Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

Liked it, though I hoped Kevin Spacey wouldn't hug the Villian Ball so tightly. Strawman Has a Point kinda thing.

I also can't get over the fact that there's a Frogger level.

The Frogger level is indeed tricky, as Conan O'Brien found out the hard way.

I got hit by a bus.

Twice

edited 4th Nov '14 11:05:59 AM by LeGarcon

As for the whole pay your respects thing...

http://www.dorkly.com/post/70227/call-of-dignity-advanced-respectfare

edited 4th Nov '14 5:18:28 PM by Beaver

Pffft.

Been playing a lot of the multiplayer.

My only real complaint is that, at times, the lag can get pretty bad (some matches have had everyone at just one bar ping). Course, yesterday I didn't have that issue, so it may have to do with my connection.

Other than that, I really feel that it's up there with MW 1 and BO 2 in terms of quality. While the TTK is indeed faster, I feel that this is to encourage players to make usage of the Exo's movement abilities. Indeed, jetting through the air and nailing perfect shots either during or after them on my opponents my just be one of the most satisfying feelings I've had in a game all year. It's no longer about just camping in a corner; instead it's all about moving through the map as efficiently as possible.

So overall, lag not withstanding, I feel that the MP is great. I think it's sad that so many will write this off as "yet another MW reskin like Ghosts was", since unlike that game, this one actually feels different.

I like the multiplayer too.

Like the the new Pick 13 system. Ditched all my perks, my exo ability and my second grenade just so I could get all the attachments slots for my guns.

AK-12 is a beast.

I gotta say, combining Exo Hover with the EM 3 seems to work pretty well.

Oh, and I love the IMR and AM 1 the most.

I just can't use the IMR in multiplayer. I have a ridiculous hatred for burst weapons.

I'm a grown ass man, I can fire in short controlled bursts by myself. I don't need your mechanical limiter.

So overall, how do you guys think the multiplayer feels in comparison to other COD games? Some have been more critical of it, saying it doesn't feel all that different.

edited 5th Nov '14 3:00:42 PM by LDragon2

Time to kill definitely feels much much shorter and the exo movements and abilities are really nice but overall it doesn't feel too different if I'm honest

I'm willing to bet if I played the classic mode it'd feel the exact same as the other games.

Still quite a bit of fun though.

Personally, while I do agree that the gunplay is more or less the same, I feel that the Exo Abilities have really changed how one approaches the multiplayer, since you have more movement and ways to approach your targets. So I think that it does indeed feel different, at least in that regard.

What did you think of that guy's review? I find it rather sad that he didn't seem to give it much of a chance, and I usually agree with his reviews.

It such a shame that the so-called twist in the story is not really a twist as we more or less expected Atlas to be revealed as the evil organization.

I mean it played with our expectations in regards to multiplayer, why not do it with the singleplayer as well?

Eh, rule number one of all PMCs in history. They will always seek to justify their own existence.

There's just no such thing as a good merc.

edited 5th Nov '14 4:00:20 PM by LeGarcon

Yeah I don't like his dismissive tone. Advance Warfare has not reinvent the wheel but I think it's taken the classic COD formula reinvigorated it in a fairly solid package. Yes most of the features were done before in other game -yes sometime better- but the overall quality is a question of presentation and implementation not originality. But maybe ghosts just lowered my expectations to much

Anyone else find it hilarious that coming Cohen O'Brian questioning why America was fighting in Korea the first place? The original ceasefire agreements of the from Korean War would of been a hundred years ago in game, so why so why not let them fight their own battle?

edited 5th Nov '14 7:40:36 PM by joeyjojo

Well to be overly realistic, the ceasefire agreements more specifically the defense agreements between the US and Seoul are binding. Were the North to resume the war regardless if it was 70 or 700 years later we would have to honor that commitment.

Indeed.

I do wish we could know what happened after Seoul was successfully defended, though. Did the war continue and the US and South Korea finally conquered North Korea? Or did they just drive them back to the border and stayed there? The newscast in the next level just says that another division of US troops will help greatly in returning peace and stability to the region. And? And?! WHAT ELSE?!

I have a feeling Conan was just acting dumb for the sake of being dumb while playing. He of all people would likely be well aware of the political situation and understand why the US would be quick to intervene, even if in the distant future.

Though I could've sworn that he was a better player than that - or was that Jimmy Fallon who was the Goldeneye fanatic who challenged Pierce Brosnan to a match on the N64?

Total Biscuit really digs the new COD's MP, claiming that the exosuit's advanced mobility options do a really good job of mixing things up and freshening the COD experience. In fact, it's these mobility options that makes him claim the time to kill is longer than usual, not shorter.

I saw that video. Basically the exact opposite of the review I posted.

Who do you guys think made better points?

Ugh. I hate British hipsters. I do a lot of PC gaming, and I definitely don't give two shits about 50% of what he's saying. Hey, guy, stop yawning and saying variations of "SEEN IT!"

Who are you referring the first review? Because the first reviewer Gggmanlives is australia.

Rather interesting analysis of the story in AW. (spoiler alert)

Wonder if actors are going to demand being an exact Ink-Suit Actor like Spacey did. Martin Sheen sort of looked like himself in ME.

I'm also hearing from folks that Irons is sort of an Anti-Christ figure. His PMC is trying to establish a One World Order, has a massive army, he wants his citizens to be "marked" with tracking-microchips, plans to wipe out any people or ideologies not recognized within his purview, and helps fund a new city in Iraq called New Baghdad, also known as the old location of Babylon. Oh, and the prison camps play strongly off the whole FEMA-deathcamp conspiracy theory, just like the article said.

Granted, I haven't played the game, only seen parts of it, read brief plot summaries and viewed an LP of the last level.