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Activision didn't want Modern Warfare
Author: Joe MartinPublished: 7th October 2009
Activision originally wanted to keep Infinity Ward making World War II games on the PC, exclusively.
Chatting to Official PlayStation Magazine, Infinity War boss Vince Zampella said that the developer was desperate to start working on consoles too, but Activision again blocked their requests by claiming that IW were predominantly a PC developer.
In the end, Zampella claims, Infinity Ward only worked on Call of Duty 2 in order to get hold of development consoles and begin moving away from being a PC-only developer.
"We were dead set against [IW's next game] being World War II," Zampella said, "but Activision really wanted it, the compromise sort of being that we'd get some dev kits for consoles in exchange for doing a World War 2 game (Call of Duty 2)."
"We always wanted to be on consoles and Activision saw us as more of a PC developer."
Zampella also said that Activision really pulled out the stops to try and stop the team making Modern Warfare, pulling out all sorts of market research to show that a modern combat shooter would not sell as well as a World War II game.
Show's what Activision knows though; Call of Duty: Modern Warfare went on to sell more that 14 million units and the sequel has proven so exciting that other publishers are changing their holiday schedules to avoid releasing games opposite it.
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But when money is in the way everything else change!
Years later I attempted MW and again only got halfway through the first mission before returning it. Yeah ok, so I died twice...in the first 5 minutes...on normal difficulty. To be fair though I was playing on a console, so it's probably just me being crap (and pads are NOT designed for FPS games!). But then, I've played CoD5 (start to finish), Killzone2, QoS and other FPS on my PS3 with no control problems :?
I dunno, CoD5 was ok I guess, but then Infinity Ward didn't make that one. I mean, MW2 does look awesome, but I'll probably only rent it (I'd rather save my pennies for Uncharted 2, Brutal Legend, Borderlands, Bayonetta...day one purchased imo).
Anyone know if they've abandoned the stupid 'infinite enemies till you hit a checkpoint' style AI that they always seem to use?
I ****ing hate that!
U are not along, I think the games are rubbish, to be honest, playing Stalker:Call of pripyat (With english mod, will but once released) makes cod games seem arcahic.
You may not be the only one but I'd certainly say you're in the minority. I've played all of the CoD games and the Infinity Ward games are definitely the better ones (2,4&6).
As far as infinite enemies until the next check point goes, no CoD game does that so not sure where you got that from.
COD2 was, in my opinion, the best of the series (MW is good, but is just too short), so I'm very happy Activision made them make it.
Pretty sure the last two did. I definately know in MW enemies would not stop comming until you hit an invisible check point and it would move onto the next section.
Umm, yes, they All have that endless spawnign enemies and trigger points, these games are ridiculously linear and poorly designed, the only way to make the game intense is throw trigegr points and funnel the action, and throw spaning ebemies at you. Very poor, but thats what joe blow gamer wants these days.
Try it if you don't believe me.
especially the sniper lvl where you had to wait for the helo, the harder you fought the sooner you were overwhelmed.
Umm, yes, it did, there are sections in the game if u just ran to a certain point, enemies stop coming, it's lasy and moronic design. COD represents everything that is wrong with big name titles, hype, and publisher pressure in todays development environment.
Who would've thought eh?
Sorry, but COD is famous for its unending enemies mechanic. It's how the whole game is based. One of the big things about MW2 is IW have developed a new system of Dynamic AI which replaces the respawn system. The idea is enemies work to drive you forwards instead of you driving them back.
See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Warfare_2#Game_engine
Its sad it took them this long when other games have had better mechanics, ai for years.
Really? Like I said, I only played CoD5 (or WaW, whatever you wanna call it) and can recall a level with trenches and a flamethrower. Those damn baddies kept respawning and assuming the exact same position as the last guys.
I know CoD5 wasn't an IW game, but even some of my mates say that it happened in other CoD games.
It's just a crappy method of AI programming and is there to force you to push forward through the level. I don't want to push forward! I wanna stop, have a cup of tea and backtrack through the level looking at the pretty textures!
SO I guess MW 2 WIll Look Much better on pc then console and on top of that it will probabely require more skill to play then on console portal but if id play MW2 On my PC rathern then console id sure piss of 20 of my Friend i ad since Xbox Live Exist :P
If it wasn't for the fact that CoD2 was the game where they introduced respawning enemies I would agree with you.
Everything that's wrong with todays Development Environment?
Creating arguably the most popular multiplayer fps game for the last decade?!?..... Surely can't be that wrong.
Suits have screwed up entire dev companies (many of them no longer with us now) and are working hard to make PC games and console games one.
Battlefield 2 was released on 2005 and sold a hell lot of copies... A lot of people still play it nowadays
who cares what MW 2 single player is like, as long as the on line game is as good or better than MW.
And who buys games on a platform just becouse there freinds will, lol.
get a life , grow up and get it on the platform you want it on, for what ever reason you want.
But not becouse my freinds will. be a leader not a sheep.
who cares what MW 2 single player is like, as long as the on line game is as good or better than MW.
And who buys games on a platform just becouse there freinds will, lol.
get a life , grow up and get it on the platform you want it on, for what ever reason you want.
But not becouse my freinds will. be a leader not a sheep."
I will for the SP and MP, aswell as my "friends". I also get the games I think personally are good.
Err someone who likes to play with their friends instead of a bunch of complete strangers?
"Be a leader not a sheep"? Not everyone has multiple platforms mate, so the ones who have the choice should adapt to the rest of the group. Or do you think all your friends would invest in another platform to play with you? Because i don't know what your friends are like, but i for one most definitely wouldn't get another platform for you if you're not willing to get the game on a specific platform for me.
I'd advise you to do the same if getting a game on your preferred platform is really more important to you than your friends are.
On a second thought, i'm not even sure if you have any friends at all if you act like this. In that case, yeah, get it for whatever platform you want.
though it was good while it lasted , if it was not for the online game it may well have been the death of MW let alone COD
as it was just to short even for an expansion pack realy.
who needs friends any way :)
it would be very low on my reasons for buying a game on a platform is all I am saying.
don't listen to activision. anyone.