It appears that this care package glitch is causing quite an issue in the multiplayer of Modern Warfare 2.
If you've come up against a team using it, you know how annoying it can be. You're on a winning streak, kicking ass with your own skills and ability to shoot people, and then bam! You lose a match because someone is cheating. Aggravating at best.
This exact thing happened to Andrew Reiner over at Game Informer, so he went ahead and tweeted at Infinity Ward's Robert Bowling, asking him when it would be taken care of. Bowling got back in a flash, saying, "The Care Package Fix patch went to Microsoft for cert on Friday. Not too much longer before it's a thing of the past."
Hooray! Good to hear they're on top of it. That patch should be along in no time, or possibly a very long time. Microsoft cert is a bit pesky like that.
Modern Wafrare 2 Care Package Fix On The Way [GameInformer]
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8:00 AM on 02.07.2010
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There are so many broken parts of this game....and 10 yr olds are taking advantage of it.
Maybe M$ is also pissed at IW and are really scrutinising the latest release with a magnifying glass. This patch better be the golden.
I couldn't have said it better myself. You can't review a game badly because someone else has broken it. I can't think of many 10/10 games that haven't had some glitch or exploit, especially in online multiplayer.
^This
That's pretty much impossible nowadays, there will always be some bugs that people will find. And the complexity of games of today mean that it will be impossible to catch everything, unless you happen to be selling simplistic games like tetris. Also, a decade ago, online patching was unheard of unless you happen to play games on the PC.
Given the conditions under which reviewers played this game, I don't see how you can complain about the scores awarded. I'm sure there were people on day one ruining the game for others, but the majority of people weren't exposed to it. A single game reviewer is not going to find all of the bugs in a game, and he shouldn't be held responsible if something like this care package glitch comes up three months after launch.
A couple of unstable walls here or there. Maybe an unfair vantage point on a map over a spawn point or netcode that needs to be improved. These are understandable glitches. I'm talking about this kind of gamebreaking nonsense that happens over and over again. With the budget that this game had for development and the price tag gamers were expected to pony up, this game should be solid gold. The advent of patching games has made the developer community very sloppy, indeed.
That's just not normal to have a multiplayer centered game and have so many bugs that were not dealt with because they thought no one will notice them. Oh and how about the fact that they can fix them, doesn't that prove the game was a rushed job. At least STALKER and Boiling Point got the beating they deserved for the sloppy jobs they were and the patches didn't exonerate the games. MW2 has bugs that a million dollar company didn't bother to fix because they wanted to rush the release and hoped no one will find the bugs. Exploits that ruin peoples enjoyment, please. Bugs that are eventually found to an unstable coded game that was rushed so it got all the $$$ and didn't even got bashed for all the problems that it had.
Yeah $60 for a game is just unreal. I was actually expecting the disk to be made of gold.
It's easier to use cheats on a PS3 that involve running other code or modifying game code than it is on a 360, his point still stands. Using cheats that are part of the game, unmodified, is not a fault of the platform.
Took them long enough....
There is no reason why AC-130's and Chopper Gunners should invade Search and Destroy matches every round.
I'm afraid I don't follow you. That one would lead to another was Jim's point but, as you see, one has not lead to the other; whether or not it is easier to cheat using modified code on PS3 (which I don't recall in his article), potentiality does not, has not, translate directly to actuality - and even - Jim's wisdom was very selective in judging what was relevant.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziSCrNeCHBc
same. i've rarely encountered many people exploiting glitches. i hear it isn't as bad a problem on the ps3. i ran into someone using the javelin glitch once, and from time to time i'll encounter people using the care package glitch.
I blame the people playing the game. it's just the nature of assholes to learn and use exploits. they could easily be using that time to actually get good at the game.
Do you happen to work for IW?
you cannot blame Testers on this because their job is to find stuff and report to devs/prodution on what is broken. you can't find every possible bug in a game and everything never gets fixed. Even if you find stuff like what is discussed here Devs can still say they "will not fix" and it could be for a lot of reasons, (not a game breaking bug, time constraints, just don't want to) and later on will make an update/patch to fix it then.
at least IW is trying to fix things...
We won every game and ridiculed them roundly after the games for cheating and still not being able to win.
Still, they gotta fix that shit.
I'm totally done with call of duty games now, it's all about MAG for me.
MAG has it's quirks and it's slight problems but they're not as exploitable and game breaking as MW2's, fuck this game, fuck activision - MAG pisses all over CoD.
I don't even know where to start.For starts this care package glitch is GAME BREAKING do you see the caps IW?Not bad,not annoying,GAME BREAKING for christ sakes.You made the damn game and we bought it we don't deserved to be fucking ignored or treated like this.Like I said before people love this game and it's amazing engine but when you have lazy ass workers that would rather eat a fucking sandwich counting the money rolling in,you slowly as a fan start to realize how "one sided" your admiration really is.Even though I hate Gears of War with a passion,you will hear Epic games say many times it's all for the fans.And their fucking right it is.Without us you are all just nerds without a job.Without us you are all just poor pathetic people.So do us all a favor and reap what you sow.If your crop goes bad spray some fertilizer on it don't throw sand over it and just say fuck plants this season.
I don't think I've ever cussed that much but this need to be said by someone.Someone who isn't afraid of IW someone who is a die hard FPS shooter and an unbiased man..
Another thing the rest of the game including maps,weapons, etc could have been so much better but that's for another day I just hope someone from IW sees my posts and tells the people in the office to fucking get to work,because you guys are going to ruin one of the greatest franchises in history.
I actually had more fun with the AVP demo then MW2 :P.