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scottcarmichael

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Day's worth of Black Ops carnage makes for grim infographic

Jan 18th 2011 4:06PM (Joystiq)
@kentuckyfried

Oh, it's very different...from even MW2! In MW2, melee attacks were the way to go in cramped buildings/corridors...in BO, Treyarch made it a point to make them far less accurate because I don't think they like them.

Same goes with claymores. They are virtually pointless because only if a person is going very slow nearby will they explode and cause enough damage to kill them.

TL;DR - You're f'd in cramped areas.

Day's worth of Black Ops carnage makes for grim infographic

Jan 18th 2011 3:41PM (Joystiq)
I'm surprised that many people were even able to kill others with melee attacks, considering Black Ops neutered knife kills and claymore power/accuracy.

Every death must come from a stupid gun, and since all guns are equally powerful now (and all have terrible recoil) I'm shocked that many people even managed to kill one another...on second thought, I shouldn't be shocked since BO players' Kill:Death ratios are super high compared to MW2's. (In other words, everyone's a winner in BO - just shoot near an enemy and they die!)

Sony's Hirai on the challenges of differentiating a PlayStation Phone and PSP 2

Dec 22nd 2010 9:34PM (Joystiq)
@APV I agree. I'd rather take the extra GPU horsepower going to more textures, visual effects, lighting/shading, etc. than more resolution.

People don't get that. They don't get that 2x2 takes FOUR TIMES the power of 1x1. If they don't get that at a small scale...well...

Capcom: Monster Hunter Portable 3rd ships 3 million in Japan, 'fastest selling game in Capcom's history'

Dec 20th 2010 2:49PM (Joystiq)
@BloodiedWraith I agree. I thought MH3 would have been awesome if it had HD visuals...the Wii version - while nice compared to other Wii titles - didn't look impressive at all.

And online play was an absolute joke. At least with PS3 you have PSN which is excellent for gaming. I'm guessing they'll release a PS3 MH in mid/late 2012 to maximize potential user #s.

Call of Duty: Black Ops gets major patch, PS3 gamers suffer connection issues

Dec 15th 2010 2:08PM (Joystiq)
@TheMCFacemanBandcampcom
I agree. Treyarch, IMO, released a game that was essentially broken. SO now they are rushing to "fix" all their mistakes and at the same time adjusting gameplay mechanics like crazy. And yes, I also think MW2 was more balanced overall and made players constantly be doing something to stay alive. In BO, feel like everything was "dumbed down" (take a look at the killstreak system!) to appeal to the crappier players. :/

Also, anyone notice Treyarch is improving sniper rifle stuff? Proof they didn't adjust things they disliked about MW2 appropriately. The Claymore and Melee attacks are still useless too, but I think Treyarch dislikes those types of things.

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