kurtsimonw Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Really? I've been 1 shot killed at ridiculous ranges by the Striker and Model so far. Haven't really used them myself yet though since this game dictates that you should camp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rino8 Posted November 14, 2011 Visiting Supporter Share Posted November 14, 2011 Really? I've been 1 shot killed at ridiculous ranges by the Striker and Model so far. Haven't really used them myself yet though since this game dictates that you should camp.I said this before unlocking the models, which I did earlier tonight, that's a shotgun. 8) Striker's a bit hit and miss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted November 14, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted November 14, 2011 Played this on Friday for the first time. I'm a total "n00b" when it comes to COD. Had the previous 2 but never played them online. So it was quite hilarious. Played with my mate who wasn't much better. Think my best game I got 7 kills and was chuffed to bits. Think the winner in that one got 57 kills Anyway it was fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juanpabloangel18 Posted November 14, 2011 Author Share Posted November 14, 2011 So I take it i'm in the minority enjoying this then? Now that I've gotten a bit more used to the maps I'm having a blast. intersection, underground and outpost are all good fun, along with many others who's names escape me. And I've just started using the type95.... rapid fire and silencer. does thee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 So, for anyone who's: a) not been left horribly disillusioned by the multiplayer hasn't already gotten rid c) not playing Skyrim 24/7 d) on Xbox e) no problem carrying an utterly useless player (all my previous COD mojo has seemingly deserted me ) ...shall we get some VT team/clan action going? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juanpabloangel18 Posted November 14, 2011 Author Share Posted November 14, 2011 Yo Gaz, I'm game. Jamiespud is my username, I think I have you already. will be on later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Missus permitting, I'll be on from about 7.30 onwards tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 I'll play if you want. I'm not it's biggest fan, but I'm still always going to be playing it regardless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted November 14, 2011 Moderator Share Posted November 14, 2011 Charlie Brooker A curious thing happened to me the other day while I was playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, which, if you're not familiar with such things, is a video game in which you participate in a bloody big war. It's a very popular franchise; devoted fans camp out on pavements for a launch copy, which makes it the royal wedding of violent video games. Anyway, I'd got about a quarter of the way into it and was "doing" a level based in Sierra Leone that required a bit of stealth and sneaking around. You spend most of the game accompanied by various computer-controlled characters, and I was walking behind one of these, a crotchety moustachioed soldier who's supposed to be my friend, when he suddenly goes "shhhh" because he's heard a guard coming. So we both stop in our tracks, and moustache man snatches the guard, pins him against the wall, and stabs him right through the throat with a hunting knife, killing him instantly. Then the body hits the floor, moustache man says "OK, come on", and we continue sneaking into the compound. Or rather, we were supposed to. But I stopped after a few steps and walked back to where he'd killed the guard. I just stared at the blood on the wall. And I thought, "I don't want to be friends with the man who did that." Obviously there was no means of expressing a thought like that within the game engine, so I had to keep it to myself. Moments later, moustache man orders me to climb a watchtower and dispatch a guard myself. I climb the ladder to find a man asleep in a chair. Just dozing with his back to me. And as I walk near him it says "Press X to take out the guard", so I press X, and rather than bonking him on the head, or maybe just persuading him to leave, my character also grabs the guard and stabs him right in the throat. And I thought, "I'm no better than moustache man: that was an appalling thing I just did." Again, there was no way to explore these feelings in the game, so I forgot about it in favour of taking out mercenaries with my massive sniper rifle while moustache man and his pal shouted "slot the bastards" and similarly inelegant encouragements. I don't particularly mind the level of violence in computer games, partly because it's absurd, and partly because I'm hopelessly desensitised. What I do object to is the dick-swinging machismo that infests games like this. If I had a penny for every time I've spent the opening moments of a game sitting in the back of a transport vehicle listening to a soldier called Vasquez repeatedly use the word "really bad person", I'd have enough money to buy the Sesame Street game instead. And even that probably starts with Sergeant Grover warning Private Elmo that "Shit is about to get real". Every soldier in every game I've ever played is a dick. A dick that sounds like a 14-year-old boy reading dialogue discarded from an old-school Schwarzenegger action movie for displaying too much swagger. They seem like a bunch of try-hard bell-ends, desperate to highlight their gruff masculinity. What, exactly, are they overcompensating for? Well, for one thing, games are inherently wussy. The stereotype of the bespectacled dweeby gamer is an inaccurate cliche, but there's no denying games are far from a beefy pursuit. Which is why shooty-fighty games go out of their way to disguise that. Every pixel of Modern Warfare 3 oozes machismo. It's all chunky gunmetal, booming explosions and stubbly men blasting each other's legs off. Yet consider what genteel skills the game itself requires. To succeed, you need to be adept at aiming a notional cursor and timing a series of button-pushes. It's about precision and nimble fingers. Just like darning a sock in a hurry. Or creating tapestry against the clock. In other words, Modern Warfare 3 would be nothing but a gigantic needlework simulation were it not for the storyline, which is the most homoerotic tale ever created in any medium, including Frankie Goes to Hollywood videos. Behind the military manoeuvrings, the human story revolves around people backstabbing, bitching, making catty asides, breaking off friendships and betraying one another. Ignore the gunfire and it's like a soap opera set in a ballet school. Many of the missions require you to adopt the guise of Yuri, an impressionable young Russian lad hanging around with a pair of impossibly butch men, one of whom, Captain Price, is the aforementioned guy with a moustache – not just any moustache, mind, but a full-blown leatherman's handlebar number. I think Captain Price's "look" was designed by Tom of Finland. Your other companion is a Scottish lad called Soap. I'm not sure why he's called Soap, although I think it's because Captain Price once picked him up in a bathhouse. Price is definitely the "top" in the relationship, and before long both you and Soap appear to be vying for his affections. Often when you look at Price, the word "Follow" literally appears over his head – a sincere instruction presumably beamed directly from your heart – as you walk behind him, tracing his footsteps while gazing forlornly at his back like a pining lover. When Price commands you to "get down", you literally crawl behind him on your hands and knees. Sometimes you'll be crawling so close, your viewpoint goes right up between Price's legs until his crawling, pumping backside takes up the entire screen, which is precisely the sort of cinematography that failed to occur in Delta Force starring Chuck Norris. Perhaps that's why Modern Warfare 3 will make more money than Delta Force did. Because presumably they've done market research and discovered that that's what their consumers want. I just wish they'd be honest about it and let the lead characters kiss. And press X to use tongues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 I'll play if you want. I'm not it's biggest fan, but I'm still always going to be playing it regardless. Coolies, what's your tag (or do I already have it and I'm being an idiot)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Kurtsimonw. I've given you an add. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Good stuff. 8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rino8 Posted November 14, 2011 Visiting Supporter Share Posted November 14, 2011 So, for anyone who's: a) not been left horribly disillusioned by the multiplayer hasn't already gotten rid c) not playing Skyrim 24/7 d) on Xbox e) no problem carrying an utterly useless player (all my previous COD mojo has seemingly deserted me ) ...shall we get some VT team/clan action going? I'll give it a go. Somewhere between running around a few of the maps going 30-10 with the 1887's and making 5th in the world on Domination rage quit, I started to enjoy it, I didn't do all that great, my K/D dropped a little, but I didn't really have any bad games, and I actually managed to have a nearly 60 kill domination game. It's still annoying as hell, and I think the fact that I have a slightly worse connection than everybody effects me sometimes but I can put up with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 7.30 it is, then lads. I'm gonna give myself a "VTer" clantag. Oh yeah. I am that sad. 8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Played this on Friday for the first time. I'm a total "n00b" when it comes to COD. Had the previous 2 but never played them online. So it was quite hilarious. Played with my mate who wasn't much better. Think my best game I got 7 kills and was chuffed to bits. Think the winner in that one got 57 kills Anyway it was fun! People like you are the reason I lose so many TDM games. The amount of times I've gone 30-3 only to lose because some dunce on my team has gone and got 2-20. :evil: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briggaman Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 I'm shit at it but I'll play if there's space. Cobbs82 is my tag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 There's always room for you, dude. My God, that sounds totally ghey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Woohoo, I've suddenly started getting better again! MP9 absolutely kills everything in it's path, and for a machine pistol it's got some range on it. I've had more luck with that in one game than any of the assault rifles or SMGs, and it's only a secondary weapon. **** get in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 How did you lot do? Got dragged out of the house and only just got back in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 It, erm, didn't start too well. But we soon got our shit together and caned some games of HQ Pro. I need to start playing more HQ, might learn the maps a bit faster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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