02-09-2008, 05:44 PM
Some impressions on Call of Duty 4 multiplayer after having played a lot of it.
This has nothing at all to do with the 1 player mode keep in mind, which I still think makes it one of the best games for the 360 so far.
The game promotes way too much camping, especially on certain gametypes like Sabotage. My brother who is an unbelievably good Halo player told me that he thought Halo took more skill to be really good at. I argued with him on that for a while, but now I'm starting to agree with him. Respawns are completely fucked up in this game which in my mind is one of the most glaring flaws that could actually be fixed. Killing someone only to have them or one of their recently killed buddies spawn *directly* behind you and kill you really just doesn't make sense. You shouldn't get penalized for killing someone.
I've already ranted about how I think some of the sniper rifles are broken so I'm not going to go on about that. The inherent game flaw that I think takes a lot of the skill out of the multiplayer game is the fact that you can shoot through walls. Have I killed lots of people through walls? Yeah of course I have. Do I think that takes skill? No way ha. I think it takes away a lot of the 1v1 battle skill when someone can just keep spraying and praying the wall you're hiding behind when you duck away to avoid damage.
I get so frustrated with that game even when I'm doing good, because I refuse to camp around corners. I'd say that maybe 1 out of 4 times I'm killed in a game I can honestly say it's because the person used a skillful way to do it. Scooter still really likes this game a lot and I'll probably help him crush out our account to gold cross 55, but I'm going to start playing Halo more with my brother and his friends.
This has nothing at all to do with the 1 player mode keep in mind, which I still think makes it one of the best games for the 360 so far.
The game promotes way too much camping, especially on certain gametypes like Sabotage. My brother who is an unbelievably good Halo player told me that he thought Halo took more skill to be really good at. I argued with him on that for a while, but now I'm starting to agree with him. Respawns are completely fucked up in this game which in my mind is one of the most glaring flaws that could actually be fixed. Killing someone only to have them or one of their recently killed buddies spawn *directly* behind you and kill you really just doesn't make sense. You shouldn't get penalized for killing someone.
I've already ranted about how I think some of the sniper rifles are broken so I'm not going to go on about that. The inherent game flaw that I think takes a lot of the skill out of the multiplayer game is the fact that you can shoot through walls. Have I killed lots of people through walls? Yeah of course I have. Do I think that takes skill? No way ha. I think it takes away a lot of the 1v1 battle skill when someone can just keep spraying and praying the wall you're hiding behind when you duck away to avoid damage.
I get so frustrated with that game even when I'm doing good, because I refuse to camp around corners. I'd say that maybe 1 out of 4 times I'm killed in a game I can honestly say it's because the person used a skillful way to do it. Scooter still really likes this game a lot and I'll probably help him crush out our account to gold cross 55, but I'm going to start playing Halo more with my brother and his friends.
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Past: 2016 GMC Canyon All Terrain Crew Cab / 2010 Jaguar XFR / 2012 Acura RDX AWD Tech / 2008 Cadillac CTS / 2007 Acura TL-S / 1966 5.0 HO Mustang Coupe
2001 Lexus IS300 / 2004 2.8L big turbo WRX STI / 2004 Subaru WRX / A couple of old trucks