OpFor and Marine Camoflauge Imbalance in Call of Duty 4

Posted date: July 03, 2008 In: Misc | comment : 19

How players look is mostly ignored in Call of Duty; it’s a first person shooter not a fashion contest after all. But what a player is wearing and their camouflage can become very important if you are trying to take cover from enemy sniper fire. The Spetnez and SAS clothing is virtually the same and the minor differences on each side balance each other out.

Then there is the comparison between the OpFor and Marine clothing in Call of Duty, which is totally imbalanced. All the Marine clothing classes have nice beige desert colored clothing that blends with the generally beige maps. The OpFor on the other hand are mostly stuck with bright red hats and clothing. Take a look at screenshots below of the two sniper outfits for the Marines and OpFor if you don’t believe me. The OpFor sniper is placed at a significant disadvantage because you can spot that red hot without a scope from a mile off. This is more of a disadvantage for OpFor snipers but many of the other OpFor clothing classes are also brightly adorned in red. Now I don’t know whether or not this is realistic, but it presents a pretty huge game imbalance that really shouldn’t be there even if it is accurate in real life.

This imbalance can be helpful though. For instance if you are looking for that little extra edge in Call of Duty 4 clan scrimmages, you might consider opting for the Marine side. That said this is just another example of how realism doesn’t necessarily guarantee good gameplay.

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silverxii

Maybe Infinity Ward would introduce another minor patch to change the marine’s and opfor’s sniper clothing?
Since both the SAS and Spetsnaz snipers have ghillie suits for camouflage.
petekaz

Can anyone help explain the various camouflages? I don’t really understand why I should be striving to obtain the blue and red digital camouflages. It would seem to me that they stick out like a sore thumb, no?
iKe

petekaz its simply 4 the points and possibly to look cool in the process. Most of the time people usually dont get close enough to see the color unless its golden or desert camouflages
Marek

Just a minor spelling mistake. Imbalanced is not correct, the correct spelling is unbalanced. http://www.answers.com/unbalanced&r=67

Also u want to make it more realistic…. well there are alot more issues that need to be addressed to make that happen. What about weapon fire selector switches to switch between single shot, burst and full auto?
I already brought up the nade tubes a while ago.
What about the instant prone drop shooting? surely thats not realistic.
At the end of the day this is just a game, if you want more realism maybe you should try a different game?
Americas Army is good for that, so is operation flashpoint and no doubt there are more but they are just the ones i have played in the past.
Stimpin

When I play, I love to get sneaky and pop out of bushes or tall grass. There is no chance of a marine walking by, and not seeing the picnic blanket on my OpFor guy’s fucking head. I hate it.
iKe

Lol i hate it when people pop out of fucking bushes or jump out of windows and stab my ass but it is funny when somebody tries to prone out with a turbon…
Promac

There’s no real imbalance tbh. In the US/Opfor maps there is just as much shadow/dark background as there is beige walls. It’s just a matter of taking note of which side you’re playing and making use of the colour scheme accordingly.
archimagi….pronouned, arki-magî…not,archi e

Y es, there is a real difference…I know for a fact I have made extra kills because I saw the red headgear before they saw me…and have found it difficult to hide from scopes when the tables are turned!
w H 1 M 4 N w

i dont mind that they see me cuz ima campersniper soo when they expose there self to kill me ill just blast them away!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anonymous

Here is a picture of all the multiplayer outfits… http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm1/IowaRonin/PlayerModels.jpg
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the outfit doesnt really affect my gameplay..or anybody-that-i-know-of’s gameplay

its not like im hiding all the time…camping in one place waiting for someone to pass by..ultra boring..in my area/place/even country where i play..camping is considered a ‘noob move’..well except if you’re a sniper.. but even as a sniper..you should move after every 1 or 2 shots/kills to be undetected..so..its up to the performance of the player and not the uniform..

hell..i usually play a sniper but i’m the one moving in for an assault..and still manage to top the scoreboard everytime..i usually pick the opfor/spetznaz side..because my airsoft game-outfit is usually opfor or spetznaz..with the red-white shemagh and all..
Anonymous

Quit complaining noobs, if you know how to play, the red hat isn’t that big of a deal.
Spado_R

What I want to know is the Opfor vesrion of the in game narations like the “cover me I am reloading” and “tossing stun granade”
Anonymous

Middle Eastern armies wear berets and that type of clothing, however no military will wear bright red so this is not realistic. The Opfor are fictitious (Opfor just means opposing force) in terms of gameplay, there realy isnt a diffrence at anything but close qaurters comabat. the lighting effects in cod4 make character modles become dull brown when they are far way so ofter you can’t tell the diffrence. besides, a good sniper won’t expose himself enough and will be constantly moving so that the red beret won’t make a diffrence.
Yep!

Yeah its correct. Like if you are playing on the Opfor team and sniping in crossfire its really hard to see a marines sniper with the background……it is a disadvatange YES!
Www Steelstone3

acttualy snipers are men to concell themselfs and the opfor sniper it is as bright as a tangerine on a dog terd so your oviously a noob for saying theres nothing wrong with this
Blahblah

The OpFor clothing is darker than the Marines clothing, so I guess it balances out. EXCEPT the headgear. Which helps me get headshots when sniping.
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