Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

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My wife bought me a copy from Sainsburys for £26. I'm just updating the PS3 software (taking ages but I haven't done it for a while) and then I'm gonna get stuck in.

If COD4 is anything to go by, I'll probably not surface until the new year!
 

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It is a very good game,i managed to play it online last night but was unable to connect to any friends,tonight i can not play online at all as i believe there is an issue with the server,any one else experienced this?
 
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i hear makro are doing it for 22 including VAT!!!

on the game side having now played it...i'm not overly impressed with the multiplayer aspect, the maps are far to big and they still haven't got rid of the being able to fire through walls rubbish, oh and whats the rubbish with the stupid perks like the heart meter one. single player is good though.
 

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Well, I've finished the single player game (8 hrs) and, to be honest, it was a bit of a disappointment. The game play was great but the story (so good in COD4) was more than a little bit unbelievable.

And, for some reason, when I finished the game it still said that I had only completed 50.7%?

Then tried the online game. Got a couple of deathmatches and then spent about 40 minutes in the lobby trying to connect to a game. It found them (25 available) but wouldn't let me enter. I gave up in the end......I seem to remember a similar problem with COD4.

All in all. Great game play ruined by a poor storyline and rubbish online experience!

Oh, and I was using the PS3.
 
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PJPro:Well, I've finished the single player game (8 hrs) and, to be honest, it was a bit of a disappointment. The game play was great but the story (so good in COD4) was more than a little bit unbelievable. And, for some reason, when I finished the game it still said that I had only completed 50.7%? Then tried the online game. Got a couple of deathmatches and then spent about 40 minutes in the lobby trying to connect to a game. It found them (25 available) but wouldn't let me enter. I gave up in the end......I seem to remember a similar problem with COD4. All in all. Great game play ruined by a poor storyline and rubbish online experience! Oh, and I was using the PS3.

There must be a reason why it tells you that you have only completed the game 50.7%..have you collected all the Intel etc? Any secondary objectives that may have been missed out? Iv also seen the mulitplayer and special ops with completion percentages on them..maybe they all need to be completed before you get 100%??

40 mins in the lobby? That is bad! Iv heard a few ppl having problems with gettin online with MW2 on the PS3, i dont think PSN is up to scratch to have such a big game flooding its network! Xbox Live is the way to go for multiplayer games imo iv not had to wait more than 1 minute for the matchmaking system to find a game and then get me into one and iv been playing mulitplayer since the day of release now!

By the way whats the fastest time anyone on here has got in the training assault course at the start of the story mode? I believe you unlock a trophy on the PS3 as you unlock a achievement for doing it under 30secs on the Xbox. My time was 29.3 secods!! Woohoo!
 

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Oh and I didn't collect the laptops as I went. I didn't realise that I had to until near the end of the game. :-(

Anyway, I'm playing it again and collecting the laptops this time.
 
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I have been playing the pc version online and its ace :) Top gaming graphics , but i have to agree the story was poor , Also i seem to get the odd crash when levels try to load ! how odd, but apart from that the game is the best yet in terms off online game play , love the Achivement system . its always fun trying to get new parts for your guns :)
 

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I think there was a problem online for the PS3 version but it has been solved. Tried playing this online with my xbox and its much faster than the PS3 version in terms of match making.
 

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Well, if the problem has been solved, it isn't working for me! I tried getting a game this afternoon. The PS3 locked up completely at one point, I had trouble logging into the PS3 online network, the Activision server(s) were up and down like a yoyo and when I did finally get a game, it bombed out after about 30 seconds.

I'm more than a little frustrated!
 

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do you usually get online ok with your other ps3 games?

I definitely think they need to improve the service as its way off xbox live (guess thats what you would expect from a free service)
 
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PJPro:How fast is your broadband connection?

10mb from Virgin media
 
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Hey all you "OLD Men" taking down young kids on line ! Happy fragging!

Call of duty is the best game franchise going, I have them all(pc) they never let you down and have never made a bad one.

I am sure once the Demon players have had there fix the Lobby will empty a bit !
 

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Despite my low download speed, however, I seem to have largely resolved my issues.

I changed the configuration of my network since I was an avid COD4 player. I've now optimised the network for online gaming.

The router still provides IP addresses via DHCP for all the devices on my network but I have reserved an address for my PS3....allowing me to statically assign an IP address for the PS3. Static assignment of an IP address has allowed me to set up port forwarding (port 3074 (UDP/TCP)) for the PS3 which permits inward and outward bound traffic. This has speeded things up significantly, but can't help be nervous about the security implications of opening a port.

See here for more details.
 

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And if you want to configure port forwarding, here is a good place to start.

To get to the step by step guide on the above site, when you click your router model and you are taken to the page which says "Don't want to deal with forwarding ports?", make sure you click the link in the top right of the page which says "Click here to skip this advertisement...".
 
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Some games are very sensitive to how your router is set up. Even on xbox live you have to sometimes have your ports forwarded to get the best connection.
 

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