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[biteren]

Recap of new info confirmed over the past hour or so:

• No more AW-style skill-based matchmaking, back to BO2-style matchmaking
• Theater Mode is confirmed
• Gore/dismemberment shown in both campaign and MP footage
• Campaign protagonist is fully customizable (M/F) and fully voiced
• Studio head Mark Lamia says the new Zombies mode is worthy of its own game and will be "mind-blowing" for "years"
• PC version is high-priority for Treyarch; min specs released already
• Again, thrust jumps are very subtle and nothing like AW boost jumps

somone needs to make a animated gif with flashing colors and cats dancing that says this so dummies can stop asking

 

[Collateral22]

I really hope somebody asks about spawns, they're worse than ever in AW.

That's because of poor map design and game speed due to Exo movement. They are fine in Ranked Play.

 

[AllIsOneIsNone]

I don't like all these futuristic crap. Seriously, im so tired of it. Go back to modern age warfare, hell even world war 1 or 2 era. I know activision won't do that due to their target audience being 12 year old kids who want colorful shit all up in their faces with robots and mechs; none of them care about history smh.

This looks like Advanced Warfare 2 with the main character having robotic limbs. (2 robotic limbs instead of one for that matter) And I see that boost jumping is back, bummer, as well as the new jump slide thing mechanic from titanfall, even more of a bummer. Not to mention the graphics looks like a downgrade from AW dafuq? I thought they worked on this for 3 years?

Spoiler

Why did they kill chappie? He was a good guy/A.I.

 

[biteren]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNj9wRvG5zs

Drift0r on SP and Dynamics

 

[WaffleTaco]

somone needs to make a animated gif with flashing colors and cats dancing that says this so dummies can stop asking

Eh. All they did was show the one trailer right? Because it has wall jumping and crazy shit like that, and that's what makes me think of Advanced Warfare. Until I see detailed multiplayer footage, I have no interest in this.

 

[Jarrod38]

Recap of new info confirmed over the past hour or so:

• 
  [*]No more AW-style skill-based matchmaking, back to BO2-style matchmaking
  [*]Theater Mode is confirmed
  [*]Gore/dismemberment shown in both campaign and MP footage
• Campaign protagonist is fully customizable (M/F) and fully voiced
• Studio head Mark Lamia says the new Zombies mode is worthy of its own game and will be "mind-blowing" for "years"
• PC version is high-priority for Treyarch; min specs released already
• Again, thrust jumps are very subtle and nothing like AW boost jumps

Yes yes yes

 

[Mihael Mello Keehl]

They really should confirm league play

 

[Ashodin]

how the fuck has this game burst onto my radar

customizable protag, XP based systems, zombies... it's the full deal here

 

[i plays game lol]

Your point? Gore was a toggle option in WaW and BO1. It wasn't in any other post-COD4 game and it isn't in Battlefield. I don't like it. What the fuck is the big deal?

It's not a big deal. But you have to get why people consider this a silly concern. It's a shooter dude.

 

[biteren]

Eh. All they did was show the one trailer right? Because it has wall jumping and crazy shit like that, and that's what makes me think of Advanced Warfare. Until I see detailed multiplayer footage, I have no interest in this.

but there's many different sources that confirm that its not the same, its less flying all over the place, less chaotic MP games. if you dont believe that then you just gonna have t wait for MP trailer of E3

 

[jmizzal]

Cool will get it on Xbox one for co op campaign and if it comes to WiiU will get it there for online multiplayer, i'm much better online vs people with wiimote

 

[SDCowboy]

I can't believe there is finally going to be make-your-own camo and real weapon customization (appearance) in this. I've been asking for these for years. I'm hyped.

 

[Mihael Mello Keehl]

Is amazon sending beta codes now? Or at all?

 

[Crimson_Gold]

Is amazon sending beta codes now? Or at all?

US Amazon is sending them within 48 hours

 

[JoshHood]

Oh my god this looks amazing. Daaaaayum.

 

[Buzzbrad]

I can't believe there is finally going to be make-your-own camo and real weapon customization (appearance) in this. I've been asking for these for years. I'm hyped.

What do you mean by real weapon customization? What is changing?

 

[Jarrod38]

What do you mean by real weapon customization? What is changing?

Someone compared it to Gun Smith in Ghost Recon Future Solider. You customize everything on the gun.

 

[SDCowboy]

What do you mean by real weapon customization? What is changing?

If I understood the stream on twitch correctly, there will be attachments and whatnot that are cosmetic to make your guns look like how you want them to.

 

[biteren]

What do you mean by real weapon customization? What is changing?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWNlZc2sz8g

give a listen to this

 

[SDCowboy]

Someone compared it to Gun Smith in Ghost Recon Future Solider. You customize everything on the gun.

I still can't believe it took this long for make your own camo. Seems like a pretty obvious thing to implement to me. Better late than never though.

 

[Kwansu Dudes]

Recap of new info confirmed over the past hour or so:

• No more AW-style skill-based matchmaking, back to BO2-style matchmaking
• Theater Mode is confirmed
• Gore/dismemberment shown in both campaign and MP footage
• Campaign protagonist is fully customizable (M/F) and fully voiced
• Studio head Mark Lamia says the new Zombies mode is worthy of its own game and will be "mind-blowing" for "years"
• PC version is high-priority for Treyarch; min specs released already
• Again, thrust jumps are very subtle and nothing like AW boost jumps

Sounding very good. I've said it once and I'll say it again, I hope they offer horde and an objective based zombies mode. Tranzit was novel, but didn't really last long.

 

[Floex]

It's not so much the graphics that disappoint but it's the animations. Everything looks so stilted and unnatural

 

[RE_Player]

Is it fully confirmed that there is no 360 or PS3 versions? Not even a spin off game?

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

Treyarch has intrigued me. I love how they are sticking with their 3 lanes and in frame map design philosophy. It just goes to show you that infinity ward and sledgehammer give zero fucks about designing good maps.

 

[Crimson_Gold]

Is it fully confirmed that there is no 360 or PS3 versions? Not even a spin off game?

They won't talk about it. All of the answers are about focusing on current gen and PC. So I'm guessing last gen will get announced in September or October

I see. I wonder if we'll see Wii U news around that time as well.

That'd be my guess. Hard to tell if they will even release on the Wii U.

 

[RE_Player]

They won't talk about it. All of the answers are about focusing on current gen and PC. So I'm guessing last gen will get announced in September or October

I see. I wonder if we'll see Wii U news around that time as well.

 

[Buzzbrad]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWNlZc2sz8g

give a listen to this

Wow that is really cool. Has there been any mention of the firing range from AW returning? That was a really useful feature.

 

[Jacksinthe]

I'm in for zombies, for sure.

 

[Daffy Duck]

Treyarch has intrigued me. I love how they are sticking with their 3 lanes and in frame map design philosophy. It just goes to show you that infinity ward and sledgehammer give zero fucks about designing good maps.

Wouldn't say zero ducks, just probably a case of can't/don't know how to make good maps.

IW is a shell of a studio that bought us MW/MW2 and SHG well, that's their first solo outing.

 

[barneystuta83]

DriftOr talking about one of the special abilities for one of the classes in multiplayer.

One of them called

Spoiler

Glitch

Spoiler

You can rewind your "time" by 3 seconds or a certain distance.

It doesn't re-set health or ammo.

You literally glitch back in time, so you can escape a room before getting killed and then rush back in.

Glitch.

It sounds an interesting concept, my concern with all these different abilities/perks is balance.

Fingers crossed Treyarch nail it, because it really sounds like they are trying to break the COD mould a little.

 

[RedSwirl]

Pretty evident Treyarch is still developing its own separate branch of the IW engine. I remember way back it was suggested the other studios don't really communicate with Treyarch at all.

People are comparing this to AW but this is really just going to be the sequel to BLOPS 2. Remember, this game had already been in development for two years when AW came out, so I imagine it's not incorporating much of what AW had.

 

[SaganIsGOAT]

DriftOr talking about one of the special abilities for one of the classes in multiplayer.

One of them called

Spoiler

Glitch

Spoiler

You can rewind your "time" by 3 seconds or a certain distance.

It doesn't re-set health or ammo.

You literally glitch back in time, so you can escape a room before getting killed and then rush back in.

Glitch.

It sounds an interesting concept, my concern with all these different abilities/perks is balance.

Fingers crossed Treyarch nail it, because it really sounds like they are trying to break the COD mould a little.

What

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

Wouldn't say zero ducks, just probably a case of can't/don't know how to make good maps.

IW is a shell of a studio that bought us MW/MW2 and SHG well, that's their first solo outing.

I consider MW2 to be the game that started the downward trend though. Some maps were decent but it was the first that showed the major signs of deterioration but obviously MW3/Ghost/AW was when it went off the rails.

I just can't grasp how they don't know how though. Study the good maps. Have a philosophy like Treyarch does. It's not rocket science. Infinity Ward and others seem to be stuck in this MORE = BETTER mindset.

 

[Jarrod38]

While I doubt this will happen I hope everything can be penetrated by bullets. I'm still at lost how your bullets can go throw a brick but cannot go throw a bush.

 

[Chris1]

DriftOr talking about one of the special abilities for one of the classes in multiplayer.

One of them called

Spoiler

Glitch

Spoiler

You can rewind your "time" by 3 seconds or a certain distance.

It doesn't re-set health or ammo.

You literally glitch back in time, so you can escape a room before getting killed and then rush back in.

Glitch.

It sounds an interesting concept, my concern with all these different abilities/perks is balance.

Fingers crossed Treyarch nail it, because it really sounds like they are trying to break the COD mould a little.

That actually doesn't sound that bad, on paper maybe but it would make camping basically pointless wouldn't it? People will just

Spoiler

rewind back in time

if they start getting shot at by some annoying prick in the corner of a room. Anything to help reduce camping is good news to me.

 

[NoMoreTrolls]

Holy shit so hyped.

 

[barneystuta83]

What

Go to 14m:07s https://youtu.be/yTuLOBkyO0A

 

[barneystuta83]

That actually doesn't sound that bad, on paper maybe but it would make camping basically pointless wouldn't it? People will just

Spoiler

rewind back in time

if they start getting shot at by some annoying prick in the corner of a room. Anything to help reduce camping is good news to me.

I imagine it works better than how I described it, Drift0r does have a good example he talks about.

These abilities can only be earned 2-3 times a match by the sounds of things so isn't something that can be spammed.

It doesn't sound all that bad, I just hope the game is balanced more than anything.

 

[SDCowboy]

edit: never mind. I misunderstood it, I think.

 

[PodcastFips]

Looks a little too futuristic for my taste, but I'll try out the beta first.

 

[Crimson_Gold]

WTF...that had better be for singleplayer and not multi. That would be fucking stupid.

I'm sure there are limitations on this.

I can't think of a single limitation that would make that ok to be in MP.

I see it as self-res in Destiny. You can use it, but it doesn't truly give you an unfair advantage. Plus it'll likely be attached to kill streaks or something. The person that kills you will still get credit.

 

[SDCowboy]

I'm sure there are limitations on this.

edit: OK it seems that it can't bring you back to life or anything like that. I still don't like it but it's not as bad, maybe, as I thought.

 

[barneystuta83]

I'm sure there are limitations on this.

There are and Drift0r explains all, well worth watching the video for more details.

Think of it like the special abilities in Destiny that have a cool down.

 

[SDCowboy]

There are and Drift0r explains all, well worth watching the video for more details.

Think of it like the special abilities in Destiny that have a cool down.

But it can't be used to bring yourself back to life, right?

 

[SFenton]

That'd be my guess. Hard to tell if they will even release on the Wii U.

I'm super torn on whether or not there *would* be a Wii U version.

On one hand:

- Treyarch is the home of the Wii port team/Wii U port team
- Activision still putting Skylanders out
- Activision putting Guitar Hero on the system (big surprise for me anyways)

On the other:

- AW didn't hit the system (which is pretty big)
- We don't even have confirmed PS360 versions

 

[SDCowboy]

I see it as self-res in Destiny. You can use it, but it doesn't truly give you an unfair advantage. Plus it'll likely be attached to kill streaks or something. The person that kills you will still get credit.

After listening to the whole part, I don't think it brings you back to life. You have to use it before you die...I think. lol

 

[barneystuta83]

But it can't be used to bring yourself back to life, right?

Yeah that's right, the video above tells it best.

My first reaction was like WTF (especially given the name).

But, without seeing it (and how it can be balanced) I will reserve judgement.

 

[Crimson_Gold]

After listening to the whole part, I don't think it brings you back to life. You have to use it before you die...I think. lol

Even better. Crisis averted lol

 

[GeeDuhb]

I really hope somebody asks about spawns, they're worse than ever in AW.

You can't really ask about spawns especially this early in development...what do you expect them to say? "Yeah, spawns are going to be pretty great in this game!" We are not going to know about spawns till we get our hands on the game.

Is it fully confirmed that there is no 360 or PS3 versions? Not even a spin off game?

No, there is no confirmation about anything. Anyone telling you otherwise is blowing shit out of proportion. What was stated was the Treyarch is working on the CURRENT GEN version. They said they didn't have anything to say about other versions, and that was a question for Activision. AKA there will obviously be other versions that will be ported by another studio.

Do people really not remember that Sledgehammer only worked on the current gen version of AW? Everyone is acting like Treyarch doing only current gen is some sort of revolution. Activision would be stupid not to capitalize on the few million copies of the game they would sell on other platforms.

Here was the news last year from a Gamespot article:

Activision has enlisted Transformers and Deadpool developer High Moon Studios to make the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, it was revealed in the latest issue of MCV, available today. Sledgehammer Games co-founder Michael Condrey told the trade publication that working exclusively on the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions has allowed the studio to pursue its ideas to the fullest--never having to worry about whether or not these concepts would work on last-generation systems.

tl:dr version: The game is going to be on every system it usually is on.

 

[Mechazawa]

So they decided to finally take the Brink/Titanfall wallrun. Can't blame them I guess.

I guess if it's a lot more restrictive than Titanfall's, that's a decent differentiator. I'm pretty much constantly on a roof or wallrunning in Titanfall.