"Modern Warfare 3" ??

Well...it's definitely a Call of Duty game...er a Modern Warfare game. I view this how Madden or FIFA loyalists view those games: you're going to buy the new game every year. I admit it: I enjoy CoD/MW games and I ain't gonna skip this one. I know what I'm getting and I won't really have to challenge my brain to much to learn something new...and it will interesting sequences like rail shooting and boats and flying things and falling skyscrapers. And maybe it will do something "controversial" that will get it banned in North Korea etc. The horror. Oh and I'll get BF3, too.

So fuck yeah, I'm in.

Elite trailer. Getting nonstop chatter/email about this. At least it's something to talk about. Devil will be in the details/pricing for this to have a chance. Haven't fully digested this myself. So not sure what I think of it other than I understand the theory...basically integrating all the social networking and competitive stuff into the game itself and charging for access to it...tho otherwise MP will be free without Elite. I get the point that it's just another way for ATVI to attempt to reach into our pockets but I won't pass full judgement until I at least see the beta and see if people actually enjoy it. I mean, if it were $5/month and it was incredibly awesome then I suppose why not...but anyway, tbd. At least the trailer has somewhat of a sense of humor though of course it is pure corporate PR.

So I've been thinking about it more...and although I am a decent enough online shooter player, I'm certainly no uber elite player. I like casual online MP like back in the days of DoD and CS (pre source). Sure there were clans and hard core players, but it was all simple fun and stuff for me and the dedicated servers with a dependable audience of players week in and week out was the best.

With CoD Elite, does it mean I can only attempt to get that kind of enjoyable online play if I pay? In other words, is Elite going to be full of hard core paying players such that the experience, in a way, will totally suck? Or even if I do pay will MW3 online MP be any fun?

So many questions. So many doubts.

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Woah... that was pretty cool.. for a single mission though it's very very short, I hope that's not the only bit set in New York else it would be a bit disappointing.

I thought I saw the screen say "In the interest of time..." meaning they skipped ahead at some point. Could have been they skipped ahead 10 minutes or 30 seconds...