Trailers: Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 - Reveal Trailer
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Personally, I've started to become more of a Treyarch fan than an Infinity Ward fan, especially since, aside from a couple of tweaks and a few new guns and perks, MW3's was just more of the same of MW2's Multiplayer, while Black-Ops felt entirely different and separate from WaW's.
Plus, I'm one of the few people that actually does enjoy the Campaign of the CoD games, specifically Treyarch's since they at least try to be a bit more than the same old cliche tripe (doesn't stop it from having its moments, but overall it's still nice). I liked how Reznov carried over from WaW to Blops, and if Blops's intel is to be believed, then maybe we'll see Mason, Hudson, and Weaver in this new installment.
Besides, this looks like a future where the Cold War never stopped escalating, and I've always been a bit of a fan of "What if...?" Cold War scenarios, so I'd like to see how this plays out.
Plus, I'm one of the few people that actually does enjoy the Campaign of the CoD games, specifically Treyarch's since they at least try to be a bit more than the same old cliche tripe (doesn't stop it from having its moments, but overall it's still nice). I liked how Reznov carried over from WaW to Blops, and if Blops's intel is to be believed, then maybe we'll see Mason, Hudson, and Weaver in this new installment.
Besides, this looks like a future where the Cold War never stopped escalating, and I've always been a bit of a fan of "What if...?" Cold War scenarios, so I'd like to see how this plays out.
I enjoyed reading the comments on one of the trailers on Youtube. Everyone wants CoD to change something, and when the changes are made, everyone's pissed and saying it doesn't look like CoD anymore.
Yes, because how dare they try to make something new and interesting when they can just make the same game all over again?
But seriously, this looks kind of interesting. I like the addition of science fiction elements, which I guess means I have to at least try it at some point.
Yes, because how dare they try to make something new and interesting when they can just make the same game all over again?
But seriously, this looks kind of interesting. I like the addition of science fiction elements, which I guess means I have to at least try it at some point.
If you actually read my post, you'd have seen that I elaborated on why I wasn't too excited for it.GameMaNiAC said:
I hardly call a survival mode an 'innovation', as a lot of games have them now, and a fair few had them before MW3. The same applies for a thermal scope and heartbeat sensor, the thermal scope is hardly anything groundbreaking, and heartbeat sensors are total copies of Alien's motion trackers.
And when MW3 literally had the exact same multiplayer scoreboards as the last iteration, and the animations and graphics looking identical to the last one two years ago, I find it hard to believe that much more effort has been put into the rest of the game.
Also, a setting can be as diverse and original as it wants, but if the game isn't hugely different from it's predecessors it won't feel new at all.
Yes, the future does have the potential to bring something new to the table, but I have a lot of doubts as to how genuinely new it will be.
There may be futuristic, unmanned helicopters as foes, horses to ride on, and new shiny guns, but from past experiences in playing Call Of Duty I think it'll just be shooting down the same helicopter-style enemies in the same way, and instead of riding horses it'll just be yet another on-rails section, and the guns will feel as light and boring as they usually do.
I'm not hating on CoD because it's CoD, I just don't have high hopes for the next entry in a game that's renowned for being the industry's biggest cash-cow and spitting out games on an annual basis with minimal differences between them.
You might think the different setting will make a better game, and that's fine, however I'm just not buying it.
I do have some experience in programming and, as far as I know, code is supposed to be written in a way to make it reusable. When it comes to netcode it's all about sending and receiving packets which contain certain types of data that the client needs to essentially "rebuild" the game state on the server in an efficient way(The way that doesn't require ginormous amounts of bandwidth), right?Rainboq said:
Since game mechanics are practically unaltered from MW2, and thus CoD4, this packet sending and receiving should pretty much look the same in BO and MW3.
In this example net code doesn't even need to be tied to the game engine, since both Treyarch and whoever did MW3 essentially had the entire previous Call of Duty at its disposal. The point is that they still managed to cock it up.
I feel like they could change the entire engine or leave it exactly the same, in the end people are some people are gonna hate it no matter what they do. I have never been big on cod but this looks interesting. I do however find it funny that people will say graphics don't matter but when a new cod comes out it is one of the first things they complain about. Sure they are behind but personally I find them fine. Name A single last gen game that looks better (2005 and before). Perhaps visually I am pleased too easily, I have owned crysis since release and the graphics are great but it is still fun on medium.York_Beckett said:
But you still acknowledge the fact that, while it's not exactly 'innovation', it's still different than the previous installment. Meaning they're not all the same game every year. Meaning all the people who hate on CoD are wrong with that argument.Captain Pirate said:
Besides, they did announce the new RTS mode. And the fact that we will make choices that affect the course of the story throughout the campaign. Not 'innovation', but it's different than the previous games, as always.
Well then yes, I suppose in that sense yeah they are different every year.GameMaNiAC said:
Like I said, they can add all sorts of new multiplayer modes and things, but with the engine being as old and familiar as it is it still feels like it's the same game I've been playing the past 4 years.
It's different, yes, but not enough to warrant me buying it.
