Call of Duty

[Teutonic Knight]

Hey all, I am seriously considering picking up COD after having beaten MOHAAS several times I *need* a WWII FPS. I was wondering what any of your who ownit/ have played it think?

Also on a different not I d/l the burnville demo and the menu text was like little white blocks and when I guessed my way through the menu into the game everything was blue wtf?

I searched google and I found that several other people were complaining of the same problem on gaming forums, but only about the demo, in other words no one seems to be having a problem with the game itself...

anyhoo your input is greatly appreciated http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif

[Monk]

COD, probably the best WWII shooter there is. Though the British campaign lacks a bit (you will have that lonewolf feeling after the first few levels) The American and Russian campaigns are very fun. Seeing AI teammates running by getting shot and exploding into red clouds of blood, the first time threw it was almost enough to make me think i was in multiplay. (though i figured out i wasn't soon enough) The Russian campaign is by far the best of the three, you start out as a conscript on the Volga river heading into Stalingrade, and from right on you are in the action. Stuka dive bombers make machine gun passes at your boat and nearly kill you, then its off into the dock where russian commanders shout propoganda while you are shoved into a line trying to get a rifle. It reminded me of the begining of Enemy at the gates.

The American campaign was just as fun, you drop in on normandy behind enemy lines and find yourself fending off whole divisions of troops. The AI is very good, actually thats an understatement, even on the lowest difficulty setting i was getting killed. Your team will take up defensive positions and cover, while they provide cover fire for you to advance and complete the objective. They have great AI and thouh they will lead the way, it's up to you to accomplish the objectives.

Though i was very dissapointed with the British campaign as it reminded me of the lonewolf gameplay of nearly all the other shooters, i was very happy with the other 2/3 of the game.

Controls are basic for any fps, wsda for movement and ect. sound was impressive, gets loud alote though http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif. Though i am not a big fan of WWII games, i have made an exception for COD. As PC gamer put it It's Medal of Honor done right and i can't say it any better.

[Teutonic Knight]

thanks Monk, I'll probably pick it up tomorrow...

[Obex]

I second Monk's remarks. COD is great. Unlike Monk, i liked the british campaign as well. the solo missions were a nice break from the squad based levels. all campaigns have their cool aspects though.

what makes COD better than MOH (besides better graffics and game play) is the squad team mates are actually helpful, and their deaths will not cause you to loose a level or reward. in MOH, my team mates would rush to their deaths, and i hated them for their burden on me, but in COD, i find myself enjoying their assistance.

one thing i learned is that it must have sucked to be a russian soldier, more so than in the other campaigns.

[Beirut]

I thought the British bridge mission was the best of the game. It really is a fantastic looking game, the graphics and sound and intensity are really something. But I find it too linear and forced. You MUST do this, then you MUST go there.

Hidden & Dangerous 2 is IMHO abetter game for replayability. Great grahics and sound nice character building (medals, experience, promotions), great variety of missions, but most of all, it is much, much more free form than COD. You can do most missions back-assward if you want to. Lots of style choices for how you play. From stealthy to ultra-violent. Much better replayabitlity and imagination.
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[Monk]

Quote[/b] (Beirut @ Feb. 16 2004,20:23)]I thought the British bridge mission was the best of the game. It really is a fantastic looking game, the graphics and sound and intensity are really something.
I agree with you, if you notice, on the second part of that mission as your squad mates are fireing in all directions trying desperately to hold back the Germans, you will hear a sort of dramatic music start to play. I have to say as i was letting loose with my Bren gun taking down enemy soldiers one after the other, then running to the 88 trying to put down the tanks coming in as my team were being shot all around me, it nearly brought a tear to my eyes. But after that the British campaign becomes a one man war, as a lot of other WWII games seem to do, and thats why i am a bit disappointed by it.

[Teutonic Knight]

y'alls input is greatly appreciated http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/bigthumb.gif

[Chimpyang]

I like the Russian campaign most of all though...ery difficult on vetran http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-2thumbsup.gif

[Knight_Yellow]

Its good but dont expect to play it a lot.


even the multiplayer got boring since all the maps have 2 ways to get to any point and both ways turn into a Choke point wich gets spammed with nades for 1/2 the match.


Best mission? Pegasus bridge how to PWN brit style

[FesterShinetop]

Quote[/b] (Beirut @ Feb. 17 2004,01:23)]Hidden & Dangerous 2 is IMHO abetter game for replayability. Great grahics and sound nice character building (medals, experience, promotions), great variety of missions, but most of all, it is much, much more free form than COD. You can do most missions back-assward if you want to. Lots of style choices for how you play. From stealthy to ultra-violent. Much better replayabitlity and imagination.
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I'll have to agree with that as well. Though I haven't played CoD itself I have played the demos.
BTW there are also 2 demos out for Hidden and Dangerous 2 (MP and SP):

SP Demo (http://www.gamershell.com/download_5073.shtml)
MP Demo (http://www.gamershell.com/download_5074.shtml)

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[Stormer]

yes its my favorite FPS of all time im always seem to be top of server think the games full of newbs or http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-rolleyes.gif yes its really fun and i advise everyone to buy it

[Teutonic Knight]

Quote[/b] (Stormer @ Feb. 19 2004,13:22)]yes its my favorite FPS of all time im always seem to be top of server think the games full of newbs or http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-rolleyes.gif yes its really fun and i advise everyone to buy it
what's it? is it:

COD or
HAD 2

[Voigtkampf]

I'm not much on the FPS wild side, but I liked Call of Duty even more than I liked MOHAA, MOHAA being my nummero uno for a long time. A lot of my friends switched sides over from Wolfenstein, MOHAA and Battlefield and went for the COD. Not to mention my better half; she enjoys the game and whenever she is free and in for some FPS, Call of Duty is on the menu

[spmetla]

I already discussed in the Tavern so here's two links to what I've said. The second link is my review so check that one out.

One page about it (http://www.totalwar.org/cgi-bin/forum/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=6;t=13685;hl=call+of+duty)


My thoughts on the game (http://www.totalwar.org/cgi-bin/forum/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=6;t=13256;hl=call+of+duty)

[Teutonic Knight]

Quote[/b] ]Not to mention my better half; she enjoys the game and whenever she is

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[Matt Deckard]

Can't vouch for the single player game because i only played multiplayer at a mates house, but i prefered the multiplayer of MOHAAS http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/rolleyes.gif . I suppose if you keep MOH installed for multiplay and CoD for single play, you get the best of both worlds http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/bigthumb.gif

[Teutonic Knight]

I'm going to pick it up today after my guitar lesson, I'l let you guys know what I think tonight http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/cheers.gif

[Big King Sanctaphrax]

Quote[/b] (Samurai-ninja_fusion_of_doom @ Feb. 19 2004,19:07)]Can't vouch for the single player game because i only played multiplayer at a mates house, but i prefered the multiplayer of MOHAAS http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/rolleyes.gif . I suppose if you keep MOH installed for multiplay and CoD for single play, you get the best of both worlds http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/bigthumb.gif
I disagree. CoD doesn't lose anything that AA had in MP, and adds quite a large amount.

[Knight_Yellow]

Dont buy Cod if you want MP games.

im warning you.

Cheating is now completely rampant and aimbots are everywhere.

not 20 minutes ago i was in a game where 3 bloody noobs had aimbots installed.

was so completely gay.



and you will play single player once then not realy bother with it again.


http://forums.acomba.de/showthread.php?p=104475#post104475 http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/angry.gif

[Crandaeolon]

Quote[/b] ]not 20 minutes ago i was in a game where 3 bloody noobs had aimbots installed.

was so completely gay.


Nah K_Y, ya prolly just happened to meet a few of the _good_ players out there. Any player worth his salt can own newbie servers with a kill ratio of 10:1. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/tongue.gif

Well seriously, there are cheaters of course (it's a quake engine game after all) but they're only a minor problem on a properly moderated server. Just wait for Punkbuster support; it's to be included in the 1.3 patch, supposedly out within days. It should help, at least a bit.

IMO CoD is most fun as a clan game. It doesn't reward players for teamplay like ET does, and I think ET is much more enjoyable on public servers and pickup teams. CoD needs fairly good teams on both sides to work well.

[The Scourge]

If anyone's playing CoD on-line .I recommend you download the Heat of Battle mod.(Call of Duty Org ,will point you in the right direction.)
It's a new game ,where both sides have to capture and hold objectives.It rewards team play ,has new maps ,the lot.
Been playing it for the last couple of evenings.Great fun
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[Teutonic Knight]

Quote[/b] (The Scourge @ Mar. 13 2004,17:18)]If anyone's playing CoD on-line .I recommend you download the Heat of Battle mod.(Call of Duty Org ,will point you in the right direction.)
It's a new game ,where both sides have to capture and hold objectives.It rewards team play ,has new maps ,the lot.
Been playing it for the last couple of evenings.Great fun
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thanks for the heads-up Scourge, will do http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif

[Voigtkampf]

I'll give it a try, I've downloaded it and will tell you how it turned out. Thanks for the heads up, Scourge

[The_Emperor]

Call of Duty is a great game.

Personally I really liked all the Missions. The American and Soviet Campaigns were great and really had that war feeling.

The British Missions were far from bad in my view, they just focused on a different aspect of the War (British Commando Raids) and they are hard.

The Truck chase and Airfield escape were a nightmare for me, i died so many times I lost count My fave Mission for the Brits had to be holding that Bridge... I was running around everywhere blowing up tanks with Nazis comming in from all directions http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-rifle.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/bigthumb.gif

Stalingrad was the high point, just like the beginning of Enemy at the Gates in a boat crossing the river comming under fire and when I get in line to get a weapon, I'm one of the unlucky sods who doesn't get a rifle (and then I have to run around drawing machine gun fire for some Sniper guy) http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/ht_surrender.gif

In short it is a totally awesome shooter, and is well worth a look.

[Lehesu]

Is there a demo? Now I am interested... http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-curtain.gif

[Voigtkampf]

Lehesu, Call of Duty is fabulous online experience, try it out in SP and adore it in MP

Click for Demo (http://www.3dgamers.com/games/callofduty/)

[spmetla]

Call of Duty is a bit too arcadey for me.

This mod makes the game a bit less arcadey although not enough to make me completely happy. Also it's added in a G43 and plans to add the M3 Grease gun among other weapons.

Here's the link:
Heat of Battle mod (http://hob.mikesmarauders.com/?DorseyInc.com)

[The_Emperor]

Quote[/b] (voigtkampf @ Mar. 23 2004,07:22)]Lehesu, Call of Duty is fabulous online experience, try it out in SP and adore it in MP
I actually tried the Multiplayer the other night and it is practically impossible... You'd be lucky to last 3 seconds.

As someone has already said, aimbots seem to be rampant.

[CBR]

Call of Duty is my favorite FPS right now. I havent tried any mods yet but I might do it soon and there are some very good looking mods in development.

Some servers might be haunted by aimbotters more than others. But the servers I normally play on there are active admins and its not a problem.


CBR

[The Scourge]

I've played loads online ,and don't think I've ever come across an aimbot.
Some very good shots ,but after getting used to the pace ,I've pulled off some pretty good shots myself.
There are a few other good mods ,btw.I like the realism severs .Where you don't get cross-hairs or those little flag things floating above your head .Although I did nearly get kicked once for killing 3 of my own team in a row ,but war's hell.
The merciless mods fun.All that blood ,great stuff.

[The Scourge]

Btw.Patch 1.3's just come out ,with 2 new maps.
Can't download the thing at the moment .Long waiting line it seems.

[Voigtkampf]

Quote[/b] (The_Emperor @ Mar. 23 2004,03:02)]
Quote[/b] (voigtkampf @ Mar. 23 2004,07:22)]Lehesu, Call of Duty is fabulous online experience, try it out in SP and adore it in MP
I actually tried the Multiplayer the other night and it is practically impossible... You'd be lucky to last 3 seconds.

As someone has already said, aimbots seem to be rampant.
Lol, everyone suffers from paranoia lately… Emperor, don't take this personally, but it's fun to see how much just everyone is rampaging about the aimbots. I've witnessed some hilarious fights on certain forums around it; you cheat, no, you are just mad because I shot you and so on just this afternoon… Things got pretty heated up, servers loked down, threats exchanged… Some lengths people will go when playing online.

Lately I played against a guy that I know personally; three times in a row we engage in close quarters, each time he scores one single headshot with a Thompson and I'm dead. Now, THAT smells like cheating, but I know for sure it wasn't. But if I didn't know him… Hmmm…

Too bad the 1.3 patch hasn't got the punkbuster yet, no idea when that baby will be out.

[CBR]

Aimbots are pretty easy to spot and I dont even think they are the most widespread cheats, its more wallhacks AFAIK.

I have encountered one with aimbot..think he is even rather famous Deus is his name IIRC. Running around and killing loads of people with headshots the instant you popped out. He wasnt even kicked from the server as people somehow thought he was funny lol.


CBR

[Crandaeolon]

Lol, yeah I remember Deus. He once visited Black Watch UK, where I used to play in the fall. He got kicked & banned quite promptly... http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

With killcam enabled, it's quite easy to spot aimbots. The player's movement will occasionally appear twitchy, as the crosshairs instantly snap to other people's heads. As CBR said, aimbots are usually rather rare; wallhacks and bright skins are more common. They are harder to spot by spectators, but odd behaviour like staring at walls or having truly superhuman reflexes when turning corners can give ya a hint.

Just so ya know, finger-pointing and accusing people of cheating whenever they have a good streak in the game is not something that should be encouraged. I'm a completely legit player, always have been, and I've been accused of using aimbots and wallhacks several times. Once I even got banned from a server for a while, but when an admin reviewed a replay of the game he judged me kosher and revoked the ban.

Currently I'm not playing the game any more, but waiting for Punkbuster support. That isn't going to stop all the cheaters, but the kiddies who can't make their own cheats will be gone.

[ElmarkOFear]

KNight-Yellow is correct in his evaluation of the game. The SP game is very good. You can play through it a few times then it gets boring. The MP side, got boring in less than 2 weeks of playing. Now people have found how to use aimbots, and other not so obvious cheats. Cheats aside, I have trouble with the few good choices in maps. They need to come out with new maps on a regular basis to keep games like this fresh and fun.

Ghost Recon had the same problems, but I still enjoy the gameplay of it compared to any other FPS shooter I have played thus far.

A good looking game which is coming out soon and looks promising is FAR CRY.

[nightcrawlerblue]

I played the demo. It's a good game but there is too much else to get right now. It was impressive but not enough for $50 (though when it takes you 2 1/2 months to get $50 very little is).

[PanzerJaeger]

Cod MP patch 1.4 just came out, its got a new map (plus 2 new ones from 1.3) and Punkbuster Multiplayer is very fun imo, especially with the new maps. Its very realistic and the graphix are great.

[Teutonic Knight]

I tried to start it up, and I get an illegal operation message to the effect that my video card does not have the required resources to run the program.

Now I find this strange since my comp ran MOH:AA rather nicely, is there any really incredible difference between them to warrant a new video card? http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif

[Voigtkampf]

Get yourself the newest drivers for your card, TK, CoD runs on an old Quake3 engine, it should go smoothly and without any troubles.

If it doesnt help, go visit Krae http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/bigthumb.gif

[Teutonic Knight]

hmm, I'm running A70 on Nvidia Vanta card, I just updated the drivers and it doesn't seem to make a difference...

[The Scourge]

Quote[/b] (Teutonic Knight @ May 01 2004,18:02)]hmm, I'm running A70 on Nvidia Vanta card, I just updated the drivers and it doesn't seem to make a difference...
Have you tried running it in safe mode?

CoD.org ,seem's to have gone AWL ,but you might wanna try a few of the other sites for a few hints.

Good luck.

[Teutonic Knight]

thanks, I'll try that..

[ah_dut]

Call of duty is incredible buy it now don't know about mods for it though http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/mecry.gif

[nightcrawlerblue]

What video card do you have? If it's integrated it might not be able to play CoD.

[The Scourge]

Quote[/b] (ah_dut @ May 24 2004,14:04)]Call of duty is incredible buy it now don't know about mods for it though http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/mecry.gif
You should really give the latest Heat of Battle Mod a try.Think it's version 1.4.And then download the map pack.
Cross-hairs are gone ;maps are in general much bigger ,new weapons.Average battle's usually about 15 a side.(Intense.)
It's all I ever really play these days.
Team Killers can be a big problem though ,so that really needs fixing.

[Teutonic Knight]

Quote[/b] (nightcrawlerblue @ May 24 2004,16:10)]What video card do you have? If it's integrated it might not be able to play CoD.
Nvidia Vanta A70 I downloaded the latest drivers for it, but that doesn't seem to help...

What bugs me is that it plays MOH:AA fine, and I didn't think this would that much of a step up from that...

[nightcrawlerblue]

Quote[/b] (Teutonic Knight @ May 25 2004,16:37)]
Quote[/b] (nightcrawlerblue @ May 24 2004,16:10)]What video card do you have? If it's integrated it might not be able to play CoD.
Nvidia Vanta A70 I downloaded the latest drivers for it, but that doesn't seem to help...

What bugs me is that it plays MOH:AA fine, and I didn't think this would that much of a step up from that...
Vanta A70? I've never heard of that...

How old is your PC? I'm guessing it's an onboard graphics card.

[Teutonic Knight]

Quote[/b] (nightcrawlerblue @ May 25 2004,20:31)]
Quote[/b] (Teutonic Knight @ May 25 2004,16:37)]
Quote[/b] (nightcrawlerblue @ May 24 2004,16:10)]What video card do you have? If it's integrated it might not be able to play CoD.
Nvidia Vanta A70 I downloaded the latest drivers for it, but that doesn't seem to help...

What bugs me is that it plays MOH:AA fine, and I didn't think this would that much of a step up from that...
Vanta A70? I've never heard of that...

How old is your PC? I'm guessing it's an onboard graphics card.
2 yrs, your guess is correct.

it's an HP pavillion with an AMD Athlon processor.

I don't know about the video card, I'm just writing what it says...

[nightcrawlerblue]

That's the culprit. Your onboard video device probably either isn't powerful enough or doesn't have enough VRAM. The only way to fix it will probably be to buy a video card.

If you decide to get one and want help deciding which one PM me.

[Teutonic Knight]

That's what I suspected, we can discuss it here, it'll run up our post counts too http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

[Nelson]

What are these aimbots in CoD? Are they bots used to flesh out teams?

[Degtyarev14.5]

They're cheats / hacks, which run while you play. Think of using an aimbot as Auto-aim: ON.

The crosshairs just jump to the other players' heads, and all you need do is press the fire button.

A.

[chunkynut]

Everyone is really antsy about aimbots and the like and i can say that I have seen a few, but nowhere near the amount in Half-Life mods. I, in the last 4-5 months, have seen 1 true aim bot user, the rest of the likely ones where probably using a wall hack.

But it is far from rampant. If you learn to use the weapons then you improve significantly by playing the game as that weapons class of soldier should. ie rifle troops stick together at a medium distance creates a good blanket of fire, also in a city/town a sub machine is obviously a good idea.

[Nelson]

Thanks, AC. When I want some WWII FPS action I play Day of Defeat using shrikebot to enlarge and balance the teams. My friends and I don’t care to play online with strangers so bot support is important to us. We don’t play very often and have no time to deal with buttheads. Bots in DoD and UT2004 are polite, always ready when we are, never hold grudges and don’t get pissed if we plug a friendly. If a game can’t include AI team mates along with humans we are unlikely to mess with it.

[RisingSun]

Then you, my friend, are missign out on the omline experience. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif Let me go dig up a certain penny arcade...

You're Missing Out... (http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2003-11-07&res=l)

There is another one that just came to mind, but I'll get that later. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[nightcrawlerblue]

I liked CoD my first time with the demo so I just downloaded the demo again and I was reminded of one of the reasons that I never bought the game. For some reason the near constant shaking of the screen (I guess) makes me nauseous. Don't know why and it never happpens on any other game but on CoD it does. It's the weirdest thing (pretty inconvenient too).

[Degtyarev14.5]

Nelson, what do you think of BF1942? Single player is a no-brainer, AI is dumb as Hell...

But it ships with bots. And, arguably, they are smarter than humans.

http://www.mentaldischarge.com/media/images/full/bf1942box.jpg

http://www.mentaldischarge.com/media/images/full/bf1942box_back.jpg

A.

[nightcrawlerblue]

Ahahahahahahaha lol

Oh man that was hilarious... http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-yes.gif

[Nelson]

Priceless

I've never played BF1942.

Good tactical AI is tough to come by in any game. When people criticize AI they are usually comparing it to competent, experienced players. Of course, not everyone is competent or experienced