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To answer Reefdog's question about AI, the only game I have seen where "cover fire" actually works is Close Combat: First to Fight. You can keep guys heads down and order your teammates to do things or go places while the baddies have their heads down. Or vice versa you can order your teammates to provide cover fire while you do stuff.

You should really check it out, its an awesome FPS. LAN play with the campaign was the best multiplayer experience I've ever had. And of course the graphics, sound and ragdoll physics  all rule. Seeing guys do swan dives out of windows I've just launched a grenade into never gets old.

Full-auto is the only way I've ever used any of the machine guns. If I wanted single shot, I would pull out the rifle.

My favorite combo is the Gewhr (sp?) 43 rifle (accurate, semi-auto with 10-round clips) and the MP44. There's usually plenty of ammo around for them, although the MP44 ammo can get scarce. At times in CD1, I would use the MP44 as my rifle and the MP40 as my m.g.

LLEVIATHANN wrote:

user wrote:

Full-auto is the only way I've ever used any of the machine guns. If I wanted single shot, I would pull out the rifle.

+1

Man the Tommy gun is THE bullet hose. Too bad I find my self hanging out with my AI friends in hopes they get shot so I can grab their ammo.

So what about the BAR?

The silo was another level that I stopped playing on vet. The mortar crews are much more accurate and they spawn in faster. I kept getting blown up with 30 sec. to go.

LLEVIATHANN wrote:

Bat wrote:

LLEVIATHANN wrote:

+1

Man the Tommy gun is THE bullet hose. Too bad I find my self hanging out with my AI friends in hopes they get shot so I can grab their ammo.

So what about the BAR?

Pros & Cons in both. BAR has a slower rate of fire, a longer reload time and a max ammo count of 180 (I think) but is more accurate and has better knock down power...

Add one point to UT and kin.

So shoot straighter. Man, these flak monkeys...

Seriously, I hear the BAR is accurate enough to use as a pseudo-sniper, with full auto to fall back on. Sounds like fun.

Bat wrote:

Seriously, I hear the BAR is accurate enough to use as a pseudo-sniper, with full auto to fall back on. Sounds like fun.

With the 360 versoin there isn't a toggle for single/auto. Machine guns are FA always. Another reason I don't use the BAR much is lack of ammo. Once one drops you might get lucky to get one full reload per map. If one drops at all. Tommys & M1s are much more abundant. More than once I've switched to German guns because the lack of ammo. What can I say...I play slow and shoot everything.

I run for the Hun weapons just as soon as my ammo gets low and those bolt-action rifles hit the dirt real quick.

One interesting bit is that I started to watch a History Channel show about WWII weapons just the other day, because I wanted more information about those rifles. I feel like I know them now.....

I'm looking forward to COD3!

djshy wrote:

17" PB G4 128RAM

I hope that is the amount of RAM on the video card!?!

System Requirements:

Operating System: Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later
CPU Processor: PowerPC G5 or Intel chipset
CPU Speed: 1.8 GHz or faster
Memory: 512 MB or higher
Hard Disk Space: 4.0 GB free disk space
Video Card (ATI): Radeon 9600 or better
Video Card (NVidia): GeForce FX 5200 or better
Video Memory (VRam): 64 MB or higher
Multiplayer: Internet (TCP/IP) and LAN (TCP/IP) play supported. Internet play requires broadband connection.
Media Required: DVD Drive

*Supported Video cards: NVIDIA GeForce 5200, 6600, 6800, 7800 ATI Radeon 9600, 9650, 9700, 9800, X600, X800, X850, X1600

I doubt it. I think there's a demo out. Try searching MacGameFiles.

Bat wrote:

Zetetic Apparatchik wrote:

I doubt it. I think there's a demo out. Try searching MacGameFiles.

Currently #1 most popular.

Call of Duty 2 Demo 1.0
23,501 downloads

http://www.macgamefiles.com/detail.php?item=19203

Funny I got the sys. req. from insidemacgames and couldn't/didn't see/find the demo.

+1
Yes, yes try the demo.

I wonder how the smoke grenade effects are on your setup.  That's a pretty major part of the game.  The rest of the particle stuff is just eye candy (much-loved eye candy, mind you), but the smoke is integral to not getting your ass blown off on some levels!

I have figured out an easier way to finish "The Brigade Box". At the end of the level, you are told to run out from the house you are defending, across two fences and two yards crawling with Germans in order to stick a bomb on a tank. Why would any commander would send only one guy out on such a suicide mission?

After being killed many times trying to sprint across the yards (smoke grenades help), I decided to try something new next time. Right after the commander calls in on the radio, you get a message of an oncoming onslaught. Instead of staying in the building, run directly across the yards to the house that you passed through to get to the HQ. There are rooms there that you can hunker down in. The guys in the house will do just fine without you.

Germans will come in ones to threes to attack you. Shift from room to room, throw grenades and keep your gun loaded. Eventually some Brits will come in to support you. Usually by this time you have gotten the message to bomb the tank. Go out the house, head left and around and crouch-run up to the tank.

Now to try it on the highest setting.....

I certainly manage to shoot enough of them.

Can't say I blame them.

Last edited by user (2006-07-24 11:19 pm)