Hello I'm pretty new to the Call of Duty franchise and FPS games in general. However, I have some experience with FPS games as my step-brother and step-father are big Halo, CoD, and GoW fans and I occasionally watched and played with them but I've never really owned a Call of Duty game of my own. Lately I've been trying to branch out into the FPS market and am currently playing through my Halo MC:Collection that I received as a gift last year and am also thinking about picking up Destiny TTK if I end up liking Halo. Anyway, I've also been looking into Call of Duty Black Ops 3 since I heard Black Ops 2 was really good and since I won some digital content for the game with Carl Jr's/Hardee's recent BO3 promotion contest. In addition, I feel like need to get some new games for my consoles as I haven't been playing any games on them lately, but before I invest in BO3, I wanted to at least try some of the older games to see if I'll like the franchise. Since Black Friday is just around the corner, many online and retail stores around me are having sales for old video games so I thought this would be the perfect time to dive into the Call of Duty franchise.

I currently have a PS3 (backwards compatible with 750 GB), Xbox 360 Slim (250 GB), Xbox One (500 GB Kinectless), PS4 (500GB), and a Dell Precision M6500 Laptop with a Steam account.

My Laptop specs:

Operating System - Windows 10

Processor - Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU Q720 @ 1.60GHz 1.60GHz

RAM - 4.00 GB

System Type - 64-bit Operating System, x64-based processor

Hardrives - C-Drive (57.8 GB free of 83.2 GB), D-Drive (152 GB free of 238 GB), E-Drive (227 GB free of 227 GB)

So I guess my questions for now are:

1) What specific CoD game would you guys and gals recommend for me as a FPS/CoD newbie? I was thinking about starting out with CoD MW1-3 and CoD BO1-2 and then later moving on to Ghosts, Advanced Warfare, and BO3 on current gen consoles once the prices go down unless you have any better suggestions for a newbie like me?

2) Based on the systems that I have, which version of each CoD game would be the best for me to buy in terms of graphics and performance?

3) If I were to find a good deal for a used CoD game on last gen, would it be better for me to choose the PS3 version over the 360 version considering the fact that the PS3 blu ray discs are more damage resistant?

4) Are the Xbox Live servers really better than the PSN servers when it comes to CoD games in terms of lag and stability?

5) Are the online servers for last gen CoD games still up and running?

6) Is there a specific order suggested to playing the CoD games in terms of story?

7) For now I'm planning on only looking for the standard/cheapest editions of the older games but just out of curiosity are the special editions and DLC of the older games worth looking into considering their cost-to-age ratio or would it just be better to save that extra money for the newer games?

8) Are the CoD handheld games worth looking at?

9) What do you guys and gals consider to be the best Cod games in terms of your overall experiences?

Thank you for your time (btw, I just found out that my little brother has Cod 2 and BO2 for the 360, so for now I can borrow those games from him to see how I like them or not) ^_^.

Hello, I'm currently studying abroad in Japan and have a few days before I go back to America. Before I leave though, I wanted to buy as many good games here as possible. I do like games based off of animes or are anime styled. an example of this is Madoka Magica Battle Pentagram and God Eater 2 (which I have already bought). I also like action RPGs such as Kingdom Hearts (I'm a huge fan of the franchise). But I would prefer the protagonists to be cute/sexy girls if not then it's no big deal as long as the game is fun despite the language barrier. Any platform/handheld (but preferably on Sony devices) is fine with me except the 3DS and Wii U because they're region locked (I wanted AoT 3DS but can't get it) <_< . Thank you for your time.

@FelipeInside: Thank you, I'll take a look at the link you posted. Sorry if I posted this topic in the wrong section, I thought this was the best place to post it in, I guess not. ^^;

So at the moment I have a Windows Toshiba laptop and would like to do let's plays of games on the Xbox 360, Wii U, PS3, and PS4 but I don't know which capturing device I should buy. For the passed few days I've been thinking about buying the Hauppauge - HD PVR 2 Gaming Edition as I've been hearing good things about it and it's at a reasonable price of $120 at Bestbuy, however I felt a little scared off after reading [url="http://www.gamespot.com/articles/hauppauge-hd-pvr-2-gaming-edition-plus-review/1100-6408893/"]this article.[/url] I think right now I'm trying to decide between HD PVR 2, EverMedia Dark Crystal DVR, and Blackmagic Intensity Shuffle, but I'm not sure which one would work best. Which one of these 3 capturing devices would be the best for my situation? Or are there even better capturing devices out there than these 3 devices? Or should I probably wait for a newer device that will be even more compatible with the new generation of console gaming? Thank you for your time.