I was lucky enough to get my grubby paws on a COD5 Beta key yesterday, thanks a million to Brett and as such I get to bring you a quick preview of the Beta…
Obviously I haven’t had that much time in the game yet but I will endeavour to play as much as I can over the next two weeks and then report back again…
So I loaded the game up and looked for a game to join, now anyone who has played COD4 will be able to tell you that joining games is often a major pain in the @ss… COD5 seems to have resolved that as I managed to get into a game within seconds…
The game loaded up and as soon as it started I have to say that I felt like I was back in COD4… just browner.Â
It felt identical, which is great, then I started to run around and kill things and I have to say it suddenly didn’tfeel as good. The aiming seems wrong, it just doesn’t feel right and I have to admit that I got frustrated quite quickly.
I was seriously considering turning the game off and then I ran up to hide behind a tank and the Blue X popped up on screen… bashing the button warped me into the Tank and everything about the game just sudddenly became awesome. Trundling along in my tank dealing out death and destruction is what war games are all about… So I decided to give the game some more time..
A little while later I heard howling… just as I remembered that COD5 had attacked dogs I saw a black furry ball of death leap at me.. attack dogs are awesome.
And apart from that I have to say that I didn’t find much more to tell you about, I enjoyed myself and it was fun but I felt it was missing that something special that made COD4 great.
It really does feel like COD4 all over again, just without that special piece of awesomeness.
On the plus side the capture the flag mode has been improved and works really well, some games finished in seconds by capturing all the flags while others ended up in sudden death around a singular flag being bombarded by 14 people… which was a whole heap of fun.
But to be fair if I had to choose between COD4 or COD5 right now my money is still on COD4, hopefully the game grabs me a bit more when I give it a bit more time.
Last Updated: October 15, 2008
Craig Nicholson
October 15, 2008 at 10:06
I was a bit worried that I wouldn’t enjoy COD5 but after a few minutes of playing with some international guys this weekend I was quickly hoping it was released already and that lots of South Africans had it.
LazySAGamer
October 15, 2008 at 10:15
I have to admit that I am looking forward to trying out again tonight…
I tried to get my initial thoughts down as quickly as possible and then be able to reflect on them at a later stage…
Fudzy
October 15, 2008 at 11:11
I have to say, I’m looking forward to this game even though I’m yet to play CoD4. It seems the games owners do not want to sell or even swap this game.
LazySAGamer
October 15, 2008 at 11:17
You haven’t played COD 4 😯
You have to get this game… you just have to
StNick
October 15, 2008 at 14:32
I have to say, Lazy is right… You owe it to yourself to get this title Fudzy!
Nick
October 15, 2008 at 15:48
damn straight!
janrik
October 17, 2008 at 07:47
Played it last night, this is my thoughts on it.
Cod 5 or Call of duty world at war if you will MP is exactly what die hard, still playing it, COD4 people would love.
It is almost (well it is actually) a Total Conversion COD4 WW2 mod.
The GFX is largely the same, only less grey and more brown (in the 3 maps that runs for the Beta).
They have dropped the ‘hazey, grainey’ effects, and that is a pity, since the crispness actually makes the game feel less real.
The gunplay and perks etc has been slightly tweaked to fit the era, but it is a lot like COD4.
You can also jump into tanks now, like COD3 and that has some fun moments, but nothing as awesome as in BF BC.
And that is the entire problem with this game, MP wise.
It is simply not as ‘real’ and immersive as BF BC MP.
IN BF BC I feel like a sniper when I play that class.
In COD 5 I feel like a guy with a sniper rifle.
And that makes all the difference to me.
I will probably pick this up later into 2009, just for the 4 player coop SP. (reviews pending), but from a War FPS MP point of view, I have yet to play anything new that tops BF BC.