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Peace Homie
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Peace Homie
This pretty much sums up how I feel. I know some stupid people who cry foul every time a Call of Duty game is mentioned. I respect your dislike of a series but don't jump down my throat for enjoying a good Call of Duty game. They're fun, they deliver on the thrills, what's wrong with enjoying them? Don't like it? Don't buy it.
Some people just love being hipster douchebags, I guess.
Some people just love being hipster douchebags, I guess.
Thumbs up Jim. I like Call of Duty and i'm not a bro gamer. Not everyone who plays COD is a bro gamer.
You know why I don't like Call Of Duty?! Well, honestly....because I don't like first person shooters. :P
I enjoy the most pretentious 8-bit for the sake of being 8-bit current games, the most hardcore JSRPGs, and the craziest action adventure titles, among other genres: yet I still like FPS games.
Liking multiple genres despite their popularity (or lack thereof) - it's an interesting concept to some, I guess...
Liking multiple genres despite their popularity (or lack thereof) - it's an interesting concept to some, I guess...
I'd also like to point out that I grew up playing point and click adventure games, JRPG's, Sim games, you name it.
But god damn do I love shooting bitches in Call of Duty.
Bring on the next game, let the haters hate.
But god damn do I love shooting bitches in Call of Duty.
Bring on the next game, let the haters hate.
Great video, but I don't like CoD for a few reasons. I'm more a single player gamer and the CoD single players aren't worth €60. And the engine which hasn't been changed in years seems very, very dated. I hope a new one is brought in to MW3. I'm not a graphics whore or anything but I like my games to look good when the machine I have to play them on is powerful enough by a lot.
I don't like Call of Duty because I feel it takes itself waaaaaay too seriously. That and the fact that first person shooters aren't my thing.
Personally I only ever played Call of Duty 2, so I don't know how valid my opinion is, but here it goes: I am fed up of war games and for the most part I'm fed up of the oversaturation of FPS's and how the most successful titles like COD eclipse games that never get a chance from people, like Enslaved, Fragile and a number of others. If I do play an FPS I enjoy it will most likely be because it has RPG elements in it or has a really engaging story or it's just different and silly enough to actually be fun, such as Bioshock, Half Life 2, Fallout 3, Timesplitters 2 (monkeys, hunchbacks and throwing bricks through windows! love it) and Mass Effect. And whilst I've got no right to shit on other people for playing FPS's, I really don't see the appeal with most of them.
If I had to give an argument or something I dislike about COD is that.
Physics need an upgrade, or they need to have body retouches because I cannot say I didn't laugh when I killed someone in the foot that was going through a cement wall online, but when I can see doing this since COD4 to CODBO, you start to laugh less.
Physics need an upgrade, or they need to have body retouches because I cannot say I didn't laugh when I killed someone in the foot that was going through a cement wall online, but when I can see doing this since COD4 to CODBO, you start to laugh less.
IN BEFORE CALL OF DUTY HATE I love You Jim <3
POPCORN GET YA POPCORN PEOPLE *yells to the crowd constantly hitting the refresh key*
@John .R I Feel the same as you sure it's not realistic...sure it's kinda mindless at times...but it's fun dammit I think people take it too serious if i wanted realism i'd be out on the gun range or i'd join the military (or play battlefield)
POPCORN GET YA POPCORN PEOPLE *yells to the crowd constantly hitting the refresh key*
@John .R I Feel the same as you sure it's not realistic...sure it's kinda mindless at times...but it's fun dammit I think people take it too serious if i wanted realism i'd be out on the gun range or i'd join the military (or play battlefield)
There are some pretty inspiring moments in single player. Multiplayer, however, though thoroughly balanced and perfectly functional in every sense, seems too individual at all times. It feels like Unreal, only grittier, and the conflict is always improbable, in crowded areas too reminiscent of old school FPS instead of trying to recreate the feeling of WAR, so well-conceived(in general terms) in single player.
I can't help but compare it to the camaradarie you get with a good group in any Battlefield game, and the true feeling of WAR it delivers. You're always scared of popping out your head, demanding a careful, temerous approach, unless everyone goes batshit insane and runs around playing, well, Call of Duty.
CoD's single player, however, destroys anything Battlefield has ever delivered. Modern Warfare in particular, of course. The first one is a true masterpiece.
I can't help but compare it to the camaradarie you get with a good group in any Battlefield game, and the true feeling of WAR it delivers. You're always scared of popping out your head, demanding a careful, temerous approach, unless everyone goes batshit insane and runs around playing, well, Call of Duty.
CoD's single player, however, destroys anything Battlefield has ever delivered. Modern Warfare in particular, of course. The first one is a true masterpiece.
Well this isn't going to help the people calling you Jim "Call of Duty" Sterling over on the Witcher 2 review.
"In many ways, Sterling's cause is more righteous and noble than anything a soldier has ever, ever done."
If by many ways, you mean in no way whatsoever, then alright. Not sure how you can call yourself more righteous than men and women who serve and put their lives on the line. Just seems like a comment you really didn't think through that much ... I would just change it. Or not, whatever. Did you even write that? Why is it in third person?
As far as CoD, I don't really care, and I never have. The game was never really the worst part of it, it was mostly the fans. Like it or not, the stereotype of the 13 year old asshole who only plays CoD in between rants bashing homosexuals got spread around because there's some truth to it. In many ways, the fact that they have such limited taste in games has caused the market to homogenize even quicker than before. But I think pretty much all FPS suck anyway, so I'm not one to throw around CoD insults.
The only thing that really bothers me about CoD, and the only thing I will complain about, is how much leeway it is given when it comes time to score the games, and pass out annual awards. Just because it sells like that does not qualify it for all the praise it gets.
"In many ways, Sterling's cause is more righteous and noble than anything a soldier has ever, ever done."
If by many ways, you mean in no way whatsoever, then alright. Not sure how you can call yourself more righteous than men and women who serve and put their lives on the line. Just seems like a comment you really didn't think through that much ... I would just change it. Or not, whatever. Did you even write that? Why is it in third person?
As far as CoD, I don't really care, and I never have. The game was never really the worst part of it, it was mostly the fans. Like it or not, the stereotype of the 13 year old asshole who only plays CoD in between rants bashing homosexuals got spread around because there's some truth to it. In many ways, the fact that they have such limited taste in games has caused the market to homogenize even quicker than before. But I think pretty much all FPS suck anyway, so I'm not one to throw around CoD insults.
The only thing that really bothers me about CoD, and the only thing I will complain about, is how much leeway it is given when it comes time to score the games, and pass out annual awards. Just because it sells like that does not qualify it for all the praise it gets.
Where call of duty lost me was in MW2. The single player to me felt very short and very forced. The multiple protagonist murders really got to me in that game. It really felt to me like Infinity Ward wanted to see how much they could get away with and tried way too hard to shock instead of telling an interesting story like in COD4. The nuke scene in COD4 was fantastic even knowing it was in the game, when it happened really shocked me. Another problem I had with MW2 was that the game's narrative banked very heavily on me being a patriotic american
My other gripe with the series is treyarch doesn't impress me in the slightest and their games feel noticeably worse than the Infinity Ward ones. To me it really says something about a studio that can see the prequel to the game they are working on do fabulously well with a refreshing and fun idea only to go back to the stale world war 2 shooter genre (having worked in game studios I can say they absolutely had ample time to switch the theme of world at war to something more like modern warfare). I also hold treyarch responsible for pushing us much closer to the point where every game needs to have zombies in it regardless of how out of place and contrived it is
My other gripe with the series is treyarch doesn't impress me in the slightest and their games feel noticeably worse than the Infinity Ward ones. To me it really says something about a studio that can see the prequel to the game they are working on do fabulously well with a refreshing and fun idea only to go back to the stale world war 2 shooter genre (having worked in game studios I can say they absolutely had ample time to switch the theme of world at war to something more like modern warfare). I also hold treyarch responsible for pushing us much closer to the point where every game needs to have zombies in it regardless of how out of place and contrived it is
I have no beef with CoD. It's just not my cup of tea. I just don't like when CoD fanboys seem to think every FPS is ripping off their beloved series now.
I've never been a big fan of COD (unlike those those that stopped liking it when it 'changed' or some crap), they're just heavily flawed but somewhat fun roller-coaster rides for me.
Online multiplayer also mostly bores me.
As far as I'm concerned, COD has never able to take the next step over what something like Medal of Honour: Frontline did back in the day.
It's not that COD isn't artistic that's the problem, just that it's so played out.
Not to mention the ration of arty games to dumb shooters is criminally low, so you could be a bit less hard on them.
Except The Path, feel free to hate on that.
Online multiplayer also mostly bores me.
As far as I'm concerned, COD has never able to take the next step over what something like Medal of Honour: Frontline did back in the day.
It's not that COD isn't artistic that's the problem, just that it's so played out.
Not to mention the ration of arty games to dumb shooters is criminally low, so you could be a bit less hard on them.
Except The Path, feel free to hate on that.
I like playing the single player parts of the games, but the multiplayer part is not for me, the titles are good rentals. But I do dislike the series, not because of some stupid bullshit like its ruining gaming, but just for the fact that I've played COD since the first iteration, and now the series is just plain stale, and hardly enjoyable, you can only play something for so long before you get sick and tired of it and this happened to me with COD after modern warfare 2. I tried playing black ops at a friends house and literally after 2 matches I threw a box of pennies down and decided to pick them up for the next half hour instead.
Honestly Jim, most of us who don't like CoD aren't just like "HURR ITS BAD", because it really isn't. For example, my beef with the series is how every game is either the same exact as the last one balanced a bit, or a downgrade. Mw1 was GLORIOUS, Mw2 was a wrong step in the horrible direction. They added ridiculous killstreaks, unbalanced 99% of the weapons, and enabled better sidearms. Hell, the side arms were generally better than the main weapons.
Then Black Ops came, which fixed the weaponry but destroyed the unlocking system which made Mw2 playable. The cash system made one battle equal enough money to buy your weapon and max it out. Because, like treyarch said while they were making the game, they wanted to show how different people main with different weapons. But if you unlock everything after 1 match because you got enough money...well that sucks. And the RC Car. What the hell was that for? The UAV is clearly superior in every way, shape, and form.
The gameplay, the music, the challenges, hell, even the graphics are the same. I get the same exact framerates on Mw2 as I do on Mw1 and BO.
Then Black Ops came, which fixed the weaponry but destroyed the unlocking system which made Mw2 playable. The cash system made one battle equal enough money to buy your weapon and max it out. Because, like treyarch said while they were making the game, they wanted to show how different people main with different weapons. But if you unlock everything after 1 match because you got enough money...well that sucks. And the RC Car. What the hell was that for? The UAV is clearly superior in every way, shape, and form.
The gameplay, the music, the challenges, hell, even the graphics are the same. I get the same exact framerates on Mw2 as I do on Mw1 and BO.
I don't think I'm a better person than other people for not liking the series (anymore). Infinity Ward totally shit the bed when it came to supporting the online for MW2, letting bugs go unfixed and hackers pretty much run free.
Black Ops was a much better delivery to the series when it came to the Multiplayer but I just ended up getting bored of it. Treyarch has and is doing a great job of taking care of it, but I just get tired of the type of people you run into on Multiplayer and this goes for pretty much any Multiplayer.
And the Business model behind COD (Activision) at this point is why I even further dislike the series. I really don't have faith in the next one because of how I feel about IW at this point and I've just grown to tired of it because of a multitude of reasons.
Not because it's pretty much a Popcorn kind of game, cause every time of Game has it's place.
Black Ops was a much better delivery to the series when it came to the Multiplayer but I just ended up getting bored of it. Treyarch has and is doing a great job of taking care of it, but I just get tired of the type of people you run into on Multiplayer and this goes for pretty much any Multiplayer.
And the Business model behind COD (Activision) at this point is why I even further dislike the series. I really don't have faith in the next one because of how I feel about IW at this point and I've just grown to tired of it because of a multitude of reasons.
Not because it's pretty much a Popcorn kind of game, cause every time of Game has it's place.
This is just fucking stupid. You clearly do not understand what is bad about it. It require no skill.
Jim owned those fools. He basically described all those morons on N4G I see all the time shitting on COD, and praising shit like MAG
Gaming Community Rules: If something it Popular It's "Mainstream Crap"
Minecraft in the beginning = Aww this is awesome
Minecraft in a Few Years = Pssht that game is crap -__- unless they give free content then gamers will love them forever (case in point Valve)
Minecraft in the beginning = Aww this is awesome
Minecraft in a Few Years = Pssht that game is crap -__- unless they give free content then gamers will love them forever (case in point Valve)
I have no problem at all with modern Warfare (love the campaigns)... but I think one of the biggest problems is that almost all FPS games are now perk/unlock related shooters. It would just be nicer to see a mix of offerings rather than everybody trying to copy Modern Warfare (and rarely succeeding). COD does COD extremely well... I just wish other devs would try something different instead of trying to buy into an already well established franchise.
The CoD series IS good,but it gets lame with more and more additions to the series. I just think people give it more praise than it really deserves.
I'm playing through the Black Ops campaign right now, and while it's certainly no Portal 2 or BioShock, I'm having a pretty damn great time. Hell, a couple of times I even said "whoa" aloud after doing something or seeing something badass; obviously I'm having a good time.
So yeah, no hate from me. The multiplayer of these games has never been for me -- just can't get a feel for it -- but I look forward to the campaigns each time around, and if peeps get their jollies from killstreaks and the like, good for them.
TL;DR - Anyone who gets pissed off at another person's enjoyment of a videogame is a fucking douche-sucking cunthole, and shouldn't be listened to.
So yeah, no hate from me. The multiplayer of these games has never been for me -- just can't get a feel for it -- but I look forward to the campaigns each time around, and if peeps get their jollies from killstreaks and the like, good for them.
TL;DR - Anyone who gets pissed off at another person's enjoyment of a videogame is a fucking douche-sucking cunthole, and shouldn't be listened to.
Hey Jim, when you do your VO, you should just rant at the podium and splice the video. The change in volume/quality is annoying.
@Dumb username because i have to
"This is just fucking stupid. You clearly do not understand what is bad about it. It require no skill."
Neither does Portal 2, and it's the best game so far this year.
"This is just fucking stupid. You clearly do not understand what is bad about it. It require no skill."
Neither does Portal 2, and it's the best game so far this year.
@~JnRx Teh Jokester~
"Also Inb4someone compares Call of Duty to something totally unrelated to call of duty."
Lets put it this way.
One the one side, you have Call of Duty.
On the other side, you have Banjo Kazooie.
And then on a third, unexpected side, you have magnets.
Therefore, Call of Duty sucks.
I played the hell out of MW2s multiplayer.
And then only did Black Ops combat training, never touched their multiplayer.
No real reason why.
"Also Inb4someone compares Call of Duty to something totally unrelated to call of duty."
Lets put it this way.
One the one side, you have Call of Duty.
On the other side, you have Banjo Kazooie.
And then on a third, unexpected side, you have magnets.
Therefore, Call of Duty sucks.
I played the hell out of MW2s multiplayer.
And then only did Black Ops combat training, never touched their multiplayer.
No real reason why.
@The Legendary Biohazard
And the average 50, 000 PS3 and PC players too.
@Dumb username
You only created you r account to bitch about Witcher. Please get out.
And the average 50, 000 PS3 and PC players too.
@Dumb username
You only created you r account to bitch about Witcher. Please get out.
@anyone who bitches about CoD being unbalanced.
All that tells me is that you suck at the game. Each weapon has its pros and cons, and different weapons are better for different situations. I've played many games on MW2 and Black Ops and I've had a lot of those games go down to the wire. If you keep getting killed online, that's not the game's fault,that's your fault.
@all the other hipster douchebags
Call of Duty is NOT ruining the games industry. It's the current #1 game. Just like Halo before it, just like Unreal Tournament before that, just like Quake before that, and just like Doom that came before that.
All that tells me is that you suck at the game. Each weapon has its pros and cons, and different weapons are better for different situations. I've played many games on MW2 and Black Ops and I've had a lot of those games go down to the wire. If you keep getting killed online, that's not the game's fault,that's your fault.
@all the other hipster douchebags
Call of Duty is NOT ruining the games industry. It's the current #1 game. Just like Halo before it, just like Unreal Tournament before that, just like Quake before that, and just like Doom that came before that.
I think you dodged the heart of the argument, 'why gamers hate things that are popular' by just saying those people are wrong. They are 'logically' wrong agreed, but that doesn't mean it's senseless.
I dislike CoD because you can't destroy building or tactically important points. It's the same shit that you mentioned in your Jimquisition where you have to know good spots. Yes, some time ago it was the race to the redeemer or armor. But it's not that it's hard to learn where these places are. Now you have to WASTE time to get the full gameplay experience and unlock everything that you're supposed to have at the beginning in a competitive multiplayer game. So, better? I disagree.
@Shinta
Really? 'Sterling's cause is more righteous and noble than anything a soldier has ever, ever done.' You saw that, and had to take it seriously. I get it if you don't find the man funny but dear god people, lighten up!
I realise that he has a sense of humour (albeit a little strange on occasion) but I don't feel the need to take any of his obviously sarcastic comments as intentionally serious!
Also, good jimquisition. COD is what it is; take it or leave it.
Really? 'Sterling's cause is more righteous and noble than anything a soldier has ever, ever done.' You saw that, and had to take it seriously. I get it if you don't find the man funny but dear god people, lighten up!
I realise that he has a sense of humour (albeit a little strange on occasion) but I don't feel the need to take any of his obviously sarcastic comments as intentionally serious!
Also, good jimquisition. COD is what it is; take it or leave it.
couldn't this same thing be about all the halo hate? just sayin' there is a reason why sane fun loving people still buy halo games and look forward to this years E3 annoucements and no it has nothing to do with the multiplayer.
Military shooters arent my bag but I have no problem with others, including my brothers and several friends, who do like them. "Stop liking what I don't like" people are always dumb, it's not just CoD that gets it.
Not to mention someone was actually gullible enough to take the article quote seriously, wow.
Not to mention someone was actually gullible enough to take the article quote seriously, wow.
Boy, am I ever sick of the art game crowd defending Quake all the time! So what if it's the natural embodiment of artistic, meaningful game design!
CoD is pretty fun, I used to play the first one competitively, but now they just seem to love reboxing the same experience. Everyone I know who plays CoD just plays zombies and multiplayer, and while these people are my friends and I enjoy playing it when I'm hanging out with them, I can see how a distinction can be made between CoD players and actual "gamers". The fanbase from my experience just aren't in it for stories or new gameplay mechanics, they just want to get a chopper gunner. It was really funny when PSN went down, because that was the first time any of my friends actually tried the singleplayer.
I would never say there's anything inherently bad about the series, except that it's being milked furiously, but it's definitely a different audience.
CoD is pretty fun, I used to play the first one competitively, but now they just seem to love reboxing the same experience. Everyone I know who plays CoD just plays zombies and multiplayer, and while these people are my friends and I enjoy playing it when I'm hanging out with them, I can see how a distinction can be made between CoD players and actual "gamers". The fanbase from my experience just aren't in it for stories or new gameplay mechanics, they just want to get a chopper gunner. It was really funny when PSN went down, because that was the first time any of my friends actually tried the singleplayer.
I would never say there's anything inherently bad about the series, except that it's being milked furiously, but it's definitely a different audience.
I really like a lot of stuff that CoD does, but I just don't find the on-line gameplay entertaining. I find the speed at which you can be killed and a few more minor design flaws ruin the online experience for me by. But snob's who say they don't like it when they don't know why can fuck themselves.
I just recently got into assassins creed, and ubisoft have just started the year game thing activsion are doing now with CoD. I'd say in a few years it will be the industry's new whipping boy and everyone will start hating it JUST because its popular just like you said Jim. Mark my words, people are just simply stupid and WILL ALWAYS LOOK FOR POINTLESS SHIT TO COMPLAIN ABOUT! -___-*
Seriously? Has nobody played Battlefield 2 on PC? That game alone did the whole modern warfare thing way better, and years before CoD did.
Though as far as CoD goes, I'll gladly defend MW1, that game was a fresh and unique experience as far as the single-player went. I haven't gotten the same feeling from the other games...
Though as far as CoD goes, I'll gladly defend MW1, that game was a fresh and unique experience as far as the single-player went. I haven't gotten the same feeling from the other games...
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