I don’t play computer games beyond bridge and scrabble. I do not do first person shooter games
howevActivision Shame On Your for Call of Duty: World AT Warer I have a friend who loves them.
He got Call of Duty:World At War for Christmas. He wasn’t able to get it going on his
computer. I upgraded his video card to a
256mb video card to meet the specs of the game.
He exceeds all other specifications.
Game still wouldn’t run.
I looked at myriad you-tube videos complaining about the game and offering
suggestions as well as too many forums to count. After tweaking and prodding and patching I
got the game to run adequately.
Adequately compared to how well it runs on the X-Box.
I spent 25 years in the computer business and it still was a
pain in the tush to get the game to run.
Activision’s website was nothing but promo for the ensuing games and zip
support. Treyarch the actual developer
of the game was no better. In this day
and age of technology the distributor and developer of a game should be
embarrassed if it doesn’t run straight out of the box. In fact they should be acutely ashamed. If a game can be popped into a game box and
run smoothly, it should be that easy to do it with a PC that meets the game
specifications.
Frankly I would have demanded my money back but that wasn’t
my call. This whole incident explains
why game boxes sell so well. People just
don’t want to be bothered becoming a technician just to play a X#$**@@ game.
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