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aisixers376
08-14-2007, 06:02 PM
I know that it doesnt come out for a while like until november, but it looks like the GTOY. The graphics are the best i have ever seen in a video game. There are new features like where you can be completey silent a sneak on people. you can also like throw bombs on objects and when enemies get near you can blow it up when you want. there is also this slight of hand thing that i dont really understand. also in 1 player you can play at night and it raining. you can shoot through walls too. and there is so many more new features. it looks so realistic. here is a link where you can see some of the trailers. Discuss.
http://www.gametrailers.com/gamepage.php?id=4735#userreviews
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/21257.html
aisixers376
08-14-2007, 06:13 PM
i will buy it.
Who wouldnt
-HSKR-
08-14-2007, 06:14 PM
My new favorite game.
bulldogslax
08-14-2007, 06:16 PM
go to charlieoscardelta.com
aisixers376
08-14-2007, 06:20 PM
go to charlieoscardelta.com
just went there. looks amazing
Mista Hollywood
08-14-2007, 07:37 PM
call of duty 2 is the best game ever for the 360. Live is amazing
aisixers376
08-14-2007, 10:13 PM
call of duty 2 is the best game ever for the 360. Live is amazing
whats your gamertag ill play you sometimes
valax16
08-14-2007, 10:37 PM
looks amazing. my only problem is I heard it's only going to be coming out for the consoles.
mnlax9
08-14-2007, 10:54 PM
i am so excited for this to come out.
thanks for the vids
Eagle Middie
08-15-2007, 08:09 AM
THIS GAME IS AWESOME!!!!! bullets comin through walls!!!!! I want this so badly
aisixers376
08-15-2007, 10:44 AM
looks amazing. my only problem is I heard it's only going to be coming out for the consoles.
what do you mean
aisixers376
08-15-2007, 10:48 AM
do any of you guys here play call of duty 2 on xbox live? if you do give me your gamertag and i will play with you.
Mista Hollywood
08-15-2007, 11:00 AM
do any of you guys here play call of duty 2 on xbox live? if you do give me your gamertag and i will play with you.
i sent you a friend request
DJ Death
08-15-2007, 11:21 AM
i'm actually more excited about ace combat 6: fires of liberation, but then again i'm an ace combat junkie. this looks really good, but i'm so pissed that they decided not to make CoD games for the PC anymore. first-person shooters are meant for the mouse and keyboard. what were they thinking?
Sir Mackel
08-15-2007, 11:49 AM
Yea Call of Duty 4 is lookin' amazing and can only get better. Can't wait to play online on the Wii.
I'm on my Wii's internet channel writing this!
c0letraiN
08-15-2007, 11:53 AM
Yeah it looks really really good. I am deffinately gonna be getting it for my 360. Maybe not on release but soon after, or possibly for Christmas. We'll see.
valax16
08-15-2007, 12:41 PM
what do you mean
I heard that it's only going to be coming out for the PS3 and XBOX 360 and all of those other consoles, and that they aren't going to make it for the computer.
lax21goalie2008
08-15-2007, 12:45 PM
When did Call of Duty stop making World War II games? Anyways, it does look cool, and I would definitely buy this game. I thought that we needed another modern shooter with not as much emphasis on strategy like in the Tom Clancy games.
DJ Death
08-15-2007, 01:02 PM
tom clancy games lost their emphasis on strategy after ubisoft took over red storm. every game of theirs from rainbow six 3 onward has been pure arcade trash. don't get me wrong, the splinter cell games are a ton of fun, but ubisoft turned their backs on their most stable fan base by veering away from the tactical shooters that made it a profitable business. stuff like rainbow six vegas is nothing near tactical and is more arcade shooter than anything.
aisixers376
11-05-2007, 07:11 PM
i got it today one of the sickest games ever. the graphics are amazing and just the whole set up is awesome, looking forward to see you guys on live playing it
stinch38
11-05-2007, 08:22 PM
Ign gave call of duty 4 a 9.4, thats one good rating
Lacrosse4life31
11-05-2007, 09:15 PM
Yea Call of Duty 4 is lookin' amazing and can only get better. Can't wait to play online on the Wii.
I'm on my Wii's internet channel writing this!
Is the Wii getting it? I thought it was just PS3 and 360...
hehe i'm doing this on me iPhone!
Prof. Mushroom
11-05-2007, 11:15 PM
looks amazing. my only problem is I heard it's only going to be coming out for the consoles.
Where did you hear that? Because it is coming out for PC (as of the last time I heard). I am completely positive......unless they just announced it recently. But I am positve it is..it has to. I have been waiting for this game ever since I first heard of it. It looks insane.
Yea Call of Duty 4 is lookin' amazing and can only get better. Can't wait to play online on the Wii.
I'm on my Wii's internet channel writing this!
I don't think it is coming out for Wii.
petejobu22
11-06-2007, 01:12 AM
tom clancy games lost their emphasis on strategy after ubisoft took over red storm. every game of theirs from rainbow six 3 onward has been pure arcade trash. don't get me wrong, the splinter cell games are a ton of fun, but ubisoft turned their backs on their most stable fan base by veering away from the tactical shooters that made it a profitable business. stuff like rainbow six vegas is nothing near tactical and is more arcade shooter than anything.
I'd kill for an old style tactical shooter now-a-days... :bawling:
aisixers376
11-06-2007, 04:49 PM
after playing it for longer its to complicated, yet it still is a great game. didnt live up to my expections. who here has it?(or are you guys noobs and only play halo)
Lacrosse4life31
11-07-2007, 02:52 PM
Where did you hear that? Because it is coming out for PC (as of the last time I heard). I am completely positive......unless they just announced it recently. But I am positve it is..it has to. I have been waiting for this game ever since I first heard of it. It looks insane.
I don't think it is coming out for Wii.
Yea, I'm pretty sure the wii aint gettin it. only ps3 and the box
Lacrosse4life31
11-07-2007, 02:55 PM
or are you guys noobs and only play halo)
haha man i laughed at that, good one!
I'm gettin this weekend, but for now, i guess I'm a n00b (you need to correct your l33t language) lol jk, but yea, i want this so bad!
:)lax
11-07-2007, 03:03 PM
after playing it for longer its to complicated, yet it still is a great game. didnt live up to my expections. who here has it?(or are you guys noobs and only play halo)
i played the beta and it wasn't complicated at all, maybe...you're the n00b?
Prof. Mushroom
11-07-2007, 03:06 PM
haha man i laughed at that, good one!
I'm gettin this weekend, but for now, i guess I'm a n00b (you need to correct your l33t language) lol jk, but yea, i want this so bad!
Actually wouldn't it be 1337? I could be wrong. I never use leet so I don't know a thing about it really.
ML_LAX09
11-07-2007, 04:30 PM
I'm so P.O.'d right now, I thought it was coming out on PS2, but it's not.... :(
Oh well, I think I may get a 360 for X-Mas anyway....
laxdude802
11-07-2007, 06:17 PM
yeah I got it for ps3 and it is AWESOME the online is great, aswell as the story
kleinlax-75
11-07-2007, 06:33 PM
i played it its sick as hell
Meade Lacrosse
11-07-2007, 08:00 PM
I work at Circuit City. Halo 3 had less people coming in when it came out. It definitely is awesome.
slinkyspine
11-08-2007, 10:04 PM
I don't get why anyone would want it for anything other than PC, if their computer can handle it.
FPS was meant for a mouse/keyboard.
Prof. Mushroom
11-08-2007, 10:39 PM
PC all the way!!
aisixers376
11-09-2007, 07:06 PM
i played the beta and it wasn't complicated at all, maybe...you're the n00b?
your a n00b
HeadHeartHustle
11-09-2007, 08:51 PM
OMG!! i played it today. on my friends 360. he used his hi def cables on his 48 inch widescreen plasma television.
AMAZING!!!
-best grahics of any game
- really nice AI
-Good weapons
-Fun multiplayer
if you have 360, get this game!
HeadHeartHustle
11-09-2007, 08:52 PM
your a n00b
both of you are n00b5 !! lol jk
aisixers376
11-10-2007, 09:38 AM
I don't get why anyone would want it for anything other than PC, if their computer can handle it.
FPS was meant for a mouse/keyboard.
what is FPS? i have heard of it but i dont know what it is or what it stands for
spenny
11-10-2007, 09:42 AM
FPS - first person shooter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-person_shooter
Tehb2
11-11-2007, 05:48 PM
COD4 is awesome. I got it for the PC, and the missions are fun, the story is good, and the dramatic game moments always bring you into it a little bit more. I think I liked the characters a lot more than in previous COD games. I was actually sad to see that most died by the end of the game. IW killed a lot of people in that game, but its still good.
Graphics are good, although I need to get a graphics card(old), RAM(took out a defective card and now down half a GB), and sound card(mine broke, and currently using the built in crap) upgrade to cut down on the lag. When i try to snipe and aim down the scope things start to lag a bit, which was a real pain in the all-sniper mission (flashback).
Online is fun too, and there is a pretty good range of customizable options for classes and weapons.
In repsonse to the PC/Console debate: PC is always better for FPS's. If you have the hardware, graphics are amazing, and online play is better. Using a mouse and keyboard, with practice or experience, is completely immersive and extremely quick and precise. When Windows LIVE starts coming out with FPS games where xbox can play pc, xbox players won't have a chance in h_.
nclaxer62
11-12-2007, 12:49 PM
you can shoot through walls too.
it looks so realistic.
oh?
I think I'll stick to Halo 3.
Eclipse
11-12-2007, 10:40 PM
you can shoot through walls too.
it looks so realistic.
oh?
I think I'll stick to Halo 3.
Im not sure if that is sarcasm but, in case you didnt know, many high powered rifles could penetrate a sturdy wall, even a thin layer of concrete. The campaign mode on this game is awesome.
roycegracie47
11-15-2007, 07:38 AM
Game is awesome to the max.
Picked it up monday while waiting for my PS3 to arrive from Amazon (which came a day earlier than quoted on tuesday!) and after much wailing and nashing of teeth to get the wifi to make nice with our network I managed to get online last night. I've never been stellar at FPS nor have I ever been an online gamer (this is the first online game I had played in years) and I had a blast, despite being the new guy in match full of people with better ranks, perks and weapons I didn't end up in last place. It was second to last, not something to be overly proud of (but I did mention I've never been stellar at FPS's) but I had more kills than I thought I had gotten and there is at least the knowledge that one guy did worse than I did. I plan on reading more about leveling up and what perks and gear is unlocked when (because the manual that comes with the game has even less info than an EA manual, which I didn't think was possible) though from what I've read on gamefaqs it seems like the game is very friendly towards earning xp to unlock more stuff. I was also very happy to see how smooth the game ran despite fearing the strength of my connection.
Single player is awesome as well. That first level sort of reminded me of the first level all the way in the first Socom where you storm the freighter (I like how the tutorial level is your run-through for the real deal). The scripted events feel really immersive and are exectuted well. I'm glad I got this.
spenny
11-15-2007, 11:12 AM
i really like COD3, i'm hoping that they will release COD4 for the mac
abomb
11-15-2007, 10:18 PM
Im still deciding whether I like the fact that you cant switch your class once you start the game.
slinkyspine
11-15-2007, 10:21 PM
Im still deciding whether I like the fact that you cant switch your class once you start the game.
In multiplayer?
Yes you can
Eclipse
11-16-2007, 11:05 AM
Im still deciding whether I like the fact that you cant switch your class once you start the game.
Almost all military games are like that though. In SOCOM, you can change your weapons every time you die. I can remember playing 2-3 other games on multiplayer that allowed you to even change between countries, I wish I could remember the names.
DJ Death
01-29-2008, 09:08 PM
for those of you who have played it, what do you guys think of the epilogue "Mile High Club"? the game gives absolutely no indication as to how it plays into the campaign. there are some clues, though. you hear captain price's voice throughout the mission, so it's basically established that he is the squad leader on the mission. so does this mission take place after the events of the campaign or before it like the ghillie suit wetwork flashback? does price even survive the end of the campaign? and who in the world is the VIP?
there have been some pretty wild theories i've heard, though. one of them was that captain price became a rock star and his plane got hijacked, which i'll believe when pigs fly.
also, i dunno if you guys caught it, but the 'Airplane' reference was priceless, too.
"surely you can't be serious."
"i'm serious...and don't call me shirley."
stinisonfire
01-30-2008, 01:38 AM
Well at the end, you see Capt. Price getting CPR, so I think he pulled through. I mean, he is perhaps the most BA video game character to come through in a while.
Sucks, but you clearly saw Griggs and Gaz get taken out at the end. I think that was the worst part.
However, my big question is how they got on a plane that was in the air unless they knew it was already going to be hi-jacked... oh well.
Who knows, maybe the creators just wanted a fun, thought-less mission to end that game that's damn near impossible to beat on Veteran.
LaxIzKool
01-30-2008, 01:41 AM
ut you clearly saw Griggs and Gaz get taken out at the end
GAz is knocked out not dead? or so I believe
roycegracie47
01-30-2008, 07:15 AM
Well at the end, you see Capt. Price getting CPR, so I think he pulled through. I mean, he is perhaps the most BA video game character to come through in a while.
Sucks, but you clearly saw Griggs and Gaz get taken out at the end. I think that was the worst part.
However, my big question is how they got on a plane that was in the air unless they knew it was already going to be hi-jacked... oh well.
Who knows, maybe the creators just wanted a fun, thought-less mission to end that game that's damn near impossible to beat on Veteran.
How do you get on the plane? Porbably one of the developers stayed up late on night watching Executive Decision....
GAz is knocked out not dead? or so I believe
SPOILERS BELOW!
It's pretty much accepted that Gaz, as awesome as he was, was killed (btw, there should be spoiler warnings for those who haven't played the game yet). Capt Price was the only one whose fate was left ambiguous,leaving it up for the player to decide. Plus if you need to remember throughout the course of the game IW was not afraid to kill off other characters...Pvt Jackson anyone? However right now CoD5 is being done by Treyarch and being rumored to put us back in WWII, which could also speculate that Infinity Ward may or may not be on the books for CoD6 and another Modern Warfare installment, giving both developers different realms to work with.
Also I'm merging this with the CoD 4 master thread....we create megathreads for a reason (edit the clan creation thread as that is mainly for setting up any clans and compiling who may be joining).
ramslac05
01-30-2008, 12:30 PM
i got this game last saturday, then i got live two days ago and ive been playing on live nonstop
snow day today so im camping out on the couch
stinisonfire
02-02-2008, 01:30 AM
GAz is knocked out not dead? or so I believe
I just beat the mission on Veteran. Gaz is behind you when the tanker blows up on the bridge. Sucks, but I had to beat it to see it again.
ekajsk8er
02-02-2008, 11:04 AM
Well at the end, you see Capt. Price getting CPR, so I think he pulled through. I mean, he is perhaps the most BA video game character to come through in a while.
Capt. MacMillan > Capt. Price
OI, SUZI
roycegracie47
02-02-2008, 02:21 PM
Capt. MacMillan > Capt. Price
OI, SUZI
All Ghillied Up = Best level in an FPS ever.
LaxProdi G
02-02-2008, 11:16 PM
it would be cool if everyone could also post they're level. im just throwing that out there but any ways
im a like 11 on the second prestige
mnlax9
02-03-2008, 11:04 AM
16 prestige
cavgoalie7
02-03-2008, 11:06 AM
47, 5th prestige
cali feeder
02-03-2008, 12:58 PM
47, 5th prestigeJW, do you have a life?
cavgoalie7
02-03-2008, 04:10 PM
JW, do you have a life?
I've had it since mid November keep in mind
Mr.Pockets19
02-03-2008, 05:51 PM
I just beat the mission on Veteran. Gaz is behind you when the tanker blows up on the bridge. Sucks, but I had to beat it to see it again.
It might be different on veteran, but I did the last level on Normal, and Gaz is on the ground infront of you and gets shot in the head by one of the three russian guys you have to kill at the end
stinisonfire
02-04-2008, 01:47 AM
It might be different on veteran, but I did the last level on Normal, and Gaz is on the ground infront of you and gets shot in the head by one of the three russian guys you have to kill at the end
I've beat it on all four levels and none of the times I've been able to get the angle to see Gaz after Griggs pulls you away. You may be thinking of when the main terrorist is shooting his own guys for being weak. Gaz is clearly blown up at the tanker because he's behind you when you're pulled to safety by Griggs.
roycegracie47
02-04-2008, 07:02 AM
I've beat it on all four levels and none of the times I've been able to get the angle to see Gaz after Griggs pulls you away. You may be thinking of when the main terrorist is shooting his own guys for being weak. Gaz is clearly blown up at the tanker because he's behind you when you're pulled to safety by Griggs.
Then you're in for another replay. Before Price slides you the gun, when the Russians approach you and the guys in front of you, pay attention to your reticle. Gaz's name pops up in green and you get the displeasure of helpless watching him get shot before you get your own shot at revenge.
stinisonfire
02-04-2008, 06:51 PM
I will tell you that beating it on Veteran was one of the most satisfying parts of the game. I always shoot the guys on his wing so that way he can see me shoot him in the head. OH and the headshot I usually take is amazing.
26laxman26
02-04-2008, 08:32 PM
Im gonna be satisified JUST to beat the game. im playing it through on hardened and its been going good until now. im on the part where you had to give the sniper captain a piggy back ride and i know have to hold off until helicopters get to me. the farthest ive made it is to when the copters come, but when i run to get the captain, i always die from all of the enemy fire. anyone got any advice? thank in advance.
cavgoalie7
02-04-2008, 08:42 PM
Im gonna be satisified JUST to beat the game. im playing it through on hardened and its been going good until now. im on the part where you had to give the sniper captain a piggy back ride and i know have to hold off until helicopters get to me. the farthest ive made it is to when the copters come, but when i run to get the captain, i always die from all of the enemy fire. anyone got any advice? thank in advance.
look on youtube, basically you just hide in a corner and let Mac fend for himself(he's invincible). Then after 4 minutes or so blow up all the c4 in front of you and run and get him. Worked on Veteran for me :guns:
26laxman26
02-04-2008, 09:41 PM
Alright, ill give that a shot, thanks a lot. and yeah, youtube rocks for stuff like this, i forgot all about it.
stinisonfire
02-09-2008, 07:36 PM
You gotta keep moving too, especially on the harder levels. I'll snipe a couple people, light up C4, snipe, move, snipe, move, repeat.
roycegracie47
02-09-2008, 10:17 PM
I hadn't played in a while so I figured I'd give it a round or 2 today finally deciding to move away from just FFA to Merc Team Deathmatch. After some well spent time on Wetworks getting reacquainted with the M21 and raising a few levels I realize I shoulda been playing MTD all along (though I doubt I'll ever be good enough to survive S&D), less people to kill me though it really stinks to be sighting a guy and to either a) have a guy suddenly spawn right in front of my scope/sights or take the shot and only get a +2 because someone else you can't see is getting credit for the kill.
cali feeder
03-13-2008, 12:23 AM
Okay, sorry bout the bump, but I just beat the game on regular and had a couple things to input:
SPOILER BELOW!!!
Captain Price dies at the end. You see the Russian friendly trying to give him CPR, but it isn't working and he just starts banging on Price's chest, probably an indication that he can't save him and is frustrated.
Gaz is shot in the head by the guy. I pointed at him right before he was shot, and "Gaz" appeared.
Assuming Price died, the "Mile High Club" mission had to take place at least before the last level, and most likely before the first mission, since you know it's Price's voice but they don't use his name, which probably also means that you don't play as Soap during that level either. I have NO IDEA who the VIP was though, any ideas?
Also, to those of you who have beat it on different difficulties, are there alternate endings?
ramslac05
03-13-2008, 01:49 PM
All Ghillied Up = Best level in an FPS ever.
i agree
after an hour or two of live ill come back and play this level because its SO OUtRAGEOULSY SWEET
cavgoalie7
03-13-2008, 02:37 PM
Also, to those of you who have beat it on different difficulties, are there alternate endings?
SPOILER
Here's one http://youtube.com/watch?v=MavEsYvoR7o (At the end of it)
Apparently if you shoot the heli a bunch of times with an RPG(it won't crash), it will trigger this ending. I tried it, and got nothing.
DJ Death
03-13-2008, 02:53 PM
SPOILER
Here's one http://youtube.com/watch?v=MavEsYvoR7o (At the end of it)
Apparently if you shoot the heli a bunch of times with an RPG(it won't crash), it will trigger this ending. I tried it, and got nothing.
ROFL what a stupid ending. the developers didnt even attempt to make it look realistic at all.
cali feeder
03-14-2008, 12:11 AM
Okay, new theory on the Epilogue "Mile High Club".
When you first meet up with Kamarov in the field, he and his men start to run off, but Price says, "Hold up, remember Beirut?" or something like that, and then says "You owe us one." So maybeeeee...the VIP was actually Kamarov, who you rescued before any of this happened.
Yay? Nay?
stinisonfire
03-15-2008, 10:55 AM
Royce, you are 100% right and I was 100% wrong. I still hate watching it happen though. However, I make up for it by shooting Zakhev's (sp) body guards first and then him as he turns around.
Cali, I'd possibly believe that if a) the VIP you save wasn't in a business suit on a luxury airplane and b) if it was titled something other than "Epilouge" lol
spenny
03-15-2008, 06:28 PM
gar! i want to play. its not coming out for the mac till may, and probably wont run on my powerbook. i dont see myself buying a new desktop this year.
lax@wwu21
03-15-2008, 09:54 PM
^Windows FTW!
Actually, I play on an XBOX 360 and it's plain out awesome.
Went on a 43 kills and 3 deaths spree. I have photos to prove it too...
roycegracie47
03-16-2008, 08:48 AM
gar! i want to play. its not coming out for the mac till may, and probably wont run on my powerbook. i dont see myself buying a new desktop this year.
I can see I'm going have to invite you over (or find you've invited yourself over) just so you can finally play...
spenny
03-16-2008, 10:23 AM
sweet. i'll take you up on that.
stinisonfire
04-04-2008, 11:26 AM
Creek - A wide open village ravaged by combat where concealment is the difference between life and death
Broadcast - fight throughout an enemy communications building with confined corridors and wide open parking lots
Chinatown - a foggy downtown district lit only by a full moon and the neon glow of the city
Killhouse - featuring a desolate training warehouse filled with a variety of building mock ups and soft and hard cover points.
Apparently these were supposed to come out April 2nd, but were delayed until the 9th/10. Now they are available. Anyone else buy them yet? Opinions?
Stin's initial thoughts and notes:
+ You get +20 for kills and +4 for assists, so I take it as Xbox is giving you a way to level up faster for buying the pack.
+ I keep getting Broadcast and Chinatown. While I like both of these, I haven't had a chance to play Killhouse out of about 8 matches.
+ Two new matches are added to the playlist for this: Variety Pack Team Deathmatch and Objective, which means no hardcore.
+ I haven't seen many below like, level 3 prestige playing on these and about 20k are in the TDM lobby
+ So far, I've only played TDM. I tried playing objective, but I could only get into broadcast and my team was getting lit up in Sabotage.
Broadcast:
Wow, this map is HUGE and clearly meant for big-team games. I would say it's one of the biggest maps for COD, both in size and depth of separate areas to play in. It's Al-Asad's initial communication building where he was broadcasting the fake tape from in the game. Marines start up in the room where the fake tape was started from, I don't know about opFor. Obviously it's Marines and Terrorist.
The parking lot is indeed very wide open, but also a ton of corners to hide behind and even a few decent areas to snipe from, either into the building or out into the pavement. The roof is well designed and is accessible by three entrances with a ton of AC units and concrete walls to hide behind / camp from.
The inside building is pretty sweet - the computer room and such. There are several individual rooms with cubicles to run around and hide behind as well. It's broken up into a bunch of different areas, like the level you storm this building. There are several areas you can snipe to the outside from the inside, so those of you that go for that sort of thing would love this.
With this map being so big and many sections being wide open, I think it's a great map for big-team as well as headquarters / team deathmatch. Search and Destroy would work well here.
Post TDM: I think this will be the map that takes the longest to like. It's a big map with a lot of close quarters; so it's like playing a bunch of small maps. However, when you get into the big rooms, you can be shot from pretty much every angle. I haven't played outside much, except for the roof. However, after playing a few more times, I found it's better once you figure the layout and radar. I just went 13-3 & 20-8 playing with and against people ranked higher than I am.
Chinatown:
Right off the bat, I noticed how much detail there is throughout the city. I would say it's a little smaller than district but seems to be a lot more fun. This map has nothing to do with the game's story itself, which is understandable. It's SAS vs. Spetznaz.
What I like about this map is that almost every building has an entrance and two stories (I found one with a third). I would say you're about to run in and explore about 60-70% of the buildings. This in turn means you're a dead man if you're running through the streets because you could have an entire team on a street. I was also able to find a few buildings connected by an overhang that you could easily snipe / assault from.
The description tells you that it's great for any mode and that's correct. I could see a big-team battle going on with enough room for snipers, but a team deathmatch or headquarters game would be fun. What I'd really like to see on here is how domination would be played and where the locations are. I really think this could be one of my favorites, up there with Crash and Bog.
Post TDM play: This map plays a lot bigger than I gave credit for. I found a couple really nice areas where I posted up with claymores and had 3-4 people kills before I was pelted with grenades. First time I led my team at 15-9 and just went 16-7. I've found that running out to the street is probably the worst idea and you have to make sure you're watching all the windows if you take to the streets.
Killhouse
This is a very small map, but looks like a lot of fun. I would say it's about 2x the size of Shipment and about 2/3 the size of Showdown (sprinted from one side to the other in ~10 seconds with an mp5). Its description reads "speedball style warehouse" interior, so it's designed to look like you're playing in a paintball warehouse in a rectangle shape. If you're a fan of the random grenade throwing to start off the match, this is the map you will get kills early on.
Basically imagine a bigger version of the mock-up you do to start the story mode. What I find really cool about this map is that there are video cameras posted up to give you the feeling your match is being watched for training. I would say this is like a much smaller, indoor version of Wet Works/
Throughout the map, there are numbers and arrows spray painted, just like the first part of the game. It reminds me of the warehouse level from Counterstrike, (minus the scaffolds and the large, stacked boxes) for those of you that have played. In the middle of the map is a high wooded guard post (but not high enough for a falling death) that I think you could pull off a few assault snipes before getting gunned down. The base of your perch is a thin wood with gaps, so it wouldn't be long until someone comes up underneath and takes you out. However, if you had people watching out for you, it is a small map...
Creek:
I have extremely high expectations for this map and was really impressed with the multiple sniping areas and angles. It is a camper's / sniper's DREAM and reminds me of the opening level of Halo3. This is the third SAS/Spetznaz map of the four.
It's a map where I think you could play any game mode with satisfaction and I like the size. I'd say it's a mid-sized map that has a lot of promise to it. There are multiple buildings to hide in and gives you clear openings to shoot at.. or be shot at.
What I also like about this is the mountainside to the game. There's a pathway which leads to a bridge that connects to the "war-torn village". There are two tunnels dug into the map as well, which adds depth to the game and easy access to flank one side to another.
Post TDM: I REALLY like this map. This is the only map that is designed specifically for sniping. Thing is, this is also the only map I like for such an event. I found an area where people ran right past me, which provoked me to come out of my hiding spot and knife them. I've found two areas where you're pretty much invincible if you set up your claymores in the right spot.
ramslac05
04-04-2008, 12:09 PM
i would be playing the new maps right now, but im in florida on SB and theres not a chance im letting any airline handle my xbox, so ill be getting them 1st thing when I get back
thanks stinson, for giving a preview of what to expect when i get back
ML_LAX09
04-04-2008, 04:25 PM
I thought the new maps came out next thursday?
Also, if they are out for 360, where do you buy them. The marketplace?
Oh and Edit, great review Stin.
Lax4life528
04-04-2008, 05:29 PM
thank you stin
this is coming out for ps3 too right?
bedfordlax6
04-04-2008, 05:32 PM
A couple of my friends have the new maps and i have been trying to for like an hour but it keeps saying Can't retrieve information from XBOX LIVE. Please try again later
ML_LAX09
04-04-2008, 05:35 PM
thank you stin
this is coming out for ps3 too right?
Yeah, it's coming out for PS3, but later on.
stinisonfire
04-04-2008, 05:45 PM
The main page of Live for Call of Duty that promoted the new maps.
Update:
Hardcore is available and the rest of the modes will be ready by next week.
This weekend is a 2x XP promo as well.
As for the PS3 questions, I heard they're going to be free at a later date.
I just went prestige again to take advantage of the 2x EXP and went from level 2-7 in one game (27 kills)
ramslac05
04-04-2008, 06:35 PM
i think the 2x xp is really really stupid, and yes im partly biased because i cant play right now
canesfan38
04-05-2008, 08:32 AM
Is anyone able to play killhouse, i was playing the new maps all last night and i didnt get killhouse once, i heard that you can only do it in team objective
cavgoalie7
04-05-2008, 11:20 AM
Is anyone able to play killhouse, i was playing the new maps all last night and i didnt get killhouse once, i heard that you can only do it in team objective
its says something about only in cage match/team tacticle(3v3)
stinisonfire
04-05-2008, 03:19 PM
Yeh, I wasn't able to play killhouse... but I don't think it would really be fun outside of Free For All or a small game. I mean, playing Domination on Shipment is only fun if you have a P90, Frag x 3 and sonic boom.
Whenever I need to level up either an SMG or LMG for points, that's what I do.