Games cannot be fun on the internet, that is a fundamental rule.
Example One: Hackers. Aimbotting and cheating are evident on every game that has an internet connection, one way or another.
Example Two: Kids thinking they're qualified to be administrators simply because they're made one. There's a big difference between qualified and evidently.
Example Three: Differing connections between every computer, coupled in with graphics differences, will allow one player to have an edge over another no matter what, thus destroying the word 'skill' in relation to an internet video-game.
The only reason I buy Call of Duty games is for the story, albeit little there is beyond yet another American shill propaganda operation. It does allow me to live my fantasy, of an invasion of the United States whereas Washington, D.C. burns and there is little to a damn we can do to stop those who are invading though, to be honest, the idea of the Russians invading us was mindblowingly unoriginal. Other than that, there is little reason for me to buy the games at all. The fanbase is childish, there's an unreasonable hatred of people with skill, every single player is incompetent, and the companies are run by blabber-headed preps who think 'MOAR EXPLOSIONS = BETTER PLOT'. If you kids can't fathom the idea of not giving your American flag a wank every ten seconds and listening to an actual story being developed, sod off. When the script for a game is made, it is in a book-like form, only it is transferred into audio format by voice-actors. Thus, YOU ARE PLAYING A BOOK YOU MORONS. Stop acting so high-and-mighty, Call of Duty fanboys; this is why I left the community long ago. You aren't skilled in any way, your games blow beyond proportion in terms of Multiplayer functionability ever since the first sodding game, and your stories are rejected themes to 'Captain America: See How Long We Can Stare At the American Flag In Emboss Without Climaxing', the hit T.V. Show on Propaganda R Us.
Oh, and thanks for linking to the Yahtzee rip-off; like I need to watch an American try and rip off Croshaw to make my day any more unfulfilled.
I've had enough of this. Look Yoshi, everyone has a different idea of what they consider fun, instead of calling people morons for having fun in a game you hate, go do whatever it is that you do for fun (apart from trolling fanbases you dislike, it is just as childish as the fanbase you hate so much).
And the "games on internet cannot be fun" thing is absolute rubbish.
1. Yes, you will find aimbotting and other forms of cheating in some games on the PC, but if a server is administrated properly, they will get kicked and banned pretty quickly, and for all of the games I play, their are always a tonne of great servers to play on with good Admins. Also, this does not apply to consoles at all, I have never encountered any cheating on consoles
2. Yep, this is a pain, but like I said, their are always great servers to play on, just have to find them. This point also doesn't apply to consoles because they use a P2P matchmaking system where their are no admins.
3. This isn't true at all unless you are on a Dial-up connection, which are not useful for games at all these days. All you need is the minimum speed for a game, you won't get a huge advantage with a 100Mbit connection, I play with a pathetic 1.5Mbit connection and I do fairly well most games. The same goes for graphics differences, my friend has a pretty bad PC, yet he always finishes top 3, so again, all you really need is the minimum requirements. And one last thing, this point does not apply to consoles either, everyone you play against has the same console with the same hardware.
I am pretty much the opposite of you, I only play COD games for the MP. I do play the SP campaigns eventually, however they are all pretty bad when compared to almost every other story driven game I have played. Anyway, the point is, their is no reason to hate on an entire fanbase just because you don't like the game or if you have had bad experiences with them. Every game has it's good parts and bad parts, including the fans.
Now, as for the game itself, I think it's great so far. I am extremely glad they nerfed noob tubes and quickscopers. The only problem is that I play the PC version mainly, and they were/still kind of are screwed with a lot of frame rate issues and server side lag, but they are gradually fixing this with patches. Wager matches are epic fun though, my favourite is Gun Game since I used to play that heaps back in my Counter Strike days.
I am Level 35 at the moment, I mainly use the FAMAS assault rifle with the reflex attachment and the Lightweight, Hardened and Second Chance Pro perks. I also use the M16 occasionally, along with the MP5K, AK74U and Skorpion SMGs. For anyone else that has played some MP, what level are you? and what guns/attachments/perks do you guys use?