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ethanol
Jul 13, 2007



Roman posted:

Probably fake but I wonder how going beck to WWII would be received now, after the future war CODs



I really want to go back to WW2, but I have to admit I'm hoping it won't be World at War 2. I know a lot of people didn't like cod back then, but I want the attention to detail, no irony historic shooter that COD1-3 was with modern graphics and mechanics, not more of these ridiculously silly and boring plotlines. I mean do I have to spell out how much money they can make redoing the D-Day invasion in 2015?

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Bumper Stickup
Jan 7, 2012

Mmm... Offshore Toast!


Grimey Drawer

Spoon Man posted:

Call Of Duty: Ancient Warfare

Pls nerf the spear. Buff rocks.

Spoon Man
Mar 15, 2003

It'll just be another COD I play like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_6U0lEEW-E

Hackan Slash
May 31, 2007
Hit it until it's not a problem anymore
I haven't ever cared about the time period. It's all about the shootyman.

The only important things are if the maps are good and multiple play styles are viable.

And no loving halftime in Dom.

Wazzit
Jul 16, 2004

Who wants to play video games?
New map trailer or something. Or is it from the last map pack? Or is it from Black ops 2? Man I really don't know anymore.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oBq08nkylw

This fun pop rock music is really sellin me on these maps though.

Mister Facetious
Apr 21, 2007

I think I died and woke up in L.A.,
I don't know how I wound up in this place...

:canada:

Fibby Boy posted:

Pls nerf the spear. Buff rocks.

360 slings nub goml

#david>goliath

Roman
Aug 8, 2002

The near future settings allowed them to sell goofy camos and voice packs. The question is will I be able to get Space Cat camos for my MP44 and hear the Snoop Dogg announcer pack as I'm storming the beach at Normandy

beaner69
Sep 12, 2009

ethanol posted:

not more of these ridiculously silly and boring plotlines. I mean do I have to spell out how much money they can make redoing the D-Day invasion in 2015?

Max prestige in a lot of these games, didn't even know there's a story in the multiplayer. I mean, you don't play single player do you? Do you?

ethanol
Jul 13, 2007



beaner69 posted:

Max prestige in a lot of these games, didn't even know there's a story in the multiplayer. I mean, you don't play single player do you? Do you?

wait, there's multiplayer?

Mister Facetious
Apr 21, 2007

I think I died and woke up in L.A.,
I don't know how I wound up in this place...

:canada:
Having thought about it, I could accept a WWII CoD, but it would have to centre on one person, like AW did. None of this jumping between faceless characters bullshit.

Wazzit
Jul 16, 2004

Who wants to play video games?
Ya, I agree, they really hit it out of the park by focusing on one single faceless character.

limited
Dec 10, 2005
Limited Sanity

Fibby Boy posted:

Pls nerf the spear. Buff rocks.
gently caress that, musket quickscoping is totally out of control right now.

Philthy
Jan 28, 2003

Pillbug

Wazzit posted:

New map trailer or something. Or is it from the last map pack? Or is it from Black ops 2? Man I really don't know anymore.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oBq08nkylw

This fun pop rock music is really sellin me on these maps though.

Holy poo poo. GRAPPLING HOOKS.

gently caress. YES.

Quake went from pretty fun to absolutely amazing when they modded in grappling hooks.

Mister Facetious
Apr 21, 2007

I think I died and woke up in L.A.,
I don't know how I wound up in this place...

:canada:
Was that Q2, or Q3? My memory for 90s mods is pretty blurry.

Wazzit posted:

Ya, I agree, they really hit it out of the park by focusing on one single faceless character.

You actually get to see his face. :colbert:

He even talks, and not just the battle-chatter bullshit, either.

Fetus Tree
Feb 2, 2003
Probation
Can't post for 2 years!
i would enjoy a ww2 CoD :shrug:

Scuzzywuffit
Feb 5, 2012

Mister Macys posted:

Was that Q2, or Q3? My memory for 90s mods is pretty blurry.


You actually get to see his face. :colbert:

He even talks, and not just the battle-chatter bullshit, either.

Never while you're playing, though, if I recall correctly. Which bothered me to no end, since people talk to you and you just ignore them like a weird rear end in a top hat.

fit em all up in there
Oct 10, 2006

Violencia

Fibby Boy posted:

Pls nerf the spear. Buff rocks.

Please buff the chariot kill streak give the horses armor or something

Thumbtacks
Apr 3, 2013


cool thanks game

Richslode
May 2, 2013
That's nothing. I just got the glitch where the thing doesn't even open, Advanced, my rear end.

Wazzit
Jul 16, 2004

Who wants to play video games?
The new maps drop tomorrow for all you suckers that bought the season pass.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6c0NuhBspE


Maybe this year's Call of Duty will keep my attention for more than a week. :shepicide:

Mister Facetious
Apr 21, 2007

I think I died and woke up in L.A.,
I don't know how I wound up in this place...

:canada:
The grappling hooks are map specific.

:golgo:

Nostalgia4Dogges
Jun 18, 2004

Only emojis can express my pure, simple stupidity.

so does xbone get it first again? lol

Philthy
Jan 28, 2003

Pillbug

Wazzit posted:

The new maps drop tomorrow for all you suckers that bought the season pass.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6c0NuhBspE


Maybe this year's Call of Duty will keep my attention for more than a week. :shepicide:

These maps look fantastic.

Mill Village
Jul 27, 2007

Nostalgia4Dicks posted:

so does xbone get it first again? lol

Xbone will get all DLC first for the foreseeable future. Activision renewed their exclusivity deal with MS.

Video Nasty
Jun 17, 2003

Looking forward to anything different in Zombies this time around so it doesn't feel like all the same weapon loadouts. :pray:

Bumper Stickup
Jan 7, 2012

Mmm... Offshore Toast!


Grimey Drawer

Mill Village posted:

Xbone will get all DLC first for the foreseeable future. Activision renewed their exclusivity deal with MS.

Good luck downloading it. Same bug season pass holders got with the first pack are getting hit again. Instead of it being free it's saying you gotta pay 14.99.

Mill Village
Jul 27, 2007

Treyarch does a good job with their DLC so I don't expect any problems with it like Sledgehammer keeps having. They even have the decency to integrate the DLC into all playlists right away instead of waiting for the next map pack to release.

sba
Jul 9, 2001

bae
you know, if they fixed the guns so that everyone didn't run around with the same 3 this game would be a lot more fun to play

orly
Oct 2, 2005
Probation
Can't post for 5 days!
My notable COD:AW moment for this week: I was dumped in a match against a clan and went 0.2kd. Stuck it out and an Insanity dropped! Then proceeded to fight back with the Insanity next map and got close to 1 k/d :) So glad I didn't ragequit.

Video Nasty
Jun 17, 2003

new zombies map isn't terrible but I haven't gotten too far to see any lasting changes.

The new weapon is a vacuum-gun that works like the EM1. You hold down the trigger and a blue tornado shoots out of the gun (which resembles the HAMR from Ghosts) and causes zombies to swell up while they are stun-locked. You swell them up until they explode, which usually takes about 2 full seconds of application. Holding the trigger down, however, causes the gun to "short out" for brief periods. Usually when the swarm of zombies has gotten out of control and you have nowhere to run.

Spoon Man
Mar 15, 2003

The new zombie map is easier than the last one because of the layout. The three outdoor areas (either side of the starting room, plus burgertown) can all easily be trained*.

I played it for the first time last night with Jetpack and Toast and in one try we got to round 29, which is a round higher than our best in the first map. It's easiest if you split up into different outdoor areas limiting the total number of zombies in each place.

Notes:
-The new gun, Magnetron, sucks upon first impression. I rolled the box, saw no gun appear, walked over to the box, and saw the name. It's so lovely they didn't even bother to make a 3D model for it! It's a microwave gun that will stop zombies in their tracks for a second or two when you first hit them with it. If you hold the beam on them for way too long, they eventually expand and then explode. It's not worth it for the stun effect since you'd only use that in a pinch and it takes too long to switch to the gun and ready it to fire in that situation. You sure as hell don't want it out for killing zombies since it takes several seconds per zombie to kill. Unless this gun gets drastically better when upgraded, it's a complete dud. It's also a beam weapon like the EM1 in that it starts with 100% power (ammo) and winds down to zero in about the same time. It also overheats after killing 2 or 3 zombies.
-All of the new traps are awesome. Airstrikes, crocodiles, ambulances, and more are fun to watch as well as effective and well worth their 500 point costs. Go wild on them!
-Dogs are now integrated into normal rounds and do not have their own special round. This means that you can't rely on them for an easy Full Reload powerup. The infection rounds still do grant a Full Reload.
-In addition to normal infection rounds (infected zombies), there are now entire zones that are gassed with the infection for a full round. It appears to always be one or two out of the three outdoor areas. This forces you to move around the map and kind of throws a wrench into my strategy above these notes.
-Survivor rounds force you to locate some helpless idiot on the map, escort him to an extraction point marked with a flare, and defend him while he waits for a ladder to drop from a helicopter. If you are successful, then you get a free weapon upgrade at the end of that round. It gives for a 5 second countdown to switch to the weapon you want to upgrade before it automatically applies it to the one in your hand. Here's the really nice thing: If you are holding a mk20 fully upgraded weapon, the Survivor round bonus will upgrade that gun to mk25.
-There is a mutant zombie that spawns every few rounds that is much larger than other zombies, carries a shield (door) and a melee weapon (street sign). He can even shoot rockets at you from a distance. Every single attack he does will EMP you. He's what ended our game on round 29 so make him a priority.

Everything else is pretty much the same. The Easter Egg is easier this time around and has some gimmicky rewards that look fun. Partially completing the EE does open up the mk25 upgrade station, just like in the previous map, but it's no longer a requirement because of that survivor round trick above.



*Running circles around the horde of zombies to clump them up into a manageable cluster and control the spawn rate.

Gordon Shumway
Jan 21, 2008

Just played my first time on the new zombies map, got to round 18 and it was pretty fun. Calling in an orbital strike to wipe everything out and end the round was awesome. A word of caution: in the rounds where entire zones are infected, you cannot stay in the infected zone even if you've become infected. Every few seconds you spend in the infected zone, the timer on your infection will lose additional time and it will become that much more difficult to reach the cure station before the countdown hits zero. I unwittingly stumbled into the infection zone while trying to grab more ammo for a specific gun and got infected, and I figured what the hell, I'm already infected, might as well get the ammo. Big mistake on my part.

Lowblockify
Mar 12, 2015
So has there been any progress on what exactly earns you a Supply Drop? I've put around 30 hours into the game and I've only gotten a RIP AK, and I don't even get an actual package unless I play at least three or four rounds. However, when I play splitscreen with my little brother he earns a Supply Drop nearly every round we play, sometimes twice a match, and almost always he gets an Elite item in every Drop. I'm "better" than him, I usually top leaderboards most of the time, but I do die a lot, while he stays near the bottom rung of the board every time. Do I just have poo poo luck when it comes to opening these things or is there some stupid lottery effect that Sledgehammer rigged up?

I said come in!
Jun 22, 2004

I really want to play this with goons on PSN. My PSN name is kyleh614. I'm gonna be playing all day, so feel free to invite me to your team. I am terrible though but want to get better.

Mister Facetious
Apr 21, 2007

I think I died and woke up in L.A.,
I don't know how I wound up in this place...

:canada:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jg7JmEA-tbY

Let me be the first PS4ilure to admit: graphics ain't all that if all you end up doing is using it for streaming, Destiny, and indie games.
Should have gone with the Bone.

versus
Sep 11, 2001

:iw:

Mister Macys posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jg7JmEA-tbY

Let me be the first PS4ilure to admit: graphics ain't all that if all you end up doing is using it for streaming, Destiny, and indie games.
Should have gone with the Bone.

so you can stream and play indie games on it?

Nostalgia4Dogges
Jun 18, 2004

Only emojis can express my pure, simple stupidity.

I said come in! posted:

I really want to play this with goons on PSN. My PSN name is kyleh614. I'm gonna be playing all day, so feel free to invite me to your team. I am terrible though but want to get better.

Added you. Not playing today though. I played last night and really liked the new maps but solo sucks :(

Mister Facetious
Apr 21, 2007

I think I died and woke up in L.A.,
I don't know how I wound up in this place...

:canada:

versus posted:

so you can stream and play indie games on it?

At least I'd be with my BLOPS crew... :nyoron:

Dickbutt Ouroboros
Nov 13, 2002

handbandit?
Son of a bitch!

I got bored of Destiny and almost broke down and bought this game. I do miss JO'ing with the BOYS.

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Nighthand
Nov 4, 2009

what horror the gas

You'd probably still miss it if you bought this game, not a heck of a lot of people play it. I got a PS4 and have been playing Bloodborne with most of my free time. gently caress the Blood-Starved Beast.

PSN NighthandTSB if anyone wants to add me and hasn't already, I know a couple of you got it from my Facebook post. I don't have CoD for the PS4 but in the event I ever get something with multiplayer -- and a PS+ sub -- I'd be down.

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