Caltrops - Gamerasutra - XBOX360 PREVIEW: CALL OF DUTY 2

Forum Overview :: Gamerasutra

by Fussbett 10/23/2005, 3:11am PDT

http://www.gametrailers.com/player.php?id=7740&type=wmv

Jhoh Cable: I don't have to worry about how this will turn out, Jsoh already reserved it at Gamestop and got the free shirt.
Jhoh Cable: We gave it to moom. :(
Jhoh Cable: Wow talk about a sucky player. This guy not only can't shoot for shit, but he runs into a dark room and hides.
Jhoh Cable: The game has clearly overwhelmed him, he's probably been playing too many racing or mech games.
Sanitario666: He's desperately trying to get a back door to open in that room. Keep at it, buddy!
Jhoh Cable: Even the coddling "you are hurt, get to cover" message doesn't seem to help this newb.
Sanitario666: Confronted with a game in which things actually happen, he chose to stare a dark wall for a while.
Sanitario666: After storming the sandbagged enemy position with an empty clip.
Jhoh Cable: That was the saddest fucking demo yet. :(
Jhoh Cable: It looks like it'll be the best game so far, but how could they even show that with this "player" staring at walls, trying to walk through doorways and failing?
Sanitario666: Haha "player". He's not even qualified to be called a player of video games.
Jhoh Cable: No.
Jhoh Cable: Maybe he was someone's grandma. :(
Jhoh Cable: Or it was probably a Japanese player. Thrown off the the fact that the game actually has a pace to it.
Jhoh Cable: WHERE ARE THE CUTSCENES? WHY ISN'T A TALKING ROBOT ROLLERSKATING UP TO ME?
Sanitario666: Maybe it was a German, and he didn't want to kill his grandfather.
Jhoh Cable: Well if his grandfather is a doorway I can understand that.
Jhoh Cable: Usually it isn't considered impressive to stare at a wall in a demo for your cutting edge next gen video game. Staring at a wall in obvious fear. Of the ambient gunfire effects and explosions.
Sanitario666: Well these are camera shots of people playing the game at a show.
Sanitario666: It's not like the company put these out. I'm sure they're just as moritified.
Jhoh Cable: The capper of sad moments was when they kept wrestling with the thumbstick to line up an enemy, and advanced to a place with an enemy in an upper window, and the first thing they tried to do was shoot out the shutters to close it, which didn't work.
Jhoh Cable: They didn't even try shooting the enemy.
Sanitario666: I liked that though. I wanted to jump in there and play that.
Jhoh Cable: Well at least there's one thing I learned, don't try shooting the shutters in Call of Duty 2.
Jhoh Cable: Yeah push that guy off the controller and show him how an action game is played.
Jhoh Cable: Tell him to go to his fruity mech turn based simulations.
Sanitario666: GO STARE AT A WALL, PAL
Sanitario666: A game expo is where someone like you could really throw their weight around.
Jhoh Cable: Especially in Japan.
Jhoh Cable: Korea on the other hand, maybe not. :(