CoD4 overtakes Gears of War, Infinity Ward planning update
by Griffin McElroy 
{ Nov 18th 2007 at 12:45PM }
We like us some Call of Duty 4, and based on Major Nelson's top ten Xbox Live titles for this past week, so do a lot of other gamers. The game placed second in the rankings, right below Halo 3, and right above a certain quartet of steroid infused, uber-masculine gunhavers.
Infinity Ward isn't resting on their digital laurels, it would seem. Though the game has only been out eleven days in the states, they're already talking updates. The biggest change in their first planned update is a fix for the game's often fickle matchmaking and host selection, one of the few black marks against the title. Also, games will no longer end abruptly if the host drops out, and server performance on games with large numbers of players will supposedly improve. You can read the full list of gameplay changes after the jump.
Additions / Features:
- Added Kill cam to Airstrike bombs and Claymores.
- Addition of Host Migration so if Host Leaves auto-chooses next best host.
- Tweaked the following Oldschool Mode settings based on feedback:
- Added Unlimited Sprint
- Increased Magazine Size
- Added Ragdoll Cam - Addition of New "N0M4D" Control Scheme.
- Identify party by background color (in Lobby).
- Optimized server selection for first match for better connections.
- Improved network performance for 18 player games.
- Optimized 'Chase Cam' when Spectating.
- Fixed Playlist error when attempting to join from other games.
- Handle Corrupt Create A Class data instead of kicking player.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Travis @ Nov 18th 2007 12:55PM
It'd be great if they added online split-screen. Yes, some gamers actually have gamer friends, Infinity Ward!
umm....hello??? @ Nov 18th 2007 1:15PM
agreed. there's no excuse for not having online splitscreen--the main reason I haven't bought this game yet and why I never bought MotorStorm for PS3.
License to ill @ Nov 18th 2007 2:01PM
Your loss because everything about this game screams triple A...
Anticrawl @ Nov 18th 2007 2:05PM
Nah you're wrong, atleast that's not the case in the UK, you know where they game was developed.
I wouldn't mind some split-screen for when all my boy-friends came over for a slumber party.... hahahahaha no really all my buddies have a 360 so there is no need for them to come over to get their game on. Only time I want those fuckers in my house is.. well never really so yeah internet for the win. I hang out with my gamer budies outside the home, then we all game from the comfort of our own homes.
RazorElite @ Nov 19th 2007 2:19PM
Give me online split screen (even just 2 players per console) and split screen system link Infinity Ward! It's outrageous that an FPS in 2007 supports split screen but no split screen system link. No LAN parties! :(
Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Nov 18th 2007 4:37PM
ugh. People like you should be beaten with a metal rod. This game is made of so much win and you're not going play it cause it doesn't have online splitscreen.
That my friend is very, very fucking stupid.
TrenchyC @ Nov 18th 2007 5:22PM
COD 4 overtakes Gears of War..... OMG, such breaking news. Hello, Gears was released almost a year ago. COD 4 should be played more on Xbox Live since it just freakin' came out. I'm sorry Joystiq, I love you... but that headline is stupid.
ill trooper @ Nov 18th 2007 8:10PM
That would be great. It's not something I really ever messed with too much, but it's in Warhawk and there have been a few times we've gone online at my friend's place, four controllers, four screen-corners on his hd projector... Very playable. I'd love to see them add that to CoD4, but it just doesn't seem likely. I think I'd prefer an online co-op campaign, actually.
If neither happens though, I don't really mind... That was one of the best games I've played in a while; I just finished laboring for a few late nights to get all 1000/1000 achievement points. Nightmare. A fun nightmare though. "You're getting slower, Soap."
B1gC72 @ Nov 18th 2007 9:46PM
well i know i would love to have 2 player online split screen. since i dont really buy FPS's, it would beat the hell out of taking turns on CoD4 at my friends house.
it is a really good FPS though and i probably would buy it if i wasnt such a cheap ass.
Mark @ Nov 19th 2007 1:18PM
If I wanted to sit in a room and play by myself I'd still be earthshocking noobs in warsong gulch.
JontheNinja @ Nov 18th 2007 12:56PM
I'm gonna have to get this for Christmas. :(
NESv1 @ Nov 18th 2007 12:59PM
Sounds good. Hopefully these updates and improvements will also be for the PS3 version. I think the biggest improvement for the PS3 CoD4 could be the use of the XMB from inside the game. I know it's possible. You can do it with Smackdown VS Raw 2008. Being able to check your friends list, send messages, etc. from ingame would be a vital improvement. Trying to get together with friends ingame without the use of commmunication is probably the biggest annoyance I have with CoD4.
gonk @ Nov 18th 2007 1:02PM
glad they're fixing that host thing. it doesn't happen often, but when it does it's lame
Your Ad here 555-1923 @ Nov 18th 2007 1:13PM
"Addition of Host Migration so if Host Leaves auto-chooses next best host".
Best multiplayer addtion ever.
CoD4 what a great game, it makes we wonder why the hell I bought Asscreed in the first place.
JontheNinja @ Nov 18th 2007 1:15PM
Uhh because it's amazing and a breath of fresh air from the 90% of shooter games?
Your Ad here 555-1923 @ Nov 18th 2007 1:31PM
WROONG!
I don't know if my expectations were to high because when I saw all those pretty 9.0 in Metacritic I thought Ass creed must be a one hell of a game but what I got was a Prince of Persia meets Hitman.. Wait let me rephrase that
A watered down Prince of Persia meets a hitman for dummies.
The stealth isn’t stealth at all like in Hitman games and the POP like sequences while cool they never get crazy cool like in Sands of time so basically is not a medieval Hitman or a Prince of Persia game and the story seems to be all f*ed up.
Not to mention that the Spanish version is incredibly broken, glitches everywhere, the voices just hurt my ears and the text was poorly translated to Spanish to the point it doesn’t make any sense.
I’m going to play it later and if it continues like that I’m going to return, I hope I can get a functional version in English with subtitles or at least trade it for Cod4.
Your Ad here 555-1923 @ Nov 18th 2007 1:37PM
I meant "I'm going to return it".
Also If I wanted an amazing game that is also a breath of fresh air I rather play Super Mario Galaxy, Rise of a Ninja(Ok not that Amazing but at least it doesn't disappoints me) or Exit.
Anticrawl @ Nov 18th 2007 1:58PM
Perhaps the first and last time I'll agree with you. Assassin's Creed was fun, but not that great of a game. Sure it looked pretty but the dialoge was terrible and why the fuck did Alitar have such a silly out-of-place accent. Infact I think that 360 Naruto game got higher marks than AC, a sad day for gaming when an anime game beats out a Triple-A high profile title.
License to ill @ Nov 18th 2007 2:05PM
Got to agree with you on creed so far its not very good...
JontheNinja @ Nov 18th 2007 2:11PM
Damn, it seems like I'm the only person really enjoying this game...
gonk @ Nov 18th 2007 2:21PM
i'm loving assassin's creed, the only annoying part is that archers in the kingdom, on their towers, ALWAYS put out an alert if I get within 100 ft of em
the rest of the game is awesome though
Micheal82 @ Nov 18th 2007 2:43PM
I'm loving Assassin's Creed too. Alitar's out of place accent is (Spoilers....) Desmond Miles voice not Alitar's. Oh yeah I also hate those archers in kingdom.
Night Elve @ Nov 18th 2007 1:40PM
I really enjoyed every second of CoD 4 is a really great game and I'm having a blast with the Online part.
Now I really need to get money for Uncharted I played the Demo and I liked it a lot.
~ Cheers.
Anticrawl @ Nov 18th 2007 1:59PM
Also yeah, didn't mean to knock on Rise of a Ninja but it was a supprising breath of fresh air, as well as SMG. Both eased my adventure/platform needs.
Shawn @ Nov 18th 2007 3:43PM
this is my favorite MP shooter of the year by far. Only UT3 stands in it's way at this point.
btw, COD4 was ranked 2nd on Xfire over the weekend, next to CS which just shows it's not only kicking ass on 360, but PC as well :)
Rabidkeebler @ Nov 18th 2007 3:52PM
To tell the truth I'm really bored with CoD4 multiplayer. Really there isn't much to it. Because I didn't join in the game tell a week later I was getting owned because of the guns offered. It is kinda sad when people are picking you off from across the map because they have access to the better guns.
FK @ Nov 18th 2007 4:08PM
I have access to a good portion of the guns in the game, and I still use the starter M16. Those guns are not necessarily "better", just different. If you got your ass handed to you, im afraid it was lack of skills on nut the gun to blame.
Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Nov 18th 2007 4:40PM
mhm same here. I can still own fools with my starter assault rifle.
Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Nov 18th 2007 4:38PM
What does Prince Vegeta thinks of CoD4?
It's the greatest FPS that I have ever played. And to think I won a beta code by saying that Master Chief was going to rape CoD.
Shotgun Steve @ Nov 18th 2007 4:46PM
I love this game, but the host quitting thing really pisses me off. Good thing that it will be fixed. Also, split-screen online would be nice. Halo has it for 4 players, so why not CoD4?
Mark A. Hill @ Nov 18th 2007 7:42PM
Online split screen plz!!!!
rufus @ Nov 18th 2007 10:03PM
how about some godamn co-op play. thats what GOW was good for.
i beat normal game in 3 days, arcade mode was hella awesome. but wheres co-op so i can have my friend help me beat the game split screen.
ThornedVenom @ Nov 18th 2007 10:20PM
Co-op is one of those main features I search for a console FPS. It's one of the greatest advantages over PC.
BillNabors65 @ Nov 18th 2007 10:11PM
Online co-op is the only thing CoD4 needs to attain perfection.
Rabidkeebler @ Nov 18th 2007 11:29PM
This is how I know it isn't skill. When you die there is a little replay of how you die. All I see is a me, a little speck, trying to cross the street and the guy pulling about 4 shots to kill me. It may be lag, but I know I cant do that with the starter guns.
gonk @ Nov 19th 2007 1:12AM
so play a bit more and you'll unlock the extra dmg perks and stuff
zaglis @ Nov 19th 2007 3:54AM
cod4. is the best live game to date. I hope in the next update they bring 250 MP ach.
Poisoned Al @ Nov 19th 2007 4:43AM
I rented CoD4 and loved it until the Prypiat Ferris wheel.
Stealth, stealth, snipe, stealth, snipe, shot down helicopters (awesome)...
PROTECT YOUR WOUNDED FRIEND FROM THE ENTIRE FUCKING RUSSIAN ARMY BY YOURSELF, WITH NO COVER OR CHECKPOINTS SO AFTER DYING FOR THE SIX HUNDREDTH TIME YOU WANT TO HUNT DOWN THE LEVEL DESIGNER AND SLOWLY MURDER HIS WHOLE FAMILY IN FRONT OF HIM!
Me? Bitter? Naw.
chihsuanmnen @ Nov 19th 2007 10:20AM
This post = t3h w1n.
I played this sequence multiple times on hardened with the same frustration. I found that if I hid in area behind the merry go round after the helos came in, my chances for survival increased to the point where if I was lucky, I was able to survive.
na2ru1 @ Nov 19th 2007 7:41AM
I guess i'll be buying COD4 b4 Assasin Creed since many of u's are barabb bab bab baaah................
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Jake @ Nov 19th 2007 8:46AM
Am I the only person that doesn't think COD4 is that damn good? I love the campaign. It is the best fps campaign I've played since Orange box came out. But actually it is the best since the original Halo before that probably. Well Bioshock, then Gears, then...aw fuck it I'm getting off track.
It is just that the multiplayer plays generically for me. I don't know. I need some better jumping, dodging, and fancy power weapons to really have fun. I like it, I just don't prefer it over Halo or Gears yet.
Gangsta Smurf @ Nov 19th 2007 9:42AM
Congrats. I'm so glad we're not continue this World War bullshit anymore. Modern Warfare still have gold up in them mines!
Grendel Pr1me @ Nov 19th 2007 2:39PM
How about loss of EXP for quitting when you're the host? That one would be nice too.
I don't know how many times I've been playing the game, and the host drops out because his team is losing by 20.
No really, I don't know how many times, because I can't count above 20.
Varone @ Nov 19th 2007 3:52PM
I absolutely love COD4, but my only complaint is that the people you play with online do not show up in the 'Players Met' section of the XMB. This means I have to write down the names of any nice people I meet online. Having them appear would be good, but having the ability to send friend invites in game and message friends using the XMB would be the best addition.
I'm not particularly bothered about split-screen multiplayer. You'd hear what sounded like someone coming round the corner, but it would be the guy sat next to you sprinting along. Playing with headphones/surround sound systems give such an advantage, especially with the dead silence perk!
rikyvaugn @ Nov 20th 2007 2:44AM
You know what I would wish they would update? The ability to keep a party chat going while in game. There are times when I have 5 friends in my party and noone on our team is talking other than us. If we could just have the option to party chat while playing, then the others on our team wouldn't have to listen to us making fun of each other and our personal talk.
That goes for the xbox fall update as well, a 'conference' chat update would be great...plus it would eliminate the need for my previous wish.