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Call of Duty 2 Causing Server Unrest
Despite the excellent gameplay, Call of Duty 2 is causing a lot of internet unrest among the players who want to participate in the online multiplayer component. GamePolitics reports on a thread from the official site. From the site: "Server admins - those mysterious men (and women) behind the curtain who keep online gaming venues humming - are fed up with the PC version of Call of Duty 2. So fed up that they are planning a 24-hour shutdown of COD2 servers on Deember 16th if publisher Activision and developer Infinity Ward fail to address their complaints, which include the lack of an anti-cheat system."
While I assume it would be nice for the developer to add things like Anti-Cheat
More like "necessity". This isn't just to make gamers happy, it's in the publishers best interests as well. If it gets around that online cheating is rampant, people will be much, much less likely to buy the game.
COD:UO is a great product. They made many improvements from the original COD. They added:
1. Punkbuster
2. Vehicles
3. New weapons, including light machine guns
4. The ability to run for short distances. Previously, you could only walk, crouch/walk, and crawl.
5. Battle rank. As you reached point thresholds, your rank increased.
6. New games types including Capture The Flag, Headquarters
With the exception of Punkbuster, COD2 included none of the additions from COD:UO. They added a lot of "eye candy" and reduced the plability of the game. All game types are reduced to "run and gun." It is imposible to use any tactics in the game.
If I had known this, I would have never bought the game. What a disappointment.
I won't make that mistake again... Can you hear me now, Activision???