^^ Its not that you aren't doing over the things like in prestige, its just that instead of losing your progress completely you start fresh on a new squad member. The old squad member will still have whatever you unlock available. You can finish one completely before moving on but you can also move around.

11/5/2013 8:05:00 PM

After a few hours of game play, not too happy about the map designs.

Its like they went battlefield without vehicles imo

11/5/2013 8:56:02 PM

Can anyone explain to me how the operations menu works? you can select one from the drop-down menu and have that be the one you see, but still seem to get credit for others in that dropdown menu, then you can also buy new ones. Does that mean buy level 2 of one you already completed? And what about that operations completed 12, 23, 34 in the lower right? It is so very not intuitive, how the fuck we supposed to know how this works

11/5/2013 8:57:46 PM

You spend squad points on challenges


#Stupid

11/5/2013 9:23:01 PM

Played for about an hour...

-No ping displayed???? WTF

-Maniac kill streak... LOL

-Maps are huge, I like that, but poorly made... too clusterfucky, even with a good squad controlling the spawns will be difficult. Too many levels, too much verticle shit

-Gameplay seems shitty, most of my kills and most of my deaths are shots to the back

-The radar... idk I need to look into equipment... the perks are a clusterfuck and the complexity of what shows up on a map and what doesnt... hoping its better once I level up

-Maniac Killstreak... LOL

11/5/2013 9:46:41 PM

I've got the maniac twice...I don't wanna go up against it. It sure is fun to use though.

11/5/2013 11:34:22 PM

Update, played for a few hours. I didn't want to come up here and bash it after a hour, but the maps suck, the new perks system etc is neat but the maps make this game unplayable online. Its awful, I won't be playing it much after today, until I get some normal, none BF4 maps.

I do great on a few of the maps that aren't loaded with windows and hills for people to camp in. The map layouts are awful, walk to any point on a map and turn around, I guarantee theres atleast 4 entrances. CLUSTERFUCK.

11/6/2013 12:29:00 AM

Yea, maps are pretty shitty. I'm not sure if its deliberate or not... cluster fuck maps cater to the run and gun get shot in the back gameplay where everyone goes 1-1 (Skill-equalization, the nerds call it).

COD4 and W@W (pre DLC) had the best maps. I've maintained that Black Ops had terrible maps, MW3 had even worse maps, and I didn't play Black Ops II since the entire franchise is going down the shitter.

11/6/2013 9:23:40 AM

Quote :

"The radar... idk I need to look into equipment... the perks are a clusterfuck and the complexity of what shows up on a map and what doesnt... hoping its better once I level up"

The radar works better and better the depending on how many active ones are laid out. If you drop yours it may update the map once to show you where enemies are, but the more that are deployed, it will update more and more frequently.

I really like the perk system in this one, I rarely use my secondary weapon, and don't mind getting rid of tactical grenades, so being able to get rid of those in exchange for more active perks is awesome

11/6/2013 9:25:17 AM

Quote :

"Black Ops had terrible maps,"

NUKETOWN IS A SAINT.

11/6/2013 9:48:27 AM

Getting the feeling that this is another COD I won't really miss not getting.

Seriously starting to eye Titanfall as a viable alternative to this franchise.

11/6/2013 9:51:47 AM

Errybody hating on their copy of the game.

HOW IRONIC.

11/6/2013 9:55:28 AM

This game caters to the scrubs. Never again NEVER AGAIN

11/6/2013 10:09:02 AM

Here's some good and bad things about the game.

Cons

Maps feel about the same. So far just about every time I've played it's been the same 5 maps over and over; Chasm, Warhawk, Stormfront, Whiteout, and Octane.

The spawns are fairly screwed up. Not as bad as there were for WaW in the beginning, but a bunch of times I've spawned in front of the enemy only to get shot in the back.

As far as I can tell you can't see what the score is in TDM or Domination. I've tried to look a couple of different ways and didn't see it. If I'm missing something let me know.

The same with muting, there's no easy way to mute just one person.

No ground war on the current gen.


Pros

The weapons all feel balanced.

The game play is smooth.

I've only seen lag once in MP.

The ammo crates will give you a new weapon.


Observations

I really tried to run and gun in this game, but I couldn't do it. I tried to move along the outskirts of the map and that didn't work. The game really works better when you have a person or two to move with. I like that it rewards you for working with a team, but it's frustrating when your team is on one side of the map and you spawn on the other side.

It's good that there's more than one way into a building so folks just can't camp one spot. It's a pain that there's 12 ways to the one spot you just moved to and you end up getting shot in the back so often.

I like the perk/weapon system, but I don't like how they unlock. For example you want perk A, you have enough points to unlock it and you do only to find out you can't use it till you're at a specific rank.


I dunno, it's not as frustrating as WaW was for me in MP. The maps aren't as simple as they were in CoD4. Sometimes they feel too complicated. The maps generally let you play in close or long range combat and that means all the weapons are a little more effective instead of just a select few. I';ll play it for a bit more and see if anything changes. I know some of my complaints can be fixed through patches. Some of the other stuff I dunno.

11/6/2013 10:17:36 AM

There's one thing they can't fix, MAPS. I have the same level of annoyance with this game as every even year call of duty I've ever played. This game is black ops/waw bad.

[Edited on November 6, 2013 at 10:42 AM. Reason : .]

11/6/2013 10:41:51 AM

Quote :

"As far as I can tell you can't see what the score is in TDM or Domination. I've tried to look a couple of different ways and didn't see it. If I'm missing something let me know."

Bottom left corner in TDM

11/6/2013 10:42:47 AM

^thanks, might be where the score in dom is at...lol

11/6/2013 10:49:14 AM

typically in COD when the game starts both sides run to the middle and its a side vs side battle, one side looses and gets pinned.

The maps are so cluttered and large in this, that small squads run past each other, and shoot each other in the back.

11/6/2013 11:12:42 AM

http://youtu.be/5E82ZkHTiVU

People who buy this shit are the reason the rest of us can't have nice things.

11/6/2013 1:16:30 PM

Quote :

"This game caters to the scrubs. Never again NEVER AGAIN"

Thats what I told myself after Black Ops. I skipped MW3 and BLOPS II and now this!

The radar stacking is cute, but the things only last 30 seconds. They should be up until they are destroyed.

Also did I fuck up my screen margins or something? My HUD map is a rectangle, not a square, and way too small.

11/6/2013 1:26:43 PM

The nuke destroys the map..... game still sucks ass but camping in blitz = nuke

11/6/2013 6:40:05 PM

Quote :

"People who buy this shit are the reason the rest of us can't have nice things."

ign seems to think it was a homage to mw2

11/6/2013 7:52:32 PM

^ Personally if the maps were smaller in general I would say it feels like MW2. The guns will need some balance (increase submachine gun, decrease rifles). And I would say there are a few decent small maps but then there are about 4 that are just way too huge for the number of people playing on them.

11/6/2013 7:57:40 PM

IGN is fucking retarded. Ghosts multiplayer is nothing like MW2. MW2 was decent and kept up the "3 lane" philosophy from COD 4 and added some vertical nonsense... it also had accurate 3 burst rifles.

Ghosts is pretty poorly designed.

I have never played a COD game were I had to put so much effort into making sure I don't get shot in the back. The cluster fuck maps is problem #1, the lack of radar effectiveness is problem #2. This is why we need stopping power and jugg... we need a tradeoff for people trying to hide.

In addition... IEDs are weak as hell... and motion sensors, to my knowledge, do absolutely nothing. I want bouncing betties/claymores so I can write off a section of the map and move in the other direction. I still don't see how the motion sensors work... its not like BLOPS. I wish they would include the heartbeat sensor... a secondary, MOBILE radar is better than a stationary one. /rant

11/7/2013 1:33:19 AM

Up for sale we have a 1 day old copy of Call of Duty Ghost, I'll take 53. Thats $1 less than what gamestop will charge you for a used copy, and $15 less than I payed after shipping

11/7/2013 4:41:39 AM

I was commenting about the cut scene that is in ghosts that is almost exactly the same as the mw2 ending.

11/7/2013 6:57:32 AM

I like it

11/8/2013 8:33:20 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23jjKbJI8no


i've followed Max's videos since MW2. If this guy can't have fun playing Ghosts MP then I know for a fact i'm making the right decision by not buying it.

11/8/2013 9:24:49 AM

The game isn't fun. I've played every game mode. It sucks no matter how good I do. I get no sense of joy playing this game. Its the worst cod I've ever played.

11/8/2013 10:04:33 AM

anyone played the Aliens Extinction mode? Thoughts?

11/8/2013 10:31:15 AM

^Seems pointless. I felt like I was playing Halo Reach 2, shooting orange-robot-dogs.

Can they just copy Treyarch already and make zombies?

I haven't played a console shooter in a long time with my crew... I was trying to get them all to buy ghosts but honestly this is just such a bad game it will be a tough sell.

11/8/2013 11:10:40 AM

all of the people complaining about Ghosts seem to be those who preferred MW3 over BLOPSII.

I preferred BLOPSII over MW3 by a lot, is there anyone else who preferred BLOPSII who has played Ghosts? What do you think about it?

11/8/2013 11:25:40 AM

I liked blops 2, and barely even remember mw3, I like a lot of the gameplay and new stuff in ghosts, but I really don't care for most of the maps. The only one I really look forward to playing is the castle one

11/8/2013 11:40:26 AM

My new Ghosts strategy:

Overkill -riot shield secondary

Riot shield on back means I can't get shot in the back. When equipped riot shield also functions as a mobile Black Ops motion sensor.

11/8/2013 12:23:01 PM

I kinda think Extinction looks neat.

Gameplay / Easter egg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-vUo0-4-8c

11/8/2013 1:49:41 PM

I've heard good things about it, just haven't gotten around to playing it yet

11/8/2013 2:08:58 PM

About Extinction?

11/8/2013 2:19:21 PM

Yeah

11/8/2013 2:33:37 PM

Update,

I have now figured out how to not get shot in the back. 2 ied's, 1 ping, IMS, Sentry Gun, overkill silenced sniper, ak-12. As I tell the kids that scream about camping, when the spawns and maps are fixed I'll stop camping.

11/9/2013 4:39:28 PM

90% of these guns are one shot kills from basically any contact on the body

11/9/2013 8:10:27 PM

Random thoughts after playing more:

Triton missles suck ass. Everytime I use them they are not aimed at enemies, the enemies are using camo, or under cover, and then the missiles dont go where I aim them anyway...

The IMS is sadly one of the most leathal killstreaks just because of how bad the maps are and how often enemies spawn behind you.

The chopper is meh... it drops bombs on campers, but is inconsistent with kills. I got it on Stonehaven where everyone is out in the open and it got 0 kills. 9 kills without getting shot in the back in this game is way harder than 7 in cod4, so I would expect the copper to atleast get 3-4 kills like the Cod4 chopper.

Host Penalty lag is horrific. Whatever netcode shit they did starting with blackops... I hate it. The aim assist is so dependent on connection I can't stand it. Lag compensation means if you are host you will get screwed.

Amplify is one of the best perks... soundcamping is very useful in this game. I have amplify and hardline in every class.

11/10/2013 2:57:03 AM

I'll second the sound camping. Dead silence is also a great perk, seems to me that they turned up the sound of footsteps in this game.

^ You should pair that IMS with a Sentry gun, that combo stops all the revenge spawn nonsense. I read somewhere today that the spawn system was intentionally setup like that because people were complaining that it takes too long to get back into the action. (Please spawn me on top of other guys because I'd rather get shot in the back then spend 10 seconds running)

Today I learned that using LMG, Silencer, Thermal Scope and carefully making a bed in grass will lead to epic attempts at revenge kills.

I figured out how to mute people, hit the start button and go down the menu and hit mute player, then select them. try doing that without having someone spawn behind you.

11/10/2013 9:09:47 PM

I am enjoying this game. I was pretty bad the first couple dozen MP games I played, but I'm starting to hit my stride now (also dealing with reverting back from Halo). Took me awhile to find a weapon I liked, but the Remington AR is my new best buddy.

I played a couple campaign missions too. I like the story so far, it's pretty unique and engaging. Riley the dog is pretty badass. I'm sure those bastard plot writers will kill him eventually and that'll piss me off when it happens.

11/11/2013 8:52:43 AM

Picked it up yesterday with the "Buy 2, Get 1 Free" deal at Target. Played only a couple of hours and enjoyed it so far. IDK if that is due to the fact this is my first COD since World at War or it still has that new game shine to it.

11/11/2013 1:48:08 PM

You must really suck

11/11/2013 1:55:01 PM

got the game over the weekend and have realized that hardcore is the way to play this game. maybe its that fact that the pace is slower and their are not as many respawns, but i barely notice anyone spawning behind me.

11/11/2013 8:41:46 PM

I'll be on Xbox360 tonight (assuming USPS delivers on time) - mildew23

Do we have a clan or anything yet? I got the game for both 360 and Xbone

11/12/2013 10:51:47 AM

^
I've been waiting on the usual suspects to get the game.....they're slacking off.

11/12/2013 9:49:31 PM

not gonna happen for me probably

11/12/2013 10:14:21 PM

Sat Coms are very poorly balanced. Even when I play with a full squad and they have them running, the enemy team all had camo and wiretap, meaning us having 3 sat coms = they have full radar and we have none.

I've found that 2 I.E.Ds and 2 Motion Sensors + Sound camping in a high traffic spot is the way to go... shooting people in the back means I won't get lag killed head to head (this game is lag shit) and by the time everyone starts revenge rushing me I can set my I.M.S and relocate. IMS is 3-4 kills easy. I'm debating what killstreaks to go with above IMS... I hate the Triton Missiles, and there is so much clutter on the map the turret doesn't get too many kills, its good to put my back to but I already have the IMS and IEDs down. IMS-Chopper-Gryphon gets solid kills... I've found the Chopper Pilot is ok depending on map... gets more kills than the Loki.

Quote :

"You must really suck "

Show MONGO some fucking respect, he is a fucking WaW veteran.

11/12/2013 11:06:23 PM