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MW3, why do people buy it ?

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achristes
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Norway653 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-10 20:31:01
December 10 2011 13:11 GMT
#1
Yeah, question as the title, how original.

(This is about Modern Warfare 3, not MechWarrior!)

But seriously, MW3 looks just the same as MW2, except for the new maps, and "new" guns. Most of the guns are imported directly from previous CoD titles (throwing knife again, really?).
I don't see why this whole game, which took what, 1-1.5 years to make is a game of it's own when it could most likely just be another DLC for the "meager" price of 20euros.
No noticable engine upgrades, no new stuff (don't come bitching with "There are new perks/weapons/maps derp!" because it's not new, it's old, really old), and in my opinion, just another bad game in the CoD series.
If you disagree, or if you're a CoD fanboy and you think I'm being a retard and then you post something along the lines of "this is a fcking awezome game you noob" I will ban you from this blog (if you're not an admin, because they are un-bannable from this blog TT).

Try to keep potential discussions civilized ? Thank you <3

(This is not a rant about MW3/2, it's me trying to create a discussion on why people would buy a game that is so similiar to it's prequel)

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Thereisnosaurus
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Australia1822 Posts
December 10 2011 13:14 GMT
#2
bought it coz I'm a potential designer and I wanted to study it.


I no longer want to study it. It is possibly the most lamentably awful effort I've seen in years.
Poisonous Sheep counter Hydras
Juliette
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States6003 Posts
December 10 2011 13:17 GMT
#3
Because i needed to find out what the fuck happened to soap.

And because black ops multiplayer wasn't good, and advancing the story + mw2's multiplayer fun with people playing it was worth 45$ for me.

Mostly because its a social game you can play with friends.
OKAY FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE I SEE WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT
Kiante
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Australia7069 Posts
December 10 2011 13:17 GMT
#4
People like games where they can just jump in with little or no knowledge or skill and just have a bit of fun. thats why angry birds and sc2 are so popular, and its the same with MW3. Why should random gamer #10 learn how to fly a jet or work with a team in a game like BF3 when they can herp derp around with their super fast reloading guns firing at 6 bazillion shots per second and get nukes man

NUKES
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KeksX
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Germany3634 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-10 13:25:34
December 10 2011 13:24 GMT
#5
On December 10 2011 22:17 Kiante wrote:
People like games where they can just jump in with little or no knowledge or skill and just have a bit of fun. thats why angry birds and sc2 are so popular, and its the same with MW3. Why should random gamer #10 learn how to fly a jet or work with a team in a game like BF3 when they can herp derp around with their super fast reloading guns firing at 6 bazillion shots per second and get nukes man

NUKES

I like how you brought something in that people could interpret as an SC2 bash.. Really creative.

Well, but essentially you nailed it.
MW3 takes nothing to play, you just buy it, press play and shoot. Thats what most gamers want and since 3 > 2 they will buy it because it's newer, because you never want old games. Whether these new games are really new or not is not the important point, because they don't look at real gameplay anyway, or at least not to the level that they could tell the differences.
dartoo
Profile Joined May 2010
India2889 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-10 13:31:31
December 10 2011 13:27 GMT
#6
I didnt really want to play it after mw2, but then did have the curiosity. I spoke to some of my friends and found out that it's worse than mw2 and almost like an on the rails shooter or something, apparently it's as fun watching or playing, cause it's mostly about million gun sounds/explosions around, as opposed to you doing stuff.

I was not into the multiplayer aspect of it so dont know much about that. I think in general most of the "big" games are starting to feel pretty boring to me. I've been looking at some more indy stuff and stuff you find on psn, and it seems a lot more interesting. /oldergamerrant
samiamquinn
Profile Joined April 2011
Australia137 Posts
December 10 2011 13:37 GMT
#7
I honestly have no clue why I bought the piece of crap. Waste of $90
Qumquat
Profile Joined April 2011
Israel353 Posts
December 10 2011 13:37 GMT
#8
It's easy to pick up, fun for most people and stress free (at least for me =P). After playing a bunch of games that require a bunch of thought and time put into it(SC2, Dark Souls....), its fun for me to play one that's easy and dumb down. That's why I play COD games ^_^

As for why people buy MW3 when its pretty much the same game repackaged, it's because everyone else bought it and they don't want to feel left out.
LunaSaint
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United Kingdom620 Posts
December 10 2011 13:42 GMT
#9
On December 10 2011 22:24 KeksX wrote:
I like how you brought something in that people could interpret as an SC2 bash.. Really creative.

?

SC2 is a pick up and play game. No commitments. And with the ladder matchmaking and 1v1 system, you don't really have to worry about learning the metagame.
mahi29
Profile Joined May 2011
United States235 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-10 13:57:55
December 10 2011 13:55 GMT
#10
Social experience, at least in my opinion. Playing MW2/3 by myself is so boring but chatting with a couple of friends while playing is a good way to kill a few hours. Also, its a really fast-paced game and not much teamwork is necessary, so you can live out your Rambo dreams
And yeah people say its a "repackaged" game and so on, which it is but it is pretty cost-efficient. I think I've sunk more than 100+ hours into MW2 and for $60, its not a bad deal. Few games provide 100+ hours of gameplay.

And also, I wanted to see how the story ended
The mind is its own place, and in it self Can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven.
[N3O]r3d33m3r
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Germany673 Posts
December 10 2011 13:59 GMT
#11
i agree with everything you said, and didn't buy MW2 or MW3 and never will. As long as people buy it, they will produce low quality games.
Reborn8u
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States1761 Posts
December 10 2011 13:59 GMT
#12
I agree a lot with op. Why release a map pack when you can just call it a new game, move some stuff around and charge full price? It's pathetic. I'm not wasting my money on it.
:)
Kiante
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Australia7069 Posts
December 10 2011 14:00 GMT
#13
dont get me wrong, i'm not bashing MW3 or SC2 or angry birds. i enjoy some of them when i'm in the mood. often its hard to really bring up the mental energy to play a "harder" game and I just wanna relax. Thats why MW3 is so successful. no mental commitment needed, its fully relaxation instead of a challenge.
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Fijnkonijn
Profile Joined July 2011
Netherlands48 Posts
December 10 2011 14:01 GMT
#14
There is a reason why it's rated as trash or praised as if it were a creation of god...


Sums it up better as I would ever be able to...

Don't get me wrong, I love CoD but this, this isn't really a new game but more like a minimal expansion pack, if even that.
Think of something to say by yourself.
Mycl
Profile Joined November 2010
Australia1370 Posts
December 10 2011 14:20 GMT
#15
My brother and I bought MW3 for the sole reason of the special ops missions. We always enjoy specialized co-op games and the special ops missions in the previous game were a rare diamond hidden in shit. 3 Spec op missions into MW3 it became bloody obvious next to no effort were put into them. Just going by that I find the entire game a glorified map pack
ragingfungus
Profile Joined September 2010
United States271 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-10 14:26:50
December 10 2011 14:23 GMT
#16
I could go on about many things, but I think I will keep it short this time. Yes it definitely has it's problems and could be better but it's not like there are many alternatives. It's still an addicting game and until something else comes myself and others will keep playing this game because there isn't anything else that's like it. And pls don't say BF because it's a totally different multiplayer type.
Logic>Everything
Kurimlinn
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States49 Posts
December 10 2011 14:25 GMT
#17
Honestly I'm pretty glad they didn't change much. Way too often game designing crews attempt to change everything and make it super new and cool and they end up ruining the game. Glad they didn't change much.
KeksX
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Germany3634 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-10 14:26:32
December 10 2011 14:26 GMT
#18
On December 10 2011 22:42 LunaSaint wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 10 2011 22:24 KeksX wrote:
I like how you brought something in that people could interpret as an SC2 bash.. Really creative.

?

SC2 is a pick up and play game. No commitments. And with the ladder matchmaking and 1v1 system, you don't really have to worry about learning the metagame.

I was refering to the "like SC2 and angry birds" thing. I said it COULD be interpreted as an SC2 bash, not that it actually is one

@Kiante:
I know, really, I just wanted to point out how your wording in that case could sound for some people!
NeonFlare
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
Finland1307 Posts
December 10 2011 14:36 GMT
#19
Seems like they are testing waters with it to see how much they can net with just marketing and brand name, with minimal effort on the actual product. I guess it's cool and hip to have the latest version of popular name.
Fruscainte
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
4596 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-10 14:51:03
December 10 2011 14:48 GMT
#20
I've heard "I don't really think it's a good game, I just want to get it since everyone else is" way more times than I would like.

On December 10 2011 23:01 Fijnkonijn wrote:
There is a reason why it's rated as trash or praised as if it were a creation of god...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wfSg_-61FU
Sums it up better as I would ever be able to...

Don't get me wrong, I love CoD but this, this isn't really a new game but more like a minimal expansion pack, if even that.


It took me a second to realize what they were doing.
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