JI writes: "As great as a "run-of-the-mill" First Person Shooter (or Third-Person Shooter for that matter) can possibly be there are always ways that shooters can improve. After a long history the Multiplayer Shooter Online genre has grown to new levels and seen many changes and advancements. Unfortunately we have also seen devolution in some ways. While we see some features or aspects of games come we see others forgotten and abandoned after being proven in battle across various FPS titles throughout the past."
Huzaifa from eXputer: "2008 was home to the likes of Call of Duty: World at War, Dead Space, GTA 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, and many other hits, which is outright remarkable."
Just about every year in the 7th generation was great and something we most likely won't experience again.
2009 for example had Assassin's Creed 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dragon Age: Origins, Uncharted 2, Halo 3: ODST, Killzone 2, Borderlands, Bayonetta, and Demon's Souls to name a few.
MW 2019 is five years old at this point and on previous gen hardware, but it is still the best looking Call of Duty game to date.
MW was an excellent videogame. They messed up Spec Ops big time, but aside from this it was a huge step in the right direction initially. Most notably, at launch it seemed to come from a very cohesive creative vision that was felt across gameplay, to story to art style/visual direction. It was also very notably written by prominent ex-Naughty Dog guys that quit almost immediately before release.
That COMPLETELY dissolved through post-launch content and the full pivot to a "cross-mode" narrative that completely obliterated the cohesion in overall story direction. Warzone then "became" the new face of Call of Duty and the franchise completely removed itself from anything remotely creatively "good". It is a pure money machine, so I kinda get why they're doing it....but I personally completely lost interest.
I would love to see Infinity Ward move off CoD and get to make their own product with full control. They clearly have some massive talent in their ranks but it's perverted by Activision's corporate interests.
Call Of Duty is back with its yearly instalment, but is Modern Warfare 3 breaking new ground, or just a lazy cash grab? The answer may not surprise you in today's review from JDR.
I just want to see the complete package. I'm seeing games capable of innovating in one or a handful of areas at a time but what about the rest of the game's mechanics? Haven't we seen better in the past? Usually I feel like the answer is yes.
The problem - and this isn't necessarily specific to the FPS genre, is that many developers end up using "dumbing down" synonymously with "adding accessibility".
Unfortunately, I don't think we'll see an end all be all package for a couple of reasons. From the developer perspective it's a balance of what they include day one and what can be sold later as DLC.
Todays topic Hard-core gamers. Hardcore; being so without apparent change or remedy; chronic: hard-core inflation; which is exactly what you dont want to be. Lets face it if you are a "hardcore gamer" then you probably play the same bland titles over and over again like madden and cod and BF and FF. Being hardcore is not good. Hardcore gaming is idiots buying the same product. Just look at BlOPS.
Kill the camper....
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