Call of Duty 2022/Modern Warfare 2 2

[Mangler]

Don't be like that, Bobby needs your $70, he's planning on buying a golden yacht.

[Sundance Kid V2]

Don't be like that Bobby needs your $70, he's planning on buying a golden yacht.

[nutcrackr]

Can't wait for this to be in GamePass with all other COD titles.

I don't think that will be this year. Probably March 2023 or something.

[nutcrackr]

IF you finish the campaign. YOU GET ALL OF THIS




Calling Card: “Soap’s Determination”
Emblem: “What’s Done Is Done”
30 Minute Double XP Token
30 Minute Double Weapon XP Token
Calling Card: “Chainlinked”
Base Operator: Chuy
30 Minute Double XP Token
30 Minute Double Weapon XP Token
Calling Card: “Gaz”
Base Operator: Nova
1 Hour Double XP Token
1 Hour Double Weapon XP Token
Calling Card: “Shadow Company Ops”
Base Operator: Reyes
1 Hour Double XP Token
1 Hour Double Weapon XP Token
Base Operator: Hutch

1 week until campaign drops.

[Mangler]

It looks like this is going to be Call of Duty 2023 too, MW 2 2 is getting both a MP expansion and a story dlc next year.

[Mangler]

Microsoft here goes on to state that the current agreement with Activision Blizzard and Sony "includes restrictions on the ability of Activision Blizzard to place Call of Duty titles on Game Pass for a number of years".

What we don't know is the nature of these "restrictions", and whether they amount to a full block of a Call of Duty game's launch on Game Pass, or whether doing so would come at some kind of penalty to Activision Blizzard - such as compensation for users claiming or downloading copies, which it would then pass on to Sony.

https://www.eurogamer.net/sony-impos...ss-xbox-claims

Looks like COD isn't going to be perfect for game pass™.

[nutcrackr]

Step right up, step right up, and give BOBBY KOTICK your money if you want to play the latest and greatest shootbang which has no competition because Battleifled sucks, medal of honor is dead, and most other shooters are looter-shooter garbage.

[Dungeoncrawler]

So the single player campaign is like wut, 2 hours long?

[nutcrackr]

median call of doody campaign is 5.5 hrs I think, be surprised if it's more than one standard deviation over that. We have seen infinite warfare tickle 8 hours, thanks to the power of brian bloom's storytelling and side missions. And, he's writing this new one. He also did modern war-hare 2019 which was 6hrs.

[nutcrackr]

Well the campaign was just under 7 hours long, so it's decent value. It had some good missions and some not-so-good ones. I don't think the stealth is great in this one, cold war did that aspect better, although not great itself. Also weird to have a few missions with crafting like in The Last of Us. I guess in a lot of the bad missions the player direction is just not quite on point.

It does have a decent amount of variety. The Watch_Dogs mission was better than the equivalent one in the 2019 version. The AC-130 mission is probably best in the series. And there's a fun car chase mission. Overall I'd say it's better than 2019's campaign but not as good as the best in the series. Upside was performance was pretty slick, no stutters or framerate issues at 1440p maxed. Looks decent and has some good atmosphere.

[Arioch]

Does this game have RT and HDR similar to the 2019 edition?

[demo]

Yes HDR, I don't see options for RT but it does have DLSS.

[nutcrackr]

There is no ray tracing. Not sure about HDR, but I think it has it.

[nutcrackr]

Preload is up. 151GB on PS5. Comes out at 81GB for me on PC.

Also they have nerfed the footstep sounds, reduced the range apparently. Remains to be seen how much difference there is. And they've added diamond icons over enemies to help target acquisition.

https://www.infinityward.com/news/20...-launch-update

[nutcrackr]

Co-op is terrible. Worst in a long time. 3 missions, all poor and some are short, with limited replay value, dumb AI, cheating AI. The last mission is 6 waves to defend and is easy to get 3 stars and embarrassingly bad imo

Multiplayer is good, definitely the best part of the package. They nerfed the footstep audio pretty bad though, you can still hear enemies but not as easily. Kinda sad about that. None of the maps are great. Some good ones, some average ones. They all feel different enough, I guess.

People are already complaining about the perk system. Mostly because they can't run ghost from the start and uav spots their asses. I honestly don't really think it's that big of a deal. You can kill UAVs easily with an LMG or the launchers, or pop a counter-uav. And if none of that is available, just assume people know where you are and plan accordingly.

Quite disappointing there is no stats page / combat record. But I guess that won't be too far away.

[Mangler]

I'm not a fan of how you have to use weapons that are kind of bad in order to unlock the good stuff in the weapon unlock tree.

Especially when the SBMM puts you against people using meta weapons after 1-2 matches.

[Silent-Runner]

I'm not a fan of how you have to use weapons that are kind of bad in order to unlock the good stuff in the weapon unlock tree.

Especially when the SBMM puts you against people using meta weapons after 1-2 matches.

that kind of "mechanic" is found in almost every game nowadays, WoT often sets you up against players 2 tiers above you. Which can and will lead to a lot of frustration. It kinda evens out later on (a bit). But at that time a lot of players alredy gave up which is a shame. Other than that it's simply progression as in every game.

[pax]

The big HWU gpu comparison in this title:

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Gonna be one of the top games in fps for Radeon it seems.

[nutcrackr]

yeah i don't like the attachment unlock system. Use another gun to get a reflex sight, but have you use 2 other guns to unlock that other gun. Just messy.

[Megaman]

526.61 Hotfix driver fixes the flashing issue.

[Mangler]

Update requires restart.

I wish they would just use the ****ing launcher/steam to push these small updates, it is so ****ing annoying.

[KAC]

Enjoying this game a lot. Even with all the aim bot nonsense am punching kids in the sack. Also paid 100 euros for it because I was so desperate for a shooter.

[nutcrackr]

Combat Record is finally here. Too bad all your stats don't get applied to the challenges though.

Battlepass screen looks like it was designed by a 5 year old. At least I can recover my cod points with fewer than 70 tokens

[Thr0tt]

War zone 2.0 is fine, same game different map I guess. Played a little, DMZ interesting, not worked out wtf I’m meant to do but looks like bots and pvp ?

[nutcrackr]

Haven't played DMZ yet. Warzone 2 is okay. Map seems more complex with more buildings and interiors, which I guess reduces sniper effectiveness a touch. It also has AI enemies in places.

[KAC]

Wow they got shipment map in. That is dope af. Enjoying it a lot! Double XP weekend btw.

[KAC]

Getting better at this game. COD MW2.jpg

[nutcrackr]

Shipment is pretty garbo, as usual, but great for progressing through guns. Also the drill charge changes up some of the camping spots...although they added a few more. Hate how your teammates can trap you in a container.

Oh and you can save weapon setups now which is good.

[KAC]

Shipment is amazing. Whatcha talking about Willis?

It feels less cramped than previous versions.

[KAC]

Boning nubs all day...
COD MW2.jpg COD MW2 2.jpg

[metroidfox]

Unless you play ranked, you don't actually know if you're getting better. Dunno if MW2 has rolled that out yet.

[Mangler]

You can sort of tell by how the people in your lobby is behaving, at least if when it comes to the normal maps.

[KAC]

The game is absolutely dope. I am spending most of my time killing nubs on this thing.

[nutcrackr]

I took a break from this to focus on Elden Ring. I had already finished the battle pass and hit max rank, so it was good just to be able to switch to something else without worrying about progression.

Aside from 6v6, I had been playing a ton of DMZ, which for me feels a lot better pace vs. battle royale. You mainly kill bots but occasionally you'll run into other players. Exfils in particular can be tense. More objectives, more focused, exfil bonuses and persistence over rounds.

[KAC]

Meanwhile...

[KAC]

Season 2 is out but tried playing and wasn't feeling this game.

[nutcrackr]

Skipping S2 myself. Skins look crap, only one new map coming mid season. Only 55 days to complete means I have to play too much to finish it. Game is an embarrassment when it comes to 6v6 and I hope player numbers reflect that.

I might wait till S3 or S4 and I'll have a bunch of new maps to play.

[Mangler]

It feels like they don't value their $70-80 customers that much.

I'm also not a fan of how you still can't unlock the m13b as a multiplayer/6v6 only player, as some attachments for the AUG LMG requires you to level up the m13.

[Nascar24]

Finally bought into this turd at current sale price.

[Thr0tt]

So, picked it up as had some spare cash... On a prison mission where all the lights are glowing through hills, buildings, etc. any fix for that apart from reverify (done), redo shaders (done), change all settings to default and low and all other combinations (done) ?

Edit: Ok looks like I needed to reset the shaders from main menu, restart, reboot and start again and seems I can now see in dark areas that have light no more glare when you look their way.