Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare II

[Jimaroid]

Right, I think I've cracked it... Treyarch made the first half of the game and Infinity Ward made the second.

Completely gripping, amazing, roller coaster of a game once you get past the halfway point. First two hours are really messy, frustrating and strangely out of place with the rest of the game. Strange experience for games thesedays but, shitting hell, what a last half! Don't want to spoiler it but from my initial reaction to the game it, to what it became, it did rescue itself and come out a winner. It was a really close run thing though, I almost gave up on it in the Flavella level.

[The Captain]

Completed the single-player this evening. OMFG. That was one hell of a ride - don't think I've ever been so exhilarated by a game before. Wowzers.

[ESY]

Well, it must have had you hooked! - I saw you on there at 5pm US time. Get some sleep mate!

[ESY]

By the way, any tips for just surviving on multiplayer. I am getting my arse handed to me!

[HGFB]

Shoot the other players before they shoot you.

[Viscount Charles]

Don't run around like a headless chicken.

[louiecat]

By the way, any tips for just surviving on multiplayer. I am getting my arse handed to me!

Things Louie Has Discovered AS Wise To Do When A Noob IN CODMW2:

1. Accept you will die. ALOT. Don't let this deter you from making the game your own by discovering how best YOU play......

2. Do not attempt to play the game at the rate and speed of everyone else. That is, like Halo: a continual sprint around the map shooting from the hip. You will be awful at this compared to the young uns with reflexes of a jungle cat and lots more time on their hands than you have and a preoccupation wth levelling rather than enjoying.

3. Aim each game to increase your kill total even if it means only killing 2 people. Try to find ways to decrease your death rate.......

4. Learn which weapons you like the most. Perhaps you need a red dot attachment on an LMG because thats a good combo for someone like me who is slower and more inaccurate. A gun with loads of bullets in a clip is also a boon here. Experiment and enjoy.

5. Learn to use the excellent maps as they were meant to be - find corners, cover and bottlenecks to move between and don't be afraid to camp and lie in wait. There are some excellent places to hold up against numbers of enemies: let them come to you!

6. Play Team matches and learn to see your results as part of the team effort and you will be less likely to be frustrated when when your score comes in low. Spend time moving around the maps with two or three other members of your squad if you are not very good: be ready to assist in kills as well as make them: choose weapons like a heavy gun to lay down cover fire for the faster more accurate members of your team.

7. Never get deluded into thinking this is ever a game you can "win" - there is always something to achieve, whether its getting better at headshots, learning to use claymores effectively or making longshots with non-sniper weapons: thats the beauty of this game.

8. Have FUN: never take it too seriously. Never worry about something as unimportant as your score in a videogame. Relax and you will improve. Remember - you are playing with tens of thousands of others and many many of them will ALWAYS be far bette than you.

[The Captain]

Excellent advice for COD n00bs, louiecat. It can be scary out there. And apologies for last night - you keep joining my Live party at inopportune moments and last night I was halfway through the last level.

Oh, and ESY - I'm a total insomniac and MW2 is a fine companion.

[BrianTheNaughtyBoy]

By the way, any tips for just surviving on multiplayer. I am getting my arse handed to me!

All of the above are pretty useful. There's definitely more thinking involved than you first...think. So you can counteract the fast reflexes by (e.g.) using the radar effectively. Try not to rush around - only move position for a purpose. I seem to remember thinking flashbangs and stuns were useless when I first played 4, but this is not true. If you think an enemy is in a room or round a corner, it's a good idea to flash it first. I actually prefer stuns here, as your opponent can turn and fire on you after a flash.

Get used to the different weapons and what maps they are more useful for. None of the classes are useless. Assault is certainly standard, but SMG for maps with close action, sniper for maps with larger open spaces. I find LMG can be use for somewhere in between Assault and SMG, particularly maps where enemies tend to cluster down choke points.

Learn the maps. Once you've got the maps in your head and you know where the enemies position is likely to be, you'll be twice as good.

[louiecat]

all good Barb - I was thinking you might be in a DM lobby and thought of joining. As it was I ended up in a large group of 16 and all seemed good chaps - it was a full on and I actually came up with the second highest kill score in a match! I used the "hole up in a bunker" strategy and with the help of another guy called Dangerous Dave we saw quite a few blaggards off before going to glory!

[Bod]

Finished it on Veteran yesterday (second play through), which meant for a bit of swearing at 3 of the levels. I kept getting a checkpoint right in the middle of 3 gazillion bullets and died within seconds of a re-spawn!

Not gonna bother hunting for the hidden computer lappies, and gonna concentrate on the spec ops for a bit ... well, until Assassin Creed II is out.

[ESY]

Thanks for all of the wonderful advice. I used to play a lot of Halo 3 and do quite well but this is an entirely different beast! Althought like Halo, when I first started to play, I had no idea what was going on Learning maps though - I was playing on that Brazil shit-hole level and I had no idea where I was most of the time I am going to take this piece of advice most to heart - stay put!

Captain - I widh I had needed my own advice last night. I am knackered.

[benedictw]

Tips. You can shoot through stuff and so can they so don't hide behind a fence and be surprised when someone with a SAW puts 50 rounds through.

Fire short bursts - full auto is innaccurate. You can get more kills with fewer rounds by doing short bursts.

Move calmly. If you run into a room without checking round the door you will get shot.

Red dot sight makes a good difference for aiming.

Grenades are there to be used. If you die without using your flashbangs then you've wasted them.

Don't stand around in doorways, people watch doorways etc as they are pinchpoints.

[louiecat]

yup - red dots rule for me, but sometimes you have to persevere with a weapon without them until you have made enough kills to unlock the sight for that weapon. Fave for me is Famas with dot sight - but only from a staic position - run and gun is better with something like the vector.

[Anders]

I have only played the first couple of levels, but so far I think this is the most intense and chaotic gameplay I've ever seen. I actually feel a bit overwhelmed.