Modern Warfare 2, Prestige edition, -or- hey, blow your wad on this!

[Nonentity]

Eh, they usually are gone as soon as they arrive. They show up, get a bunch of headshots in a row with some iron sight AUG or something, do a chopper gunner to kill everything in sight, then nuke. Then they're off to another lobby (or I am).

[Strazos]

I am SO fucking happy I did not buy this.

[snowwy]

From IW's own forums:
Okay so I logged on to "www.modernwarfail2.com" this morning and was... shocked.

Now I've been shocked before from this site, but mainly it stems from the new and varied ways IW manages to sounds like even bigger douche bags to their fans.

However, today was special.

Today features a demonstration of how POORLY MW2 and steam were integrated prior to release. Namely: MW2 does not even execute periodic checks to ensure FUCKING VAC IS RUNNING. You read that correctly, EVERYTHING anti cheat related was lumped in the lap of VAC. So I guess its really not that difficult to fathom what happens when you shut it off.

So this coder "Black Dove" one of the largest designers of the MW2 cheats, including his famous (not really) "texture based wall hack" (this is evident in the video as everyones red) shows us how easy it is to COMPLETELY BYPASS VAC.

The only positive thing to come from this is Black Doves unwillingness to release this modification, as it will in a sense offer him no "profits".

Read that again.

Not only is IW motivated solely by profits, but the fucking parasites who earn a buck off ruining others gameplay ALSO ARE MOTIVATED ONLY BY PROFITS.

Now this moron also demonstrates EXACTLY how to perform this bypass and you can imagine that those groups dedicated to ruining IWnet will seize upon this immediately. Additionally, thanks to this method, it is also possible for OUTRAGEOUS hacks to be released that are in essence unpatchable. In order to fix this problem IW will have to get a complete reintegration of the steam client into the game, something that "black dove" doesn't think will happen soon, or at all. This is not something that can be fixed with a few lines of code, and even if they do fix it his other stuff is 100 percent VAC proof anyways.

Wonderful. Thats all I cay really say.

Things PC wide are bad currently, but their even worse Xbox side. There is a "virus" which is basically just a glitch that modifies players infinite ammo setting to "1, or on" spreading like wildfire. Everyone that connects to a host with this glitch gets "infected" and spreads it to the next game. The result is going to be a 3 - 4 week ORGY of noob tubing/rocket spam before a MS certified patch can be released.

This game just makes my brain hurt when I try and understand how it got Game Of The Year status. Perhaps there should be a new category for infamy? IW would take home the prize and then some.

[tgr]

Oh. All remember the "they should just allow it anyways since it's not a permanent server" skit about gameservers?

http://www.modernwarfail2.com/2009/12/08/mw2-gamer-thanks-for-getting-me-in-trouble-infinity-ward/

Stay classy, IW. Stay classy.

[WayAbvPar]

 

That page has all kinds of good stuff on it. Glad to see IW is getting lambasted for their half-assed efforts. Of course, it will just mean that the next iteration will be console only, but they can't even keep hacks off the 360 now, so who knows.

[Trippy]

Oh. All remember the "they should just allow it anyways since it's not a permanent server" skit about gameservers?

http://www.modernwarfail2.com/2009/12/08/mw2-gamer-thanks-for-getting-me-in-trouble-infinity-ward/

Stay classy, IW. Stay classy.

Haven't online console gamers had to deal with this same issue since the Xbox 360? E.g. wouldn't Halo 3 players have the same problem?

[tgr]

Haven't online console gamers had to deal with this same issue since the Xbox 360? E.g. wouldn't Halo 3 players have the same problem?

To be honest, I have no idea. I've never even thought of playing a console game online.

However, if that is the case, then that's just another consoleitis they've inflicted on the PC populace. That'd be great.

Game of the year.

[KallDrexx]

That unlimited ammo hack is  in the details

http://www.modernwarfail2.com/2009/12/16/unlimited-ammo-virus-infects-other-xbox-360-players-like-an-std/

[LK]

I still love the game but the handling of it has gotten me more on board with the haters than the supporters. I equate MW1 -> MW2 doing to IW's reputation what PS2 -> PS3 did to Sony's.

ModernWarfail has a lot of good info. That they use Twitter as the primary form of communication with their fans is epic fail.

[tgr]

Interesting detail: According to Xboxic, you actually may get banned from Xbox Live for using this unlimited ammo mod. Possibly it may be for only 24 hours but if you repeat the action again and get caught, the ban could be made permanent.

 

When I got frothy at the mouth regarding no lean and no dedicated servers, I had no idea there was this much crap to be dug up. This is almost more awesome than playing the game itself.

Also, prediction time: MW3 will still sell like hotcakes.

[LK]

They need to take a good 3-4 years with the next Modern Warfare.

[Ard]

Just be glad they haven't figured out they could go the Tony Hawk route and ship the next iteration with a bunch of gun peripherals (different models sold seperately) to enhance the experience.

[LK]

http://twitter.com/fourzerotwo/statuses/6741953384

Get ready for the shitstorm when the 1887 lovers come out of their holes and fuck up with akimbo-ranting anyone who gets within a half-mile of their frothing barrels.

Edit:

http://www.modernwarfail2.com/2009/12/17/2-interesting-new-mw2-glitches/

The nice thing about pointing out these glitches is that they'll hopefully be patched quickly. But man, that seems like such a simple catch for their QA department.

[Nonentity]

Thank god. Fuck the 1887s.

[Venkman]

Just finished installing. Does the game store game profile/savefiles through Steam Cloud or only locally?

[Venkman]

Been playing multiplayer for a few nights now. Not as bad as I thought it'd be. Maps seem well suited for the number of players, and the new weapons are interesting. Probably will take as long to do the single player as I took for COD4. Like, a year or something

I'm missing lean. This just feels like clownshoes to me, something that forces me to piss off Hoax by bringing up the keyboard/mouse > controller thing. They wouldn't need to gimp it if controllers weren't worse  But the match making has worked very well for me overall. Eventually I'll get to private servers, but right now I'm just grinding it out.

Definitely feels more game-y though than earlier iterations. All the popup messages, all the care packages, icons, etc. Is there a hardcore mode here like 4? I prefer an empty UI.

[Nonentity]

There's a hardcore mode, yeah.

Also - settings and levels and such are all stored cloud-side.

[Venkman]

Oh they ARE?! Nice. Finally.

[NiX]

3rd Person Mode, Hardcore Mode and Headshots Only. It becomes a knife, nade and rocket fest, which is the most fun I've had in a console shooter in a long time.

[Nonentity]

Just wanted to bump this to say I finally sat down with a friend and blew through some of the Spec Ops co-op stuff.

Wow, there is a LOT of unique content in that mode that is nowhere else in the game. Some of the later missions are downright insanely challenging. Very, very fun stuff.

[Venkman]

Just finished the campaign last night. Wasn't impressed as I thought I woudl be.

At first I thought I was just being all hyper critical, but then I realized what bothered me. It wasn't the story, which I know some folks had an issue with as being preposterous. It was more about the telling of it, or really, the lack thereof. This was not a smooth narrative by any stretch. Even putting aside Shepherd doing an impression of Steve Wright the whole time, you were just constantly dropped into the middle of finite vignettes that didn't really connect at all.

While one could counterpoint with this being due to playing multiple protagonists, that was the case in 4 and 5 as well, and there everything flowed more smoothly. Here, even when you did play multiple levels as the same character, there was no continuity. I could put aside that problem if they would give enough preample to when you switched roles. But you get nothing but military buzz phrases with deadpan delivery and then some shocking event.

The levels themselves were mostly awesome. And pretty much every part after the big reveal were nice and tight. Also, while sometimes obvious sequel setups annoy me, I'm realistic enough to know MW2 wouldn't have launched with this budget if MW3 wasn't a foregone conclusion.

Now onto Spec Ops for a bit.

[Azazel]

Just wanted to bump this to say I finally sat down with a friend and blew through some of the Spec Ops co-op stuff.

Wow, there is a LOT of unique content in that mode that is nowhere else in the game. Some of the later missions are downright insanely challenging. Very, very fun stuff.

On Console or PC? If on console, do they allow splitscreen, or does it have to be system link/online?

[Venkman]

It allows split screen. I haven't had a chance yet, but I saw this YouTube video and already want to. It's not the lulz of Borderlands, that's for sure.

Spec Ops- Bridge

[Trippy]

One billion dollars!

[schild]

The surprising thing with Modern Warfare 2 is that it is a hardcore game, which by its very nature has a more limited appeal to the mass market.

:groan:

[Venkman]

One billion dollars!

Was talking with some folks about this today. Didn't they plan for MW2 to be the biggest entertainment (not just game) launch of 2009? I'm really curious if they achieved that or if Avatar spoiled it for them Basically, who made more money before Jan 1? Pretty sure we can get the Avatar numbers but not sure about MW2.

[stu]

I noticed the price on this game dropped to $50 at Best Buy so I decided to pick it up. This game is a helluva lot better than I expected it to be. I'd like to see it beat out Avatar. That movie was too much of a let down.

[Azazel]

The surprising thing with Modern Warfare 2 is that it is a hardcore game, which by its very nature has a more limited appeal to the mass market.

:groan:

Well, the Jackoffosaur who wrote that tripe also went on to dickwave his own progress through the game. So you know, typical game journalism quality. Or less.

[stray]

MW2 is so hardcore it spiked 360 sales in Japan. Also hardcore for being a shooter and doing that (but over there, it's a squeenix game lol.. so maybe that's why).

[Nonentity]

There's something that makes me giggle about Square-Enix publishing that game in Japan.

[stu]

Today I learned what a Tactical Nuke is. Not pleasant.

[Venkman]

Yea. So far, at least on the PC side at night eastern, they're pretty rare. Been hit by them twice since Christmas. And of course both times the whole match assumed the guy was cheating/aimbotting/wallhacking 

[Nonentity]

I've only had two nukes, but they've both been legitimate. I got a third one, but then I chopper gunned someone and didn't get to use it.

I should mention the only map I've been able to do this on is Favela, while knifing.

[Venkman]

Oh so YOU'RE that guy, the one that always scare me with the near-stealth superspeed knifing. I swear, I don't need survival horror games with you around 

[schild]

I don't know what the keymap on MW2 is like but in MW I rekeyed Knife to rightclick.