Since I’ve switched to Fios I’ve noticed that people with poor internets seem to get an advantage over me. It wasn’t so bad in MW2. I’d get host most of the time in that game and, with the exception of the rare person from across the Atlantic or a wi-fi connection who wouldn’t register half a magazine, it mostly had no discernible network lag whatsoever. Dedicated server games - as long as they aren’t bad servers (BC2)- are also pretty much lag free. But lately, I’ve noticed a couple of host games with problems. Mainly BO.
Jesus, Marry, and Joseph Stalin does that game have issues. Most games you can be what feels like up to a second behind the rest of the lobby. For every one match that’s low latency there are five that are absolutely unplayable. I don’t even know what’s going on with that game. Doesn’t even matter if I’m host or not. But it’s not the only one.
Crysis 2 demo seems to have some issues as well. While last evening even on the rare occasion that I didn’t get picked host it picked a really good one leading to a no noticeable lag game. I played an hour this morning and it was as bad as Black Ops.
I guess the point of this post is, I really hope this game has good match making and netcode. I would love it if games had the option to not be connected to people with wi-fi, outside of a certain mile radius, or even with a crappy internet connection. Also, I will preemptively thank the people who feel they need to give the advice to switch to a PC but I’m not going to do that.
I’m sure they would fix it in lightspeed mode