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COD Corner: Thoughts on Modern Warfare 3

This is a story about our thoughts on Modern Warfare 3's online modes.

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NuclearDuke5206d ago

Maps are very small, which is both a good and a bad thing.

Due to the small maps, sniping is much less an impact, which is also why they are much easier to use, than in Black Ops & MW2. SMG's however, is better than anything. If you have a hard time in the game, take up this suggestion and notice the difference:

Primary: PP90M1 or MP7
Profficiency: Kick
Attachment: Silencer, Rapid Fire or Extended Mags
Secondary: Any

Perks: Sleight of Hand, Quickdraw & Steady Aim

Choose the Specialist Strike Package and use the following: Scavenger or Extreme Conditioning, Assassin & Dead Silence.

The key points with this setup is: Move Fast, Aim Fast, Kill Fast. All things specialize around moving swiftly through the map, quickly taking aim and putting bullets out as fast as possible. The Fire Rate of the two Primary SMG's is off the charts and with the Specialist Package, you will at eight kill streak unlock all perks, which literally makes you a walking god.

DARK WITNESS5206d ago (Edited 5206d ago )

sounds like a good setup for the game and thats part of the problem.

MW3 feels like it is catering to people who want to sprint and spray and nothing else.

I was a big Cod4 fan and i would say my relationship has gone from love to hate, but for the very first time now, my whole clan and a lot of people on my friends list actually agree with me.

Talking about the maps, it's not so much that they are smaller, but what they have done is thrown in a lot more tight corners, a lot more passageways, more buildings and stuff just scattered everywhere. if feels a lot more like a corridor shooter now.

The speed of movement feels a lot less natural now. they took out lightweight, but then put up the speed so it feels like there is not much difference. Thats not so much a problem in itself, but when you throw in the bullet lag with it, it just feels too twitchy.

Most people I know have said it feels more like blackops 2, then Cod4 like the dev's were saying they were trying to get to.

I have always been an assault type of guy and my primary weapons by choice have always been the burst weapons like the M16, Fammas and so on. I don't like camping or quick scoping so I don't use snipers much and I don't like running around spraying senselessly. Thats not to say I can't use those weapons in a tight spot, I can. it's just my default play style. now if just feels like there is no point trying to use anything else other than an smg or automatic.

I get more kills just duel wielding two machine gun pistols then I do with my assault rifle. That says it all for me.

As one friend on my list put it "you just can't take the game seriously anymore." Not that MW was the most serious of games but at least in cod4 it felt more like their was some structure to your attack. where and how you moved around the maps felt more tactical especially if you had a good team.

it's finally convinced my friends not to buy anymore MW games and they are all happy they didn't bother with elite service.

Getowned5206d ago

If I do buy anymore cod games it will be by treyarch.Black ops has way more options,features,better mp and I think that W@W was better then MW3(MP and co-op) IMO.MW3 is crap I regret buying it.

xstreetsweeperx5206d ago

I couldn't agree in anymore. You should check out my latest article. http://geekgamington.us/201...

xstreetsweeperx5206d ago

In all honesty. I think MW3 was a step up and a step down. The quality keeps on getting worse and worse. I liked Black ops alot better. I also think that they should keep consistency when determining the games. How do you go from fully auto in single player to 3 round burst in multi

Getowned5206d ago

No one I know likes MW3,they all went back to black ops.Everyone I talk to and all my friends say like they liked the single player but the MP was a huge step down.I did enjoy the single player story allthough I wish it was longer and I hated that *****SPOILER*****
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xstreetsweeperx5206d ago

To be honest with you I didn't even give the single player campaign even a chance. Maybe I should give it a chance though.

Getowned5205d ago

I wasn't going to but one of my friends said it was good so I gave it a try and it was good nothing amazing but worth the play though at least once and since I payed 65$ for it I figured why not,but we don't play cod for the story anymore we play it for the MP and the MP is just awful to say it nicely.

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III & Warzone - Season 6 Combat Pack Trailer

Free for Playstation owners

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Modern Warfare 3 flooded with cheaters after arrival on Xbox Game Pass

Players are using hacks to gain an advantage in the game, such as aimbots and wall hacks. The first gives a player superhuman aiming abilities, while a wall hack lets you see through walls to gauge where other players are.

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Jin_Sakai574d ago (Edited 574d ago )

“These hacks are typically used by PC players, but those playing on PC via Xbox Game Pass are identified as Xbox players in multiplayer lobbies.”

This is pretty dumb to say the least.

Cacabunga574d ago

All about them headshots for Xbox

badz149574d ago

Gotta pump those numbers up

blackblades574d ago

That's a WTF, they suppose to be labeled as pc users even if its on PC game pass. They mess that up big time.

XiNatsuDragnel574d ago

Oh bad this will be entertaining to watch

ZycoFox574d ago

If AI keeps getting better (and it will) it's just a matter of time before there's more sophisticated cheats even for consoles, and they wouldn't even need to be running on it, I have little doubt about that.

lelo2play574d ago

Don't Gamepass online games have anti-cheat systems?
If not, that's pretty dumb. Microsoft need to fix that asap.

Rynxie574d ago (Edited 574d ago )

They won't ever fix this problem, unless they (developers, publishers, Sony and MS) go after the cheat providers directly. You no longer need to hack consoles to use hacks. During the ps360 days, they were going after cheat devices, but it was a cat and mouse game. These cheating methods were around during those days, it's nothing new, but they kept it under control. Since the PS4/Xbox one generation, they stopped going after these cheating devices and it became widespread. Which I find odd, since they started charging for online play (PS4).

StormSnooper574d ago (Edited 574d ago )

Possibly, this is because the companies were going after cheats because the same cheats were being used to pirate the games, whereas today, the companies use online verification to prevent piracy, thus eliminating the need to go after people who cheat only to gain an advantage in the game. As long as the cheater remains below the radar, and does not completely break the game, the companies look the other way as their wallets are not threatened by it. (that is my completely Uneducated opinion on the matter)

pwnmaster3000574d ago

I mean, COD games was always filled with hackers, nothing new. I can’t blame MS on this. Activision had years to try and fix this. Might take MS some time to make some change.

Rude-ro574d ago

It all depends…
Microsoft’s guidance on how to handle gamepass on pc and their love to force crossplay with pc seems like a them issue.
And they own activision, so it is still a them issue.

StormSnooper574d ago

lol well that sucks.

Is there a reason this happened upon arrival on xbox?

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Activision Reportedly Sold An AI-Generated Skin In Call Of Duty

The Yokai's Wrath bundle was released despite previous guarantees by Activision that A.I. would not be used for final assets, per the report. Instead, Activision assured developers it was simply for internal concepts. That, of course, was not followed through. For what it's worth, per the PlayStation Store, 2,400 COD Points cost $19.99, meaning players potentially spent real-life money on a skin that was not created by an actual human.

As far as A.I. use goes across Activision, a source told Wired that 2D artists are utilizing A.I. to aid their work. That is a result of mass layoffs, in which many 2D artists were impacted. “A lot of 2D artists were laid off,” the source named Noah said. “Remaining concept artists were then forced to use A.I. to aid in their work.” Mandatory A.I. trainings have been implemented, according to Noah.

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boing1577d ago (Edited 577d ago )

I mean, is this even surprising?

just_looken577d ago

It is not ubisoft has a ai tool for crating stories/script's they even talked about npc's having there own ai speech like we see with those skyrim mods.

Ai is the future sadly which sucks in so many way's.

S2Killinit577d ago (Edited 577d ago )

Activision. And MS. They will ruin console gaming forever.

Oh and where the FRIGGIN outrage people? When Sony makes a remaster of a masterpiece single player story driven game, they get roasted. But this, this, goes unnoticed? Then don’t complain that you aren’t getting enough single player story games.

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just_looken577d ago

Ea and ubisoft also use ai

ea using ai for development threatening mass layoffs.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/...

ubisoft ai for npc speech
https://www.theverge.com/20...

Almost every big boy in the industry is using ai in some sort of way now

Oh and sony? well they are making spyware ai were they can see how long it took you to do X and adjust difficultly.
https://gamerant.com/sony-a...

Then you got AI agents
https://www.ign.com/article...

https://www.creativebloq.co...

blackblades577d ago

Sony ai is a patent doesnt mean it came to light

just_looken577d ago

@blackblades

Wow this site every time you say the S word or P word they dive in defend there god its beyond nuts

I said "they are making"

You know a term that means its not out yet ffs

S2Killinit577d ago (Edited 577d ago )

How is that a response to what I said? Are they also selling AI generated skins?

Cacabunga576d ago (Edited 576d ago )

Always bringing useless links totally off topic.. just to try to show you are superior in knowledge to everyone else

…simply laughable

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just_looken577d ago

@S2Killinit

You never mentioned skins in your comment just stated its all microsoft's fault like so many others.

When like i showed they are late to the ball game as every other company is using or plans to use ai in various field.

If you combine everything then its getting closer to hitting a button and poof out comes a game no soul no passion nothing.

Right now its art/3d models/skins/writing/voice work some and coding can all be done via ai.

S2Killinit577d ago (Edited 577d ago )

That was the whole point of my comment, I wrote it in response to the article. Instead of focusing on making exciting games and developing talented developers, they are busy making AI generated skins that people are buying for huge sums of money. Then, some people turn around and shit on Sony when it tries to capitalize on single player classics by making remasters, and the same people then complain that they want more single player games. MS cannabalized the industry because they never thought making games was essential to their business. So, instead of nurturing theor own studios, they let them die, then went and shrunk the industry, hurting interests of every gamer in the world. Anytime there is a bad trend in the industry, MS is at the helm, leading the way. That is what I’m saying.

smashman98576d ago

I'm sorry but do you honestly believe Sony will sit out of A.I. Every executive at every one of these publishers is wetting themselves in delight at the prospect of A.I. You best believe that once we start seeing it spread throughout the industry Sony won't be too far behind. The only people we'll have to blame are the consumers themselves.

S2Killinit576d ago (Edited 576d ago )

No, I don't believe that Sony will not do the same. But, as I mentioned, MS is always the first to embrace such things and create the worst trends. Once they establish that this is the best way to make money, everyone else will follow. (Have to follow if they want to stay competitive)

thesoftware730576d ago

S2, and blackblades:

All from the Horse's mouth below.

"Artificial intelligence (AI) in video games is crucial for Gen Z and Gen Alpha, who seek “personalization across everything,” says PlayStation executive Asad Qizilbash."

“Advancements in AI will create more personalized experiences and meaningful stories for consumers.”

"He emphasized that AI could enable non-player characters to interact with players based on their actions, enhancing the personal connection within the game."

Yeah, Just MS and Activision...smh

S2Killinit576d ago

I’ve already explained myself twice. Quit your false equivalence, same thing the xbox fateful pulled before and after the ABK acquisitions. Which by the way, blew up in your faces real good. Now, doing the same thing when someone brings up MS’s nefarious behavior, defend them to the end, and watch them scorch gaming as they have been. At least rest of us can take consolation in that the smoke will go in your eyes before anyone else’s.

thesoftware730576d ago (Edited 576d ago )

"Quit your false equivalence, same thing the xbox fateful pulled before and after the ABK acquisitions. Which by the way, blew up in your faces real good."

I'm not sure what you are talking about, you seem to have a issue communicating, because we are on a post about using AI to create video games content, and you put that solely at the feet of MS and Activision, when it's being, and will be used industry wide, right from Sony mouth, I would say it's relevant...then you went on to give Sony a spit shine slob down about a masterpiece TLoU when this had absolutely nothing to do with Sony or TLoU, then you attempted to clean up your rambling spit shine with no real backing for a ridiculous comment.

Obviously you meant to post that nonsensical over exaggerated comment. I also don't know what blew up in people faces, I am perfectly fine with the game industry, I don't have time to be internet outraged about nothingness.

Really read your comment and listen to what you said.

"Activision. And MS. They will ruin console gaming forever."

Bro, for real? Really? Seriously? It's that serious? So there is nothing Sony and Nintendo can do against MS and Activision? MS is 3rd place with you even talking about?

If we stay relevant on MTX, then you still sound ridiculous because again, you lay it all at MS and Activision's feet when almost all companies have used some form of MTX, including yup... Sony.

S2Killinit572d ago

I read this comment, it boiled down to “seeiously?”.

My answer: yes seriously. Since you didn’t say anything else, what else can I tell you? Yes MS is seriously ruining gaming. They have been for some time, and working their way to where we are today, and aren’t even done yet. MS are the worst thing to happen to console gaming.

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swedishMeatwad577d ago

"The Yokai's Wrath bundle was released despite previous guarantees by Activision that A.I. would not be used for final assets, per the report."

We're talking concept art? Because as of right now there's no way to generate a final 3D model with final textures. So the final assets don't use AI. That's not to say that it sucks for 2D artist that it's easier to generate visual ideas and build from them leading to less 2D artists needed (really sucks), but are they say the final concept art was completely AI generated and then 3D artists built from that? And yes, I'll pile on that Activision as a publisher and their developers I have experience with suck and they'll do whatever, ethics be damned.

OldDuffer576d ago

Thats actually a very useful and informative piece, thank you.

just_looken576d ago

@OldDuffer

Your welcome though it seems it went over many users heads.

PapaBop577d ago

Wow I can just imagine the likes of Activision, EA and Ubi etc having an army of AIs creating overpriced crap and the fanboys just lapping it up. I hope the AIs have a good union.

montebristo577d ago

I understand why people think it’s good idea to Unionize to fight back against such things but it’s not. It’s a bad idea. It’s activisions wet dream to have these pumped out weekly by some AI. Protect your neck!

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