COD MW2 multiplayer steam promotion free for weekend. dl into your steam here.

[KaOTiK]

LOL

What a deal, Activison had it marked down 15% so the game is now $50.99, a whopping $9 savings hahahahha

 

[thinkwhy]

I just tried the free play today. The action was fast, but it didn't feel as satisfying as Bad Company 2. I miss the teamwork.

 

[blurredvision]

Pre-loaded it, now I get "could not load localization.txt." Googled it, and unsurprisingly its a common problem. Changed language to French, now steam is downloading another 11GB of the game.

I had this same problem, but just said fuck it and assumed I wasn't going to get to take advantage of the free weekend because I didn't want to fool with it. Turned on the computer today and it's automatically redownloading it, so I guess Valve fixed it on their end.

 

[Tristicus]

This game sucks horribly...I can't even grief until I'm level 19!

 

[novasatori]

I just tried the free play today. The action was fast, but it didn't feel as satisfying as Bad Company 2. I miss the teamwork.

That's how I felt.

I liked MW on the 360, but MW2 after having played BC2, no comparison.

Can't stand the play style, I guess if you like playing lone wolf though it could be fun.

Not to mention the good old peer to peer matchmaking, what a terrible system especially on PC.

 

[Tristicus]

Just went 29-14 in a free for all game. Would have one if not for those cheap ass claymores. Gotta say, things about this game are interesting, but it pretty much sucks overall.

 

[PieIsAwesome]

I had this same problem, but just said fuck it and assumed I wasn't going to get to take advantage of the free weekend because I didn't want to fool with it. Turned on the computer today and it's automatically redownloading it, so I guess Valve fixed it on their end.

Well I finally got a chance to play the game and, meh. Just like CoD4, Quake with Kalashnikovs and M-4s. People running and shooting and stabbing all over the place, then insta-spawning to perpetuate the mess. Then those stupid global ability things like the attack chopper and harrier (a harrier loitering with hover? Did the devs do any research?). Arcadey mass-slaughter. But I already knew this because that's how CoD4 was and I owned it for a while.

 

[zerocool84]

Just went 29-14 in a free for all game. Would have one if not for those cheap ass claymores. Gotta say, things about this game are interesting, but it pretty much sucks overall.

Well this game is much more about the individual and your K/D ratio.

 

[Tristicus]

Well this game is much more about the individual and your K/D ratio.

Did I say it wasn't?

The game is shit.

 

[zerocool84]

Did I say it wasn't?

The game is shit.

I'm not even playing on the free weekend. Refuse to even try it out for free.

 

[pontifex]

Lmao

 

[Tristicus]

I'm not even playing on the free weekend. Refuse to even try it out for free.

See, I would do that, except I'd much rather make people rage.

Except, I'm the one raging because I have to actually level up to do that. Game is full of fucking campers and overall pussies.

 

[blurredvision]

See, I would do that, except I'd much rather make people rage.

Except, I'm the one raging because I have to actually level up to do that. Game is full of fucking campers and overall pussies.

It wasn't until you joined in for the free weekend.

 

[rudder]

No luck in getting it to run. Win 7 64 bit, ATI 4830, Core i5-920, 8gb

I wasn't planning on buying it... but at least wanted to check it out.

 

[GullyFoyle]

Tried the free trial. Yeah, as expected, it's just like COD4. Only laggy-er.

 

[KeithTalent]

Just played this for about 90 minutes or so. I was finding it very boring, but then I found the Riot Class! I played over an hour of straight melee with my shield and had a blast. My KDR was crap, but I killed lots of guys, got a whole whack of achievements, and had fun doing it. Lots of guys do not seem to know what to do when you walk slowly toward them with your shield blocking their shots.

No way I would buy the game, but Riot Shield Melee is FTW! :awe:

KT

 

[matas]

It was fun but the action is way to fast. You spawn, shoot shoot, and someone from behind kills you. I would buy the game for 5 dollar tho.

 

[ibex333]

This promotion is a joke. With my shitty slow Optimum Online cable connection I am getting anywhere from 200 to 500/kbps download speed from steam, and according to the client it will take me around 2 days to download this thing. By then the promotion will be over. I guess people with DSL are even more SOL.

$50 for the actual game? WTF? I didn't even know... I played MOW2 almost to the end, and I actually found it pretty boring and crappy game. Should be worth $30-40 tops. It scares me to think that I might have actually gave in to the hype and spent $50 for it.

Sure the gfx and some cut-scenes are awesome, but overall the game is very much overrated. The story sucks.... And they totally stole that scene in the shower room from the movie "THE ROCK", which is kinda lame after it has already been semi used in STALKER CS with the abandoned hospital level....

MOW2 is very heavily scripted. I hate how you can spend an hour trying to kill off enemies that are coming at you or you can just run through the whole hoard of them and the next event immediately triggers making all those enemies magically vanish.... This "spawning" of enemies makes the game feel extremely artificial and takes the realism element away. MOW2 really cannot compare to the sheer excitement and rush I felt when playing the very 1st Call of Duty. Hell, even COD4 was better IMHO, which wasn't all that good.

 

[gorcorps]

This promotion is a joke. With my shitty slow Optimum Online cable connection I am getting anywhere from 200 to 500/kbps download speed from steam, and according to the client it will take me around 2 days to download this thing. By then the promotion will be over. I guess people with DSL are even more SOL.

$50 for the actual game? WTF? I didn't even know... I played MOW2 almost to the end, and I actually found it pretty boring and crappy game. Should be worth $30-40 tops. It scares me to think that I might have actually gave in to the hype and spent $50 for it.

Sure the gfx and some cut-scenes are awesome, but overall the game is very much overrated. The story sucks.... And they totally stole that scene in the shower room from the movie "THE ROCK", which is kinda lame after it has already been semi used in STALKER CS with the abandoned hospital level....

MOW2 is very heavily scripted. I hate how you can spend an hour trying to kill off enemies that are coming at you or you can just run through the whole hoard of them and the next event immediately triggers making all those enemies magically vanish.... This "spawning" of enemies makes the game feel extremely artificial and takes the realism element away. MOW2 really cannot compare to the sheer excitement and rush I felt when playing the very 1st Call of Duty. Hell, even COD4 was better IMHO, which wasn't all that good.

Not to make you shit your pants or anything... but it costs $60, not 50

 

[pontifex]

Just played this for about 90 minutes or so. I was finding it very boring, but then I found the Riot Class! I played over an hour of straight melee with my shield and had a blast. My KDR was crap, but I killed lots of guys, got a whole whack of achievements, and had fun doing it. Lots of guys do not seem to know what to do when you walk slowly toward them with your shield blocking their shots.

No way I would buy the game, but Riot Shield Melee is FTW! :awe:

KT

I use semtex specifically for guys that use shields. stick semtex on their shield and they're done for. also helps if you can get behind them or get to their sides.

 

[gorcorps]

I use semtex specifically for guys that use shields. stick semtex on their shield and they're done for. also helps if you can get behind them or get to their sides.

I'm noticing that when I'm head on with a shield user, if I barrel towards them and then stop and back up, they'll sprint towards me which leaves them open to getting shot.

 

[KeithTalent]

I use semtex specifically for guys that use shields. stick semtex on their shield and they're done for. also helps if you can get behind them or get to their sides.

Yeah, that happens once in a while. Now that I have my throwing knife, I'm decent at a bit of range now (I do not use guns).

I'm actually amazed at how often I can sneak up on guys, then pop them twice with my shield before they even know what has happened.

I really wish I could pick a server/map to play on, rather than this random picking crap it does.

KT

 

[Magusigne]

The game was fun for PS3 but I have a feeling that I'd run into way to many map haxxor's.

 

[GullyFoyle]

Not to make you shit your pants or anything... but it costs $60, not 50

Steam sale price is $50.99 until 10 AM Monday.

 

[Ika]

I've been playing extensively over the past couple days. My thoughts:

1) within the first five games I joined, i found two obvious hackers who were making sprints megaspeed and gravity ridiculous. A couple hours later I found another hacker who was spamming the AC130 big rounds. I left very quickly. Couple hours later I killed a guy, and instantly got to level 70. Cool. Then he started spamming the AC130 too so I left that game.

2) the team matchmaking is absolutely horrible. I hate how bad the teams can be in this game; I've never raged so much before while playing counterstrike, and I rage a lot when i play CS.

3) witchblade is ridiculous. its so powerful. i spent about two hours getting the usp kills for it, and now i can run around murdering everyone, until I get to...

4) the lag. IT SUCKS. I can't tell you how many times I thought I've stabbed someone or rounded a corner or put a bullet in someone's head and not have it register. I've always thought this, and now I've seen it in action - Infinity Ward's decision not to have dedicated servers was the most FUCKING STUPID decision they could ever have made. I don't know why they thought it would be a good idea but obviously when I shoot someone in the head three times from point blank range, then die to a knifer without having any of those shots register, something is wrong. which leads me to my next point...

5) headshot detection is pretty much BS. I don't know how big infinity ward thinks human heads are, but in this game it definitely seems like the size of a fist. Either that or all the guns are horribly inaccurate from point blank range. If i'm standing to the side of someone with a pistol two feet away, chances are I'm going to blow their skull off in real life. Of course, in MW2, this doesn't happen, and they can take 2+ bullets to the head/neck area and still whip around, fire two shots with a barrett and then swing a knife at my face.

So, while the free weekend was fun, it's verified everything I thought was shitty about this game and probably made my mental health take a turn for the worse. In short, there's no way in hell I'd ever buy this game on a PC.