So... CoD MW3 a flop or?

[AstaLaVista]

Well, by the little I have seen of this game, I am getting sadder by the minute. In my opinion, this game is even faster paced than MW2 (which was already fast). I feel like they pushed you to the choke points in a hurry yet, they want you to find Mission Intel bits. The game is pretty Linear and even though you have some choices, they seem to guide you or take you by the hand.

Also, I don't like the fact that at some point you need to follow the other guys instead of making your own decisions but, being said that, BF3 is even worse at doing this.

Also, I did like the Solo Missions of MW2 even if they were predictable and the ones from MW3 are just pure nonsense.

Again, I have only watched my friend playing for like 10 to 20 minutes at a time and I did a few Solo Missions on my own.

I think I am going to wait for it to get to the Bargain Bin before I try the Campaign and the Solo missions myself.

I do not play Online or Multiplayer so I am just basing my opinions on the Solo Missions and Campaign.

I do like the ergonomics of the weapons, they seem a lot better than those from BF3. The graphics are solid as well but perhaps a little to Black and White-ish? I am sure they wanted to make some point with it but I just did not get it.

What say you?

 

[Squid]

I enjoyed the campaign and co-op (co-op missions and survival mode) are a blast. Once again campaign is too short (about 5 hours on normal). Story takes off where MW2 left off. I won't go into specifics for spoiler reasons.

As far as weapon play, I agree it is far less clunky then BF3, much smoother.

When I purchased this game I knew going in that I would be playing MP and I am enjoying that as well although it is very sad that hacks are already abundant there. If I had only been playing solo then there is no way I would pay full price so my advice would be definitely wait until there is a significant price drop.

Since I got both BF3 and MW3 I would rate each as such - single player/campaign goes to MW3,
multiplayer goes to BF3 and it's not even close, co-op is a draw I enjoyed both!

 

[Gromit1710]

I think the COD and BF series focused on the Multi-player functions of the game and short changed the people who like the solo campaigns. I've read all the reviews of BF3 and CoD MW3 and they all pretty much read the same.

Great for people who like to listen to 14 yr olds screaming about how they just Pwned you by sniping your spawn point, lousy for people who prefer to play by themselves in relative peace and quiet.

 

[badger906]

call of duty mw games have never really been as big on the PC as with consoles. Dont get me wrong i got them on the PC but the console market is obviously bigger. hence why we only get a poorly ported version.

Battlefield on the other hand was built from the ground up for the PC and it works. Its massively different from BF2, which cant be said for COD, every one is the same, just with different maps, perks and the odd twist, its more an expansion pack than a new game.

Ive avoided mw3, ill perhaps pick it up when its cheap just to play the single player.

 

[Richardc269]

EA Games/Dice is somewhat known for making the BF games more intuned with Multiplayer. I honestly wished they let you gain ranks/medals in singleplayer and had better map options. It was boring as hell.

 

[Icanhazcupcake]

I rented mw3 for a console because I won't buy it for the PC when I know that it's probably going to be a flop. Here's my opinion the single player campaign as you said is extremely fast paced in fact it's so fast paced that I was done in one sitting (I was sick that day so nothing else to do) the multiplayer was what they were mainly focused on so if your not playing multiplayer I recommend that you buy it used or wait for it to get cheap. Also they have call of duty: Elite and that'll give you some great tips on how to use a certain weapon to it's full potential, also Elite gives you an in depth view of all the maps and weaponry, also it'll recommend class setups for certain play styles. But I feel like I'm rambling too much so bottom line is: if your hoping the single player campaign is enough for you then you aren't going to be very pleased with this game.

 

[M1GU31]

if you want to play a good single player game i recommending picking up mass effect 2 that's a good game and the 3rd one about to come out next year anyways i suggest looking at the mass effect series they have the best story plot

 

[AstaLaVista]

I think I did try Mass Effect for a bit and didn't like the ergonomics of their weapons but I did like where the plot was going with it... a little to much time with nothing to do but it was the beginning of the game so it was ok. This is another game I may try when it hits the bargain bin.

I wrote to Ubisoft, Activision and EA at some point in time (like 4 or 5 years ago) and told them both that if they wanted less piracy, they needed to make it more challenging, more tactical and more open world and they not only needed to charge a lot less for their Solo Campaign games but they also needed to have better ports. I also recommend they start the game at 14.95 to 19.95 and if you wanted to jump to MP to charge the other 14.95 to 19.95 but we all know how far that went with them.

Ubisoft pretty much destroyed the Ghost Recon and Rainbow Six series and now, the same fate will happen with the MW and BF series... it is a crying shame because that is the only Genre that I like playing.

 

[Icanhazcupcake]

I think I did try Mass Effect for a bit and didn't like the ergonomics of their weapons but I did like where the plot was going with it... a little to much time with nothing to do but it was the beginning of the game so it was ok. This is another game I may try when it hits the bargain bin.

I wrote to Ubisoft, Activision and EA at some point in time (like 4 or 5 years ago) and told them both that if they wanted less piracy, they needed to make it more challenging, more tactical and more open world and they not only needed to charge a lot less for their Solo Campaign games but they also needed to have better ports. I also recommend they start the game at 14.95 to 19.95 and if you wanted to jump to MP to charge the other 14.95 to 19.95 but we all know how far that went with them.

Ubisoft pretty much destroyed the Ghost Recon and Rainbow Six series and now, the same fate will happen with the MW and BF series... it is a crying shame because that is the only Genre that I like playing.

well if you want a great game to play that's realistic and is also a free roaming game you can pick up ARMA 2 it's not for some people but trust me it's a great game it is an FPS but it's also a military simulator. Just look it up on steam and it'll tell you alot of info about the game and also they have several expansions with different storylines in all of them and in just the first "vanilla" game they have over I think it's around 800 vehicles in total. Also it's now owned by ubisoft so you don't have to worry about them ruining it. Lastly the third expansions going to come out sometime in 2012.

 

[AstaLaVista]

Tried ARMA and also Red River but those are the opposite of what I am looking for, WAY to many buttons and crap that by the time you are ready to learn all the things you need to do to fire the first bullet you are already dead.

 

[Icanhazcupcake]

well all I can say now is....well I can't really think of anything else because everything is owned by ubisoft. That's one of the reasons I generally don't go toward a game like CoD anymore I just stick to stuff like TF2 which if you don't have then you should get it it is free and it's a great game also by Valve not ubisoft

 

[M1GU31]

are you only into fps or is there any other genre you might be interested in? I can supply with some ideas of other games, im not home at the moment so i cant look at my library of games but i be willing to give you some ideas on some games if your willing to try them

 

[AstaLaVista]

FPS for the most part and not really into the whole SciFi FPS but I have played Half Life... as long as the plot is worth it and the ergos of the weapons are ok, I'm game to try anything, problem is that as of yet, most Dev Houses are just trying to cash in so they dumb down the games for the kiddies and waste a little more time in the MP because they know that this is the only place where they can still get you for even more money with new DLC.

It is a downward spiral and I see not light at the end of it... unfortunately for me!

 

[FredeGail]

Battlefield: Multiplayer.
COD games: Single player.

That's how I like to play those.

Fred.

 

[NoGoodNamesLeft]

Multiplayer is the biggest reason Call of Duty is such a success. If you only play the campaign, you are missing out so i would say that you can't judge the full game until you have played both the Multiplayer and Single player. I personally don't care about single player, but have played through them all. Ive liked the multiplayer so far but with the lag compensation, its sometimes hard to play.
As far as BF3 vs MW3 goes, I always say, If Battlefield had Call of duty controls, it would be huge.
I believe Battlefield runs at a slower Fps than cod's smooth 60 fps. Battlefield was meant for PC not consoles.

 

[AstaLaVista]

Multiplayer is the biggest reason Call of Duty is such a success. If you only play the campaign, you are missing out so i would say that you can't judge the full game until you have played both the Multiplayer and Single player.

I respectfully disagree, since I only play the Campaign I am perfectly capable to judge the full game.

The MP side of it is not really a game (in my eyes) since you play against other humans and even though you don't really die (good thing ) you also do not do battle against computer AI.

Getting into the intricacies of why I don't play MP is not really the point... I was only judging what I know since I have been doing so for more than 15 yrs... playing solo Campaigns that is!

 

[M1GU31]

have you ever consider playing a rpg game like skyrim or dragon age or fallout those are fun

 

[AstaLaVista]

have you ever consider playing a rpg game like skyrim or dragon age or fallout those are fun

No, not really... only RPG I played once was KotOR 1 & 2 because they were Star Wars games but, for the most part, I don't get them.

 

[smarteyeball]

Play Rage

 

[AstaLaVista]

Play Rage

SciFi shooter huh... is it any good Smarteyeball? Have you tried it?