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I think a lot of people were burned out on COD and the modern setting when MW3 dropped - I'd played MW2 and BO solidly for two years and with the old IW (West, Zampella and co) having left the franchise too; I just wasn't all that enthusiastic at the time from what I remember. They actually did a very good job of getting this game out at all with all the shit going on behind the scenes and it did have a lot of new features and ideas such as strike packages, weapon leveling and new killstreaks. Not bad for a game on a two year cycle with half a studio missing due to a lawsuit. Certainly better than any of the blockbuster budgeted shit on 3 year cycles we've seen on this gen.

I hope the game remains as a single player experience where everything is crafted by hand and revolves solely around the story. The likes of EA and other AAA publishers may keep suggesting single player games are done with and they keep being proved wrong over and over and this game will likely maintain the trend. I can't see this game going online - I think this was just a PR sweetener and if the game was to have MP elements; they would've been focused on that from the start and it would be a selling point. The online features in a lot of these open world games are quite pathetic anyway even especially on games as a service titles. I'd take a 100 hour game that's beautifully developed from the ground up and tells a compelling and engrossing story that lasts a couple of months over some online title with restrictive and shallow gameplay elements in the most generic way possible.

Dark Zone was a good idea on paper but poorly implemented. Don't think it was ever truly improved either especially to the tune of the main game. I'd rather they just had choice of either PvP servers or PvE. The original suffered because of gameplay limitations which made it nothing more than a lobby shooter with co-op elements but hopefully TD2 will support large populations and more interactivity outside of just your party anywhere on the map.

Brazil a bit lucky there. Did dominate the latter stages but hardly convincing aside from the score on paper. Neymar cheating as usual too.

I don't see what Caballero did wrong here - it's a fucking fine assist from a goalkeeper named after a penis

inb4 Messi's 3rd retirement from international football...

Another 1-0 as Spain edge past Iran. Very impressed with the underdogs in this tournament so far - many big teams have got rather fortunate at times with close victories and lucky goals. Thankfully Iran remain in it and could give Portugal a run for their money. Spain aren't guaranteed either.

I went back to MW3 last night on PC just to check it out - never played the MP on PC before but my first two games went rather well😎 Still got it😀

Portugal got very lucky. Morocco largely dominated the game and wasted a shitload of chances. Hope this isn't another competition where the Portuguese scrape through each game either drawing or winning by the odd-goal to win the whole bloody thing. Staggering how Morocco lost to Iran after playing the way they did today but shit finishing let them down.

MW3 is now backwards compatible on the Xbox One and joins COD 1, 2, COD 4. WAW, BO and BO2 on the platform. That just leaves MW2, please let this franchise die already, for the collection to be completed. A lot of people play the old games particularly the original Black Ops which had six-figures comfortably for a long time - it would be very interesting to see how these compare to the latest games if Activision didn't censor the player counts due to the low populations. These old games are streets ahead of COD today and that's not from a nostalgia standpoint either. MW3 wasn't the best for me but I'd happily play that over any of this generation's COD games.

Great win for Japan albeit against 10 men. Honda had a good game but it's a shame Suzuki or Ford Mondeo didn't get to play.

Gotta see Gotti - film is wank apparently https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-44518822

Martin Keown lives just up the road from me but I don't have a gun sadly. I could piss through his letterbox though😎

That was hard bloody work! Started well, scored and had other chances but then there was a real lack or urgency for a good hour after the bright start. Not sure why Ali was left on the pitch as he was clearly struggling the majority of the game. The passing was far too sloppy at times and we allowed ourselves to be bullied so easily. Ref didn't help either. Rashford and Loftus-Cheek added some spark but I was very disappointed with Lingaard throughout. Raheem Sterling and the rest of the Manchester City contingent were average - it's amazing how ordinary those players are when they aren't being carried by world class ones on the same team. Jordan Pickford had the game of his life though by only conceding one goal!

This is the shit