Infinity Ward Confirms Modern Warfare 2 Third Person Gameplay

Ripten: "We reported a rumor regarding the possibility of third person gameplay in Infinity Ward's upcoming shooter Modern Warfare 2 less than an hour ago. The main supporting elements at that time consisted of supposed leaked in game video and a screen capture of what appeared to be a game mode selection screen.

In addition to the above, we'd like to now add a promotional email from G4TV's X-Play to the mix, and ultimately a confirmation from Infinity Ward community manager, Robert Bowling, that seals the deal."

[tripewire]

Good. Now lets run a comparison between the PS3 and 360 versions.

Next to Uncharted 2.

"Inferior BLAHBLAHBLAH"

[LordMarius]

Yes, more variety is always welcome

now I might consider purchasing it

[Jamegohanssj5]

Bubbles Marius as I'm on the same page as you; however, I would only pick it up if I could find it for aboot 10-20 bucks.

TGSI

[Carl1412]

Who really gives a crap?

[bruddahmanmatt]

This is not a slow, tactical shooter that emphasizes planning and teamwork. It's a twitch run & gun shooter where one guy with enough skill (aka lag) can carry a team of 5 n00bs if he's good (lags) enough.

When you design a shooter, you have to take the perspective into account. TPSs allow players to see around corners without peeking out from behind cover. Therefore small maps with lots of narrow alleys and right angles designed for a first person perspective will inevitably end up being a camper's dream in third person. n00bs will hang back and wait for players on the offensive to turn down an alley, pop out to shoot and then go back into hiding.

Good job IW. It's nice to know that while you were busying effing the PC gamers over by not including dedicated servers you decided to add a pointless mode while you were at it. IWFAIL.

[BulletToothtony]

it's crazy so little people fail to realize that.. i know this is gonna be a freaking camping fest..

with some luck (which i don't think we gonna have) they may not let the camera do that, if you're hiding behind a corner or behind a box but i highly doubt it..

yet another reason to not pick this game on day one.. they're digging themselves a hole without a doubt..

[cyberwaffles]

i agree, the third person view is interesting. right now uncharted 2 is my favorite 3rd person online shooter but i hate how you can't lay down or crouch. not only that, i love military aesthetics over the casual clothing that drake and his friends wear.

the third person view might be a great thing.

[Xbox Avatars Shoe]

What's the point of sites and scopes for your gun? Everyone will just run around with a silencer and grenade launcher.

[SixZeroFour]

agreed...whats was the whole point of adding all those new scopes and attachments when you wont need it for third person...and first person will now be at a disadvantage for the lack of view compared to third person 180+ degree view

i dont think any online multiplayer shooter game should have both first and third person views as an option, unless they have their own matchmaking separate from the other

[Blaze929]

Ahhh yes...the noobtube gun.

[Sm0k3y_Bac0n]

PRIVATE MATCHES ONLY!
besides the option can be toggled

[ambientFLIER]

You guys are braindead. It's an OPTION for private matches. That means it's just for you and your friends to mess around with. READ THE ARTICLE BEFORE COMMENTING NEXT TIME!

[rockleex]

Will we finally be able to customize our classes with ALL the weapons, ALL the attachments, ALL the colors, and ALL the perks available in 4 player splitscreen mode?

Will we finally be able to do 4 player splitscreen WLAN battles?

[badz149]

from what you've said...I think you should just go and buy SOCOM Confrontation! it suits everything you've said.

[frostypants]

If it is indeed for private matches only, that is fine by me.

This mode is a total nerfing of the gameplay...by expanding the field of vision people will be less susceptible to ambush, back-stabs, etc. From the perspective of maintaining CoD gameplay characteristics, it's a horrible idea, but again if it's limited to a private match gimmick setting, then I'm ok with it.

[greeneggsnsam]

I wonder if Infinity Ward wanted to put this in, or if Activion forced them into it so that it would sell to the Gears and Uncharted fans.

[LordMarius]

well I hope they did

[Sandwich Bender]

Either way, I don't think I like it much.

[Fishy Fingers]

I extremely doubt Activision would have any say on what IW should or shouldn't do. I also extremely doubt it had anything to do with Gears or Uncharted. Why would it? COD doesn't exactly need to steal fans away from other games.

Adding 3rd person perspective is very simple for them, it's another tick in a feature box and they probably just thought, "why not?".

[Nostradavis]

@Sandwhich

What is there not to like? You can toggle it off if you like and it seems like its only applicable to the games private matches.

[chewmandinga]

seems like a cool idea, although what i remember from the 3rd person killcam in cod4, it's gonna look very awkward and robotic if they haven't changed it much

[Fishy Fingers]

Cool, something I'll certainly avoid. FPS all the way for me.

[bujasem_89]

bummer i didnt want that removing co-op ?? 3d person whats next is it going to be transformed to a puzzle game???

[Nostradavis]

how does it remove co-op?

[bujasem_89]

it was confirmed that since WAW had to remove some of the chapter cause they couldn't be done in co-op like the sniper and the plane once that they will be removing it all together from the main single player in MW2 and do some sort of separate mode for the co-op alone . something like that

[Killzonegamer84]

"Oh Hell Yea" thats what im talking about! I hope its for multiplayer as well, i always think to myself how awesome it would be to play it in 3rd person socom style. I like Third person a lot more than FPS

[Fishy Fingers]

It is included in MP, but it will be a "server" requirement, basically, the server/game will be FPS or 3rd person. No mixed matches.

The 3rd person players would get massacred otherwise.

[Blaster_Master]

Why? Is it because you think its better to see people when they cant see you? I think third person views suck because it takes the immersion out of a game. Especially when people are camping and you cant see them but they can see you . Its cheating.

[MariSeaNerHawk]

it only effects private matches, so ranked normal matches will be no different. but this could lead to treyarch making a completely 3rd person version next year...

[whothedog]

Hopefully they use the same engine again with no upgrades.

[frostypants]

I never thought I'd see the day that people would PREFER 3rd person to 1st person. Back in the NES days, people always imagined how cool it would be to play an action game from a true 1st person perspective. Now we've come full circle. Nothing wrong with it, but I find it amusing...

[DiffusionE]

For the PC version too? Console-ized. We've been console-ized. ARRRGH!!

[frostypants]

It's being added to all 3 platforms at the same time...how can you say it's "console-ized"?

I have a pretty good PC, and have been a PC gamer for years, and I gotta say...the superiority you imagine PC gaming as having is for the most part unfounded and unwarranted. It's not 1999 anymore. PCs aren't being held back...console gaming has just caught up. PCs still rule for MMORPGs and simulations though.

[Ron_Burgundy the 2nd]

gonna be a bit weird in TP mode because of the controls of COD

[Rowsdower]

of rainbow six vegas 1 and 2 where you could toggle between the two modes. I'm all for it, I prefer to play in 3rd person so this is cool.

[criticalkare]

Cool feature, but I will play it on first person mode. That's what COD game should have been anyway.

[maverick1191]

im happy that its only private matches in MP in local MP it would of killed it

[Pandamobile]

I played COD4 in third person back in 2007. I can't remember the exact console command. You had to enable the dev-options and type '/thirdperson 1' or something like that.

[Fishy Fingers]

Close... "/cg_thirdperson 1"

Gotta love that little console key :)

[Pandamobile]

~ for the win :P

[kaz-hirai]

"Infinity Ward Confirms Modern Warfare 2 Third Person Gameplay"

[Rhezin]

3rd person in COD? no..just..no. It got it's popularity through being a FPS. Apparently picard agrees also.

[DJ Pillz 317]

Did nobody read the article? It says 3rd person is in private matches only as an option...
This doesn't ruin the game, and adds to it IMO for the fact that people can play this way if it suits them.

[NecrumSlavery]

I showed my wife a trailer 1080p on PS3 for MW2. The one with the DC footage. She looked up and said, "that's neat, my god those graphics look like shlt though. I mean yeah uncharted 2 looks fantastic, but god this looks like the last, what is it? Call of duty? Yeah like the last one. This is a PS3 game? Looks just as bad as that world war one. Everything looks like a$$." my wife is funny...lol

[badkolo]

let me guess, the game is also on the 360 so its time to trash it. ??

[NecrumSlavery]

Not a very pretty game at all, but I think the multiplayer is going to make up for any short comings.

[badkolo]

you think it sucks, you like it, jesus christ, its only for private matches and is an option, dont like it then dont play in 3rd person mode , plain and simple. we are going to have to hear this crap for 2 months how some poeple odnt like it, as if they are forced to play that way.

YOu people complain about added optional features now, sad

[Panthers]

TPS>FPS so this is good news, but I am still not getting this game.

[Michael Scott]

"According to Bowling, Modern Warfare 2 will in fact contain a third person mode available in private matches only. “It’s not something you can toggle on and off in ANY game,” Once initiated, it will force that view on all players in that private match until the next match. He added that this will be “another cool way to play the game,” and that you will “still have the option to play gametypes normal as well.” '

[Barcefut-09]

some of you people are still complaining when its only in private matches, NOT ONLINE!!!!!!!!!!! and quit complaining about no dedicated servers already, you pc games think you can get what you want when it doesnt work like that

[Stretchystrong]

About time we heard some damn news about the game rather than a bunch of pc crybabies complaining about no dedicated servers, seriously. That is all I have heard about for two weeks. Go play a different game, and let some news for people who still want to support the game not be lost in the flood of B*tching and moaning. Grow some balls.

[Stinger_209]

infinity ward might not understand what fps is they are maybe confused

[ambientFLIER]

I don't see the problem. It's an OPTION for private matches. You don't have to use it, and if you only play matchmaking, you never will. Are options bad now? Stop crying about it.

Haven't you guys ever spectated in COD4 and thought to yourself, damn, this might be kinda cool to play this way?

[04soldier]

Because I do enjoy my SOCOM from time to time, but there are some serious campers in that game because of its 3rd person view.

Y'know the wall campers who use the wall as cover and the camera to spot you. They wait for you till you just get close enough then jump out release a hail of gunfire on you before you even let off two rounds.

I've been killed by this method so MANY times it's not even funny..... If it was optional like in past SOCOMS it would've ruined the game.

[Ttam]

If its third person I will not buy it. Not my style.

[badkolo]

thats why this site just fails, did u bother to read the article or any replies or did you just decide to fart from your mouth.

its an option in private matches only.

then you must of hated uncharted 2 multiplayer right?

[ZBlacktt]

They are trying to get more of the market share of player's. More so those of us who like 3rd person more ( i.e MGO and UC2 multi ). I don't care for FPS myself. It's like viewing with tunnel vision. I wish I could play every match with this view. Not just the private matches.

[LinuxGuru]

I smell "tacked-on"

[XBLGT B1GMACNFR1ES]

this is just killjoy now. last time i recalled humans didnt have a 1st person view. BC2 FTW! btw i thought they said they were catering for the hardcore this time around. so this is basically hardcore mode for Geow 2 now. fail. i cant believe there going to make £500,000,000 on this dlc wow

[oldsnayke]

As long as it is not integrated into multiplayer, I couldn't care less.

[tonywood24]

OK, so are you SOCOM of Call of Duty? Really don't have to go after the SOCOM crowd....SOCOM: Confrantation was garbage.

[dragon82]

Well if Killzone 2 just HAD to have COD4 controls to please all of the people who cried about it then why can't MW2 have 3rd person to please the people who like it???? Seems pretty damn hypocritical to me!!!!

[Alcohog]

SOCOM confrontation is one of the best multiplayer games out there. :|

[Alcohog]

Because the video of it being played right in front of some peoples faces wasn't good enough for them.

"Its fake, I can see the strings".