Will Mordern Warfare 2 take the last few remaining players from this game?

[Lexandro]

I hate to break it to you guys but MW2 is going to suck and fail badly. I for one wont be getting it on any system. Its an overhyped pile of claptrap, and the PC version got stiffed bigtime.

Infinity Ward are on a downward slide, their best is behind them.

[Doktorwzzerd]

HELL NO! I hate CoD. If you love it, fine, but I don't.

[xX-SiLeNcE-Xx]

Originally Posted by Lexandro

I hate to break it to you guys but MW2 is going to suck and fail badly. I for one wont be getting it on any system. Its an overhyped pile of claptrap, and the PC version got stiffed bigtime.

Infinity Ward are on a downward slide, their best is behind them.

This, though I am getting this game, it's only because a lot of my friends are, and I got it at a lower price because of EB's trade in deal.

MW2 is so overhyped it's not funny. I mean DEATHSTREAKS?!?! Really? Rewarding the people who can't get a kill is ridiculous.

[akuma]

Originally Posted by Lexandro

I hate to break it to you guys but MW2 is going to suck and fail badly. I for one wont be getting it on any system. Its an overhyped pile of claptrap, and the PC version got stiffed bigtime.

Infinity Ward are on a downward slide, their best is behind them.

Still my friend MW2 will regular have 75 thousand + players on at any one time (guessed by the fact that COD4 now has 68K and COD5 has 62K), BOP for all its greatness is lucky to have 75 players at one time.

So if only a third of those people switch there time to MW2 (me included) then it will be all but impossible to get an MP game on BOP.

[Rufus_the_Rat]

Originally Posted by akuma

Still my friend MW2 will regular have 75 thousand + players on at any one time (guessed by the fact that COD4 now has 68K and COD5 has 62K), BOP for all its greatness is lucky to have 75 players at one time.

So if only a third of those people switch there time to MW2 (me included) then it will be all but impossible to get an MP game on BOP.

Heehee... Too bad in spite of all those players you're limited to tiny little 8 versus 8 matches on all systems since there's no more dedicated servers anymore. Couple of funny video about this explosive issue in case no one has seen them (click on them to make them bigger so you can read the subtitles):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FKty5Kpf4w

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUpZV...layer_embedded

I agree with others here, MW2 is way overrated. I can't think of one important innovation that MW2 is bringing to the gaming world.

It doesn't have the realism, graphics or non-linear gameplay of Far Cry 2, or the destructible environments or controllable vehicles of Battlefield Bad Company or Red Faction Guerrilla, or huge player counts and the interesting future setting of Frontlines Fuel of War... the list goes on of shooter games which are superior in various ways. If I was you guys I would save my money for one of these games, or Battlefield BC 2 next year.

Make no mistake, I used to love the COD series when it focused on WW2 but lately IW has become so arrogant they have alienated the very customers like myself that built them into the powerhouse they are today.

And yeah, that airport scene is pretty disgusting, it was obviously thrown in just to drum up controversy and drive sales. IW and Activision should not exploit real life tragedies in their relentless quest to make money.

[juz1]

Originally Posted by Rufus_the_Rat

And yeah, that airport scene is pretty disgusting, it was obviously thrown in just to drum up controversy and drive sales. .

just look at Agassi "...hey I lied, hey I wore a wig, hey I took crystal meth...buy my book,buy my book, buy my book!"
Its normally illegal to advertise on the News...

http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/s...006301,00.html

muted clip on above link...doesn't have the opening scene which is just slightly nastier than the balcony shot...
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Teen vid

[PedroTheGoat]

Originally Posted by Lexandro

I hate to break it to you guys but MW2 is going to suck and fail badly. I for one wont be getting it on any system. Its an overhyped pile of claptrap, and the PC version got stiffed bigtime.

Infinity Ward are on a downward slide, their best is behind them.

Wow... Pretty bold statement seeing as how the game isn't even out yet.

Don't get me wrong... I don't think MW is the best game in the world... Nor do I expect MW2 to be the best game of all time...

But your statement makes no sense. MW2 is poised to be the #1 selling game of all time. (Unless you want to count Wii Sports into the equation)

Soooo... The game has over 2,000,000 preorders for both platforms... And that was a month ago. Yeah... IW is definitely on a death spiral. And like you Lex... I can definitely tell you that MW 2 is going to be garbage... Because we've both spent hours already playing it.

AND... If there's problems with the game... I doubt Infinity Ward is going to be able to put out patches to fix any issues. (That was a direct shot at 505)/Sarcasm

Lex... Your statement was just plain ignorant my friend.

[Soviet Ace]

I probably won't BUY MW2, but I will give it a try rental wise. I think some of the places, and locations seem cool. And it will probably take me away from BOP, not really because work has taken care of that mostly.

[dazz1971]

nope im not planning on getting it but my gf lad has got it on preorder so i might try it but i think its gonna be the same as all the other cod games the same

[Lexandro]

Originally Posted by PedroTheGoat

Wow... Pretty bold statement seeing as how the game isn't even out yet.

Don't get me wrong... I don't think MW is the best game in the world... Nor do I expect MW2 to be the best game of all time...

But your statement makes no sense. MW2 is poised to be the #1 selling game of all time. (Unless you want to count Wii Sports into the equation)

Soooo... The game has over 2,000,000 preorders for both platforms... And that was a month ago. Yeah... IW is definitely on a death spiral. And like you Lex... I can definitely tell you that MW 2 is going to be garbage... Because we've both spent hours already playing it.

AND... If there's problems with the game... I doubt Infinity Ward is going to be able to put out patches to fix any issues. (That was a direct shot at 505)/Sarcasm

Lex... Your statement was just plain ignorant my friend.

Its not ignorance my friend, its experience. Ive seen exactly the same circumstances of a dev houses failures and I see the same pattern emerging with IW.

You see its like this; First of all they have basically given the PC gaming players the finger and told them that there will be no basic PC features in the title, everything will be console generic. In other words, no mods, no custom maps, no dedicated servers, no admins.

What that means its that online its going to devolve in to spam fests and camping 24/7 with no way of sorting it (since no admins!). Coupled with constant rage quitters/hackers/bot users/total a-holes/ and TK buddies online mode is going to die a very very quick death.

Now you can say that the console sales should overway these factors, but remember this. Just because I may own a console does not mean I dont also game on PC. So I am one sale thats never going to happen on any platform. Now expand that to the general number of console owners and you seeing a sales hit already. If you go by the number of people who have signed the petition against MW2, and that holds true of lost sales then that is one serious financial hit.

Now Im not saying the dev house is going to die overnight, its not Flagship studios (what a failure!) but once you loose what is considered a core fanbase you loose respect. Similar design decisions are taken again and again, and it in turn alienates more and more of the fanbase till your hanging on by a thread.