» Mon Mar 07, 2011 6:35 pm
Well.
Having played BF2, BFBC2, CoDMW1, CoDWaW and CoDMW2 for close to 1000 hours (each), I'd say I'm pretty good at spotting cheaters. Especially with a forced killcam... While also being blamed for cheating frequently in those games, I have never been called that in Crysis 2 (aka Crysis of Duty). Not that I would know, the ingame UI is really cool but completely useless for even noticing if someone types anything.
In all those games, there were a lot of cheat accusations going on, only a fraction of them actually true. Lots of people playing have really NO CLUE as to what separates a good player from an average one, let alone a great one. They simply spawn and see/shoot what's in front of them, that's all there is to the game for them. The only conclusion, when someone does something they simply can't grasp, is that it must be a cheat. That's sad, as they go around telling the world about all the "cheaters", reducing the interest in the games for people who otherwise might purchase and play the game. So it is VERY MUCH in the interest of Game Developers to keep games cheat free, even on a rumour level.
However.
While the "security patch" seems to have removed most of those running around cloaked and shooting, some still exist. Most popular today was the Grendel with insane rate of fire, no recoil, and probably an aimbot added to that. A useless gun usually, no one uses it. Same with the cool Air Stomp perk. If the radius was tripled, then maybe it would be useful. Another feature today, by a lvl50 player, was to glitch into the walls high up on the maps, and spam L-Tag grenades all over.
Crysis 2 is by far in the worst state I have even seen, in any game. By a mile. If Crytek wants to regain SOME glory, and not be branded as the JOKE in this genre, get to it. Fast. Or even get outside help, PunkBuster, whatever. You are FAILING. MISERABLY. And as PC gamers, we tend to remember such things. For decades. And it drives our future purchases. But perhaps that's irrelevant, not even sure any more PC games are planned, perhaps not even ports such as this.
Lastly, the Crytek punishment for cheating is extraordinary LAME. A warning? Get them OUT OF THE GAME FOREVER, 1st offence. And preferably, talk to the EA and make it affect ALL EA GAMES (as Steam).
I'm not even going to talk about the utter stupidity of not being able to block pirated versions of the game to play online. I mean... Jesus. What a great selling point, coupled with the zone of cheating paradise.
PS. I usually don't rant as much, and have a good level of tolerance to games, and understanding of the issues game developers face. So this post is more than just another whine. I'm serious.
my sentiments exactly and well said. the same cheaters in this game cheat in every game they play online - or just EVERY game for that matter. focusing on getting rid of the cheat won get rid of the cheater. im about getting rid of the cheater. it'd be funny if the anti cheat system tele-ported the cheaters from a normal server into a "cheaters island" type server - where they can only play from then on out once they're flagged. that way, they can play somewhere where they'll always be accepted. i saw a cheater once rant about "the game is meant for us to have fun with it any way we choose, and this is how i choose to have fun with the game". well, i dont think the game is meant for you to play in a fair environment with an extreme advantage over the rest of the players. we obviously have two levels of players here, honest and dishonest, that are in a disagreement about how the game should be played. in light of this view each should be limited to playing within their respective group ONLY. if the cheaters play only against cheaters, then they will be in a fair gaming environment, since everyone will be cheating. the same goes for the honest players. cheaters get amped off of having an unfair advantage - its not about how they want to play the game..its because they most likely are not good at the game and begin using the game as an out-let to release rage for acquiring the shame of failure. a cheater would never play against another cheater - because it puts them on a fair playing field where the possibility of reliving their past failures haunts them in every scramble from cover - therefore, forcing them to only play games with other cheaters seems a proper penalty, in my opinion anyway..
-UC