Poll: MW2 PC hate overblown? YES!

[Booze Zombie]

Get Bad Company 2 = Problem solved

Too bad the game plays so fucking shit.

I thought 2 wasn't out yet?

 

[ffxfriek]

Oh and also, who put yes, because everyone who replyed to this thread has basically said that danpascooch is a friggin idiot.

including you?

anyway repeat thread for the millionth time and yes teh MW2 pc hate is overblown.

 

[YuheJi]

PC gamers have been spoiled elitist brats for a long while now. Seems like they all feel they should get the Team Fortress 2 treatment. (Or at least the ones petitioning against this game.)

Fortunately companies seem to be favoring console gaming, which I always felt more immersive anyway with vibration feedback and superior graphics. It's a good shooter, probably (no experience) improved by the mouse and keyboard interface and people should just accept it for what it is: a console port. A near direct one; no privileges are on the consoles that isn't on the PC. They're just complaining they didn't get the extra stuff? Boo-hoo.

OK.. I know you're new here but I have to let you know that posts like this are generally frowned upon.

Don't flame other platforms and insult your fellow gamers.

Also, I'm a 360 gamer and even I know that consoles don't have better graphics, that's a very misinformed statement.

Not really flaming. I'm not a PC gamer myself, but I know there are some great games there. But I've read plenty of stuff to suggest that the gaming hardware on the PS3 and Xbox360 is just higher powered than available on even the most top of the range PC. I might be misinformed, but I'm pretty sure that's the case. Either way, I think it's pretty silly the whole community (or a sect, at least) were enraged over getting a port that's not suped up with PC extras and I think it's correlated with the fact that most in that group are used to getting modding powers and dedicated servers and stuff like that.

Console graphics might have been more powerful than top-end PCs 3-4 years ago, but as the PC is constantly improving, it is not quite the case now.

And I believe most of those PC extras are needed because, well, PCs aren't consoles. Cheating is easier, so dedicated servers have been able to deal with that. Hardware is not standardized, so choosing who hosts the game isn't quite so clear. I think Shamus Young explains it better than I can.
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/columns/experienced-points/6768-Its-the-End-of-the-War-as-We-Know-It.2

It's just standardized stuff on the PC. It would be like a game coming out on Xbox without XBL support, or achievement points, or the ability to chat with your friends while playing. I don't think arguing that one console should get "extras" is unfair, because all consoles are different. Unless you want to argue that all gamers should have to use Friend Codes to play online because that is all the Wii has been able to manage thus far.

 

[Nazulu]

It's funny that gamers whine over other gamers behavior, especially when they know what they are annoyed about. Actually it's just stupid altogether and this whole elitism thing that started with MW2 as well, gamers know what they like in their games and saying the console doesn't have it so get over it is beyond ignorant.

The point of new games these days is too improve the experience for everyone, dedicated servers were always chucked in because it is a great idea and it made everyone happy. Any of you that thinks that taking out all these great things is not a big deal well you couldn't be anymore wrong, that's if other companies start doing as well I mean.

Complaining is the only way to be heard and if no one ever complained about this shabby treatment well they would take out a lot more.

 

[jonnybe123]

Yes its justified. People are going to buy the game regardless of its flaws because of the hype and because people are stupid sheep. If you don't at least try and stop them then Infanty Ward will keep releasing shit games that screw pc users. and problem is aswell, if they get away with it theres a good chance that other developers will take the same approach.
My opinion on Modern Warfare anyway is
Story in both games : Boring shooting scenes followed by explosion. Rinse and repeat
Multiplayer : involves elements that have been around in games for along time. Seriously. I played the first modern warfare and just though .... this is alot like firearms ... a mod for half life made 5 years before hand. Pc gamers can easily get access to games and mods that are far superior to modern warfare 2. Console games can easily find games that are far better or at least on the same par as modern warfare two that are cheaper also. Just look on the pre owned shelfs and you'll find them.

Examples of first person shooters with better stories + single player gameplay on xbox:
Half Life 2
Bioshock
Call of Juarez
Far Cry 2

Multiplayer games that are just as fun on xbox:
Bad Company
Team Fortress
Far Cry 2
Prey(yeah Really... You can walk on the celling)
Left 4 dead 1+2

Annoys me how i have friends who tell me that modern warfare 2 is the best thing since sliced bread and then 15 minutes playing the many games + mods i have they soon change there tune

 

[Fappy]

So basicially, because a minority of PC gamers threw a big tantrum the majority who quietly ignored the game have overreacted?

The modern warfare 2 hate is perfectly justified, it's the sixth call of duty game (not counting expansions) and for some reason morons gobble it up and shower it with awards. It did nothing new, took out features and cost more than previous titles, and the worst part is that people though that this subpar game is somehow the best EVAR!!1

The hate is perfectly justified, I won't apologize for thinking it's a shit game anymore than I would for not liking the fucking Jonas Brothers..

Well said.

 

[crepesack]

HAHAHA...Well anyways, I was two inches away from purchasing MW2 on my pc...literally, I decided not to because to be honest i don't like the feel of the mouse. But anyways. I agree mw2 did NOT live up to expectations, I've been following the series since cod 2. And it got better until cod 4 then just plateaued.

For everyone saying that they should stop the series...how about a big fuck no? For one, it's not even a SERIES as one would have it. For one there have been only two installments in an actual original plot so far mw1 and mw2, and secondly the other 3 games were all historical based... not really series as it was just a large player in a particular genre, ww2 fps.

They dropped the ball on mw2, i agree, for everyone, crap servers, glitches, and terrible hosting...it's not unplayable, it's just not as fun as the previous games...I can tell...mainly because I just HATE hardcore search and destroy now, when it used to be my favorite game type.

Thermal made life for everyone too easy, weapon accuracy is ridonkulous the fact that i can't have Ninja AND sitrep neuters your ability on offense as well. either A: get murked by someone with heartbeat or B: raped by explosives lying everywhere.... They basically made stealth in HCSD impossible.

 

[userwhoquitthesite]

I think part of the problem is, rather than the (crappy) game itself or the company, the people that play the game. They make threads like this.

 

[T-Bone24]

PC gamers have been spoiled elitist brats for a long while now. Seems like they all feel they should get the standard treatment. (Or at least the ones petitioning against this game.)

Fortunately companies seem to be favoring console gaming, which I always felt more immersive anyway with vibration feedback and superior graphics(?). It's a good shooter, probably (no experience) improved by the mouse and keyboard interface and people should just accept it for what it is: a console port. A near direct one; no privileges are on the consoles that isn't on the PC. They're just complaining they didn't get the standard stuff? Boo-hoo.

Now hold on a tic there, Doctor. I don't like to be lumped into "spoiled brats" by someone who has no idea what they're talking about!

Let's take apart your post piece by piece, shall we? Firstly, let me just say that I mostly divide my time up between PC and console gaming. Now, what in God's name are you smoking that makes you say console games have superior graphics? With a decent enough rig, you can run Crysis Warhead with some decent settings and it's much better looking than pretty much everything I have seen. And no, we're not complaing about losing the "extra" stuff, we're (or, they're) complaining about losing the standard PC stuff, dedicated servers, modding capabilities and then Activision has the stones to raise the price? Let me say that again; Activision is making people pay more for less content. The Call of Duty series began on the PC and is now ignoring it entirely. Forgetting your roots and producing a shameful port is not worthy of extra money, no matter how "hard they worked". Everyone works hard, but noone asks for more from the community and gives less because of it.

I don't have any beef with consoles, I love mine, but please, inform yourself before you rage at the PC.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

EDIT: ENOUGH. THREADS. ABOUT. THIS. GAME.

Seconded. Oh LORD, is it seconded.

 

[Jandau]

*snip*

So, people aren't allowed to NOT like a game just because you like it? Riiiight....

 

[Nick31091]

Seriously, I used to like IW and I loved CoD4, that's why I hate MW2 so much. I also enjoy the multiplayer on Xbox 360, but that's mostly because of the noobs and the fact that there are practically no cheaters. CoD4 had lots of solid work and care behind it, MW2 feels like a soul-less rehash of it's predecessor. As for dedicated servers, I wouldn't mind, if they had modding tools, but they don't. Also, the price raise is BULLSHIT, especially considering how much sales they have. I'm not even going to mention all the "controversy" they tried to stir up for obvious reasons.

I can appreciate that MW2 took some work to make, all games do, but really IW? Really? Or is it Activision who is behind all this? I swear, they're so much worse then EA. In before the lock/flame war.

P.S. The single-player is too short and makes no sense. Captain Price was declared dead on the bridge (you see the medic give up CPR on him), and even if he was alive, they wouldn't leave his body behind. That's only ONE of the MANY plot-holes in MW2. On the plus side, the music is AWESOME.

This pretty much sums up what I was going to say.

 

[sauerkraus]

The single-player: plot hole(s). short. easy.
multi-player: no modding. no dedicated servers.

as for console vs PC superiority: PC can be upgraded for much better performance. Also there is (not) the ability to mod the game.
>I play on 360 mostly, it's pick up and play for casual gamers.

hype: I work in a store and every day I hear "the world's best game ever! IGN gives it ten thumbs up! It is better than any game ever!" on the cieling speaker things.

^failure: it's bland. It's a fucking vanilla shooter.

I don't normally care, the game failed to make an impact on me and I usually just ignore shitty games. But there is so much hype. I can't let these MW2 fanboys shout about the second coming when it's not even just... good.

Modern Warfare Deuce is a resounding "meh"