Modern Warfare 3: Why does everyone hate it?
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First, It gets so much because the game had just been released yesterday and I don't even know how often I've seen this thread.
Second, not everyone hates it, otherwise it wouldn't be the best selling game of this year.
Third, it's narrow minded to just call everyone who doesn't like mw3, a bf3 fanboy. Just like I could say, you're a fanboy because you're defending it. Can't people just give it a rest? There are many reasons why you can like it and many reasons why you can dislike it.
Second, not everyone hates it, otherwise it wouldn't be the best selling game of this year.
Third, it's narrow minded to just call everyone who doesn't like mw3, a bf3 fanboy. Just like I could say, you're a fanboy because you're defending it. Can't people just give it a rest? There are many reasons why you can like it and many reasons why you can dislike it.
Ugh.
You do realise that this topic comes up at least once a day, right?
If you really want an answer to that question then just run a search anywhere remotely connected to gaming, and you will have answers aplenty.
But you're not actually asking why people dislike CoD, you're just sore that someone, quite a few someones in fact, said something unflattering about a game you like. So you've coming running to your forum of choice in search of confirmation.
You do realise that this topic comes up at least once a day, right?
If you really want an answer to that question then just run a search anywhere remotely connected to gaming, and you will have answers aplenty.
But you're not actually asking why people dislike CoD, you're just sore that someone, quite a few someones in fact, said something unflattering about a game you like. So you've coming running to your forum of choice in search of confirmation.
I do admit, CoD generally has good gameplay, fun multiplayer and solid game mechanics. My personnal problem is one that will be spouted by everyone on the battlefield side of the argument.
It's suffering from Madden-itis. There is just not enough time in a year for me to play through a CoD game, get sick of it, and then long for a new one.
It's suffering from Madden-itis. There is just not enough time in a year for me to play through a CoD game, get sick of it, and then long for a new one.
On the contrary, I hate it because it's NOT the same experience all over again. MW was a brilliant game I throughly enjoyed and played into the floor. Then with MW2 they removed a lot of things that made the first great, while also adding new features that made the game worse.Grubz said:
Also on a personal note, I swear that the detail that went into MW maps was insane. You would always find a missing brick left out of a wall at 'just' the right spot to make a shot into some commonly used area. MW2 maps? Just seemed like someone threw a bunch of random scrap together.
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RThey take the game further in the wrong direction with every new release.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5176xCZSpSo&feature=relmfu
One of the reasons why I'm not a COD player.
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One of the reasons why I'm not a COD player.
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You are right in that many of the people who dislike COD are just jumping on the bandwagon, to make themselves feel superior and better than the "sheeple", (I think this thread has a few in it as well) but one of the biggest geniune complaints about COD is that it doesn't deserve the popularity and profit that the game gets: that the developers aren't bothering to put much effort into the game because they know it will sell, so a great opportunity to experiment and innovate is lost as they refuse to change the formula.42 said:
Modern Warfare 2 got lucky in that it created a highly successful and simple formula for making multiplayer addictive, (the RPG elements)and those that got addicted to it drew all their friends in until the franchise became the game to own, because everyone else owned it. The weird thing is, the multiplayer isn't even that spectacular, the perks can be manipulated to get overpowered loadouts, the guns are all outshadowed by one or two of the most powerful, which everyone tends to use, kill-streaks only benefit the winners, while penalising losers, etc.
And Activision can be dicks in their marketing strategies and attitude to customers.
This guy gives a great example of the lazy programming that is seen to just turn the games into wasted opportunities:
As an example, Minecraft became insanely popular, but there isn't much hate towards it from gamers because the idea behind the game is incredibly original and well executed. The guy that made the game was able to use the funds to start his own game company, and is creating other original games (Skyrim... Oh wait, I mean Scrolls. The two are so similar I got confused.)Grubz said:
But with Activision they are just rehashing the same tried formula: 6 hour highly linear and scripted singleplayer with shock value set-pieces, online multiplayer with a few maps, game modes, several different guns, skill trees and killstreaks. There are minimal patches and bug-fixes, and several inherent balance issues are either ignored of half-assedly dealt with (quick-scoping nerfed in Blops by making snipers pretty much unusable, then brought back in MW3)
Is this the only way you know how to dismiss a valid point? By mocking people without actually providing any argument?42 said:
Its not really the game i dislike but rather the community,i even enjoyed WaW.
But after getting dozens of childish hate messages and people forcing me to a one on one quickscope match because you headshot them more than once i simply turned it down.
And because of the sales of the franchise many developers try to carbon copy
it(MP:Kill people -> get EXP ->LVL UP -> get new weapons->brag about your badges/medals/awards)
But after getting dozens of childish hate messages and people forcing me to a one on one quickscope match because you headshot them more than once i simply turned it down.
And because of the sales of the franchise many developers try to carbon copy
it(MP:Kill people -> get EXP ->LVL UP -> get new weapons->brag about your badges/medals/awards)
Well I've just got it and pretty much only just started the single player and omg I am loving it the multiplayer is better than cod by miles. I really don't know why ppl are hating Mw3 but everyone is entitled to there opinion, I do think the haters should sit down and play thru it before slating a game they've never played , screw the internet gossip you can only form a real opinion on first hand experience x
, screw the internet gossip you can only form a real opinion on first hand experience x
The reason people hate Modern Warfare 3 is because it's popular, and they think that insulting something that's popular makes them seem edgy and cool in front of the friends that they don't have. The same applies to all popular games that weren't published by Nintendo, but first-person shooters tend to receive the brunt of the internet hipster wrath.
To be honest the game is good, very good. it's fun, challenging, twitchy, fast paces greatness. if that's not your thing, that's fine. but I think a lot of hate come from people who think its cool to dislike CoD(because its popular), which is sad because apart from the hipsters no one else thinks they're cool.
When they are called out on it they will blame the fan base(fanboy's), because they got no real reason to dislike it, then you hear stupid shit like:
"gamerguy20097:
Its not the game that people hate. Its all the fanboys that say its the best thing that happened to gaming since the original super mario."
When they are called out on it they will blame the fan base(fanboy's), because they got no real reason to dislike it, then you hear stupid shit like:
"gamerguy20097:
Its not the game that people hate. Its all the fanboys that say its the best thing that happened to gaming since the original super mario."
To be honest the game is good, very good. it's fun, challenging, twitchy, fast paces greatness. if that's not your thing, that's fine. but I think a lot of hate come from people who think its cool to dislike CoD(because its popular), which is sad because apart from the hipsters no one else thinks they're cool.
When they are called out on it they will blame the fan base(fanboy's), because they got no real reason to dislike it, then you hear stupid shit like:
"gamerguy20097:
Its not the game that people hate. Its all the fanboys that say its the best thing that happened to gaming since the original super mario."
When they are called out on it they will blame the fan base(fanboy's), because they got no real reason to dislike it, then you hear stupid shit like:
"gamerguy20097:
Its not the game that people hate. Its all the fanboys that say its the best thing that happened to gaming since the original super mario."
Because it's pretty much the same song and dance we've played since MW1. At this point, the formula has played itself out and killing nondescript terrorists lacks charm anymore.
There's nothing done here that we haven't seen before. Storytelling has devolved into C-list Tom Clancy knockoff material and there aren't enough significant changes in the gameplay to warrant a sequel.
If you like the game, then you like the game; nothing else to say. But, at this point, I'm just so bloody bored of it all.
There's nothing done here that we haven't seen before. Storytelling has devolved into C-list Tom Clancy knockoff material and there aren't enough significant changes in the gameplay to warrant a sequel.
If you like the game, then you like the game; nothing else to say. But, at this point, I'm just so bloody bored of it all.
Why?
Well...campaign and Spec-Ops are passable and somewhat entertaining.
However, the multiplayer is a steaming pile of slag. It feels like I'm playing the Beta to game being released in a year and a half, not a release game. The Battlefield 3 Alpha was better put-together than MW3.
- Shitty maps. Seriously, every map except the two Paris and London maps suck ass. You can't even contest this point.
- Terrible weapons and sound. All of the guns sound tinny and terrible, and they're lacking a lot of options (no G3 or FAL equivalent for example).
- Stupid new KSR system.
- Stupid new tools, the Bouncing Betty mine.
- Terrible, terrible, terrible spawning system.
Add to that the fact that game literally looks like it was put together using the cutting-room scraps from MW1, MW1 and Black OPs and you've got a pretty terrible game.
Well...campaign and Spec-Ops are passable and somewhat entertaining.
However, the multiplayer is a steaming pile of slag. It feels like I'm playing the Beta to game being released in a year and a half, not a release game. The Battlefield 3 Alpha was better put-together than MW3.
- Shitty maps. Seriously, every map except the two Paris and London maps suck ass. You can't even contest this point.
- Terrible weapons and sound. All of the guns sound tinny and terrible, and they're lacking a lot of options (no G3 or FAL equivalent for example).
- Stupid new KSR system.
- Stupid new tools, the Bouncing Betty mine.
- Terrible, terrible, terrible spawning system.
Add to that the fact that game literally looks like it was put together using the cutting-room scraps from MW1, MW1 and Black OPs and you've got a pretty terrible game.
I don't care that Battlefield 3 is graphically supeirior to MW3. It's that Battlefield 3 has a superior aesthetic to MW3. There are actually vivid colors, and the game is pleasing to look at. I can distinguish one thing from another because everything's not so brown. I can tell a human player apart from a boiler. That's why I prefer Battlefield 3 to MW3.42 said:
Why do I hate COD? Well...
1) Dull gameplay, I find the shooting to be a mixture of click-reaction tests and a thrilling jam-falling-off-your-face-while-you-weep-in-a-corner simulation.
2) Absurd plot. COD 4 was actually pretty decent, COD 5 was just World War 2, not much to fuck up there, COD 6 was decided to go with more thrills and "AWESOME!!!" than actual sense and COD 7 made me want spit blood it was so stupid.
Actually not a lot else to say, though considering that I've called out the story and gameplay as shit, and all that's really left is the graphics to which I say, "Meh, I think Abe's Oddysee is prettier (a turn of the century game!)" that's pretty damning.
1) Dull gameplay, I find the shooting to be a mixture of click-reaction tests and a thrilling jam-falling-off-your-face-while-you-weep-in-a-corner simulation.
2) Absurd plot. COD 4 was actually pretty decent, COD 5 was just World War 2, not much to fuck up there, COD 6 was decided to go with more thrills and "AWESOME!!!" than actual sense and COD 7 made me want spit blood it was so stupid.
Actually not a lot else to say, though considering that I've called out the story and gameplay as shit, and all that's really left is the graphics to which I say, "Meh, I think Abe's Oddysee is prettier (a turn of the century game!)" that's pretty damning.
No, and sadly no.Uncle_Brainhorn said:
To be fair it may have been closer to 2 hours and 45 minutes. I was trying to go fast, but I ate a hamburger and some chips while playing, and died several times due to utter carelessness, so I think I could have done it in under 2 hours if I really had cared.