(Editor’s note: In this bi-weekly feature, Pixelitis staffer Matt Brown shares his “down the rabbit hole” look into gaming history. Having admittedly missed what many consider “classics,” join him as he dives in head first. We ask that you just be gentle with him.)
"Last time we talked, I was moving in a friend and inaugurating his arrival with replays of Burnout 3. Now my Videogame Virgin exploits, my own personal Pilgrim’s Progress, my Gulliver’s Travels, has led me back again to my college days. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. And takeout and beer and whiskey and futons and a projector we set up one weekend so our videogames could be as big and obnoxious as our parties.
Those were, in some ways, the best days of my life. I lived with my closest friends. It was college so no one cared about how clean things were. Really ever. We just got to hang out all the time.
Those were, in some ways, the worst days of my life. I lived with my closest friends. It was college so no one cared about how clean…well, you get it."
Call Of Duty is back with its yearly instalment, but is Modern Warfare 3 breaking new ground, or just a lazy cash grab? The answer may not surprise you in today's review from JDR.
The original Modern Warfare and Modern Warfare 2 games have been drawing players back in
I really hope we get other activision games on GP soon. My dream would be Scarface but I know the license probably expired
None of those games had dedicated servers on console in the first place? Were always player hosted. Did something change?
Multiplayer has worked fine but the campaign has crashed frequently and required a verification of files to continue. The Alone mission has been unplayable and it crashes at random times as seen in this video and others have reported the issue.
I have been working with Activision and they have no fix as of yet. I got past it yesterday but it crashed 3x before I completed the level. Run a defrag or optimize your drive, verify files, run a quick virus scan, and play. After each crash, verify files again and play. Not ideal but it did let me complete it. PC on Steam.