FINALY CSS FOR PS3 CONSOLE WOOHOO
Ok game is Modern combat: Domination. Very generic name. Its only for ps3 and kinda ps move tech demo since it has been promoted to be ultimate move game which offer accesability and satisfies even hardscore gamers needs. But thats not possible if its not a cod clone ehh?
Gameplay is very similar to counterstrike. You earn money by killing/doing stuff. When you die you buy your equipment. Graphics are better and quite moody. The truth is that because gameloft (mobile phone game developer) is the developer you can not await lots of quality... But suprisingly their first game engine for next gen consoles is quite briliant. As said the graphics are moody, shadering on guns realy looks metalic and not full plastic/crom. Reflection is very rare. Sure guns have some shinyness but actual reflection ? On some objects and they make the view look even better.
Textures are very low but there is nicely detail on centrain objects. One huge pro for the game engine i have to list is lighting. Its very fancy and nice. Even sometimes suprasses some current gen engines lighting. Also blooms finish the aformentioned moody feeling. The game does not abuse HDR rather it uses lots of lights which will bloom some nicely and softly. Bump maps are not too visible but sometimes look very good in the more unique killcam when bloom sources are near. And when graphics are this cool looking its always a joy to watch this all on extremely stable 60fps (except if everyones shooting at same time or if we do not count these few times the picture totaly freezes)
I want to give graphics 10/10 but when i discover im in a room with no beatyfull bloom with grey 32x24 (joke) textures watching poor lighting coming inside from the very complicate window i just want to get out.
-graphics 8/10
OH MY GAWD COD RIPOFF
People have been comparing domination to cod/bo which is pure stupidity. The game does have many features familiar to its genre such as iron sights, ranks and unlockables, gun customization, killcam and bullet penetration. If we now asume that its all copy paste like the kalashkinov reload is, i would say duck the activision. Domination does some of its aspects better than cod. Such as sounds and sound engine which are superb compared to cod. Also graphics are better. I even like map desing more.
ripoff ? A little but does its job well
GAMEPLAY
As stated its better than cods. Game is desinged to be team tactical game and work similar to cs. Bullets are not that lethal (mp5 about 11 bodyshots, one headshot kill i think) similar to CS..
The gameplay is based on the asumption that guns are balance eventho some are OP such as semiauto sniper which damage values are similar to 4200$ bolt action snipers damage (50 legs, 75 body, 100 headshot). The semiauto is 6000$ and will terminate pretty much everyone on one on one. But you might want to think do you buy AK47 and go for huge killing spree twice which can give you even more kills before you have that semiauto (before time runs out). Enenys are quite easy to kill since they take simple way. You get 2400 money at start so you have little free wil about what you do at start. You can buy two guns at start levels instantly which are MP5K and SPAM4 (weird bug possibly since sometimes name changes to benelli M4) when smg is 1500 and shotgun 2200. So if you buy smg you have to kill 3 enenys to get that 500$ each. If you get less money than 2400 you will get automaticly that money as you would have just entered.
If you just go with pistol its pure skill and heckler & kosh 9mm hunt to get some savings..........
when you get that one match completed you will pretty much level instantly, UMP is your next gun. Price range of UMP is 2000$ so its one of the start guns. I dont suggest UMP even tho it has more damage and better sight than MP5. You unlock guns the first 10 levels when you start to unlock attachments. First you get is pistol silencer which will open attachment unlock spree. Second which i am trying so patiently to unlock is Red dot sight for MP5 (possibly only for MP5). Anymore silencer and it will be my favourite gun. Theres only 15 (i dont actualy remember. Over 10 atleast) guns and 4 attachments (silencer, foregrip, nade launcher, red dot and scope.... Wait thats 5? Omg.) and some look different on some guns ( reddot: MP5 has little scifi looking while assault rifle which looks like M16 has EOtech or similar you can also have 3 different nades (with different package options.) and bodyarmor + helmet.
Gameplay is pure 1vs1 CQB action. Skill involved. Also there is aim assist (which is use) which is a must. There is lots of PS move users who have accurate aim but play badly (if someone havent understood Move is only optional). Good thing is that Aim assist doesnt hook on players like magic. If you are close it realy starts to feel but while aiming you feel little to nothing. If player runs front of your xhair at 20 meters you might see xhair moving one inc when cods assist can trap the cross even as long as 10 inces !! (black ops. It will follow U 4 ever)
Its just perfect for console FPS. There is knifing which is instakill but does not lock on and start a scripted move like cod. Hit detection is accurate but laggy (and sometimes might cause the enemy body to stand even tho your nemesis is dead. Also if you point enemy or friendly you will se a marker over his head to point out the team, you have to wipe you xhair once over your enemy to launch it (visible as long as enemy is). There is a radar which shows the shooting enemy withing 30 meters and your teammates. Enemys who have been engaged will stay on the radar for a while (even tho the pointer over his head has disapeard) and now the killcam. When you get killed the cam will instantly go to snap a picture of the enemy on front of him. These are made to look stylish with the very nice lighting and muzzle effect and characters who are coloured with caramel colours and cool 3rd person animations. So killcam doesnt show where you were killed from since you see only the back side of the enemy because pictures are always snaped from front. It also shows how much your enemy had health left (and armor) the killcam is similar to burnout revenges takedown moment where everything is in slow mo. But you can hear the fresh action sound (on domination). Terrorist look like terrorist and so do US rangers/anti terrorists. (and for the colours. Example terrorist have violet shirt under dusty vest and black tramp looking trousers. The cover for face is red.... Umm i lost the word but lets say leather. Rangers have these basic army navy stuff but the colour palette is lighter and some might have some litte objects with violet, red or green)
flow of the maps is nice and kinda remind urban terrors maps. Every map in urban terror is like a miniatyr 3D story
As example bath. It has something it gives players to understand. Everyone gets different story. They try to tell you. Same with suburbs and that one older map (rocket silo? I remember playing on it once and admin stated its from 2.7 or something).
So there is 5 maps. All having some same atraction. Tell you a story.
First one i played was very much like DE_Dust2 and it was a bomb situation. Except this maps had missles sites. Terrorist had to activate them and AT stop it (if one is activated you will loose). Possibly other maps have different objectives for bombing as i stated earlier, its not supported by all maps.
So if i would describe maps with my own words:
1st de_dust2 like map:
navy is trying to prevent terrorist from launching missles from this bombed/abandoned and anchient city at afganistan.
2nd my favourite <3. Headquarter:
Terrorist are obviously trying to end their fight in sort by eliminating leader of this army in their own territory. You have to escort team leader/vip to safe out of the complex outside to parking lot.
3rd street market:
Terrorist are making illegal busines in this iraq (i dont think its afghan) themed market place. Small maze inside city walls.
4th rocky mountains (dont remember name):
Afghanistan rocky area with small maze where talibans/terrorists are hiding but sudden plane crash will force talibans to leave their caves and prepare for fight againts rescuer fellas of rangers.
5th my other favourite <3. Abandoned industrial area (maybe the name):
Old part of the town where the grass have growed too long. Terrorist are keeping this as their command post but they have something rangers want. rangers have decided to get plans of terrorist in that briefcase.
gameplay 9/10. Its not slow nor run n gun work. Tactical team game. Very light feeling
COMMON INFORMATION
So its 16 players game. Hit detection is good. AI is quite nice pretty smart if you ask me. They feel like players sometimes. Also game has nice trick that when you start your own server it will add bots taking all places. But when someone joins you can press L2 to take control over CPU. They know all rules of the game modes so this game is quite good to play if its dead some day thanks to good bots. You cant level up offline with bots but if you start online match with bots, you are allowed to level up. There is a trial on PSN. It has only one map and bomb mode. Last 45 minutes but you have to try to connect few times to online (which fail because of error) which will lastly grant you bot match. Game costs only 7.95 Euros and for pluss members its 5.75 Euros. Believe me. Its totaly worth it. Even more worth. And if gameloft keeps supporting the game it will live very long. Notice that modern combat was originaly on apples appstore (1 was single player while 2 was similar to domination but it had campaing among multi) also to note bots wont have skill adjust. They do get better as you get. There is some sort of gamebrowser, you can choose map you want and game mode you want (6 modes) and it willi you in. Also there is private matches and friend inviting for party poop. Sadly NO coop.
I suggest this game for everyone on ps3. Very fun even as sunday shooter. Im looking foward for possible sequel.
10/10 for a game this cheap. modern combat: domination is now in
(to be continued, just keeping little break. If you find some typos or parts that you dont understand then tell me)
This post has been edited by thewonderboy: 24 January 2011 - 02:11 PM
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