Quick Look: Modern Warfare 2 (PC)

Yeah! Actually played through the game, but I'm still gonna watch this. This game is awesome!

Can't wait to see this one.

Cool deal. PC version will still perform better than the console version. For some ppl that'll be enough.

*Squeal*
Thank you so much for doing this! I've been looking everywhere for some solid gameplay and commentary on the PC version.

Thanks guys. I was told horrible rumors about the PC version, it's good to actually see it being played and compared to consoles.

lol nat type

sticking with TF2 for a while longer.

" O wow, the game is just as good on the consoles as it is on PC. What were the idiots complaining about again? Equal treatment?   
Let us see all the arguments debunked
-"Waah no one is going to play! Looks like people" are playing
-"WAAh there is going to be lag" I didn't see any lag-"Waah"  Looks like PC gamers have nothing to whine about... Who am I kidding? They will anyways. "

very cool, thanks for the look into IWnet!

excellent.  by the way, the Steam version will be available on the 11th at 9 PM PST now, not the 12th anymore.  So this is good news!  but it also means I won't have much time to play it... but hey at least I'll be playing it "early" :)

Uh...only one mode is 9vs.9. The rest are 6vs.6.

sweet! but can i play on a dedicated server?

seriously i don't even play that many PC games but no dedicated servers is just kinda lame. 
how hard would it have been to throw it in there?  it's like they deliberately took them out.

" O wow, the game is just as good on the consoles as it is on PC. What were the idiots complaining about again? Equal treatment?   
Let us see all the arguments debunked

Yeah, seems like it works just fine. As per usual, all the internet bitching, and overreacting was completely unnecessary...

Ugh. Some noticeable lag in that video, and the 6v6 limit in TDM is utterly painful and makes it feel so empty.
 
It's a shame, the actual gameplay looks really nice and improved over COD4, but the multiplayer being gimped and the $10 extra charge ruin it.

When a person needs to get used to a mouse and keyboard I doubt they care about lag in general. Thanks for the effort anyway! 
 
It (MW2) is less repugnant but from what you've shown I'll buy it used on the PS3 and sell it when I'm done.

MW2 is a console game now.  PC gamers shouldn't expect an amazing PC port much like they wouldn't with a game like Gears of War or Halo.  It's time to move on, there are better PC games out there.

needs IPv6 only mode - NAT is so 60s

"MW2 is a console game now.  PC gamers shouldn't expect an amazing PC port much like they wouldn't with a game like Gears of War or Halo.  It's time to move on, there are better PC games out there. "

So what do the bars equate to in terms of ping? 3 bars could be 200 ping and with no control over network settings it could just all be interpolation making you feel like there is no lag no matter what? 
 
 Also I dont also understand how they compare private match to a dedicated server. Dedicated server allows for your community people PLUS randoms which helps the community itself grow. I know I don't want to play with JUST my friends every time.

" 6v6 in 2009?  One word:  Progress! "

" O wow, the game is just as good on the consoles as it is on PC. What were the idiots complaining about again? Equal treatment?   
Let us see all the arguments debunked
-"Waah no one is going to play! Looks like people" are playing
-"WAAh there is going to be lag" I didn't see any lag-"Waah"  Looks like PC gamers have nothing to whine about... Who am I kidding? They will anyways. "

" @Crono said:

" 6v6 in 2009?  One word:  Progress! "

One word: GROUND WAR  Don't try to act like 6v6 is all you can do in this game. It's called "options."   

" @MAST said:

" @Crono said:

" 6v6 in 2009?  One word:  Progress! "

One word: GROUND WAR  Don't try to act like 6v6 is all you can do in this game. It's called "options."   

 There is only one mode with 9v9, the rest is 6v6. What options do you speak of? "

Nice quick look on the PC version and how it runs. I'm happy that I got the PC version.

So much anger, so much resentment, so much acne. Get a grip people, the game is fine without dedicated servers. Move on with your life.

" @Sent said:

" @MAST said:

" @Crono said:

" 6v6 in 2009?  One word:  Progress! "

One word: GROUND WAR  Don't try to act like 6v6 is all you can do in this game. It's called "options."   

 There is only one mode with 9v9, the rest is 6v6. What options do you speak of? "

I think Gears of War, Left 4 Dead and Borderlands, along with Blackhawk Down and Frontlines: Fuel of War have all established pretty fucking clearly that more players doesn't mean shit.  Not that I'm trying to defend this game, I'm not interested in it, but I know it is a well made game so I keep my mouth shut about it. "

" MW2 is a console game now.  PC gamers shouldn't expect an amazing PC port much like they wouldn't with a game like Gears of War or Halo.  It's time to move on, there are better PC games out there. "

ah man, I bought ratchet and clank and now I'm broke...

" ah man, I bought ratchet and clank and now I'm broke... "

I'm kinda ok with the fact they took out dedi servers now. Seeing stuff like cash flying out of your body just makes the game seem a bit goofy and it looks like they weren't really focusing the game for serious competitive play like the original. Still can't wait to play the game, should be coming in the post tomorrow for me, but yeah, there seems to be a different vibe to this game compared to CoD4.

its 1337, just mad about not having dedicated servers

Some stuff, said by Jeff and in these comments, about the never ending topic PC vs Console I thought was pretty provocative. 
 
Dedicated Servers would allow people to rip & crack the game as they wish, playing it outside the reach of developers and publishers. No metrics, no feedback, no stats for them to track and/or improve or market or sell stuff. That kind of independence is on a losing track nowadays. I guess, that's what Jeff meant when he said "PC Gaming arrived in the modern days" or something along that line.
 
"... btw, wouldn't mind watching a Jeff playthrough and comparing it to zeroXshinobi's on youtube"

Nice of the GB crew to be one of the only (to my knowledge as of this writing) sites showing extensive footage of the PC version of the game to alleviate any doubts, fears or anger over it.
 
Good stuff :)

Still not really gonna buy it, mostly because of their attitude (I am well aware my purchase means nothing, but hey, I like PC gaming). The price doesn't help either.  
 
A good incentive to buy a game, contrary to popular developer/publisher belief, is a decent price, lack of DRM and freedom to the customer. 

I've been playing various matches online and I can tell you that there's tons of lag issues right now. I'm not sure if it's IWnet that's overloaded, or whether IWnet itself is inherently messed up (and all the petitioners were right). But like yeah, a lot of the fears people had about the PC version have came true. At least in my experiences so far today. And I was one of the ones who was telling everyone to relax about the petition stuff. Now that I've given IWnet a chance, I'm back on the fence about this whole thing. Some maps seem pretty lag free. But I'd say most of the games I've played so far - unreasonable amounts of lagging. And that's with zero downloads or uploads going. And on a really fast computer. Take it for what it's worth.

It is too bad there is no mod support for this one, the first MW had some awesome ones.

" @HCARyan said:

"MW2 is a console game now.  PC gamers shouldn't expect an amazing PC port much like they wouldn't with a game like Gears of War or Halo.  It's time to move on, there are better PC games out there. "

Non PC gamer talking about PC gaming, GTFO "

Also I'd like to say I really don't like how strangers can't join my Spec Ops mode game. It's only people on my Steam friends list (which doesn't exist because I don't have friends on Steam - I just buy games on Steam). So that suck ass royally in comparison to Nazi Zombie mode in World at War, which anyone could join.
 
Starting to think that, if I had known some of these things pre-purchase, I totally would not have bought this game. Heh.

" @HCARyan: It's a sad state of affairs though, because CoD wasn't a console series that happened to be on the PC, it was a PC series that eventually ended up becoming a hit on consoles. I still see CoD as a PC series, and the treatment of this PC version is unacceptable. "

hows the multiplayer outside of the US. Anyone?

Interesting quick look.

Yo Jeff, you get smoked 'cause you sprint too much. Sprinting all the time on the PC equals getting capped, yo.

Jeff doesn't like trucks or Smuckers jam smeared on his face. Got it. Heh. 
 
That was pretty sweet how Jeff just casually wasted that guy with the .44 revolver. Revolvers are sweet.