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Dual shotguns in Black Ops is stupid

November 18, 2010 in Blog comments 15

Many video games such as Counter-Strike and Halo 2 have included the ability for players to dual wield weapons. Being able to use akimbo style shotguns in Call of Duty: Black Ops, however, is stupid and unrealistic.

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    Daweii Nov 19, 10
    Where have you been? Modern Warfare 2 allowed you to dual wield pretty much all the shotguns. At least in this they only let you dual wield one and it's the one with stocks that actually make dual wielding seem somewhat feasible.
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    Bale Fire Nov 19, 10
    Realism should never get in the way of a fun game. And as for the whole argument of 'a real US soldier would never run around with dual shotguns' just how many soldiers of any kind would do the things players do in multiplayer? How many real life soldiers would run around like a maniac knifing everyone? How many real life soldiers would kill each other for a flag? How many real life soldiers would run up point blank and fire a rocket at the ground, killing themselves in the process?

    If anyone even attempts to justify the multiplayer of Call of Duty as 'realistic' then you have a very skewed view on how the world works.
  • 1
    Hideo1 Nov 19, 10
    *sniff sniff*

    I smell butthurt.
  • 0
    Ready Start L_Arc Nov 19, 10
    Another reason for me to not get BO any time soon. Dual wielding doesn't have any effect on accuracy or stability? lmao.
    • 0
      Province Nov 19, 10
      It technically does but you'll be firing that many bullets some of them are destined to get a headshot. (Especially with BO's piss poor hit detection.)
      • 0
        Xander756 Nov 19, 10
        Well as someone in the comments to the article pointed out, in MW2 it was even possible to "snipe" with dual guns you could fire so far with them so it really doesn't effect accuracy, that's DUMB.
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    Drogo Baggins Nov 19, 10
    These things are especially ridiculous in Hardcore game modes.

    You can seriously just run in a room, spin in a circle while shooting these, and everything everywhere will die.

    They're fun, though, when you're not on the receiving end of their bullets.
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    Zero and X Nov 19, 10
    Unrealistic? So it's realistic to crouch in a corner and wait for bullet wounds to magically disappear? Get out of here with that nonsense, who cares if you can dual wield shotguns.
    • 0
      Xander756 Nov 19, 10
      Yeah but there is unrealistic for gameplay purposes and then unrealistic for ridiculousness purposes. Counter-Strike wasn't as realistic as it could have been either but at least Valve had the common sense to make dual pistols incredibly inaccurate.
      • 0
        Hideo1 Nov 19, 10
        Well then it's your own fault for expecting a CoD game to be balanced.
        • 0
          Xander756 Nov 19, 10
          lol well CoD4 was pretty balanced with the exception of the M16 which was wildly overpowered.
        • 0
          Hideo1 Nov 19, 10
          So it wasn't pretty balanced then, was it? xD
      • 0
        Zero and X Nov 21, 10
        I dunno, I think its pretty ridiculous to get shot and for bullet wounds to magically disappear. It's just a game, games are by default, unrealistic and criticizing it for it is pointless. I can understand inconsistencies within the game logic, but I dont see anything wrong with holding two shot guns, I mean, you can do that in GTA: San Andreas.
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    HoodedSolidSnake Nov 20, 10
    Akimbo Desert Eagle is fine. But seriously...Akimbo shotgun? What's next?

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