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Post by Chinaski » Wed Jun 03, 2009 11:54 am

I'm debating buying a game. Choices are Call of Duty, Prey, Civilization IV, or Unreal Tournament 2004. Suggestions?
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Post by angrychimp » Wed Jun 03, 2009 12:27 pm

I always felt CoD had more atmosphere than UT04.

Never played 'Prey' and the CiV series puts me to sleep.
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Post by The Curious Squid » Wed Jun 03, 2009 5:31 pm

If it's Cod4 you're talking about then definitely, the single player has a great story and the controls/graphics.mechanics are all great. It's also so intense and excellent playing on-line too :mrgreen:

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Post by Chinaski » Wed Jun 03, 2009 5:34 pm

I have a downloaded version of COD4, I finished the campaign quickly, was short. Can't get the online to work cuz my downloaded code's always being used by someone else. Anyway, I'm considering COD2 because I also prefer the WWII war stuff over modern shit.
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Post by The Curious Squid » Wed Jun 03, 2009 5:44 pm

CoD5 is set in WWII (the Japan part of it if I recall correctly) and is supposed to be good. It's also on the Wii and uses a lot of motion controls.
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Post by Animavore » Wed Jun 03, 2009 5:54 pm

I recommend you download all of those games.
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Post by Chinaski » Wed Jun 03, 2009 5:55 pm

Nah I wanna buy it so I'm sure I get online playing as well.

So... if I get COD2, who here plays it online?
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Post by angrychimp » Thu Jun 04, 2009 3:45 am

FrigidSymphony wrote:Nah I wanna buy it so I'm sure I get online playing as well.

So... if I get COD2, who here plays it online?
Not many players online in CoD2 anymore. Although there will always be a small hardcore fan base.
If you want ww2 you might consider Day of Defeat:source. I play online almost everynight.
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Post by Chinaski » Thu Jun 04, 2009 7:44 am

angrychimp wrote:
FrigidSymphony wrote:Nah I wanna buy it so I'm sure I get online playing as well.

So... if I get COD2, who here plays it online?
Not many players online in CoD2 anymore. Although there will always be a small hardcore fan base.
If you want ww2 you might consider Day of Defeat:source. I play online almost everynight.
Yeah someone else warned me about the lack of online activity too... Is there a mac version of Day of Defeat?
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Post by angrychimp » Thu Jun 04, 2009 12:29 pm

FrigidSymphony wrote:Yeah someone else warned me about the lack of online activity too... Is there a mac version of Day of Defeat?
I can't find one but I have seen the game played on Intel powered Macs.
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Post by Xamonas Chegwé » Thu Jun 04, 2009 2:29 pm

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FrigidSymphony wrote:Yeah someone else warned me about the lack of online activity too... Is there a mac version of Day of Defeat?
I can't find one but I have seen the game played on Intel powered Macs.
I can't find a Mac version either - you'd need to set up the Mac to run Windows using Bootcamp.
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Post by Chinaski » Thu Jun 04, 2009 2:45 pm

Bah, too much trouble. I ordered Call of Duty 2. Anyone here play?
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Post by The Curious Squid » Thu Jun 04, 2009 5:29 pm

I own it for the PC but doubt I'll play it again, got too many other games to play.

If anybody wants it then give me a PM, free of charge and I'll post it to you. Never been used.
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Post by Trolldor » Fri Jun 05, 2009 12:11 pm

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I recommend this game.


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Post by The Curious Squid » Fri Jun 05, 2009 1:04 pm

I'm the same BAA, which is why I've never used the copy I bought.

Doesn't anybody want it? It's free!
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