(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)
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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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!
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.
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