Right.
Well, after a long ass download I finally managed to get some time in. I'm not going to mention the matchmaking because it's been fixxored. So far it's typical CoD as always. This is my favourite corner, what objective LOL, why the fuck should I shoot down the UAV?, but I like standing in this doorway, imma just lie here in the way and snipe,who gives a shit if we lost and I went 3 and 46 I got a 360 noskoap LOL bullshit community which is to be expected.
That said, the game itself isn't too bad. The lag sometimes makes me want to rip my eyeballs out and the hit detection is shocking but then this is Call of fucking Duty, would we expect anything else? The maps seem way too busy so spotting enemies can be a bitch, especially on that map which has a bit of snow on it. Also, maps with holes in them. What the fuck? I'm also not a fan of the water but that's splitting hairs.
I must admit that I do enjoy it. The pace is just right, the movement is second to none, the TTK seems perfect, it looks great and has loads of killstreaks and shit which keep it fresh. The create a class system is pretty much a copy and paste of BO2 which is great, I think Treyarch really hit the nail on the head with that.
A few gameplay related things I thought I'd mention:
EMPs suck. I haven't played CoD since BO2 so can't compare them to Ghosts or AW but compared to BO2 they are fuckin shite, they do this stupid HUD reboot thing which feels too much like a gimmick, just disable everything and get on with it, old style.
I like that when you flip out a launcher to shoot a UAV that it will tell you if a team mate has locked on too, so you don't go spunking your rockets for nothing. With the amount of UAV spam we're experiencing at the moment this really helps for anti air folks like me.
The UAV spam is ridiculous, I reckon I could get the top scorestreaks if I had scavenger and just shot down all the stuff in the sky. It's mental. I do feel that UAVs should be slightly harder to get. Same for counter UAVs.
The maps flow quite well but I hope that the release has some bigger maps in it as these can be a bit of a clusterfuck at times. The spawn system seems borked every now and then but when you've got 12 people all running around at quite a high pace in such a tight space then I don't think there's much you can do about it, par for the course really.
I'll add more as I think of it.
This is a definite purchase for me. If you can overlook the bullshit community and the game's typical CoD flaws you will have a good time.