I'm with you. it was good. People that slam it always sound like crazy people to me.
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Black Ops 3 pre-orders are significantly higher than Advanced Warfare
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I'm with you. it was good. People that slam it always sound like crazy people to me.
John Cowheel
Member
Given the numbers on Halo 5 in the UK, it seems like this is the shooter everyone is buying this Holiday season. Can't say I'm surprised. The beta seemed to do wonders for them and the Treyarch CODs tend to be pretty well received.
Hamster Plugin
Member
Black Ops 2 was considered good. This game is subtitled Black Ops 3.
That's what is happening.
PeskyToaster
Member
Probably because Ghosts was a surprisingly bad game while AW was pretty good unless you were bad.
Nakkilokki
Banned
Nice opinion. AW is my GOTY for 2014.
SolidSnakex
Member
I thought the campaign for Ghosts was fine. CoD games in general are good for a nice rollercoaster campaign. But the ending was absolutely atrocious. So bad that they should just dump the Ghosts brand altogether and do something else.
B1gg_Randall
Member
But Riley tho
Standard future missions were mostly great, but all the missions set in the past were garbage.
The strikeforce missions were a mess. At least they tried something new though.
Story isn't the whole experience (AW's is still better).
Encounter design, mission variety, and tactical freedom are all the best in the series. AW lets you approach a number of missions in completely different ways, something many players didn't realize even after completing the campaign. It allows you to go completely off the scripted path at some points. Experiment in missions like Sentinel, Bio Lab, and Throttle. You might be surprised what happens.
It also gets bonus points for no Sam Worthington.
The Elite
BOSS
I disliked the single player for Black Ops 2. I didn't like the changes they made. I honestly prefer a quick five hour rollercoaster campaign in my COD that doesn't require any sort of resource management or even decision making involved. FOLLOW the leader. I prefer dumb and full of fun.
The multiplayer was great though.
The multiplayer was great though.
The mission variety is good and all but I hated how they got that variety by gating systems which had already been introduced, For example boost jump is only available in certain missions and same for the grappling hook. The encounters should have been designed to allow you to utilize these different tools to encourage multiple playstyles rather than just forcing a stealth level where you suddenly have invisibility but no boost jump etc. Missions like Sentinal. don't encourage you to experiment but lock you into a specific playstyle, stealth here, where you can no longer use abilities you have already been taught. Areas which it succeeded in this regard are the grenade toggling which actually allowed you to mix things up throughout the game.
How would you rank all of the campaigns out of interest?
For me it would be Co4>Blops1>Mw2>WaW=Blops2>>>AW>MW3=Ghosts
agreed.
The campaign was tolerable in AW, but the mp sucked a lot.
Cod NEEDS to be grounded.
AyaisMUsikWhore
Member
I know this. Everyone in my circle and beyond is buying this game and most of them are buying it digitally. Really crazy how this game came along and the beta was really fucking good. I can't wait!
And here I thought the Advanced Warfare singleplayer was actually pretty good and made me like Call of Duty for the first time since CoD4.
The multiplayer I can't say as much, I've never been into CoD multiplayer that much since I quit it in MW2 but I thought the jetpacks was at least a fun mechanic, its not like it made it any more chaotic than the CoD multiplayer already was with all the random batshit perks, grenades, explosions fucking everywhere going on.
The multiplayer I can't say as much, I've never been into CoD multiplayer that much since I quit it in MW2 but I thought the jetpacks was at least a fun mechanic, its not like it made it any more chaotic than the CoD multiplayer already was with all the random batshit perks, grenades, explosions fucking everywhere going on.
Cornbread78
Member
Yeah, definately sen more interest in BO3. Friday is a nice release date for a CoD title as well.
The Last Wizard
Member
I'd assume the beta helped immensely.
But for me AW was trash, ghosts I enjoyed once I hit a certain point. AW story was to vanilla for me as well, I like crazy shit in my cod campaign so ghost was fun. Can't wait to see if treyarch go crazy.
But for me AW was trash, ghosts I enjoyed once I hit a certain point. AW story was to vanilla for me as well, I like crazy shit in my cod campaign so ghost was fun. Can't wait to see if treyarch go crazy.
I definitely agree with what you're saying about gating the abilities. However, even though it's a forced stealth section, Sentinel does let you approach the mission in your own way without having to follow a friendly AI the whole time, and it lets you explore off the critical path to a surprising degree. I love how all the guests at that party have lengthy conversations you can eavesdrop on. Also, one of the other stealth sections can actually be bypassed by choosing to fight the overwhelming enemy forces instead (try that in any other COD).
There is a much more ambitious game that reveals itself in places, but it seems to have been pared back for whatever reason. I'm looking forward to Sledgehammer's next campaign to see how much further they take things.
valkillmore
Member
Every year around this time I say to myself 'This year is the year I finally buy one of these Call of Duty games.' But I never do.
Should I do?
Should I do?
both Ghosts and AW had some pretty entertaining missions. I enjoyed both. didn't touch the MP for either tho.
Diprosalic
Banned
BLOPS3 is the first CoD since CoD4 that actually has me interested.
waiting for $20 tho.
waiting for $20 tho.
Pretty much the same thing that happened to me, played the beta more than Ghosts and AW multi together. Was satisfied so I decided to buy it. The mods and dedi servers on PC were announced 2h after I bought it so that was a nice surprise.
Nightmares is
when you complete the campaign the missions get remixed with different enemies/zombies I believe
Dead ops is a top down shooter mode with zombies.
Gun game is a mode where everyone starts with a pistol and each time you get a kill you get a new weapon. The first player to cycle through all the weapons wins. You go back in the weapon cycle if you get knifed or tomahawked.
Free run I believe is a mode with races/challenges which incorporate your new running/movement abilities.
Yep, I agree Sledgehammer have potential and the campaign did have signs of greatness. :L
Is ghosts 2 actually happening? I hope so cause I enjoyed the campaign, same with AW.
PIMPBYBLUD
Member
Black Ops IP has always been solid. MW sucked after 2; although AW was pretty damn good.
I'm in the same boat! I think I'll buy it.
Awesome, thanks!
Ghosts 2? Probably not. Will be MW4 or an entire new series.
I don't think Activision or IW are stupid enough to go ahead with Ghosts 2
It's funny looking back just how bland the E3 demo for this thing was, given how much fun the beta was and how great Zombies looks. There was practically no hype for BLOPS3 coming out of E3.
Quite the turnaround.
Quite the turnaround.
Man, how far they've come. From porting Neversoft games to the Dreamcast and making odd sword combat games to this. Good for them.
It just feels and flows much better.
hopefully they continue it at some point even if the sequel doesnt have ghosts in the title.Everything shown so far has looked awesome, and there's a huge amount of varied content this year. There's even a free running challenge mode.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dA0Iyuzeg8A
"Call of Duty: Black Ops III reviews drop on November 5 at 9 PM PST."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dA0Iyuzeg8A
For real? Temple Run BO edition? Not sure what to think about that.
For real? Temple Run BO edition? Not sure what to think about that.
ManUnkindH
Member
This is the first time I've pre-ordered a Call of Duty game.
I enjoyed Black Ops, am currently enjoying Black Ops 2 and hugely looking forward to all the zombies fun in the third one.
I'm probably not the same case as most people buying CoD, though, as I don't really have any interest in the multiplayer (though I may play some Zombies with a friend)
I enjoyed Black Ops, am currently enjoying Black Ops 2 and hugely looking forward to all the zombies fun in the third one.
I'm probably not the same case as most people buying CoD, though, as I don't really have any interest in the multiplayer (though I may play some Zombies with a friend)
valkillmore
Member
I haven't bought one since CoD2(360 Launch) and I'm buying this year. Jump in
Everything shown so far has looked awesome, and there's a huge amount of varied content this year. There's even a free running challenge mode.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dA0Iyuzeg8A
y'all gon make me do dis
PM or Am? If PM, the game would have already come out on EST, strange
Whompa02
Member
Tried playing Advanced Warfare a few days ago after a log break and I got absolutely stomped online. The COD AW kiddies are nuts.
I'm gunna get BLOPS 3 day 1 in hopes to stay on top this time.
I actually thought AW was a breath of fresh air, but the pacing in the single player was atrocious. Story beats come and go without any impact. Nice to see Blops 3 is getting high numbers.
I'm gunna get BLOPS 3 day 1 in hopes to stay on top this time.
I actually thought AW was a breath of fresh air, but the pacing in the single player was atrocious. Story beats come and go without any impact. Nice to see Blops 3 is getting high numbers.
LordRaiden
Neo Member
Yes. Black Ops has always been the superior sub brand in the CoD franchise.
PROJECTZERO
Banned
Treyarch is the better studio and always has been imo.
This is my first cod on gaf
What should I expect?
Do you guys play together, have some sort of competition, etc?