Call of Duty 4 - Xbox 360/Playstation 3

[Onii]

Did the boat run in 18 seconds after about 15 goes, basically, on the first bit strafe and spray the targets (runnin and gunnin), sprint to 2 run and gun the one at two, as u come round the corner throw flash. spray next two down, and the next two, throw flash bang, spray, sprint!

[Uli]

Your character doesn't cast any shadow on ps3 either.

Not exactly sure what you mean by "ground hitting ammo" sounds. You mean sound feedback for when shooting the floor?

also, seems PS3 online cod4 has broke. A 'Downloading Settings' message is displayed when choosing to play online followed by an Activision error code or a 'You need to be signed in to psn to play online' message even though you are already signed in.

Seems many are getting this problem over at the CoD4 forums.

I could play online earlier, but not anymore.

hmm, seems i am not the only one who currently has to do without online MP.

if you don't have an idea what sound FX i mean then i recommend to watch some gun porn a la Black Hawk Dawn

it's the sound of the disgorged, emptied cartridges making contact with ground.

[rmoxon]

Have decided on one bad thing about this game, the fact that it keeps sticking timers in your face. Yes I'm sure its to create urgency, and to be fair when it does you do usualy need unrgency, the only problem is that there are moments within that time frame where youre trying to be urgent and keep dying repeatedly becuase you needed to be careful at specific moments, and its just never clear what youre suppose to do really. Like the bit in act 2 in that field where you have the air strikes and are told to take point, which to me means lead the way, but if you do you get killed in about 2 seconds.

[jimtendo]

Definitely.
That bit caught me out.

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Until i realised why i had a stockpile of air-strikes nearing the end of the mission, as i was probably meant to use them during each skirmish.

D'oh.

But the one near the end in 'Ghillies in the mist' is a bitch, especially with those

->Open Spoiler<-

freaking demon dogs

after you!
The bit right at the end

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where you and McMillon have a last stand before the chopper arrives was real tense, as you're not really given a timer. When the support chopper has landed, all that's given is that the pilot has 30 seconds or so before he has to lift off, and only gives audio cues when the time is up.
There was still quite a lot of russians to dispose off, and i knew from earlier attempts, i died because there was still a lot of them left. So i thought, this time i'll pick them off instead of rushing to the extraction point straightway.
Then, the pilot said they had to go, and i could see the supporting fire troops backing off and going inside to lift off. And while i was about 10 or so metres away charging like a bull with McMillon on my back saying to myself "you're nont leaving without me!"
I just about effing made it!

The multiplayer is not bad too.

also, seems PS3 online cod4 has broke. A 'Downloading Settings' message is displayed when choosing to play online followed by an Activision error code or a 'You need to be signed in to psn to play online' message even though you are already signed in.

Seems many are getting this problem over at the CoD4 forums.

I could play online earlier, but not anymore.

I get the same thing, except on Xbox Live. Where it says "you have to sign into Xbox Live"... though going back a screen, then entering the Xbox Live section again cures it.
I've been getting odd times where when on the loading map screen, i can hear the other guys have already started the match, but i'm still at the load screen for a good 30 secs to a minute longer, before i'm in the action.

They've gotta sort out the gametype 'Headquarters' on i think it's called 'Lockout'? which is quite possibly the smallest map, ever.
Was playying it last night with Yoshi/ Rod/ Rusty... and god... you' would've been lucky to live for about a second each respawn, since it was i think 6 vs 6 or 8 vs 8... horrible gametype and map for that amount of people.
Still won it though.

[Brad]

Your character doesn't cast any shadow on ps3 either.

Not exactly sure what you mean by "ground hitting ammo" sounds. You mean sound feedback for when shooting the floor?

also, seems PS3 online cod4 has broke. A 'Downloading Settings' message is displayed when choosing to play online followed by an Activision error code or a 'You need to be signed in to psn to play online' message even though you are already signed in.

Seems many are getting this problem over at the CoD4 forums.

I could play online earlier, but not anymore.

Same problem here mate. Real shame as a whole bunch of us had last night all planned out and instead I couldn't play. Poor show. The single player is awesome though too although i suspect I'll finish that shortly.

[YOUWIN]

very brief observations........


the good - playing on vet, about 4 missions in, very tense, extremely enjoyable, sound is fantastic

the bad - no customizable controls FFS, - this really pisses me off, is it really that hard to do/put in to a game, Hlife managed it fine, i could set up HL exactly the same as i play Halo3 (Bumper Jumper), but no with COD4 i have to use a preset. All that does is **** you up when you switch back and forth between games.

Worst game manual ever, black and white, and about 4 pages, piss poor.


Game experience itself seems fantastic from what i've played of it tho.

[ChrisF]

Hehe you read the manual.

[Yoshimax]

The online is amazing on this - we played for hours & hours yesterday in different groups mostly online matchmaking with a good few private (12 player lag free) matches at the end.

The message about your playlist being old occurs if you attempt to join a game from within SP or the dashboard without first accessing the COD4 multiplayer menu in-game - pretty stupid but once the first invite fails a second always works and once yer in yer in.

Stunning. Team Objective and Team Tactical (max party of 3) are sublime.

Did anybody see "message of the day" yesterday - IW using their ingame messaging to advertise to EA Chicago staff ?

[Rossco]

After those games last night Yoshi I had some weird **** going on, it showed me as being in your lobby, then the game started and suddenly I was playing with the same guys that we played against in the previous game so somehow I skipped lobbys but I could still hear you talking for a minute or two!

[Uli]

After those games last night Yoshi I had some weird **** going on, it showed me as being in your lobby, then the game started and suddenly I was playing with the same guys that we played against in the previous game so somehow I skipped lobbys but I could still hear you talking for a minute or two!

certainly not weirder than getting explained that there's no match available because you're the only person being online.

[Dazzyman]

The online is amazing on this - we played for hours & hours yesterday in different groups mostly online matchmaking with a good few private (12 player lag free) matches at the end.

The message about your playlist being old occurs if you attempt to join a game from within SP or the dashboard without first accessing the COD4 multiplayer menu in-game - pretty stupid but once the first invite fails a second always works and once yer in yer in.

Stunning. Team Objective and Team Tactical (max party of 3) are sublime.

Did anybody see "message of the day" yesterday - IW using their ingame messaging to advertise to EA Chicago staff ?

Yes m8 saw that EA ex staffers FTW . Sorry I couldnt get back in last night after game I was in with you guys seemed the host dropped and when you invited us by time I finished exiting solo of all of 15seconds it was too late (and got that stupid live bug again being too old but that was in xbox live page as I always go straight to that first so something going on).

I wont be on tonight as off to my first ever gig lol unless Im itchy when I get back at 11pm but I need food first (as cant eat all day till I get back or Gary Christian will get vomit on his head when Im sat next to him in disabled bay as hes apparently mixing their pml).

[rmoxon]

Just completed this and I'm scraching my head a bit... what exactly is going on in the epilogue bit

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on the plane

after the credits?.... seemed a bit random.

[John Beaulieu]

some of the multiplayer game types are genious - sabotage, where you have a single bomb for both teams resulting in mad scrambles for it at the beginning of the game - domination (I think its called) where you have the single HQ for both sides, and the one's controlling the HQ have their spawns disabled for 60 seconds whilst the other side has infinite ... yesterday there were 5-10 minute firefights for a single HQ point, everyone massing into the one container, grenades going off everywhere, flashbangs and smoke going off ... war has never been so much fun.

Best multiplayer game of the year? Without a doubt.

[TommyG]

Nah Halo 3 gets that crown in my book, not enjoying the heavly scripted gameplay after Halo 3 either. Not my cup of tea i'm affraid.

[MJ]

I've hit my first Veteran 'I'm stuck' moment trying to get to the second floor on the third mission. CoD2 memories are flooding back!