MW2 - IW Developer Chat Last Night

[Guppy]

There was a developer chat last night with some guys from IW and it has revealed the following info:

Dedicated server questions were greeted by being escorted out of the chat.
Max players for all versions is 9v9. Yes, I said 9v9.
No record feature in MW2 for PC.
No lean in the PC version (Answer from Mackey-IW: The game is not balanced for lean.)
PC Game may not yet be finished

Taken from:
http://bashandslash.com/index.php?op...775&Itemid=111

This forum has summarised some of the best questions and IW's answers to them:
http://www.thecompanyhub.com/forum/v...&t=447&start=0

Really what the hell are IW doing to MW2, every week there seems to be more info just making it sound worse. I'd say things can't get worse from here but with the way things are going I wouldn't count on it.

My favourite question/answer:
Moriarte: Ignoring IW.net, is the PC version a direct port of the console version?
Mackey-IW: No, PC has custom stuff like mouse control, text chat in game, and graphics settings.
lol isn't that nice of them, letting us use our mouse (mice?)!

Link to whole transcript of the chat:
http://forums.bestbuy.com/t5/Gaming/...ipt/td-p/67692

[GheeTsar]

What on earth are they playing at other than wrecking the franchise? I honestly can't see the rationale behind crippling the game.

[Grey M@a]

They haven't wrecked a franchise though as this will sell by the bucket load on the consoles. It's just those of us who were looking at a PC version they took the easy route and ported it instead of adding the features we all loved from the previous game thus giving the PC gamer essentially a pick up and play CoD game which just doesn't for the majority of Clan setups and the modding community.

I will still be getting the game as I managed to get a cracking deal for the PC version of £10 from Game due to store credits from botched pre-orders by the local Game store. However I could easily put money on CoD4 still being used for all online gaming and WaW becoming a lot more popular on the PC side of things. I know personally I will be playing WaW a hell of a lot more now online as I never played it before as I am still playing CoD4 online most the time and I doubt that will change any time soon. I just hope the shorter single player game is worth a tenner xD

Just to add I think IW could learn a trick or two from Valve. Left4Dead 2 for example. I have pre-ordered the pc version and been playing the demo for a week or so now and loving it. Yesterday I grabbed the 360 version and boy is the console version crippled, the graphics are toned down, they have added motion blur to cover up the shocking visuals when moving fast and the horde rushes are half of what you get on the PC not to mention the shocking lag in the game for several hours of me playing the demo (I know of 10 other people in my friends list all suffering the same lag in their own games with other players). Valve did the right thing is making a PC version then porting to the consoles. It seems now a lot of companies are making the console version and then porting to the PC whereas Valve have nailed Left4Dead 2 perfectly on the PC.

I am a huge console gamer and I play L4D1 on both PC and 360 and there is very little in differences between the two, but the 360 version of L4D2 is a seriously crippled version in comparison to the PC. On the PC advanced setting is as hard as ever with rows of horde constantly attacking, the 360 the horde rushes are limited in number and it spoilt the game for me on the console.

[Phage]

+1 L4D2 soundtrack and jokes.
My game of choice lately, other than a bit of QW:ET.

[Grey M@a]

+1 L4D2 soundtrack and jokes.
My game of choice lately, other than a bit of QW:ET.

The frying pan just doesn't get old at all prefer the Desert Eagle though Wait for them to run at you, shoot their leg with the DE and then proceed to laugh my head off when the leg disappears and the zombie face plants onto the floor. Love the game.

[Grymdawg]

MW2 is just a console to PC port over, it had no unique features that makes me what to buy it at all.

As far as i am concerned theyve wrecked it for the PC, not the franchise just the PC version, 9 vs 9 is a small game compared to CoD4.

Way to wreck a decent game (pc wise anyways). Next theyll select the perks for you, and the guns and maps and tell you what modes you have to play.

Saying that the 25 kill streak looked good, not sure how a tactical nuke in team deathmatch would work though....

Yeah ordered L4D2, the machete is my weapon of choice, so much blood on the screen i couldnt see anything then a charger hit me

[Phage]

The guitar isn't bad either. KZING.
Liking the new weapons, zombies and music. A clear winner.
(Had me and Stepson #2 laughing out loud)

[revol68]

It's not just how they've completely screwed over PC gamers with the removal of dedicated servers (yippee lets all sit around for a minute waiting for match making so we can play at a ping of 150) and the lean function but the utterly contemptible swill they have served up as justification, it is an insult to anyone over the age of 8's intelligence. As for the boast of the PC having custom features like mouse support and graphic settings, well that is just beyond parody.

No doubt of course after the game has disappointing sales on the PC they will come out and blame piracy, overlooking the fact that without a decent multiplayer experience there really is no reason to buy the game when you can simply download it and play through the single player in less than a weekend.

[revol68]

Oh and this is what we have to look forward in match making, annoying little children talking crap all the time.
Note the lack of recoil

[Grey M@a]

Oh and this is what we have to look forward in match making, annoying little children talking crap all the time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfVa9YSI-8M

luckily 99% of those voices will be on xbox live

The simple way around it is to join a party with friends or just yourself and it blocks out the voices of whining 10 year olds moaning or trying to tell you how to play the game.

As for PC this will no doubt turn into a bargain bin SP game only with people not even bothering with the MP side of things.

[revol68]

luckily 99% of those voices will be on xbox live

The simple way around it is to join a party with friends or just yourself and it blocks out the voices of whining 10 year olds moaning or trying to tell you how to play the game.

Yeah but kiss goodbye to well moderated servers and pings below 70.

Oh and by bargain bin i assume you mean Mininova, lol.

[Grey M@a]

Yeah but kiss goodbye to well moderated servers and pings below 70.

Oh and by bargain bin i assume you mean Mininova, lol.

LOL there is that

I only got my legit copy as I got it for £10.99 from Game due to their cock ups

[revol68]

LOL there is that

I only got my legit copy as I got it for £10.99 from Game due to their cock ups

If I wasn't boycotting out of principle £10.99 would be as much as I'm willing to pay for it.

Will keep my money for Mass Effect 2 and the new Battlefield.

[revol68]

Also did anyone notice that the Infinity Ward guy was boasting that they played at pings of 100 on IWnet? I mean clearly that is like the best latency they could wangle and I still wouldn't touch it with a brown smelly stick.

I do wonder what the actual developers at Infinity Ward make of this, as I'm sure most are PC gamers themselves, they must be ashamed.

[Phage]

Will keep my money for Mass Effect 2 and the new Battlefield.

Hmmm. What is the new Battlefield of which you speak ?

[revol68]

Hmmm. What is the new Battlefield of which you speak ?

This is it

And very good it looks too.

Even funnier is seeing DICE falling over themselves to big up dedicated servers and PC gaming in general in the fallout of the Infinity Ward "No dedicated server" controversy.