Kill Cam?

-frosting- · 12-09-2007

I seem to have a problem with the "kill cam" in COD4. I just don't understand the point of the whole thing. I don't like the whole aspect of showing the person I killed exactly where I was when I killed them. Now this obviously doesn't matter if the person saw you anyways, however I get kills all the time where the person didn't even see where I was.

Now next time he respawns, he knows just where I am. Now this doesn't really matter a lot of the time, but in game modes such as Headquarters, where you have to defend the base, alot of the time being well hidden is a must in order to be successful in defending. Once you kill a person once, now they know where to look for you the second time around. Kind of defeats the whole purpose.

I realize that this game really isn't a camping stealthy game anyways. It's a run n gun type of game, however there are times where using stealth and being well hidden is a must. And I think the kill cam takes that aspect of the game away completely. Again, this is just my opinion

hcky21rskor · 12-09-2007

I think the "kill cam" has been a problem ever since CoD was first introduced. A lot of people, including myslef, don't like it for the same reason you don't like it. I am a sniper and keeping hidden is a must for me. I'm sure on the PC version of the game you can find serves where the "kill cam" is dissabled but for us 360 players i guess we will just have to live with it.

BENDER · 12-09-2007

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Originally Posted by hcky21rskor

I think the "kill cam" has been a problem ever since CoD was first introduced. A lot of people, including myslef, don't like it for the same reason you don't like it. I am a sniper and keeping hidden is a must for me. I'm sure on the PC version of the game you can find serves where the "kill cam" is dissabled but for us 360 players i guess we will just have to live with it.

Man am i so glad they thought of the kill cam. the last thing this game needs is campers. i like to snipe also (and i still do) but when i snipe i like to stay on the move which means whenever i take a shot hit or miss i am out of there. sitting in one place while hiding and waiting for kills is not my idea of fun.

hcky21rskor · 12-09-2007

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Originally Posted by BENDER

Man am i so glad they thought of the kill cam. the last thing this game needs is campers. i like to snipe also (and i still do) but when i snipe i like to stay on the move which means whenever i take a shot hit or miss i am out of there. sitting in one place while hiding and waiting for kills is not my idea of fun.

I'm not saying that i sit in one spot on the map all the time. I also do the same thing i snipe, and move. But i hate it when i find a decent spot to snipe from and i kill someone who has no idea where i am, they see me on kill cam, then next round they get me. For example, on pipeline i like to sit in a certain spot on the defending side and watch for people crossing on the hill. I have found 4-5 great spots only to be given away by kill cam. I will however agree with you, to a certain extent that campers are not fun to play with. Although war isn't alway about running and gunning...

EAsTon · 12-09-2007

I love the kill cam. Even though I only played the beta I used to my advantage many times. I like because I hate snipers that have to kill you with one shot, doesn't matter what game I playing.

Z3CH · 12-09-2007

Play hardcore - a real man's game.

Focus · 12-09-2007

If you're good enough you can kill that guy again, again, again, and again..if he nades throw it back or run away. If he's in front of you just shoot him..of course there's going to be times where you'll die because the guy will cook the nade for a realllllly long time, or will sneak behind you somehow..

Anyways sometimes I like the kill cam, for those times that I can see how in the world the guy killed me(aka seeing his crosshairs not even come close to my body once and yet he still kills me), and seeing where they come from since I have VERY unlucky timing at this game..other times I don't like it because you can be holding down a position, kill a guy, then you start killing everyone else, and what do you know, the first guy you kill spawns across the map from you, completely screws the objective(like getting a flag on domination, or trying to get a HQ, or trying to destroy the HQ), and walks all the way across the map to get behind you and kill you.

I've always thought it would be cool if there was a perk that you could use so no one could see the kill cam for you.

hcky21rskor · 12-09-2007

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Originally Posted by Focus

I've always thought it would be cool if there was a perk that you could use so no one could see the kill cam for you.

good thinking. I use the UAV jammer and love it

WARLOCK · 12-10-2007

the "kill cam" is 1 of the 3 things i don't like about this game.

1) the kill cam. it's not that cool, and it kinda hoses your tactics if you're trying to be stealthy or whatever.

2) shooting through objects. ok it's not that i actually dislike this feature, i'm more 50/50 about it really. shooting through boxes, windows, and doors and such is realistic and is a great feature to have in a shooter like this one. the downside is that you're also allowed to shoot through solid concrete walls, steel cargo containers, and car engine blocks. come one now! what's the point of making it to some actual cover if you're just gonna get pelted with .223 rounds through stuff that they normaly wouldn't have a snowball's chance in hell of penetrating?

3) airstrikes. this feature sucks, period, the end. if they were limited to a certain number of uses per team per round then they MIGHT be ok, but as it stands now it's just a total crapfest.

as for everything else about this game, it's almost as sexy as a lesbo makeout session between angelina jolie and carmen electra.

BENDER · 12-10-2007

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Originally Posted by WARLOCK

the "kill cam" is 1 of the 3 things i don't like about this game.

1) the kill cam. it's not that cool, and it kinda hoses your tactics if you're trying to be stealthy or whatever.

2) shooting through objects. ok it's not that i actually dislike this feature, i'm more 50/50 about it really. shooting through boxes, windows, and doors and such is realistic and is a great feature to have in a shooter like this one. the downside is that you're also allowed to shoot through solid concrete walls, steel cargo containers, and car engine blocks. come one now! what's the point of making it to some actual cover if you're just gonna get pelted with .223 rounds through stuff that they normaly wouldn't have a snowball's chance in hell of penetrating?

3) airstrikes. this feature sucks, period, the end. if they were limited to a certain number of uses per team per round then they MIGHT be ok, but as it stands now it's just a total crapfest.

as for everything else about this game, it's almost as sexy as a lesbo makeout session between angelina jolie and carmen electra.

I agree with most of what you said (except the kill cam part) but i definately agree with the last part. the air strike was great for the first couple days until i realized that i couldnt leave the spawn for long periods at times. your right it sucks !