[xandaca]

For everyone complaining about Nuketown lacking strategy, COD has never been an especially strategic game, in deathmatch at least (I don't play objective games). Secondly, though they were limited, there were definitely strategies you could use in terms of moving between key points of cover, using Claymores to cover the key passageways (quite effective give the small size of the map). Using stealth loadouts was also surprisingly effective - few people used them, so most just went running towards the gunfire, assuming no-one would be hiding. I got nearly all my biggest killstreaks on the map and never rarely had any problems with grenades: a weapon like the Stoner could hit at maximum damage along most of the map's key sightlines (and is very powerful firing from the hip, a very effective choice with the Wii's pointer controls). Again, like every COD map, strategy will only get you so far, but in many ways, Nuketown was not much less open to tactics than any other.

EDIT: It occurs to me that since I was playing the Wii version, with fewer players in each match, grenades might have been a bigger problem on other consoles. I'd still be surprised if it couldn't be mitigated with intelligent movement though. I always ran into the house as my first move and waited in the front doorway for the first few opponents to appear, as most were either looking down the alleyways or at the upper window.

[Shadybiz]

I liked Nuketown well enough for the zany-ness of it I guess. I don't really like that it's a preorder bonus here, but I guess that's just the way business is done.

[Bleepey]

Treyarch occasionally put up a Nuketown 24/7 playlist for certain weekends.

So only on special occaisions? hmm

[Bumblebeetuna]

So only on special occaisions? hmm

Yep and that sucked. Nuke Town 24/7 should be an all the time playlist, even if they make it unranked, which they would obviously have to.

[Hazaro]

Nuketown is everything that is CoD. I hate that map, and I've only played it a few times on PC and Console.

Although I'm not too surprised by it's popularity.

[Dresden]

Small maps suck shit.

[thetrin]

Nuketown is total horse shit. How is that the biggest incentive in CoD history?

Sometimes, I don't think I "get" CoD. Everything everyone else seems to love, I realize I fucking hate.

[The_eJoker]

Small maps suck shit.

Highrise from MW2 disagrees:

[Brian Fellows]

Zoo was far and away my favorite BLOPS map.

I also liked Villa, Cracked, Crisis, Jungle, Array, WMD, Grid, Hazard(Cliffside), Drive-In, Convoy, Kowloon, and Discovery.

I didn't hate Summit and Firing Range but they'd be be closer to the bottom than the top for me.

My bottom 4 were stadium, Hanoi, Havana, and Nuketown.

[Jarmel]

You seem to be the only one really hating on it and you're making blanket statements about the people who liked it, including all the ones who posted in this thread. C'mon...

Nuketown is a shit map.

[Odrion]

Nuketown is a terrible map and I am thankful for whatever child I unknowingly sacrificed to the dark lords to never get that map in any rotation ever.

[Collider]

Is this the way to make people preorder your game? Bollocks.

[Bricky]

Small maps suck shit.

I still think Shipment from the first Modern Warfare is one of the most fun (and chaotic) CoD maps ever created. Getting the helicopter-killstreak was godlike.

[Anaslex]

This map provides the best brainless fun you can have. Too bad the revamp will be limited to to a few players

[Jarmel]

This map provides the best brainless fun you can have. Too bad the revamp will be limited to to a few players

Best news about this is that Nuketown isn't normally in the map rotation. That way I never have to play this shit map.

[spindoctor]

Wasn't a big fan of Nuketown but I will admit there were times when I'd just load into a Nuketown game to shoot shit without having to think about it. What I didn't like is how Nuketown 24/7 servers absolutely crowded the server browser after a few months. It's like most of the community gravitated to that map and left all the others behind.

What is really disappointing about this announcement is that now even Activision is jumping onto the pre-order bonus/retailer bonus bandwagon. That they never used to fragment their COD games before was one of the big advantages they had over EA who fucking split their games into a thousand pieces even before release.

[Dresden]

I still think Shipment from the first Modern Warfare is one of the most fun (and chaotic) CoD maps ever created. Getting the helicopter-killstreak was godlike.

Ugh, Shipment was terrible. One of the reasons why I always hit up Ground War in COD4. Everyone loading up with triple frag and martyrdom...

[Bricky]

Ugh, Shipment was terrible. One of the reasons why I always hit up Ground War in COD4. Everyone loading up with triple frag and martyrdom...

Yeah, but I think that was kind of the point of the map. It wasn't made for serious fights, just for chaos and the pure joy of randomly throwing grenades everywhere and hiding in a container in order to survive more than a few seconds.

Maybe it's just me, but I loved it. I remember the PC-version having servers with over 40 people, now that was epic.

[danmaku]

Nuketown is total horse shit. How is that the biggest incentive in CoD history? Sometimes, I don't think I "get" CoD. Everything everyone else seems to love, I realize I fucking hate.

Opinions aside, the biggest incentive in COD history is a remake of an old map? wow...

[hamchan]

My first initial reaction was that pre-order maps are bullshit. Then I realized I hate this map and it's quite a good thing it won't be in normal rotation. Good move Treyarch.

[Razgriz-Specter]

If they could offer some of MW maps I would be way more excited.

[Stallion Free]

If they could offer some of MW maps I would be way more excited.

Why would Treyarch offer Infinity Ward maps?

[Chip N Chance]

Highrise from MW2 disagrees:

You mean rust? Highrise was badass as well.

[fusionedd]

I wouldn't call it the biggest incentive, though I see the appeal.

Still probably won't win me over, depending on my friends.

[TheSeks]

Best MP map/bot shooting gallery ever to get a futuristic revamp? Yes please. Hopefully NA will get this amazing preorder bonus as well.

Hahahahahaha. No it isn't. That's no Deconstruction. Oh, you mean in Call of Duty? That's not Chinatown then.

[Stallion Free]

Hahahahahaha. No it isn't. That's no Deconstruction. Oh, you mean in Call of Duty? That's not Chinatown then.

Chinatown sucked in MW1 compared to Carentan in COD1. It worked so much better in the original.

[XANDER CAGE]

exclusive first look!



(I'm actually sort of excited for future nuketown)

[Sanjay]

So hyped, day 1 for the best map and game, both in a league of its own. Other games wish they had this shit.

[The Faceless Master]

the first time i saw a walkthru of nuketown on yutube, i knew it was a fantastic map for that game.

[Conrad Link]

I don't understand the people who are like "F**k this map its EVERYTHING I HATE ABOUT COD PLAYERS AND THE FRANCHISE!! GRRRRR! >:|" etc.

Doesn't sound like you even want to play the game in general so why does it matter?

[CiSTM]

YES! Nuketown was fucking awesome! It just sits so well with the fast pace of COD MP. There should be more mini maps like it.

[Rewrite]

This map was hilarious. I normally don't play COD, but whenever I went to my friend's house, shit went down on this map. It's small and fucking crazy. It works really good, IMO.

I will never forget this event they had in which it was nothing but Nuketown....basically someone had the helicopter and was destroying everyone. You spawned and you would get killed. My friend died 10+ times every time he respawned until he quit out. I was in fucking tears. :lol

[Derrick01]

Highrise from MW2 disagrees:

That one also goes in the pantheon of worst COD maps. So much camping and spawn camping it wasn't even funny.

[Neuromancer]

I don't understand the people who are like "F**k this map its EVERYTHING I HATE ABOUT COD PLAYERS AND THE FRANCHISE!! GRRRRR! >:|" etc. Doesn't sound like you even want to play the game in general so why does it matter?

Some people think that Nuke Town does not allow for the rich tactical and strategic aspect of the game Call of Duty is known for.

[EuropeOG]

Firing Range is the best map.

Some people think that Nuke Town does not allow for the rich tactical and strategic aspect of the game Call of Duty is known for.

Exactly. Nuketown S&D? No room to change up tactics.

[Woorloog]

Wait, you cannot play the map unless you pre-order? Excellent, i won't be pre-ordering the game, that way i don't have the play the fucking map.

That said, i'm unlikely to get BLOPS2 right away anyway due to Halo 4.

[Dyno]

I remember that map as being particularly shitty. Spawn in the garden patch, get shot two seconds later as you leave the garden patch and someone spawned behind you. The house itself also showcased how shitty COD games can look up close.

Have fun boys.

[zeelman]

You gotta sacrifice some graphical quality for 60 FPS.

[Cheech]

I don't understand the people who are like "F**k this map its EVERYTHING I HATE ABOUT COD PLAYERS AND THE FRANCHISE!! GRRRRR! >:|" etc. Doesn't sound like you even want to play the game in general so why does it matter?

Not enough loli for some people, I'm afraid.

Actually looking forward to the game now. Nuketown was big fun.

[Sojgat]

Nuketown is a completely hilarious map to play with a friend or two. Using teamwork (usually a foreign concept to everyone else in the game) and staying in the back corner it's not long before your SAM turrets and Sentry guns have made around half the players rage quit. I really don't know if the map is just the mindless grind fest it appears to be, or if it's a work of self aware genius.

I Usually get about 2 weeks out of COD each year before I transition back to Battlefield as my default competitive FPS, last year I got barely 2 days out of MW3, due to the fact it was hot garbage. BLOPS2 needs to be pretty fantastic for me to even bother with COD anymore (and yes, I know if I had even half a brain I would have stopped playing it long ago). Bullshit day 1 DLC exclusives like this won't help the game much in my view (In fact I expect a backlash from players who haven't pre-ordered not being able to play with their friends).

[Bumblebeetuna]

Highrise from MW2 disagrees:

Highrise sucks. In modes like Demolition or Domination it's easy as hell to spawn camp the shit out of people. One of the few maps where MW's broken ass spawns actually improve some modes.

[Shotgun Kiss]

Nuketown is the epitome of Call of Duty; action-orientated, with the emphasis on reaction time and ability to handle pressure.

I love Nuketown because you don't have to run for miles just to find other people, and it's rare that anybody gets the higher killstreak rewards. Camping isn't anywhere near as viable as it is on other maps, as you're going to be spotted almost immediately.

[Brian Fellows]

Camping isn't anywhere near as viable as it is on other maps, as you're going to be spotted almost immediately.

Its actually one of the easiest maps to camp in any Call of Duty. Its so small and fast paced people play so stupidly that its easy to rack up kills without ever leaving the houses.

[sleepykyo]

Disappointed to see Summit didn't get first. That map seemed to have a mixture of close combat and long stretches.

On the other hand, Nuketown being the pre-order stifles the amount of players that have it in rotation, so yay.

[rangersfan414]

Seems like Best Buy in the U.S. has this preorder. Guess I'm preordering from there!

[Emily Chu]

truth be told, nuketown was shit... but it was the least shittiest map Blops...

[Freezie KO]

Nuketown sucked in anything other than Search and Destroy.

And it was still better than most maps in MW3.

[matics]

Fuck this pre order exclusive bullshit, srsly.

[The_Darkest_Red]

Nuke Town is probably my least favorite CoD map (I've played all of them since MW besides MW3). The fact that this is a "thing" actually makes me less excited about the game, honestly.

[MormaPope]

This would be good news if the map wasn't buried in a map pack.