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    Image of LanciePants LanciePants
    09:21 AM

    In reply to Then vs Now: Infinity Ward On Dedicated Servers, Mods In 2007
    So when did Kotaku fall off the MW2 love gush wagon?
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    Image of RockyRan RockyRan
    09:02 AM

    In reply to Then vs Now: Infinity Ward On Dedicated Servers, Mods In 2007
    I really wish Infinity Ward would just stop this charade and announce the paid DLC map packs for PC already so their true intentions are let out in the wild.

    Then we'll see console gamer fanatics defend how paid DLC is somehow better than free DLC. Probably something along the lines of "PC elitists always feel entitled to everything". Yeah, that's it. That's always the scapegoat sentence they use for everything.
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    Image of Sir-Lucius does anything for Dethklok Sir-Lucius does anything for Dethklok
    09:16 AM

    @RockyRan: "Entitlement" and "elitism", two of the most misused words in gaming.
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    Image of jrodenbiker jrodenbiker
    08:58 AM

    In reply to Kotaku Game Club: Modern Warfare 2 Discussion Concludes.. NOW (Levels 16-18)
    In the end, it was manipulative, and there will be an infinite number of sequels, but I liked it.

    There are problems with how they told the story (or didn't tell it). I think if the gameplay wasn't so good it would have been reviled. But the gameplay is good.

    Pawns in Shepard's revenge plot. On veteran difficulty, I got a little shell-shocked, a little PTSD. Never enough cover, too many people trying to kill you, never really understanding why I'm killing other people except because I was told to, dying and dying and dying. The betrayals of trust. Seeing peoples eyes as I killed them.

    Makes me feel a little sick, recalling it.
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    Image of dowingba dowingba
    12:48 AM

    In reply to Then vs Now: Infinity Ward On Dedicated Servers, Mods In 2007
    PC gamers suck. Console gamers suck. Infinity Ward sucks. IWNet sucks. Dedicated servers. Host advantage. Hit boxes. Mods. Money-grubbing. DLC. Activision. Boycott.

    That should just about sum up the comments.
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    Edited by dowingba at 11/24/09 12:54 AM dowingba was starred dowingba was unstarred
    Image of BustingLenin BustingLenin
    12:55 AM

    @dowingba: Until I realized you were being ironic, I totally agreed with you.

    /irony
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    dowingba promoted this comment BustingLenin was starred BustingLenin was unstarred
    Image of dowingba dowingba
    12:59 AM

    @BustingLenin: You sir, just blew my mind.
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    Image of AncientUnknown1 AncientUnknown1
    12:00 AM

    In reply to Then vs Now: Infinity Ward On Dedicated Servers, Mods In 2007
    I lamented the lack of dedicated servers, then I got host advantage and I loved it.
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    Edited by AncientUnknown1 at 11/24/09 12:00 AM AncientUnknown1 was starred AncientUnknown1 was unstarred
    Image of DigiMish DigiMish
    11/23/09

    In reply to Then vs Now: Infinity Ward On Dedicated Servers, Mods In 2007
    I think the first line should be "How money changes men."
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    Image of Evdor Evdor
    11/23/09

    In reply to Then vs Now: Infinity Ward On Dedicated Servers, Mods In 2007
    What happened? MW's success happened. The game gained mass appeal and Bobby Kotick saw money in it. In an environment like Actvision, you either dance to the tune of the guys in charge or you get shown the door. Sure, the devs might have felt that way. Maybe they still do. Maybe in a few years, long since they've been cast off, or retire, we'll hear words like studio pressure or guys-upstairs kind of issues, but this is HOW Actvision does business.

    IWNet provides stricter control over content. It stifles a modder community from gaining online acceptance (in theory, anyway), which could prevent other people from making money off their product or worse yet, enjoying a game without a chance of being charged. It prevents people from ostensibly making 'profit' from running a server that they don't get a dime from (server rental business possibly, who knows?), and hell, possibly provides market research numbers and tidbits of pure marketing information to be put to better use to future games. Hell, its' not that hard to believe they gain a similar benefit as those silly club-cards. How long does the average person play? How long after they buy it? In what demographic? Who buys the most DLC? Hell, who knows? In the end it doesn't matter. Kotick wants it, that's all that's important. (It sure as HELL can't be DRM--it's hilariously poor as one, or anti-cheating, which it's no good at).

    I hate to sound like a doomsayer, I really really do, but I'm pretty much expecting Modern Warfare's quality to decline sharply. I'm expecting it to be bled dry. That's how Actvision does its business. You think Treyarch was bad? Just give it a year or two, where CoD5 will be remembered as 'not as bad as ____'

    I kind of hope it doesn't turn out this way, but honestly: Everybody here knows Actvision. They're almost comically upfront about wanting to suck their playerbase dry. (Oh hi there Guitar Hero series). IW knows where it gets its money--and those who might not feel that way? Either they're not around much anymore, or they won't be.
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    Image of thinkfreemind thinkfreemind
    11/23/09

    In reply to Then vs Now: Infinity Ward On Dedicated Servers, Mods In 2007
    Greed.
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    Image of Str8_Jihadin Str8_Jihadin
    11/23/09

    @thinkfreemind: greedisgood
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    Image of (Starman) Starman (Starman) Starman
    11/23/09

    @Str8_Jihadin: (weaknesspays * ∞) = §§§
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    Image of mcderek3000 mcderek3000
    11/23/09

    In reply to Then vs Now: Infinity Ward On Dedicated Servers, Mods In 2007
    Activision changed, that's what!

    Captain Obvious away!
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    Image of Hey_Blinkon Hey_Blinkon
    11/23/09

    In reply to Then vs Now: Infinity Ward On Dedicated Servers, Mods In 2007
    Money runs the world people.

    EDIT: Oh, and the crab people. Don't forget them.
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    Edited by Hey_Blinkon at 11/23/09 10:35 PM Hey_Blinkon was starred Hey_Blinkon was unstarred
    Image of Trygle12... NOW IN HD! Trygle12... NOW IN HD!
    11/23/09

    @Hey_Blinkon: Here I thought it was plankton.
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    Image of nightshade71986 nightshade71986
    11/23/09

    I just died a little inside.
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    Image of crabperson crabperson
    11/23/09

    @Trygle12: No, its definitely crab people.

    You can't escape us.
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    Image of i_pooped_on_ i_pooped_on_
    11/23/09


    @crabperson: Your mother says "Hello."

    MUA HA HA HA! (Boy was she delicious)
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    Image of crabperson crabperson
    04:37 AM

    @i_pooped_on_: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    Image of Paradox me Paradox me
    11/23/09

    In reply to Then vs Now: Infinity Ward On Dedicated Servers, Mods In 2007
    I'm not sure it's time that's responsible for the change.
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    Edited by Paradox me at 11/23/09 10:35 PM Paradox me was starred Paradox me was unstarred
    Image of RawrSpoon RawrSpoon
    11/23/09

    @Paradox me: Time is Money.
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    Image of CatsAkimbo CatsAkimbo
    11/23/09

    In reply to Kotaku Game Club: Modern Warfare 2 Discussion Concludes.. NOW (Levels 16-18)
    So does anyone actually care about the characters in this game? To me they have no personality at all, and I just rolled my eyes when they brought back Price. Plus Ghost is such a tool for wearing that mask the entire game. My nephew plays Airsoft and wears one of those masks to games, he says the other kids wear face shields like in army of two as well. Seems more appropriate for kids playing dress up.

    And no, "Badass" is not a personality.
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    Edited by CatsAkimbo at 11/23/09 10:05 PM CatsAkimbo was starred CatsAkimbo was unstarred
    Image of Mister Jack started the Save The Lombax Foundation Mister Jack started the Save The Lombax Foundation
    11/23/09

    In reply to Judge Takes Day Off To Play Modern Warfare 2
    You can't really be too hard on the guy. Who among us hasn't played hooky at least once because we wanted to do something else or go someplace else?
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    Image of Mister Jack started the Save The Lombax Foundation Mister Jack started the Save The Lombax Foundation
    11/23/09

    In reply to Kotaku Game Club: Modern Warfare 2 Discussion Concludes.. NOW (Levels 16-18)
    I dunno about the rest of you, but I had a pretty hard time following the plot for the last few levels. I knew WHAT was happening, but I didn't know WHY. I had to go to an online message board to have it explained to me, and even then those were educated guesses at best. When I have to do that just to make sense of the narrative, something went wrong in the writing process.
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    Image of MrBounce MrBounce
    11/23/09

    In reply to Kotaku Game Club: Modern Warfare 2 Discussion Resumes.. NOW (Levels 10-12)
    Two questions that really popped out at me after playing these levels.

    1) Price and the Nuke

    Did he just... fire a nuke? I know the common myth is you can go to Russia and buy weapons grade plutonium like it was a loaf of stale bread, but how the heck did he fire a NUKE? Maybe he can read russian, but their security can't be that lax for a nuclear device... can it?

    Possible resolution:
    Is / was Price actually working with Mr. You-Know-Who and that's how he knew how to launch the nuke? If so, did the producers at IW watch too much Alias? (Price's mother is the real mastermind behind the whole thing, but she's not really evil because she was doing it to protect him! Or was she?!?)

    2) The Russians are coming! The Russians are coming... from... where exactly?

    Last time I checked, The US has Canada to the north, Mexico to the south, and the biggest oceans in the world on the left and right. How exactly did the Russians get an invasion onto American soil...? The amount of troops streaming down must mean they have a base of operations close enough they can send troops carrying planes constantly...

    Possible resolution(s):
    Ferry across the Bering Straight, take over Alaska with the rest of the country not noticing (hey it is Alaska), stroll through Canada (those Canadians are mighty nice people) and just setup camp at the Canada / US border?
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    Edited by MrBounce at 11/23/09 3:35 PM MrBounce was starred MrBounce was unstarred
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