[cod] COD2 - DVD tomorrow?

[Jay Vasallo]

Hey Mark,

I unfortunately do not have the priviledge to wait =o( But I do have a great inside connection at 
bestbuy =o). I get most of the games super cheap and home delivered.

I really think that COD II will pull it off this time. They never fixed COD One so maybe COD-II is a fixed version of
COD-One with some batter eye-candy? I certainly hope so.

Have your secretary buy the game. Going to place a few servers up and then I am going to enjoy the single player as I always do!

-Jay


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Mark J. DeFilippis 
  To: cod at icculus.org 
  Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 12:05 AM
  Subject: Re: [cod] COD2 - DVD tomorrow?



  You know Jay, you know I am a big COD fan.
  But I have an EBGames in the bottom of 30 Rockfeller Ctr
  (Actually 62 floors below my office), and I usually preorder
  to that store. )

  I stopped online ebgames site today to check if all was still on schedule
  and started reading some of the 30+ pre-reviews on the
  site, and there were three types of reviews. About 30%
  were "Great, love it, best thing since sliced bread",
  the 4-5% that said "Just like COD, don't waste your money",
  and the balance, a near 60+% that were more reserved and
  stated "If you are a COD nut, you will probably buy it, but for
  $60, I expect COD2 to be more than "the same old stuff"
  with some added maps and graphics".  One noted, and
  got quite a few commend replies that he is devoted to buying
  COD2, but if COD3 is not a big jump, he won't spend his money.

  Of course you have to discount the sources. (One noted
  "they made COD, "The perfect game" even better, I didn't
  think it possible".  Well, I beg to differ. I suppose he never
  played HQ with some of it's "interesting" spawn spots,
  and the list goes on....:)  Great, yea. Perfect, no.

  I thought about this on and off throughout the day and
  thought that if I were a single player ONLY buyer, I wouldn't
  spend the money on COD2. Playing COD2 in single player
  scripted only is like hitting golf balls at the range. Your not
  playing golf until your on the course.

  But I have 3 copies in reserve. So that is $180 for me and
  my two boys.  I estimated COD2 is a $49 game, but not
  likely a $59 game based on the demo I played, and my
  sense of "value", which is normally "warped" towards the
  overspending side.

  Honestly, with DOD:S just out at $19.95, and the clan playing
  it, I may just wait the month and have it come down to $39.95
  so I feel like I am getting the value I am paying for.

  How can they hire the BF 1942 Desert Combat mod group,
  suck them in to DOD:Source, and sell it for $19.95, and
  ACTV justify COD2 at $60?

  I am by no means cheap, and I buy what I want when I want
  it immediately. But this has me thinking...  Do I feel I am
  getting $60 worth of value out of COD2? I have my
  doubts now.

  MD


  At 03:05 PM 10/17/2005, you wrote:

    It is but as always here in America, the vendors will boost all prices for new releases. If you can wait a month, they will go down to 39.99 .


    ----- Original Message ----- From: "frenton" <frenton at orcon.net.nz>
    To: <cod at icculus.org>
    Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 1:52 PM
    Subject: Re: [cod] COD2 - DVD tomorrow?



      That's an US Store i guess...WOOOOOO i want it to come out tomorrow in Europe, too...
      But 60 Bucks seems a little bit expensive, isn't it?
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    Mark J. DeFilippis, Ph. D EE          defilm at acm.org
                                          defilm at ieee.org



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