Gaming Forums => Nintendo Gaming => Topic started by: BranDonk Kong on August 07, 2009, 12:23:01 AM
Title: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BranDonk Kong on August 07, 2009, 12:23:01 AM
Apparently we're not getting MW2, but we are getting Modern Warfare (unless we're getting both?) the day that MW2 launches for PS3 and 360. If they make the controls right, then you can throw the Conduit away and get ready to play (arguably) the best FPS on any console. Here's a link (http://wii.ign.com/articles/101/1010870p1.html).
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on August 07, 2009, 12:35:06 AM
I'm glad you decided to make a tread on it, but it has been being discussed.
maybe everyone moves the discussion here though & the rumor thread can get back to discussions on rumors..
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: TJ Spyke on August 07, 2009, 12:45:00 AM
Yippe, a port of a year old game with watered down graphics.
Does Activision expect this to actually sell well? It's an attempt to make money from Wii-only owners. Anybody who also owns a Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 have probably already gotten it.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: King of Twitch on August 07, 2009, 02:25:19 AM
One year? How long until third excuse makers begin preemptively porting games?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on August 07, 2009, 02:31:59 AM
Enclave (http://www.aussie-nintendo.com/?pageid=article&t=18613), the Xbox game from 2002 is getting a wiimake.
Does that count?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BeautifulShy on August 07, 2009, 03:08:47 AM
Are we really going to have a repeat of the talkback thread. Its bad enough reading through this stuff once.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: King of Twitch on August 07, 2009, 03:27:59 AM
So you don't like seeing the same stuff over and over again?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on August 07, 2009, 03:29:50 AM
This is a megaton!
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BranDonk Kong on August 07, 2009, 08:23:21 AM
My bad, I didn't see they changed the post on the website, I only saw it when they were quoting Kotaku.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BwrJim! on August 07, 2009, 12:47:07 PM
Was it CoD4 were they added zombie missions or the like?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: ShyGuy on August 07, 2009, 12:53:13 PM
That was CoD:WaW every version except the Wii one. :(
I hope they do add it in though, it sounds fun. If they can add every single online feature (including voice chat) and the DLC that COD4 got in other versions PLUS a zombie mode then this will be a must buy for Wii FPS fans who don't already own the game.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BranDonk Kong on August 07, 2009, 03:57:31 PM
Even if they made this a classic-controller-only game, and added nothing new, or any of the DLC, then it's still a must-buy for everyone who doesn't have it for another system.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on August 07, 2009, 04:58:28 PM
Fantastic. Making it cc-only defeats the purpose of why I'd personally even try it on Wii.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: KDR_11k on August 08, 2009, 03:10:41 AM
Even if they made this a classic-controller-only game, and added nothing new, or any of the DLC, then it's still a must-buy for everyone who doesn't have it for another system.
Not if they break the AI and turn it into a glorified shooting gallery.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Plugabugz on August 08, 2009, 05:36:45 AM
The PS360 versions of MW2 will cost £54.99 (a £15 increase over normal!). And now Activision want to increase prices EVEN MORE?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: KDR_11k on August 08, 2009, 06:21:32 AM
That's about 5 GBP less than a regular HD game on mainland Europe.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: scrawnton on August 08, 2009, 01:21:53 PM
as much as i would like to enjoy this game on the wii, I am going to pass because I am not payin the developers of this game for them deciding to port a game that will be two years old. LAZY
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Plugabugz on August 08, 2009, 01:30:43 PM
That's about 5 GBP less than a regular HD game on mainland Europe.
The retail store price or online? Online that's still £25 more than normal.
They're identical unless you search hard.
Online HD games can be had for £35-40 here and i tend to wait until the prices go down. 5 PS3 games, no PS3.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: KDR_11k on August 09, 2009, 02:29:21 AM
Yeah, I imported Prototype from the UK because it was just WAAAAAAAAAY cheaper than buying locally.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on August 17, 2009, 01:09:24 PM
This whole product announcement makes me gag.
The game is expected out less than 6 months after this announcement, this calendar year. Aside from being a Wii port destined for disappointment, why the hell wasn't this announced at E3?
Does it really have just a 6 month dev cycle? Was it really in development since WaW was finished, but Activision didn't have any E3 plans for it because they were about to scrap it?
Any way you look at it, Activision doesn't care that this product is coming thru (probably cuz it can't be milked every year since Wii has no mature audience). It's either late to begin or they didn't really want anyone to know about it. Despite releasing in a few months, there's no media of it to share. It's just inexpensive bait to throw at a few fish.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: KDR_11k on August 17, 2009, 01:59:21 PM
Perhaps it's not presentable yet?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on August 17, 2009, 02:12:45 PM
Think they can present something after starting the project a week ago?
Or maybe it'll only be presentable a week before production like the previous [PORT]?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on August 17, 2009, 02:21:14 PM
I'm sure they just chopped up the last Wii CoD game and added "MW"ish looking levels and missions to it. There were probably like 3 developers working on it for about a year now in some back room on their lunchbreaks and someone found out about it and snitched that those employees were wasting company resources on an unapproved project. Once the Execs saw what they had already accomplished, they hastily announced it for this year since it looked far enough along to appease the starved Wii fans that were ready to accept just about anything.
Now Actiblizz has put the game into "official" development with a dedicated team to hurry and finish the backroom port, and that is why we haven't seen any media on the game yet.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on August 17, 2009, 02:39:45 PM
That's... plausible.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on August 17, 2009, 02:44:37 PM
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stogi on August 17, 2009, 04:21:10 PM
Actiblizz....
Not bad.
I prefer Blizzact.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on August 17, 2009, 05:06:18 PM
Actiblizz, short for Actiblizzion which sounds just like Actvision. It was the natural sounding combination of the two.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on August 17, 2009, 05:23:07 PM
"Milk Men" would be just as suitable.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: ShyGuy on August 17, 2009, 08:50:02 PM
I wish this game had real info released to bump the thread with instead of NWR babble :(
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on August 17, 2009, 09:18:28 PM
Yeah I can foresee you bumping it in November.
At the same time, Activision will accidentally release Wii Quantum of Solace screens for MW.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BranDonk Kong on August 17, 2009, 10:11:58 PM
Don't sell the game short. The framework is already there from Call of Duty World at War. We're apparently not getting MW2 anytime soon, so 6 devoted months (surely they've been working on this since World at War was finished, so we're talking a good year) porting a 2 year old game that runs on the same exact engine, and with less features, than a game that was released last year, should be plenty of time.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: KDR_11k on August 18, 2009, 02:43:19 AM
It's not presentable because even the final version won't be, not that it'll stop them from pushing it out without delay.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on August 19, 2009, 04:19:09 AM
The pics have arrived http://media.wii.ign.com/media/902/902591/imgs_1.html
I don't think they put in that much effort towards the graphics
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: ShyGuy on August 19, 2009, 04:33:30 AM
"Let's just resize these textures down in the worst way possible"
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: KDR_11k on August 19, 2009, 05:00:55 AM
Yeah, the textures are blurry like hell but depending on how the game plays that may not be visible to the player.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: GK on August 19, 2009, 08:03:01 AM
It looks like one really awesome N64 game.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: KDR_11k on August 19, 2009, 08:17:58 AM
I think your memory of the N64 is seriously skewed.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: that Baby guy on August 19, 2009, 10:19:23 AM
Am I the only one who doesn't find them abhorrently bad? They aren't awesome, nor what the Wii can do, but still... They aren't going to make or break the game.
Of course, I don't really play shooters... So I must ask, "Will textures make or break the game?"
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on August 19, 2009, 11:40:33 AM
It looks worse than CoD2 on Xbox.
Don't believe me? look it up.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: ShyGuy on August 19, 2009, 12:37:03 PM
Heck, it looks worse than last year's Call of Duty: World at War It's the textures, the textures are ugly.
Am I the only one who doesn't find them abhorrently bad? They aren't awesome, nor what the Wii can do, but still... They aren't going to make or break the game.
Of course, I don't really play shooters... So I must ask, "Will textures make or break the game?"
The framerate and its relationship with the quality of the controls will determine if it has any life worthy of non-casual CPR.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: KDR_11k on August 19, 2009, 02:31:02 PM
There's a slight chance the texture there is a placeholder.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on August 19, 2009, 03:01:08 PM
Will 2 months be enough to fix it? =D
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: KDR_11k on August 19, 2009, 04:17:53 PM
No idea.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BranDonk Kong on August 19, 2009, 04:36:13 PM
If it's a placeholder, then 5 minutes would be long enough to fix it. Surely that's the situation...I hope. I've got to admit the screen like like absolute fucking garbage. Every game should look *at least* as good as Resident Evil 4.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on August 19, 2009, 04:49:53 PM
Once they announce "Those screens are the real deal. Our talented developers have maxed-out the Wii," our hopes can lay to rest.
Wii Speak is not supported. Wii is so maxed-out, there's no more room to process voice chat.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Halbred on August 19, 2009, 06:04:07 PM
Screw RE4. The best-looking game on the Wii is Corruption. There's no reason any post-Corruption Wii game should look worse than Corruption.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on August 19, 2009, 06:29:38 PM
Screw RE4. The best-looking game on the Wii is Corruption. There's no reason any post-Corruption Wii game should look worse than Corruption.
But Nintendo hasn't released the secrets to getting graphical goodness out of the Wii yet. That information is privy only for the Nintendo Dream Team.
Oh that's bull. You know Nintendo's released all the programming kits and such, it's just 3rd parties keep embarrassing themselves and making dick-all with them but games that are bad and flop and then try to blame Nintendo because they think it earns them "street cred" with the PS360 crowd.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Flames_of_chaos on August 19, 2009, 06:57:16 PM
I agree, considering that the Wii shares GameCube's architecture all developers have to master is TEV amongst other things.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stogi on August 19, 2009, 07:00:59 PM
Screw RE4. The best-looking game on the Wii is Corruption. There's no reason any post-Corruption Wii game should look worse than Corruption.
But Nintendo hasn't released the secrets to getting graphical goodness out of the Wii yet. That information is privy only for the Nintendo Dream Team.
Oh that's bull. You know Nintendo's released all the programming kits and such, it's just 3rd parties keep embarrassing themselves and making dick-all with them but games that are bad and flop and then try to blame Nintendo because they think it earns them "street cred" with the PS360 crowd.
But Nintendo is to blame since they obviously didn't care enough about the franchise to help Actiblizz out with graphical assets and programming. They didn't offer to take on part of the Marketing load either. What is a small struggling developer like ActiBlizzion to do when they can't even get a helping hand from the Industry Giant that is Nintendo. Where are the money hats?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on August 19, 2009, 09:35:11 PM
Nintendo wears them. Tough luck, Activision.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BranDonk Kong on August 19, 2009, 11:03:57 PM
Corruption probably *is* the best looking Wii game - that's why I'm saying every Wii game should look *at least* as good as RE4.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Deguello on August 19, 2009, 11:18:43 PM
Screw RE4. The best-looking game on the Wii is Corruption. There's no reason any post-Corruption Wii game should look worse than Corruption.
But Nintendo hasn't released the secrets to getting graphical goodness out of the Wii yet. That information is privy only for the Nintendo Dream Team.
Oh that's bull. You know Nintendo's released all the programming kits and such, it's just 3rd parties keep embarrassing themselves and making dick-all with them but games that are bad and flop and then try to blame Nintendo because they think it earns them "street cred" with the PS360 crowd.
But Nintendo is to blame since they obviously didn't care enough about the franchise to help Actiblizz out with graphical assets and programming. They didn't offer to take on part of the Marketing load either. What is a small struggling developer like ActiBlizzion to do when they can't even get a helping hand from the Industry Giant that is Nintendo. Where are the money hats?
The internet has hit full circle, and the dawn of a new information age has truly fruited, when one can look at a normal sentence, and not detect sarcasm.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: KDR_11k on August 20, 2009, 02:29:20 AM
If it's a placeholder, then 5 minutes would be long enough to fix it.
Placeholders are used because the final asset takes considerably more than 5 minutes to make.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BranDonk Kong on August 20, 2009, 03:15:50 PM
You get the point though. I meant if the textures were already made, it would take 5 minutes to swap them out.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: KDR_11k on August 20, 2009, 03:22:08 PM
Yes but placeholders aren't used when the final thing is made, they're used when the final thing is still not done.
The IGN preview says it has single screen coop, the second player can just shoot anywhere on the screen. Exactly the kind of simple coop I've been thinking about for FPSes, no worries about splitscreen or breaking story scripts or anything, just more firepower.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: ShyGuy on August 20, 2009, 04:01:54 PM
I thought Monster Hunter 3 was the prettiest game on the Wii?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: KDR_11k on August 20, 2009, 04:14:05 PM
Let's just call it a draw and agree that CoD4 isn't it.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on September 02, 2009, 06:31:18 PM
Posting this for the record:
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfse8P9RPF4
Choice quote from a comments section:
"Seriously can't wait for in-game Wii footage to pop up, is gonna be hilarious"
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: GearBoxClock on September 02, 2009, 10:50:02 PM
That was CoD:WaW every version except the Wii one. :(
I hope they do add it in though, it sounds fun. If they can add every single online feature (including voice chat) and the DLC that COD4 got in other versions PLUS a zombie mode then this will be a must buy for Wii FPS fans who don't already own the game.
That would be the only time I would consider buying this cash-grab of a game.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: KDR_11k on September 03, 2009, 03:44:51 AM
Well, it absolutely needs local multiplayer, that much is certain.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BranDonk Kong on September 03, 2009, 02:33:48 PM
They say it has every single feature from the other versions (aside from voice chat, and good graphics), so split screen is confirmed until it's unconfirmed.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: KDR_11k on September 03, 2009, 03:59:32 PM
No idea what features the other systems have.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on September 03, 2009, 04:40:22 PM
They say it has every single feature from the other versions (aside from voice chat, and good graphics), so split screen is confirmed until it's unconfirmed.
The video said it had improved textures too....
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Halbred on September 03, 2009, 06:11:26 PM
But the game still looks like warmed-over ass.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on September 03, 2009, 07:25:30 PM
Activision's gotta prove the game has more features than excuses.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BranDonk Kong on September 06, 2009, 12:38:59 AM
There is no offline multiplayer, also, due to the Wii's RAM situation, no kill cam.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: ShyGuy on September 06, 2009, 12:40:22 AM
More info has been released? URL?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: KDR_11k on September 06, 2009, 02:41:27 AM
Instant massive sales loss. The Wii is the primary console for local multiplayer, to lack that in a game means certain sales death.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BranDonk Kong on September 06, 2009, 11:41:59 AM
http://callofduty.com/board/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=199266 (http://callofduty.com/board/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=199266) - it's a summary from a member of the callofduty.com forums, but sadly, it's true. The new sniping controls sound pretty awesome though.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on September 06, 2009, 12:05:33 PM
http://callofduty.com/board/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=199266 (http://callofduty.com/board/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=199266) - it's a summary from a member of the callofduty.com forums, but sadly, it's true. The new sniping controls sound pretty awesome though.
Quote
5 vs 5 online
Every single map and mode (NO LIE!)
No Wii Speak or Motion Plus
Host migration (Match will end of connection is bad or if host leaves, but then all players will be brought back to the lobby and the person with the best connection will be chosen as host.)
Fully customizable controls (Conduit style)
squad mate mode is back
Every campaign mission
55 Online Ranks (Not 65 like World at War, but requires slightly more to rank up so it balances out)
Golden Guns
Camo Guns
All challenges
Anti-Glitching system (Shonuff of Treyarch says they will "be able to "deal with" glitching.")
No Ground War (Kind of Obvious as the player limit is 5 vs 5)
Shonuff of Treyarch expects that we will get a gameplay video within the next 2 weeks, but not positive on that.
Screenshots that were released are not the final graphics. Those are from a pre-BETA stage of the game, they will be much better when the game is released.
Better friend system
Wii Zapper is supported
Cover Art is the same but just without the "4" in the title
No Kill Cam (+1) (Kill Cam would be so glitched and messed up in the Wii version it would be ridiculous)
Improved graphics focusing on explosions and lighting
Game was compared side by side with the 360 version in real time in real conditions and the results were that the connections were THE SAME for each one.
Night Vision Goggles are confirmed to be in the game.
No offline multiplayer
You can tilt nunchuck while sniping to lean back and forth if you turn on this option.
Flashbangs
Better knifing hit detection (YEAH!)
Quote
- - gamescom version is "almost beta"
- nothing taken down from the original version, everything included: every multiplayer map, every multi mode, all the original IA in single mode, all campaign mode from PS360
- DLC not included. Neither Wii Speak/Motionplus.
- Keep evolving Treyarchs engine is one of the ports reasons. Graphic improvements in some textures resolution, general performance, new particle effects. (It looks pretty similar to WaW to me ATM). 30 fps.
- WaW connections numbers on Wii over any expectation, complete surprise and one of the reasons for this game/multi
- online improvements: now up to 10 players, host migration and possibility to invite connected friends
- team is similar to WaWs: from 25 to 30 people
- IWs role: giving engine code last year, MW code now and some supervision
- control: everything is configurable, ala Conduit. Smoother and better. All parameters, new scope setting. Up to 6 presets: from greenhorn to insane;
- squad mate mode is back. Zapper also compatible with single player
- CG/VA/sound effects/ OST from PS360.
- no camera allowed, more stuff soon.
Those are the two summarizing post.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BranDonk Kong on September 08, 2009, 12:59:56 AM
I could care less about local multiplayer. I wish it was 60 FPS (makes FPS smoother to play), however. I also don't understand why people always think it's necessary to include "Wii Zapper support". You can use the Wii Zapper in Super Mario Galaxy if you see fit. Any game with customizable controls essentially supports the Wii Zapper (hopefully no one is still using this piece of crap anyway, if you want a gun, get the Nyko Perfect Shot).
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: KDR_11k on September 08, 2009, 02:24:11 AM
Zapper support is limited when games demand frequent presses of the A button. I wouldn't be able to play The Conduit with a gun shell because it needs so many buttons but Water Warfare is fine (and even has the option to make the B button confirm in menus).
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on September 10, 2009, 02:05:44 PM
A casual co-op "light gun" mode that lets a 2nd player jump in as an artificial character/extra gun to support the 1st player's regular FPS play should be a staple option in Wii FPS games. Developing/implementing it seems too easy to not include, and would show how big a mistake DSE is.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on September 25, 2009, 06:55:49 PM
Why does it seem like it takes Activision 3-5 tries to get anything done right on Wii? It's been on the market for 3 friggin' years.
Title: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare [R E F L E X] now with WiiSpeak(?)
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on September 26, 2009, 02:01:41 AM
[Official? Rumor? Photoshop?]Wii Speak Support is in?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on September 26, 2009, 03:40:25 PM
Exactly what I was referring to.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: GearBoxClock on October 02, 2009, 07:31:48 PM
Wii Speak compatible? Surely they jest.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on October 02, 2009, 09:31:06 PM
Not the first time a 3rd party made promises.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Peachylala on October 05, 2009, 12:11:51 PM
3rd party promises are more or less failed comedy routines. We fans just forgot to throw tomatoes at them.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on October 05, 2009, 12:25:15 PM
Can't waste tomatoes in this economy.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: KDR_11k on October 05, 2009, 03:08:47 PM
Throw bricks, they're reusable.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on October 06, 2009, 07:14:12 PM
General dev comment on Modern Warfare franchise:
`` "Activision also did not want Modern Warfare. They thought working on a modern game was risky and [thought], 'oh my god you can't do that, it's crazy!' They were doing market research to show us we were wrong the whole time. We had to fight for everything. They wanted it to be World War II. Again." - Infinity Ward's Vince Zampella ``
I wonder what kept Activision from bringing it to Wii earlier on. MARKET RESURCH?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: ShyGuy on October 15, 2009, 02:05:04 AM
Comparisons. lulz. (too be fair, I think the first comparison pic is a bullshot)
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on October 15, 2009, 12:10:26 PM
Laffo.
Ignoring the types of games they are (which is acceptable by interweb standards), Ju-On looks noticeably better than this.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on October 17, 2009, 06:06:12 AM
No local multi really hurts my desire for the game. I do want a new single player FPS game and since both Grinder and Red Steel 2 aren't till next year, I may still get it. But no local multi really hurts my desire to get it. It went from being a top priority to a bargain bin buy.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: GK on October 17, 2009, 02:23:28 PM
Oh no. I'm not falling for that one again. Think I'll just wait it out for Red Steel 2. Maybe Grinder as well.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on October 17, 2009, 02:48:46 PM
After looking at the side by side comparison of the original and the Wii version and having just seen the truck load of pics from FFCC (http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/forums/index.php?topic=27271.msg557143#msg557143), it's obvious to me that Activision could have made this game look alot better with some effort behind their texture work.
I didn't plan on buying it anyway, but looking at the lack of effort that went into the game visually isn't helping me change my mind. No local multi might have made me pick it up in the bargain bin, but RS2 & Grinder is for now.
*Continues waiting*
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: vudu on October 19, 2009, 04:36:34 PM
FYI, Red Steel 2 has no multiplayer whatsoever. Just sayin'.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on October 19, 2009, 04:51:50 PM
FYI, Red Steel 2 has no multiplayer whatsoever. Just sayin'.
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Yeah, I was more thinking of Grinder than RS2, but both fill my FPS wants well enough so I guess the real question is do I need something more than Conduit to fill my FPS needs on Wii before either of them come out. Plus Metroid Trilogy has the local multiplayer as well, right?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on October 19, 2009, 05:17:02 PM
No reason it shouldn't have local too, didn't the PS360 versions have local multi?
Pretty sure it didn't.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on October 19, 2009, 05:24:16 PM
Well, those are online focused systems. Wii is a local multiplay focused system, so if something is gonna be multi-player on Wii, is it wrong for us to expect local multi?
I'm sure thats part of the reason The Conduit didn't so as good as it could have.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NWR_insanolord on October 19, 2009, 05:57:46 PM
No reason it shouldn't have local too, didn't the PS360 versions have local multi?
Pretty sure it didn't.
How sure? I know that World at War on the 360 had local multiplayer, I've played it myself.
I'm still planning on buying this; the lack of local multiplayer is only an issue until Perfect Dark hits XBLA, at which point there's no reason to ever play another multiplayer FPS ever again.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on October 19, 2009, 06:42:44 PM
No reason it shouldn't have local too, didn't the PS360 versions have local multi?
Pretty sure it didn't.
How sure? I know that World at War on the 360 had local multiplayer, I've played it myself.
I'm still planning on buying this; the lack of local multiplayer is only an issue until Perfect Dark hits XBLA, at which point there's no reason to ever play another multiplayer FPS ever again.
Dude, Perfect Dark running like it was meant to will be amazing. Weren't they also going to add online?
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Post by: Stogi on October 19, 2009, 07:00:09 PM
COD4 on PS3/360 had local multiplayer. The best game you can play can only be played through local multiplayer: knife fight.
You don't shoot your gun; only knife attacks. Flash/smoke grenades ok.
Let the hilarity begin.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NWR_insanolord on October 19, 2009, 07:08:57 PM
No reason it shouldn't have local too, didn't the PS360 versions have local multi?
Pretty sure it didn't.
How sure? I know that World at War on the 360 had local multiplayer, I've played it myself.
I'm still planning on buying this; the lack of local multiplayer is only an issue until Perfect Dark hits XBLA, at which point there's no reason to ever play another multiplayer FPS ever again.
Dude, Perfect Dark running like it was meant to will be amazing. Weren't they also going to add online?
Yes, I think they are. I can't believe an XBLA game is going to be what gets me to own 4 360 controllers.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on October 19, 2009, 07:13:28 PM
No reason it shouldn't have local too, didn't the PS360 versions have local multi?
Pretty sure it didn't.
How sure? I know that World at War on the 360 had local multiplayer, I've played it myself.
I'm still planning on buying this; the lack of local multiplayer is only an issue until Perfect Dark hits XBLA, at which point there's no reason to ever play another multiplayer FPS ever again.
Dude, Perfect Dark running like it was meant to will be amazing. Weren't they also going to add online?
Yes, I think they are. I can't believe an XBLA game is going to be what gets me to own 4 360 controllers.
So technically, an N64 game is getting you to own 4 360 controllers ;)
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: ShyGuy on October 19, 2009, 08:27:19 PM
When is this thread going to be bumped with some screens or video?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on October 19, 2009, 09:15:03 PM
Screens and video won't be available until you purchase the map pack.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on October 20, 2009, 03:40:39 AM
Are there screens and/or vids? I'll post some in a minute.
Wait, is that really Wii? why haven't I seen this, since it's been out since august 30th?
its a 3rd excuse maker game; thats why
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on October 20, 2009, 05:34:57 PM
I found the trailer on a Wii news site, but I cannot confirm that it is Wii footage in the trailer. Some of it looks pre-rendered but I can't really gauge the in-game footage shown because it changes way too fast and the video is way too grainy.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on October 20, 2009, 05:58:56 PM
It's only the original HD MW trailer with terrible compression. You can tell it's not Wii cuz the textures aren't bright and cheery and washed-out.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BranDonk Kong on October 20, 2009, 11:51:36 PM
Sadly, the tiny res compressed video probably looks a lot better than the actual Wii version of the game. At least the video has a solid framerate.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: ShyGuy on November 05, 2009, 03:04:20 PM
Actual video footage on Youtube. I think it's from pirated copies though, so I will wait for a deputy mod to okay it before I post the links.
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Post by: vudu on November 05, 2009, 03:17:41 PM
As long as you link to GoNintendo I give my seal of approval. ;D
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: ShyGuy on November 05, 2009, 03:19:11 PM
http://gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=103082
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on November 05, 2009, 03:23:11 PM
I hope the videos linked to are not accurate representation of in game frame rate.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on November 05, 2009, 03:28:26 PM
Video got pulled by Activision?
Did you read the comments for the article? Most people think it looks better than previous screen shots.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BeautifulShy on November 05, 2009, 03:39:45 PM
Didn't get to see it.:(
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on November 05, 2009, 03:46:28 PM
there are links below the pulled video. those are what I was referring to. the first one(has 2-3 videos) is very choppy, the second one doesn't exist and the 3rd one is mostly shots of some guys cat.
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Most people think it looks better than previous screen shots.
You make it sound like that was hard to achieve and some sort of accomplishment :P
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: vudu on November 05, 2009, 03:51:54 PM
It looks pretty good. It has all of the options for controls from The Conduit. How much is this?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: vudu on November 05, 2009, 04:19:38 PM
The standard $50. You can get it for $46.99 on Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com/Call-Duty-Modern-Warfare-Nintendo-Wii/dp/B002I08CJG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1257456083&sr=8-1).
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on November 05, 2009, 05:13:13 PM
So pirates give the game better publicity than Activision does.
That speaks volumes.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: ShyGuy on November 05, 2009, 05:20:54 PM
Apparently Treyarch were not allowed to put their logo on the game's splash screen. Bad blood between Infinity Ward, Treyarch, and Activision?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on November 05, 2009, 05:25:46 PM
Pride on Infinty Ward's part seems to be the internet consensus/assumption at this point.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on November 05, 2009, 06:00:21 PM
So Treyarch get to be the silent developer? Now I don't know if I wan this game to succeed or fail based on that information.
Succeed to make Treyarch look good and prove that Wii owners want these games too
or fail because the game is 2 years late and they(IW) wanted to outsource instead of spend time making games for Wii.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on November 05, 2009, 06:11:06 PM
I hereby rename this game to "Treyarch's Call of Duty," -- a totally new military game.
It works because the downgrade is so drastic that it's nothing like the original, and we all know IW could/would never have made this. This is Treyarch's game.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on November 05, 2009, 09:41:19 PM
Here is a video, not from a bootleg copy but from a retail copy obtained before street date http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VgOYalvxWM Keep it a secret so that Activision doesn't find out and take it down. shhhhh.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: ShyGuy on November 05, 2009, 09:42:38 PM
Looks good. The sharpness on that video seems really really high.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on November 05, 2009, 10:15:19 PM
Can some staff member from NWR contact Treyarch and Activision and get the scoop on whats up with the lack of advertising and media for this game.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: ShyGuy on November 05, 2009, 10:18:02 PM
Heck, can anyone in the entire Gaming Media sphere do some real reporting and get an answer about that?
Iwata: Laughs
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on November 05, 2009, 10:27:23 PM
I just read a pretty believable theory on the drama between Infinity Ward and Treyarch. Mix that with the history of Activision, and you'd have to wonder how they sit by and let this happen.
Call of Doody: Enemy of Mine (http://www.gamespot.com/wii/action/callofduty4modernwarfare/show_msgs.php?topic_id=m-1-51823950&pid=970125&page=0)
a small snippet from the Activision Wiki
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Before the formation of Activision, software for video game consoles were published exclusively by makers of the systems for which the games were designed. For example, Atari was the only publisher of games for the Atari 2600. This was particularly galling to the developers of the games, as they received no financial rewards for games that sold well, and did not receive credit for their games. This caused several programmers to resign from their jobs. Activision became the first third-party game publisher for game consoles.
How quickly we forget.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on November 05, 2009, 10:38:36 PM
So far, none of the footage has shown that people have a clue at customizing their controls to achieve good aiming results. All they've shown is it's a FPS where you can run faster than Michael Ford.
Is it me, or does Treyarch's Call of Duty's close-up aim look completely awkward with IR Controls? The gun doesn't appear close enough to your eyes, yet it floats around inside the bounding box without any angular adjustments. Hell, I didn't like how it was implemented in Treyarch's World At War. I prefer something more like Conduit, where the view lens size is generous enough and floats easily without filling the screen with an awkwardly placed gun model (the CoD system is fine for fixed-center FPS views, but not Wii's IR movement), but as an addition it should still show the un-zoomed scenery around with depth-of-field blur, akin to RE4.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on November 05, 2009, 10:39:21 PM
I just read a pretty believable theory on the drama between Infinity Ward and Treyarch. Mix that with the history of Activision, and you'd have to wonder how they sit by and let this happen.
Call of Doody: Enemy of Mine (http://www.gamespot.com/wii/action/callofduty4modernwarfare/show_msgs.php?topic_id=m-1-51823950&pid=970125&page=0)
a small snippet from the Activision Wiki
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Before the formation of Activision, software for video game consoles were published exclusively by makers of the systems for which the games were designed. For example, Atari was the only publisher of games for the Atari 2600. This was particularly galling to the developers of the games, as they received no financial rewards for games that sold well, and did not receive credit for their games. This caused several programmers to resign from their jobs. Activision became the first third-party game publisher for game consoles.
How quickly we forget.
Activision is tawp dawg now so they get to run things shitty just like EA used to. Gotta walk the path of greatness.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on November 05, 2009, 10:52:51 PM
here is also the original direct feed that was taken down earlier http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FM9NRiP6WY8
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on November 06, 2009, 04:07:54 AM
I just read a pretty believable theory on the drama between Infinity Ward and Treyarch. Mix that with the history of Activision, and you'd have to wonder how they sit by and let this happen.
Call of Doody: Enemy of Mine (http://www.gamespot.com/wii/action/callofduty4modernwarfare/show_msgs.php?topic_id=m-1-51823950&pid=970125&page=0)
Interesting theory there.
Overall I like what I see and I may take the plunge. I do wish there was WiiSpeak support and local multiplayer, but the core game and solo campaign are said to be good and I'd like to experience CoD4 since it is such a critically acclaimed game.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on November 06, 2009, 05:58:23 AM
You can only find that on Xbox 360, PS3, and PC.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on November 06, 2009, 07:26:53 AM
I just read a pretty believable theory on the drama between Infinity Ward and Treyarch. Mix that with the history of Activision, and you'd have to wonder how they sit by and let this happen.
Call of Doody: Enemy of Mine (http://www.gamespot.com/wii/action/callofduty4modernwarfare/show_msgs.php?topic_id=m-1-51823950&pid=970125&page=0)
Interesting theory there.
Overall I like what I see and I may take the plunge. I do wish there was WiiSpeak support and local multiplayer, but the core game and solo campaign are said to be good and I'd like to experience CoD4 since it is such a critically acclaimed game.
Well from what I hear, Treyarch ported the entire game in only 10 months, so they didn't have time to optimize for everything they might have wanted to put in there.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BranDonk Kong on November 06, 2009, 11:22:35 AM
So I've played the game...it actually does look pretty good. I only had a few minutes with it (not mine), and only played the beginning training, but it did look better than I thought it would, yet worse than it should.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: ShyGuy on November 06, 2009, 12:09:31 PM
How does it look in person compared to COD:WaW or The Conduit?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on November 06, 2009, 01:37:26 PM
I just read a pretty believable theory on the drama between Infinity Ward and Treyarch. Mix that with the history of Activision, and you'd have to wonder how they sit by and let this happen.
Call of Doody: Enemy of Mine (http://www.gamespot.com/wii/action/callofduty4modernwarfare/show_msgs.php?topic_id=m-1-51823950&pid=970125&page=0)
Interesting theory there.
Overall I like what I see and I may take the plunge. I do wish there was WiiSpeak support and local multiplayer, but the core game and solo campaign are said to be good and I'd like to experience CoD4 since it is such a critically acclaimed game.
Well from what I hear, Treyarch ported the entire game in only 10 months, so they didn't have time to optimize for everything they might have wanted to put in there.
Can always hope for that stuff in Modern Warfare 2 when it is ported to Wii, right? (cause you know we'll get that around the tine MW3 comes out ;) )
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on November 06, 2009, 01:46:38 PM
It'll be Activision's 1st WiiHD game in 2011.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BranDonk Kong on November 06, 2009, 02:51:18 PM
It looks better than WAW, at least. I've only played a couple minutes, inside the warehouse training level, so I can't compare it to the Conduit yet. I might play it tonight or tomorrow. The Wii I'm playing it on is NTSC, but the game is PAL, so there are more "jaggies" than there normally would be, or at least they're a little more pronounced, since the PAL version outputs at 525i or 525p, I believe. At least all the in-game videos look messed up because of the regional difference.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BwrJim! on November 06, 2009, 06:57:59 PM
10 months for a port is actually pretty good. With models, motion captured animation and everythign else in place its not really a technical feat to do. I should be getting a peek at the us version tonight when my friend comes over and I can give some input on what i notice. I personally will be looking at the animation, and it seems that a lot of people are curious about the looks too. (we wii folk are funny that way.. hehe) So animation and graphics and stability..
anything else to keep an eye on?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on November 06, 2009, 06:59:56 PM
Controls.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BwrJim! on November 06, 2009, 07:04:30 PM
Controls.. check, any particular scheme your looking for? or do we want full on set conduit controls
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on November 07, 2009, 12:45:28 AM
My Conduit scheme surpasses what's achieved in Metroid Prime 3 (aside from the framerate influence). I want to know if Treyarch's Call of Duty can compete with that (it's got to "fly" with ease), and if the game framerate hinders it.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: ShyGuy on November 07, 2009, 02:31:06 AM
I went looking for this at UncleBob-Mart tonight, but no luck. I picked up Wii Fit Plus instead.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on November 07, 2009, 02:48:25 AM
I'm thinking I'll be ordering this when I pre-order New Mario Brothers in the next day or so. I've got a $40 Amazon cradit to use :)
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: KDR_11k on November 07, 2009, 04:10:30 AM
Where did everybodyget it from? I thought it's not coming until the 10th?
The Wii I'm playing it on is NTSC, but the game is PAL, so there are more "jaggies" than there normally would be, or at least they're a little more pronounced, since the PAL version outputs at 525i or 525p, I believe. At least all the in-game videos look messed up because of the regional difference.
It actually does 525i at 50Hz, 480i at 60Hz and 480p at 60Hz. The 60Hz modes are still PAL modes though since they use PAL color encoding, not NTSC.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BwrJim! on November 07, 2009, 02:33:52 PM
So here is my quick and dirty review of the review build of COD reflex for the US
First, Holy $#it.. what a great job infinity did preserve some quality on the graphics/animation. Good job.. but the comment really comes from my wife wanting to sit down and actually play this game and shoot all the "fu@kers" in this game. now she is a minigame cooking mama player.. so wow..
Then, we jump into the control schemes. At start there are like 6 differnt levels from novice to insane (insane being the twitchy gamer) these are all related to sensitivity. Then there are also presets that you can customize like conduit and what not. so not too shabby actually.
Where did we get pissed?
Well, after fiddling around with differnt controls to find what would work best for my wife (did really well with the zapper.... at first).. but once she did a level where you are escaping from the sinking boat... PISSED her off. THe controls fall apart on this part because of the chaos and the getting stuck on a small beam. I had to switch it to normal nunchuk and wiimote and get her off. I couldnt even do it with the zapper addition.. Too damn confusing.
Then of course, we tried plugging in the classic controller. NOPE.. not allowed.. doesnt support it.. wtf? why not? then.. of course the 2nd biggest complaint. NO FREAKING MULTIPLE SAVE FILES> just one.
So, really.. really one save file?
So the game is fun, well made and controls are fine minus the above complaints. It got my wife into this but one crappy save file.
ok..
she said shes done with it.. no more.. my hopes of playing games like this with her in the future have been destroyed do too that zapper and controller schemes.
IW... almost.. not just there. I didnt have a chance to go multi with my friend who is always nice to stop by with his latest toys, but I am sure it will be very fun.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: KDR_11k on November 07, 2009, 02:46:47 PM
Treyarch, not IW.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on November 07, 2009, 02:57:04 PM
So here is my quick and dirty review of the review build of COD reflex for the US
First, Holy $#it.. what a great job infinityTreyarch did preserve some quality on the graphics/animation. Good job.. but the comment really comes from my wife wanting to sit down and actually play this game and shoot all the "fu@kers" in this game. now she is a minigame cooking mama player.. so wow..
Exactly, Infinity Ward did not touch this port and they didn't even want it to exist. All credit goes to Treyarch
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BwrJim! on November 07, 2009, 03:14:14 PM
then why did i just see activision and IF logos.. and thats it.?
edit.. Treyarch did a great job. When I can buy this on tuesday, i am going to pick it up.. It feels so much better than world at war and besides the complaints.. (the save file bugs me the most) It is very solid.
(edit 2) oh btw, i typically HATE war games based in reality. so its pretty big for me to buy something like this on day one.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on November 07, 2009, 03:27:25 PM
I just read a pretty believable theory on the drama between Infinity Ward and Treyarch. Mix that with the history of Activision, and you'd have to wonder how they sit by and let this happen.
Call of Doody: Enemy of Mine (http://www.gamespot.com/wii/action/callofduty4modernwarfare/show_msgs.php?topic_id=m-1-51823950&pid=970125&page=0)
a small snippet from the Activision Wiki
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Before the formation of Activision, software for video game consoles were published exclusively by makers of the systems for which the games were designed. For example, Atari was the only publisher of games for the Atari 2600. This was particularly galling to the developers of the games, as they received no financial rewards for games that sold well, and did not receive credit for their games. This caused several programmers to resign from their jobs. Activision became the first third-party game publisher for game consoles.
How quickly we forget.
But a quick summary is that IW feels like they are being challenged by Treyarch yet IW only wants to work on the best tech they can. Treyarch got a last minute chance to do a Wii port since the Wii is beneath IW's time and not worth the effort. That is why someone(IW?) leaked a pre-alpha photo of the game and Activision still has not put out a single piece of updated artwork or even a teaser video.
The game isn't even mentioned on Activision's or Treyarch's site. I checked both of them myself.
Someone on GAF works for Treyarch and mentioned how they weren't allowed to put their own splash page at the beginning of the game(only Activision & IW) even though Treyarch did the entire port job of the game and that Treyarch is only credited somewhere in the middle of the credits at the end. It's how INfinity Ward gets to take all the credit(if it succeeds) and protect their precious franchise.
That's why I was conflicted on whether I wanted to see this game fail or succeed.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on November 07, 2009, 04:34:28 PM
"oh btw, i typically HATE war games based in reality. so its pretty big for me to buy something like this on day one."
These games come with a spoonful of sugar. Based in reality, quite unrealistic and very sensationalized in presentation and interaction. To make war "fun" it has to be a piece of cake for regular folk. Take out the danger of being killed easily, remove the squad interaction and strategy a soldier would typically have to exercise, and at the very least, design the levels well enough to make suitable "playgrounds" for the player. The biggest positive difference this gen's war games have over previous generations is the size, variety, and detail in the levels. But the rest of the casualized war-play is pretty much the same throughout this last decade.
"The game isn't even mentioned on Activision's or Treyarch's site. I checked both of them myself."
Jurassic: the Hunted also doesn't get much of a mention. There's a multiplatform page, but any Wii-specific media? NOPE. It's getting the Wii World at War treatment.
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Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BwrJim! on November 07, 2009, 04:42:46 PM
well, if thats IF idea, they will be getting the big middle finger from Trey when it does well. I bet there is something in the contracts that stipulates, if the game does well, TREY gets all sorts of KUDOS on thier next game.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: KDR_11k on November 07, 2009, 04:45:23 PM
How do you get IF out of Infinity Ward?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BwrJim! on November 07, 2009, 04:59:59 PM
quick.. look over there -------->
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on November 07, 2009, 07:49:40 PM
well, if thats IF idea, they will be getting the big middle finger from Trey when it does well. I bet there is something in the contracts that stipulates, if the game does well, TREY gets all sorts of KUDOS on thier next game.
But didn't the last 2 ports of CoD games from Treyarch do good too? CoD3(whatever the subtitle) & CoD4:WaW
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BwrJim! on November 07, 2009, 11:40:44 PM
I never checked out cod3 as I still am not a fan of the type of game.. I play games to escape reality.. I got WaW for multiplayer, which no one here plays 8P and now I actually want to get this new one. I believe they did all of those though and What I am thinking is that if they have a name that is so muted in its making of it, then I would hope they either get a large kickback and possibly (which is where I was going with this) a new title of their own. kind of like earning their stripes by going through this hassle with Inf.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on November 08, 2009, 12:15:00 AM
I wonder if this game is a lose-lose situation. If it sells well, third-parties will probably learn the wrong lesson and think that they can keep releasing ports of older games. If it sells poorly, they will probably think that there isn't a market for this type of game on Wii.
Whatever happens with it, I expect somebody to use it as "proof" of some sort of excuse.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on November 08, 2009, 12:28:44 AM
Mop it up: everything is a test when it comes to Wii.
Bwr: I think that's part of the reason IW as a grudge with Treyarch(if that GS theory was accurate). Apparently Activision game Trey a shot at their own CoD game and then IW took over the project or something(I don't feel like going back and reading the whole thing right now), and IW wants to make sure that no one makes a CoD game besides them.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: KDR_11k on November 08, 2009, 02:13:45 AM
Eh, even if they learn that late ports work that's still better than nothing.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on November 08, 2009, 02:41:20 AM
At least late ports brings us back to where we were last gen.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BranDonk Kong on November 08, 2009, 01:20:15 PM
Having played the first level again, I'd have to say, although it's a much different color scheme (it's "HD brown" on an SD system for most of the game), that COD:MWR looks better than the Conduit. A lot better.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on November 08, 2009, 02:08:52 PM
At least late ports brings us back to where we were last gen.
And that makes it acceptable? Each generation Nintendo has lost third-parties; the SNES had fewer exclusives, the N64 had only a few exclusives and ports, the GCN had only late ports, and the Wii has to catch up to a weak standard of the previous generation?
That's what bothers me about third-parties. Not only do they toss mere scraps to the Wii userbase, but they expect them to be THANKFUL for it. That's despicable.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: KDR_11k on November 08, 2009, 02:58:48 PM
Well, if the predictions are true the third parties who don't support the Wii will bleed for it.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on November 08, 2009, 03:24:51 PM
They are already bleeding, but like in zombie movies they are trying to hide the wound for as long as possible.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on November 08, 2009, 05:39:18 PM
At least late ports brings us back to where we were last gen.
And that makes it acceptable? Each generation Nintendo has lost third-parties; the SNES had fewer exclusives, the N64 had only a few exclusives and ports, the GCN had only late ports, and the Wii has to catch up to a weak standard of the previous generation?
That's what bothers me about third-parties. Not only do they toss mere scraps to the Wii userbase, but they expect them to be THANKFUL for it. That's despicable.
I should have added sarcasm tags or a :-\ to that statement. I wasn't trying to look at the bright side of the situation, more laughing at how pathetic the state of Wii 3rd Excuse Makers are that it took three years to get us back the the last-gen standard.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Spinnzilla on November 09, 2009, 03:30:34 PM
Having played the first level again, I'd have to say, although it's a much different color scheme (it's "HD brown" on an SD system for most of the game), that COD:MWR looks better than the Conduit. A lot better.
I have to agree with this for the most part. While a lot of the guns and hands look really well done in FP view in the conduit, the envoirments are damn fugly. Thank god, the Quantum3 engine is already better.
What really amazes me is how rock steady the online is on COD4.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on November 09, 2009, 06:53:37 PM
So CoD4 performs better than Conduit online? That is nice to hear. I only wish it had WiiSpeak :(
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on November 09, 2009, 07:09:58 PM
Does it? I hear the hax0rs are out in force.
How does the framerate hold up with the screen gets busy?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: EasyCure on November 09, 2009, 08:48:06 PM
so many typos in this thread...
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: ShyGuy on November 10, 2009, 01:12:54 AM
Interesting video comparing Conduit and MWR http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dn7GcK-aT3M
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on November 10, 2009, 01:28:28 AM
That's the most informative piece I've seen on the internet yet.
Basically, they both look awful, and equally fluid. Conduit has those N64ish multiplayer levels with deliberate coloring and Treyarch's Call of Duty has those varied real-world-setting designs with poor coloring.
One thing I'm certain with Conduit is my controls are absolute magick. Treyarch's Call of Duty, the controls and gunplay I cannot judge without sitting with the control options for a half hour. I'm really not in the mood to purchase another Activision title, but I have very few options for sampling the game without going "YO GAMESTOP HOMIES, MIND IF WE TRY TREYARCH'S CALL OF DUTY ON THE DEMO WII KIOSK, YOU DIG ME?"
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: King of Twitch on November 10, 2009, 02:21:12 AM
This is all over the local news tonight. They've had two teasers for it already, so you know they are enthralled by it even though they probably haven't touched a game since Centipede
Oh: there are some animators "involved" with the game that are signing autographs in LA
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: KDR_11k on November 10, 2009, 02:33:42 AM
Zap: MW2 or MWR?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: King of Twitch on November 10, 2009, 02:36:54 AM
doesnt matter youre like 10,000 miles away
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: ShyGuy on November 10, 2009, 02:48:46 AM
Ice burn.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on November 10, 2009, 02:50:52 AM
I was asking because it sounded strange that MWR would be on the news.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on November 10, 2009, 01:32:27 PM
At the least, Treyarch has proven to be one of the very few valuable Wii FPS developers (as far as controls and general product go), tho it took them 3 projects to get to this point.
It's taking Red Steel team 2 tries.
Retro and HVS hit their respective goals on the first try.
MOHH2 did nicely the first time, but EA probably laid off all those people already.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: vudu on November 10, 2009, 02:23:01 PM
That's the most informative piece I've seen on the internet yet.
Agreed, but for completely unrelated reasons. In the Conduit video the player got into several skirmishes and managed two kills and died twice in the same time that the player in the MW video wandered around without seeing anyone before getting shot to death by a hidden opponent. It reminds me why I hate Counterstrike so much.
EDIT: I watched a little more of the video and it looks like the MW player is playing a 2 on 2 match. No wonder the level is so empty. But my point remains.
How big are the online matches in MW Reflex?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BranDonk Kong on November 10, 2009, 02:42:57 PM
You have to keep in mind that in the MW2 video, the game hadn't officially been released, so there aren't too many people playing it, especially online.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: cubist on November 10, 2009, 02:57:43 PM
The way that articles says it controls better than Conduit without anything to support it tells me nothing.
True. However, it's something. No one wants to cover this game.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on November 10, 2009, 03:35:50 PM
Quote from: Vooks
In fact, due to the Wii Remote controls, the game works even better and beats even The Conduit’s controls. Don’t like the default controls? You can even adjust them to however you like with more customisation then ever.
that tells you something. more customization that The Conduit.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on November 10, 2009, 03:36:34 PM
In fact, due to the Wii Remote controls, the game works even better and beats even The Conduit’s controls. Don’t like the default controls? You can even adjust them to however you like with more customisation then ever.
that tells you something. more customization that The Conduit.
The people on YouTube certainly don't convince me.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: cubist on November 10, 2009, 03:53:23 PM
In fact, due to the Wii Remote controls, the game works even better and beats even The Conduit’s controls. Don’t like the default controls? You can even adjust them to however you like with more customisation then ever.
that tells you something. more customization that The Conduit.
The people on YouTube certainly don't convince me.
I'd like to cover it too. The economy and furloughs haven't allowed me to be quite the gamer that I want to be...especially raising a family. Too bad Activision couldn't release it at $29.99 for the 2-year old effort.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on November 10, 2009, 05:50:41 PM
Activision Presents: War Hero 5: Global Tour on Terror
Comes with Machine Gun peripheral and the ability to play online multiplayer (must purchase separate DLC pack to enable multiplayer).
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on November 10, 2009, 05:58:56 PM
All this blah blah EFF-PEE-ESS talk makes me want to play more... TEH CONDUIT.
I'm like on Mission 4 or 5.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on November 10, 2009, 06:21:57 PM
All this FPS talk makes me want to play Conduit.
You game, Pro?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on November 10, 2009, 06:28:37 PM
I haven't tried multiplayer yet. And tomorrow I have the day off. This is definitely a possiblity.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: ShyGuy on November 10, 2009, 10:56:19 PM
I'm really tempted to buy this now, but $50 seems like too much for a port. Plus, I'm really busy lately.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on November 10, 2009, 11:51:45 PM
I'm going to use my $40 credit on Amazon to get this when I preorder NSMBWii. So it won't be that much of a hit for me. Combine it with the $10 NSMB preorder credit and I am getting MWR for FREE. How is that for a deal?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on November 11, 2009, 12:03:13 AM
but then you paid full price for NSMBWii when it only cost me $7 after my $40 credit.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on November 11, 2009, 12:04:01 AM
Isn't that basically the same deal only looking at the numbers differently?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on November 11, 2009, 12:06:23 AM
maybe, but I'd be getting $50 worth of gaming goodness for only $7 while you would be getting $30 worth of late port for free.
Who getting the better deal?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on November 11, 2009, 12:08:23 AM
Depends on how much I enjoy MW, I suppose. I never played the PC game and it is highly regarded so I'll at least get some value out of the singleplayer game no matter how the multiplayer turns out.
~ I just had a thought. Wouldn't it be interesting if Activision is purposefully hiding the game before launch as a PR stunt to rile up all us Nintendo fans so we run out and buy it and tell others about it because we think 'Treyarch is getting put down by Infinity Ward' and whatnot?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on November 11, 2009, 02:30:44 AM
If we found that out, we definitely wouldn't buy it.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on November 11, 2009, 03:39:46 AM
I wish someone would do a side by side comparison of the SD version vs the HD version so I can see what PS360 is doing that is not being portrayed properly by the Wii.
I can only imagine what Treyarch would have done if they got to code this game on a proper budget with sufficient time alongside the HD version 2years ago.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: KDR_11k on November 11, 2009, 03:58:35 AM
The way that articles says it controls better than Conduit without anything to support it tells me nothing.
The Conduit's default controls SUCK. Not many people are willing to tweak that stuff for so long to get a good result, the default controls should be usable and not do **** like preventing you from aiming up. With TC you get tons of options, many of which aren't intuitive to new players. Onslaught had exactly one option for the controls and it worked great with it.
I'm really tempted to buy this now, but $50 seems like too much for a port. Plus, I'm really busy lately.
Agreed, it's a very late port and shouldn't cost more than the game that was ported.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on November 11, 2009, 05:16:22 PM
If Conduit's defaults suck, Treyarch's Call of Duty's defaults are worse. (I thought WaW's defaults were bad and learned that no amount of tweaking could fix it, automatic trade-in)
With Treyarch's Call of Duty you get tons of options, many of which aren't intuitive to new players.
"I'm noticing that alot of previewers are failing to mention the customization of controls. The writer gripes about button layout, but that can all be reassigned to your liking. If you don't like pressing the awkward plus/minus button to throw a grenade, then you can assign it to a different button or gesture. I throw grenades using a throwing motion with the nunchuck.
You can adjust the turn speed if you feel the camera is moving too slow or too fast. You can also adjust the dead zone to be more narrow if you don't want to point towards the edge of the screen to turn. My deadzone is set to turn without needing to drag the cursor to the edge of the screen!
However, unlike HVS for The Conduit, Activision did no promo for this game or did it try to make people aware that the default controls can be changed with a multitude of adjustment options. I do admit that The Conduit's default (the control settings when you first start) controls work much better and I don't understand why Treyarch chose the current default scheme that Reflex has, because first impressions are very important. Keep in mind, adjusting the controls to your liking does take a little getting use to. But once you find a customization that works for you, you will be a happy shooter in this game! You have to be patient with this game.
I have MW2 for the PS3 and I can't hit nothing for the life of me--especially in multiplayer. However, I'm like a sharp shooter using the Wii Remote. Nonetheless, I'm enjoying both games!" -- GoNintendo visitor
A "journalist" perspective: http://wii.ign.com/articles/104/1044159p1.html
"the actual framerate and cursor tracking is on par with World at War, if not a little slower. Moving slightly with the Wii-mote doesn't always register in on-screen movement, so trying to dial in that precise pixel-by-pixel aiming is a serious chore. With the framerate also pretty inconsistent at times the cursor takes the brunt of the impact and the only real hope for precise shooting comes with the game's single player lock-on function. Just like with COD4, single player has a basic lock-on that occurs when pulling up into aim down sights mode, and if it wasn't for that option this would be a very trying experience. I'm convinced that some players will be able to find their perfect setup in Modern Warfare Reflex, but the game's choppy framerate will still ensure that a smoother experience can be found elsewhere on Wii with titles like Medal of Honor Heroes or The Conduit."
The framerate issue has killed my potential purchase. Aiming errors influenced by framerate are supposed to be a thing of the 1990s.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: ShyGuy on November 11, 2009, 06:38:37 PM
I wish someone would do a side by side comparison of the SD version vs the HD version so I can see what PS360 is doing that is not being portrayed properly by the Wii.
Side by side comparison Wii vs PS3 http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xb4hsp_modern-warfare-comparaison-wii-ps3_videogames
Obvious things that weren't translated over; Lighting, Smoke/Particle effects and heavy NPC action in the distance. Nothing that would change the game. So all things considered, it looks like Treyarch did an excellent job porting this over, and I've added it to my shopping cart.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Halbred on November 12, 2009, 02:37:49 PM
Dude, don't. Seriously. Believe me, the lack of graphical flourish will COMPLETELy change the game. Kotaku has a side-by-side comparison of the opening sequence. It is PAINFUL on the Wii.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BranDonk Kong on November 12, 2009, 02:50:53 PM
It's official, you're a graphics whore.
I think COD4 on the Wii is pretty great. The framerate isn't nearly as bad as IGN makes it out to be, and the online multiplayer is absolutely amazing. There's no way this should be rated lower than the Conduit, period. It doesn't have the bugs where you disappear and can't play an online match, the story is better and longer, there's much more variety in the campaign, the graphics are better, etc. It's a better game than the Conduit by every account.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on November 12, 2009, 02:52:13 PM
Dude, don't. Seriously. Believe me, the lack of graphical flourish will COMPLETELy change the game. Kotaku has a side-by-side comparison of the opening sequence. It is PAINFUL on the Wii.
R U SERIOUS!!!
it's the same video I just linked to. I only have a Wii and the graphical difference doesn't really bother me. It's like the difference of seeing a movie in the theater with all the surround sound and the giant HD screen or waiting for the movie to come out on DVD where I can watch it at my leisure in the comfort of my own home.
I don't need the surround sound and 100 foot screen to enjoy the movie, I will enjoy it probably just as fine at home in my bed on my 32 inch TV with my DVD player.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on November 12, 2009, 03:06:18 PM
I think COD4 on the Wii is pretty great. The framerate isn't nearly as bad as IGN makes it out to be, and the online multiplayer is absolutely amazing. There's no way this should be rated lower than the Conduit, period. It doesn't have the bugs where you disappear and can't play an online match, the story is better and longer, there's much more variety in the campaign, the graphics are better, etc. It's a better game than the Conduit by every account.
on snaps! finally someone who took the plunge and can be a target for impressions/questions.
Do you think the size of the bouncing reticule seems larger on Wii than the original version?
Is it practical to play the entire game in "iron sights" mode with the controls adjusted to allow you to turn/move around like the normal view, or is iron sights mode stuck on a "rubber band" effect that won't let you turn and move about as you please?
How does IR pointer control apply to scoped view/sniping?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Halbred on November 12, 2009, 03:58:23 PM
Yeah, I'm a graphics whore for certain kinds of games. I think Modern Warfare is going for a certain aesthetic that requires an HD system to achieve. And good for Infinity Ward for going for that level of detail. I just went on a big rant about this in the EA CO whining thread in Talkback.
As for the Modern Warfare graphics argument, I feel like CoD4 on the HD systems is like the director's cut of The Godfather, while the Wii version is the AMC cut. It's just not the same, and it's not what the director envisioned. I think any art form should by read or seen as close to the "author's intent" as possible. For Modern Warfare, that's the HD version. I'm sorry.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on November 12, 2009, 05:08:56 PM
Yeah, I'm a graphics whore for certain kinds of games. I think Modern Warfare is going for a certain aesthetic that requires an HD system to achieve. And good for Infinity Ward for going for that level of detail. I just went on a big rant about this in the EA CO whining thread in Talkback.
As for the Modern Warfare graphics argument, I feel like CoD4 on the HD systems is like the director's cut of The Godfather, while the Wii version is the AMC cut. It's just not the same, and it's not what the director envisioned. I think any art form should by read or seen as close to the "author's intent" as possible. For Modern Warfare, that's the HD version. I'm sorry.
^ Another reason people shouldn't buy it at full price.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on November 12, 2009, 05:18:59 PM
The flaw with his argument is that there is nothing missing(content wise) in the Wii version. My HD Theater vs DVD metaphor is more accurate.
If they cut content because the Wii is too kiddeh , then he would have a point, but they didn't so he doesn't.
But I do agree on the not paying full price for a 2 year old port, regardless of quality.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Halbred on November 12, 2009, 05:23:43 PM
Still not my point.
HD versions of CoD4 = Director's Cut of Aliens Wii version of CoD4 = SciFi televised cut of Aliens
Got it?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on November 12, 2009, 05:25:02 PM
no missing content. no commercial breaks :P
got my point? u r wrong.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: ShyGuy on November 12, 2009, 05:27:47 PM
Halbred is a graphics whore when it comes to FPS, we accept this trait.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on November 12, 2009, 05:28:37 PM
HD versions of CoD4 = Director's Cut of Aliens Wii version of CoD4 = SciFi televised cut of Aliens
Got it?
More like Blu-Ray version versus DVD version. Maybe you could argue VHS version.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on November 12, 2009, 05:29:46 PM
DVD vs VHS would be even more accurate.
or Widescreen vs Standard (you can seem ore in the widescreen version)
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Halbred on November 12, 2009, 05:33:24 PM
*facepalm*
LITERARY EXAMPLE because clearly my point isn't being gotten.
CoD4 on HD systems = Uncensored version of "Catcher in the Rye."
CoD4 on Wii = Version of "Catcher in the Rye" where all the swear words are bleeped out with asterisks.
GET IT NOW?
Content may not be sacrificed, but meaning is. Why bother with a version of a piece of art that is far and away from the author's intentional meaning? Graphical fidelity has a larger meaning here than just pretty pictures.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on November 12, 2009, 05:49:35 PM
There is no censorship on the Wii version, no missing content. everything is there.... minus a few shadows and papers blowing through the streets. It's just not in an HD detailed resolution.
I still think DVD vs VCR would fit your argument better. Your explanation doesn't fit your argument, so I will just wait for your blog rant where maybe you can explain yourself better.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on November 12, 2009, 05:50:46 PM
Content may not be sacrificed, but meaning is. Why bother with a version of a piece of art that is far and away from the author's intentional meaning? Graphical fidelity has a larger meaning here than just pretty pictures.
Because most games are not pieces of art?
I can go back and enjoy classic movies with poor and grainy video quality.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Halbred on November 12, 2009, 05:54:59 PM
Stratos, ALL games are pieces of art. Some are shitty, but all require some creative effort beyond the practical. They are pieces of art. I'll talk about this in the blog post too.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on November 12, 2009, 06:04:33 PM
Six Dollar Burger vs. Whopper
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: ShyGuy on November 12, 2009, 06:04:50 PM
I think dinosaurs are art.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Halbred on November 12, 2009, 06:13:47 PM
To a certain degree, that's true. Any life restoration (or skeletal restoration that's based on incomplete material) is inherently creative, so it is art.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: ShyGuy on November 12, 2009, 06:18:57 PM
I think a kitty cat is art.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on November 12, 2009, 06:21:32 PM
What I mean by that is the primary point of a game is to entertain. It's primary purpose is not found in the art. Art can play a part, but having fun and being entertained is more why it exists.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Halbred on November 12, 2009, 07:08:54 PM
Well, sure. Under that standard, there's nothing wrong with it. I just think Infinity Ward's vision for what the game is and its message is largely dependant on its visuals.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on November 12, 2009, 07:10:47 PM
Looks like Treyarch translated the message(& the "vision") pretty well, now if only Activision would allow them to tell someone that they did it.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on November 12, 2009, 08:34:22 PM
Imagine Black Hawk Down in black & white and running on YouTube circa 2005. That's what this game is.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on November 12, 2009, 10:04:05 PM
I still think DVD vs VCR would fit your argument better.
DVD movies usually have a lot of extra content like behind-the-scenes, gag reels, commentary, etc which the VHS versions don't have. Is this game missing any content? If not, then I think that Blu-Ray vs. DVD is a better comparison since as far as I know the only difference is picture quality.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: ShyGuy on November 12, 2009, 11:35:39 PM
Digitallly Remastered Disney Classic vs .VHS copy taped off the Disney Channel in 1992.
BUY NOW BEFORE IT GOES BACK IN THE DISNEY VAULT FOREVER
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on November 12, 2009, 11:42:02 PM
But I already own it.... bootleg 8mm handycam in the theater version :(
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: ShyGuy on November 12, 2009, 11:43:53 PM
bootleg 8mm handycam = torrentz in this metaphor.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BranDonk Kong on November 12, 2009, 11:45:21 PM
I can't give anymore impressions for now, I've got too much school work to do for the next couple days. The "director's cut" vs "edit cut" argument is complete bullshit (no offense). The only differences are the graphics, lack of split screen, and kill cam. Other than that (unless I missed something else), it's the exact same game. Blu Ray vs DVD is a much, much more accurate argument. There are no missing scenes, no censorship, etc. The game is not missing any actual content.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: oohhboy on November 13, 2009, 04:19:30 AM
Imagine Black Hawk Down in black & white and running on YouTube circa 2005. That's what this game is.
ROLF. It wouldn't be that much different since day everything looked white and brown and at night black and green. Considering you couldn't really tell one marine apart from another, I doubt having a higher resolution would have made much of a difference.
I might have won more awards for being more "ARTY".
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: KDR_11k on November 13, 2009, 11:31:20 AM
Stratos, ALL games are pieces of art. Some are shitty, but all require some creative effort beyond the practical. They are pieces of art. I'll talk about this in the blog post too.
Doesn't mean we have to appreciate them as art.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: rbtr on November 13, 2009, 07:41:43 PM
Most games that consider themselves "art" are really terrible.
The only game I would call art is tetris, because it is a pinnacle of game design. It exemplifies everything that a game should be, and I think that puts in a better position to be art than something like braid which just has pretty pictures.
I guess electroplankton too, but I don't even count it as a game. It's an artists installation piece on your DS.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NWR_Lindy on November 14, 2009, 07:26:10 PM
Content may not be sacrificed, but meaning is. Why bother with a version of a piece of art that is far and away from the author's intentional meaning? Graphical fidelity has a larger meaning here than just pretty pictures.
What's lost is the immersion factor. Modern Warfare was so good on 360 because it was so immersive, due to its incredibly lifelike visuals and sound design. Its controls were tight and it had some minor design innovations, but its true raison d'etre was its visceral delivery of the combat experience. It eclipsed everything up to that point.
Take that away, and you don't have much.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on November 14, 2009, 07:44:43 PM
Are you saying that Reflex isn't immersing? Have either of you played the game?
speaking of that, has there been a review copy sent out yet? who is gonna review it?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on November 14, 2009, 09:28:13 PM
Content may not be sacrificed, but meaning is. Why bother with a version of a piece of art that is far and away from the author's intentional meaning? Graphical fidelity has a larger meaning here than just pretty pictures.
What's lost is the immersion factor. Modern Warfare was so good on 360 because it was so immersive, due to its incredibly lifelike visuals and sound design. Its controls were tight and it had some minor design innovations, but its true raison d'etre was its visceral delivery of the combat experience. It eclipsed everything up to that point.
Take that away, and you don't have much.
Eclipsed everything? Someone obviously didn't play the previous 3 CoD games. Also Crysis blows it away in visuals, and innovations. I get sick of people forgetting the Cs oD series existed in a similar form on PC long before it was, gimp..., I mean ported on consoles. I loved the series at one time but i grew tired of it right around the time it became the cool thing to think it was the bestest game ever.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: ShyGuy on November 15, 2009, 02:01:59 AM
Immersion is relative. What's immersive this gen is "Teh ugliest trash evar" next gen.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: KDR_11k on November 15, 2009, 02:22:07 AM
Immersion is a bullshit buzzword that has no definition but gets thrown around happily. What CoD4 did was make you feel like you're in a movie, not like you're in a real war (real war is a lot less glorious and much more terrifying, too bad our only chance to see that executed as a horror game died when Six Days in Fallujah got sabotaged by the media, meanwhile you can play something like Operation Flashpoint for all your belly crawling, shooting at distant figures needs). Anyone got a link to that Destructoid editorial about immersion at hand?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on November 15, 2009, 04:22:30 AM
Immersion is subjective, for me I don't find it immersive when I have to aim with an analog stick. In fact that sucks me right out of a game, while games on PC or Wii which utilize aiming I find much more immersible because of the ease to aim. It can have all the flashy graphics and set pieces in the world (which the CoD series basically is, lots of different action set pieces) but if I have to control it with a dual analog controller all of that goes down the drain fast when it comes to my enjoyment.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on November 15, 2009, 04:26:41 AM
Wii 'ruined' my sense of immersion. It feels awful to use a control stick or even a mouse to play FPS games. I have to bumble around for hours to get back into using either a mouse+keyboard or a traditional controller. It just feels wrong.
I haven't decided if this is a good or a bad thing yet, but it has certainly caused me to prefer Wii versions of titles even if they are gimped in some ways.
Only Left 4 Dead seems to draw me in quickly on PC. Games like Half-Life 2, Team Fortress 2 and even Portal are difficult to play.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: KDR_11k on November 15, 2009, 06:08:14 AM
Honestly I never get immersed, I get counter-immersed (the window dressing fades from my mind as only the pure mechanics remain) and from what I understand pretty much everyone does (it's the way the male mind works). The theatre of the mind does not include that which requires no imagination.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: King of Twitch on November 15, 2009, 11:37:33 AM
YEAH BUT DID YOU KNOW THEY REMOVED STAINED GLASS WINDOWS FROM ETERNAL DARNKESS BECAUSE THERE WEREN'T INVENTED YET DURING THAT TIME PERIOD?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on November 15, 2009, 03:32:41 PM
Honestly I never get immersed, I get counter-immersed (the window dressing fades from my mind as only the pure mechanics remain) and from what I understand pretty much everyone does (it's the way the male mind works). The theatre of the mind does not include that which requires no imagination.
Everyone does not equal the male gender.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: KDR_11k on November 16, 2009, 02:22:53 AM
How many women talk about needing HD to get any immersion?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BranDonk Kong on November 16, 2009, 02:28:23 AM
Huge Dildos?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on November 16, 2009, 03:39:42 AM
How many women talk about needing HD to get any immersion?
That's right, we aren't as shallow to need High Definition for immersion. Point taken!
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on November 16, 2009, 04:00:25 AM
Well, men are more visually stimulated than women in general. So there may actually be a point in saying guys prefer HD visuals.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on November 16, 2009, 04:06:20 AM
I think it is more such visuals have different effects on men and women. Any game which uses dull colours and darker shades is going to make me feel depressed.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: KDR_11k on November 16, 2009, 09:12:29 AM
Well, men are more visually stimulated than women in general. So there may actually be a point in saying guys prefer HD visuals.
But I don't think the argument is whether we prefer HD visuals (who wouldn't?), but more is HD visuals necessary to get the same amount of enjoyment out of the same game. I believe immersion is relative to the quality of the game as a whole, not just it's graphics.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stogi on November 16, 2009, 12:34:13 PM
I would just like to say that I still play my NES to this day and I still can't help but move the controller when I'm anxious.
That is all.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on November 16, 2009, 12:41:38 PM
^ hahah my girl does that.... LOL!!
my mom does that too, but it's not because she is anxious, it's because she is playing sports or fitness games on the Wii (she loves WiiFit+ right now)
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on November 16, 2009, 12:47:47 PM
Immersion is the voluntary act of the player, investing their consciousness in whatever makes up the game. The game has the job of attempting to be inviting to the player. At the same time, there's all kinds of crap in the game that can negatively distract the player (dual analog?), or just be meaningless to the player (visual fluff), like KDR says.
People get immersed in 8-bit 2D Mario, big screen or small, of all things.
I would just like to say that I still play my NES to this day and I still can't help but move the controller when I'm anxious.
That is all.
Excellent example. A friend of mine used to lean left/right when playing Super Mario Kart.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on November 17, 2009, 05:10:42 PM
"The controls are really odd, you have plenty of options, but it never feels right. Heroes 2 was a lot better on that matter."
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on November 21, 2009, 03:51:05 PM
I tried the game and it controls fine for me with minimal tuning. I changed the buttons and gestures to mimic Conduit and tweaked the bounding box a bit and it works well.
Anyone else interested in playing some Multiplayer?
We need an FC thread posted for the game.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: SixthAngel on November 27, 2009, 07:12:43 AM
I started playing this game and I can't believe it is so popular. It is so utterly average. Nothing too bad is in the game but nothing really good is there either. I think the Conduit single player was much better.
I picked the difficulty above normal and it warned me it was "not the recommended difficulty." The first two levels are then completed almost entirely by my computer partners. Someone is shooting me from above so I back off a pull out my sniper rifle. I pop out, oh, he's already dead along with a ton of other guys. I learned in the third level I can even skip gun battles by simply running to the next check point. I don't know if there is infinite spawing or what but I don't feel rewarded for clearing a room.
The only reason I seem to die is because someone throws a grenade at me. The enemy must have spent their entire third world country's budget on these things because every enemy has like 12 of them so the little grenade warning is constantly on my screen.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: ShyGuy on November 27, 2009, 09:15:21 AM
You discovered the COD secret
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Monteblanco on November 27, 2009, 09:29:10 AM
I think the Wii controls to be much more immersive than the dual analogues or the keyboard and mouse. To a point that I am avoiding any FPS in my PS3 now. It is ok to play a game with a third person view in the ps3 as the main character is like a marionette I am controlling. However, I feel entirely disconnected when playing a game with first person view unless it is the Wii version.
I am a very visual oriented person but the fact is most of the realistic looking games are not that realistic. Many aspects, especially human faces, look awful and bug me a lot -- perhaps I am more sensible to the uncanny valley than most people. As a matter of fact, I much prefer when they try for a more stylized look. As such, I am much more impressed with the look of Metroid Prime Trilogy, which I am currently playing, than Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, which I played with my PS3 a few months ago.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: cubist on December 04, 2009, 07:16:44 PM
I've had the game since it launched. The online multi-player is the best on Wii.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on December 05, 2009, 01:12:03 AM
Care to exchange Fried Codes then, Cubist?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Toruresu on December 20, 2009, 12:38:00 PM
I got this game last night and jumped to multiplayer. Awesome experience!
The only trouble I have is, I can't seem to figure out how to set up private matches. I set em up, play alone, invite people to join and they get a "cannot connect to host". The same happens if I try to join my friends private game.
What are we doing wrong?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Kairon on December 22, 2009, 05:22:17 AM
I finally dug this game out of my backlog, have had it awhile. I didn't play too deep into it, but I just got past the mission where I got to operate the AC-130 gunship's weapons and... oh god that was sweet. The little guys on the ground in my black-and-white view are mine, the ones without strobelights I rain death on from my constantly circling weapons platform.
Actually, I sorta dug the first mission where my squadmates do a lot. It helps me acclimatize to moving around and keeping up with them, and I was going like "awesome, my computer buddies are actually doing things, I'm part of a real functional team!"
In fact, my only real problem with the game so far is it's pretty easy to get lost and lose focus of where my squadmates have run off to. But I guess that's because it isn't as clearly linear a level design as previous games I've played, and also because of the better sense of immersion into the chaos of war.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on December 22, 2009, 05:35:53 AM
We still don't have an FC thread set up.
I PM'd a request to a mod but nothing yet.
Anyone up for multiplayer?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: vudu on December 26, 2009, 07:35:17 PM
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on December 27, 2009, 02:49:28 AM
Thanks Vudu!
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Dasmos on December 28, 2009, 12:19:28 AM
I love how you pushed for this FC thread for like 20 years or something, then when someone finally creates the thread you don't even post in it.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on December 28, 2009, 01:03:04 AM
Friend codes go here.
Game discussion goes on here. (http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/forums/index.php?topic=30211.0)
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on December 28, 2009, 02:44:52 AM
I haven't had time to pull up the number since the thread was posted. It's only been like a day.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Toruresu on February 09, 2010, 08:48:18 PM
*bump*
No one else got this?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on February 10, 2010, 03:01:45 AM
Some people mentioned having it but no one has posted codes outside of you and I... :P
~ To plug the game some more, I am continually impressed with this games technical feats and the different features included. There is NO LAG that I can see in either single or multiplayer even with 10 people all over the map and explosions everywhere. Also, the maps are much more 'alive' than Conduit. When I first started playing multiplayer I kept shooting at random objects that have movement like flames and such because I was not used to seeing things outside of characters moving in levels. You can blow things like cars up and debris is always fluttering in the air in levels. This is multiplayer, people.
Also, the online is far more robust than Conduit as well. You have leaderboards, custom classes, more weapon choices, unlockable gear based on experience level, online achievements that unlock bonuses and you can look at all of this while searching for games to join! It is blowing my mind compared to Conduits sparse and cripplingly limiting options. There are more maps, the maps are bigger and more diverse, there are way more game modes as well. I can sit and tweak my custom classes while waiting for the game to find a good host but the funny thing is I rarely have enough time to make any major changes because the load times are so short. From the time the match starts to when it actually loads up is maybe 5-8 seconds tops.
Controls are great and very responsive. You have the full monty when it comes to control options and can map any action to any button or waggle. I actually made the controls a hybrid between Conduit and Onslaught tweaked to my liking. I use the nunchuck waggle to reload and it works perfectly. Plus I don't accidentally fling grenades when my nose itches ;)
In fact there are only two glaring omissions I see in the game: no WiiSpeak and no local multiplayer. If we got a ModernWarfare 2 next year that included both of those options I would consider it a day one purchase and if it launched the same day as Grinder (assuming it was coming out the same time and still Wii exclusive) I would choose MW2 over Grinder in the blink of an eye. This is pretty much the real deal on Wii. I know it came late, but it works and works amazingly. This is what happens when publishers put their higher tiered developers on serious Wii development. Plus I have not seen any hackers yet on the game yet which has killed my desire to play Conduit in any public game modes.
If you are on the fence, go for it I say. It is a serious blast and the superior option for FPS games on Wii.
Now I wanna go play it some more. ;D
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on February 10, 2010, 03:12:42 AM
I have just one question: Can you play with a combination of people on your friend list and random people? Very few Wii games actually allow that... in fact, Mario Kart Wii is the only game which I can think of that does.
I've actually started to consider this game. The answer to my question is a pretty big deciding factor. The Conduit is decent, but it is light on content.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on February 10, 2010, 03:16:42 AM
Honestly, Toruresu is the only friend I have in the game so far...so I couldn't tell you. I get the impression that you can since it looks like you can invite your friends that are online to join you but I will have to test it to confirm. We have yet to play the game at the same time. I'll have to try and make a point to meet up with him at some point.
I need to find more people who own the game so I can get more friends because a two-man top score chart is a little underwhelming even if it does make me second on my friends list.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on February 10, 2010, 03:19:55 AM
You're second? So Toruresu is better than you?
Just wait until I get the game. My pathetic performance is sure to make you feel good about yourself.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on February 10, 2010, 03:25:09 AM
Well, he's played for much more time than me. But it does show our ranking compared to every other player. He's ranked 65k-ish while I'm more 180k-ish. My aim sucks.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on February 10, 2010, 03:27:55 AM
How's the campaign? How's the framerate in the campaign?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on February 10, 2010, 03:50:59 AM
I'm no videophile, so the diff between 30 and 60 fps is tricky for me, but I never noticed a framerate dip while playing and I usually can pick those out. Even during the bigger set pieces with more enemies so far I have not seen any slowdown. Switching to nightvision didn't cause any issues and explosions never cause 'hick ups' when they went off. I'm actually rather surprised because I cannot recall any point when there was slowdown. You'd think something on a 'next-gen' title ported to Wii would cause issues like that when Wii's exclusive 'flagship titles 3rd party titles' like NMH2 have slowdown in cutscenes.
The campaign can feel a bit like you are watching the computer allies play for you in the beginning and I found myself trying to keep up, but later on they only hold the line and draw fire so the only way to make any progress is to press ahead yourself. They won't carry you to victory. There are nice breaks where you are given chances to use big 'javelin' rocket launchers to take out tanks and choppers and there was one fun part where you played an airship gunner laying cover fire to aid some escaping allies on the ground using heat radar to spot the enemies. So there is variety and the missions so far have been quite varied. The first mission has you running to escape a sinking ship and that gets quite intense with the whole level shifting as the boat sinks more and more. It is very cinematic but in a 'videogame' sort of way. Even the intro gives you a cinematic feel because you can control your point-of-view of a prisoner as he is transported through a town and drug to a place where an rebel leader points a gun at you and executes you. It really sets the tone for the game right off the bat.
Checkpoints feel appropriately spaced so that if you die you don't feel frustrated at the ground you have to retrace. Also, there are no mid-level loads so the action doesn't get broken up. At first I had a bit of trouble finding objectives but as I got used to the game I've ha less problems with that. You have a compass on the bottom of the screen and there is a marker on it that shows you the direction you need to go and the distance to the objective. The campaign so far is quite enjoyable.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on February 10, 2010, 04:10:21 AM
Why couldn't they get their **** together 2 COD games ago?
BOYCOTTED.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Toruresu on February 10, 2010, 05:08:26 PM
I have just one question: Can you play with a combination of people on your friend list and random people? Very few Wii games actually allow that... in fact, Mario Kart Wii is the only game which I can think of that does.
I've actually started to consider this game. The answer to my question is a pretty big deciding factor. The Conduit is decent, but it is light on content.
Yes you can, and easily too. You just start a random game, if it's not full, you invite your friends over and the match starts once they join. This is how I play my friends here in PR, since we have the same IP problems (won't let us host a private game).
Once the game ends, and if people leave, we just invite more friends, rinse and repeat, until we have a full friends match. :) You can also party up, and be together always in team games.
This game is really so much better than Conduit, Pro you should give it a chance!
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Urkel on February 10, 2010, 05:25:22 PM
That's almost up there with Eidos' one-man port of Hitman 2 for GameCube.
Unparalleled ease of development, hoo-rah.
Wasn't that done on on the side, too? I recall the story about it being a 1-man port.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on February 10, 2010, 07:10:36 PM
All right, one last question.
Stratos, would you agree to always be my teamie?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on February 10, 2010, 07:14:13 PM
I don't see an issue with that. I'm typically down with being your 'teamie'.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Toruresu on February 10, 2010, 08:37:02 PM
Stratos, we still up for the weekend, right?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on February 10, 2010, 10:11:39 PM
Oh I forgot something! Does this game have a grenade launcher? I was disappointed to discover that The Conduit doesn't have one. The TPC Launcher is a sorry excuse for a weapon. Since the shots explode on contact with anything, they can't be bounced around corners. Moreover, the blast radius is exponentially unimpressive.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Toruresu on February 10, 2010, 10:16:20 PM
Oh I forgot something! Does this game have a grenade launcher? I was disappointed to discover that The Conduit doesn't have one. The TPC Launcher is a sorry excuse for a weapon. Since the shots explode on contact with anything, they can't be bounced around corners. Moreover, the blast radius is exponentially unimpressive.
Umm, not that I remember. I know it has bazookas, and you can get a perk that lets you start with one. it has different types of grenades (3) but no grenade launcher.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on February 10, 2010, 10:32:16 PM
*sigh* Why does the modern shooter think that grenades are a replacement for a grenade launcher? They're not the same thing! These games really make me miss Perfect Dark, that game just got everything right.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on February 10, 2010, 10:35:27 PM
*sigh* Why does the modern shooter think that grenades are a replacement for a grenade launcher? They're not the same thing! These games really make me miss Perfect Dark, that game just got everything right.
except for the frame rate.
makes me wish for a WiiWare update. I would be there day one on that one.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Caliban on February 10, 2010, 10:37:18 PM
"Grenade Launcher - This attachment launches highly accurate grenades which explode on impact. Ammunition is limited to two grenades, may not be restocked, and is not shared with conventional hand-held grenades. This attachment is only for assault rifles and replaces Perk 1."
Fortunately for people that play MW2, it is possible to restock it if the turkey perk (that's what I call it) is being used.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on February 10, 2010, 10:38:34 PM
The framerate could be fixed with an overclock or emulation. Neither of those are an official fix, but whatever.
Perfect Dark is being re-released on XBox 360 which makes things even more painful for me...
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on February 10, 2010, 10:40:48 PM
"Grenade Launcher - This attachment launches highly accurate grenades which explode on impact. Ammunition is limited to two grenades, may not be restocked, and is not shared with conventional hand-held grenades. This attachment is only for assault rifles and replaces Perk 1."
Thanks for the information. Unfortunately, that's kind of a "so close, yet so far" sort of deal.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on February 10, 2010, 10:42:34 PM
*sigh* Why does the modern shooter think that grenades are a replacement for a grenade launcher? They're not the same thing! These games really make me miss Perfect Dark, that game just got everything right.
I feel your pain. Thats it, next pay check I'm buying you and I each an xbox so we can play PD together*
Are there any good deals on this game? I might pick it up just to play with you guys since having only two people posting their friend codes is, well, pathetic. If the price is right I might just pick it up in time to play with you guys this weekend ;)
edit: way to double post Mop_it_up, i had to try to get this thru more times than I wanted to :P
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on February 10, 2010, 10:47:49 PM
Are there any good deals on this game? I might pick it up just to play with you guys since having only two people posting their friend codes is, well, pathetic. If the price is right I might just pick it up in time to play with you guys this weekend ;)
I'll be looking around. I'll let you know if I find anything.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on February 10, 2010, 10:55:39 PM
You mean the PD64 remake for XBLA that has been rumored forever and ever?
It isn't a rumour, it is coming:
http://www.rare.co.uk/games/pdarcade/
Its a shame Nintendo didn't hold onto re-release rights to games made on Nintendo hardware while they were paired up. Crisp and clear and probably a silky smooth 60fps with all 12 bots active. Imagine that with wiimote pointer control!! One of Rare's final gems....
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Toruresu on February 10, 2010, 10:57:36 PM
"Grenade Launcher - This attachment launches highly accurate grenades which explode on impact. Ammunition is limited to two grenades, may not be restocked, and is not shared with conventional hand-held grenades. This attachment is only for assault rifles and replaces Perk 1."
Fortunately for people that play MW2, it is possible to restock it if the turkey perk (that's what I call it) is being used.
Ehh, I don't think thats the grenade launcher she wants. Thats an attachment for rifles, not a weapon.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on February 11, 2010, 04:19:05 AM
I didn't like using that grenade launcher attachment. I felt the reload time was too slow. Plus the limited ammunition kinda kills it's uses.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on February 11, 2010, 04:42:24 AM
Goldeneye for Nintendo 64 has the best grenade launcher. Six-round clip, twelve in reserve, bounced off walls, exploded on contact with the ground, good blast radius, NOT weaker than a rocket... And this thing is a real-world weapon too, I've seen pictures, it isn't something made up. It could fit in a "realistic" war game.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: EasyCure on February 11, 2010, 03:32:21 PM
Goldeneye for Nintendo 64 has the best grenade launcher. Six-round clip, twelve in reserve, bounced off walls, exploded on contact with the ground, good blast radius, NOT weaker than a rocket... And this thing is a real-world weapon too, I've seen pictures, it isn't something made up. It could fit in a "realistic" war game.
hubba hubba
You just brought back memories of picking off friends in the large first floor of the Temple level in multi, from across the room or around corners...
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on February 11, 2010, 08:35:49 PM
My brother and two friends would form teams, and then take sides of that large open room on the top floor of the Temple, with the pit in the centre. The rules were that we couldn't move past the pit or out of the room. We used the infinite ammo cheat so that we wouldn't run out of grenades. When one side was killed, they had to find grenade launchers and return to the room as soon as possible. The waiting team allowed them to return to the room without tossing grenades at the passageways they had to use to enter the room, so none of that cheap stuff went on...
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: EasyCure on February 11, 2010, 09:09:12 PM
what cheap stuff? Like racing around the Facility planting proximity mines at all the spawn points and hoping you get the first kill on your oponent? Me and my best friend had a great time doing that.. the only people that thought it was cheap were the ones we were playing against :P When it was just one on one, it was a competitive race for the first kill!
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on February 12, 2010, 04:14:17 AM
My brother and two friends would form teams, and then take sides of that large open room on the top floor of the Temple, with the pit in the centre. The rules were that we couldn't move past the pit or out of the room. We used the infinite ammo cheat so that we wouldn't run out of grenades. When one side was killed, they had to find grenade launchers and return to the room as soon as possible. The waiting team allowed them to return to the room without tossing grenades at the passageways they had to use to enter the room, so none of that cheap stuff went on...
It's almost like dodge ball with grenades! Awesome!
what cheap stuff? Like racing around the Facility planting proximity mines at all the spawn points and hoping you get the first kill on your oponent? Me and my best friend had a great time doing that.. the only people that thought it was cheap were the ones we were playing against :P: When it was just one on one, it was a competitive race for the first kill!
The Facility was a great place for proxy mine games. My friends and I would play a game we made up called 'Find Bonds Bomb' where one person would hide proxy mines in random stalls and the others would then come in and take turns randomly opening stalls in a twisted version of Russian Roulette and the last man standing wins and gets to plant them the next round.
The only level that was funner to play with proxy mines was the caves level since it was so dark in there with great places to hide mines and we would trap ourselves in corners with entire areas booby trapped waiting for the others to find us.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on February 12, 2010, 04:23:31 AM
Proximity Mines were a big hit around here, too. The rule set we would use for that one is that we could shoot the mines with the guns, but not each other. Oh, and no planting mines on the Proximity Mine boxes either. The mines aren't as fun as the Remote Mines in Perfect Dark, hoo boy did I have fun with those. I loved planting them on people and then detonating them when they least expected it. When my friend and I played on a team against the simulants, I would toss a bunch of mines on him and send him out into the hoard of simulants, then detonate it when they were all close enough.
Anyways, getting back on topic, I thought of a couple more questions about this game (sorry I've been so inquisitive as of late!). Would I have to play the campaign mode to unlock any features for multiplayer? Because I'm not so sure that I would want to play that portion of the game... Has anyone encountered any glitches? It seems like every time I play The Conduit, I discover a new one. Just today, I saw someone who kept switching teams, somehow. Each time he did, his score would increase the overall score for the team he joined. The match ended with each side having over 400 points.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on February 12, 2010, 04:28:07 AM
I think that was an exploit/hax in Conduit.
No, you unlock multiplayer extras like new modes and guns by playing multiplayer. You gain exp like in conduit but it levels up your multiplayer level that gives you more perks, attachments, guns, camo options and game modes. It's pretty cool because there are also 'challenges' which are online achievements that you complete to earn extra exp and special upgrades. It's pretty cool and I rarely feel grossly overpowered by people who have better stuff. In fact, if you kill a higher ranked player than has a better gun you get to take the gun and use it until you die. Plus these better guns aren't overpowered so it's not like they stomp you because of them.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on February 12, 2010, 04:41:21 AM
It's always possible it was a hack, since people hack other aspects. That seems like a weird thing to do though, and the game has other strange glitches... My accuracy for the rocket launcher is now 6,700%. I wonder how high I can get it?
Actually, there's another good question. Have you run into any hackers that you are aware?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on February 12, 2010, 04:45:57 AM
No. There have been none I've noticed. This code is surely more secure than conduit's where they didn't put any protections in to stop people from exploiting the game.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Toruresu on February 12, 2010, 09:26:49 PM
The only problem I have with the game is the complete lack of communication with other players. No WiiSpeak, no in game chat thing (like PSO for GC) or anything.
Easy fix? Call friends with my cell.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on February 13, 2010, 12:33:27 AM
AIM is underrated. Am I the only one who has a PC next to their television? Well, actually, I probably am, as most people now have laptops, but you get my point.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on February 14, 2010, 08:02:14 PM
I was playing and I ran into a person named 'that guy'. Is this our 'that guy' per-chance? He seemed to be pretty good but I got him a couple times.
In other news I rocked when I played last night. I got my highest kill streak so far which called in the air strike and went up three ranks in a single match thanks to the special challenges I completed. Now I'm ranked at 19 or 20. It felt pretty good to rock like that.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on February 15, 2010, 03:33:20 AM
Is it possible to drop ranks?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on February 15, 2010, 04:28:31 AM
No. You gain experience with every kill (varies depending on if you assisted or got the full kill) but never lose it. Ranks only go up.
But there is a 'leaderboards' ranking you can view that shows where you stand against your friends compared to all of the other people playing. I'm around the 150k rank last I checked for leaderboards. The exp/leveling rank is different so you can't drop on that one.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Toruresu on February 15, 2010, 04:14:40 PM
Perhaps we should use a -NWR after our names? I think I've played "that guy" before but I never really thought about it.
Got the game yet Mop_it_up?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on February 15, 2010, 09:21:53 PM
Ah, good to hear. Assists are one thing I would have liked in The Conduit. I usually play team matches, but there isn't much incentive for teamwork since you don't get any points for damaging an opponent that someone else finishes.
This brings up a question though: does killing yourself cause you to lose a point? In The Conduit, it doesn't. People tend to kill themselves when they are low on health, and also pay no mind to blasting themselves with explosives.
Why? Are you itching to shoot me in the face? :P For now, you'll have to use The Conduit as your venue for that.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Toruresu on February 15, 2010, 10:14:23 PM
But I don't have The Conduit! :(
Killing yourself, hrmm...I'm not sure. I think it does make you loose a point.
Edit: Did I mention that this game has claymore mines that explode on proximity?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on February 16, 2010, 02:13:40 AM
Yeah, those claymores can be rather nasty.
You don't loose any points that I have noticed. Then again, I don't recall ever killing myself yet.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on February 20, 2010, 01:28:34 AM
All right, I decided to stop in GameStop today to see if they had any used copies of this game. My plan is, I'm going to play it this week, and if I happen to not like it, then I will return it.
2884-9293-6747
I'm not sure if anyone besides the two of you have this game, but I'm just looking for people who are willing to play only on the same team as me. If you're looking for someone to spar with and compete against, that isn't me.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on February 20, 2010, 01:31:03 AM
I'll add you tonight. I'm hopping on to play in a bit anyway since I'm off work early.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on February 20, 2010, 01:33:01 AM
All right. I'll get my controls set up. Any suggestions on that, or have you not tweaked yours?
Can you start up a team match? You also might have to tell me how to join you... this looks a little complicated.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on February 20, 2010, 01:52:23 AM
I'll try and invite you to a match. Though I have no idea how to ensure we are on the same teams.
I actually made my controls so Nunchuck shake reloads and + and - throw the different type of grenades. Down D-pad is my melee attack. For starters I would just play the training mission because that is just a training course you can repeat over as many times as you want with little waiting between each retry and tweak the bounding-box settings along with any obvious button preferences then play for a bit in multiplayer to figure out any other changes you would want.
~I'll be on shortly. Got to take care of something first, though.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on February 20, 2010, 02:03:27 AM
I've set my control layout similar to The Conduit, so we'll see how it works in this game. Though I couldn't put reload on the minus button like I could in that game since it has two grenade buttons. I'll try putting reload on the Nunchuk shake like you said, that could work.
Post here once you're online.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NWR_insanolord on February 20, 2010, 02:06:03 AM
Since I'm now officially on Not Spring Break and I'm home with the big TV and all my games set up, I think I'll take this game out of my backlog and join you two, if that's okay.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on February 20, 2010, 02:13:28 AM
That would be fine with me. What is your code?
If you haven't played this game before, I'd recommend doing what Stratos said: select "New Game" and play the training stage, then adjust the controls to your liking.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NWR_insanolord on February 20, 2010, 02:20:14 AM
1182-4956-1331
I set the controls to something that sounds good; I'll try the training mission to try them out.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on February 20, 2010, 02:21:26 AM
I'm ready to start up in a minute. I'll add your code now Mop it up and it would be awesome if you'd join us, Insanolord.
LOL, Not Spring Break? Like Mid-Winter Break?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on February 20, 2010, 02:23:23 AM
I added your code Insanolord.
I'm ready to go. Don't hate me because I'm beautiful incompetent.
Oh hey, would you happen to have AIM, Insanolord?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on February 20, 2010, 02:35:47 AM
Hm, "Server is full." I wonder if that means your game has ten players already.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NWR_insanolord on February 20, 2010, 02:49:37 AM
I call it Not Spring Break because it's officially Spring Break, but if you look outside you see it's definitely not Spring.
I do have AIM, my screen name is mtndeworcrabjuce.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on February 20, 2010, 02:51:52 AM
Mine is:
Mopiitup
Note there are two of "i".
There are two open spots, join us!
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on February 20, 2010, 03:39:05 AM
Grr. I can't figure out how to be paired on someones team. And apparently I can't connect to people now.
Though I have been trying to play nice with you, Mop it up, even though your on the opposite team.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on February 20, 2010, 03:47:55 AM
If that's you playing nice then I'd hate to get on your bad side. :P
I think that if you send me an invite, I might get on your team. Though with the first invite you sent me, the room was full, and then it disappeared. We can also be on the same team if we meet up before starting the match, like Insanolord and I just did.
We're still playing if you want to try again.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on February 20, 2010, 03:50:58 AM
Yeah, I was just giving it a minute before trying again because I thought it might be because the room was full.
I only actively killed you twice that I knew of and those were gut-reaction-run-around-the-corner-and-shoot-without-thinking-moments. The other times were from my 'drop a grenade when you die' perk. It's pretty cool (and a nice n nasty goodbye! ;) )
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NWR_insanolord on February 20, 2010, 04:14:09 AM
I was not playing nice with Mop_it_up; in fact I actually got myself killed quite a few times because I was being too aggressive toward her and left myself open to attacks by others.
Grenades are my nemesis in this game, as they have been in pretty much every FPS I've ever played.
All in all, though, I had a lot of fun, and I intend to play this game quite a bit more. I hadn't been able to play games much recently; first because my TV was being repaired, and then once I got it back because I was swamped with schoolwork. Now that I've got some time off, I hope to be able to get back to it, and I'd like to play some other Wi-Fi games with people from here, too.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on February 20, 2010, 04:32:03 AM
What did I ever do to you, Insanolord?
Also, just so you know Stratos, I never fired at you whenever I saw your name on the screen.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on February 20, 2010, 04:34:11 AM
It was fun playing with you. Kinda nice to see people I know in the game. Just post here or PM if you want to play again some time.
I wish we could figure out how to stay on the same team. I heard there was a way to do it. Kinda frustrating we finally all got on the same team only to be reshuffled at the end again.
Are you don't for the night, Mop it up?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on February 20, 2010, 04:37:05 AM
I think that we have to meet up before starting a game in order to remain on the same team. When Insanolord and I did that, we were then on the same team for all of the matches that we played.
Are you finished for tonight?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on February 20, 2010, 04:37:47 AM
I'm cool with playing a bit longer. How do we 'meet up'?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on February 20, 2010, 04:38:20 AM
I'll send you an invite, then you accept and join me.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on February 20, 2010, 04:44:08 AM
OK, I'm coming.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NWR_insanolord on February 20, 2010, 04:54:35 AM
I think that we have to meet up before starting a game in order to remain on the same team. When Insanolord and I did that, we were then on the same team for all of the matches that we played.
Are you finished for tonight?
Yeah, I think the key is forming a party before you join a game.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on February 20, 2010, 05:30:19 AM
Did I kick some ugly army men butts or what?
Good times, Stratos. I'm not working tomorrow or Sunday, do you want to try to play again on one of those days?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on February 20, 2010, 05:47:54 AM
So I take it you're keeping the game?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on February 20, 2010, 05:48:50 AM
I'm going to need to play more before I decide that. There are some things I like about it, but there are also some things which I think The Conduit does better. Maybe I'll post some thoughts on that tomorrow, but I'm tired right now.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on February 20, 2010, 07:32:53 AM
It was fun and you did pretty good that last game. I'm impressed how you managed to get a 7-kill streak and call in the chopper. I still haven't been able to do that. I've only gotten 6 kills.
I think I have tomorrow off as well so it would be nice to play some more.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on February 20, 2010, 03:44:18 PM
Thanks! I would definitely say that was the result of teamwork. I followed my teamies around and would stay behind them, so they were usually the ones who would draw the enemy fire, and then I would rush in and spray the area with machine gun rounds. I also finally figured out what in the world was going on! I was so confused where everyone was getting things like the air strike and radar, I thought they were items on the map that people could find and use. Plus, I think The Conduit helped me to prepare for this game, so it doesn't have much of a learning curve.
What classes do you usually use? I tried them all out and I'm not sure what might be best for me. I ended up going with the Heavy Gunner. The reason is, I'm a panicky player, so I need a weapon that doesn't rely on accuracy and can allow me to fire blindly and maybe still get a hit.
Would 6PM your time be too early to meet up today?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on February 20, 2010, 06:02:42 PM
6 should work. I confirmed that I'm not working today.
Yeah, the special powers can be overwhelming at first along with the nasty grenade drop perk. And it can feel like the losers just loose more when the winners just keep winning with the airstrikes and chopper attacks.
I bounced between Assault and heavy gunner with the occasional sniper when I feel like it but then I quickly started creating my own classes with better weapons and perks I preferred.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on February 20, 2010, 09:05:30 PM
Are you around, Stratos? It shows you online in the game, so I've sent you an invite.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on February 20, 2010, 09:09:33 PM
I left the game running while I ate some dinner and such. I'll come over and play some.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on February 20, 2010, 09:14:15 PM
I haven't really unlocked much yet so I can't really create a custom class. I guess I'll stick with the Heavy Gunner until I unlock some more options.
I wondered why so many people were dropping grenades when they were killed. I thought that they were just pressing the grenade button quickly before they were dead.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on February 20, 2010, 09:52:10 PM
Well, we sucked, but at least we sucked together.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on February 20, 2010, 10:46:15 PM
I can't believe you left me on the battlefield all defenseless!
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BranDonk Kong on February 20, 2010, 10:56:25 PM
I can't believe people are actually playing this online, maybe I'll pick it back up shortly...though I have been playing MW2, so it would be like a step-down.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on February 20, 2010, 10:59:00 PM
This might be a bad idea, but... what's so hard to believe about people playing this game online?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on February 20, 2010, 11:01:50 PM
Sorry I left you. I had to leave for a bit. I'm back now if you want to play some more.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on February 20, 2010, 11:07:56 PM
Well... I s'pose I could forgive you. It's funny, but I actually thought you rage quit because we were losing. Don't you just love the way I think? :-\
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on February 20, 2010, 11:10:55 PM
LOL, no. It's against my code of ethics to rage quit. I think I wrote a blog entry once where I equated dropping a game to avoid a loss/prevent the other playing from stealing your points was what the deepest circle of hell was reserved for. I store the quote from Jack Sparrow about mutineers and added disconnectors to it.
We were sucking as a team but I felt I was doing pretty good in the later matches. The last desert map we did I was doing an above average job performing as sniper. I'm not terribly good at aiming but I seemed to be hitting the mark that time pretty well until they called in the chopper and I discovered that I didn't have enough cover to hide from it.
I still can't figure out how to take them out. I try to use the bazookas but the delay in firing plus almost always getting shot at by the chopper when I have a good line of sight is frustrating.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on February 20, 2010, 11:16:59 PM
It's probably because I've played too much Mario Kart, where a lot of people rage quit.
You were definitely doing exceptionally well after I posted that message that we were sucking. I guess you heard me. ;) I think you got something like 14 kills and two deaths on one match, it was crazy. In some of those matches I think we were just up against some really tough competition and had some people on our team who were even worse than me; if I'm not the weakest member of the team then we don't stand a chance.
Is it possible to destroy the chopper? I've been practicing with the rocket launcher, so I was going to try it, but I never saw one in range.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on February 20, 2010, 11:29:20 PM
Yes. I've seen it killed and there is a challenge where you have to kill it. You can tell it got shot down when it makes the higher pitched sound and starts spinning out of control.
Some of the people we played were pretty good.
I joined your room. Want to try Domination?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on February 21, 2010, 12:38:22 AM
OMG OMG AMG did you see that? I did it! I shot down the chopper! In a panic, I launched a rocket up at the sky, and the chopper moved right into it.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on February 21, 2010, 01:01:06 AM
I saw. I finally got one as well. Feels pretty good.
There was one sad moment where you were stuck in a corner and I killed the guy there trying to kill you and he dropped a grenade. You just sat there and I literally yelled "Mop it up! Nooo!" as the grenade went off and killed you. It was sad... :(
I think I'm done for the night.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on February 21, 2010, 01:13:23 AM
Nice job! I saw a helicopter go down in a later match, but I wasn't sure who shot it.
There were too many moments where we were both killed one after another, especially by grenades. Oh well, through thick and thin I s'pose...
I'm finally getting somewhere in the rankings, and starting to get some nice weapons. I got the M4-thingamajig and it was actually working out. I also tried out the Skorpion because I recognized it from Goldeneye, I was having some success with that too. I like that there are challenges for each weapon to get a certain amount of kills with them, it gives incentive to switch up and use everything. I got the grip for the Heavy Gunner machine gun, and now it works even better, though it means I can't have a rocket launcher.
Thanks for playing, it was enjoyable. Perhaps I'll see you another time before the week is up.
There was one sad moment where you were stuck in a corner and I killed the guy there trying to kill you and he dropped a grenade. You just sat there and I literally yelled "Mop it up! Nooo!" as the grenade went off and killed you. It was sad... :(
Ha ha, aw, that's actually kind of sweet.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on February 21, 2010, 01:25:52 PM
Does that mean you are keeping it?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on February 21, 2010, 02:49:54 PM
Why do you want to know so much? If you're looking for someone to compete with, that isn't me.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on February 21, 2010, 04:39:21 PM
If your willing to keep it then that must mean it has some good qualities over The Conduit and maybe I will eventually pick it up.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NWR_insanolord on February 21, 2010, 07:52:26 PM
Does anyone want to play tonight? I'll be bale to be on in a couple hours.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on February 21, 2010, 08:25:14 PM
I'm already scheduled to play The Conduit with Maxi and his motley crew of misfits at 9PM EST (in 40 minutes). I don't know how long we will play, but if you are still available after I'm finished, I could join you for some team matches.
Do you have The Conduit, Insanolord?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BranDonk Kong on February 21, 2010, 10:12:34 PM
It's unbelievable that enough people own this game to actually find people online at the time. I guess not everyone online actually paid for it though.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on February 21, 2010, 10:38:39 PM
This game has already sold more copies than The Conduit. I'm not sure what you mean by your second comment, and I probably don't want to know. That kind of sounds like a troll remark...
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NWR_insanolord on February 22, 2010, 12:13:01 AM
I do own The Conduit; like many of the games I own, though, I've never played it.
I never got around to playing this because I spent the night reinstalling the Homebrew Channel on my Wii. It had been deleted when I did the 4.2 and I didn't care until tonight, when I, for some reason, decided that I'm going to import New Play Control Pikmin 2 (and probably Disaster as well, as long as I'm going to the trouble).
I will say, however, that, as someone who owns (and has actually spent time playing) Modern Warfare 2 on both 360 and PC, this game is, by quite a large margin, the best Call of Duty game I've played.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BranDonk Kong on February 22, 2010, 12:43:34 AM
Hmmm, according to VG Chartz (not that it's accurate), CODMWR has sold .88 million copies, with 640K coming from the US. I'm actually *quite* impressed if this is even anywhere near close. It at least gives hope for the next COD game launching with the PS3/360 versions.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on February 22, 2010, 12:57:32 AM
Assassins Creed 2 [PS3] 417,000 Borderlands ~300,000 The Saboteur < 125,000 GH:Van Halen [All systems] < 75,000
DJ Hero > 800,000 (LTD) CoD4:MW[Reflex] > 500k (LTD) WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2010 < 500k (LTD) Excitebots ~110k (LTD)
We've known that is was doing better than expected over a month ago. But the only thing for Wii launching at the same time as the next CoD PS360 (MW3?) is the last CoD (MW2).
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NWR_insanolord on February 22, 2010, 01:04:56 AM
I'd rather see an Infinity Ward Call of Duty ported to the Wii than a Treyarch one, even if it's late. Maybe by then they'll have fixed the problems with MW2's multiplayer. Knowing Activision, though, if this one sold well, they may give us both. They released 5 band games last year, why not 2 Call of Duty games?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on February 22, 2010, 03:29:31 AM
Wait, Maxi's Conduit game was tonight? I thought it was later this coming week? Bummer, I had thought it was on Tuesday for some reason because I had hopped to join him for it.
Little surprise that this COD is doing so well honestly. The last one sold over a million (World @ War) so it makes sense to expect the next one to do as well if not better. And in spite of the wave of negativity over it being an older port too. But I will totally champion this game because playing it has really shown me how poor Conduit is compared to it.
When is the next Modern Warfare/COD game planned to release? Because maybe if Modern Warfare 3 comes out in 2011 we can see MW2 on Wii this year and MW3 next year along with the releases on the other systems.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on February 22, 2010, 03:53:48 AM
I'm sorry to say Stratos, but I'm afraid that I don't share your opinion that this is a better game than The Conduit. There is too much stuff going on, and too many eccentricities like not being able to fire when running and the varying accuracy based on stance, The Conduit is more straight-up shooting action. There's no denying that it is more feature-full, but it isn't as enjoyable. Here's a nice, convenient list of my thoughts on the game.
What I like: -Ability to play with a combination of friends and randoms, which also allows to be teamed up with friends. -Nice variety of weapon types and uses. -The challenges are a fun little thing on the side to attempt. -A lot of control options, I think it has everything except the HUD placement. -A few points are awarded for an assist, which encourages teamwork. -Faster connection times
What I'm not so sure about... -I can't say I'm a fan of the classes, and to a lesser extent unlocking weapons. I think I prefer it when everyone pulls from the same weapon set, it seems more fair that way. -I don't like the perks, most of them (like the grenade drop) cheapen the game. -I'm not fond of the bonuses that are awarded for kill streaks, they are just unnecessary distractions. -The explosive weapons are garbage. Not that The Conduit is much better, but at least it has a proper rocket launcher. -The graphics are grainy and start to strain my eyes after a while. -Still no score subtraction for suicides. Though it doesn't matter as much in this game, and it isn't as easy to quickly kill yourself. -No health bar. The red is annoying. -Constantly loads from the disc, so the system is always making the clankity noise of loading.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on February 22, 2010, 04:03:51 AM
Those are some warranted concerns.
Though there is a mode you can play online called 'old school mode' where weapons and such are pickups like in normal games and you have a health bar. Though I personally like the red sight over a normal health bar. It feels more immersive and I get more into the game.
If the teams are terribly unbalanced then the kill streak bonuses can make the game even more lopsided but overall I enjoy them and it feels good to call in the different powers and strikes.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on February 22, 2010, 04:11:01 AM
Sounds interesting, I'll have to check that out. Is that mode still teams?
Some of that stuff makes sense in the context of the single player mode, and I can see how it all comes together to make the game realistic and immersive. Multiplayer isn't supposed to be either. The fact that you can somehow come back to life however many times you want kind of kills any chance of realism it could have. It should be straight-up shooty shooty for the lolz. That's what I want, anyway.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on February 22, 2010, 04:18:37 AM
I just enjoy getting caught in the moment and so seeing my vision cloud with red and hearing the beating of my characters heart and rapid, panicked breaths gives me a bit of a rush, I suppose.
I'll check if the old school mode allows teams. Most of the modes allow for teams that I have seen.
What I'm not so sure about... -I can't say I'm a fan of the classes, and to a lesser extent unlocking weapons. I think I prefer it when everyone pulls from the same weapon set, it seems more fair that way. -I don't like the perks, most of them (like the grenade drop) cheapen the game. -I'm not fond of the bonuses that are awarded for kill streaks, they are just unnecessary distractions. -The explosive weapons are garbage. Not that The Conduit is much better, but at least it has a proper rocket launcher. -The graphics are grainy and start to strain my eyes after a while. -Still no score subtraction for suicides. Though it doesn't matter as much in this game, and it isn't as easy to quickly kill yourself. -No health bar. The red is annoying. -Constantly loads from the disc, so the system is always making the clankity noise of loading.
You'd hate the second Modern Warfare then, it's even more about what perks/guns/killstreaks you have unlocked and less about accuracy and competency within the game. That said even the Wii's version CoD is better than the Conduit. That game is a trainwreck (and like SSBB I can't get online with it for some reason!)
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on February 22, 2010, 11:26:48 AM
I saw someone compare MW2 to Pokemon.
Collecting guns, going on the grind and leveling up your gun, then choosing your guns for battle. UMP I choose You!!!
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on February 22, 2010, 06:08:16 PM
LOL, who'd have thought.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Dasmos on February 22, 2010, 09:09:47 PM
You'd hate the second Modern Warfare then, it's even more about what perks/guns/killstreaks you have unlocked and less about accuracy and competency within the game.
That's disgusting. Whatever happened to good ol' fashioned just you and a gun vs. the world?
Collecting guns, going on the grind and leveling up your gun, then choosing your guns for battle. UMP I choose You!!!
Ha ha, that actually sounds about right.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BranDonk Kong on February 23, 2010, 12:16:30 AM
MW2 really isn't that much different than MW, only it's *more* balanced, and there are more online (and offline) modes. The Juggernaut Perk is gone, and now there are death streaks that will give you some help if you repeatedly die without getting a kill. It definitely rewards you for playing well (or getting lucky or camping), but isn't that what games are supposed to do?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on February 23, 2010, 12:19:18 AM
Aren't the experience points the reward for playing well? That's good enough.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on February 23, 2010, 04:57:08 AM
He means in the specific match you are playing by rewarding you with radar or a chopper call-in.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Dasmos on February 23, 2010, 11:18:46 AM
Or a nuke that will automatically let you win no matter wher you're placed.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on February 23, 2010, 05:34:16 PM
Wouldn't a nuke mean everyone dies, even you?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Chozo Ghost on February 23, 2010, 05:44:52 PM
But it isn't easy. You have to kill 25 people without dying before you can do it, and I think that's a tough feat even for pro gamers. I definitely think if someone can pull it off they deserve to win.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Dasmos on February 23, 2010, 08:39:26 PM
I've gotten a few nukes, admittedly mostly against average Australian players, but all you need is a modest killstreak to get a decent killstreak bonus. Then after using that killstreak trying to get a Chopper Gunner to start racking the kills up, it's not that hard if you can get to that point.
The most trouble I have is always trying to get the last couple of kills when I'm around 21/22 kills or not dying when I'm calling one of my killstreak rewards.
Or of course there's those people who you see that of the same "clan" killing each other. This means they're probably in a corner somewhere repeatedly killing each other in other to try and get a nuke.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on February 23, 2010, 09:18:03 PM
I know what Dasmos meant. I was saying that the experience points system is enough of an award system for playing well, I don't think one that affects the match at hand works very well. Also...
Or of course there's those people who you see that of the same "clan" killing each other. This means they're probably in a corner somewhere repeatedly killing each other in other to try and get a nuke.
There's another problem it has.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BranDonk Kong on February 23, 2010, 11:59:23 PM
I've never seen anyone call in a Nuke that wasn't in 1st place. The good thing is everyone gets a big bonus when you get nuked. Also, if you call in a nuke, and say you're at 25-0, and the #1 guy is at 29-0, your nuke is automatically going to kill *everyone*, you technically you'll get at least 29 kills (there's always at least 4 people in FFA), so you'll either tie, or if there are 5 or more people you'll end up with 30-33 kills. Call it in at 29 kills with 8 people playing and you'll get 36 kills, so technically you'll still be in first place, most likely. People will cheat to get a Nuke on occasion though, which is gay.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: EasyCure on March 04, 2010, 08:31:28 PM
I tried to find this game at two retailers so Mop_it_up and i can play some team matches since we seemed to of made a good team in Conduit.. but no luck.
I've recently signed up to Amazon.com and am wondering if i should give in and order it from there.. (i'm very against online shopping but I've had no choice lately for certain things i needed ASAP).
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on March 04, 2010, 08:36:37 PM
Amazon.com is great and a little too convenient. 1 button purchases (that you almost don't remember doing) are in your future.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: EasyCure on March 04, 2010, 09:14:32 PM
Amazon.com is great and a little too convenient. 1 button purchases (that you almost don't remember doing) are in your future.
Thats what i was afraid of.. I even have the App on my damn phone. That and ebay... and paypal.. OH GOD WHAT HAVE I DONE!
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on March 05, 2010, 12:24:22 AM
I actually forgot that I had this game. I could still return it for store credit, but I guess I'll just keep it.
I prefer physical stores too, but Amazon is the next best thing. They have a lot of good sales. It's better than eBay overall.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on March 05, 2010, 03:42:34 AM
I saw a few copies at my local Target. Have you tried there? They seem to be pretty good on stocking those types of games.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on March 06, 2010, 07:26:02 PM
I'm off at 9pm PST so if anyone wants to play some I'll be on some time after then.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NWR_insanolord on March 06, 2010, 09:18:40 PM
I was going to come on and ask if anyone was up for a game, so I'm definitely in.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on March 07, 2010, 12:33:00 AM
Hey, sounds fun. Why don't the three of us meet up and see how much damage we can cause as a team?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NWR_insanolord on March 07, 2010, 12:34:54 AM
Sounds good to me.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on March 07, 2010, 12:45:53 AM
I don't see Stratos here, would you like to get started now?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NWR_insanolord on March 07, 2010, 12:56:31 AM
Sure.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on March 07, 2010, 12:58:10 AM
Sorry I'm late. Was stuck a bit later than I expected. I'll be on in a moment. Gotta eat my tacos first.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on March 07, 2010, 01:10:13 AM
lol tacos. Did you finally satisfy your craving for Taco Bell?
Insanolord and I have started, just post here once you are ready.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on March 07, 2010, 01:15:26 AM
I'm booting my system now.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on March 07, 2010, 01:43:03 AM
Not sure why I'm having connection issues with you. I tried a regular match and it played just fine.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on March 07, 2010, 01:45:57 AM
Is that what happened? Insanolord might be having problems too... it could just be the network.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on March 07, 2010, 01:48:43 AM
I can join your invites just fine but every time I accept Inasno's I get an error so it might be his connection.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on March 07, 2010, 01:50:09 AM
Let's just keep trying. I sent you another invite.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on March 07, 2010, 01:52:09 AM
K Joining now.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on March 07, 2010, 03:02:03 AM
Good fun. Got to head out but I'll be back in a bit if you want to play some more.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on March 07, 2010, 03:09:11 AM
Sure, I could play some more. I just set up a class for the shotgun because I want to do all of the challenges for each weapon, I'm itching to use it.
I'm sorry that the setup didn't go more smooth. You've certainly improved since last time, my goodness. Though you still need to work a bit on... PROTECTING ME! There were a couple times when someone came up behind us and blasted me, and you weren't even watching...
Post here or PM me when you are ready. Would you like to try playing one of the other team games? You can send me an invite when you get back on, and choose the game of your liking.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on March 07, 2010, 03:29:54 AM
Want to try domination?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on March 07, 2010, 03:31:32 AM
Let's see... that's the one with the flags, right? Sounds interesting.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on March 07, 2010, 03:34:46 AM
It's like the 'defend HQ' mode in Perfect Dark with three points you need to defend at once. You earn points every few seconds or so for the team for every flag you control. So the more flags you control the better your score gets.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on March 07, 2010, 03:38:58 AM
That sounds more like "Zones" from TimeSplitters. I was never too good at that... so don't yell at me if this doesn't go well!
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on March 07, 2010, 03:40:50 AM
It's all good. I'm not terribly good at it as well. I tend to just fall back and be support roles on these games. We'll see what happens this time.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on March 07, 2010, 03:44:48 AM
...Can you come back before I fall asleep?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on March 07, 2010, 03:45:26 AM
Coming!
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on March 07, 2010, 05:17:40 AM
Good fun, but I think I'm done for the night. That one small level was crazy.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on March 07, 2010, 05:19:59 AM
Yeah, it was. I hadn't played that level before.
I'm glad I forgot to return this game! We should play again soon.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on March 07, 2010, 05:24:02 AM
If we can play earlier in the day we might be able to get Toruresu to join us. It would be cool to get a full team of NWR people playing.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on March 07, 2010, 05:27:53 AM
I don't think I've seen Toruresu since I got the game, I wonder where he's been?
Is there one more person here who has the game? We'd need one more in order to have a team of five of us.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on March 07, 2010, 05:41:48 AM
We've PM'd about playing but never actually gotten to play together yet. One of these days we will.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: EasyCure on March 07, 2010, 01:40:07 PM
I saw a few copies at my local Target. Have you tried there? They seem to be pretty good on stocking those types of games.
Thats the first place I checke, then gamestop though thats usually a last resort since unless its a games release day i never see any "new" games and refuse to buy their used ones. I might check walmart today, and double check target to see if they restocked. Who knows, maybe even best buy!
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on March 07, 2010, 05:57:31 PM
There is always Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/Call-Duty-Modern-Warfare-Nintendo-Wii/dp/B002I08CJG/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1268002417&sr=8-7)
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: kraken613 on March 07, 2010, 06:21:36 PM
If that price would drop about $30-$40 I would totally buy it! I already own it on 3 different platforms. (Bought on 360 when it came out, the PS3 after my 360 died for the 2nd time since the game came out, then much later on PC because I found it really cheap and my friend wanted me to play with him online so he split half the cost.)
I think my friend actually owns this because he only has a Wii. I will have to borrow it and play with you guys.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: EasyCure on March 07, 2010, 06:23:57 PM
There is always Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/Call-Duty-Modern-Warfare-Nintendo-Wii/dp/B002I08CJG/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1268002417&sr=8-7)
we already had this discussion.. :P
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on March 07, 2010, 07:42:22 PM
There is always Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/Call-Duty-Modern-Warfare-Nintendo-Wii/dp/B002I08CJG/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1268002417&sr=8-7)
we already had this discussion.. :P:
I know, but when there is little option for finding it what can you do?
I tried to find this game at two retailers so Mop_it_up and i can play some team matches since we seemed to of made a good team in Conduit.. but no luck.
I've recently signed up to Amazon.com and am wondering if i should give in and order it from there.. (i'm very against online shopping but I've had no choice lately for certain things i needed ASAP).
On a different note, the game is #244 on Amazon's Videogame charts and #13 for Wii. Not bad if you ask me.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: EasyCure on March 07, 2010, 08:32:21 PM
There is always Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/Call-Duty-Modern-Warfare-Nintendo-Wii/dp/B002I08CJG/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1268002417&sr=8-7)
we already had this discussion.. :P:
I know, but when there is little option for finding it what can you do?
I tried to find this game at two retailers so Mop_it_up and i can play some team matches since we seemed to of made a good team in Conduit.. but no luck.
I've recently signed up to Amazon.com and am wondering if i should give in and order it from there.. (i'm very against online shopping but I've had no choice lately for certain things i needed ASAP).
On a different note, the game is #244 on Amazon's Videogame charts and #13 for Wii. Not bad if you ask me.
Save my money?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Toruresu on March 10, 2010, 07:36:57 PM
OMG. I got no net and now you guys are playing often? ;(
I'll be back soon. :)
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on March 10, 2010, 10:01:50 PM
Thats the first place I checke, then gamestop though thats usually a last resort since unless its a games release day i never see any "new" games and refuse to buy their used ones.
Just out of curiosity, why don't you want to buy used? Is it because of some principle or are you just worried about getting a copy in bad condition? The one I bought has a wrinkled cover, but is in otherwise like new condition. And isn't all that matters is if the disc works?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: EasyCure on March 10, 2010, 10:14:31 PM
perhaps i should have clarified in the post, but i refuse to buy it used from gamestop. Time after time they give me some sort of bad experience, so why do they deserve on my money on their overpriced used games (or new, doesn't matter).
If/when i get the game, it will probably be off Amazon, since i can't seem to find it in store anywhere.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on March 10, 2010, 10:22:56 PM
GameStop had a cheaper used price than what I was seeing on eBay and Amazon, so I just went with it rather than waiting. If you want to buy new though, Amazon would be best, as it's a couple dollars cheaper, there's no tax, and it should have free shipping as I have yet to see a new game from Amazon which doesn't qualify.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on March 11, 2010, 04:06:35 AM
OMG. I got no net and now you guys are playing often? ;(
I'll be back soon. :)
I have almost messaged you a couple of times but I remmeber you are in a later time zone and it was already late in my zone so I didn't want to risk waking you up. What zone were you in and when do you normally go to bed so I know when it is OK to text you.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Toruresu on March 11, 2010, 10:24:58 AM
I'm in Eastern time zone. Just txt me, it doesn't matter the time, I'll just txt you back if I can/can't play.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on March 11, 2010, 05:40:31 PM
Sounds good. How long are you going to be out of internet?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on March 11, 2010, 06:01:23 PM
I'm in the Eastern timezone too, so our times may match up if you wanted to add me. I don't have a cell phone though, so you'll have to PM me/post on here if you want to play.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on March 13, 2010, 12:06:34 AM
Modern Warfare anyone?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NWR_insanolord on March 13, 2010, 12:30:01 AM
I'm in.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on March 13, 2010, 12:38:37 AM
OK. I'm joining up now.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NWR_insanolord on March 13, 2010, 12:50:55 AM
It keeps saying "unable to connect to host" when I try to join you. I invited you, try to join up when you finish your game.
EDIT: I can't seem to connect to you. I managed to connect to a random game, though.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on March 13, 2010, 01:34:46 AM
It keeps saying "unable to connect to host" when I try to join you. I invited you, try to join up when you finish your game.
EDIT: I can't seem to connect to you. I managed to connect to a random game, though.
Same here. Not sure what's up with that.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on March 13, 2010, 01:35:32 AM
Sounds good mates.
I just connected with Stratos, I wonder if it is a problem on Insanolord's end?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NWR_insanolord on March 13, 2010, 02:09:26 AM
I'm worried the issue may be with my campus network, but I was able to play random matches and then spend some time with the Blur beta on Xbox Live, so it would have to be a very specific problem.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on March 13, 2010, 02:12:25 AM
Would you like to try again?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NWR_insanolord on March 13, 2010, 02:18:11 AM
Not tonight; I've gotten into some other stuff and don't want to get too off schedule. My school's women's hockey team is in the NCAA tournament after being number one in the country all season; the last home game of the year is tomorrow afternoon and I intend to be there.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on March 13, 2010, 02:23:10 AM
I'm sorry things didn't work out for you. Perhaps another time. Have fun!
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on March 13, 2010, 03:09:14 AM
Stratos, where did you go? Are you finished for the night?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on March 13, 2010, 03:43:39 AM
I had to step out for a bit. GF got off of work. I also ran to Taco Bell :D
I'm game for more if you want to.
Insanolord, the problem came up before with us I think. The only way we seem to be able to play together is through Mop it up. School networks can be a big issue. Though your lucky you can actually play games. Mine blocked all game related sites (including IGN and NWR) and even blocked mySpace for a while my first year there and they laxed up a bit after that but you couldn't play games online. Networking/LAN worked alright.
My internet could also be an issue because I have no control of the settings. It's my friends in the apt above me and I pay him to use it. He has way to strict protections on it. I'm planning to get my own internet soon.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NWR_insanolord on March 13, 2010, 03:59:58 AM
Yeah, from what I've heard I seem to be pretty lucky in terms of school internet. We don't have any web filter or filter at all; we have to register the MAC addresses of any hardware to get them on the network, but after that there doesn't seem to be any kind of limit. I wasn't even thinking it was intentional by the college, but this was the first time I tried to play this online at school and the network was the only real difference, so I thought there might be an issue with that causing it.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on March 13, 2010, 04:17:36 AM
You could talk to the IT department about it.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: EasyCure on March 13, 2010, 09:24:27 PM
I should be saving my money for my upcoming trip.. but I still wanna play this game with you guys, and i saw Target recently restocked it. I believe i'll be picking it up some time this week, so I want to announce it in advance that I'd like to play this weekend if anyone wants to school me in it :P
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on March 14, 2010, 04:04:32 AM
Yay! more friends to shoot at. I so want to get a game set up where five of us link up and play random matches so we are always on the same team. Team NWR FTW!
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on March 14, 2010, 02:40:02 PM
No thanks, I don't want to "school" you in the game. Learn it before you play online.
no better way to learn than to dive in..
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on March 16, 2010, 07:33:27 PM
I'd bet anything that half of my deaths are from the people who drop a grenade when they are killed. A significant portion is also probably self-destructs.
Anyways, would anyone like to play tonight?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NWR_insanolord on March 16, 2010, 07:54:39 PM
I can play later. Sundays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays are good for me, because my first class Monday and Wednesday isn't until 2:15, so I can be up really late, and I don't have classes at all on Fridays.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on March 16, 2010, 08:05:56 PM
I love having later classes. Sleeping in is awesome.
I just don't approach fallen bodies when I have the choice. Scared to do it. I actually now instinctively do it in Conduit was well. LOL
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on March 16, 2010, 08:52:22 PM
How does 11PM Eastern sound for you two?
I don't always see the people who get killed around me. There will be people who sneak up behind me who are killed by my teamies, then the corpse explodes near me. Or I'll follow the red dots on the radar to find the enemy, they'll get shot by my teamies, and I'll come around a corner to meet the explosion (the red dots don't disappear right when the enemy is killed). Plus those grenades have a pretty wide blast radius, so if I've already been shot then even a tap from it would kill me.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on March 16, 2010, 09:13:11 PM
I've learned to listen for the sound of the 'kill switch grenades'. You can hear when the hit the ground and try to make a break for it. I never notice the 'throw grenade back' icon until it is too late. You can do that too to help avoid them.
I've actually stoped using that as a perk because I've actually grown quite fond of the attached grenade launcher. I use that whenever I first spawn usually and switch over to conventional rounds once I use my shots up. It's really improved my game.
I may be available at that time. I want to finish posting the next mafia day before playing but I think by now I've gotten my groove with it so it hopefully won't take too long to get the day set up and rolls sent out.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on March 16, 2010, 09:25:51 PM
I actually usually have my sound turned down low. Since this game has no music, I put on some myself. I guess that may not be the best idea. I don't think I've ever gotten the throw back button to work, usually I just end up pulling out my own grenade and that just makes things a whole lot worse.
Does the grenade launcher attachment not allow you to use the grenade drop perk? The grenade launcher replaces Perk 1 and the grenade drop perk is one of Perk 3. I don't know if I've ever actually tried it, so I don't know if there is some rule that you can't mix those perks.
Also, don't the days for the Mafia game end at 11PM Pacific? I said 11PM Eastern, which is 8PM Pacific. Though I'll probably still be up at 11PM Pacific since I've had a lot of caffiene today. I may not start at 11PM Eastern if I don't hear from Insanolord.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on March 16, 2010, 09:48:45 PM
LOL, I reversed our time zones and added three hours from your time so I thought you meant 2am my time. Silly me.
That's too early. But I don't work tomorrow due to a scheduling change this week so I could play then. (I'm closing manager Thurs-Mon) :P
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NWR_insanolord on March 16, 2010, 10:41:49 PM
Sorry for not getting back to you Mop it up, I can be on at about 11:30 Eastern.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on March 16, 2010, 11:50:07 PM
All right, I'm ready.
Stratos, tomorrow I'll probably be available any time after 10PM EST/7PM PST, so message me if you want to have a game.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NWR_insanolord on March 17, 2010, 03:04:46 AM
Boy, Stratos, you weren't kidding about that grenade launcher. I gained 4 levels tonight, mostly because of that perk. You've gotta make sure to get them on the first shot, though; it takes forever to reload.
I had this awesome moment where I spawned right behind a guy and shot him in the back, which his teammate heard and came running down the stairs at which point I nailed him with the grenade launcher. I also had something happened to me that I've heard is somewhat common in The Conduit but I've never heard about in this game, where I spawned and seemed to be stuck and couldn't move and the camera was moving really erratically. We tried some of the other modes, but they don't seem to work well without communication. If the game used WiiSpeak and we could get a team of us from NWR in them cooperating they seem like they'd be really fun.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on March 17, 2010, 06:30:11 AM
We could try to use skype or something.
Yeah, I finally figured out that the random explosions that would kill me were actually from grenade launchers. The icon is this rectangular thing and I was assuming it was the bazooka but that was not nearly as effective as this.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on March 17, 2010, 10:47:57 PM
Do you still want to play tonight, Stratos?
For a long time I couldn't figure out what that icon was, either. At first I thought it looked like the pump handle of a shotgun, but since it was an explosion then it couldn't be a shotgun. I don't really like the grenade launcher though, because it only explodes if it hits the target, and not when it hits the ground. I usually can't hit targets with it, but with the rocket launcher, I can aim at the ground where the person is running and that usually does the job. Especially with the increased explosive damage perk.
If you could write a set of messages that you could display then that would be nice. Even being able to have simple phrases like "Follow me," "Wait here," and "Behind you!" could go a long way.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on March 17, 2010, 11:09:46 PM
Yeah, I'll play a bit. I just want to pull my laundry from the dryer first. When did you have in mind?
Does it really not explode if it doesn't hit a person? No wonder I sometimes bizarrely miss and they don't die.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on March 17, 2010, 11:16:04 PM
I'm good to go whenever you are ready.
As far as I know the grenade only explodes if it hits someone, but I'm not entirely sure. I didn't use it that much, but it usually bounced past people if it didn't hit them directly.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on March 17, 2010, 11:23:03 PM
I assumed that maybe it took multiple bounces to go off if it hit other things.
I'm firing up the game now.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on March 17, 2010, 11:28:27 PM
Well, that's what I meant, yeah. My point was that it doesn't explode when it hits the ground but it does if it hits a person which, when you think about it, makes no sense. If it's set to explode on impact, it would do so when it hits something, a person or otherwise.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on March 18, 2010, 12:36:45 AM
Did your game freeze too?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on March 18, 2010, 01:46:15 AM
No, it didn't. I quit. though those last games I was not playing terribly well because my gf was texting me in the middle of it.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on March 18, 2010, 01:50:03 AM
Well that's what happened to me when I disappeared. Are you finished for the night?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on March 18, 2010, 01:56:48 AM
Yeah, gotta lock the thread and prep that stuff. Plus I have some chores to do before bed.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on March 18, 2010, 09:18:42 PM
All right, so the grenade launcher has been cleared up thanks to the little information box which appears on the loading screens. Apparently, the grenade must travel a certain distance before it becomes "active," and at that point it will explode when it hits something, a person or otherwise. So at close range, it will bounce off of the ground. The strange thing is that if you hit a person at close range, it will not explode, but will still kill them. This is represented by the little icon that shows a grenade round and a person being knocked back. Weird.
What did you think of the Headquarters mode, Stratos? It's pretty crazy. Unfortunately, this is where I feel some of the game's quirks become even more annoying. The most notable one is the grenade drop perk becomes even more cheap. The bonuses that you get from kill streaks make things really one-sided; if someone calls in a helicopter then you're screwed until it leaves or is shot down. It adds up to an experience where strategy is almost irrelevant and you pretty much have to get lucky. There are still a couple of other modes I haven't tried yet, we'll have to test them out next time.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on March 19, 2010, 03:45:48 AM
I'd played Headquarters mode before but never was if so frustrating. I was really off my game that night it felt.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on March 23, 2010, 02:07:38 AM
Just thought I'd drop a tip here. I'm not sure if the lot of you know this, as I just found it out. If you aim down the sight of your weapon, this greatly increases your accuracy. However, you won't be able to move as quickly when you're looking down the sight. The Mobility stat of weapons determines your movement speed for this; sub machine guns and shotguns have the best, and light machine guns have the worst. Also, the Steady Aim perk increases your accuracy for whenever you're not aiming down the sight, so this can be useful for the less mobile weapons.
After finding this out, I put "aim down sight" on the C button. I kind of wish that the Nunchuck had three buttons so I could still put crouch/prone on there, but oh well, I don't have to hold that button so it can work as D-pad up. This has definitely helped me improve my game, and now I know how people can shoot me across long distances with seemingly inaccurate weapons. I'm still terrible of course, but now just a little bit less so.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on March 23, 2010, 04:18:04 AM
Yeah, I knew about the sight aiming.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on March 23, 2010, 06:13:22 AM
It's a mechanism designed for fixed-cursor aiming systems (mouse/analog), and is horribly implemented for the IR pointer. It's something that shouldn't by copy/pasted into a Wii scheme, and needs to be completely rethought. The Conduit was approaching the right idea in its scoped-view perspectives; the IR pointer isn't fixed to the screen nor your eyes, so the cursor+camera should reflect the floaty, variable nature of holding the device.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on March 23, 2010, 06:29:41 AM
I actually think it works fine. It's also less cheap than the 'lock-on' you can do in Conduit I think.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on March 23, 2010, 05:31:03 PM
Yeah, I don't see anything wrong with it. My only problem with it is that I have to make it a button on the Nunchuk, because I find it difficult to hold down a button on the Wiimote and keep a steady aim. Although I kind of like the idea of having to aim for better accuracy, I do prefer the more streamlined action of The Conduit.
Then why didn't you tell me that? I'm supposed to be on your side!
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NWR_insanolord on March 23, 2010, 06:55:29 PM
How did you not know that? It's so fundamental to the way Call of Duty is that I never would have imagined that someone playing the game could not know that.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on March 23, 2010, 07:06:32 PM
How would I know that when this is the first Call of Duty game I've played, nothing in the game explains it, and none of you folks ever told me?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NWR_insanolord on March 23, 2010, 07:20:05 PM
I knew about it before I played any CoD games. If I'd had any idea that you didn't know I would have told you. The fact that you're as much better at the game than I am as you are and you managed to do that while always firing from the hip is depressing.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on March 23, 2010, 09:06:22 PM
I've never even discussed a Call of Duty game before buying this one, so there was no way I could have known about that unless someone told me. And before anyone says "You should have read the manual": guess what, I did. There was nothing in there about that. Is there anything else about this game which I might not know about? It seems possible that there is something else I'm missing.
I've never even discussed a Call of Duty game before buying this one, so there was no way I could have known about that unless someone told me. And before anyone says "You should have read the manual": guess what, I did. There was nothing in there about that. Is there anything else about this game which I might not know about? It seems possible that there is something else I'm missing.
The fact that you're as much better at the game than I am as you are and you managed to do that while always firing from the hip is depressing.
For some reason I feel insulted by this.
You shouldn't be; it's a compliment. You managed to play at a pretty high level despite a major handicap.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on March 23, 2010, 09:19:26 PM
Is it really that big of a deal? So far it only seems useful for long-distance shooting, as it doesn't offer enough mobility to be a good idea at close range.
By the way, are you available to play tonight? I've been itching to play some more since discovering this.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NWR_insanolord on March 23, 2010, 09:29:17 PM
I don't think I have time. I want to get to bed at a decent time so I'm on a good schedule to be able to be up for my flight on Thursday, and I've got a lot of stuff to do to prepare for the trip.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on March 23, 2010, 09:30:16 PM
I'm sorry I didn't tell you, Mop it up. I think I learned it in the training mission of the game so I assumed you knew it as well.They explain it when you are shooting and aiming at targets in the target range.
I might be game for late tonight. I'm seeing a friend soon so I'll post when I get back.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on March 23, 2010, 09:34:51 PM
I think I did play the first part of the training when I got the game, but I wasn't really paying attention because it was late, so I rushed through it to the point where I could adjust my controls, and then I hopped online to play with you. Haven't touched the single-player mode since.
Can I get a guess on when you might be available?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on March 23, 2010, 09:39:54 PM
After 11 my time at the earliest. My friend wants to try his crazy board game again and that can take a while. It's a co-op Kuthulu (sp?) game where you all work together to stop Kuthulu from entering our word. Pretty cool but very technical in the rules department.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on March 23, 2010, 09:44:40 PM
I have not heard of that, and the fact that you didn't spell it right made it difficult to find. :P
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on March 23, 2010, 09:50:09 PM
Correct mythos, wrong game. This is what we are playing. (http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/15987/arkham-horror)
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on March 23, 2010, 10:03:18 PM
Aw, too bad. I was about to suggest that he could name his game Call of Cthulhu: Medieval Warfare.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on March 23, 2010, 10:04:38 PM
Ha! Funny one there.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on March 24, 2010, 05:52:18 AM
What a crazy night, huh? I wasn't doing so well because I'm tired, but then all of the sudden, we both start to tear the house down on that one office building level. We each had at least 30 kills, I've no idea how we managed that considering my performance the rest of the night. I got a new record for a kill streak, 17!
Oh hey, was the on-screen display doing funky stuff for you in that last match? It was a strange one.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on March 24, 2010, 06:11:53 AM
I was noticing delayed notices popping up and it said I was on 'last stand' when I didn't die. I think it was really laggy because none of my shots were connecting. :P
We rocked the house on that one. I even got a chopper called in. Pretty cool.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on March 27, 2010, 12:06:03 AM
Would anyone be up for kicking some ugly army men butts sometime this weekend?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: EasyCure on March 27, 2010, 04:22:24 PM
Would anyone be up for kicking some ugly army men butts sometime this weekend?
Perhaps next weekend;
TRU is having a BOGO 1/2 off sale - this and Red Steel 2 are on my "hurry up and buy already" list.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on March 27, 2010, 05:05:15 PM
I'm excited to be able to play with you too, Easycure.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: EasyCure on March 27, 2010, 05:27:41 PM
Thanks, and likewise. If i get the game Fri or Sat, what time is good for you guys? I just want to make sure I'll be available (since a party might be thrown in my honour on Sat). Sunday works for me but, being a holiday I'm not sure how it works for anyone else.
Also; i've only played one CoD game before (whichever one has Nazi Zombies) and even BEFORE I played it on my friends 360, I knew about aiming down sights :P I would always see such comments for FPS games and assumed what it meant, and confirmed my assumption as correct when finally playing the game.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NWR_insanolord on March 29, 2010, 03:17:15 AM
I'm down for some CoD this weekend. I've got a break from school, which I intend to spend almost exclusively playing games (a nice change of pace from the weekend I just spent almost exclusively playing games).
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on March 29, 2010, 04:44:48 AM
I'm down for some CoD this weekend. I've got a break from school, which I intend to spend almost exclusively playing games (a nice change of pace from the weekend I just spent almost exclusively playing games).
That sounded like college for me too!...except I also almost played games exclusively on week days too. Could never get homework done because random people would be all 'come play halo!' or 'come play starcraft!'. It was great other than the all-nighters I spent finishing papers I procrastinated on.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on March 29, 2010, 08:30:26 PM
Once again, I've never so much as discussed any modern shooter before, so there was no way I could have known that. It isn't an important feature, anyway.
I wonder what kind of damage the four of us could cause on a team? If Toruesu shows up before then, we could have a full team of NWR.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NWR_insanolord on March 29, 2010, 08:59:09 PM
I'm down for some CoD this weekend. I've got a break from school, which I intend to spend almost exclusively playing games (a nice change of pace from the weekend I just spent almost exclusively playing games).
That sounded like college for me too!...except I also almost played games exclusively on week days too. Could never get homework done because random people would be all 'come play halo!' or 'come play starcraft!'. It was great other than the all-nighters I spent finishing papers I procrastinated on.
I've managed to maintain a 3.5 GPA so far despite writing about half the papers I've written entirely in the last 12 hours before they're due, so I'm handling it well. That makes it incredibly stressful, but luckily I've found this great way to relieve stress called playing video games. It's a perfect circle.
Unfortunately, I took all my games home before PAX because I'm only back now for a couple more days until I'm off for almost a week for Easter, so I don't have access to them right now. Red Steel 2 came while I was at PAX, and I didn't have the energy when I got back from the trip last night to stand and play it, so now I have to wait until Wednesday. I have two whole days with nothing to entertain me but the hundreds of hours of video on my computer, my DS, and my iPhone. How will I ever manage that?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Dasmos on March 29, 2010, 11:34:49 PM
If I was to purchase this, would I be able to play online with youse or is the online regional?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on March 30, 2010, 12:20:06 AM
The online play is worldwide. The reason I know this, is because there is an option to play only regional.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Dasmos on March 30, 2010, 10:06:30 AM
Cool. Well I bought this for a ridiculously cheap price, I'll probably play the single player before I jump into online though.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BranDonk Kong on March 30, 2010, 10:19:34 AM
The single player in Call of Duty is always pretty short, but you really get into the characters you play as. You need to play MW2 eventually, it's pretty awesome the way they bring everything full-circle.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Dasmos on March 30, 2010, 10:24:05 AM
The single player in Call of Duty is always pretty short, but you really get into the characters you play as. You need to play MW2 eventually, it's pretty awesome the way they bring everything full-circle.
I have played MW2, but I played it first. I only ever played the CoD4 multiplayer before it was released on Wii.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Dasmos on March 31, 2010, 02:27:00 AM
So I played online for a bit and it's hilarious. With how I perform baseless completely on my connection quality, which for the most part is at the lowest it can be. There was a couple of games when the connection was in the green and I was pumping pumping out matches at like 30 kills and 5 deaths, then my connection would fail again and I would end up with 5 kills and 30 deaths. My accuracy is like at 8% or something.
Stupid Internets.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on March 31, 2010, 03:10:22 AM
Ha ha, yeah, lag can do some funny stuff at times. I've been pushed through walls before, though I wasn't able to shoot through the wall... but the enemy sure shot me! I also once got stuck inside of another player for a little bit, and was forced to move along with them.
No one has good accuracy. The highest unhacked accuracy rating on the leaderboard isn't even 30%.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on March 31, 2010, 03:19:49 AM
When some of the guns are designed to have spread fire it kinda guarantees poor accuracy. Plus IR controls require more skill to have better accuracy with in my opinion.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on April 03, 2010, 02:33:00 AM
So... I noticed a little something after a while, I'm not sure if anyone here is aware of it as, once again, it isn't explained in the game or elsewhere.
The host of the match is chosen randomly. There is no clear indicator of who has been chosen, but it is extremely likely that this person will be the only one with a four-bar connection strength (the host's connection strength will never be less than four, the max). The host will experience practically no lag, giving them a slight advantage. If this person quits or is disconnected, the current game will end, with the message "Host ended game."
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: EasyCure on April 03, 2010, 02:23:21 PM
got the game @ TRU yesterday. Haven't opened it yet. not sure when i'll be able to play.
stay tuned.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on April 05, 2010, 04:01:05 AM
Random curiosity question: When using the Last Stand perk, what happens if you don't have a pistol?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on April 05, 2010, 04:03:52 AM
You still pull out a pistol. I think though that it is the poorest pistol you can get instead of the better ones you unlock at the higher levels.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on April 05, 2010, 04:05:23 AM
So it isn't the pistol you select? Where are you stashing this mysterious pistol?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on April 05, 2010, 04:11:28 AM
So it isn't the pistol you select? Where are you stashing this mysterious pistol?
It isn't the pistol you select if you change it out for another weapon before you die. Sometimes I change it for a different rifle and I still get a pistol.
As for your second question...I so want to answer this a certain way... ;D
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on April 05, 2010, 04:16:30 AM
I often end up switching out the pistol, which is why I was wondering. I don't know if I'd want to use the perk otherwise. I go through ammo clips like candy on Halloween, so I need to have a backup because I'm often running out.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on April 05, 2010, 04:17:46 AM
I like the assurance of a good machine gun or something when I choose the sniper or shotgun classes. Allows me to adapt better on the fly.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on April 05, 2010, 04:26:56 AM
Ugh, I don't like either shotguns or sniper rifles. I'm just not steady enough to be able to use sniper rifles, they require too much precision, plus I don't really know good vantage points. The shotguns just seem plain weak and useless. You've got to get a direct hit for it to be a one-hit kill, and that's only if the enemy doesn't have the increased-health perk. Combine that with the extremely short range, small ammo capacity, and slow reload, and it just isn't worth it. I rarely run into people using shotguns online, and I don't recall ever running into someone who was proficient with one.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: EasyCure on April 05, 2010, 05:51:52 PM
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: EasyCure on April 05, 2010, 10:25:39 PM
My friend code:
1544 2669 6061
ha! So i played my first online game after only 1 mission and of course got schooled. Man some people have annoying handles online like "muffmuncher" and "alitlegirl" lol. This definately isn't a pick up and play kinda game like the Conduit is. Guess i'll practice some more before attempting that again. I am down for some friendly matches with all of you from NWR, anytime (all 5 of you :P).
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on April 05, 2010, 11:23:30 PM
Added.
2884-9293-6747
My computer near my television isn't feeling well right now, so I won't be able to chat on AIM for the time being.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: EasyCure on April 06, 2010, 06:50:58 PM
I added all 4 other people from the games FC thread :P
Whats AIM have to do with anything right now? (or yesterday?) I wasn't planning on playing anymore online matches for the night, but I'm game tonight or possibly this weekend. HOLLA!
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on April 06, 2010, 07:53:10 PM
That was more of a general announcement to the thread. Since the game has no communication, I use AIM to chat with people, like Insanolord.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: EasyCure on April 06, 2010, 08:07:30 PM
Ah, gotcha. Well we'll swap info when we have a meet-up then. Until then I'll try to remember my AIM password.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NWR_insanolord on April 06, 2010, 08:27:06 PM
Was my code in the FC Thread? I don't remember if I posted there or not.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: EasyCure on April 06, 2010, 08:32:23 PM
Because women aren't permitted in active combat units?
Not quite. Women are allowed in active combat units, just not combat arms (I looked this up). The explanation is long and boring, but a female Army First Lieutenant explains it here: http://www.pbs.org/pov/regardingwar/conversations/women-and-war/women-in-combat-is-a-moot-point.php
Basically women are not usually assigned to active combat units, but there is no rule saying that they can't be.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on April 06, 2010, 09:32:21 PM
What is the deal with that? I thought this was supposed to be "modern" warfare!
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on April 06, 2010, 09:36:27 PM
That is a modern rule. I had a class with a guy in the Green Berets and he talked about it once in class. Women are not permitted in active combat units in the Army. Though this was a few years back so they may have changed things now.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on April 06, 2010, 09:38:46 PM
Where are the equal rights movements? This archaic rule must be changed!
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on April 06, 2010, 09:42:15 PM
He had a fairly compelling argument for why it was this way. Women become victims of harassment/rape by both the enemy and even some less scrupulous allies and men tend to act irrationally when defending a woman. Though this doesn't stop other countries from doing it. I've not looked at other armed forces systems to see if this guy's logic holds up or if it's all a worry over nothing. I say let them (women) do what they want.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on April 06, 2010, 09:49:13 PM
Once again, men ruin everything. Way to go dudes!
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: EasyCure on April 06, 2010, 10:56:12 PM
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: DAaaMan64 on April 07, 2010, 12:33:04 PM
lol compelling argument Stratos.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: EasyCure on April 07, 2010, 09:53:16 PM
This game is strange to me;
I'm not really feeling it, because its different than the types of shooters I actually like, but at the same time I feel compelled to keep playing even after dying time and time again.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on April 08, 2010, 03:32:38 AM
I know what you mean EasyCure. I find that many of this game's conventions (can't shoot whilst running, must aim for better accuracy, etc.) make the action less streamlined and less interesting than other shooters. But the game has a lot of features so I guess that's what keeps me going. Besides, the fact that it is so different makes it worth owning alongside other shooters.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: EasyCure on April 09, 2010, 12:25:07 PM
Free to play this Sunday?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Dasmos on April 09, 2010, 01:41:27 PM
I might be, I'll thow my code in here soon.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on April 09, 2010, 01:46:06 PM
I can probab;y play later tonight after work and tomorrow as well.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Peachylala on April 09, 2010, 01:52:04 PM
I have to start playing this game again. Shantae GBC is to blame for that.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on April 09, 2010, 01:53:35 PM
Shantae made you want to play Modern Warfare again? :Q
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on April 09, 2010, 05:57:30 PM
Shantae made you want to play Modern Warfare again? :Q
Yes, dancing genies and games I haven't played in a while makes me want to play Modern Warfare... again.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NWR_insanolord on April 09, 2010, 11:56:12 PM
I should be able to play tonight. I've been upset that the power button on my Wii is glowing red, meaning I haven't turned it on since I plugged it in when I brought it back to school after Easter, so this gives me a reason to fix that.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on April 10, 2010, 12:49:09 AM
I'm ready now. Would you like to get started, Insanolord?
My computer in my television room isn't working right now, so I won't be able to chat on AIM.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on April 11, 2010, 12:09:07 AM
Anybody up for playing? I'll be on in a bit after dinner.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on April 11, 2010, 12:45:21 AM
I'm already playing right now. Please send me an invite when you get on, and I'd be happy to play some team matches with you. You can pick whatever game mode you'd like.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on April 11, 2010, 12:47:09 AM
Is the standard team deathmatch server back up? Last time I played I couldn't select it.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on April 11, 2010, 12:48:11 AM
That happens sometimes to me too. Usually it works after a few minutes, or after playing a round in a different mode. So yes, it should be working.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on April 11, 2010, 01:00:14 AM
I'll hop on in a bit, Mop it up. I'm wrapping up the March stat tracking update.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on April 11, 2010, 03:08:49 AM
Are you finished for the night?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on April 11, 2010, 03:27:05 AM
I'll be back on in a bit probably. I have some things I need to do first. I keep putting off things like cleaning the bathroom so I just did that and I'm going to get my gf from work now. I want to play a bit more before bed though so I'll be on again if you want to play more at that point.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on April 11, 2010, 03:33:35 AM
Sure. I had a nice nap today and I don't have to work tomorrow, so I'll be good. I'll be playing, send me an invite when you get back on. I might be a few minutes if I have to finish a match, though.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: EasyCure on April 11, 2010, 03:13:42 PM
I won't be available tonight. My bad.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on April 12, 2010, 02:42:23 AM
I want to change my name to "a huggle" so that when I kill people, the message says "Killed by a huggle."
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on April 12, 2010, 12:33:09 PM
There's a licensing fee for that.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on April 12, 2010, 05:47:31 PM
I've been giving out huggles since before you were even a professional 666, whatever that is.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on April 12, 2010, 05:52:39 PM
Your original license expired after your gender change.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Toruresu on April 16, 2010, 07:57:52 PM
Alright, anyone up for some games tonight?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on April 16, 2010, 08:04:49 PM
Depends on what time you want. At 9PM EST I'm playing The Conduit with some other forumers, but after that I'd be able.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Toruresu on April 16, 2010, 08:13:21 PM
Alright, just let me know when. Check your PMs.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on May 10, 2010, 08:28:56 PM
What a crap control scheme. The inability to test your controls as you adjust them, forcing you to go back and forth thru the menus, only adds to the frustration.
Acknowledging the inaccuracy of "aiming from the hip" with a large reticule bubble is appropriate for handicapped controls schemes like mouse and double-anal that are meant to be hindered, but this is the 3rd time in a row that Treyarch doesn't recognize there's inherent instability in aiming with the Wii Remote, yet the reticule bubble is still huge instead of depending on the Wii Player's own steadiness. Oh, then there's the idea that aiming from the hip isn't useful to professional soldiers, and shouldn't be in this type of game AT ALL.
Scoped view, typically with Reflex Dot Sights, should be the default view for general movement, but the game messes that up, like the last game, with its god-awful stuck-in-place Call of Rubberband effect. And the fact that you see way too much of the gun on the screen as it moves around (when your eyes would be close to the eyepiece instead) makes it look stupid and awkward.
So all the shitty functionality really lets the control "options" go to waste.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on May 10, 2010, 08:33:42 PM
I agree that there is too much of the gun on-screen when aiming down the scope. I don't even try it with certain weapons because I just can't see anything.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on May 11, 2010, 04:37:39 AM
Pro, just go into the training at the beginning to tweak your controls. I went in there and just made my changes and tested them on the course. Fastest way to do in I felt.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on May 11, 2010, 04:49:44 AM
That's exactly where the constant menu changes pissed me off.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on September 08, 2010, 06:42:20 AM
Mop it up and I have started playing Modern Warfare again. If anyone is up for playing let me know because I've gotten hooked on it again! Still as fun as ever and I unlocked some new guns.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on September 08, 2010, 07:36:05 PM
Shh! That was supposed to be a secret.
What new weapons did you get? I forgot that I had done Prestige Mode, and so now, I'm still missing a lot of the good stuff. Last night I unlocked the final light machine gun, which was one I used a lot, as well as the grenade-drop perk which I probably shouldn't admit scores me a lot of points.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NWR_insanolord on September 08, 2010, 07:53:36 PM
I'll try to get on with you guys, but I may not be able to because I'm at school. Not because of network issues or having to do work, but because I have to share the TV.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on September 08, 2010, 09:33:50 PM
I'm gonna hop on some more.
I believe I unlocked the G36C. I'm playing around with perks and such a bit more now.
Was dominating a lot today when I played. Got a good number of airstrikes in as well. I tried FFA and was in the top three most of the time, though I enjoy team games more since I like working together.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on September 14, 2010, 11:15:40 PM
Anyone want to play some tonight?
I unlocked the Desert Eagle. I've seen some people with a golden one but I don't see any challenges to unlock different colors for it. I've snagged it from players who died and it doesn't seem to have any performance differences.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on September 14, 2010, 11:31:53 PM
The golden Desert Eagle skin is awarded for reaching lvl 55, the highest rank. It is just a "finish" like all the others, it doesn't do anything special. Most weapons also have a golden finish that can be unlocked by completed all of the challenges for that weapon.
Tonight's Tuesday so I wanted to play Monster Hunter, but I'm waiting for Apdude to return in another couple hours. If you are ready now, I could get on for a bit.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on September 15, 2010, 12:12:21 AM
OK, I'll boot it up.
Sorry, got a very important call. I'm back on now.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on September 15, 2010, 01:33:35 AM
Good games mate. I'm not really sure what happened to you at the end there, but I hope you're all right.
EDIT: Ah, okay. That makes sense, I figured something of the such happened. Too bad though, because now it's time for Monster Hunter. Perhaps I'll catch you tomorrow.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: EasyCure on September 15, 2010, 01:45:01 AM
I'll be free Wed 09/15/10 anytime before.. I'd say 1pm. If this works for either of you, I'll join you for a game and be the whipping boy because I haven't played this game in months.. I really don't like it..
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on September 15, 2010, 02:39:25 AM
I'd like to, but I'll be at work during that time. I still have you added from that one time you went on, perhaps I'll catch you another time.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: EasyCure on September 15, 2010, 10:14:33 AM
You'll never catch me I'm the leprechaun, you'll have to set up an appointment at least 3 days in advance. I'm just that "elite".
Why must I be such a responsible adult?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on September 16, 2010, 04:47:55 AM
But...I really want to play with you. More people = awesome time. :/
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on September 16, 2010, 06:08:26 PM
Perhaps we can set up a time for the four of us to meet? Like, say, Tuesday, September 21st, sometime in the evening? What does everyone think of that?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Toruresu on September 16, 2010, 11:36:35 PM
Count me in, was playing today and I still got it!
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: EasyCure on September 16, 2010, 11:59:46 PM
Any time in the late evening on Tuesday should be fine with me, sometime after 9PM Eastern.
I'm game. I'll be available after 10pm EST though.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Toruresu on September 19, 2010, 08:18:25 PM
I got a new 40" TV! But I forgot I need new cables to play the Wii on it...I'll buy em tomorrow hopefully, if I do, I'm in!
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on September 21, 2010, 11:16:29 PM
Hey wait, it's Tuesday! I got distracted. Is anyone playing tonight?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on September 22, 2010, 12:08:28 AM
LOL, hopping on now. Totally forgot it was Tuesday too because of extra stuff I was doing this morning for work. I shouldn't be doing stuff like that on my day off.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on September 22, 2010, 12:48:59 AM
Alrighty, time for some ugly army men butt-kicking action!
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on September 22, 2010, 01:14:10 AM
You're on now? I'll be on shortly.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on September 22, 2010, 01:16:51 AM
Yeah, sorry. I got on earlier and saw no one was on, so I didn't stay, and went off to take care of some other stuff.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on September 22, 2010, 04:50:17 AM
I hate it when people just start toobing.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on September 22, 2010, 04:52:05 AM
Toobing?
How can you end on a round like that last one? That was horrible!
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on September 22, 2010, 04:53:49 AM
A toob is someone who is spamming the grenade launcher. Their whole team was doing it and it gets frustrating.
I'm tired so I'm starting to suck more so I think it is time to call it a night.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on September 22, 2010, 05:02:21 AM
Were they intentionally killing themselves to get more grenades? I've seen people do that before; there really should be a penalty for suicides.
We should have stopped one round sooner I guess. I'm going to blame that last one on you, mostly because I can, and ignoring that I had more deaths.
Good night.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on September 22, 2010, 04:29:30 PM
:P
I ranked up the other night and unlocked a new gun. It's so funny how new this makes the game feel to me. I start customizing a new class with those upgrades and it actually makes me look at the challenges and try to complete them to get even more goodies. This gun is the M14. I like it better than the G3. I unlocked the Red Dot Sight for it and am trying to get the ACOG Scope next. I like being able to pull off light sniper work with the scopes.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BwrJim! on September 24, 2010, 06:07:44 PM
so whats the long term post review of this game for people who have played all there is to do..
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on September 25, 2010, 06:50:29 AM
so whats the long term post review of this game for people who have played all there is to do..
I think I've made my opinion known that I think this is superior to Conduit. It has even more control options (I want all FPS games to give me control of the customization of motions) and the single player is far more engaging than other offerings. A very nice perk is that there aren't hackers all over the bloody place and I'm never not able to find people to play with. It's 3:20 AM my time and I know people will still be on there playing.
Plus the online ranks are more meaningful in Reflex. You unlock weapons and weapon upgrades along with different 'perks' that all pretty much feel balanced and add new depth to the game all the time. Also, the ability to join up with friends and play random games together (with you all locked on the same team) is a very nice plus. I also like being able to create custom classes with weapons of your choice because then you don't get stuck with weapons you don't like or are not very good with. You can change classes mid-game so it allows you to adapt to the situation as needed. The online has a lot of great milestones and achievements with actual rewards to make you feel like you are accomplishing something (nothing beats the feeling the first time you get to call in the helicopter).
It has very nice and smooth graphics without a lot of slowdown even with maxed out players. Load times and connection times are very fast and painless as well.
Cons: No WiiSpeak, keyboard chat option or even a set or pre-selected phrases. No ability to pick levels when playing random matches (though you can vote to skip levels you don't like). No local multi.
Pros: Fast, deep, robust online multiplayer that is great for playing with friends and randoms alike minus the communication bit. Very engaging single player campaign retaining the quality production values of the HD versions in SD form. Best custom controls to date in a Wii FPS. Good graphics with almost no framerate issues even in intense moments both online and off. Swift load times. No. Hacker. Infestation. *COUGH*Conduit*COUGH*
My Rating: Features-4/5 Performance-5/5 Stratos' Fun-O-Meter-5/5 Overall-4.5/5
Summary: It's Modern Warfare, the heralded shooter of our time, with Motion controls and on a system for Nintendo gamers. Anyone who has not experienced it or loves the FPS genre on Wii should experience Reflex. Granted, Black Ops is releasing soon, but we've yet to see how that game will turn out for Wii. Plus the online community for this game is still there and by the looks of things new people seem to be hopping on all the time. So it's not too late to join the party if you are on the fence.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on September 25, 2010, 07:40:59 PM
I haven't so much as touched the single player mode of this game, and I don't plan to. I've never been a fan of realistic games, and that means I prefer the more run-and-gun action of The Conduit. Modern Warfare has too much restrictive aspects in an attempt to make it more realistic, like not being able to fire when running, the varying accuracy based on stance, etc. However, it's a shame The Conduit is so light on features, and as a result, I've ended up playing this game more.
What I like: -Ability to play with a combination of friends and randoms, which also allows to be teamed up with friends. -Nice variety of weapon types and uses. -The challenges are a fun little thing on the side to attempt. -A lot of control options, I think it has everything except the HUD placement. -A few points are awarded for an assist, which encourages teamwork. -Faster connection times
What I'm not so sure about... -I can't say I'm a fan of the classes, and to a lesser extent unlocking weapons. I think I prefer it when everyone pulls from the same weapon set, it seems more fair that way. -Most of the perks cheapen the game. -I'm not fond of the bonuses that are awarded for kill streaks, they are just unnecessary distractions. -The explosive weapons are garbage. Not that The Conduit is much better, but at least it has a proper rocket launcher. -The graphics are grainy and the framerate is choppy, it starts to strain my eyes after a while. -Still no score subtraction for suicides. -No health bar. The red is annoying. -Constantly loads from the disc, so the system is always making the clankity noise of loading.
Overall, I'd probably give it 3 out of 5 stars. Personally, I'm waiting for The Conduit 2: with the original as the basis, they could easily create a better game than Call of Duty. Time will tell if they do.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NWR_insanolord on September 25, 2010, 08:02:20 PM
Mop it up, if you had a 360 I'd tell you to buy Halo Reach; based on that list, it seems like something you'd like.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on September 25, 2010, 08:33:30 PM
Yeah, I've heard a few things about Halo Reach since everyone's talking about it of course. It sounds like the first Halo game that actually is an above average shooter, it has a lot of content and customization. Though if I had an XBox 360 then I'd have already ditched Modern Warfare in favour of Perfect Dark. I've considered purchasing one just to satisfy my shooter fix, but after thinking it over, that's about the only genre I like that I feel is lacking on Wii, so it may not be worth it. Plus, the Wii Remote works so well with shooters that I don't think I could go back to dual analogue controls, of which I was never fond.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on September 26, 2010, 06:25:11 AM
Just wait for Reach to release on PC and use a Bluetooth mod to let you use the WiiMote to play it. Assuming you're PC is up to playing Reach (maybe by then you will have a newer computer that could do that). I want to try it with Left 4 Dead.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NWR_insanolord on September 26, 2010, 06:30:53 AM
I doubt Reach is coming to PC anytime soon, if ever; I'm pretty sure Halo 3 hasn't even come out on PC.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on September 26, 2010, 06:57:52 PM
I doubt my PC could run any new computer game, and I've never paid for a PC and am not about to do so anytime soon.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on September 29, 2010, 10:54:50 PM
I'm really improving my kill-death ratio. I passed Mop it up at .97 and now only have to beat Toruresu who has a 1.03.
Anyone game to play tonight?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on September 29, 2010, 10:59:06 PM
It is tonight for me, so how about right now? You can pick the game type, Mr. Hotshot.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on September 29, 2010, 11:01:11 PM
How about the one that rotates between the different game modes? Then we can play a bit of everything.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on September 29, 2010, 11:02:22 PM
I don't know which that is, but if it's a real thing, we can try it.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: BeautifulShy on September 29, 2010, 11:04:45 PM
Oh well I guess I will hunt with someone else in MHT.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on September 30, 2010, 12:19:15 AM
Wow, 90 kills. That tiny level with the crates is freakin' insane.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on September 30, 2010, 12:22:52 AM
Wow, 90 kills. That tiny level with the crates is freakin' insane.
Yeah, it was crazy. I was taking a call from my gf so it hurt my performance. Still fun. Taking a break.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on September 30, 2010, 12:24:28 AM
Ah, I wondered if you were distracted by something. Break sounds good, I need a snack anyway. Do you have an estimate when you'll be back?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on September 30, 2010, 12:24:55 AM
After I bake my pizza and eat it so about 15-20 minutes.
~~ LOL kinda zoned out. You still game?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on September 30, 2010, 01:37:43 AM
Yeah, I'm still here. I was just writing until I heard the chime of an invite.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on September 30, 2010, 01:42:04 AM
Ah, OK. I'll be there. Gotta reconnect.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on September 30, 2010, 03:01:37 AM
Are you done for the night?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on October 05, 2010, 11:39:36 PM
I'm gonna be playing tonight in a bit. I and at rank 54 so I am hoping to finally prestige before I go to bed. Was on fire last night and got a whole slew of achievements.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on October 06, 2010, 12:31:44 AM
I'm already playing, so send me an invite once you get on and we'll kick some ugly army men butt. I'm tired of getting stuck with inept teamies so I hope you get here soon.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on October 06, 2010, 12:32:58 AM
Just gonna eat something first. Starving! Be on soon. ~ Online now.
~ We having problems playing? Can't seem to connect to a game together.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on October 06, 2010, 01:37:29 AM
Ah, is that what was going on? I thought you fell asleep.
Want me to try sending you an invite and you join me?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on October 06, 2010, 01:39:40 AM
Yeah, send an invite. It might be me. It was perpetually on the 'getting match quality...' message waiting to go. It could have also been that all the rooms were full and there weren't enough stray players to start a new one.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on October 06, 2010, 01:41:25 AM
Sent. We'll try regular team deathmatch unless you have a request.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on October 06, 2010, 01:42:27 AM
I like Team Deathmatch best so that's fine with me.
Thinking I'm done for the night. I guess I have to rank up again after 55 to prestige.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on October 06, 2010, 03:57:40 AM
Yeah, you have to reach a "level 56" of sorts before you have the option of Prestige Mode.
Are you sure you want to do it? You're going to miss all those fancy weapons and perks... Trust me.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on October 06, 2010, 04:31:50 AM
You mean...you lose all of your goodies? What was the benefit of prestige mode again?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on October 06, 2010, 04:39:22 AM
You get a new badge next to your name.
Once you enter Prestige Mode, you revert back to level 1. You'll keep all of your statistics, but everything you unlocked will be gone, and you must earn it all back by climbing the ladder once more.
You can go through this whole process ten times, earning a new badge each time.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on October 06, 2010, 04:43:15 AM
You get a new custom class slot each time, right?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on October 06, 2010, 04:51:43 AM
No, you are thinking of Call of Duty: World at War. All you get is a different badge. And it's the same badge for all 55 levels, you don't get a different one for each couple of levels like the first time around.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on October 06, 2010, 04:57:55 AM
Wow...that's...sad. It might have just killed my interest in leveling up more.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on October 06, 2010, 05:03:52 AM
Eh, if you're going to continue playing this game, then why not have something to do? That's at least my thought when I did it.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on October 06, 2010, 06:13:36 AM
I thought it would give me extra class slots so I could experiment with other combos of weapons and perks.
It changes my opinions on the game actually. Before I was thinking I didn't need to pick up one of the new FPS games coming out this holiday but now it makes me want a new one even more. I'll probably still try and prestige and see how it goes but it definitely feels like I've lost the wind in my sails for this game. Knowing there isn't a real prize at the end of the road takes a lot of the fun out of it. Though there are the golden guns to get.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on October 06, 2010, 08:25:31 PM
There's one golden finish for each weapon type. The weapons with them are: AK-47, Mini-Uzi, M60E4, M1014, and Dragonov. To unlock them, complete every challenge for every weapon of that weapon type.
If it factors into your buying decision, I'll be waiting for The Conduit 2.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on October 08, 2010, 04:13:40 AM
I'm most likely going for Black Ops first unless it turns out terrible or Goldeneye has the better feature set. I'll get one of them this year. Other people's purchasing may also influence my decision.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NWR_insanolord on November 09, 2010, 05:12:16 PM
I've been watching friends play Black Ops all day, which is getting me in the mood for it, but I can't afford to pick it up until next month. Anyone up for one last run with Reflex later on tonight?
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Mop it up on November 09, 2010, 06:22:43 PM
I should be good. What time tonight?
I'm probably not getting Black Ops for a while so this wouldn't be the last time I'd be willing to play.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: NWR_insanolord on November 09, 2010, 07:03:22 PM
I want to watch Conan, so after that would be good for me, maybe about 12:30 EST/9:30 PST.
EDIT: Sorry to back out, but I'm completely exhausted and will probably end up crashing right after Conan. I'd still like to play this in the near future, but not tonight.
Title: Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare coming to Wii 11/10/09
Post by: Stratos on November 10, 2010, 04:49:51 AM
I have to wait a bit more too. So I'm still up for some Reflex. Then it is on to voice chat enabled online matches!
