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Javes
May 6, 2012

ASK ME ABOUT APPEARING OFFLINE SO I DON'T HAVE TO TELL FRIENDS THEY'RE NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR MY VIDEO GAME TEAM.
That sounds like too much effort for a game I'm already going to buy at launch.

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Wazzit
Jul 16, 2004

Who wants to play video games?
I'm fairly positive the ol Amazon beta code switcheroo is still viable.

Mill Village
Jul 27, 2007

I'll just wait for the Open Beta on PC.

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:

Pablo Nergigante posted:

Battle Royale with only 50 players sounds dumb tbh

Actually that would depend on the map size (generally) and the layout (specifically)!
Using PUBG as an example, the 4km x 4km map Sanhok was made to address issues of player density and average play time!
Even with a starting population of 100 players, on a map that's ~50% water, with a shrinking encounter area, players on Enrangel (8km x 8km) can routinely go minutes without a single encounter or firefight!
It's entirely likely that with a smaller initial combat population, developers will adjust the total map size downward accordingly, to keep up the hectic and tense firefights the Call of Duty series is known for!

SubponticatePoster
Aug 9, 2004

Every day takes figurin' out all over again how to fuckin' live.
Slippery Tilde

Javes posted:

Beta is coming up, I guess I gotta pre order this drat game soon. Can someone confirm if the Amazon pre-order/cancel technique still works?
I preordered through Amazon, I'll let you know if I get a code.

Wazzit posted:

finally something to bury my ashes in
Why not use an empty laxatives bottle like the rest of us?

housefly
Sep 11, 2001

Mister Facetious posted:

Actually that would depend on the map size (generally) and the layout (specifically)!
Using PUBG as an example, the 4km x 4km map Sanhok was made to address issues of player density and average play time!
Even with a starting population of 100 players, on a map that's ~50% water, with a shrinking encounter area, players on Enrangel (8km x 8km) can routinely go minutes without a single encounter or firefight!
It's entirely likely that with a smaller initial combat population, developers will adjust the total map size downward accordingly, to keep up the hectic and tense firefights the Call of Duty series is known for!

Can you ship a towel to me? The sarcasm in your posts dripped all over my keyboard.

Thanks.

Happy Noodle Boy
Jul 3, 2002


housefly posted:

Can you ship a towel to me? The sarcasm in your posts dripped all over my keyboard.

Thanks.

It’s worse than sarcasm, chacha. It’s genuine all positive Macys for the entire year.

housefly
Sep 11, 2001

Happy Noodle Boy posted:

It’s worse than sarcasm, chacha. It’s genuine all positive Macys for the entire year.

The horror!

Superanos
Nov 13, 2009

Pablo Nergigante posted:

Battle Royale with only 50 players sounds dumb tbh

Call of Duty is still using the ancient Quake 3 engine it has used for over a decade, so it probably can't handle more than 50.

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:

Happy Noodle Boy posted:

It’s worse than sarcasm, chacha. It’s genuine all positive Macys for the entire year.

Between the standard competitive multiplayer types, zombies, and the addition of the new Battle Royale mode, I feel spoiled for choice with this year's Call of Duty offering by Activision!

Happy Noodle Boy
Jul 3, 2002


Good news, friends! Call of Duty I I I I is going to have....

*checks info*

... solo missions.

quote:

If you're the lonely or curmudgeonly sort, there will be something for you in the form of Specialist-specific solo missions. These missions are intended to introduce players to the game's multiplayer Specialist characters and highlight some of their backstories. Players shouldn't think of these like tiny campaigns though.

"They're not traditional campaign or story missions in that way. They're set up in multiplayer maps where you get to actually learn how to use the Specialist," says Black Ops 4 producer Miles Leslie. "The key there is explaining about the Specialists. Who they are and what they're about. So you get to know them, but at the same time, [we] educate you on how to use them. Now that team composition and Specialist composition is really important, we want you to understand that if you pick Ruin, how do you become successful?"

The narrative of Black Ops 4 places the game chronologically between Black Ops 2 and Black Ops 3, with many of the Specialists not having certain facets of their Black Ops 3 incarnations yet. For example, Ruin in Black Ops 3 has completely cybernetic arms, which aren't a part of his Black Ops 4 design.

Leslie didn't specify if the lack of story campaign was always a part of Call of Duty: Black Ops 4's design, but he did go into the idea behind the change.

"If you go back to every single Black Ops game, we don't tell a traditional story ever. From the onset of Black Ops 4, the best way of us to give back to the fans was through multiplayer, Zombies, and Blackout. The narrative is its own thing in each of the big pillars of the game," he tells USgamer.

Mill Village
Jul 27, 2007

Just bring back BO1 combat training.

SubponticatePoster
Aug 9, 2004

Every day takes figurin' out all over again how to fuckin' live.
Slippery Tilde

Mill Village posted:

Just bring back BO1 combat training. Ghosts' ability to play against bots for MP xp
That was nice, you could still get xp without having to play with pubs while waiting for a goon group to form. As braindead as the AI was it was still better than most pubs.

And Javes, I got my MP code today so preorder from Amazon working fine.

Happy Noodle Boy
Jul 3, 2002


They've been doing a countdown on Twitter for the beta with weapon and streak snippets. Macys, your baby is coming back as a ballistic weapon:

https://twitter.com/callofduty/status/1023599030696374272?s=21

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:

Happy Noodle Boy posted:

They've been doing a countdown on Twitter for the beta with weapon and streak snippets. Macys, your baby is coming back as a ballistic weapon:

https://twitter.com/callofduty/status/1023599030696374272?s=21

If the Titan maintains the ammunition reserve common to the LMG class in Call of Duty games (and its predecessor in IW), I have a feeling I'm going to attack-attack-attack this year!

Wazzit
Jul 16, 2004

Who wants to play video games?
deepest, most tactical black ops

https://twitter.com/CallofDuty/status/1023975760258904065

D E E P E S T M O S T T A C T I C A L B L A C K O P S

Happy Noodle Boy
Jul 3, 2002


I’m ready to get kinetic in that AO

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:
Got my pre-order, and I'm taking the week of the first beta off (unrelated to the beta, I swear ;) )!
I'll try to stream as much of it as I can, and I'll make sure to set up a new PS4 Community group just for the new Call of Duty, so it's easier to find active players!

Happy Noodle Boy
Jul 3, 2002


It’s just us dozen or so idiots still playing, Macy’s.

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:
Every Call of Duty game is someone's first, even for members of the Something Awful forums!

IM DAY DAY IRL
Jul 11, 2003

Everything's fine.

Nothing to see here.
im putting you back on the ignore list

Happy Noodle Boy
Jul 3, 2002


IM DAY DAY IRL posted:

im putting you back on the ignore list

Please don’t exploit and ruin this game too.

Wazzit
Jul 16, 2004

Who wants to play video games?
Is Theater mode back in this?

IM DAY DAY IRL
Jul 11, 2003

Everything's fine.

Nothing to see here.

Happy Noodle Boy posted:

Please don’t exploit and ruin this game too.

don't hate the player jacs

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:

Wazzit posted:

Is Theater mode back in this?

I certainly hope so! They've made no mention of it but I remain optimistic!

Happy Noodle Boy
Jul 3, 2002


Trailer beta and the first glimpse of Blackout gameplay. Leaning on the teamwork aspect.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWCN3u-OtoE

EAT FASTER!!!!!!
Sep 21, 2002

Legendary.


:hampants::hampants::hampants:
This thing looks like a fuckin turd.

Javes
May 6, 2012

ASK ME ABOUT APPEARING OFFLINE SO I DON'T HAVE TO TELL FRIENDS THEY'RE NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR MY VIDEO GAME TEAM.

EAT FASTER!!!!!! posted:

This thing looks like a fuckin turd.

Go off, King

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:

Happy Noodle Boy posted:

Trailer beta and the first glimpse of Blackout gameplay. Leaning on the teamwork aspect.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWCN3u-OtoE

:perfect: :woop:

Max Wilco
Jan 23, 2012

I'm just trying to go through life without looking stupid.

It's not working out too well...

Mister Facetious posted:

Every Call of Duty game is someone's first, even for members of the Something Awful forums!

Yeah, I got a code via Xfinity to try out the public beta. I registered a Call of Duty account (something I'd though I'd never do), but it looks like beta isn't available until August 3rd (unless I misread the notification), and will only be up for a couple of days. Can you pre-load it? I got the Playstation version.

EDIT: Also, I registered the Call of Duty account to a different email address, but would I have been able to log in with my Battle.net account? That just occurred to me.

Max Wilco fucked around with this message at 22:32 on Jul 30, 2018

Happy Noodle Boy
Jul 3, 2002


Max Wilco posted:


EDIT: Also, I registered the Call of Duty account to a different email address, but would I have been able to log in with my Battle.net account? That just occurred to me.

There should be an option on the COD website to link your account to PSN/XBOX/Battle.net

Max Wilco
Jan 23, 2012

I'm just trying to go through life without looking stupid.

It's not working out too well...

Happy Noodle Boy posted:

There should be an option on the COD website to link your account to PSN/XBOX/Battle.net

I have it connected to the PSN account, but I do see the Battle.net link. I was just worried that I had made another Activision/Blizzard account.

I've only played one other Call of Duty game, and that was COD2, and it was only the single-player campaign. Is there anything I should know when it comes to modern COD 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:
^ - The main difference between CoD2 and games since MW1 is the greatly increased speed and flow of multiplayer matches!
Don't feel bad if you have a rough start, it can take time (years, in some cases) to build the muscle memory and situational awareness unique to Call of Duty gameplay!

Max Wilco posted:

Yeah, I got a code via Xfinity to try out the public beta. I registered a Call of Duty account (something I'd though I'd never do), but it looks like beta isn't available until August 3rd (unless I misread the notification), and will only be up for a couple of days. Can you pre-load it? I got the Playstation version.

EDIT: Also, I registered the Call of Duty account to a different email address, but would I have been able to log in with my Battle.net account? That just occurred to me.

Activision has supported pre-loading for CoD games on the PS4 since Advanced Warfare's "play it on day zero" promotion!

Mister Facetious fucked around with this message at 23:41 on Jul 30, 2018

housefly
Sep 11, 2001

Jesus loving Christ dude. This gimmick is out of control, even for you.

Mill Village
Jul 27, 2007

housefly posted:

Jesus loving Christ dude. This gimmick is out of control, even for you.

Don't worry he'll break character on Friday.

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:

IM DAY DAY IRL posted:

im putting you back on the ignore list

IM DAY DAY IRL posted:

don't hate the player!

Waroduce
Aug 5, 2008
gunna get this dumb rear end game again and blow a day of pto being high as gently caress and playing until i pass out infront of the tv. im sure my dog will be happy im home nad my gf will think im a loving tard but yolo.

maceys dibs on running with you first 24 hours god bless you and god bless america.

Waroduce
Aug 5, 2008
if it drops he 12th...im taking that friday off so i can hop on at midnight thursday

RBX
Jan 2, 2011

Have any of you played a Battle Royale game, I'm interested if this is gonna work with COD gunplay.

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housefly
Sep 11, 2001

Mill Village posted:

Don't worry he'll break character on Friday.

I’ll patiently await the return of “poo poo gently caress poo poo gently caress. loving cock sucking motherfucki-<rage quit>” Macey’s

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