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Zero Punctuation - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
I wish games developers realized that its unacceptable to litraly port the game over with no changes.
so many games are utter shit on pc but are fine as console games.
What's frustrating is that publishers will blame the lack of pc sales on piracy and not the fact that they keep churning out shit conversions.
I only recently got a 360 and now i am using that as an arcade/traditional games platform , and I use my pc as a driving simulator. + for games like penumbra or pc specific titles and mods.
Zero Punctuation - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Pc FPS gamers expect more. Normally when a stable game comes out that has a solid foundation + a large starting user base it makes it ripe for mods that expands the game play in ways that would not be traditionally conciderd to be commercially viable.
Pc gamers have not to worry when the new Dice engine games come out on pc they will allow for some really good mods. Dice have managed to fix the net code issues from the previous engine and have also implemented destructible terrain.
so long as you remember that Mw2 is a console arcade shooter then you will enjoy it , The reason people got annoyed is that they were expecting it to be along the same lines as , mw1 , halflife2, Bf2.
like most blockbuster console games MW2 is largely Hype it works to sell console games Its allso a Safer bissiniess stratagy , and one that has proven to work for the last 10 years. games like NFS shift and forza 3 have done the same thing the game play is fairly bog standerd but they pack in a large amount of conntent and pritt6y grafics then spend milloins on advertising it to make out that its the best game ever.
enevitably game sells well but 4-6 months after its replaced by another game , but thats exactly what the publishers want as this means more sales .
FOX: Atheist Billboard Stirs God Debate
atheist " what is your evidence for god" ?
Christian "I don't have anny"
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Kelly Osbourne - on the Ellen Show
Zero Punctuation - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
I suppose he doesn't go into enough detail to cover the absolutely hemorrhaging catastrophic PC-multiplayer failure of this game.
It could have been the next big online "scene" thing, with big money involved. cod4 was kept alive in the online scene for a long time thanks to people modding the game and all the customisation really kept the game popular for a long time. It basically kept IW afloat, kept them in business, and allowed them to make mw2.
IW, in their infinite wisdom, thought that customisation and modding was theft and piracy. They decided that they could SELL people these updates rather than let the community make content for itself. As such, they removed dedicated servers - you play on a P2P system not too far off from the xbox/console style where your ping is always very high as you connect to another person's computer. You have to use the matching system which basically matches you with the lowest ping server in the style you request that it can find. This ensures heavy lag for a lot of people, moderate lag (over 100ping) as an average, and virtually unplayable for a few. When the map changes, they have a system of "migrating" you which basically tries to keep your experience uninterrupted but mostly disconnects you. One of the IW guys actually was quoted "I've been playing mostly with 100ms and that's just fine!"
They disallowed any kind of modding or customisation, instead opting to bring out DLC for the PC. This includes not allowing any kind of demo recording and there's no developer console.
Because of the P2P system, you are limited to a very small number of people playing in a server, meaning large battles aren't possible anymore because a person's pc (which is hosting the game live) just isn't usually capable of handling so many connections.
There's a shed load more. http://www.modernwarfail2.com/about/ . They really screwed up and shat all over the PC fans which basically kept the franchise alive and allowed IW to make a lot of money with this game. They did a direct port from console to PC not only because it was easy, but also because it allowed them to control the game rather than the community. Whilst console users are used to all the above complaints and have chastised PC users for their pickyness, PC users are used to much better things and the PC multiplayer of this game is abhorrent to them.
I think some people have made dedicated servers available by hacking the game, not sure though. All of this was true as of release date
the whole level system would make the game incopatable for proper dedocated server play , i think its fine as a console game , but they should have maby worked on the game for another 7 months doing a proper pc version esentauly as separate product.
basicly dice have got it right , look at the dice console games v the dice pc games (bf2,bf moder combat , bad company ) they do the same game but redesign aspects of it for each platform.
also the single player is utter shite its utterly pointless to play , its pretty much the same as the first one stupid bugs and bad level design + when they do good stuff they never capitalise on it I don't think infinity ward have muh of an idea about single player games design. but it seems that the majorty of people dont give a shit its like holywood films people just want to see shit blow up they don't care about anything evan slightly engaging on another level. whats more annoying is the game takes itself seriously if it took the piss out of itself to some exstent but its like infinity ward think its a war simulater.
all in all its a really good multi player console shooter game.
Crazy Girlfriend Smashes Xbox
Lou Jing on Go! Oriental Girl (Chinese American Idol)
the more geneticly diverse people are normally the better looking they are.
Top Gear - The Best Road In The World
Watch out for Vampyr driving Dacia Sanderos, they like those Carpathian roads.
that's why they put a cross on the hill , its the only way to keep them away
Hit The Bitch (Danish PSA gone wrong)
Veteran returns to Vietnam; returns photo of man he killed
Australian Magazine Features 7ft Tall Model On Cover
as for this lady she looks more like a man not because she is large she just has a rigid face and is less curvy than a normal woman.
you probably need to ware a helmet and a flash light if you were to go exploring down there.
Skydiving with a Peregrine Falcon
Shaolin monks performing fingerstands
"zen" meditation
Im pretty sure that Meditation is meditation and that although meditating might help steady nerverse , tense muscles ,remove pain and allow them to recover quickly, its the repetitive training that really enables them to do all there stunts.
Its actually quite sad if they believe its magic what happens , what if some of them are dedicating there whole lives to this under a false belief that they will gain magical powers.
Muslim girls collide with Teeuwen
DJ Girl rocks your world
at least she is dancing around a bit , Girls and technology are always a good combination.
song was quite nice , but you can emgin it drags on with the same thing for 10 minutes. rather than introducing new rithems , synths and structure.
Crazy japanese organ rendition of Pirates of the Carribbean
Monster Landslide caught live on video
When racing competition goes a little too far
granted the guy that got shunted could have let him past , but the only reason the guy had a chance at over taking was because he cheeted by ramming the guy in front. (which reduced grip and cornering angle)
the shunter after having shunted the guy in front had plenty of opportunity to brake before the crash happend and as he unfairly gaind the advantage out of the corner he realy should have .
allso if the guy that was shunted hadent have pushed him up against the wall then the cheeter shunter would have won and gaind the race points despite cheating , granted he may have got fined and penolized to some exstent but he probably would have gaind the race pionts . so blocking the car on the start finish line was probably the best thing to do.
all aside this is probably one of the best race tracks in USA that im aware of anny way.
Run Saydee Run (Don't Tell PETA)