Wii don't need no HD! COD3. Enjoy. [Archive]

DiemetriX

16-09-2006, 12:36 PM

It's an offscreen video of COD3. It's loading and buffering slow so I haven't seen much. It looks a lot better than the pictures we have seen. But not amazing. Looks abit better than what I expect from xbox. I have only seen 10sek or so, I hope some one youtubes it soon.

jakeee

16-09-2006, 12:40 PM

Well it looks good enough for me :) Of course the 360 version will look better but it can't be like 3 times better, right?

Haden

16-09-2006, 12:41 PM

Looks really good actually only saw a bit as its to slow to load but yeh looks nice. May get it.

OVERLORD

16-09-2006, 12:51 PM

I'll pobably buy the 360 version tough :/

Hope someone handcuffs you, to prevent you doing anymore damage!

Mods please imprison this man for such treachery

Treason of this kind should be punished!

A padded cell would be too kind.

Loose the pads. Replace with Katana blades.

Impale him till he succumbs to Wii-NV! :wink:

Jordan

16-09-2006, 12:58 PM

Why, why so high res?! :)
Is there a direct download link? >_>

DiemetriX

16-09-2006, 01:01 PM

ftp://www.jeuxfrance.net/Nintendo_Wii/Call_of_Duty_3_1.wmv <- couldn't get it to work

Phube

16-09-2006, 01:03 PM

Nope still doesn't work for me!!

DiemetriX

16-09-2006, 01:45 PM

And look :D the game has real time weapon change.

blender

16-09-2006, 01:52 PM

wii got no online play .

X360 all the way for COD

xernobyl

16-09-2006, 03:21 PM

Without hi-res direct feed video it's hard to see how it looks.

OVERLORD

16-09-2006, 04:21 PM

Without hi-res direct feed video it's hard to see how it looks.

Get real!

Even off screen they look better than mag scans presented recently!

DiemetriX

16-09-2006, 05:11 PM

ftp://www.jeuxfrance.net/Nintendo_Wii/Call_of_Duty_3_1.wmv <- couldn't get it to work

You can download it now :)

The turing in this game looks great. At one point he makes a quick 45degree turn. I maybe you yank the Nunchuck to do that.

blender

16-09-2006, 05:17 PM

they lowered the resolution and file size. I really hope they delay this to add online to it... as it looks excellent

Dante

16-09-2006, 05:19 PM

Youtube version. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2hgxt2lH14)

Haden

16-09-2006, 05:22 PM

Your a legend Dante :kiss:

The fish

16-09-2006, 05:24 PM

The Wii is shaping up to be rather like the DS, isn't it?
The graphics look...pasable... when still, but really good and smooth when in motion.

Just one thing I noticed though-the person playing is a moron (they stood in the open trying to figure out the controls), and has never played a CoD game before (they walked right passed a german in the house and old turned and shot him when they got shot in the back).

Also, the foward part of the thompson's sight looks shite.

Charlie

16-09-2006, 05:27 PM

Youtube version. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2hgxt2lH14)

Awesome, thanks :)

blender

16-09-2006, 05:28 PM

wii version must get "rowing" as an exclusive feature. awesome

Charlie

16-09-2006, 05:29 PM

Haha, what a mongo. He walked right past that guy in the doorway and didn't even turn to look.

Edit - This was actually meant to be a double-post edit (I couldn't be bothered pressing edit but that guy got in before me :heh: )

pedrocasilva

16-09-2006, 05:54 PM

Screeencaps:
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/5006/cod3rd7ab6.jpg

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/7667/cod3wy8vz0.jpg

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/6952/cod32aj4sl0.jpg

Dante

16-09-2006, 05:57 PM

I like the last screencap. :)

xernobyl

16-09-2006, 07:09 PM

Get real!

Even off screen they look better than mag scans presented recently!

All I see is a low detailed tree.

AshMat

16-09-2006, 07:15 PM

And look :D the game has real time weapon change.

Shoot your enemies in the head for massive damage.

IO don't know, i may get this, probably when it comes down in price.

Smiter

16-09-2006, 08:34 PM

It's looking good. :) The explosion and smoke effects are nice.

I don't own a COD game, but I did try a demo on the PC and enjoyed it. So I might consider this sometime in the future.

Owen

16-09-2006, 08:46 PM

Looks very good!

Mr. Bananagrabber

16-09-2006, 08:55 PM

Doesn't look particularly special, even for the Wii. No online mode is the nail in the coffin for me.

Solo

16-09-2006, 08:57 PM

Uh, its graphically inferior to CoD 2.

Scorp

16-09-2006, 08:59 PM

Looks very good!

lol... it looks like CoD1, and gamecube could play this..
Just look at the bushes when he walks through them, nottin but pixels 'n blocks.

Owen

16-09-2006, 09:01 PM

OK.

1) It's looks very good

2) It looks complete utter shite.

Take your pick at what opinion, you want mine to be! That way, eveyone is happy!

;)

Haden

16-09-2006, 09:22 PM

Looks good to me. :hehe:

Smiter

16-09-2006, 09:36 PM

Opinions on the Wii's graphics always seem to go from one extreme to the other. :P

"It sucks! It's not even PS1/N64/Gamecube quality!" (just quoting in general from several threads I have read through)

I know the Wii is no PS3 or 360, but I'm satisfied with the graphics so far (besides, in my personal opinion, I think the art direction is more important than photorealistic stuff). It's important to remember that what we are watching are videos of WORKS IN PROGRESS. A month back, people were complaining about Red Steel. Now they say it looks great.

COD3 is no exception. It's a work in progress. Placeholder textures and stuff. Plus, it's not healthy to keep looking at the grass on the other side of the fence ("the grass on the other side is always greener").

As long as Wii looks good, with smooth framerates, I'm happy. :)

DiemetriX

16-09-2006, 10:41 PM

The youtube version doesn't nearly look as good as the other one. I would highly recomend watching the "real deal"

thomaschung

16-09-2006, 10:45 PM

does not look very impressive to me, like gamecube graphics. resi 4 and metroid prime have better graphics

blender

16-09-2006, 10:53 PM

They have taken down the big 330 meg one which showed it off well. The graphics are great considering the way you can fly throught the level with quick turns

The Lillster

16-09-2006, 10:54 PM

does not look very impressive to me, like gamecube graphics. resi 4 and metroid prime have better graphics

Yes But Resident Evil 4 graphics are pre-rendered. Plus Capcom was working on the Resident Evil 4 engine for years!

McMad

16-09-2006, 10:57 PM

Yes But Resident Evil 4 graphics are pre-rendered.

Errr, no they weren't.

RE-makes surroundings were pre-rendered, RE4 was entirely in-game.

Solo

16-09-2006, 11:02 PM

Yes But Resident Evil 4 graphics are pre-rendered. Plus Capcom was working on the Resident Evil 4 engine for years!

RE4 was all realtime 3D dude!

Putting the graphics aside (cos they do kinda suck at the moment) I would love to try it out. It's just I love CoD2 (on my pc) so much that I don't think it will beat it. I'm not looking forward to the 360/PS3 versions though as I've played the older console versions (on Xbox) and they were awful. Infinite Ward I hope are working on an expansion to CoD2 :love:

The Lillster

16-09-2006, 11:11 PM

Ok first off i'm not one of those graphics whores who knows everything about how graphics work and all that, so bare with me.

I'm pretty sure RES4 (backgrounds/scenery) is pre rendered, i'm pretty certain of this because if you try and interact with the environment i.e shoot something like a wall or something in the scenery, the bullet will just go straight though it!

It won't even leave bullet marks or anything. Yes I know the character models, enemies, and anything else you can interact with is IN-GAME graphics, i'm just saying i'm pretty certain the scenery is pre-rendered.

But as I said before, i'm not really a graphics person.

bryanee

16-09-2006, 11:44 PM

Everything in RE4 is IN-GAME. REmake and RE zero are pre-rendered games.

Hellfire

17-09-2006, 12:54 AM

It's amazing how FPS look much more fun on Wii, I don't think I'll ever be able to go back.

Blue_Ninja0

17-09-2006, 01:39 AM

It's amazing how FPS look much more fun on Wii, I don't think I'll ever be able to go back.

Yeah!! How the hell am i going to enjoy a game like Halo 3 with 2 joysticks, after i play an FPS on Wii? Afters seeing this and MP3, the dual analog stick setup looks like a joke.

djamb3

17-09-2006, 01:56 AM

I'v still many doubts about the control scheme. I can't play a game using the 2 joystiqs. That's a fact. But this is not looking much better. Maybe it's just me because I love the mouse-keyboard setup for FPS and I have to try playing wii. But it is not appealing to me... (the same goes to red steel - and Metroid in a lesser extent but the new expert controls turned it much better)

I really want this to turn a good game cause I loved both CoD 1 and 2 for PC, but it needs to have perfect controlls.

IMO :yay:

SpinesN

17-09-2006, 03:00 AM

Screeencaps:
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/5006/cod3rd7ab6.jpg

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/7667/cod3wy8vz0.jpg

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/6952/cod32aj4sl0.jpg
Er..... that looks worse that CoD 1 on any half way decent computer :/

Noku

17-09-2006, 08:24 AM

Am I the only one who can look past the images and see that these graphics rule?

Owen

17-09-2006, 08:29 AM

For some reason..(it must be just me, it must be) the graphics looks more well...realistic? Perhaps it's because there not shiny, but to me it looks more real, Espicially the third pic?

It's better running, i reckon. :wink:

So graphics are important to alot of people then? I've kinda stopped myself from giving my opinion on Wii graphics in the past, because this isn't what the consoles all about. I understand you wanting better looking games though, contridicting myself entirely, i do hope companies try and put as much effort in as possible in the graphics department. To me, COD3 on Wii looks good, though.

raven_blade2006

17-09-2006, 08:54 AM

The screenshots are taken from low resolution footage. They do not do the game justice. See a higher quality video of the game in motion and it will look a lot better. Keep up the good work!

OVERLORD

17-09-2006, 10:02 AM

Having run COD2 with all effects on midrange PC ie 3GHZ P4 128mb direct9 ATI card I'm still impressed by Wii. Even considering this is SD rather than HD, which PC can do. The original footage gave far more insight into Wii capability and looked good for a rumoured 700MHZ CPU, directx 7 tweaked console!

thomaschung

17-09-2006, 10:27 AM

of course the graphics are important, that is a game's main selling point after the gameplay, and at the end of the day graphics sell games.

for a system that was touted as twice the power of the Gamecube, you'd expect better visuals than the Gamecube. I've not seen anything here that can't be done on the Cube.

gaggle64

17-09-2006, 01:19 PM

The lighting effects look quite nice in some sections, and the textures, effects and models overall look quite impressive. I just hope this one turns out as fun as the PC versions.

soag

17-09-2006, 01:51 PM

Looking good indeed :)

DCK

17-09-2006, 02:30 PM

It looks alright for the TVs being filmed... It kinda makes it look bland and boring though. I wonder if this looks better than Red Steel.

OVERLORD

10-12-2006, 03:45 PM

New trailers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K74pZb0gUIs

http://www.dailymotion.com/search/wii/video/xrqs1_call-of-duty-3-trailer-6-sur-wii

Nintendork

10-12-2006, 03:52 PM

WTF are you getting hyped over? This looks average. n00bs.

mcj metroid

10-12-2006, 03:53 PM

very good graphics.makes a show of far cry.ubisoft need to try make an effort

DiemetriX

10-12-2006, 03:55 PM

This game looks horrible on HD tv's

Zechs Merquise

10-12-2006, 03:58 PM

Graphics don't look that bad, but they're certainly nothing to write home about lol. I#ve never played a CoD game and this ain;t gonna change that. However I can see lack of online play being an issue to some, I don;t think anything is gonna challenge XBOXLive for the topspot when it comes to online service for consoles.

mcj metroid

10-12-2006, 04:00 PM

WTF are you getting hyped over? This looks average. n00bs.

it looks better than farcry anyway and is a better game than red steel.it may not be much but its the best we have

Nintendork

10-12-2006, 04:06 PM

mcj metroid

10-12-2006, 04:11 PM

So? Sonic on the 360 looks better than every other Sonic.
Does that make it better? Should you go buy it over Sonic Wii/DS just because it looks better?

Hell no.

Next year prediction: Call of Duty 4, minor improved visuals and control scheme tweaks.. smarter nazis and online play.
Paying for the same game again? Priceless.

you know there is a lot of people who would buy the game next year just for on line play and maybe for split screen mutiplayer not to mention the minor improved visuals and smarter nazis

and you never know sonic wii could turn out to be shite

Nintendork

10-12-2006, 04:15 PM

It was a hypothetical question.
To prove the point that Nintendo fanboys are willing to buy the less shit game when presented with 2 fairly shit games.

We all know in the blog media world that EA are bastards, and Ubisoft are just as bad. We know it will sell a bunch to idiots who don't read reviews and just fancy shooting some nazis over the holidays.

Don't buy into it.

mcj metroid

10-12-2006, 04:25 PM

Call of duty is published by activision

I'm not the biggest fan of ubisoft bar the rayman games

ea can be bad but havent made any terrible games lately even their licensed games like madden are doing well

Nintendork

10-12-2006, 04:37 PM

That just goes to show how saturated the WWII market has become, I can't tell the difference between them.
(I'm not stoopid honest)

I think online (console) play is the only arena where the WWII shooter has left to explore, and this version does not have it. Thus it's the same £30 you spent last year.
It's had a good innings, but I can't wait until we rest a stone lid on this genre and bury it.
I'm yet to play a WWII sim completely, I'm still waiting upon that killer title. Can anyone honestly name a must have (see: Halo, Battlefield) WWII shooter from the past couple of generations?

NintendoRevo

10-12-2006, 04:37 PM

Well now i have both! The 360 one for graphics and the Wii one for controls. I played 360 first. Graphics was awesome and i was kinda disappointed when i put the Wii disc in (lets face controls gameplay goes first but graphics ARE important). On the other hand when you play the Wii version, even though they aren't perfect executed, it is hard to go back to the standard controller. This is ofcaurse my opinion. Call of Duty 3 on Wii its a great game to buy. If someone has the ability to buy it in both versions then its more than great.

mcj metroid

10-12-2006, 04:40 PM

Nintendork

10-12-2006, 04:41 PM

ultrajamie

10-12-2006, 04:58 PM

oh how boring... another graphics debate...
surely by now we should be asking how well it plays on wii... not how it looks.

Haden

10-12-2006, 05:12 PM

I might get this it looks ace. I loved COD2 shame its made my different people :/

NintendoRevo

10-12-2006, 05:24 PM

NintendoRevo, if you had to have one.. and there is no right or wrong answer on this one: which would you keep and which would you see melted?

This means that you will never get to play the other game ever again, so think about longevity too.

The answer is the Wii version. Simply because controls are something i never experienced before. 360's CoD is something i played a trillion times before. Wii i haven't.

Colin

10-12-2006, 06:17 PM

I've also got it (brother went out and bought it) and it's excellent to play control wise.

I love looking around until I see someone, then press and hold the A button, and then quickly fire off a round with the B button. It's just so satisfying.

Graphics aren't anything to write home about, but they do enough to keep the game atmospheric.

There is a bug with the controls where once a level or a part of the game is loaded, the controls will spaz out a little. But leave it for a sec, and then it's all fine.

Single player has been excellent so far, and a lot of publications who gave the game scores in the 70's said it was to do with a lack of multiplayer. If next years version can include that, then it'll be a treat.

And I'm also someone who can't stand WWII games. Haven't played one since the original COD on the PC.

Worth considering though if you're out of ideas as to what games to buy for the Wii, but it's definitely up there with the best at launch.

dazzybee

11-12-2006, 12:07 AM

Agree with Colin and revo, this game is awesome and proves (to me anyway) that FPS belong on the Wii and traditional controllers simply cannot compete - they really do seem boring in comparison. There are a few bugs in the ame 0 disappearing people, the one Colin named (glad about that as my housemate spotted it too) - they are very minor though. But god would I pay good for money for mulitplayer - even splitscreen. Coop would be awesome too!

Ramar

11-12-2006, 01:48 AM

Am i the only one having difficulties with the controls? Like you move the Wiimote slighlty and it moves huge amounts. (This is the only game it does it on) I climb over the wall on the first level, move a bit, then get killed beause the controls are crazy, maybe I need to start again on easy.

ndreamer

11-12-2006, 05:56 AM

i had lots of problems at first but i found that my controler was not synced correctly it use to do this jumping thing every now and again. the movement is still very floaty i hope this is improved in metroid and farcry (have not playied redsteal yet).

Ramar

11-12-2006, 09:04 AM

Colin

11-12-2006, 12:23 PM

Red Steel's controls and movement are far better.
Have you adjusted the sensitivity and the dynamic setting in the options?

From a lot of reviews and impressions, the general take on it is that COD controls far better than Red Steel. But then again, a fair few people have commented that Red Steels controls really work after playing for a while.

Zechs Merquise

11-12-2006, 04:08 PM

I find a lot of people complain about controls when all they need to do is get used to them. People whinned about the controls in Battalion wars, and I thought they were great, and thy really whinned about the controls in Starfox Assault, and I thought the dual analogue for the on foot stages was fine (although that game did leave a lot to be desired, after playing the first level I thought it was the best thing ever, by the end it was a missed opportunity).

mariosmentor

11-12-2006, 06:42 PM

THe problem i have with call of duty controls is if you move too far off the edge of the screen then it stop recognizing it and makes your character charge forward blindly while all actions are locked up.

Also turning off dynamic aim is such a pain because a slight turn to the side forces the camera to completely pan even with the sensitivity low.

All in all the controls would work if it wasn't for that lock up thing because when things are getting hectic I can't trust my crosshair to always be pointing exactly in the vicinity of the sensor. Hope its fixed for later additions.

Spark

12-12-2006, 12:48 AM

It doesn't look that bad to me, then again there are some parts of red steel which I have found graphically impressive.

Flaight

12-12-2006, 01:50 AM

I find a lot of people complain about controls when all they need to do is get used to them. People whinned about the controls in Battalion wars
And people whinned about Keyboard + Mouse controls when PC FPS started this setup. Now, 10+ years on, it's the bread & butter of PC gaming.

I think it is a matter of getting used to them too, but I can't prove that yet (I might turn out to be wrong).

Shorty

12-12-2006, 02:28 AM

I thought this game looked pretty poor... certainly not next-gen quality.

Flaight

13-12-2006, 04:48 PM

That's a very "broad statement" there Shorty :laughing:

KKOB

13-12-2006, 05:07 PM

I couldn't play CoD 3 on the Wii, you can't see enemies clearly at all and its all dull grey and all the textures look the same and it just feels really . . . crap lol

the 360 version plays a lot better with the traditional controls and the graphics are a hell of a lot clearer which is to be expected but for the same price CoD 3 360 is the better version by far, plus i forgot to mention it has full online multiplayer.

Ramar

13-12-2006, 09:19 PM

From a lot of reviews and impressions, the general take on it is that COD controls far better than Red Steel. But then again, a fair few people have commented that Red Steels controls really work after playing for a while.

Having played a good session on CoD3, you were right. Its controls are far better to Red Steel. I think on release day when I first played it I was very heavy handed with the Wii-mote, now I know how to use my remotes of joy, I can play the game with ease.

Solo

13-12-2006, 11:17 PM

It's finaly working ^^ looks great. I'll pobably buy the 360 version tough :/

Good, because it's amazing online.

Isn't the Wii version offline? If so...lame!

KKOB

13-12-2006, 11:20 PM

Good, because it's amazing online.

Isn't the Wii version offline? If so...lame!

t'is indeedy. one of a few reasons to not get this version unless you really have to.

Solo

13-12-2006, 11:31 PM

t'is indeedy. one of a few reasons to not get this version unless you really have to.

Ah there we go then. I recommend people to get it for the 360 if they have one, multiplayer is by far the better half of the game. I found the single player lacking in excitement and variety compared to CoD2.

flameboy

14-12-2006, 09:55 AM

Ah there we go then. I recommend people to get it for the 360 if they have one, multiplayer is by far the better half of the game. I found the single player lacking in excitement and variety compared to CoD2.

yeah a few of my mates at work said this about the 360 single player which is what put me off this and on red steel instead.