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Black Ops quibble: is the Tomahawk overpowered?

GMG writes: "Tomahawks kill instantly, no matter where or how hard they hit you; they travel in an arc, meaning they can be used like artillery to soften up ground on the other side of a building; they bounce off walls and floors, making them especially deadly when tossed into buildings. Perhaps it wouldn’t matter so much if the Black Ops maps were larger, but this is CoD, not Battlefield – short to medium-range contact is where it’s at."

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gravemaker5659d ago (Edited 5659d ago )

tomahawk is so slow...

yeracnivek715659d ago

...ballistic knife is MUUUUUCH better. :D

dirigiblebill5659d ago

It feels a bit like Treyarch saw all the throwing knife kill-footage from MW2 on Youtube, thought "DUDE - cool" and decided to up the ante with Black Ops...

Brixxer6005659d ago

It's a one hit kill weapon that can be thrown the length of the level and bounce around , of course it's too powerful.

Brixxer6005659d ago

Not game - breakingly so but it is overpowered , i like the idea that has been posted about it sticking into buildings ,would be far better than having it bounce around and kill you by hitting you in the ankle.

SkylineR5659d ago

The freaking thing shouldn't bounce like a ball at least. Fair enough it's a 1-hit kill, but if it hits a wall let the bloody thing get stuck in it.

NegativeCreepWA5659d ago

I you had pair and played hardcore it wouldn't make a difference.

Panthers5659d ago

I would play Hardcore but I like Domination too much. Its all I play.

vickers5005659d ago

I don't see an issue with the Tomahawk. For one, it's affected greatly by lag/connection speed, second, unless you are really good, you are going to miss with the Tomahawk at least 70% of the time, and third, the tomahawk kill/bounce thing doesn't really happen all that often.

Complaining about the Tomahawk thing is just a gripe that it's not realistic, but the game isn't supposed to be realistic, it's supposed to be an arcade shooter. Another complaint about it I see is that it shouldn't kill you if it hits you in the leg, but then I would say again that the game is not supposed to be realistic. Not to mention, if it wasn't a one hit kill, then do you realize how useless the thing would be? There would be no point to having one if they made it realistic, it would just be one of the worst and most useless pieces of equipment in the game.

vickers5005659d ago

How so? I've covered most, if not all, of the complaints with the tomahawk, but I'll just take a guess and say that you're talking about the bounce thing, to which I say again, that it doesn't happen very often so it's not that big of an issue.

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Jdoki5659d ago

It's only overpowered if I get hit by one!! Otherwise it's fine! :)

Rusco875659d ago

Sometimes I feel that no one could throw a knife or tomahawk that well every time. I mean there should be a challenge "you lucky bastard" where the knife or tomahawk bounces off you because the butt of it hit you. giving the same damage as a grenade of flashbang is thrown at someones head. just a thought.

Jdoki5659d ago

Great idea. Hope Treyarch are trolling the CoD threads on N4G and steal your idea!!

I got clipped by a tomahawk in a game the other day. On replay it barely grazed my characters little toe... And yet I was dead!

Good job I suck at CoD, otherwise I'd be pretty annoyed to lose a huge killstreak from that!! :)

Calm Down Sunshine5659d ago

Nothing wrong with it.

Stop complaining you nonces.

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Co-founder claims Activision put "pressure" on Infinity Ward to make game about Iran invading Israel

Chance Glasco, one of the co-founders of Infinity Ward and creators of the Call of Duty franchise, has claimed that Activision once pressured the studio to include an invasion of Israel by Iran.

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Kotick claims lawsuit objecting to MS-Activision deal was "tied to Embracer's desire to boost sales"

Former CEO describes lawsuit filed by Swedish pension fund as a "collateral attack" on Activision Blizzard.

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OpenGL118d ago

Yeah, the Microsoft deal has DEFINITELY worked out for everyone.

galgor118d ago

Can this mother fucker just get lost already

PRIMORDUS118d ago

He belongs in here ⚰️, hopefully sooner than later.

MrDead118d ago (Edited 118d ago )

Kotick Made $155 million from MS in the buyout, the little b*tch needs to stop whining. Thanks to this Microslop deal and massive industry consolidation thousands upon thousands of devs and other workers lost their livelihoods. This greedy piggie pervert needs shut up and f-off.

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Microsoft needs to listen or risk irreparable harm to Call of Duty

Windows Central: "The money may keep rolling in, but Microsoft is the custodian of one of the biggest selling video game series in history. If something doesn't change, I fear we'll reach a breaking point and irreparable damage will have been done."

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StoneTitan169d ago

Because ms is so good at managing studios, surely they will get it right

:P

franwex169d ago

In my view, they should probably merge MP with Warzone and essentially make it free to play like Halo Infinite. The campaign/zombies mode can be $30 yearly DLC. I know this would be insanity as most COD players essentially pay the full price of the game simply for the MP. However-with a shrinking player base they may have to consider it. Making it free would bring in a ton of players.

Profchaos169d ago

To late MW3 should have been a lesson but here we are two years later with a steaming pile a shite called blops7

bsingle40169d ago

Nothing lasts forever, eventually something will come along to make people forget about COD

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1Victor169d ago (Edited 169d ago )

@Oumba:”We’ve heard that story many times before 😂”
You know what we seen many times good franchises been run into the ground by bad management like h___o , f___a and most of the sports game oh I forgot the dynasty warriors
Oh forgot to say
Happy thanksgiving to all the N4G members
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MDTunkown168d ago

Halo killer once arrived and technically call of duty killer also arrived, its name is Fortnite

dveio169d ago

Call of Duty was riding the revenue horse and charts for ~20 years. Whether undeserved or deserved.

But I endorse everyone to remind you that Microsoft could have decided differently when they took it over.

The money was certainly there, and they could have taken their time revamping the franchise:

Current-gen tech, manageable microtransactions, not imitating Fortnite and returning to core values of the franchise's origin.

They didn't.

Let's see next year. Hopefully without the then 13 years old PS4 and One hardware.

blacktiger169d ago

you need to stop saying "let see next year"

XBManiac168d ago

dveo is an alias of Phil Spencer?

XBManiac168d ago

dveio is an alias of Phil Spencer?

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