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Video shows shocking Call of Duty: Black Ops host advantage, reinforces value of dedicated servers

A Call of Duty: Black Ops player has made a video showing the huge advantage that hosting players have in Call of Duty: Black Ops. He and a friend face each other on a server and open fire at the same time using the in game clock. The hosting player wins. Every time.

Letros5262d ago

No point in b!tching about it when there is a platform available with dedicated servers.

Grin5262d ago

Why is this not a reason to bitch about it? All the PS3 and 360 players just have to STFU because they aren't on a PC??

Kazu0 Hirai5262d ago (Edited 5262d ago )

Thats right Grin. If you choose an inferior platform, expect an inferior product.

@below: yes there are games with acceptable connections on console but it will never be perfect. dedicated servers is always the better way to go.

Dannehkins5262d ago (Edited 5262d ago )

How does that make sense when there are games out there which have perfectly accetable online connections? It's not the platform that's the problem, but we have all known that for some years now.

dragon825261d ago

MAG runs on dedicated servers and can support up to 256 players at a time without lag so don't give me that inferior platform bullshit. The reason the game runs like ass is because of Activision and their lack of dedicated servers not the PS3 or Xbox 360.

Take your PC Elitest crap somewhere else because that shit won't fly around here. We all know the truth.

BX815262d ago

@Dannehkins I agree! PC trolls... you gotta love them!

Dannehkins5261d ago

Thanks BX. I was beginning to think I didn't get my point across clearly.

@Fanboi, a perfectly good example to back up my case.

The fact of the matter is, the COD way of doing online gaming isn't generally the one which yields the best results for you connection and I should know, it keeps me putting me in Spanish servers despite beign set on Local.

Bolts5262d ago

I don't see your point. Killzone 2 and other PS3 exclusives have dedicated servers.

MUHAHAHAHAAHAHA5262d ago

WTF this always happens to me since cod 4

DelbertGrady5262d ago

That's why I only spent less than 2 days on the multiplayer. As soon as I noticed that other players see me before I see them on the killcam I saw no reason to continue playing it.

It's amazing that a bug like this is in the game after all this time they've had developing the MP aspect of the Call of Duty series. Embarrassing.

Shackdaddy8365262d ago

I spent 2 days too on the multiplayer. But I stopped cus I got bored of it after awhile. Its just a repetitive game imo.

HK65262d ago

It's Black Ops. What did you expect?

BeaArthur5262d ago (Edited 5262d ago )

It happens in any game without dedicated servers. It's more noticeable in some games more than others.

soundslike5262d ago

The lower the health on players in a game, the less people will notice, but the more it matters. Its the same in any game with a host, but if the game sports higher health amounts, you at least have the time to react and make it somewhat even.

killalot1005262d ago

Man Im hurting for Killzone 3!!

TheGameFoxJTV5262d ago

Do KZ3 have dedicated servers?

skip2mylou5262d ago

yea all killzone games have had dedicated servers, a lot of ps3 exclusives do

killalot1005262d ago

Yes killzone 2 has dedicated servers but it also has that aim long that the devs put in. Killzone 3 doesnt have that and still keeps the servers ftw. Warhawk has servers and they are crazy good. I get 10 ping on a couple of their servers and its crazy awesome how fast the sniper registers a kill.

TooTall195262d ago

KZ2 and KZ3 do NOT have dedicated servers. There is a host advantage, but it was less noticeable in KZ2 due to the amount of damage it takes to kill someone and the lack of a kill cam.

Bolts5262d ago

WTF are you talking about Killzone 2 DO have dedicated servers. Almost all PS3 exclusives have it except for Uncharted 2.

Killzone 2, Warhawk, Socom, Resistance 1-2, are all dedicated server games. Once you get used to playing games on dedicated servers it's hard to go back to peer to peer crap like BlackOPs.

killalot1005261d ago

@TooTall19 Killzone 2 does have dedicated servers. You can even assign your ps3 to be a server like in warhawk. Their will always be someone that has a faster connection to the server then you but they are not host.

TheGameFoxJTV5261d ago

Then nice. Funny that PSN is free and its titles actually have Dedicated Servers while ive never seen a 360 game other than Section 8 have them.

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10 Classic Games That Are Desperate for Remasters

Licensing issues often leave many games forgotten. But all that aside, here are 10 classic games desperate for remasters.

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Iceball2000123d ago

The getaway
Smugglers run
Dead to rights
Worlds scariest police chases
Sure I’m missing a few.

FPS_D3TH123d ago

Mannn… worlds scaries police chases… that took me back lol

Knushwood Butt123d ago

Ape Escape.
Fun game but, wow, you need a college degree to understand the controls.
A remaster would also save you from having to constantly fight the camera.
Keep the music though. Those drum and bass tracks fit really well and haven't aged. Made me think that more games could work well with drum and bass tracks, but unfortunately it's a somewhat niche genre now.

Abear21123d ago

Max Payne Series
Infamous 1 & 2
NBA Street Vol 2
SSX
Skate

M_Prime123d ago

i could have sworn i read somewhere that Remedy is remaking May Payne 1 but things have been quiet lately

YourMommySpoils122d ago

They are making the first one, as we speak.

jznrpg123d ago (Edited 123d ago )

One of the few Xbox games I own. I have 3 copies of it because of the many discs it has, for just in case reasons

jznrpg123d ago (Edited 123d ago )

Xenogears, Xenosaga trilogy, Vagrant Story, Drakengards, Parasite Eve and many more but I’ll start with those

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Best Classic Call of Duty Black Ops Maps, Ranked

The Black Ops series has featured some of the best and classic multiplayer maps in the Call of Duty franchise, and here's the top of them.

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All Call of Duty Black Ops Games Ranked

The Nerd Stash: "Developed by Treyarch Studios, Call of Duty: Black Ops games are some of the best in the series in terms of gameplay, story, and -- of course -- Zombies."

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Rynxie378d ago (Edited 378d ago )

Black ops 4, because it was the last cod of duty I was able to dominate with a +2 k/d ratio. Before all the freaking cheating started to happen. It was nice catching people off guard and shooting at them first and getting the kill. Unlike now, where I shoot people first, but they gun me down with less hits, less time, literally feels like they can kill me in a split second. At times, they are able to run away after me shooting them way more than necessary, yet, the second I'm spotted, I'm dead, there's no me running away to cover. They can do cartwheels, summersaults, backflips and gun you down perfectly. They can shoot you across the map with perfect accuracy. They can jump around like morons and gun you down without even having to correct their aim. They have superman split second perfect reactions. That's the best way to describe it, everything they do is spot on perfect. They can spam and spray (no praying) their gun from far away, because they have no recoil or bullet spread. It always feels like I have to aim and also correct my aim when moving around, while these pricks don't have to do the same.

And yes, I know how to play fps games. I dominated many fps games like: Resistance 1&2, kz 2&3, Socom, MAG, Crysis, Gotham City Impostors, blitz brigade etc. all with 2-4 k/d ratio. Kz2 (lag input controls) and resistance (no aim assist in resistance) being the hardest and were the games I reached either close to a 3 k/d ratio or above.

I truly got to enjoy blacks ops 4 and got my money's worth out of it. Afterwords, I would either stop playing cod games after a while, because of the cheating, or would skip buying cod games for a year or two before buying another.