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Call of Duty 5...A Flop? by Eddie on 08-18-2008 at 03:26 PM

Looking at a post that was made recently by the Treyarch team, it looks like they may be lining up yet another massive flop in the Call of Duty series, as posted here are the pc requirements.

quote:
Originally posted by http://www.callofduty.com
Also, we think we have our minimum PC system requirements nailed down. Please reference below =).

Processor:
- AMD 64 3200+/Intel Pentium 4 3.0GHz or better
Memory:
- 8 GB free hard drive space
- 512MB RAM (XP)/1GB RAM (VISTA)
Graphics:
- Shader 3.0 or better
- 256MB Nvidia Geforce 6600GT/ATI Radeon 1600XT or better

Looking at how low the RAM, and pretty average graphics card is, for minimum requirements, i think were heading towards a flop :( I have pre-ordered this game a long with FIFA 09, What are Your opinions on CoD:WW?

If your not a fan of either game, then dont get involved in the topic. Unless you have a true feeling and a way of backing up your claims :)
RE: Call of Duty 5...A Flop? by Menthix on 08-18-2008 at 03:32 PM

Wait, what? You think this game will be a flop because the minimum system requirements are (relatively) low? That doesn't make sense at all.

First of all, they are minimum requirements, doesn't say anything about what will be needed to run it at full detail. Second of all, you can create awesome graphics on low system specs, all comes down to how efficiently something is coded. Third of all, WTF? Last of all, why do people these days judge a game solely by their graphics anyway? 


RE: Call of Duty 5...A Flop? by Phillip on 08-18-2008 at 03:37 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Eddie
Looking at a post that was made recently by the Treyarch team, it looks like they may be lining up yet another massive flop in the Call of Duty series, as posted here are the pc requirements.

quote:
Originally posted by http://www.callofduty.com
Also, we think we have our minimum PC system requirements nailed down. Please reference below =).

Processor:
- AMD 64 3200+/Intel Pentium 4 3.0GHz or better
Memory:
- 8 GB free hard drive space
- 512MB RAM (XP)/1GB RAM (VISTA)
Graphics:
- Shader 3.0 or better
- 256MB Nvidia Geforce 6600GT/ATI Radeon 1600XT or better

Looking at how low the RAM, and pretty average graphics card is, for minimum requirements, i think were heading towards a flop :( I have pre-ordered this game a long with FIFA 09, What are Your opinions on CoD:WW?

If your not a fan of either game, then dont get involved in the topic. Unless you have a true feeling and a way of backing up your claims :)
You said it yourself.
quote:
Originally posted by Eddie
I think Call of Duty: World at War will unfortunately be a failure, simply because of Treyarch's murder of Call of Duty 3.

RE: Call of Duty 5...A Flop? by prashker on 08-18-2008 at 03:37 PM

I don't see the problem considering it's like the same Minimum Requirements as the previous game :undecided:?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_of_Duty_4:_Mode...arfare#Development


RE: Call of Duty 5...A Flop? by Eljay on 08-18-2008 at 03:49 PM

quote:
Originally posted by SonicSam
I don't see the problem considering it's like the same Minimum Requirements as the previous game :undecided:?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_of_Duty_4:_Mode...arfare#Development

It uses the same engine :P
RE: Call of Duty 5...A Flop? by Eddie on 08-18-2008 at 03:50 PM

Ok then, let me rephrase the question and stuff, i was simply pointing out something i found, i want to know if you guys think it will be a flop?? And if your going to buy it etc :)

quote:
Originally posted by Eljay
quote:
Originally posted by SonicSam
I don't see the problem considering it's like the same Minimum Requirements as the previous game :undecided:?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_of_Duty_4:_Mode...arfare#Development

It uses the same engine :P

EDIT: wow, can't believe i forgot about that, ok then, refer to the new question ^ :) I want to know if its worth spending the 119 bux that the Aussie games stores are gonna make me pay. [in your opinions]
RE: Call of Duty 5...A Flop? by andrewdodd13 on 08-18-2008 at 03:53 PM

CPU: Athlon 64 3000+/Intel 2.8GHz
Graphics: NVIDIA 6600/X800GTO (SM 2.0)
RAM: 768MB[xp]/1GB[vista];
HDD: 6GB;
Internet: 256k+;
Optical Drive: DVD;
Software: DX9.0c with Windows XP

For Crysis. :P

I haven't really seen that much of it. The only reason IMO that 3 failed is because it was never released for the PC, and 1 & 2 were PC games. 4 sold well, but it was a completely different game from the first 3.


RE: Call of Duty 5...A Flop? by prashker on 08-18-2008 at 05:16 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Eljay
quote:
Originally posted by SonicSam
I don't see the problem considering it's like the same Minimum Requirements as the previous game :undecided:?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_of_Duty_4:_Mode...arfare#Development

It uses the same engine :P

We all know that :p

quote:
Originally posted by Eddie
I want to know if its worth spending the 119 bux that the Aussie games stores are gonna make me pay. [in your opinions]
No game is worth money. Torrent it, if you truly believe it deserves your money then buy it (and enjoy Online Play) :)
RE: Call of Duty 5...A Flop? by absorbation on 08-18-2008 at 10:13 PM

This game has the stigma of it being World War II again. The reality is the development team are still working on new ideas. As far as I'm concerned, graphics are a small part of the game, as long as it plays well I'm happy.


RE: Call of Duty 5...A Flop? by user27089 on 08-18-2008 at 11:17 PM

quote:
Originally posted by absorbation
This game has the stigma of it being World War II again. The reality is the development team are still working on new ideas. As far as I'm concerned, graphics are a small part of the game, as long as it plays well I'm happy.

Exactly, there have been so many games that have been major hits, where the graphics have been atrocious, even when the graphics in that time were pretty good anyway. There are people who realise that graphics aren't everything and it's a pity that they seem to be such a big deal at the moment.

Look at games like Geometry Wars and Braid, they've actually taken the world by storm and even though Geometry Wars has spectacular visuals (fireworks \o/), the graphics aren't really good - but it's still an amazing game:

[Image: Geowars2.jpg]


As for Braid, it's just a side-scrolling RPG type game, and it's really really addictive and fun again:

[Image: Braid_videogame.jpg]

Obviously, the great thing about this at the moment is that gameplay and graphics usually come hand in hand, which is what will bring the specs up. But with linear games like Call of Duty, they don't need particularly amazing of either of those (as far as I know CoD: Modern Warfare didn't even use ragdoll physics, but correct me if I'm wrong via P.M. or something), that's why specs can be low.
RE: Call of Duty 5...A Flop? by djdannyp on 08-18-2008 at 11:27 PM

I'll definitely be getting CoD5 on PS3

I've been a fan of CoD since the first one and find that especially on PS3, the multiplayer and online are great too.

I don't see any reason for it to be a flop just because it's based in WWII again...the war lasted several years, I'm fairly sure that all of the campaigns haven't been exhausted yet!

I usually give games a chance before deeming them flops or not - it's the only way really.

I'm also really excited by the prospect of EndWar, the new Tom Clancy game.  You always know what you're getting with Tom Clancy, plus it'll be cool to have a realtime strategy game done in first person format and with voice control too


RE: Call of Duty 5...A Flop? by Eddie on 08-19-2008 at 01:33 AM

I have also been an avid fan of Call of Duty since the original one was released on the PC, I still occasionally just log on to play a bit of the old Carentan :) But when Call of Duty 3 was released i was extremely disappointed, hopefully they will prove the critics wrong (Y)