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Call of Duty - Ghosts An honest review....after 4 hours. (PS3)


moulds33

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I sent this in an email to some of my other gamer co-workers and I thought maybe someone around here would get some use out of it too.  I'm not a writer or reviewer by any means, just a guy who likes to play CoD.  Please ask questions if you want and I'll try to get back to you.  I'll be on tonight if anyone else plays, my PSN gamertag is Karl_Hungus_33


 


 


 


I've only played for about 4 hours total so far, 2 of that with some guys on my friends list. We mostly played TDM, but we tried some Search and Rescue (think S&D mixed with kill confirmed, I think it’ll be a fun game mode). The other 2 hours I played domination solo.  Here’s my review so far which is subject to change:


 


Good:


Graphics are really good, maps look great.


The hit detection is great, just like MW2 & 3, infinity ward always delivers here.


Guns seem cool and balanced so far, but it’s really hard to unlock stuff, gonna take forever, I’m only level 8.


You can buy weapons/perks in any order you want though with squad points, but they are hard to earn also.


Lots of perk combos and some cool new perks.  (reload while sprinting, enemies you kill don’t show a “skull”, wiretap, health regen faster)


You slide now instead of dolphin dive and it’s fun, you can even shoot/reload while you do it.


There are no “lock on” launchers, so your stuff shouldn’t get shot down as fast.


It takes 2 Satcoms (UAVS) called in at the same time to make your radar work, so it takes some teamwork.  They are placed on the ground now and are easy to destroy.


So the UAV spam is over with I think, which is good.  You shouldn’t be forced to run the ghost perk now unless you want too.


Some of the guns have a silencer built into them, so you don’t have to use points when you build your class.


The pistols are very usable, I haven’t really tried the marksman rifles much but they are popular too.  I don’t think SMGs or shottys will be that good.


The guns sound cool, not like a cartoon from BO2.


No lag…none.  This shocked me since it was day 1 and my party was 2 guys from NY and another from TX.  Hopefully it stays like that.


 


Bad:


Maps are way too big, you run around trying to find people way too much.  I mean really big like 3-4 times too big in some cases.  Easily the worst thing about the game hands down.


No groundwar, the maps are built for it and it’s just not there. Very disappointing, easily 2nd worst thing.


The scoreboard isn't as good as the Treyarch one, no defends, assists, etc.  Just K/D/C.  Not sure why IW doesn't do this right.


Only the 1st guy who jumps on a domination flag gets a notch towards his pointstreak, everyone else just gets points...dumb. (another really horrible decision, do they let anyone who actually plays these games test em?)  


The killstreaks don’t seem that cool, they kind of neutered them all.  Specialist isn’t as good either, support seems like the best to be honest so far.


The ghost perk is unlocked for everyone at the beginning, not sure why they did this.  Satcoms are default when you start but are useless since everyone has the ghost perk for free already.


There are some horrible spawns, which I don’t get because the maps are so big.  They usually fix these after the first few weeks normally though.


It takes a really long time to load each match, but not long to find a game (good thing).


There’s a maniac juggernaut that runs fast and just has a knife, it’s just dumb.  You’ll have to see it for yourself, hard to explain.


Might be forced to use marathon perk with these big maps.


 


 


Not sure yet:


There’s a MOAB type thing that you earn by 25 gun kills or completing “field orders”, I’m not sure if this is good or bad.  Chris got one by completing 3 or 4 things in  a row.  It kills the whole enemy team and actually changes the map layout, which is different.  To get one, it’s just random stuff like, kill 2 guys while you crouch, use your 2ndary weapon, get a kill from behind, etc.  So not impossible, you get the orders by picking up a blue suitcase thingy. 


Footsteps are super loud with a headset, it’s almost annoyingly loud.  Maybe dead silence is worth using now.


The bullets kill faster than any CoD maybe ever, it’s insane.  I’m not sure if this is good or bad yet either.


You can lean around walls and shoot now, I’m not sure if I like it or not yet though.  I haven’t messed with it much, seems campy maybe. No one was really using it yet, guessing that will change.


Quickscoping is possible, but it’s not super easy.  I got 2, one was luck but the other was legit.  Nobody has killed me doing it yet, but are there a lot of snipers so far...due to the huge maps I'm thinking.


The female character’s voice/moans, kind of funny now but it’s gonna get annoying I’d wager.


 


 


Should you buy it?


I think so & if you were going to wait and to get it for PS4, there’s a code inside the game that will let you upgrade for only $10 when the PS4 is out, which is really cool.  I’m cautiously optimistic about it, there’s a lot of stuff to try so it’ll take a few months to get the hang of it but I’ve had fun so far with it.  Let's hope they can tweak some of the "fixable" stuff, it's got potential.


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After playing some more last night, it seems they need to work on the lag compensation/network stuff some more.  Seemed like I died in 1-2 bullets, but it took me 5-6 to kill anyone.  And the killcams, showed something different than what my screen did.  I had a hard time doing much at all, this needs some major attention fast.  It's something they can usually tweak though. 


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After playing some more last night, it seems they need to work on the lag compensation/network stuff some more.  Seemed like I died in 1-2 bullets, but it took me 5-6 to kill anyone.  And the killcams, showed something different than what my screen did.  I had a hard time doing much at all, this needs some major attention fast.  It's something they can usually tweak though. 

 

I haven't had too big of an issue with lag compensation so far.  it's usually much worse at launch (especially MW3 and Black Ops 2) but the dedicated servers are definitely not being used right now.  I thought the dedicated servers were only for next-gen but supposedly IW did say they were going to use them for 360/ps3.

 

They also said quickscoping wasn't going to be possible.  but it definitely works fine.  they just removed the crosshair when you are hip firing a sniper.

 

Squad points are really pissing me off.  Especially with kill streaks... you'll play.. what.. 5-6 games. finally get the required squad points and the streak sucks ass.  

 

Spawns are an absolute joke.   the Domination spawns make no sense whatsoever and don't follow what every COD game in the past has done.  

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I haven't had too big of an issue with lag compensation so far.  it's usually much worse at launch (especially MW3 and Black Ops 2) but the dedicated servers are definitely not being used right now.  I thought the dedicated servers were only for next-gen but supposedly IW did say they were going to use them for 360/ps3.

 

They also said quickscoping wasn't going to be possible.  but it definitely works fine.  they just removed the crosshair when you are hip firing a sniper.

 

Squad points are really pissing me off.  Especially with kill streaks... you'll play.. what.. 5-6 games. finally get the required squad points and the streak sucks ass.  

 

Spawns are an absolute joke.   the Domination spawns make no sense whatsoever and don't follow what every COD game in the past has done.  

 

I heard the dedicated servers will be a go for the old gen stuff too, but not sure when.  Hopefully it's just a launch problem.  

 

Agree with 100% of your post!

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After playing some more last night, it seems they need to work on the lag compensation/network stuff some more.  Seemed like I died in 1-2 bullets, but it took me 5-6 to kill anyone.  And the killcams, showed something different than what my screen did.  I had a hard time doing much at all, this needs some major attention fast.  It's something they can usually tweak though. 

x2.To me seems like Doom 2k14.The dog running around with you is pretty cool

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Most people are saying the dog is useless.  I've only seen it kill someone once.


 


As for the game, I play on 360 and it's pretty good so far.  Maps are definitely too big.  My biggest complaints:


 


#1 - The took Search and Destroy off the playlist in lieu of Search and Rescue... ARGH, if I wanted to play kill confirmed I would play that game type damnit!!  I miss S&D!  Second most popular game type and they took it out of public rooms, ARRRGGHH


#2 - You can't tell who is talking on the MIC during the game (WTF???)


#3 - You also can't mute people selectively


#4 - Takes like 20 seconds to start each round, MW3 was like 5-10


 


I hope all 4 of these things are fixed with a patch.  I think they will add S&D back at some point, I heard they are just trying to get people to try out S&R instead.  It's available in private matches.


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Most people are saying the dog is useless.  I've only seen it kill someone once.

 

As for the game, I play on 360 and it's pretty good so far.  Maps are definitely too big.  My biggest complaints:

 

#1 - The took Search and Destroy off the playlist in lieu of Search and Rescue... ARGH, if I wanted to play kill confirmed I would play that game type damnit!!  I miss S&D!  Second most popular game type and they took it out of public rooms, ARRRGGHH

#2 - You can't tell who is talking on the MIC during the game (WTF???)

#3 - You also can't mute people selectively

#4 - Takes like 20 seconds to start each round, MW3 was like 5-10

 

I hope all 4 of these things are fixed with a patch.  I think they will add S&D back at some point, I heard they are just trying to get people to try out S&R instead.  It's available in private matches.

 

Yeah, I like to play S&D when I'm by myself sometimes for fun, hopefully they'll add it in a patch and all that stuff you mentioned really.  Good calls!

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One other thing I forgot--  on hardcore you can't see the mini-map anymore by pressing the back button.  This used to be available in MW3...  If someone is firing without a silencer it helped locate them.  And especially it helped with learning the MAPS.  Now the only time I get to see the map is before the game starts, or if someone calls in a UAV.  I guess I need to play core or go into my own private room to try and get the maps down, rather than SLOWLY learn them by playing hardcore online.


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You can supposedly make the attack dog actually attack people, but I haven't tried it yet.  Otherwise it just barks when enemies get close and avenge your death.


 


No, I haven't tried the shield yet.  I'm glad they brought it back, it's always fun to mess with people.  The MW2 one was beast, but the MW3 one sucked.  Hopefully this one is usable at least.


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I see the white when people chat in between rounds now, but not during the game.  Maybe it's because I only play on hardcore?


 


I like about half of the maps, the other half not so much.  Stonehaven is a good one.


 


I spent a few hours in private match by myself running around to learn the maps real good and that seems to have made a nice difference in my K/D.


 


PS-- I am really annoyed with S&R still...  They need S&D back NOW!  Too many randoms will not pick up dogtags in S&R (they'll be RIGHT NEXT TO a tag and won't get it)...  So frustrating.  Plus the tags in general are a stupid idea, you can wipe out most of a team and next thing you know they're all back.  Really lame IMO.


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  • 2 months later...

Anybody still playing it?  It's not as much "action" as most of the infinity ward games but I actually like it and have fun playing it.  Most of my PSN friends play Blops 2 still, but I think Ghosts is better.  


 


I'll probably buy the map packs since I'm too broke to get a PS4.  I'd like to get one by the time Destiny drops, but it's not looking good.  Blew all my $ on my Madison flight.  :cry:


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