Sony PS3 v1.1 Patch on COD4 (Call of Duty 4): connect to worldwide servers, good or bad?
Filed under: Gaming, Sony Playstation 3 | By: Daniel
Posted on: February 12, 2008 | 23 Comments
Following on from our post about the recent v1.1 patch for Call of Duty 4 on the Sony PS3, while we had no details on what changes this update made to COD4, we now see a few changes.
Gamers have reported and I have also noticed that connecting to games is much faster, this is due to now being able to connect to worldwide servers on COD4, but is this a good idea.
Some gamers are finding that they get dropped out of games as their connection is too slow, they put this down to connecting to servers worldwide, personally I am finding getting on games much faster and all ok their, although the Tiscali P2P problem is still around…roll on BT, moving on 14th.
How are you finding the new patch on the Sony PS3 version?
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What I have noticed is I’m gettingdropped into games already under way a lot more. This I don’t mind but if you join a game late your win/loss ratio will suffer. Normally you’re added to the losing side as players drop out when getting beat rather than when winning !
Sean, i have noticed this too, spawn into a game on the losing side, get shot and game ends almost immedeatly, not good for stats…more often than not i’ve also found that the majority of people in matches are american and i find myself missing not being able to understand what our european cousins are saying…
There will be less chance of “banter” now as we go Global. I like playing against the local colonies / Cul-de-sacs (Wales & Scotland
) as you get better interaction. The only AAmricans playing in the evening are the kids just home from school.
Can’t even bring myself to spell “Americans” correctly !! Still they wouldn’t have noticed
Haha, it does seem to be young kids from the Ameryka and with voice changer set to high they sound like Joe Pasquale breathing helium!!! Very annoying addition to the PS3 functionality…my tag is funkshui if you want to add…
Yeah its good that we join quicker but still when friends invite me and im in another game it says could not connect to host all the time it seems to be that we can only still invite if we are not in game. I nearly lost my mind hearing all the American kids with the voice changer on I joined two games with this and said to my friend I hope the next server we go in is not like this and lo and behold the next four we went in had at least one with the stupid voice changer in it. Please sony remove this its bad enough listening to whining kids but to add a high pitched chipmunk voice to this is over 100 times worse and there is nothing you can do about it apart from leave a game where you are for once doing quite well.rant over.
If we’re starting to rant…what’s the deal with the clan tags??? Why aren’t these like clans in every other game? They are just a name in CoD that anyone can use…You cannot see who in your clan is online or even better online and in-game. It’s very annoying trying to get all your friends into a party together and receiving invites left, right and centre during games. IW should look at the likes of Warhawk in this area and their buddie system, it’ll improve the online experience 10 fold..
Agree with the clan issue totally. It’s always a question of who is going to host the party, who’s already in a game so you left waiting for them etc. The ability to join a game (or join a waiting list if the game is full) is a must. Resistance worked very well in this respect.
I want a clan which is fixed for just my friends where it is easy to come and go. We play rgularly on Wednesday evenings and we must waste 20% of the time just getting organised. Especially when someone gets kicked out mid game (or worse early on in the game) so they either wait or join anoher game without us !
I live in the US and since the patch went on the US loads games slower and now are often empty and do not fill. also the games lag has tipped to the realm of unplayable tho that maybe P2P problem. i have noticed a lot more game closing or early or the latest the game taking 5 minutes to load me in tho i can here my clan mates shooting. I have great internet so it is not my connection. I am glad the press is finally covering the dark side of COD4 on the PS3. people need to know that the COD4 for PS3 online multiplayer if horrific and IW needs to do something.
Odd as it seems the opposite effect here in Blighty. My friend lives in Canada and doesn’t have any issues with connection, over than what was highlighted by Sean. What games are you playing for them not to be filled? I mostly play TDM, Domination and HQ and just about always the games are full.