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Black Ops 2 Could Put Activision in Legal Trouble

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All Activision games have one thing in common. They are all way too expensive and they don't seem to ever get cheaper. Up yours Activision...

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Sigh...why are people continuing to support this gross quake 3 arena engine rehashing?!

There are better, newer, game engines!! Engines that can actually do something besides horny rabbit fragging and nazi zombie survival!!

Heck Source engine is old but at least you can do a lot of modern tricks with it. The engine for COD may be heavily modified but its still has the archaic foundation limiting it. Paying Activision mega bucks to continue this yearly tradition of churning out titles with the least amount of effort.
 
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I can't speak for anyone else, but when I purchased Modern Warfare, I heard of this airport level that you could play or opt out. I thought that was strange, so I went to YT to check it out...I watched it for a few secs to get the gist of what was going on...thought to myself, these are some sick SOB's, and threw the game in the trash.

Just hearing the name Call of Duty makes me want to puke up a little.

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I can't speak for anyone else, but when I purchased Modern Warfare, I heard of this airport level that you could play or opt out. I thought that was strange, so I went to YT to check it out...I watched it for a few secs to get the gist of what was going on...thought to myself, these are some sick SOB's, and threw the game in the trash.

Just hearing the name Call of Duty makes me want to puke up a little.

LC

But it was supposed to make you hate Markov which was important not only for the plot in MW2 but also MW3...Gives you that extra bit of satisfaction when you kill that MuthaF#cka...


This is a weak case and Activision will prevail and I can't wait to play it!
Don't like CoD then don't buy it...
 

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This sums up teh Cod games nicely.
 
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Call of Duty = Just for fun.
 
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West and Zampella

who is "Ward and Zampella"
 
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I think Treyarch became the better CoD dev W@W forward. I remember tons of map bugs when W@W was released and they went to work straight away squashing them. Black Ops was better, but they supported the shit out of it after release.

Infinity Ward took 3 weeks off during MW2. MW3 was a little smoother though.

I'll probably end up with this on the Xbox since it's exclusively what my friends play, and I like playing games with my friends. Kinda sucks, but it can be fun with the right people.

The thing that bothers me is the fact that it's a brand new title with a brand new price tag for incrimintal upgrades that don't really justify the price tag. With a subscription based service to further rape your fanbase. I do like the series, I just wish it was a little cheaper to play.

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On the topic, I don't think there's anything legally holding back Activision from releasing BO2. If I read the OP right the condition that West and Zampella are no longer with Infinity Ward has been met. Or did I read it wrong?
 
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Man, I never seen in my entire life so much hatred gained in one place!! Geez! All other forums are full of joy and happy people, only here so much bad and negative vibrations....
 

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Man, I never seen in my entire life so much hatred gained in one place!! Geez! All other forums are full of joy and happy people, only here so much bad and negative vibrations....

No, this thread has degenerated to "lets bash this popular thing(Apple, COD, etc) to make me look cool! Nevermind I have bashed it enough times in the past already, because I can obviously look cooler the more times I bash it!" I suggest you either buckle down and enjoy the continuous bashing by self righteous people, or you can pull the chord and bail out. :D
 
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COD is a game for kids, these kids dont care about technical like graphic, story, or anything like we do ; that's the main reason why COD never evolved into some kind technological advancements since 5 years ago and still throws the same game every years because they thought those kids are still the easiest milking machines..

I think Treyarch became the better CoD dev W@W forward. I remember tons of map bugs when W@W was released and they went to work straight away squashing them. Black Ops was better, but they supported the shit out of it after release.

Infinity Ward took 3 weeks off during MW2. MW3 was a little smoother though.

I'll probably end up with this on the Xbox since it's exclusively what my friends play, and I like playing games with my friends. Kinda sucks, but it can be fun with the right people.

The thing that bothers me is the fact that it's a brand new title with a brand new price tag for incrimintal upgrades that don't really justify the price tag. With a subscription based service to further rape your fanbase. I do like the series, I just wish it was a little cheaper to play.

Edit:

On the topic, I don't think there's anything legally holding back Activision from releasing BO2. If I read the OP right the condition that West and Zampella are no longer with Infinity Ward has been met. Or did I read it wrong?

didnt look the same to me..

i havent played W@W, bought i've bought black ops for PC last year. and i stopped playing it before completed the first mission

the game runs so badly, that i even get above 20fps with low settings (i got over >50 fps when playing MW2 on higher resolution and settings..). i think its not just me, i found countless of the same cases on youtube.

treyarch messed up the codes??
 
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didnt look the same to me..

i havent played W@W, bought i've bought black ops for PC last year. and i stopped playing it before completed the first mission

the game runs so badly, that i even get above 20fps with low settings (i got over >50 fps when playing MW2 on higher resolution and settings..). i think its not just me, i found countless of the same cases on youtube.

treyarch messed up the codes??

I don't play CoD for the campaign. Just the multiplayer and I've never had issues with the game running on my PC.
 

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The most depressing thing I have read since Goober died is the fact that Black Ops 2 is setting pre-order records. I don't wanna live on this planet anymore.

THIS is the gauge you use to determine that humanity is fucked? Sigh, it's just another small sign...
 
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Sigh...why are people continuing to support this gross quake 3 arena engine rehashing?!

There are better, newer, game engines!! Engines that can actually do something besides horny rabbit fragging and nazi zombie survival!!

Heck Source engine is old but at least you can do a lot of modern tricks with it. The engine for COD may be heavily modified but its still has the archaic foundation limiting it. Paying Activision mega bucks to continue this yearly tradition of churning out titles with the least amount of effort.


Could be there beta testers are the same fuxs that make the aim-bots?????Easy cash on both sides....haxers rejoice we have them where we want em.....fools to keep pumping out this crap year after year.......So hopefully this gets cancelled and the SERIES DIES LIKE ROCK STAR OR WTFE It was called.

I don't play CoD for the campaign. Just the multiplayer and I've never had issues with the game running on my PC.
Gee-sh it would`t be BECAUSE THE SAME FUXING ENGINE SINCE 2007 Quake 3 COD4??? DX9 and we are going into DX11.1 here in WIN8 soon.......Makes me wonder what the fux those drug dealers put in that maryj these day Brain dead crack, meth ???
 
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