throdgrain
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I just saw an advert for it on telly.
It looks fucking GREAT
It looks fucking GREAT
Modern Warfare 3
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has gotten to be a silly game and taken away most of the reasons to own iton pc .. no independant servers etc with custom variables and custom modded maps .. unless they relented on mw2 but i doubt it ... bf3 is the way forward if you want a war sim imo
even then i hate EA so given both a miss this year
even then i hate EA so given both a miss this year
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Looks like MW2 with a number changed to me..
Granted the TV advert is FAR better than BF3's though
Give me an FPS game where I can host my own server (using my own computer).. and give me a massive config file to modify literally anything I want.. and that will be the only FPS I ever play!
Surely there has to be one out there at the moment!
Edit: btw, isn't MW3 a console game ported to PC?
Granted the TV advert is FAR better than BF3's though
Give me an FPS game where I can host my own server (using my own computer).. and give me a massive config file to modify literally anything I want.. and that will be the only FPS I ever play!
Surely there has to be one out there at the moment!
Edit: btw, isn't MW3 a console game ported to PC?
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No offence mate but just another internet "I know" statement
Wouldnt it have been better to say "oh, I thought the last one was a bit crap because it didnt have dedicated servers blah blah". Hmm? Yes they have gone back to dedi servers this time, or I wouldnt be buying it .
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lol sames shit different day ....
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I wish they would go back to the ww2 settings i much prefered that .. new weapons bore me personally .. i like the garrands and mp44 and stuff with iron sights
Heh the old cods were well fun on lan
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i want to go back to DOD1, with british troops
wtb: bren gun
I always thought the would expand DoD:S to include the British troops, but they never did
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I always thought the would expand DoD:S to include the British troops, but they never did
thats cos DOD;S was shite, and they basically stopped supporting it about 6 weeks after launch
Ham & Jam was the "great new hope" but seems to have stalled
http://www.hamandjam.org/
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I really like Black Ops, it had a terrible start I know, but its been great for ages now.
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Bf is starting to bore me already and I've not completed the single player yet
It just doesn't feel as engrosing as the MW games, or even BF:BC2/MOH(Tier1). The multiplayer is a good laugh, but only if I'm in a squad with friends...just playing it for the sake of playing a game it doesn't feel so good. If MW3 is anything like MW1/2 it should keep me entertained for quite a while. Their single player games are always pretty epic, and multiplayer just tends to rock
It just doesn't feel as engrosing as the MW games, or even BF:BC2/MOH(Tier1). The multiplayer is a good laugh, but only if I'm in a squad with friends...just playing it for the sake of playing a game it doesn't feel so good. If MW3 is anything like MW1/2 it should keep me entertained for quite a while. Their single player games are always pretty epic, and multiplayer just tends to rock
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MW1 single player was epic
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if they keep this up they'll end up killing their own franchise. dedicated servers might not seem like much to them but they're huge for gamers, none dedicated is utter gash :l it wouldnt surprise me if they planned on turning to a shit server browser like MW2 had at first.
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MW3 HAS dedicated servers ffs, pay attention
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It's a fair guess that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will follow in the footsteps of last year's Call of Duty: Black Ops, shattering sales records and bringing even more people to video games.
But it's typically not the single player campaign, detailed here, that draws in those record-breaking numbers. While many, including myself, enjoy the Call of Duty campaigns, it's the multiplayer that has managed to shift the Call of Duty franchise from a video game to something more akin to a sport.
People play pick-up games of Black Ops, Modern Warfare 2, even Modern Warfare, like they play games of baseball, soccer or shoot some hoops. Like it or not, consider it innovative or rehashed gameplay, the Call of Duty franchise has in many ways transcended what it is to be a video game.
So here's your first, unofficial look at what we can expect from the bread and butter, the heart of Modern Warfare 3 when it hits this fall. Do keep in mind that while the details of the game's single player campaign, first reported by Kotaku via inside sources and later seemingly verified with the official release of a trailer and matching levels, are likely mostly locked in stone, what is delivered with multiplayer could easily shift as the team works to polish and balance the game in the months leading up to release. Multiplayer is also often tweaked after the game hits. It also receives a number of downloadable content packs post launch. With the advent of Elite, that's even more likely.
That being said, here's what our inside sources are telling us is the current state of multiplayer.
The game's multiplayer will be divided into cooperative Special Ops maps and traditional multiplayer maps. There will be no zombie modes in this game, not a surprise since zombies were introduced to the Call of Duty franchise by Treyarch and have, so far, popped up only in the Treyarch-developed games.
Special Ops will include both a survival, horde-like mode and a mission mode, with a total of a dozen maps and missions to choose from between the two.
As we've previously reported, there are 20 maps being worked on for Modern Warfare 3's multiplayer.
It is unclear how many multiplayer and Spec Ops maps and missions will come with the game and how many will be sold at a later date as add-on downloadable content.
Key to the multiplayer experience is the ability for players to level up their characters and unlock perks to modify the effectiveness of their equipment, character and enemy equipment. The multiplayer matches also include killstreaks, which are special one-time rewards that are unlocked after a player kills other players a set number of times without dying.
As could be expected, developers Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games have been working to tweak both killstreaks and perks for Modern Warfare 3.
The biggest new addition to the game that we've heard of so far is the creation of Team Perks. These are perks that a team can work toward to earn. It is unclear whether this will be tied to clans or some other team system, but their inclusion could help push the game into a more team-driven title, something the premium Elite service is likely to tie into.
UPDATE: Robert Bowling, creative strategist at Infinity Ward, tweeted that "team perks" is not in the game. He later clarified that Modern Warfare 3's multiplayer would nave "no such thing" as team perks.
While we don't know the total number of team perks coming to Modern Warfare 3, we have been told four of them:
Stopping Power: Increased bullet damage.
Blast Shield: Unclear
Health Regen: Regenerate health over time.
Stun Protection: Prevent stunning from flash grenades.
New perks coming to Modern Warfare 3 include:
Blind Eye: This makes you immune to computer-controlled and player-controlled killstreaks. The pro version makes your launchers lock on faster and gives you extra bullet damage to vehicles.
Assassin: This makes you immune to UAV, thermal, and heartbeat sensors. The pro version also makes you immune to CUAV, EMP and no longer shows your name in red or the crosshair in red when you're targeted.
Point Guard: Every two assists count as a kill towards your killstreak.
Dead Silence: You make no noise.
Recon: Gives you a special kind of radar to spot enemies, most likely. We're not sure on this one.
We're not clear on how many or which previous perks will be coming to the game, but it sounds like the ones that do return will do so from Modern Warfare 2, not Black Ops.
There will also be a bevy of new killstreaks to play with in multiplayer. Here's the rundown on the latest thinking:
EMP Grenade: Temporarily takes out all area electronics.
Littlebird: A small-manned helicopter that can controlled and used to gun down enemies. [Updated]
Precision Airstrike: Calls in an airstrike on a targeted area.
Stealth bomber: Calls in a B2 Spirit to carpet bomb along a line designated by the player.
Remote Turret: A remote controlled turret.
Directional UAV: A UAV that can be directed into areas to scan for enemies.
Remote Mortar: Direct a mortar team using a zoomable camera view of the map to call in strikes.
Airdrop Trap: A booby-trapped airdrop.
Ammo Resupply: An ammo reloading airdrop.
Escort Airdrop: A protected airdrop.
Specialist Strike Package: This one remains a mystery to us.
While it's likely that some of the killstreaks will drop out or be added in, we've been told that the team has decided to remove the controversial Tactical Nuke killstreak from the game.
Other tweaks being looked at by the team include making sure things like exploding barrels not counting toward a player's killstreak tally.
We've also learned, unfortunately, that this latest Call of Duty still won't support dedicated servers, instead relying on the hosted servers found in previous iterations of the game. Dedicated servers were removed from the Modern Warfare games starting with Modern Warfare 2. (Modern Warfare 3 appears to be using DemonWare for player authentication, just like with Call of Duty: Black Ops.)
Activision was contacted prior to this story's publication and declined to comment. However, Robert Bowling, creative strategist at Infinity Ward, later tweeted about the story confirming that Tactical Nukes had been removed from the game and that the game will not have the stopping power perk. He also tweeted that "team perks" were not in the game. He later clarified that Modern Warfare 3's multiplayer would nave "no such thing" as team perks.
He also reiterated that, as we initially reported, the multiplayer for Modern Warfare 3 is still in development and that not everything has been locked down.
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But it's typically not the single player campaign, detailed here, that draws in those record-breaking numbers. While many, including myself, enjoy the Call of Duty campaigns, it's the multiplayer that has managed to shift the Call of Duty franchise from a video game to something more akin to a sport.
People play pick-up games of Black Ops, Modern Warfare 2, even Modern Warfare, like they play games of baseball, soccer or shoot some hoops. Like it or not, consider it innovative or rehashed gameplay, the Call of Duty franchise has in many ways transcended what it is to be a video game.
So here's your first, unofficial look at what we can expect from the bread and butter, the heart of Modern Warfare 3 when it hits this fall. Do keep in mind that while the details of the game's single player campaign, first reported by Kotaku via inside sources and later seemingly verified with the official release of a trailer and matching levels, are likely mostly locked in stone, what is delivered with multiplayer could easily shift as the team works to polish and balance the game in the months leading up to release. Multiplayer is also often tweaked after the game hits. It also receives a number of downloadable content packs post launch. With the advent of Elite, that's even more likely.
That being said, here's what our inside sources are telling us is the current state of multiplayer.
The game's multiplayer will be divided into cooperative Special Ops maps and traditional multiplayer maps. There will be no zombie modes in this game, not a surprise since zombies were introduced to the Call of Duty franchise by Treyarch and have, so far, popped up only in the Treyarch-developed games.
Special Ops will include both a survival, horde-like mode and a mission mode, with a total of a dozen maps and missions to choose from between the two.
As we've previously reported, there are 20 maps being worked on for Modern Warfare 3's multiplayer.
It is unclear how many multiplayer and Spec Ops maps and missions will come with the game and how many will be sold at a later date as add-on downloadable content.
Key to the multiplayer experience is the ability for players to level up their characters and unlock perks to modify the effectiveness of their equipment, character and enemy equipment. The multiplayer matches also include killstreaks, which are special one-time rewards that are unlocked after a player kills other players a set number of times without dying.
As could be expected, developers Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games have been working to tweak both killstreaks and perks for Modern Warfare 3.
The biggest new addition to the game that we've heard of so far is the creation of Team Perks. These are perks that a team can work toward to earn. It is unclear whether this will be tied to clans or some other team system, but their inclusion could help push the game into a more team-driven title, something the premium Elite service is likely to tie into.
UPDATE: Robert Bowling, creative strategist at Infinity Ward, tweeted that "team perks" is not in the game. He later clarified that Modern Warfare 3's multiplayer would nave "no such thing" as team perks.
While we don't know the total number of team perks coming to Modern Warfare 3, we have been told four of them:
Blast Shield: Unclear
Health Regen: Regenerate health over time.
Stun Protection: Prevent stunning from flash grenades.
New perks coming to Modern Warfare 3 include:
Blind Eye: This makes you immune to computer-controlled and player-controlled killstreaks. The pro version makes your launchers lock on faster and gives you extra bullet damage to vehicles.
Assassin: This makes you immune to UAV, thermal, and heartbeat sensors. The pro version also makes you immune to CUAV, EMP and no longer shows your name in red or the crosshair in red when you're targeted.
Point Guard: Every two assists count as a kill towards your killstreak.
Dead Silence: You make no noise.
Recon: Gives you a special kind of radar to spot enemies, most likely. We're not sure on this one.
We're not clear on how many or which previous perks will be coming to the game, but it sounds like the ones that do return will do so from Modern Warfare 2, not Black Ops.
There will also be a bevy of new killstreaks to play with in multiplayer. Here's the rundown on the latest thinking:
EMP Grenade: Temporarily takes out all area electronics.
Littlebird: A small-manned helicopter that can controlled and used to gun down enemies. [Updated]
Precision Airstrike: Calls in an airstrike on a targeted area.
Stealth bomber: Calls in a B2 Spirit to carpet bomb along a line designated by the player.
Remote Turret: A remote controlled turret.
Directional UAV: A UAV that can be directed into areas to scan for enemies.
Remote Mortar: Direct a mortar team using a zoomable camera view of the map to call in strikes.
Airdrop Trap: A booby-trapped airdrop.
Ammo Resupply: An ammo reloading airdrop.
Escort Airdrop: A protected airdrop.
Specialist Strike Package: This one remains a mystery to us.
While it's likely that some of the killstreaks will drop out or be added in, we've been told that the team has decided to remove the controversial Tactical Nuke killstreak from the game.
Other tweaks being looked at by the team include making sure things like exploding barrels not counting toward a player's killstreak tally.
We've also learned, unfortunately, that this latest Call of Duty still won't support dedicated servers, instead relying on the hosted servers found in previous iterations of the game. Dedicated servers were removed from the Modern Warfare games starting with Modern Warfare 2. (Modern Warfare 3 appears to be using DemonWare for player authentication, just like with Call of Duty: Black Ops.)
Activision was contacted prior to this story's publication and declined to comment. However, Robert Bowling, creative strategist at Infinity Ward, later tweeted about the story confirming that Tactical Nukes had been removed from the game and that the game will not have the stopping power perk. He also tweeted that "team perks" were not in the game. He later clarified that Modern Warfare 3's multiplayer would nave "no such thing" as team perks.
He also reiterated that, as we initially reported, the multiplayer for Modern Warfare 3 is still in development and that not everything has been locked down.
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We develop robust, scalable services to support tens of millions of users for titles such as the Call of Duty and Guitar Hero series. Our teams work hand-in-hand with some of the top game development studios in the world, providing them with online software and services needed to power some of the most popular AAA video game titles. We are…
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throdgrain
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http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2011/08/18/modern-warfare-3-pc-dedicated-servers/
Copy paste ftw. I can underline some of it if it helps
Copy paste ftw. I can underline some of it if it helps
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