Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2
Posted by BadReligion
I am writing this blog in a feeble attempt to rally against this new (stupid ass) game from Infinity Ward. I personally have never been impressed with a number of areas of Call of Duty series from Infinity Ward, however I played because the community I was involved with played almost exclusively CoD series. The group I am involved with currently also plays a great deal of Call of Duty WaW. Many obviously are excited about the new CoD Modern Warfare 2, however I am not the only one that is pissed off about its cost, features and Infinity Wards direction with game costs.
Let me first point out the new feature that Call of Duty Modern Warefare 2 will possess that I and others feel is the most user unfriendly! To the best of my knowledge instead of selecting the server you wish to play in the game will choose the best server for you. Sorry, I know you are trying to be slick here but this is a terrible feature. It's not so shabby if the vast majority of users that are groups of friends all playing on the same connection. Even then with intelligent routing protocols I see the potential for groups of people with the same ISP and general location being sent to different servers. The greatest atrocity is when people from other countries or even areas of the same country wish to play together, sorry guys your fucked.
Now as much as I disagree with this I would still consider purchasing Call of Duty Modern Warefare 2. However the next change with Infinity Ward's game is what has caused me to turn against the game I play as much or more than Starcraft and the Diablo series. Infinity Ward will now charge for game patches. Two words IW, piss off! I'm sorry but your games just aren't stable enough on release nor are they so great that I will not subscribe to this sort of behavior. I am perfectly fine with charging for add-ons to the game, however, charging for patches because your original product was inferior enough to raise the need for a fix I will happily refuse.
I see that Infinity Ward has chosen to bend over the table the same group of people that made their game a success. Before you know it Infinity Ward will partner with, yes I'm going there, Microsoft. Then only subscribers to Games for Windows Live will be able to play and the game will play like hell on anything that isn't a Microsoft Xbox.
Surely Infinity Ward and CoD will continue to thrive (for awhile at least) on primarily game consoles. However, they will do so without much of the support from PC gamers as well as my support. For me this move by IW is the death of a great game.
