aspro said:

gamingeek said:

Can someone who has played COD4 with dual analog answer this? How you cope with the more hectic levels? Do you use the auto lock on feature a lot?

Have you ever tried beating the game without it? Do you think that you could beat the game without it?

I abhore autolock, I beat COD4 without it.  I would have played on Normal, as is my habit.  

In the really tough missions (the first one I encountered was the amusement park level where they endlessly spawn) all I did was set myself up where I could use the sniper and take out as many at first.  Then I used grenades strategically and then basically set up camp as far away from the spawn points as possible.  

It took me more than a day of repeating the level to beat it.  I just remember having three places where I would camp in that level, moving between waves of enemies.

Grenades where a huge part of getting through it as I recall.

Yes there do seem to be bits where they throw the spawning at you to the max and grenades are landing at your feet and such. Because of the IR aiming I find myself running and gunning much more, where I would have hidden in cover with dual analogue and picked people off.

I dont understand the auto lock in COD games, its horrible.

gamingeek said:

aspro said:

gamingeek said:

Can someone who has played COD4 with dual analog answer this? How you cope with the more hectic levels? Do you use the auto lock on feature a lot?

Have you ever tried beating the game without it? Do you think that you could beat the game without it?

I abhore autolock, I beat COD4 without it.  I would have played on Normal, as is my habit.  

In the really tough missions (the first one I encountered was the amusement park level where they endlessly spawn) all I did was set myself up where I could use the sniper and take out as many at first.  Then I used grenades strategically and then basically set up camp as far away from the spawn points as possible.  

It took me more than a day of repeating the level to beat it.  I just remember having three places where I would camp in that level, moving between waves of enemies.

Grenades where a huge part of getting through it as I recall.

Yes there do seem to be bits where they throw the spawning at you to the max and grenades are landing at your feet and such. Because of the IR aiming I find myself running and gunning much more, where I would have hidden in cover with dual analogue and picked people off.

I dont understand the auto lock in COD games, its horrible.

They only other thing I do when I'm stuck like that is when I start the level again I do the complete opposite thing I have been doing (in terms of where I set up camp initially).  That usually works every time.

gamingeek said:

Archangel3371 said:

That's auto-lock I believe.

Well I just don't understand it then as there is some really hectic stuff in the game that I can't even imagine being able to get past with analog control, its so fast paced. Do you camp and pick people off slowly? Or run and gun? Use grenades alot?

gamingeek said:

aspro said:

gamingeek said:

Can someone who has played COD4 with dual analog answer this? How you cope with the more hectic levels? Do you use the auto lock on feature a lot?

Have you ever tried beating the game without it? Do you think that you could beat the game without it?

I abhore autolock, I beat COD4 without it.  I would have played on Normal, as is my habit.  

In the really tough missions (the first one I encountered was the amusement park level where they endlessly spawn) all I did was set myself up where I could use the sniper and take out as many at first.  Then I used grenades strategically and then basically set up camp as far away from the spawn points as possible.  

It took me more than a day of repeating the level to beat it.  I just remember having three places where I would camp in that level, moving between waves of enemies.

Grenades where a huge part of getting through it as I recall.

Yes there do seem to be bits where they throw the spawning at you to the max and grenades are landing at your feet and such. Because of the IR aiming I find myself running and gunning much more, where I would have hidden in cover with dual analogue and picked people off.

I dont understand the auto lock in COD games, its horrible.

 You know what the weird thing is? I've never noticed it. That is, until MW2. Where they ACTUALLY EXPLAIN THAT IT LOCKS ON TO A TARGET. 

Lame. Just lame.

gamingeek said:

Archangel3371 said:

I just recently finished Dragon Age, fantastic game, and it's a beast. I put nearly 80 hours into it and still had a number if sidequests left unfinished. Then you have about 5 other different characters to play as with each their own unique opening campaigns plus the different paths you can take depending on your interactions with people. I must say that this game has the longest credit roll I have ever seen, it's ridiculously huge. There's also a lot of voice actors in here as I could have surmised by the amount of spoken dialog in the game. I'll certainly start playing again as a different character and trying different approaches to scenarios but I'll do so more slowly now as I'd like to get back to some more Forza 3 and Tekken 6.

How does it compare to mass effect? I've only played 3 bioware games.

Yodariquo said:

LOL