http://www.avforums.com/forums/ Discussing playing Call of Duty on the Xbox 360 at AVForums.com en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:02:25 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.avforums.com/forums/images/misc/rss.jpg http://www.avforums.com/forums/ http://www.avforums.com/forums/call-duty-cod-xbox-360/1130361-why-oh-why-only-2-player-co-op.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:19:29 GMT i think MW2 is a great alround game great graphics,story,sound ect ect but there are a few things that just anoy me so much that i prefer world at war. me and my mates all love the nazie zombie mode of world at war as there is 4 of us. so 4 player co-op is great for us. so why oh why did they... i think MW2 is a great alround game great graphics,story,sound ect ect
but there are a few things that just anoy me so much that i prefer world at war.

me and my mates all love the nazie zombie mode of world at war as there is 4 of us.
so 4 player co-op is great for us.
so why oh why did they make spec ops 2 player co-op
not everyone wants to play deathmatch they have not catered for co-op players like world at war did,i think that is very poor
and also the game is far to short,and why cant you turn the dam music off i hate music while playing games. ]]> Call Of Duty (COD) Xbox 360 trapster http://www.avforums.com/forums/call-duty-cod-xbox-360/1130361-why-oh-why-only-2-player-co-op.html http://www.avforums.com/forums/call-duty-cod-xbox-360/1130277-spec-ops-dlc.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:03:24 GMT This maybe old news, but IW are considering DLC for Spec Ops :clap: personally I think Spec Ops is an excellent game mode so my fingers are crossed for some new missions... Spec Ops DLC possible for MW2 News | Eurogamer (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/spec-ops-dlc-possible-for-mw2) This maybe old news, but IW are considering DLC for Spec Ops :clap: personally I think Spec Ops is an excellent game mode so my fingers are crossed for some new missions...

Spec Ops DLC possible for MW2 News | Eurogamer ]]> Call Of Duty (COD) Xbox 360 DaveR1682 http://www.avforums.com/forums/call-duty-cod-xbox-360/1130277-spec-ops-dlc.html http://www.avforums.com/forums/call-duty-cod-xbox-360/1130232-experts-verdict-modern-warfare-2-a.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:02:26 GMT Now obviously it's all down to opinion on what we like and dislike, but I agree with most of what this guy says.

And he knows the games inside out.

He is one of the best players out there


I got up to a 3 to 1 k/d ratio in this game’s multiplayer yesterday before I realized I just wasn’t having fun. I then proceeded to slap on a Riot Shield with throwing knives and just try to kill enemies without getting massacred. This was the most fun I had in this game and I was doing horrible. So, what gives? Shouldn’t I have more fun doing well, rather than ****ing around?

No, not in Modern Warfare 2.

I was hoping ranking up in this game and unlocking new stuff would increase my enjoyment a little, but it just wasn’t happening. You know, there are always going to be flaws in video games, but these can be fixed in sequels or patches. IW has terrible ****ing community support though, so as always, I knew I had to wait for the sequel to COD4 before getting what I wanted from this franchise. What I got was the exact opposite of what made the most sense and what would have been the most fun for a sequel to COD4, though. What I got was an unbalanced, flawed, skill equalized mess of a multiplayer game.

This is actually the most unbalanced COD game yet due to the extreme buff all the assault rifles got. SMG’s are now made pretty obsolete due to machine pistol and shotgun sidearms, as well as the inability to attach heartbeat sensors to the SMG’s. How could you take steps BACK in balance when this is your 4th time making a Call of Duty game, honestly? Oh, wait, you have to skill equalize this game for the baddies, I remember now. Otherwise you might lose some sales for the sake of better and more fun gameplay, and we can’t have that.

In COD4, the M16 was overpowered and that was really it. In WaW, the SMG’s were overpowered, but there were just 4 of them, and if you kept your distance you could mount a defense. In MW2, the Assaults are overpowered and I believe there are 9 of them; they are good at any range, are super easy to use, are all completely swayless when aiming down the sight and they all have low recoil. You could argue the LMG’s are overpowered as well as they carry these same traits, except they lack in mobility and have a bit more kick to them. But hell, every weapon is so good and easy to use in close/medium range, it simply becomes a connection battle in most one on one scenarios anyway.

MW2 seems to have suffered the same fate Gears of War 2 suffered; being way too overhyped and then being a huge letdown. I can count the amount of good things about this game’s multiplayer on one hand, and I can’t even begin to count the amount of flaws and problems on all of my fingers and toes combined.

Just off the top of my head; I can’t play in a party with more than 1 friend or someone gets kicked out every time we join a match. This has happened every single time I have tried to play with a group of people, and we all have open NATs, so the matchmaking is effectively broken in that regard. Someone getting a 4 kill streak (3 with Hardline) can randomly get stuff like Chopper Gunner and AC-130 which is random and dumb; randomness always makes for terrible gameplay in a shooter. Good scores in this game aren’t about out gunning the enemy team, they are about building a single streak. This causes a lot of problems.

For instance, lets say a guy who gets 20 kills with his physical GUN by shooting enemies (he is unlucky and his kill streak rewards before that are shot down or miss or something), but say, dies twice at a 10 kill streak before getting his 11 kill streak reward, finishes the game at 20 and 2. Fair enough, he did well and got a great ratio, but didn’t get any reward for it at all because of bad luck and everything being based on a streak. Now, let’s say there’s a guy who is 7 and 5 before he starts doing remotely well. He gets a 5 kill streak after dying his fifth time, gets a predator missile and luckily, the enemies were out in the open and he kills 3 of them with the missile. He then calls in a Harrier strike which then luckily gets him 3 more kills, and then he gets his chopper gunner at an 11 kill streak, which nets him about 20 kills as he spawn rapes the enemy team with an overpowered kill streak reward. And this is all without doing a single thing after he gets that predator missile. The guy who actually did MORE work and got the better k/d WITHOUT streak rewards doesn’t get **** because of bad luck, while the guy who was 12 and 5 can get lucky and go on to finish the game at 38-5. Its mostly luck whether or not your killstreak can build itself up enabling you to get your final big streak reward which is just stupid. There is just too much emphasis on a single one time streak and not how well you do overall or k/d wise.

With building an effective streak comes an extremely careful and campy style of play, which is quite frankly boring. The maps have all kinds of little obscure balconies and rooftops which promotes a boring/frustrating campy style of gameplay even more so. Deep Impact is no longer a perk, but an attachment that takes a long time to unlock for each weapon, further promoting window/rooftop camping. Being aggressive with a close quarters weapon will get you reverse spawn killed by some idiot with painkiller on, as the spawn system is still a massive problem in this game.

The netcode is terrible, worse than World at War and COD4 by FAR which is saying something, and “4 bars” doesn’t mean **** in this game. On a 4 bar connection I was able to shoot the FAL single shot rifle 4 times at an enemy before dying to that same enemy. On the killcam, I don’t even fire once. And this is the supposed “best” connection you can get with this game according to the bars. Games where you die super quickly and super easily NEED dedicated servers and not the horrible host system that is employed on both PC and consoles now, otherwise 1 on 1 face offs become nothing more than connection battles.

There’s no counter to perks like Stopping Power and Cold Blooded. Xbox Live Party Chat is disabled in most playlists for no other reason than to force you to communicate with strangers if you play. Hit detection is still an issue with snipers, and other weapons for that matter. Spawning is still a major issue. Bullets coming from the top of your head and not your gun is still an issue. Painkiller (giving a player double health after dying 3 times in a row) overly rewards people for dying. I can’t search games by good connection like I could in WaW (Aussies really ****ing need this feature) and there’s still no map preferencer, so I’m forced to play IW’s terrible maps. Host migration DOESN’T work the majority of the time. When the host leaves during an airstrike or predator missle drop, it glitches you out of it. I could go on and on. The game took 1 step forward, 20 steps back in my opinion. Nothing was fixed except grenade spam and many, many more problems and flaws were added.

In conclusion, the game is just so flawed and skill equalized its not fun, whether I’m the one killing or I’m the one dying. And honestly, I feel deeply for those of you who spent $60 on this game and am disappointed like I am. Back to COD4 and WaW I guess, until Bad Company 2 comes out at least. ]]> Call Of Duty (COD) Xbox 360 Indecisive Jay http://www.avforums.com/forums/call-duty-cod-xbox-360/1130232-experts-verdict-modern-warfare-2-a.html http://www.avforums.com/forums/call-duty-cod-xbox-360/1130067-size-does-matter.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:34:03 GMT I am not one to moan lol but the magazine sizes for the guns in this game are terrible i though they were bad enough in cod 4. Even with extra magazines i run out cause of all the spraying i do i couldn't hit a barn door then when i do i run out of bullets only to get shot. Rant over for now lol i could of put it in the moan thread but i thought it was worthy of it's own thread :facepalm: ]]> Call Of Duty (COD) Xbox 360 bekko http://www.avforums.com/forums/call-duty-cod-xbox-360/1130067-size-does-matter.html http://www.avforums.com/forums/call-duty-cod-xbox-360/1129717-mw2-3rd-person-thread.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:49:05 GMT I personally am actually preferring this game in the 3rd person mode, I like the fact that you can look round corners, and that you can see the model in the middle of the screen....... So basically im looking for other people who like to play 3rd person online, and hoping to get some others to... I personally am actually preferring this game in the 3rd person mode, I like the fact that you can look round corners, and that you can see the model in the middle of the screen.......

So basically im looking for other people who like to play 3rd person online, and hoping to get some others to play with.....

What is everyone elses take on third person, im guessing there will be some hat0rz, but to be fair, im from gears of war stock, not COD4 stock, so it suits me well :)

Gamertag in my sig, and if there's enough interest ill consider setting up a dedicated 3rd person tag ]]> Call Of Duty (COD) Xbox 360 sim667 http://www.avforums.com/forums/call-duty-cod-xbox-360/1129717-mw2-3rd-person-thread.html http://www.avforums.com/forums/call-duty-cod-xbox-360/1129695-double-xp.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:29:37 GMT hey guys, have been playin MW2 since release and on average iv been gettin 700-1000 points a round but last night was getting 2000-4000 a round?? i wasnt getting more kills than usuall or anything like that so thought they might of been doin double XP, n e one else noticed this? hey guys,

have been playin MW2 since release and on average iv been gettin 700-1000 points a round but last night was getting 2000-4000 a round?? i wasnt getting more kills than usuall or anything like that so thought they might of been doin double XP, n e one else noticed this? ]]> Call Of Duty (COD) Xbox 360 mc_chuckles http://www.avforums.com/forums/call-duty-cod-xbox-360/1129695-double-xp.html http://www.avforums.com/forums/call-duty-cod-xbox-360/1129674-dlc-already-disk.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:56:53 GMT Anyone else been reading about this?

Apparently new game modes and maps are already on the disk they just haven't been released yet?

God knows if it is true or not.


Yes it is a boring day at work and I would much rather be browsing the net and posting on here rather than working. ]]> Call Of Duty (COD) Xbox 360 Mr H Shingles http://www.avforums.com/forums/call-duty-cod-xbox-360/1129674-dlc-already-disk.html http://www.avforums.com/forums/call-duty-cod-xbox-360/1129303-looking-modern-warfare-2-clan.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:02:10 GMT looking for a clan my rank is 30 atm but you will be surprised at how well i play 90% at top of table i cant be in a clan that plays all day every day (wish i could but job and all that lol) just leave a msg here please thank you looking for a clan my rank is 30 atm but you will be surprised at how well i play 90% at top of table
i cant be in a clan that plays all day every day (wish i could but job and all that lol) just leave a msg here please
thank you ]]> Call Of Duty (COD) Xbox 360 nickcurtis http://www.avforums.com/forums/call-duty-cod-xbox-360/1129303-looking-modern-warfare-2-clan.html http://www.avforums.com/forums/call-duty-cod-xbox-360/1129177-modern-warfare-trade-value.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:54:48 GMT Hey, was just wondering if anyone knows what kinda price i would get if i traded MW2 in at either Gamestation or Game? Hey, was just wondering if anyone knows what kinda price i would get if i traded MW2 in at either Gamestation or Game? ]]> Call Of Duty (COD) Xbox 360 andywylde http://www.avforums.com/forums/call-duty-cod-xbox-360/1129177-modern-warfare-trade-value.html http://www.avforums.com/forums/call-duty-cod-xbox-360/1129159-finding-games-50ms-ping.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:31:54 GMT I just noticed at the top when finding games its now looking for games with a 50ms ping instead of the 100ms it used to be. Anyone else getting this? I just noticed at the top when finding games its now looking for games with a 50ms ping instead of the 100ms it used to be. Anyone else getting this? ]]> Call Of Duty (COD) Xbox 360 brumhee http://www.avforums.com/forums/call-duty-cod-xbox-360/1129159-finding-games-50ms-ping.html http://www.avforums.com/forums/call-duty-cod-xbox-360/1129059-modern-warfare-2-tournement-sign-up.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:40:07 GMT Cancelled. Cancelled. ]]> Call Of Duty (COD) Xbox 360 cordenadam http://www.avforums.com/forums/call-duty-cod-xbox-360/1129059-modern-warfare-2-tournement-sign-up.html http://www.avforums.com/forums/call-duty-cod-xbox-360/1128954-cod-mw2-tournament.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:16:56 GMT Ha'way then, whos gonna sort one out?? :grin: ]]> Call Of Duty (COD) Xbox 360 safc_dan http://www.avforums.com/forums/call-duty-cod-xbox-360/1128954-cod-mw2-tournament.html http://www.avforums.com/forums/call-duty-cod-xbox-360/1128773-avf-dads-group.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:06:02 GMT OK following on from http://www.avforums.com/forums/xbox-360/1122955-married-children-thread.html I thought it might be a good idea to create a gamertag so us dads can possibly get together for some games, seeing as the window of oppurtunity for getting some game time in our lives is limited. ... OK following on from http://www.avforums.com/forums/xbox-...en-thread.html

I thought it might be a good idea to create a gamertag so us dads can possibly get together for some games, seeing as the window of oppurtunity for getting some game time in our lives is limited.

Tried to get all the dads to change thier clan tag to AVFD so that when we are in a AVF lobby its easy to see each other, but most AVFD's ive seen in a room is 3.

So I've created a gamertag called AVF DADS for people to use to find other AVF Dad Members playing not just MW2 but other games also.

So feel free to send a FR to the Gamertag.

HOW TO USE THE FEATURE ONCE YOU'VE JOINED
If you just want to play a few games with AVF people, you can either;

1 - Set up a party in your MW2 lobby and send out invites to people on the friends list to join you, or
2 - Find people on the friends list who have the "joinable" arrow next to their names and select "join session in progress".
3 - If you see people playing on MW2 on the AVF DADS Gamertag then send a “?” to see if any room is available and they will invite you in.

thanks ]]> Call Of Duty (COD) Xbox 360 wakey77 http://www.avforums.com/forums/call-duty-cod-xbox-360/1128773-avf-dads-group.html http://www.avforums.com/forums/call-duty-cod-xbox-360/1128577-mw2-sp-mp-first.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:29:41 GMT Folks,

Getting back from Kazakhstan this weekend, so aint played the game yet, been reading all about it and I may give the SP a miss and just have 35 days off playing MP (except when I'm in Vegas, its a hard life) :cool:

So from what I've read the SP is a bit of a letdown after MW1, so if you start killing me easily on Sunday this is because your camping ..... :rotfl::thumbsup::smashin::cool::eek: ]]> Call Of Duty (COD) Xbox 360 alan280170 http://www.avforums.com/forums/call-duty-cod-xbox-360/1128577-mw2-sp-mp-first.html http://www.avforums.com/forums/call-duty-cod-xbox-360/1128562-your-mw2-doh-moments.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:57:43 GMT We've all had 'em ;).

After using Stopping Power religiously since CoD4, I decided to switch my second perk to Cold-Blooded for each of my custom classes. WELL, after I found out how awesome Cold-Blooded Pro was through research, I decided to go for it and try my luck at getting it and added the Stinger as my secondary weapon to shoot down enemy aircraft. So, I played about ten games today, and whenever the enemy team received a kill-streak reward - usually in the form of an aircraft - I would commit suicide with semtex, switch classes to one with a lock-on and take down the offending aircraft. After taking down roughly fifteen, I started wondering why the heck I hadn't completed any Cold-Blooded challenges. I checked the challenges and there weren't even any of the Cold-Blooded kills counted!

...I found out that, by force of habit, I'd been switching to the Overwatch class the whole time :suicide:

Share your moments :grin:! ]]> Call Of Duty (COD) Xbox 360 GarythePotato http://www.avforums.com/forums/call-duty-cod-xbox-360/1128562-your-mw2-doh-moments.html