[Dilmah G]

Yeah, that's right.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=429l13dS6kQ

[Liberator]

I'm probably not the only one who thought MechWarrior 2 when looking at the title.

BTW, if I'm going to play a competitive multiplayer game, I don't want to have to need a system to bankrupt Bill Gates to play it on.

[Dilmah G]

Dude, there's such thing as PC. (Though the lack of dedicated servers makes it somewhat gay.)

[Vidmaster]

Not to mention that this trailer is HORRIBLE!    The previous one is cool but this is just ****. And it spoils so many cool things for example the ISS Astronaut scene.

First reviews are up, it seems to has a somewhat absurd story. The rest however looks great as always.

If you can't wait for this game, check this out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWSZk2hQ8KI

[Fury]

Hmm, this might be the first Call of Duty game I would consider getting...

[Snail]

I'm very worried about the story given that they've decided to go completely insane with it, but I still think it'll be a blast as far as killing **** for a few hours goes.

[General Battuta]

I am extraordinarily peeved in many ways at this game, but I'm still going to play it.

I'm probably not the only one who thought MechWarrior 2 when looking at the title.

BTW, if I'm going to play a competitive multiplayer game, I don't want to have to need a system to bankrupt Bill Gates to play it on.

This is one of the dumbest remarks I've ever heard. The 360 is cheaper than the PC and plays this game fine, and if you're going to play it on PC, it's got some of the lowest system requirements out there.

[Pred the Penguin]

Space? Why?

[Snail]

It looks like they kinda decided not to even try be authentic with this installment

[SpardaSon21]

I heard MW2 uses Steam, P2P online connections, and is completely unmoddable.  Is any of that false?

[General Battuta]

No. And the player limit was lowered to 9v9 from the previous 16v16.

So much for server communities. *sigh*

[Flipside]

There's a bit of a stink about the scene in the Airport at the moment:

http://www.gameanyone.com/video/171701

Must admit, I can understand the concerns, even if I'm not certain how I feel about them.

[Mongoose]

Woah...now that's something.

[General Battuta]

That scene I love. It's skippable, and the player has no reason or even character incentive to fire on the crowds (s/he's supposed to be a deep-cover CIA operative.) And it puts players face to face with the horror of what the bad guys are doing.

[Flipside]

That's kind of how I feel, it certainly demonstrates how powerful a story-telling tool a video game can be, but I can also understand why some people are concerned about it.

Just goes to show that people need to take the rating system seriously, and stop assuming computer games are 'just for kids'.

Edit: As someone who used to mow down pedestrians in Carmageddon 2 whilst laughing like a man possessed, I suppose I'd be hippocritical to feel any other way really

[Snail]

I guess at this point we should warn you that there were spoilers on this page.


Oh wait, you already read them. Ooops.

[Flipside]

Well, strictly speaking, it'd be like going into a BSG thread and not expecting to see spoilers, but I might add a spoiler warning at the start of the thread anyway

[SpardaSon21]

So MW2 uses Steam, has a lower player limit, and has no dedicated servers?  I declare MW2 a "FAIL".

[General Battuta]

Steam is good, but other than that, I agree.

[Snail]

So MW2 uses Steam, has a lower player limit, and has no dedicated servers?  I declare MW2 a "FAIL".

Yeah, I have no idea how anyone could think those were good ideas.

Ah well, I have a console and I don't do multi anyway.