Call of Duty:Modern Warfare.......*3* - Page 107

Originally Posted by Iusteve



Can it get ANY worse????

Originally Posted by Daekwan

Hardened.

Originally Posted by coyote_5

Wow, let's all shed a tear for your 32 down, 5 up connection! How do you even shoot someone online with that dialup crap!!

Originally Posted by Daekwan

Same here.

I'll give it another hour. If nothing, then I'll drive. You guys do the shooting.

Originally Posted by PJ_Rage

Xbox should have a different service for people who have pings more than 50ms to the nearest servers. Seriously though. Separate lobbies. It would improve the gaming experience for all parties. Except when wanting to play with friends who have ****** connections. But hey, friends don't let friends have ****** internet

Anyway, bandwidth doesn't matter, (consistently) low ping is much more important.

For all you "it's not the game, it's you" haters out there....



All day every day. No throttling or speed boost or any other tricks. Just raw bandwidth. Just taken now, prime time on the east coast. Is it safe to say "it's not me, it's you"

Originally Posted by General Kenobi

This is why PJ sucks.

Originally Posted by Iusteve



Can it get ANY worse????

Originally Posted by Mike.Ehmann

Yes...

Originally Posted by jbg1

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Originally Posted by PJ_Rage

Xbox should have a different service for people who have pings more than 50ms to the nearest servers. Seriously though. Separate lobbies. It would improve the gaming experience for all parties. Except when wanting to play with friends who have ****** connections. But hey, friends don't let friends have ****** internet

Anyway, bandwidth doesn't matter, (consistently) low ping is much more important.

For all you "it's not the game, it's you" haters out there....



All day every day. No throttling or speed boost or any other tricks. Just raw bandwidth. Just taken now, prime time on the east coast. Is it safe to say "it's not me, it's you"

Originally Posted by coyote_5

Pay no attention to the kick-ass broadband behind the curtain!! The answer to PJ's god mode has been revealed!!

Modern Warfare 3 excels in what it does because it's abundantly clear that its developers knew exactly what they were making. They understood the pacing, the problem with choke points, the need to keep things constantly fresh and frenetic in a linear, plot-based shooter. As a player you're catapulted from one scene to the next, with time to take everything in and enjoy the ride but never time to languish. No section outstays its welcome, or forces you into an endless cycle of killing bad guys. Here, on the odd occasion when enemies do respawn, it's to illustrate the fact you can't handle the odds and have to escape before you're overwhelmed. And the signposting, your goal as an actor within the story, is handled immaculately.

It's comfortably the best Call of Duty campaign yet, with consistent high points and none of the lows that have occasionally punctuated past games. And despite the quickfire nature of its scene or setpiece changes, it's around 8 hours long, the ideal length for a shooter of this ilk. Any Call of Duty developer has always had to tread a fine line to achieve the right balance, but here Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer walk this line with confidence, never faltering or putting a foot wrong. It's a remarkable balancing act, and one I can't praise enough.

Modern Warfare 3 is a shining example of refinement and improvement. It's familiar, sure, but here familiarity doesn't breed contempt, just respect and reward for those who've dedicated so much time to the series. And for new players, it's the perfect starting point, more accommodating and encompassing than ever. The series has always been renowned for elements like the excellent sound design, the gloss, polish and compulsion of its gameplay, but with Modern Warfare 3, Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer have created a game that not only lives up to the brand hype but exceeds it. A game where the mass appeal is justified, and the expectations are met. A game which is undoubtedly going to be played for a long, long time to come, and deservedly so.

Originally Posted by p3Orion

OK, thought I had it bad.



I don't know how much my play would improve, if any, if I had the connection that some of you guys posted. I do all right, but damn if I had PJ's connection maybe I could be a God - just a little ribbing PJ

For those of you who have Comcast, is it worth the sh$%^7* customer service? My ISP has golden CS, but I can't get the upgraded connection because I'm too far from the tower. Can you get standalone internet with the higher speeds? The 25mb download packages on the Comcast site include basic cable, which I don't need.

Originally Posted by bd2003

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolog...-3-review.html

First review I've seen. I think the embargo for european journalists might be up sooner.

5/5

Chopped up a bit to skip some of the descriptive stuff:

Couldn't have said it better myself.

Originally Posted by mbyrnes

Is it a bad sign that the COD Elite website is down already?

Originally Posted by bd2003

Elite has been going up and down in pieces all day long. This morning the guns didn't have clip sizes listed, now it does. Seems like it'll be in flux for a bit.

Game is working fine.

Originally Posted by mbyrnes

Did you register your Elite account yet with the Hardened edition? How does it work, can you do it through Xbox Live or do you have to go through a PC? I have an account setup with my GT attached but I haven't been able to log in today to see what it is like. I wasn't in the beta so I don't know if I even can right now.