I really enjoyed Call of Duty 4 and I’m looking forward to this one. Although I liked that they finally left the WWII setting I’m glad that, if they had to go back to that well worn time period, at least they are taking on the Pacific campaign, which I truly believes doesn’t get nearly as much attention as it deserves.
Mine is already preordered and will be picking it up tomorrow.
Spent a couple hours last night playing through the campaign on co-op with a buddy. Then I played a little bit online.
It plays and feels pretty much just like COD4. There are a couple of little things that have been improved, but it’s basically a modest improvement, and of course change of setting, to 4. And that’s a good thing in my book.
The flamethrower is a lot of fun to use. The tactics of the Japanese (sniping from up in the trees, ambushing you by running out of the bushes) make the game very tense.
I thought COD4 was the best online game I’d played, and WaW seems to do nothing to change that. Very minor improvements and adjustments, but basically the same game. And that’s great.
Do you guys think that the new Call of Duty will pull folks away from Call of Duty 4? I’ve head that some people feel like it’s “downgrading” moving back to World War 2 and refuse to get the new game, especially if it seems like a huge copy-paste job.
Probably some. I was surprised how many people were online last night. I’m sure some people will refuse to upgrade because of the time period, but I imagine that eventually having access to the new maps and new weapons and such will make people change. Plus, you can unleash packs of attack dogs! How cool is that?
I’m extremely meh on their system for levelling up. I got the Call of Duty 4 Beta, played it, and then forgot about it and didn’t bother with this one. If people are going to the new game, I’ll go there as well. There’s no fun in playing a game online when nobody else is.
Halo is still a better experience all around.
The leveling up system is what I liked the best about 4. I guess mileage varies. What I liked was the constant incentive to play one more game, and to really try to do well in those games so as to reach the next rank.
I like Halo too, but prefer the atmosphere and environment of the COD games better. I’m not a huge fan of scifi, but Halo is fun.
What I disliked about the ranking system is that anyone would get to the very top, provided they played enough. That defeats the purpose of having a ranking system.
Are you on Live?
What I don’t like about the online play is, I, as a level one, am in the same rounds as someone who is level 55.
I am loving the zombie levels though. I really have a paper I need to write, but if I didn’t I could easily see myself playing that level over and over.
Bingo. Another problem I had with it. Matchmaking doesn’t make sense. It doesn’t match you up with people of similar skill, like Halo does. My first game online, I was playing against a guy that had already gone through Prestige mode once.
I like how Warhawk does their matchmaking. You can go into any game that has people of higher level than me, but not too much lower. As a level 20 I can go from 20-55, but not 1-20. A level 1 person can go into any game they want (they will probably get killed though).
Halo does something similar. The gap of folks that you can dig up changes depending on the playlist. They also make it so people can’t just have a level 1 on their team and get the people that Truly Suck; it gets the acceptable gap of folks to match up with based on the highest ranked individual.
I was a little let down. The thing that irks me the most are the online medals. They are so bland! And prestiging is now going to be an absolute chore. Unless you are truly hardcore, not many people are going to level 1-65 ten times! It seems like leveling is slower as well. I played for about two hours last night, and I am only level 13. Ugh.
Oh, and the unlockable stuff is pretty weak. No custom skins for guns? Yea, it’s WWII, but still. Once I get 25 kills and 25 headshots with a machinegun, there’s nothing more to do.
I am. I’m mtelogansquare. I’m in the SDMB group. Feel free to hit me up any time you want to play. I mostly play weekdays between 8-11 central.
Yeah, you’d eventually get promoted to the top just by playing, but that misses the point to me. I found myself constantly striving to get a certain number of kills, or to play one more round, so that I could get to the next level and unlock the next gun or perk or whatever.
And sure, playing against guys who have gone to Level 55 three times when you’re at Level 2 isn’t exactly fair, but at the beginning you need so few kills to be able to move up that each one is a victory.
Not when each shot is a kill, it’s not hard.
Be on tonight.
I’m avoiding it because I’m starting to get fed up with WWII games set in the Pacific ignoring the Australian/NZ/Other Countries contribution to the War Effort.
Honestly guys, how about a game about the defence of New Guinea (which the Americans were also involved in) or perhaps the Burma Campaign with Chindits and so on?
WWII is at serious risk of turning into a Fairytale, IMHO.
Same here. That’s why CoD:MW was so refreshing. No more WWII playing as the same countries! Now we’re back… playing as another U.S. Marine and another Russian. Blah.
I assume that was you that pinged me last night. Sorry for ignoring you–I was playing the co-op campaign with a buddy who was over at my house.
…“At serious risk”? Nah, it’s already there. It’s already way too nostalgic for some Americans.
Then bring his punk ass online too.
Sheesh!
I have stupid question: I’m not an online player–I like my games between me, the AI, and my own hard drive. Is this a game I should get? I mean, is there non-online play? I love FPS games, and I love WWII games (I guess I’m one of the few that think the genre isn’t worn out), including all of the CoD/BIA/MoH games. I was excited when I first learned of this game, but all I hear about is the online aspect. What am I missing?