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But what does Jim Sterling think of Call of Duty: Ghosts?

 

[Big_Al]

Is MW2 really considered weaker than the games that followed? I think that's the last time multiplayer maps worked.

I consider MW2 to easily be one of the worst COD games and the start of the downward spiral towards more killstreaks and other stupid shit. However COD3 and MW3 still hold the throne for worst games of the franchise.

COD4 and BLOPS 1 will always be my favourites and I'll probably always play them to an extent. From what I've played of Ghosts I quite like how big the maps are but only played a few.

 

[Poimandres]

Weird that they use MW2 as the pedestal example as the worst COD game when MW3 was about a trillion times worse.

I don't think that's it at all. They are saying this is worse than any COD since MW2, which would include MW3.

But people should already know where they stand on this game. What you are going to get is utterly predictable.

 

[kaskade]

Do the reviews always come out day of? I thought I remember them being a day or two before. I'm probably wrong though.

 

[boredandlazy]

No.

Yeah, just reran the sentence in my head... They thought MW2 was shit too,

 

[RedAssedApe]

Do the reviews always come out day of? I thought I remember them being a day or two before. I'm probably wrong though.

really depends on the game.

 

[Duxxy3]

Do the reviews always come out day of? I thought I remember them being a day or two before. I'm probably wrong though.

Depends on the embargo.

Everything except XB1 version is embargoed until midnight pacific.

 

[antitrop]

COD3 and MW3 still hold the throne for worst games of the franchise.

The truth.

 

[Czigga]

That's so awesome

 

[Mihael Mello Keehl]

What I meant is that I thought Infinity Ward is a shell of its former self and they lost a lot of key members that did the other games.

I don't know for sure though, don't follow FPS studios.

Then by name yes

 

[SirMossyBloke]

The truth.

Single player...not multiplayer. CoD3 multiplayer is king.

 

[Vire]

Oh god, Call of Duty 3 was so bad, especially coming off the brilliance of 2. I can't wash that shit out of my brain, it just permanently stains the reputation of Treyarch in my mind no matter what they do.

 

[LycanXIII]

But what does Jim Sterling think of Call of Duty: Ghosts?

It's his last review for Dtoid, so we'll find out shortly.

 

[CalvinCrack]

MW2 multiplayer is one of the best games of all time. BO, MW3 and BO2 are not.

 

[LevityNYC]

Single player...not multiplayer. CoD3 multiplayer is king.

It was. Everyone seems to forget this.

 

[$h@d0w]

Jim Sterling is a profesinal troll

 

[illmatic22]

I haven't played the game it all but I can tell you that I give COD: Ghosts

2 Megan Fox's/5 woof woofs.

 

[Ishan]

When does the embargo end? for the non xbone verions?

 

[Tookay]

When does the embargo end? for the non xbone verions?

Tonight at midnight Pacific.

 

[Duxxy3]

When does the embargo end? for the non xbone verions?

2 hours

 

[Ishan]

ah kk pst ... was confused when it hit 12 here and nothing was up .. hmm another 2 hours then ..

 

[Gorillaz]

It was. Everyone seems to forget this.

CoD3 multiplayer is king.

 

[kaskade]

really depends on the game.

Sorry, I meant for CoD specifically. I know that embargoes are usually different.

 

[Terrordactyl]

CoD 3 in any form :lol

 

[eddfromtheriver]

That's what's so ironic about CoD being the game to spark the resolution debate. Ghosts looks awful. 1080p isn't going to change that.

Well at 720p it's bound to look awfuller...

 

[SirMossyBloke]

Amazing map design, no cramped maps, first CoD to introduce killstreak perks and it didn't break the game, it was fast, had vehicles that weren't overpowered.

Nothing bad about it at all. Oh and you never got shot around corners or had awful netcode that the CoD4 engine lovingly introduced.

 

[Atruvius]

I consider MW2 to easily be one of the worst COD games and the start of the downward spiral towards more killstreaks and other stupid shit. However COD3 and MW3 still hold the throne for worst games of the franchise.

COD4 and BLOPS 1 will always be my favourites and I'll probably always play them to an extent. From what I've played of Ghosts I quite like how big the maps are but only played a few.

I agree with you MW2 was the start of the downfall and the last Infinity Ward CoD I bought and played. I started playing CoD's and online multiplayers with CoD4 (along with a few other PS3 online shooters) and CoD4 has been the some of the best multiplaying time I've had.

 

[LiK]

Big Red One was the worst in the series, no one remembers it anyway.

 

[Vire]

Amazing map design, no cramped maps, first CoD to introduce killstreak perks and it didn't break the game, it was fast, had vehicles that weren't overpowered.

Nothing bad about it at all. Oh and you never got shot around corners or had awful netcode that the CoD4 engine lovingly introduced.

 

[SirMossyBloke]

Big Red One was the worst in the series, no one remembers it anyway.

I think I played that. Ps2 only and at one point you were the gunner of a bomber? Was that the one?

 

[Deputy Dangle]

Big Red One was the worst in the series, no one remembers it anyway.

I remember renting and finishing it way back when, but I don't have any clear memory of me liking or disliking it. I know for sure I didn't hate it nearly as much as COD3, WaW, and MW3.

 

[lem0n]

This.

CoD4 is the king as far as multiplayer goes. Get out with that CoD3 bullcrap. That was a horrible game through and through.

 

[LiK]

I think I played that. Ps2 only and at one point you were the gunner of a bomber? Was that the one?

I remember renting and finishing it way back when, but I don't have any clear memory of me liking or disliking it. I know for sure I didn't hate it nearly as much as COD3, WaW, and MW3.

See? Totally forgettable.

 

[SirMossyBloke]

This.

CoD4 is the king as far as multiplayer goes. Get out with that CoD3 bullcrap. That was a horrible game through and through.

Yeah, I loved playing CoD4 and shooting some guy in the back only for him to turn around and kill me. Made it much better when I'd view the killcam and see a completely different scenario.

It was great!

 

[Gorillaz]

Yeah, I loved playing CoD4 and shooting some guy in the back only for him to turn around and kill me. Made it much better when I'd view the killcam and see a completely different scenario.

It was great!

Your actually one of the first to admit to liking CoD3....different things for different people tho

CoD4 wasn't that bad with the peekaboo mechanics. That didn't happen until MW2 came around.

 

[soultron]

Yeah, I loved playing CoD4 and shooting some guy in the back only for him to turn around and kill me. Made it much better when I'd view the killcam and see a completely different scenario.

It was great!

Bro, you need to get better at the game. #sitdown #letsgo #letsgetit #MLG #yoloswaggins #noscopinyourmum

 

[Heysoos]

god I hate that boom gif now. It's so overused. //ot

Anyways will hold out for more reviews. I have 30 some bucks in my Steam wallet, so I may take a dive into the game. Though I'm enjoying BF4(when it's not crashing) atm so I may hold out a bit.

 

[Toa TAK]

Just now it's gettin' a crap review?

Big fan of the series, but finally! Needed it since MW3.

EDIT: Or, at least it's the first one I've noticed for a COD game. But MW3 lacked the quality of the original IW.

 

[TheFLYINGManga_Ka]

I haven't seen many people lining up for this one. Sign of the times? Writing on the wall? Jumping the shark? Etc?

 

[SkyMasterson]

I haven't been following this game at all. Does the MP have vehicles this time around?

Also, I thought MW2 was awesome. Great set pieces and solid mp.

If people are going to shit on a COD game, do it on MW3 and even then, considering it turned out as well as it did considering what, a third of the team quit during development(including the director and other key leaders of the series).

 

[Rogue_Ledr]

Are they really still using the MW4 engine?

 

[SirMossyBloke]

Your actually one of the first to admit to liking CoD3....different things for different people tho

CoD4 wasn't that bad with the peekaboo mechanics. That didn't happen until MW2 came around.

I know I'm not alone

It took me until maybe level 35-45 to start noticing this killcam weirdness in CoD4. It wasn't anything I'd ever experienced before in a game so it actually kinda confused me at first. In the past it was always just rubber banding or running on the spot. Since then though it hasn't really changed. What is it? Lag compensation or something they call it. Anyway it ruined it for me. Knowing it was basically the server deciding who should have won rather than what actually happened.

 

[Creaking]

Just now it's gettin' a crap review?

Big fan of the series, but finally! Needed it since MW3.

Well it is Polygon. Best you wait for the tidal flow.

 

[Gaz_RB]

omg i havnt seen this one before.

#dead

Right? Such comedy genius

 

[megamerican]

I figured this was gonna be the year where the critics slaughter the sacred cow.

I love the series, but it seriously needs room to breathe and some fresh ideas.

 

[Toa TAK]

Well it is Polygon. Best you wait for the tidal flow.

Good point. But it is nice to see, though.

It's bad to want a game to get bad reviews, but I'll take anything to send a message to IW or Treyarch to change up the game in a MAJOR way.

Honestly, I'm more excited to see what Treyarch will do with this "updated" engine next year. They do things a bit differently for better or for worse, but I'm always up for it.

 

[SirMossyBloke]

I don't know if it's the weird FOV this guy is playing on online, but the guns seems really stretched out. Like the guns are way too long. It seems odd.

 

[Big_Al]

Oh god, Call of Duty 3 was so bad, especially coming off the brilliance of 2. I can't wash that shit out of my brain, it just permanently stains the reputation of Treyarch in my mind no matter what they do.

Whilst it IS bad Treyarch had 8 months to make that game from beginning to end so I can at least cut them a bit of slack. It wasn't really until after W@W where they probably started getting more time and money from Activision. They were very much the 'churn the shite out' studio for Activision before then.

 

[madmackem]

Blackops 2 killed cod on my friends list, never have i seen a cod dropped so quickly with many going back to mw3. Im expecting ghosts to pay for that drop off with lower sales, i think the cod bubble might have burst.

 

[Khalifa Jayy]

Modern Warfare 3 was fucking awful, and hacker's paradise in MP on PC.

Jim Sterling - 9.5

God forbid IW support the modding community. Yeesh. IW can do no right by some of you.