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CoD Advanced Warfare First Impressions?

Oberon

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Yeah,we have a 'First Thoughts' topic here but it was made before the game was released and as it says,its 'thoughts' so this topic is 'impressions',meaning actual gameplay impressions.

OK. Now I had a brief go at the campaign,only past the intro really just to see what it looks like and it looks good.

My main focus here is the MP.
Now from what Ive read from other people its defo the best looking CoD so far but my own first thoughts were that it didnt look any better than Ghosts. I could be wrong,as Ill go back to Ghosts a little later and see,as going back to the older title usually makes it easier to see it does actually not look as good.
But it does certainly still look good,looks solid and seemed to play smooth.
Still,I was hoping for better in the looks department,dont get me wrong,I was'nt exactly disappointed,it really does look good,perhaps my expectations were just to high,dunno.

The exo suit jumping about thing:
When hearing about it and watching vids I wasnt sure how it would be,perhaps it would make the game worse but in actual fact it does work quite well and I think t does add to it for the better.Ofcourse you do have the option to play on traditional playlists without all the exo suit special functions.

I did'nt have any connection probs at all from the handful of MP games I played,no probs finding games and no game disconnection drop outs.....yet.
Its also good they brung back the little 'ping' bars next to people names when you are in a lobby and ingame,good to see how your connection fairs compared to others.
I didnt see any option for game search options though like MW3 I think had,where you could search for best connection,locally in your country or worldwide so I guess it just searches for best connection and then spirals outwards.

So thats all for the moment.
So what do ps4forumers think? How does it look for you in terms of graphics? Did any of you have connection probs at all?
And do you think it's better than Ghosts?
 
I won't get to play until 8pm EST tonight. Can you tell me what the different game mode options are. Does it have a "squads mode" type of playlist or just SP and MP?
 
Offhand I didnt notice Squads or anything similar.But I didnt check out everything yet.
Sorry,Ill check later when I get home from work today,or no doubt you'll prob know for yourself by the time I get back here later today.(my time)
 
Offhand I didnt notice Squads or anything similar.But I didnt check out everything yet.
Sorry,Ill check later when I get home from work today,or no doubt you'll prob know for yourself by the time I get back here later today.(my time)

I hope there is some kind of easy mode. I enjoy playing online, but sometimes I like to just play bots and learn the maps and spawns. It was great still getting a limited amount of XP for that in ghosts.
 
... sometimes I like to just play bots and learn the maps and spawns. ..
Oh,you can play local in private mode,with bots too,think pretty much all the last CoDs since Black ops had that.
I do that at first,also if I downloaded any new maps Id chec them out in private first either solo or with a friend.

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It was great still getting a limited amount of XP for that in ghosts.
Think only Black Ops2 had that,or was it MW3? Where you could play up to rank 10 or something with bots and lower rank players together,only got you half XP as you would normally though.
 
I'm a few missions into the campaign but am really enjoying it. I generally only play COD games for the single-player campaign so I'm not disappointed. The story is generic, but the Exo Armour is a welcome change.

The online multiplayer is good too surprisingly. Have already ranked up to Rank 31 (thank you Double XP :)) and been playing Domination mostly, but it's been fun. Don't know how long I'll be playing online multiplayer for as usually the community kills it for me (you know, raging teens, death threats, the usual).

And finally, Exo Survival (Is that what it's called?) is good. I love some Co-op. Basically just like MW3's Survival, but with Exo Armour. Only problem is I can't seem to get past Wave 7 with anybody lol.
 
So I've just done Multiplayer, about 5 hours total so far.

1) Graphics are slightly better than Ghosts, in my opinion. Similar, but there are some parts that are much nicer.
2) Gameplay is much more balanced than Ghost - I found that EVERYONE camped in Ghost, it was all open and not much close quarters. There are quite a few closer quarter maps however would like to see one or two larger ones in the DLC.
3) I like the 'quality' items you can get. Really changes thing up, adding another level of customization to the game

Lots of hate for it on the CoD Facebook page. But again, haters really speak louder than those who enjoy it.

Companion App for Android is alright. Similar to past apps.

Feels a lot more fast paced than Ghost, Black Ops and Modern Warfare.. Anyone think so too or is it just me?
 
I feel this game looks much better than ghosts..I held onto my cash and saved up for this one instead cause I've read countless reviews on how so many people thought ghosts was a disappointment visually compared to other games... With advanced warfare, the combat is mind blowing..i admire how fast everything is and the action scenes... Man this has to be my favorite shooter.... Can't really compare destiny as it's a different type of shooter... But I'm very happy...
The story line is great,using famous actors lol... Wonderful too say the last...
I haven't touched multiplayer... Got this game mostly for the story...
 
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Been playing multiplayer for the last three hours. At first I enjoyed jumping around but now it's getting sickening. Nice that they have a classic deathmatch mode if you don't prefer the jumping ability lol.
 
Just played about 2 hours of Exo Survival. Had a blast. We managed to get through the first 25 waves. Then the second set of 25 (enemies get tougher after the first set). Then halfway through our third set - BAM! All dead! But was such a blast. Really surprised about how much I'm liking this COD entry. It's no COD4, but it could be a close second...
 
Oh,you can play local in private mode,with bots too,think pretty much all the last CoDs since Black ops had that.
I do that at first,also if I downloaded any new maps Id chec them out in private first either solo or with a friend.


Think only Black Ops2 had that,or was it MW3? Where you could play up to rank 10 or something with bots and lower rank players together,only got you half XP as you would normally though.

Yes, that was black ops 2. Ghosts also had squad wargames which you could play against bots, and get XP capped at 2000.



Just want to add that I finally got to play last night for a few hours, and I was very impressed. This game is good! multiplayer felt really good.

The maps in this game are all really good so far.

With that said its still early. I fully expect the COD community to find a way to ruin the game for some people.
 
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I'm not a lover of FPS games (probably mentioned that about 20 times now!), so I tend to only give them passing glances more than anything.

As things stand, I've seen about 25 minutes worth of footage of the single player/campaign online. Graphically it looks very impressive but again, I value gameplay and story over anything else. It seems you’re thrown in at the deep end. I quite like those jet powered gravity boot things – or whatever they are. That's quite a neat touch.

I have to say that, unless there's something seriously wrong with my laptop monitor that I've viewed it on, the grenades don’t seem to track through the air properly from the character you play. When you throw one, you'd imagine it to gracefully arc through the air. In this game, again unless it's my monitor, they seem to leave your hand then sit stationary in the air with a line of light circling them sporadically, then explode roughly where you wanted to throw it. Very odd. Am I the only person who can see this? :confused:
 
So playing on day zero was great, and really consistent. Last night, that was not the case. The connections were all over the place. I had back to back games against the same team where I went 4-15 and emptied loads of rounds into enemies. Then, the very next game went 15-6 and felt like I was melting people. Same gun, same lobby, same party leader.

Maybe the servers were overloaded?
 
So playing on day zero was great, and really consistent. Last night, that was not the case. The connections were all over the place. I had back to back games against the same team where I went 4-15 and emptied loads of rounds into enemies. Then, the very next game went 15-6 and felt like I was melting people. Same gun, same lobby, same party leader.

Maybe the servers were overloaded?

Same. Day Zero was great. But last night, I got nothing but lag. Just had to stop playing as it was a little too much lag.
 
+2 I too played day zero. Had an outstanding K/D rate and then yesterday hit and I was horrible. I had so much matches that froze and stuck. I went 2 matches where I couldn't get a SINGLE kill!! That never happens to me! Definitely felt like it took a lot more bullets to kill enemies.
 

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