BravoSuperStar
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He had a legit complaint but it should have been voiced privately. This just tarnishes the brand and takes focus away from the actual game.
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CoD: Devs at War - IW Community Manager blasts WaW Producer, calls him Super Douche
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Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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SaggyMonkey
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Pojo said:
There's no number on World at War. 4 shouldn't have had a number either, as they basically started a second series with it.
MaritalWheat
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I don't really see why everyone's getting so worked up over this--he's angry because not only does this guy unfairly take shots at his team's games, his nonsense is also taking away from all that Treyarch is doing. Props to him for calling out bullshit.
Ken Masters
Banned
about as unprofessional as it gets
zoku88 said:
They can 'do it all the time' all they want. If I had money invested in the Call of Duty name I would be making a call to voice my opinion on having the kid reprimanded in some way.
If he HAD to say it, he should have said it in a direct email to the man himself.
They are both CoD properties. They should be helping the promotion of the franchise. Not tear each other down in public.
Future PhaZe
Member
402 kind of comes off as the douche here. Blowing a fucking vein over google alerts?
Everyone knows IW is the superior developer and their future games will sell millions. Chill the fuck out.
Everyone knows IW is the superior developer and their future games will sell millions. Chill the fuck out.
SaggyMonkey
Member
Gotta love when this stuff makes headlines. "Junior douche calls Senior douche a Senior douche."
I wonder if they get Senior douche discounts...
I wonder if they get Senior douche discounts...
Not surprising to say the least. Many blogs, articles, and forum posts these guys make, you can tell they've got a massive ego, especially since CoD4.
Does this guy play his own games? There are many times a "bolt-action" rifle wouldn't be a 1-shot kill to center mass. Unless it's supposed to be, and there's some shitty hit detection going on.
Does this guy play his own games? There are many times a "bolt-action" rifle wouldn't be a 1-shot kill to center mass. Unless it's supposed to be, and there's some shitty hit detection going on.
J-Rzez said:
After I made my post, I thought about it for a while and realized that the only time it's a one hit kill is if its a head shot. Center mass shots will kick in the stumble animation - stunning them for a second. Center mass shots don't kill on the highest difficulty but it doesn't take 4 shots - I'd say 2 max.
polyh3dron
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preorder: cancelled
RiotPelaaja
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Knowing Robert and that's he's a cool dude, I'm surprised at this but, it's no secret the relationship between Infinity Ward and Treyarch is strained, I gathered as much during COD4 press stuff, this is still pretty surprising.
One thing I have to say that when it comes to World at War, COD4 is like the elephant in the room. I was over at Treyarch in the summer to see WaW and how the fuck could I not talk about COD4, obviously that's gonna come up so it is also us journos bringing that up and not just Treyarch I'd have to say to their defense.
One thing I have to say that when it comes to World at War, COD4 is like the elephant in the room. I was over at Treyarch in the summer to see WaW and how the fuck could I not talk about COD4, obviously that's gonna come up so it is also us journos bringing that up and not just Treyarch I'd have to say to their defense.
CartridgeBlower
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Why does IW get so upset at Treyarch though? If there's anyone they should be mad at it's Activision. They're the one giving out the orders. It's kinda sucky of IW to beat up on Treyarch just because that's the only company they can take their frustration out, since they probably don't want to bad mouth Activision in any way.
Comes off lame all the way around.
Chill IW. Chill. People will still want to play Modern Warfare 2. Trust this.
Comes off lame all the way around.
Chill IW. Chill. People will still want to play Modern Warfare 2. Trust this.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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fourzerotwo
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Bumblebeetuna
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It's funny that the 402 guy blasts the other dude for apparently being wrong when in reality he is the one that's wrong. Bolt action rifles weren't 1 shot kills in COD2 every time. That said, the bolt action rifles in WaW are definitely NOT 1 shot kills either and in fact, when you don't have a scope you need 2-3 hits to kill someone with them so basically they are both clueless. Unless the WaW dude is talking about single player, in which case COD2 was not 1 shot kill, maybe WaW will be.
Roude Leiw
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where is the official thread?
This could have easily been handled internally, dude probably wrote this because he believes his studio (IW) already has the goodwill of the fanbase because of COD4, and since people are kind of down on Treyarch games he can pretty much say anything he wants and come out looking like the better man.
When in reality he could have just shut up.
When in reality he could have just shut up.
I'm with IW on this one, in reality Treyarch could just stop making games.Calcaneus said:
I wasn't part of the Treyarch hate camp untill I played Quantum of Solace for Wii.
Also, wasn't IW the team behind Medal of Honor at some point? If they're really unhappy with Activision they could go back to EA. Now that would be the weirdest shit ever.
Funny times. Seems like a bit of a PR stunt though to be honest. This gets front page coverage on all the sites, and... "Oh, there's a new COD coming out? Must remember to pick that up"
But, I must say, COD4 is rediculously overrated. The multiplayer was incredibly solid and still popular to this day, hence I can understand why it gets so much praise in that department. But the single player campaign was totally shit.
But, I must say, COD4 is rediculously overrated. The multiplayer was incredibly solid and still popular to this day, hence I can understand why it gets so much praise in that department. But the single player campaign was totally shit.
I think our society has become so politically correct and business minded that we aren't allowed to call shit out as we see it.
There is a perfectly good reason why this Activison suit has mentioned COD4 whenever trying to make headlines with World At War: he's clearly hoping that the public equate the two.
It's dishonest because the two are not guaranteed to be equitable and even if it is, that is a judgement the publisher shouldn't make. That's for critics and players to decide.
This is bascially a shady business tactic and yet, somehow, it is 'poor business form' to point out when a snake-oil salesman is shilling their wares.
The game should stand on it's own and not need the crutch of a previous game made by another developer to prop it up. When World at War is in our machines COD4 isn't going to help it become a better game. It will have to stand alone then and it should do so now.
There is a perfectly good reason why this Activison suit has mentioned COD4 whenever trying to make headlines with World At War: he's clearly hoping that the public equate the two.
It's dishonest because the two are not guaranteed to be equitable and even if it is, that is a judgement the publisher shouldn't make. That's for critics and players to decide.
This is bascially a shady business tactic and yet, somehow, it is 'poor business form' to point out when a snake-oil salesman is shilling their wares.
The game should stand on it's own and not need the crutch of a previous game made by another developer to prop it up. When World at War is in our machines COD4 isn't going to help it become a better game. It will have to stand alone then and it should do so now.
Calling the game Call of Duty and then making it another WWII game is completely retarded to begin with. The whole concept is incredibly stupid and then to have Treyarch do it is just silly. Here you have on the strongest brands in gaming (10mil sold) and you cheapen the brand with a substandard product named the same thing and worse set in the super saturated WWII timeframe. The entire brand strategy seems flawed to me.
Stoney Mason
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Dyno said:
This.