Re: Things that Piss me off about video games



"The alMIGHTY N" <natlee75@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:ad580fcf-b289-4a3a-9d64-07db7bbdf16b@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On Jul 6, 4:51 pm, "Tom" <no...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"The alMIGHTY N" <natle...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in messagenews:10da159a-b30d-45c4-8111-349b377fa8e6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx





> On Jul 5, 8:01 am, "Tom" <no...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> "The alMIGHTY N" <natle...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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>> > On Jul 3, 4:45 pm, "Tom" <no...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >> "The alMIGHTY N" <natle...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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>> >> > On Jul 2, 2:18 pm, "ks...@xxxxxxxxx" <ks...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >> >> What's your list of things that piss you off?

>> >> > I hate games that are sequels of games from the previous >> >> > generation
>> >> > but don't really add very much new to the mix such that it seems
>> >> > you're simply playing a slightly graphically enhanced rehash of >> >> > the
>> >> > previous games.

>> >> Something that was remedied in COD:WAW, it made the game more
>> >> realistic.
>> >> The
>> >> enemies were certainly deadly, but at least when you finished the
>> >> encounter,
>> >> it was over and you moved on. COD3 was probably the most difficult >> >> of
>> >> the
>> >> series because of spawning and the time between checkpoints.

>> > I noticed that. I was wondering, though, whether Infinity Ward would
>> > keep this up or if we would see it back again in Modern Warfare 2...

>> I hope IW follows Treyarch in the gameplay of WAW. IMO, the campaign >> mode
>> in
>> WAW was the best of the CODs on the 360. Overall though, Modern >> Warfare
>> takes first place.

> What specifically about World at War did you like so much?

Besides making the game more realistic with removing the enemy spawns, you
could play
in the Japanese theatre this time and the focus was away from western
Europe, as from previous versions of the WWII flavor. Many more weapons to
use as well and in the campaign mode, the story fleshed out better as you
played, IMO. For campaign gameplay, it was the best off all of them
including Modern Warfare (which was too easy).

I'm only a few levels into the game. I find it not as interesting as
Call of Duty 2. Even though the Western European aspect of the war has
been milked to death in video games, it still remains the most
interesting, I think. I suppose that I'm just having trouble "getting
into" the Japan campaign.

But the Japanese campaign is awesome with the flamethrower and the intensity of the fights. The missions are brutally hard. If you don't see a japanese enemy in a tree, you're out and it is cool to see them burn and fall from a tree when you nail them there in their nest. I cannot see what would be more interesting as far as which theatre of operations would be, all areas were battlefields or warfares at sea.


I was excited when I started up the sniper level in the beginning but
that whole level was just boring save for the first part where you
have to try to take out guards and dogs with just one bullet each.

I liked the sniper mission from Modern Warfare *much* better.

I disagree completely. Though in MW that sniper was cool, it was so unrealistic as to be something completely fantastic. You can get through the MW mission killing just 5 enemies?? Com'on, you kill the first two guys and you're able to get by the guardhouse with attacks dog in broad daylight and not be seen there or from the church tower sniper nest? Not only that, the fact that you crawl through fields, water and under under numerous vehicles (especially that part) past 50+ enemies, all in broad daylight, and not be seen is nothing short of funny. I thought that was ridiculous, though intense.

At least in WAW you actually have to take out most of the enemies and you don't have to keep the sniper rifle all the time and can switch back and forth as there are more sniper rifles later to be found anyway. Plus there is a cool achievement to be had in that sniper WAW mission, though it is real tough to get.


>> >> > Care to guess which title I'm referring to?

>> >> > :-)

>> >> > I also hate the endlessly (well, kind of) spawning enemies in >> >> > Call
>> >> > of
>> >> > Duty games. In certain situations, enemies will continue to >> >> > appear
>> >> > in
>> >> > place of ones that you kill until you move up to a specific point >> >> > on
>> >> > the map at which point your buddies will suddenly charge forward >> >> > and
>> >> > immediately take out all the enemies who will stop respawning.

>> >> > I'm also not thrilled with games that include quests that require
>> >> > you
>> >> > to back track over and over again to the same locations or to >> >> > travel
>> >> > to many different locations in succession where you only do one
>> >> > small
>> >> > little task in each location.

>> >> >> I for one hate invisible walls,

>> >> >> example you see an excellent sniper spot on a ledge do you best >> >> >> to
>> >> >> climb up there with carefully timed jumps and hops and you >> >> >> finally
>> >> >> make it to what looks like an awesome snipe spot complete with
>> >> >> foilage
>> >> >> for great cover only to realize there's a damn invisible wall
>> >> >> preventing you from going any further.

>> >> >> Or how about games where your a super soldier ,able to dish out
>> >> >> extreme damage to enemies the size of small buildings and >> >> >> withstand
>> >> >> direct bullets to the chest, only to come to a 2 foot high wall >> >> >> and
>> >> >> you can't even jump over it? WTF?

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