COD:World At War

Anyone played the new Call of Duty yet?  I got it for my 360 and it’s pretty good.  Hope to get online with it soon.

Just got on Xbox Live last night and have been playing this if anyone wants to share IDs and get a game going sometime.

My dad actually gets woozy watching FPS games.  :lol:

I will say I’m quite pleased with this incarnation.  Coop campaign, weapons feel great and retain the same multiplayer ranking system as COD4, flamethrower (!!!), and a Nazi Zombie coop mode.

And you know, I’ve never really played the PS3.  I have a PS2, but felt the Xbox had a slight edge in game library and a better online setup.  If I had the time and money, I’d own them all.

@Imperious:

I have this game. COD2 was much better. I prefer the bunny hop thing that they took away since the last COD.

I really like Left for Dead which is the best game for 2008 IMO>

Yeah, because it was imperative to hop around like a dumbass in WW2.  :roll:
The multiplayer in this game is quite a few steps above, though.  What are you playing it on?

Left 4 Dead looks great, but I haven’t gotten it yet or played it.  Just seen demos.

@frimmel:

I picked up the PS3 because I hated the Xbox controller, I wanted Blu-ray and backwards compatable. The other thing was it seemed the games everyone was really raving about on the Xbox were things I didn’t really want to play.

I sometimes get queasy as well. Particularly when having to navigate in very close confines, like going down a stairwell.

I downloaded some demos Bioshock, Brothers in Arms, Mirror’s Edge and Dead Space and I just can’t seem to get my ‘head’ around them. I can’t seem to keep the picture of the world and my character’s position in it ‘correct.’

Maybe it is just being not used to it.  :|

I might be giving that stuff another look though as the new Tomb Raider: Underworld is a disaster to me. The camera and control are a mess.

Might be giving that Clancy game Endwar a shot afterall as well.

Thankfully, they made the Xbox controller smaller.  It’s still bigger than the PS3 controller for sure, but it seems to me that they are about the same.  The trigger buttons on the Xbox controller are better for FPS games, I think.  You really won out with the Blu-ray player, but I don’t think DVD is a done deal by a long shot.  And Xbox has backwards compatibility, including rereleases of games that you can download off of live.  Mega Man 9 was an exclusive for Xbox, I think.

All those games you listed are also on the Xbox, but I know that would change how you feel about them.  I find being close to the screen and a good sound system helps you to lose yourself in the game.

Honestly, I’ve never liked the Tomb Raider series for the exact reasons you list which were around with the very first game.

Endwar looks great and I’ve never been disappointed by a Tom Clancy game.

@Imperious:

I only do PC based games.

but i like the bunny hop its a skill that compensates the silly snipers who prefer to hide and because the maps are drawn with so many sniper spots the normal players who ACTUALLY GO AFTER THE ENEMY FLAG need some diversion. Many servers took away the smoke, but the smoke was a key to get to where you wanted to go and grab the flag.

I definitely prefer a mouse and keyboard over a controller for FPS games, but the Xbox online multiplayer is just so simple and sweet.  Plus, my comp has been out for about 2 years and I haven’t replaced it.

Ok, I understand the bunny hop, and know it’s a skill. But for a game that goes for some sort of realism, it just doesn’t seem appropriate.  You are complaining about snipers being smart and playing a game more like it’s real life counterpart.  I really have not had problems with snipers in COD5 as I’ve found most maps just aren’t that great for sniping.  They aren’t wide open like Red Orchestra was.  If anything, the guys with the quick reflexes are the ones that kill me the most since I usually play aggressive. And those GD bouncing betties.

@frimmel:

It isn’t so much just the size of the Xbox controller but that it feels wrong in my hands.

The 360 is much better than the original…but it’s still bigger than Sony’s.  You may not think that, but having larger hands myself I prefer the compactness of the PS2/3 controller.  But the Xbox one has more features.

Blu-ray is  :-o  :-o  :-o over DVD. Even with the upscaling of the PS3. I picked up the Band of Brothers Blu-ray set and it has picture in picture commentary with the Easy company soldiers. Or you can go with pop video like news reels and stuff, maps and bios with pics of the real guys. Plus the leap in picture quality. Waaaayyy cool.

I know the quality is there, but couldn’t all that be done on DVD?  I don’t see why not.  I just didn’t see the need or desire to drop a load of money on something that is better quality but at a higher price point and a far smaller library of movies.  I still have VHS movies I haven’t replaced with DVD yet.  :lol:

I’m really bummed that the FPS-thing doesn’t work for me. I really feel I’m missing a bunch of the fun of this gen of video games. Have you tried the Brothers in Arms games or are they console exclusives? How are they compared to COD?

I have played BiA on the PS2…I think the first two releases.  They are very much more strategy oriented but still heavy on the FPS aspect.  You usually get a couple of support teams (fire and assault) that you have to direct how to attack.  It really emphasizes strategy and tactics rather than lone gunning.  But if you were good enough, you could.  It just feels a lot more “stiff” than compared to COD.  It’s realistic, but in its own way.  COD is pretty much all action, a little more intense and fast paced.  I’ve loved the gun models and sounds…probably the best I’ve found for a WW2 FPS.  Hope that helps.

@frimmel:

Well if you don’t have the display it probably is still best to stick with DVD but if you have the display:

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480p vs. 1080p is no contest. DVD’s largest drawback in competing is space. DVD’s hold about 8.5GB compared to 50GB for Blu. There just isn’t the space on a DVD to do what Blu-ray does.

Oh definitely.  If I had the money, I would definitely go for the best setup.  And I was aware of a space difference, I just thought DVD was still capable of some of those features (maybe having to limit how many it committed to), but ultimately the biggest difference was quality.

Actually, let me put it this way.  Going from VHS to DVD is such a huge leap, I thought it warranted the cost.  I just don’t see the benefits of Blu Ray over DVD being significant enough to agree with the price tag.

@Imperious:

Well i got 1080P and i port over my PC games to my 50 inch so its like a video game, only im using mouse and keyboard. Its also good so you can watch any DVD of any region or watch stuff from internet on wide screen.

For example, Olympics Badminton matches were always on the internet, but linking it to the TV allowed me to drag it over to my wide screen which is huge.

Actually, my roommate bought a new TV and I helped him hook it up in just this manner.  It’s pretty sweet, but only two complaints - the resolution is so high most text is too tiny to read from his couch and you can’t do split screen/picture in picture with two different inputs (say watching cable and surfing the internet at the same time).

@frimmel:

@Jermofoot:

Actually, let me put it this way.  Going from VHS to DVD is such a huge leap, I thought it warranted the cost.  I just don’t see the benefits of Blu Ray over DVD being significant enough to agree with the price tag.

I’m not upgrading the collection because the upconversion of the PS3 is adequate but I’ll be first in line when Wrath of Khan is released on Blu-ray.  :lol:

Oh some day I’ll move it on up, and I’m sure my own Wrath of Khan will force me.  :mrgreen:

It uses the exact same engine as 4, but is set back in WW2.  It’s a good game.  Zombie mode is fun, and they added a new map to it, but I don’t like the annoying voiceover they added.

It has more multiplayer modes than 4, up to 4 players coop campaign (2 player split screen locally), more ranks/weapons/perks.

I think it’s better than 4.  It’s just some people don’t like it because all the weapons are auto or are Infinity Ward fanboys and won’t touch it because it’s not IW.

Haven’t played much lately though… Left4Dead has kept my attention.