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Will Multiplayer Get A Fix Next Gen?

But hey, go right ahead, I double dare you to. I dare anyone reading this article to go and turn on their PS3 or Xbox 360, pop in their favorite multiplayer game, and play online for an few hours, and see if you’ll be able to get through your session without some under-aged, immature, racist, or overzealous idiot stepping completely out of line and ruining it for you. It appears that now in this day and age, the only way to play with others online is to mute everyone and pretend that they’re not actual people. Because if you don’t do that, chances are, you’ll either get bullied, or get insulted and lose your cool, so instead of blowing off steam after a hard day’s work, you find yourself in a heated verbal battle with some kid somewhere, and now you’re so worked up and all ready to punch a cat in the face

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CustardTrout4230d ago

I think someone just got beat on a game...

csreynolds4230d ago

Possibly, but the author does make a valid point. A percentage of today's online gaming community is represented by nasty little oxygen thieves that enjoy nothing more than goading or abusing others for sport.

BrutallyBlunt4230d ago (Edited 4230d ago )

This is true and the only way to curb it is to have more accountability. That means no way of creating new accounts while you're warned or whatever measure they take.

Gamers need to be educated on the fact they don't have the right to ruin other peoples experiences. These services have their own terms that you have to agree to.

1. If someone constantly team kills for example they can have a warning attached to their avatar and sent to purgatory with other team killers. Perhaps a 24 hour cooldown period and if it keeps happening the penalty increases.

2. Racial and vulgar people should get a 24 hour voice/text chat ban and go up from there as well for repeat offenders.

3. Those who drop out and disconnect, in other words the poor losers. Have a logo above their name and the host can decide to keep them or drop them. After a certain period of time that logo goes away.

These are just the things off the top of my head. I'm sure there are many better ideas but the end game should be the same, a enjoyable experience for everyone. If people can't conduct themselves properly then they should just stick to single player games.

Gazondaily4230d ago

@ LevelHead,

In fairness, Xbox Live (to some extent) has attempted some of what you suggested.

"This is true and the only way to curb it is to have more accountability. That means no way of creating new accounts while you're warned or whatever measure they take. "

Completely agree here. The Xbox Live Gamertag actually helps in this regard because, obviously, you pay for the account (with the exception of free trials)and you can't just create profiles at a whim.

"2. Racial and vulgar people should get a 24 hour voice/text chat ban and go up from there as well for repeat offenders. "

Yeah this should be enforced more stringently. Unforunately, there are evidentiary problems with this unless you have recording software. So a possible fix for next-gen MP gaming and a welcome feature is built-in recording. That being said, my mate had his account temporarily banned on the PS3 for using vulgar language and there are quite a few people on Xbox Live that have been banned for inappropriate behaviour. Still- unacceptable behaviour is rife online.

"3. Those who drop out and disconnect, in other words the poor losers. Have a logo above their name and the host can decide to keep them or drop them. After a certain period of time that logo goes away."

Halo Reach tried to tackle this to some success. People who drop out or disconnect get temporary bans and it does work because I play with some players who do rage-quit a lot and get affected by this. But yeah, a more universal implementation would help (although, legit disconnects obviously somehow have to be taken into account).

I think in the end, it boils down to more admins for services like PSN and Live are needed. The online environment right now is replete with so many abusive and immature players that experiencing vulgar and hatred alluded to by the author is almost customary now when playing online, whether it be on PC, PS3 or 360.

Gazondaily4230d ago

Yeah I think so too.

There is always Party Chat or the mute function. Playing with your mates is the best thing although, I do admit, it is a shame people can't get along online.

BrutallyBlunt4230d ago

People are competitive but there's a difference between being competitive and one who's sole purpose is to ruin the experience for others.

There really is no perfect system out there. Some are obviously better than others. The best way is to filter your own friends but that takes time and limits your audience. A rating system never seems to work either. Look at Metacritic for example.

I have met a lot of great people online so it would be a shame not to have that element of surprise of finding good players.

Cupid_Viper_34230d ago

Haha, I don't know if it's as simple as you put it.

TheTimeDoctor4230d ago

nothing to fix. words can not hurt you. if you are offended by meaningless drivel, good luck getting through life.

Dusdg4230d ago

It's called mute and avoid. Both options are on live and psn. Now Live tried to have community's when you first signed up with players being casual and underground however people just selected anything they felt like and it did not really do anything. It would be nice if the community could be the one that put you in a certain pool of players and not yourself. That would help filter out kids.

Nate-Dog4230d ago

You're not really asking for multiplayer to get a fix but gaming communities and players. Fat chance of that happening.

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Players claim Fortnite ruined Call of Duty by letting in more corporate greed

Do you remember what gaming was like before Fortnite entered the gaming space? One of the biggest arguments was about loot boxes. Now we have conversations about crossovers, battle passes, and community outreach.

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GoodGuy091d 10h ago (Edited 1d 10h ago )

Idk. Loot boxes did disappear and battle passes and in game purchases are all cosmetic. We get free weapons and maps post launch, any gameplay affecting content. I could care less about all the cosmetics.
I absolutely hated the days where weapons were locked behind a less than 1% chance lootbox pull where it'd take 5+ hours to have enough tokens to do a single pull and lazy remastered/remake maps cost you $15 each wave or $50 for the season pass that you didn't know what you'd get and these maps were only available to those that bought it so you get a smaller pool of players match with.

Tacoboto2h ago

The "good ole days" are actually what drove me away from COD and Halo 3/Reach. Halo 4 becoming a COD-like drove me away from that only a week or so after it launched and I beat its campaign.

It sucked way back then, going a month or two without playing online-shooter-of-the-moment, and then needing to buy a $15 map pack to play with the majority of the population or your favorite playlist. The "community" rejecting Spartan Points in MCC killed that game's support, too. No revenue = no support, plain and simple.

franwex3h ago(Edited 3h ago)

Call of duty can simply not copy the bad aspects of Fortnite? Or is that too out of this world? Like COD, a realistic shooter-just HAD to have Nicki Minaj running around? Or super heroes?

Inverno1h ago(Edited 56m ago)

Exactly! Trends don't all need to be followed. Plus where Fortnite got somewhat better with it's monetization, Acti got worse. Or at least Fortnite has lended itself more to the wacky stuff, and has put more effort and quality into that stuff.

jjb19811h ago

I prefer the battle passes with free maps than the $50 season pass that divided the community. I definitely feel that Fortnite had some influence on CoD having loot boxes with Blackout being introduced in 2018 with Black Ops 4.

PRIMORDUS1h ago(Edited 1h ago)

Actually Fortnite bullshit ruined Unreal Tournament. Epic are sellouts and I will never have that shitty store on my PC, fuck them and that shit bag Tim Sweeney. At least the community keeps the games alive, I still play UT2004.

Psychonaut851h ago

Call of Duty ruined Call of Duty. They needed no outside assistance.

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Massive new COD Black Ops Gulf War leak lifts the lid on loadouts

The Black Ops Gulf War leaks continue with a list of weapon descriptions giving more info on what you can expect from new and returning weapons.

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Call of Duty Players Disappointed by $80 B.E.A.S.T. Glove Bundle Deal

Recently, players of Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone were met with a new bundle featuring the B.E.A.S.T. Glove, inspired by King Kong's armament in the Godzilla x Kong movie. However, the $80 price tag attached to this themed accessory left many Call of Duty fans feeling underwhelmed.

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Kaii7d ago

Morons that allow themselves to be milked continuously by this company is the definition of irony.
Spend more $$ and you'll end up In easier lobbies so you win both ways when ya spend that cash

melons7d ago

Controversy in the COD community feels like it happens within an alternate timeline. Activision will take the piss with something, there will be a momentary fuss about it, and then they will forget about it and carry on anyway. Repeat this cycle literally every year for the rest of time.

Gridknac7d ago

They call that a crack head! Thats what this is really about, its an addiction. People who dont smoke cigarettes look and laugh at the addicts that spend $8-$10 a pack, but they cant help themselves, they are addicted. That same analogy applies perfectly to the whole MT industry. Only an addict that was not thinking clearly would spend this kind of money on something so frivolous. A round of multiplayer provides the same high a person gets from scratching a lotto ticket, or putting money on a sports bet. MT in general need to really be regulated because you have a generation of kids becoming adults who grew up only knowing the MT era of gaming. Its normal to them and they will in turn teach their kids the same by just being a gaming parent and getting their kids involved with them in gaming. Thats why no matter how ridiculous the headlines keep getting out of the MT industry, it never seems to fade or go away.

X-236d ago

I'm so tired of hearing about what they're doing with this game, its never going to change and it's never going to value the consumer over money, furthermore the people who engage so heavily in the microtransactions I guess allegedly are having a blast and can't wait to do it some more this year when the new version of the game drops.