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CoD 2 Demo is Out
2005-09-26, 6:38 PM #1
http://www.callofduty2.com/cod2/demo.html

There's some linkage

Overall Impressions: Well, it looks pretty damn good. Runs really well, with the only slowdown coming at the end with some mowing down of MG42. The models didn't look all that finished to me. The music at the end is really damn good, of course. However, I don't know if because it was in a really enclosed setting, but it didn't really feel Call of Duty to me. The atmosphere and the..erm...hectic-ness...wasn't there.

IT was still fun to play though.
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2005-09-26, 7:35 PM #2
DoD:S and now this. Much sex today
Pissed Off?
2005-09-26, 7:37 PM #3
Originally posted by Avenger:
DoD:S and now this. Much sex today


War-gasm?
SnailIracing:n(500tpostshpereline)pants
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2005-09-26, 7:39 PM #4
Haha, nice one.
Pissed Off?
2005-09-26, 7:49 PM #5
lol

Guys WWII rocks...
2005-09-26, 9:52 PM #6
COD2 is a resourse hog. I can barely play it on my 9800 pro. Although I don't think this is what you'd call "playable".
2005-09-26, 10:34 PM #7
Originally posted by Obi_Kwiet:
COD2 is a resourse hog. I can barely play it on my 9800 pro. Although I don't think this is what you'd call "playable".


i wonder why it doesn't run super great on a 9800 pro... maybe because it's a new game and the 9800Pro is really starting to show it's age now
eat right, exercise, die anyway
2005-09-26, 11:57 PM #8
Wow, the smoke man, THE SMOKE
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2005-09-27, 12:37 AM #9
Rocked. Absolutely rocked.
Pissed Off?
2005-09-27, 4:07 AM #10
Originally posted by Avenger:
Rocked. Absolutely rocked.
agreed, lovely flow to the level aswell, especially 2nd time round.
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Rbots
2005-09-27, 6:07 AM #11
That was awesome.
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2005-09-27, 11:26 AM #12
I assume the infinite health thing is a part of the demo only?
Bassoon, n. A brazen instrument into which a fool blows out his brains.
2005-09-27, 11:33 AM #13
I don't think they have health packs. Take a lot of damage in a short period of time and you die. Play on the harder difficulties and you die in a shot or two.
Pissed Off?
2005-09-27, 11:38 AM #14
Yeah, but you can get really close to death, survive, wait a while, do the same thing.
Bassoon, n. A brazen instrument into which a fool blows out his brains.
2005-09-27, 12:37 PM #15
I'm pretty sure the smoke is 2d. It's not volumetiric; it's just a few ploygons with moving pics of smoke on them, along with a little bit of volumetric smoke.
2005-09-27, 1:01 PM #16
Originally posted by DrkJedi82:
i wonder why it doesn't run super great on a 9800 pro... maybe because it's a new game and the 9800Pro is really starting to show it's age now


Runs really smooth on my 9800 pro and graphics are on high! Gonna buy this when its out.
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2005-09-27, 1:03 PM #17
Did anyone notice any improvements in AI? They made a big deal about this for CoD2.

But I had to witness a problem that bothered me so much in the first game. I hate watching my whole team die in front of an enemy MG. Shouldn't the new AI system do something about this? wtf.

[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v308/Echoness101/shot0001.jpg]
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2005-09-27, 1:08 PM #18
Originally posted by DMC87:
Runs really smooth on my 9800 pro and graphics are on high! Gonna buy this when its out.


i demand screenshots... i can tell you now it's most likely not on "high"
eat right, exercise, die anyway
2005-09-27, 1:47 PM #19
It runs smooth on my 9700 pro with medium settings just fine.
Pissed Off?
2005-09-27, 1:51 PM #20
It causes my Athlon XP 3200+ and 9700 to stop in their tracks without the "Force DX7" option enabled. It seems they added some fancy DX8 or DX9 effects that are either way too intensive for older hardware or were very poorly programmed.
Bassoon, n. A brazen instrument into which a fool blows out his brains.
2005-09-27, 3:18 PM #21
Mwehehe.... I'm gonna kill my computer. It could barely handle Doom III at medium settings, I woner how this will do. >:D
DO NOT WANT.
2005-09-27, 3:22 PM #22
It runs considerably better than Doom III. I'm fairly sure it's the same engine as CoD. I still saw hideous lightmaps.
Bassoon, n. A brazen instrument into which a fool blows out his brains.
2005-09-27, 3:27 PM #23
Are you sure about that? I thought CoD was an improved Q3 engine.
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2005-09-27, 3:48 PM #24
Actually yeah, it ran smooth as butter, I never experienced a single slowdown. The only problem is that it won't enable the pretty specular effects for me. :(
DO NOT WANT.
2005-09-27, 4:15 PM #25
Originally posted by Freelancer:
Are you sure about that? I thought CoD was an improved Q3 engine.


It was. CoD2 has its own new engine.
Pissed Off?
2005-09-27, 4:35 PM #26
Oh. Well then, hideous lightmaps still.
Bassoon, n. A brazen instrument into which a fool blows out his brains.
2005-09-27, 5:31 PM #27
They forgot to include a physics engine. :rolleyes: That truck and tank scene was totally scripted. No way to reproduce that in MP or anything.
2005-09-27, 5:36 PM #28
There were some physics, I think. When bodies fly, they react to the environment before landing on the ground for good...I think.

But physics with so many things and people in the level would drag down the CPU.
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2005-09-27, 5:38 PM #29
Originally posted by Obi_Kwiet:
They forgot to include a physics engine. :rolleyes: That truck and tank scene was totally scripted. No way to reproduce that in MP or anything.


Oh, so you know what their final product is like from a one-level demo. K, thanks for that information.
D E A T H
2005-09-27, 6:08 PM #30
Originally posted by Obi_Kwiet:
TThat truck and tank scene was totally scripted. No way to reproduce that in MP or anything.


[http://www.boomspeed.com/redwingjs/captain_obvious.jpg]
Pissed Off?
2005-09-27, 7:16 PM #31
someone obviously didn't play the first CoD... it was full of scripted events like that
eat right, exercise, die anyway
2005-09-27, 7:42 PM #32
I love how no one really has anything positive to say about it.
>>untie shoes
2005-09-27, 7:43 PM #33
Originally posted by Bill:
I love how no one really has anything positive to say about it.


I could've sworn things like "Excellent game", "Really love the smoke", and the various comments on the graphics were positive :P

Either way, it's easier for humans to be negative anyways.
D E A T H
2005-09-27, 7:54 PM #34
Ok, maybe "no one" was kind of broad... but there seems to be alot of negativity for something that I think is pretty damned cool...
>>untie shoes
2005-09-27, 8:23 PM #35
it was AWESOME
2005-09-27, 8:29 PM #36
You're too positive; Lock him up, boys!
DO NOT WANT.
2005-09-27, 8:30 PM #37
actually the only negativity i really noticed was from obi_kwiet... and it's not like anyone actually considers his opinions valid :p
eat right, exercise, die anyway
2005-09-27, 8:40 PM #38
YOU WONT TAKE ME ALIVE
*shoots himself
2005-09-27, 8:40 PM #39
A couple weeks ago I pre-ordered this. It got me a T-shirt and a five dollar off coupon.

Sweet deal.

This game looks awesome, although I haven't played the demo yet.

I heard that a lot of the graphics settings were locked in the demo? Is this true, and if so what kind of limitations are present? Resolution, model detail, AA, etc?
2005-09-27, 9:08 PM #40
I thought it was pretty fun. It ran okay on my machine, just had to turn off AA and force DX7. Time to upgrade I suppose.
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