Steam: Free Play Weekend: Call of Duty Black Ops

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mingsoup

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May 17, 2006
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So you could buy the game and hope for the best. I mean you can always grow into map packs if it gets really annoying.

Don't other games have map packs too? BF2 had lots of addon's. I can't think of any other game that has this problem.
 
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JumBie

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I just tried the game out on steam...I must say, the graphics look terrible and the game plays really awkwardly, not my cup of tea.
 

spunkz

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For this one I'd actually prefer that they use matchmaking. 90% of the PC servers are just for leveling quickly (24/7 tiny map with 18 people and choppers shooting everyone).
 

MajorMullet

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Well, I downloaded it. Tried to join 3 different servers and didn't have the maps for any of them.

I tried matchmaking and got up into a Russian server. After I joined the match I found that the game doesn't properly support multi monitor setups (everything is all stretched, looks like crap). I found a fix at Widescreen Gaming Forum, but really it's a pretty new title, you'd think they would have added support for it.

Uninstalled, back to BC2 :)
 

AstroManLuca

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For this one I'd actually prefer that they use matchmaking. 90% of the PC servers are just for leveling quickly (24/7 tiny map with 18 people and choppers shooting everyone).

That's what I hate about COD4. I played the hell out of it a few years ago when it was new and had a blast. Tried to play again recently and almost every server was 24/7 Killhouse or Shipment with 30+ people. Stupid as fuck, it's completely random and you just die over and over again. I don't know why anyone would enjoy that crap.

Sadly there aren't a whole lot of servers where people actually play the game as it's meant to be played, so COD4 is basically dead to me.
 

Bill Brasky

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LOL. I can't even get passed the main menu anymore. I went to settings and configured the buttons and now none of the menu buttons work when I click on them. I can't even quit the game from within the game. I have to alt-tab and end process. Any suggestions? Do I meet the minimum system requirements? :hmm: ... but really, I should be able to play this game, right?

i5-750, 5850 oc, 4g ram, etc...

edit: added exception to antiVir, firewall settings ok. DERP

EDIT2: In conclusion, I'm a tard brain. I accidentally bound 'screenshot' to 'left mouse button.' I shit you not, I just took like 200 screenshots of the main menu. Herp. A. Derp.
 
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shortylickens

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Jul 15, 2003
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Took all day to download and 20 minutes to suck ass.
Very pretty and clunky. Classic consolitis.
Am so glad I did not spend the money.
 

makken

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wow tons of hackers in this game. last 3 servers I was in (all VAC) all had people with aimbots.
 
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Wow. This game sucks ass. Played 10 minutes. Gameplay seemed okay until some bug happens every other minute where my man just freezes and I have to rejoin the server. Graphics are horrific. Uninstalled it immediately.

Please if you're looking for a multiplayer spend $20 or whatever BC2 costs and buy that.
 

shortylickens

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Wow. This game sucks ass. Played 10 minutes. Gameplay seemed okay until some bug happens every other minute where my man just freezes and I have to rejoin the server. Graphics are horrific. Uninstalled it immediately.

Please if you're looking for a multiplayer spend $20 or whatever BC2 costs and buy that.

Whats your video card?
 

Dankk

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Wow. This game sucks ass. Played 10 minutes. Gameplay seemed okay until some bug happens every other minute where my man just freezes and I have to rejoin the server. Graphics are horrific. Uninstalled it immediately.

It must be something wrong on your end. I played for about an hour and didn't have any of those problems. Try checking file integrity? Video drivers? Network card?

That said, I wasn't a big fan. It's another mediocre Call of Duty game. Not really worth my money.
 

pontifex

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Dec 5, 2000
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They could kiss my ASS. I'm gonna play it for free this weekend, then I'm gonna delete it. All this map pack crap, raising the bar to $60, likely no future dedicated servers, same run n gun style, same engine, future monthly fees... Screw them

lol...why even bother playing it you guys hate it so much?
 

zerocool84

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Nov 11, 2004
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I still haven't even fired up the free play yet. Probably won't even get to it. Not excited to try it out at all.
 

Bryf50

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Nov 11, 2006
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Wow I played for a few minutes before I couldn't stand it anymore. It kept constantly stuttering even though the fps was solid above 60 and was playing on a server with a latency of less than 20. The graphics were pretty bad(the gun models in particular look like ass) and the movement just felt off. Even Modern Warfare 2 looks and feels better. Confirms my belief in skipping the CoD games made by Treyarch.
 
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It must be something wrong on your end. I played for about an hour and didn't have any of those problems. Try checking file integrity? Video drivers? Network card?

That said, I wasn't a big fan. It's another mediocre Call of Duty game. Not really worth my money.

The game would still be going on it's just my man would freeze and all I could do was watch. Either way it's not worth messing with for this game and my system is 100% stable as I have no issues gaming for hours on lots of other titles.