Call of Duty 4 tops Halo 3 in Xbox Live activity
We have to admit it: We're pretty impressed. Though, now that we think about it, it kind of makes sense. We have been hearing a lot more chatter about friends crawling up the CoD 4 ranks than getting together Halo games as of late. It's not like you can make too much of it after one week, but it's definitely something we're keeping an eye on. What about you? Which one's still getting your gaming minutes?
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It is just shocking.
I think it is much more a testament to COD4. COD4 is a phenomenal game, but I had underestimated the staying power of its online multiplayer component. It has continued to amass a well-deserved audience.
Also, check out the rise of Rock Band, which was completely absent from the charts during the first month of its release. Rock Band doesn't have the name recognition of the other franchise, but it is slowly amassing a huge, loyal, audience.
By holidays of 2008, I'm pretty sure that even the casual gamers will recognize that Guitar Hero's time has come and gone.
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PS. You do realize that one of the like two PS3 games to break a million copies is of the dreaded FPS variety, right? Oh, and that pretty much all the rest of the most popular PS3 games are shooters (R&C;, CoD4, Uncharted), right? So unless you go out and buy 10 copies of Folklore or some shit, expect to see more of that poison genre.
See:
http://www.joystiq.com/2008/01/22/the-club-demo-now-on-xbox-live/
http://www.joystiq.com/2008/01/21/rumor-frontlines-canceled-on-ps3-also-pc-multiplayer-beta-is/
Naxe - move on. Your broken record argument is lame and just makes you look desperate for attention.
I know you really wanted to sound cool and all but you are a fucking idiot.
Ratchet and Clank is a fucking platformer, not a fps.
Uncharted is an adventure game, not an fps.
You are a douche, not clever.
You were a bit quick on that one.
Uncharted is an adventure game at heart, sure, but you do so much more shooting in that game as compared to a true "adventure" game like a Tomb Raider or something. Honestly, while I enjoyed the platforming and exploration elements of Uncharted, I did notice that it tended to skew a little battle heavy. A more eloquent assement of it can be found here: http://www.avclub.com/content/games/uncharted_drakes_fortune
...though, with all the name calling, eloquence might not quite be your speed.
Oh, and I didn't even mention UT3, Warhawk, FEAR, Orange Box, or The Darkness.
and naxe is a bigger dumbass than that reviewer--who cares if the big name games are shooters. go play carcassone and leave us alone.
Sadly, despite the fact that he is stating it in an unpolite way, he is right, it IS another FPS, I did enjoy it a lot, but I also want the studios to start focusing on other genres as well...there are way to many FPS's in the market...
"You do realize that one of the like two PS3 games to break a million copies is of the dreaded FPS variety"
http://vgchartz.com/games/game.php?id=12727
http://vgchartz.com/games/game.php?id=12310
http://vgchartz.com/games/game.php?id=7547
"Oh, and that pretty much all the rest of the most popular PS3 games are shooters (R&C;, CoD4, Uncharted), right? So unless you go out and buy 10 copies of Folklore or some shit, expect to see more of that poison genre."
wow, great BST, so, since you found a title that its quite enjoyable yet isn't FPS, you need to bash it? Folklore was great, and the latest DLC also add something to it, hey, while we are at it, you might as well call Zack and Wiki shit because its also one great underrated gem on the Wii.
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oh and by the way, that is a serious question. im not trying to be an ass or anything. ive played Halo 3 and CoD4 and both are great multiplayer games. never got a chance to try out the saved vids and stuff since i just play it at friends houses. im guess im just curious as to if the saved vids and stuff are really THAT great and repeatedly useful. cause i can see a bunch of people recording themselves walking across the map or something gay and flooding the internet with that crap.
That said, yeah, it's kind of a novelty. Albeit one that gives a little more life to the game. I mean, I've never played another game that let me freeze a moment like this: http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y94/baby_sea_tuna/Blogger/Splode1.jpg
download it to my computer, and make it my wall paper. So, it still is kind of a cool feature to have.
YES. Grenade to the butt, triple headshot, Laser suicide, tree reaping etc etc.
Is Just priceless. you won’t understand until you do it.
“oh and by the way, that is a serious question. im not trying to be an ass or anything. ive played Halo 3 and CoD4 and both are great multiplayer games. never got a chance to try out the saved vids and stuff since i just play it at friends houses. im guess im just curious as to if the saved vids and stuff are really THAT great and repeatedly useful. cause i can see a bunch of people recording themselves walking across the map or something gay and flooding the internet with that crap.”
You mean people showing off in youtube, youtube is full of failure but there some truly brilliant moments, I have never uploaded my videos I like to watch them alone or share them with my friends but just that. They also make great wallpapers.
Baby sea tuna: Sweet image, I have one doing a Hadoken. Okay is actually a flare passing by when I was doing a melee but the effect is impressive. I have to download it from my Xb360.
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Now after I finish COD4 in veteran I don't think I will be playing it ever after Smash is released,hell after I finish COD4 I will play AC again and The orange box.
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Play COD4 during 5 minutes = achievement unlocked,High five 10 points.
Play COD4 during another 5 minutes = achievement unlocked-Dude you are awesome another 10 points.
Play COD4 during 10 minutes = achievement unlocked.Dude I can't believe you did it,sweet take 20 points.
And so on...
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I own H3, I played (and beat) the campaign of CoD4 in one afternoon at a friend's house over Thanksgiving vacation and wasn't blown away. It reminded me of GRAW, but less agrivating. All in all, I'm not sure either game stands head and shoulders above the other, but Halo has sold even better than expected, so it I wouldn't discredit it too quickly.
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Call of Duty 4 defends the Bush administration with the war against terror....
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Also that Epiloge reminds us that Airplane jokes are still funny after all these years....
It's a great jab at the Bush administration... really it is...
But on the end they won the war, Hurrrayyy!!....
Call of Duty 4 was superior to Halo 3 in every way. Single and Multiplayer.
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Sorta, not really.
To be honest Call of Duty 4 is awesome but the AI is not notorious for example the only difference between Rookie and Veteran in difficulty is the Number of enemies you encounter, in Rookie you have a handful of them while in Veteran well if I had to resume it in one phrase that phrase would be “Guards Increase your numbers”.
Yes your health decreases but you can still pass doing what the game wants for example, in one mission I killed more than 100 enemies in the screen then when I replay the same mission I did exactly what the game want me to do and I only eliminate 20 of them.
So the game is only hard when the number of enemies overwhelm you.
In Halo 3 the Ai is more notorious, you combat the same number of enemies in almost every difficulty but the snipers can and will kill you in Legendary in one shot and the grunts throw you grenades like there is no tomorrow and you die pretty easily.
The only advantages I see in COD4 are the Graphics, the rest is just different. I can‘t really say COD4 is superior, they are both different.
First time I had pre-ordered a game on hype alone and boy was I let down, but having played the CoD4 beta I traded Haloverated 3 in for it on release day and I'm glad I did =)
maybe COD4 got the mojo.. I'll try the demo