Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 discussion thread

[CDdude55]

Besides the 16GB HDD space, the rest is very good news.

 

[erocker]

WTF? 16gigs!?!



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Get used to it. With more powerful video cards that can run more and larger textures, it's going to get bigger and bigger. All the pretties need to be stored somewhere.

 

[TheMailMan78]

Get used to it. With more powerful video cards that can run more and larger textures, it's going to get bigger and bigger. All the pretties need to be stored somewhere.

Dude.....ITS A PORT!

 

[Jakl]

Get used to it. With more powerful video cards that can run more and larger textures, it's going to get bigger and bigger. All the pretties need to be stored somewhere.

Exactly, and by looking at screen shots, they are truly amazing texture and shades.
I cant wait to see it upfront, but still down with No Dedicated servers... sigh

 

[erocker]

Dude.....ITS A PORT!

You all of a sudden care about consoles? Give it up.

I guessing the consoles will have the higher res. textures on the disk, but the console won't use them due to their inferiority to the PC. It's probablly easier for the developer to throw everything on the disk.

 

[CDdude55]

I don't care if the games are ports or not as long as they look and play decent is what matters.(tho of course there is a limit, like when they disable AA for the PC just so it stays on par with the consoles is insane)

 

[mastrdrver]

How long until dual core processors are required minimums on any game? Single cores went out with dial up. Even my dad's old AMD system has a dual core and its a internet pc. They might as well have put in Voodoo 2 for the video card min. :shadedshu

Get used to it. With more powerful video cards that can run more and larger textures, it's going to get bigger and bigger. All the pretties need to be stored somewhere.

Until I see the recommended system, you something more than a 6600GT/1600XT for better textures.

 

[rpsgc]

lolwut? Even GTA 4 "only" requires 15GB and that's a effin' big game! How in the bloody hell do they justify 10GB more than COD 4? IW.net?!

 

[Anath]

haha 6gb of game and 10gb of iw.net drm

 

[entropy13]

Great, so even if it had proper MP, I still wouldn't be buying it because I wouldn't be able to install it, and at its price I could have bought a new HDD.

 

[TRIPTEX_CAN]

Nonstop Action - Modern Warfare 2 contains no cutscenes, so players are always engaged in the action, no matter where they are in the game.

I dont know about you guys but this isnt a selling feature to me. All this does is make the game shorter and less captivating to the player.

 

[EastCoasthandle]

Ok, lets see if we can add this up based on what we know so far.
1. 5-6 hour single player, check
2. Graphics are about the same as MW, check
3. The use of IW.net, check
The use of 16gigs to do it, whaattt???

 

[shk021051]

Infinity Ward’s released minimum specs for the PC version of Modern Warfare 2. And they are:

* OS: Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7
* Processor: Intel Pentium 4 3.2 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 3200+ processor or better
* Memory: 1 GB RAM
* Graphics: ATI Radeon 1600XT or better or 256 MB NVIDIA GeForce 6600GT or better
* DirectX: Microsoft DirectX(R) 9.0c
* Hard Drive: 12GB of free hard drive space
* Sound: 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
* Internet: Broadband connection required for Multiplayer Connectivity. Internet Connection required for activation

 

[TheMailMan78]

You all of a sudden care about consoles? Give it up.

I guessing the consoles will have the higher res. textures on the disk, but the console won't use them due to their inferiority to the PC. It's probablly easier for the developer to throw everything on the disk.

I could care less about consoles. As a matter of fact I dont even understand your statement

Anyway I doubt the consoles have the same textures on disk. I mean could they compress THAT much?

 

[Marineborn]

Mw2 Pc requirements made me laugh

http://pc.ign.com/articles/103/1038318p1.html

wow thats pretty epic, that sounds alot like my 360 could run it on medium to high settings...wait...wait...do i smell ...*sniff sniff*...whats that a....Lazy ass port...LAME

 

[Nick89]

A$$holes got my thread locked...........WTF

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=106361

I finally make a good thread and A$$holes get my thread locked.....Thanks erocker you let them win.

 

[CDdude55]

A$$holes got my thread locked...........WTF

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=106361

I finally make a good thread and A$$holes get my thread locked.....

Thats what happens when people start ranting about politics on a tech forum.

Also its the fact that there are already to many threads about MW2, its best to just centralize all threads about the game here.

 

[Nick89]

Thats what happens when people start ranting about politics on a tech forum.

Also its the fact that there are already to many threads about MW2, its best to just centralize all threads about the game here.

You have to at least understand why I'm pissed off.

 

[CDdude55]

You have to at least understand why I'm pissed off.

I do understand what your saying. Trust me, i have seen some great threads that have been made only for it to be locked cause some idiots decided to argue about unrelated trash.

 

[rpsgc]

Quick (user made) run-down of this whole mess

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oy1-8efNdpQ (part 1)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDF2CQNSTzI (part 2)

The online petition is at 145.000 signatures if anyone still cares and... Amazon deleted every one of the 170 negative reviews of the game (just like what happened with Spore).

 

[TheMailMan78]

You have to at least understand why I'm pissed off.

Nick89 I'm sorry man. Really I am. I just cracked a joke and someone took it way to seriously. I never meant for your thread to be locked.

 

[Deleted member 67555]

You have to at least understand why I'm pissed off.

Nick89 I'm sorry man. Really I am. I just cracked a joke and someone took it way to seriously. I never meant for your thread to be locked.

Nick you have good reason to be upset....Mailman let it be a lesson.....Some people are "Sensitive"
I done on that I TOO, liked NICKs thread.....
ON SUBJECT: I think this is a shame..The simple reason they want this game to be the SAME across all platforms is worse than simple GREED..IT's complicated GREED...They want to be able to charge all Platforms for EXPANSION PACKS..Whether or not you will STILL be able to play MULTI without the EXPANSION PACKS remains to be seen...from the looks of things it looks like you will have to..as it seems this is something THE CEO of Activision HAS already stated he is interested in doing

 

[TheMailMan78]

Nick you have good reason to be upset....Mailman let it be a lesson.....Some people are "Sensitive"
I done on that I TOO, liked NICKs thread.....
ON SUBJECT: I think this is a shame..The simple reason they want this game to be the SAME across all platforms is worse than simple GREED..IT's complicated GREED...They want to be able to charge all Platforms for EXPANSION PACKS..Whether or not you will STILL be able to play MULTI without the EXPANSION PACKS remains to be seen...from the looks of things it looks like you will have to..as it seems this is something THE CEO of Activision HAS already stated he is interested in doing

I just got reprimanded by a cat.

 

[rpsgc]

Let's focus on the game, shall we? We don't want this topic to be locked too, now do we?

 

[rpsgc]

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Shipping With Steamworks

Blockbuster Title Now Available for Pre-Order

October 23, 2009 -- Activision Publishing, Inc. and Valve today announced an agreement to power the PC version of Infinity Ward's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, with a host of Steamworks features and offer the highly anticipated PC title electronically to the over 20 million Steam gamers around the world.

The highly anticipated title picks up immediately following the historic events of Call of Duty® 4: Modern Warfare®, the blockbuster that earned worldwide critical acclaim on its way to becoming the top selling first person action game in history. Modern Warfare 2 continues the gripping and heart-racing action as players face off against a new threat dedicated to bringing the world to the brink of collapse.

All PC versions of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 will be powered by Steamworks, providing gamers with auto-updating, anti-cheat technology, Steam Achievements, and the recently introduced Steam Cloud.

"Steamworks will make it possible for us to have a closer connection to our fans, and enable us to support our community much more than ever before," said Robert Bowling, creative strategist, Infinity Ward. "Steam is the hands down leader in offering a community focused experience on PC and the inclusion of Steamworks has allowed us to deliver the most feature-rich PC version to ever come from Infinity Ward, which at the end of the day will mean the most to our fans."

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 for PC will include 50 Steam Achievements, enticing players to train a local militia and be "Back in the Saddle" or infiltrate the snowy mountain side base and earn the "Cold Shoulder." Fans may access the game from any computer. And through Steam Cloud, multiplayer game progress will be stored persistently and travel with the player.

"Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 may be one of the biggest releases in video game history," said Gabe Newell, president and co-founder of Valve. "Having a game as significant as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 using the suite of back-end services in Steamworks is a signal to us that we're making the right kinds of choices for triple-A developers like Infinity Ward."

Beginning today Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is also available for pre-purchase via Steam. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is slated for worldwide release the week of November 8 at retailers and via Steam. "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" is rated "M" (Mature - Blood, Drug Reference, Intense Violence and Language) by the ESRB.

Steamworks is a complete suite of publishing and development tools -- ranging from product key authentication to social networking services -- offered free of charge to publishers and developers.

For more information, please visit www.steampowered.com.

http://store.steampowered.com/news/2986/


And there goes the used sales market...