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This problem is back. I saw there was maintenance work over the weekend and not sure if that's still going on but I'm scrollbar has gone walkies again

I managed to watch the whole thing on YouTube - seems like there's only about 3-4 traditional COD missions (which weren't great either) and the others are just lame padding using Warzone assets that offer nothing to the story or wider narrative. This nauseating obsession with armour plates is also getting a bit cringe now too. This campaign was definitely the MW2 DLC (and definitely unfinished) to introduce Makarov, but now they'll have to make MW4 to tie the thing off when the real MW3 was likely supposed to be out in 2025. They've thrown the brand under the bus and made series look a shambles all because they didn't have the balls just to sell it as a premium DLC and take the hit from the people they disappointed with MW2 not wanting to buy into the new content. They'll get away with it still but this is just another example of the community being completely screwed and let down.

Did you pre-order the physical edition Dave? If so, you'll have to wait until the game arrives in the post on launch day to play it. Anyone that pre-ordered digitally were able to add the game to their accounts early and then install the campaign during the early access period.

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Been out for a couple of years and popularity kinda fizzled out quite early apparently. Supposed to be a half decent title but it's sorta ended up just a flavour of the month game.

Dave playing COD be like

Been another bad period after player decline, delays and other issues Bungie tells Destiny 2 players "We know we have lost a lot of your trust" WWW.EUROGAMER.NET After a week that's seen significant layoffs at Bungie, as well as reports of a delay for Destiny 2's The Final Shape e… It's a shame Sony aren't more supportive after acquiring them but Bungie were always very cocky about going it alone after departing Activison and it's clear they are struggling and that's not just taking into account the operating costs. I actually think they should've remained with Activision as they were pretty independent under them and had the luxury of having the extensive running costs paid for. They only survived a year or two before desperately trying to seek a buyer and even then it's felt like it was just for them to be bailed out rather than wanting additional support and direction. Quite sad they've got into this mess on what should be a simple game with a proven foundation and with their experience. Gonna be nigh-impossible to turn it around now.

I watched a couple of streams last night of the campaign and it did look remarkably underwhelming. There seemed to be some lazy open world missions that looked like they were recycled from the Warzone map and then a few of the main missions looked pretty short and incredibly bland. I did like the look of a couple of snow and mountainous missions but it severely lacks polish by the look of things and some of the writing and animations look amateur at best. I'd say they slapped this campaign together in 3 months. The new Makarov looks seriously weak too. So glad I swerved this in the end because this may go down as the worst effort in the entire franchise history. Not the devs fault - this is on Activision.

A minority seem to be 'hyped' once again but their judgement seems to be clouded by the fact the game exists rather than how it looks. It is way off how it was originally showcased and doesn't look anywhere near a current gen title - looks like The Division 2015 from Wish. The PR over the years and all the shadiness has completely put me off regardless and I still don't trust anything about the devs or the product. Seems the majority of users are not happy with what they've seen and it's defies belief that this was once the most wish listed Steam product! It's PVPvE online only too and these servers ain't gonna be cheap to maintain so it'll be very interesting to see how this game will survive long-term. After all this time, we still haven't seen true raw gameplay of the final build and the trailer we did see a few months back looked utter wank.

Game releasing in early access on December 7th. Cannot believe they've finally got into a position where the game is real and it's releasing. Still looks miles off what was originally planned and really lacking polish but at least it exists and they got the IP rights sorted. Does not take away the shambolic behaviour from the developers and publisher previous though, so I'm taking it with a pinch of salt.

Looks interesting but I'll take everything with a pinch of salt when it comes to Ubisoft. Made by the same people that did The Division and running on the same engine too. Looks a bit janky in places and the water looks poor like Far Cry 5's does but it also looks pretty nice and something a bit different. Definitely keep my eye on it.

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Some very impressive review scores so far. A potential dark horse for GOTY

Konami have released this which looks decent especially on UE5

Ah reminds me of this To be fair, another Black Ops game from Treyarch would be an insult. Give us summat new ffs🤣

The terrain issues is something they need to address urgently Cities: Skylines 2's weird terrain quirks mean you'll need to start landscaping immediately | PC Gamer WWW.PCGAMER.COM Smooth out those bumps. Any assets placed should automatically flatten the terrain but right now, the objects warp around the terrain and it looks terrible. People don't want to be faffing around flattening every pixel just to place an object.

Another nightmare port which is insane as this is an essentially 10 year old product with established games of 20 years across multiple systems and generations. PC version is bad and the consoles aren't faring much better. Players blast Metal Gear Solid Master Collection for missing options, vanished Steam pages, and muddy textures: 'absolutely poor and not worth its asking price' | PC Gamer WWW.PCGAMER.COM The older Metal Gears' Steam debut is getting a rocky reception. My PS5 copy should be arriving in the post tomorrow and I'm toying with whether to send it straight back. This has been another shocking year for unfinished and broken games. Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft and Valve should ban developers from being able to patch their games for the first 60 days and then maybe they may release them to some reasonable standard.

Looks very promising! This probably wont get a fraction of the coverage Starfield got despite looking streets ahead in every department.

I'm probably gonna give MW3 a miss this year. I thought the beta was decent enough but not worth shelling out £60 for especially on what is a rushed continuation with content that has probably been withheld and intended for MW2 had it not fell off so spectacularly. I think Sledgehammer have made some crucial tweaks that the stubborn and quite frankly ignorant Infinity Ward should've addressed a year ago on what was extremely needless changes in the first place. This week they have been absolutely crucified on Twitter from some of the biggest names in content creation, major news outlets like CharlieIntel and Modern Warzone plus even their own affiliated partners. It is absolutely insane that it's got to this stage and emotions have really boiled over when they decided to patch the event player count based on fake feedback after ignoring the community for almost a year. It should've never come to this and MW2 really suffered for it. SHG seem to be getting off to a positive start especially after they've been under the cosh to get this done in less than 8 months but even with all the classic maps, I think they'd get a bit old after 20 ours or so, and as per usual, everyone is in the dark on season one content and its release. Such s shame Activision couldn't create a Modern Warfare Trilogy framework where the games could be merged into one massive package but then again, they do not plan ahead whatsoever for things like this - just cash in on the quick and then clamber for more content to flog. The movement and gunplay seems fluid - not quite MW2019 but way better than MW2. It's nice to see the classic maps reimagined but the ones in the beta looked a bit washed out and low in texture quality. I'd also be a bit apprehensive about the prospect of players bringing in paid bundle content against MW3's vanilla guns as I said previous and also seeing wacky camos right from the off. SBMM seemed tuned up and this is something Activision will not budge on or even talk about when confronted so it's set in stone and it looks hell this year. So I hope everyone has a good time but I'll probably have a breather and return with Black Ops 12 or whatever number we're on with that now🤣

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Well this is disappointing - developers acknowledged it ran like shit but they'll release it anyway. Performance looks atrocious IGN review also picked out a major issue whereby terrain was largely uneven so any placed assets look warped which destroys immersion.

PC Gamer has just done a brief article about a recent live service concept where an original game is being overwritten and essentially erased from existence and replaced with a sequel that is largely inferior in terms of overall quality or its content offering. One of the first instances of this was Warzone Verdansk along with Caldera and has since happened with Overwatch 2 and then CS2 replacing the massively popular and longstanding CSGO. Warzone Verdansk was absolutely huge for a good 3 years and was replaced by Vanguard's Caldera taking people's expensive bundle purchases with it. Overwatch was one of the biggest IP's of the decade and probably the only game where lootboxes were done right. It built some incredible lore and remained popular for a good few years after release. Blizzard neglected the hell out of the brand amidst controversies within the studio and with many big names departing for many reasons, the game was then picked up by remaining employees and it's unwanted sequel arrived taking away the identity of the first game and further delivering a barrage of microtansactions. They also failed to deliver the campaign which was the sole justification for the sequel and now to earn one skin, you may have to play for 170 hours or stump up $39.99 rather than earning it through challenges or a lootbox. Shiny CS2 has completely replaced CSGO and whilst it looks and plays the part, it's missing many maps, modes and features plus the new ranking system is completely illogical. It was very unusual for Valve to not at least leave a legacy watered-down version of CSGO available especially as it was a title of 11 years and now it has erased without a trace seemingly. CS 1.6, Source and Condition Zero remain playable as a standalone game to this day but it seems Valve couldn't separate their skins from the sequrel so they took the knee-jerk reaction to instead wipe a game from existence than explore alternatives. I hope this trend will not continue. Preservation is already a problem especially with bad remasters and those that are attached to launchers but to have games disappear for good and have a shite title in its placed forced upon users is another reminder that live service gaming is only good for the present. Original article The new worst gaming trend: killing our favorite games to replace them with sequels | PC Gamer WWW.PCGAMER.COM The biggest games of the last decade are being wiped off the internet for no good reason.

I went last night and thought we played really well and dominated large parts of the match. Italy really look a shadow of their former selves and could miss out on a third tournament in 5 years. I remember us having a national meltdown after missing out on Euro 2008🤣 Bellingham is probably the best player in the world right now.