Author Topic: New IGN Call of Duty 3 Preview (Read 11174 times)

ginx619 · « **on:** September 30, 2006, 07:08:31 AM »

A little disappointed that there won't be any type of multiplayer. I can live without online and split screen multiplayer games but it would have been nice if they added in co-op. I'm not to interested in any of the FPS releasing along side the Wii. Hopefully, something comes out before Metroid though because I'm really interested in how the Wiimote will work with FPS as it's probably my favorite genre.

Viewtiful mario · « **Reply #1 on:** September 30, 2006, 07:25:22 AM »

well they said the control works fine, but it just bothers me that developers see the Wii's lack of power as a reason to make underpowered games.

how can you not be excited for Red Steel. The blog they wrote most recently said there going to use this last month to polish out the rest of the controles.

ginx619 · « **Reply #2 on:** September 30, 2006, 07:28:37 AM »

I'm just not interested in the storyline/setting.It sounds like gameplay wise it would be fun but if I have no interest in the story gameplay isn't going to keep me enticed.

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #3 on:** September 30, 2006, 08:17:36 AM »

Oh, you're on the other side of THAT fence.

Fair enough.

Dirk Temporo · « **Reply #4 on:** September 30, 2006, 09:27:30 AM »

Wow. It looks like crap.

And no multiplayer at all? Way to screw us over.

Kairon · « **Reply #5 on:** September 30, 2006, 09:33:50 AM »

I'm getting this game at launch. I played the first Call of Duty at launch over and over anyways, just single-player too. It's more about having something entertaining and well-narrated and neat to play for awhile when I need a break. It's fun if you don't expect the world.

It's like Call of Duty ismy modern day version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time for my SNES!

~Carmine M. Red
Kairon@aol.com

Caliban · « **Reply #6 on:** September 30, 2006, 12:24:22 PM »

It's definately a rent.

WuTangTurtle · « **Reply #7 on:** September 30, 2006, 12:50:36 PM »

this pisses me off, the game looks like it was done for GCN not Wii, same goes for Farcry. The texture for the guy's outfit is so blurry and stretched out in his arm areas it reminds me of N64 textures. If you saw the pics of the tanks you'd barf......

I'm sorry but to me graphics fall behind gameplay and controls for me in terms of importance but the graphics alone raises doubts about this game.

Crimm · « **Reply #8 on:** September 30, 2006, 03:00:34 PM »

Eternal Darkness looked better then this!

GoldenPhoenix · « **Reply #9 on:** September 30, 2006, 03:12:04 PM »

I was thinking about trying out CoD3 for Wii but think I'll pass, it appears the controls are lazily implemented not really taking advantage of what the Wii can do (You can't even control how far your gernade is thrown by the movement of the Wiimote!). Not only that but it is obvious they took the quick and cheap port route with the visuals, that barely, if at all match those for Xbox. That is all pretty inexcusable, I know Wii isn't as powerful as Xbox 360 but companes like Ubisoft and Nintendo have shown you can get some great next generation visuals out of the system that are substantial steps from Xbox/GC.

Nick DiMola · « **Reply #10 on:** September 30, 2006, 04:01:49 PM »

The visual quality of some of the games we've seen thus far is somewhat frightening. I mean the Wii is supposed to be more powerful than the Gamecube, why is it that all the games look WORSE than Gamecube games? I just hope all of these games we've seen so far are lazy ports and not indicative of how powerful the Wii actually is. But seriously damn these developers for being lazy, if I was Nintendo I'd tell thse guys to go back an touch up the graphics because it is going to send the wrong impression to potential buyers of the Wii.

GoldenPhoenix · « **Reply #11 on:** September 30, 2006, 04:17:14 PM »

Mr. Jack I think it is pretty much a fact the Wii is more powerful since we have seen some gorgeous looking games. Whether it be Super Mario Galaxy, Metroid Prime Corruption, Red Steel (has improved ALOT), and even Excite Truck. Even games like Forever Blue are looking amazing, and substantially better than the current generation.

Kairon · « **Reply #12 on:** September 30, 2006, 04:33:44 PM »

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Originally posted by: Mr. Jack
The visual quality of some of the games we've seen thus far is somewhat frightening. I mean the Wii is supposed to be more powerful than the Gamecube, why is it that all the games look WORSE than Gamecube games? I just hope all of these games we've seen so far are lazy ports and not indicative of how powerful the Wii actually is. But seriously damn these developers for being lazy, if I was Nintendo I'd tell thse guys to go back an touch up the graphics because it is going to send the wrong impression to potential buyers of the Wii.

Four words:

PORTS RUSHED FOR LAUNCH.

~Carmine M. Red
Kairon@aol.com

GoldenPhoenix · « **Reply #13 on:** September 30, 2006, 05:00:18 PM »

At least Ubi is balancing their rushed ports with some great looking games.

King of Twitch · « **Reply #14 on:** September 30, 2006, 05:07:59 PM »

Pathetic. I wonder who their stockholders will blame when the sales bomb.

The Omen · « **Reply #15 on:** September 30, 2006, 05:34:07 PM »

First cycle games for a new console often don't look a ton better than the previous generation. Add into that the fact that the newer console isn't a lot more powerful than the old to begin with, and you have it appearing to be inferior. By the summer I have no doubt most games will be on the Mario Galaxy level, graphics wise.

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #16 on:** September 30, 2006, 06:05:30 PM »

THEY SEY, this Wii CoD wil have a constant framerate. That's already a step up from the previous GCN CoDs. Definitely 2x the power. Probably it's sad the dev team simply has 1/2 the programming talent as other GCN developers.

Nick DiMola · « **Reply #17 on:** September 30, 2006, 06:22:42 PM »

"Four words:

PORTS RUSHED FOR LAUNCH."

I definitely know that Kairon, I just think it's a bad idea. I understand Nintendo wants a full launch line up, but rushing these crappy looking games to the market isn't really going to benefit anybody, and may cause some people to second guess a Wii purchase. Just from reading some other boards it seems some people are second guessing (maybe they are just outspoken Sony and Microsoft fanboys) and that isn't something Nintendo needs when they are bringing so much awesomeness as it is. I appreciate all the nice stuff Ubi is putting out, but I'd rather them take their time with games like Far Cry and CoD because they are great franchises that shouldn't be released to the market looking that way.

GoldenPhoenix · « **Reply #18 on:** September 30, 2006, 08:29:14 PM »

Mr. Jack you always get your rushed ports, but at least they are being balanced by Red Steel, Madden 2007 Rayman, Excitetruk, and Zelda: TP. So I do not think it will hurt anything at all!

Svevan · « **Reply #19 on:** September 30, 2006, 08:34:14 PM »

Unless all of those suck. (Not being negative, just saying.)

Crimm · « **Reply #20 on:** September 30, 2006, 08:49:58 PM »

But...this game would be considered average (at best) on the GameCube. I hope this is a case of rushed port and now how EA plans to support the Wii.

WuTangTurtle · « **Reply #21 on:** October 01, 2006, 02:57:38 AM »

I'm about to graduate in a few months as a 3d modeler/level designer and from my experience in Unreal Tournament mods, I have to say it is an extremely lazy effort from 3rd parties so far.

Seriously if the Wii engine is basically the upgraded build of the GCN engine I can't see how they could manage such bad graphics. As a 3d modeler I know you can hide a low poly model with some really good texturing job, and from the posted screenshot it doesn't look like they did.

1. It seems like a 512x512 texture, and i know i can pull off some better looking textures in that resolution.
2. The UVW mapping is done very lazy like, as you can see stretching in the arms in the uniform.

I know I've stated this before but if someone has seen those Farcry palm trees, they look like they were done with 256x256 textures, that hasn't been the standard since the N64 days. Actually the N64 days might have been less, depending on how much detail an onject needs.

And for anyone who understands what i'm talking about and thinks maybe, just maybe... the developers might have sacrificed texture resolutions for frame rate, well I'd disagree with that because there are ways to compress those textures without any real noticeable loss in quality and of course not bog down frame rate.

And for anyone to say "but they've only been working on it for 6-12 months", well trust me it doesn't take that long to understand an engine to a workable degree. The learning process is usually about how to program and how to make shaders work in the engine.

If you can't tell im sorta really pissed off by the ports from 3rd parties.....alright thats enough out of me......for now : )

GoldenPhoenix · « **Reply #22 on:** October 01, 2006, 03:09:05 AM »

I think to sum up what you were saying Shaolin:

3rd parties are being lazy bums who don't care about doing things right

Terranigma Freak · « **Reply #23 on:** October 01, 2006, 05:20:29 AM »

I don't think anyone here is defending them, Shaolin Killa. Plus, it's not like Activision's a talented developer who crafted many great hits on the Cube. These guys can barely understand the GC, let alone the Wii.

Just watch, when this game comes out and flops, Activision will use it as an excuse to drop Wii support citing Wii users don't like their "mature" games. I was never interested in this game, and the new info just tells me I won't be missing anything by not playing it.

The Omen · « **Reply #24 on:** October 01, 2006, 06:12:16 AM »

Does it look any better in motion? It's real easy to pick apart stills because any deficiency is staring you right in the face. Remember, people complained about Metroid Prime, but I thought it was a beautiful game. (Of course, that's because the art direction was great, but that's another story entirely)

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