Call of Duty Black Ops: Cold War

JaegerDice

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I always liked the way Halo 2 and Halo 3 did it.

Ranked lobbies have SBMM, Social lobbies don't.

I personally always prefer SBMM, cause I want close, back-and-forth matches. I don't find curb-stomping teams any more fun than being curb-stomped.
 

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What a fantastic way to reveal the game, blending Warzone into the mix. That was awesome. Can't wait for this game
 

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Why fix what isn’t broken? They tried new ideas with the advanced movement games and they sucked BAD.
He complains every year. Not kidding.

I've read that dead silence won't be back in the game. Although that was a while back, if that is true and SBMM exists, I will not buy for the first time ever. Those two changes to MW are things that I abhor.

Other than that, everything else I have seen so far looks good.
 

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The reveal trailer was pretty cool. According to Charlie Intel, based on a rumor, dead silence will be a perk. I consider dead silence to be a crutch perk for me at least. I think that's part of the reason people didn't move around too much in Modern Doorfare since footsteps were so damn loud. Not sure if I'll preorder it or not.
 

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A first person shooter based on a war literally named for to its lack of actual combat.

... In case you needed any more evidence that we've run out of ideas.
 
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JaegerDice

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Visually impressive, creatively bankrupt. About what I expected.

There is a STRONG wave of 80s nostalgia running through media right now. The soundtrack might be fun, at the very least.

He complains every year. Not kidding.

I've read that dead silence won't be back in the game. Although that was a while back, if that is true and SBMM exists, I will not buy for the first time ever. Those two changes to MW are things that I abhor.

Other than that, everything else I have seen so far looks good.

I've been complaining since the series started spinning its wheels and relying on a mix of nostalgia and regurgitated ideas to drum up sales.

They botched Advanced Movement (well, at least in comparison to TitanFall and other high-mobility games), and basically curled up into a ball instead of saying, 'ok, that didn't work, short of trying again to get that idea right, what else can we do to evolve this decades old formula while FPS design accelerates past us'.

I just want COD to be exciting again. Stop turning this series into EA sports annual updates, and offering nothing I can't already experience by popping in a game I bought in 2007 or 2010.

I'll also never understand why dedicated players would want fewer tight, exciting, back-and-forth matches, but whatever. Seems to be a common complaint. I want an SBMM playlist for the good modes like Cyber Attack, Search and Destroy, Headquarters and Hard Point.
 
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I'll also never understand why dedicated players would want fewer tight, exciting, back-and-forth matches, but whatever. Seems to be a common complaint. I want an SBMM playlist for the good modes like Cyber Attack, Search and Destroy, Headquarters and Hard Point.

It should exist as a Club/Clan/Squad/whatever ranking and playlist. Other than that SBMM doesn't fit well with COD's original matchmaking system which IMO, was different from Halo's but perfect in its own way.
 
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I really like the trailer with all the cold war stuff, Regan. Is there Zombies in this because the last instalment kind of sucked, there was way too much going on. Also, the maps sucked.

I think they need a BR but they could just keep adding to warzone and keep it a separate free to play game.
 

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Will run at 4k 120hz on next gen. That is huge!!!
Call of Duty: Black Ops — Cold War arrives with cross-generation, cross-platform play on November 13
"With next-generation consoles, the game will play at 4K resolution and refresh rates at 120hz. "

Being the asshole that I am, I go to friends parties and laugh at their constant complains about COD games and more recently, the cross-play. I have not a heard a single positive comment about crossplay on the COD side. Personally I have experience from WOT, which added crossplay recently and it's been terrible. PS players are universally hated by Xbox players.
 

JaegerDice

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Being the asshole that I am, I go to friends parties and laugh at their constant complains about COD games and more recently, the cross-play. I have not a heard a single positive comment about crossplay on the COD side. Personally I have experience from WOT, which added crossplay recently and it's been terrible. PS players are universally hated by Xbox players.

Why?
 

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They don't play smart. Lemming training and camping at spawn, war too offensive, complete lack of knowledge of choke points in maps. There are way more roll over wins both ways now than before crossplay. Funny thing though. This is more frequent on the European server. Far more Xbox players on the NA server.
 
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Please Treyarch save us

Get rid of SBMM and a new f***ing lobby every game. Stop catering to the shitty players with huge campy maps and a fast ttk. Wish we could go back to the good old days of being able to pub stomp and then hop into a competitive game in league play. B02 really will never be beaten huh.
 

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Please Treyarch save us

Get rid of SBMM and a new f***ing lobby every game. Stop catering to the shitty players with huge campy maps and a fast ttk. Wish we could go back to the good old days of being able to pub stomp and then hop into a competitive game in league play. B02 really will never be beaten huh.

Black Ops 1 was easily the best. AINEC.
 

JaegerDice

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Best Black Ops. The best best is MW2

I prefer the campaign in COD4 to MW2, both in terms of narrative and encounter design.

I dont feel the weapons and killstreaks were as well balanced in the MP either. They very much went with a ‘more and bigger’ approach, and half-way through every match the sky was so full of crap it was ridiculous.

I did absolutely ADORE Spec Ops in MW2 though. One of my favorite experiences in any COD.
 

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I would throw my hat into BO1 being the best imo. Solid balance, mostly solid maps that offered a variety of styles.

BO2 wasn't bad but i feel like it went overkill with all the loadout customization.
 
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BO1 was definitely my favorite CoD. It came out at the perfect time for me too, my freshman year of college. Probably helped contribute to my shitty grades freshman year :laugh:
 

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