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O.K. So I have 3 copies of COD2 on pre-order.<br><br>
Honestly, I am not thrilled with the way EA is handling BF2.<br>
Great game, but leave it to EA to mis-handle even another<br>
companies development skill and talent. (Of course I am talking<br>
about DICE). EA... Challenge everything, should be EA...<br>
disregard everything.<br><br>
It has been so very quiet here, yet COD is in pre-order state,<br>
which is usually a good thing. (If it were like Valve, then it
would<br>
be meaningless of course ;-)) . I would like to think both<br>
the Windows and Linux server is ongoing and we will see them<br>
released at the same time, and the game is coming along nicely.<br><br>
I would much rather they hold back full release of the product<br>
than see only a partial release, with a delay in the Linux server<br>
like with COD:UO, and the lag, bugs, map tracking issues, etc,<br>
etc... But it all depends on meeting the release schedule,
ad-space,<br>
etc....<br><br>
Heck, from the trailers I have seen so far, I don't really think it<br>
looks very different. Maps look different, but so is the
setting.<br>
But what about the game is different? I have not seen this
well<br>
defined anywhere.<br><br>
There was a dramatic change from COD and COD:UO which was<br>
only an "expansion pack". Based on this, one would expect
COD2<br>
to have significant differences, better, and try to keep the server
lean...<br><br>
Jay, Steve? anyone hear any info/leaks/rumors out of AV? or
IW?<br><br>
With BF2 IMHO a disappointment because of EA's garbage with
Ranked/unranked,<br>
and all their other general stupidity, I am ready to dump BF2 and am
SOooo<br>
ready for COD2...<br><br>
Mark<br><br>
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