Hero-of-Time Posted June 14, 2007 Posted June 14, 2007 Not fantastic. You get a sense of 'What the fuck is actually going on?' Cheers Heres a preview from Eurogamer about Call of Duty 4 and its sounding amazing. "When you see a guy running around in his urban camo with a camo weapon, you're gonna know that guy is a real badass." These are the words of Grant Collier, Infinity Ward president and the man in charge of ditching the successful WWII setting of the Call of Duty series and leading the fourth game into a terrifying near-future setting, already occupied by Rainbow Six and Ghost Recon. There are no antique firearms here, just high-tech assault rifles, thermal goggles and enough pocket-size explosives to kill a planet. The custom camo that Grant talks about is an unlockable extra, which along with the custom gamertags, will let you know that you're dealing with a professional killer and one who's likely to snipe you from 200ft without breaking a sweat. The brilliant bonus of the Call of Duty series has always been the great multiplayer mode in addition to the single-player game and Infinity Ward realises that it's picked up an increasingly skilled fan-base along the way. "We're really focusing on getting novice players into Call of Duty - a lot of people think that it's just for the hardcore," says Collier. "There's a lot of new people that want to get in but they're overwhelmed with all the options and we're trying to take care of that." The main method of welcoming new players is keeping things simple, until lessons are learned. "When someone starts off, they'll have just a few guns and, as they get kills, they'll unlock the rest of the weapons," Collier explains, before admitting that there's plenty for the trigger-happy veterans, gasping to get to grips with the new world of Call of Duty. "For the hardcore, there's unlockable extra skins that they can have for the weapons and custom gamertags." Aware that there's an increasing base of online ninjas who stalk Xbox Live and log an incredible amount of playtime, he stresses that downloads and levels are now a modern-day necessity. "For the gamers that don't have jobs, and burn through the game, we'll add extra levels and downloadable content too." The multiplayer development team is actually the same team that worked on the first and second instalments of the series. "The multiplayer team has been working on the game since day one and they had multiplayer up and running within three months," says Collier. Set across the US, the Middle-East and Russia, Call of Duty 4 isn't afraid of touching on contemporary political points which references to everything from the war in Iraq to aeroplane-based terrorism (watch the trailer on EGTV and you'll see a team storm a 747). "We want the game to play out like an entire series of 24," says Collier as he introduces a night mission which sees a barely visible wet terrain observed through thermal goggles, streaks of white sniper light scanning for targets. The panicked vocals, sheer amount of activity and no-holds barred combat make the single-player game alone a frightening prospect. In multiplayer, things will be much worse but when asked whether Call of Duty 4 will bring together the warring factions of bespectacled PC clans and trash-talking Xbox Live users, Collier says no. "We've explored the option of Xbox Live players playing with PC players and we're not really interested in doing it," he says. "We really like the fact that on Xbox 360, you've got a stable platform, so you don't have to have a Quad Core PC with 5GB of RAM to compete." Questioned about the differences between platforms in terms of online play, Collier says the PC will have more online options. "There will be small differences between each of the platforms - on PC you can have dedicated servers that are on a fast pipe where you'll get more players. With player counts, there's 32 on PC and between 12 and 16 on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3." Watching the action on Xbox 360, Infinity Ward has created the best-looking Xbox 360 FPS yet, and -until we see hard evidence that Halo 3 looks much better than the recent beta - it's going to turn heads. The characters themselves look incredible with worn facial expressions, glinting weapons and shadows so realistic that weapons even cast shadows on the texture-rich limbs of soldiers. "Players didn't really remember anyone from the other games, apart from Price," says Collier. Inevitably then, the push to make soldiers more recognisable has led to Price returning to the SAS and Delta teams. Moonlighter. Where Call of Duty 4 differs from Rainbow Six and Ghost Recon, however, is in the stylish, cinematic execution of each level. One minute you're stealthing around a Metal Gear-style boat in a storm, the next you're in the Middle-East, picking off enemies through the thick desert haze. There's realism but a sense of fun - take cover against a brick wall and it will rapidly crumble when enemy fire pins you down, forcing a move to the next hiding place. All the weapons in the game are real, too, and it's refreshing to blow walls apart with a shotgun - the unashamed gun-porn ethic of Black can be found alive and well in Call of Duty 4. Every shot, reload and click of an empty chamber sounds perfect. At a time when Halo 3 is fighting the intergalactic space-war single-handed, Infinity Ward has seen Rainbow Six and Ghost Recon and realised that they're not so much easy targets as sitting ducks in the world of big-name FPS games.
Guest Stefkov Posted June 14, 2007 Posted June 14, 2007 I wonder if anywhere will be doing any offers on DiRT. I'm gonna get rid of PGR3 I've decided. Might see if I can get a few more achievements off it, if not then its going. I wanna get C&C3 aswell... damn money.
Bren Posted June 14, 2007 Posted June 14, 2007 ahhhh i cant wait for call of duty 4! Whens release date for it?
Nexus Posted June 14, 2007 Posted June 14, 2007 i was wondering if anyone could help, exams end tommorow, and ive been trying to get my 360 chat thing to work about 2 weeks ago, and i couldnt get it to work properly, can anyone help, and to save time: all family settings and what not off, the guy i was trying to talk to is on my friends list and i cant think of why it dosent work, we've had to keep sending voice messages to on another, so any help? thanks!
Chuck Posted June 14, 2007 Posted June 14, 2007 nice. Ive just phoned microsoft, the lass told me my 360 will arrive at the repair centre tommorow (just to clarify I sent it a week yesterday by coureer, I phoned on monday and they said it was getting repaired and it will be sent back to me within a week) I think its all bollocks and they just tell you random shit because they dont know. Ill ring again later. Ill probably get a different answer even though its on the system. Ill know if microsoft are complete bollocks by then. i was wondering if anyone could help, exams end tommorow, and ive been trying to get my 360 chat thing to work about 2 weeks ago, and i couldnt get it to work properly, can anyone help, and to save time: all family settings and what not off, the guy i was trying to talk to is on my friends list and i cant think of why it dosent work, we've had to keep sending voice messages to on another, so any help? thanks! sometimes it just doesnt work, make sure both are plugged in (lol) turned on (clikcer to the right) turned up (circle to the right) and your in proper chat. If not reset your console
Nexus Posted June 14, 2007 Posted June 14, 2007 sometimes it just doesnt work, make sure both are plugged in (lol) turned on (clikcer to the right) turned up (circle to the right) and your in proper chat. If not reset your console alrighty i'll give it a shot tommorrow, if it works congrats if not, shakes fist.
Chuck Posted June 14, 2007 Posted June 14, 2007 Limited Editoin is really limited edition as there only availible for a short period, but you can preorder before. http://www.gamestop.com is the only availble place right now, but its american. I dont know if there coming to europe. EDIT controllers are $60 with a figurine $60 nicer one headset also $60 only £30.50 same as a normal one
Aimless Posted June 14, 2007 Posted June 14, 2007 Those controllers are far too 'busy'. They should have just had one that was Spartan green, like the headset, and another with an Elite colour set, both with their Guide buttons replaced with ones featuring the Halo 3 logo.
Guest Stefkov Posted June 14, 2007 Posted June 14, 2007 I noticed that earlier this morning. Why you changed it? So I've heard Forza is a really good game. Why does two driving games have to be released so close to wach other? Guys who have them both which one is better?
Tellyn Posted June 14, 2007 Posted June 14, 2007 Will you guys only be playing with the new Gears maps from now on?
Caris Posted June 14, 2007 Posted June 14, 2007 Yeah i changed it, i was sick of people say "will aye Caris aye move to cog" or whatever, or people asking if i was a girl...
ReZourceman Posted June 14, 2007 Posted June 14, 2007 Why'd you choose Zero G5? What does it all mean Basil.
Tellyn Posted June 14, 2007 Posted June 14, 2007 http://forums.forzamotorsport.net/forums/thread/246706.aspx
Guest Stefkov Posted June 14, 2007 Posted June 14, 2007 Zero G5 eh? G spot on a girl? Still could be confused
Caris Posted June 14, 2007 Posted June 14, 2007 Zero G5 eh? G spot on a girl?Still could be confused I'll g spot you in a second.
Guest Stefkov Posted June 14, 2007 Posted June 14, 2007 In zero the amount of time? Yeah so DiRT or Forza?
Chuck Posted June 14, 2007 Posted June 14, 2007 seriously? chris where are you when we want to take the mic
The fish Posted June 14, 2007 Posted June 14, 2007 In regards to Caris's new XBL name, why not change it to something that's still Caris. You could follow my example have it as Caris UK, but to be fair that is an abusive yank-magnet.
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