Hitzel

My first impressions:

Let me get the bad out of the way first, because I'm actually pretty happy with the beta. Just remember that this is my impressions from playing about an hour, so i may be dead wrong on some things.

The Bad:

• The vehicle map is horrible. In every way you could thing a map is horrible, it is horrible. Hiding places, virtually indestructible tanks, not knowing where your enemy is, low visibility, etc, etc.

• Most weapons still have a delay between hitting L and actually aiming down the site. It's a shame, because the full auto weapons have recoil and take skill to aim, but the long aim time really nerfs them too much.

• From what I can tell, headshots do no bonus damage unless you're using a bolt-action rifle / sniper.

• There is still autoaim. I saw no signs of a way to turn it off for an entire server.

• The Thompson seems a little overpowered. I haven't seen / tried any other SMGs, but it has little recoil and feels like it's firing Rifle rounds. It can kill at medium range just as good as a Rifle and can be sprayed up close very effectively:

Thompson + stopping power + steady aim = top tier (from the hour I played)

The Good:

• Weapons have RECOIL! I'm not sure if some sights remove it, but everything I've used so far has had recoil to an extent that makes you have to control your fire (except the Thompson and German Pistol, although they still have some recoil).

• Single Shot Rifles return:

The Rifles, from what I can tell, all are semi-auto and are all more skillful than the CoD4 Rifles. You can tap the trigger to fire fast, but the clips are shallow so you need to make each shot count.

The Bolt Action Rifles aren't godly like they were in CoD2, but they are strong and seem to kill in one hit if you get a headshot or neck shot. They don't kill from any body shot like in 2, and they can't be quick-scoped like in 2, but they're more acessable than the Snipers were in 4.

Also, I've noticed that tagging someone with a Springfield or Arshiska (sp) leaves them to die in one hit from anything. While it's not useful in a 1v1 fight, I noticed that in team games tagging with a Bolt Action is very useul for team fire sine you generally don't expose yourself long enough to get killed in the process. I'm constantly getting 8 point perfect assists from doing that in Team Deathmatch.

• The small maps feel better. Although these are still mediocre maps, the two small-medium sized maps actually seem to have a design focus to them and don't feel like a ported campaign level. The Beach map is alright, but the Castle map feels great. Map control shifted between different areas of the map, both close and long range weapons have their place and balance, and there are ways to attack any would-be camping spot. It's Call of Duty, so there are places to hide, but all of them are vulnerable if you check your blind spots.

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WhoMeR1

After playing it some more I agree with you. I was getting my ass kicked on round house. I didn't really have a problem taking out tanks but one thing I liked was that you can kill the turret guy easily if he doesn't duck down. I started noticing that with the thompson when more people started playing. I also don't like the telescoping scope (ACOG) as much as I thought I would. I also notice it's easy to get stuck on things when trying to strafe.

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Brutal Phabio

so is the beta out right now? im going to go preorder tomorrow if it is.

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Hitzel

No Phabio, I haven't been playing it all night.

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Blackabyss

Sarcastic Bastard....


And Phabsmister, I'm with ya, lets get this Beta!

Brutal Phabio

im going to go pre order it tomorrow then.

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nowandtheworld

bah, i'm still waiting on my beta key :\

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KoRRuPT

I haven't had any interest in this game. I'm sure a bunch of people from my friends list will pick it up but I'm tired of WW2 games. It sounds like they have done little to nothing new to the game to keep it fresh, basically re skinning the COD4 engine with a WW2 theme and throwing in some more perks. Most of my online play time will go toward Gears 2 this year I'm thinking.

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FIF3

Dude, this is exactly how I feel. I've played far too many WW2 games, I wish developers would get that... Why do we still need WW2 games with the same weapons, same vehicles, same enemies, just different graphics and maybe some change in gameplay? We don't!

I'm not even going to bother trying to get into the beta, I never cared for CoD3, so I doubt I'll like this.

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Hitzel

It's pretty much COD 4 with more weapons. It doesn't feel like a WWII game.

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