'm enjoying it, but the MP is so laggy at times and the graphics are meh compared to even CoD4:MW. I am glad that they tried so hard to make peace with us PC players, and for the most part I feel that they've made the right choices... even if it's not properly implimented yet.
Hmm i loved the SP of MW and MW2..Treyarch have always failed on this front imo though.
Although still undecided whether to get this..
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