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Let me forward this by saying I was and am pleasantly surprised by this game, as are most people who’ve played previous CoD’s, 3 excluded. Well some of you out there were fans of it, and well, kudos to you. I mean some people think E.T. was a good game too.

Anyway, as my cohorts here know, I play this game a lot. I played 4 too much, and the same will probably happen with this one, as the addiction of prestiges and flame broiling people flows through my veins. However, I do have my bitches, and here they are.

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1. Team Deathmatch On Seelow. - Ok really. I know some will disagree, but there is such a thing as having a map be too big. You can literally play this on hardcore and never be found. Need your survivalist or flawless challenges? You’re gold. Start a hardcore match, find a corner with 2 bettys (just in case), and do some sudoku or make lunch. No one will find you.


2. Tanks. - I’ve never had an issue with vehicles in games like
this, but part of 4′s awesomeness was, there wasn’t any. It made the
game incredibly balanced. I hate the fucking tanks in this game.
Particularly in hardcore, where they’re ridiculously too powerful.
Sure, there’s counter measures, but who wants to run around with
satchels and rockets, that don’t do shit to them anyway w/o perfect
throws/hits? Tank beats everything!

3. Glitches and the exploiters. - While
the exploiters are nothing new, this game has some serious glitches
that are downright inexcusable. Under maps, inside of rocks, floating
into the sky, I mean c’mon. Again, this is more of a bitch about them
being there and not fixed than anything, but if you’re one of the
guys/gals that exploits them for kills and points, well you’re just one
of the insurmountable amount of douchebags that play it anyway, and
odds are you’re in this list somewhere else. Like perhaps…

4. Douchebag #1 — The Team Killer. -
So yes, they improved the hardcore team killing somewhat by the new
kick feature which kicks these idiots after 3 team kills. While an
improvement, it far from solves the problem. Particularly in Search and
Destroy, by far my favorite game. It’s borderline useless, as that’s
basically 3 rounds this person can still ruin. My solution? Get rid of the fucking friendly fire.
Seriously, would anyone miss it? Instead, just deduct points. That way,
said douche can try to kill me all he wants and still score -500 if
he/she wishes. Obviously this will only happen on the planet SoCo, but
I can dream. Oh and did I mention if you’re host, you can’t be kicked?
True story.

5. Douchebag #2 — The Dead Critic In SnD. -
Oh I Looooooooove these guys. You know, the 0-3 guy who just loves to
tell you how much you suck after you couldn’t take down 4 guys and
defuse the bomb after he died in 8 seconds rushing up the middle of the
map. Need I say more? Yes. Go fuck yourself.

6. Spawns. – Another
issue that’s worse in WaW. Particularly in hardcore. A few maps are
just downright broken. I’ve spawned in front of an entire team on
Cliffside more than once. Asylum is also horrible. Part of it is
attributed to branching off from teammates. If you time it right (or
wrong i guess), there’s nowhere safe if half of your team is on spawn
delay. So the game says, hmmmm, how about…here? Odds are, it’s not a
good spot. I suppose it’s one reason i’m partial to SnD. Not an issue
there.

7. n00b tubes. – I don’t have anything against
them, it’s just the way they implemented the new “earn them” factor
thinking it’s more fair. In fact it’s the opposite. If you got this
game for Xmas, prepare to be pissed off because you can’t use one right
away. They’re not particularly hard to earn, but the point is the same.
In 4, it’s a default class. It should be in WaW too.

8. Flamethrower at 65 only. -
Boooring!!! This needs to be lowered. I want to see 8 on 8 with all
flamethrowers. It’s so rare to see them as it stands now. I think I see
one in maybe 20-30 games. It’s never going to keep people from
prestiging, so just lower it to 60, or lower preferably. Burn
motherfucker, burn.

9. Shades and Gas Mask Perks. – Does anyone actually use these? What a waste. How about an anti-dog cannon? I need that alot more than fucking sunglasses.

10. Kiefer Sutherland. – Ugh.
This was mildly humorous at first, but I can’t take anymore. At least
the German side has that sweet ass victory march to make me feel better
after we just destroyed “Kiefer’s” team.

That’s
all I have for now. I’m sure after I fire it up again i’ll remember
some I forgot. Feel free to post your own in the comments. Cheers.

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4 Responses to “A SoCo Rant: Ten Things I Hate About World At War (multiplayer)”

  1. that’s great i agree with the anti dog cannon that would be awesome the dogs are bullshit mostly on hardcore thank god you can’t get them in S.A.D and the spawning is so bad that sometime I’ll spawn right behind the other team and just pick them off i wouldn’t have a problem with this but the other team does it too and i can’t handle that, well thanks loco i love that it pisses you off and can’t wait to hear Trev put his 2 sense in

  2. You forgot the best part of Shades, which is it puts shades on your guy. It looks awesome in third person mode!*
    Anyways, I go back and forth on the tube thing. The thing about it being earned: Not every match starts with tubes back and forth. EVERY match started that way in 4 after a while. Now, it’s just something to watch out for.
    *-This is complete and utter bullshit.


  3. My favorite: Trying to play COD5 by yourself, in any mode. 4 hours, yes, 4 hours into playing by myself and not 1 decent human being on the other end of the phone line. Knifed in the back while I’m planting, people under the map, maybe 3 out of 20 matches won… Good stuff.
    As for removing friendly fire: People will just grab the bomb and hide in your spawn, not moving the whole round. The assholes win, every time. You can’t make a person not ruin your experience. Not to mention, friendly fire makes SnD balanced. Imagine 5 players on the opposite team all pre-firing thru Seelow’s window at the start, with no chance of hitting another team mate. Noob Tubes would be launched into a fire fight with no worries about blowing up comrades. Too much gay for (not) removing a small problem, I say.
    And yes, the tanks are way, way too hard to kill. I know they’re tanks, but it’s a fucking game. It should be a decision, not a race, to get in one.


  4. I was mearly trying to fix the team killing problem, not remove assholes entirely. That would be impossible. I realize removing friendly fire would fix one problem but likely cause others in games like Search. Like i said, it’s just a dream anyway.
    Totally agree that playing by yourself blows.


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