Some of the greatest innovations that were introduced or streamlined by the Call of Duty series.
Do you remember what gaming was like before Fortnite entered the gaming space? One of the biggest arguments was about loot boxes. Now we have conversations about crossovers, battle passes, and community outreach.
Idk. Loot boxes did disappear and battle passes and in game purchases are all cosmetic. We get free weapons and maps post launch, any gameplay affecting content. I could care less about all the cosmetics.
I absolutely hated the days where weapons were locked behind a less than 1% chance lootbox pull where it'd take 5+ hours to have enough tokens to do a single pull and lazy remastered/remake maps cost you $15 each wave or $50 for the season pass that you didn't know what you'd get and these maps were only available to those that bought it so you get a smaller pool of players match with.
Call of duty can simply not copy the bad aspects of Fortnite? Or is that too out of this world? Like COD, a realistic shooter-just HAD to have Nicki Minaj running around? Or super heroes?
I prefer the battle passes with free maps than the $50 season pass that divided the community. I definitely feel that Fortnite had some influence on CoD having loot boxes with Blackout being introduced in 2018 with Black Ops 4.
Actually Fortnite bullshit ruined Unreal Tournament. Epic are sellouts and I will never have that shitty store on my PC, fuck them and that shit bag Tim Sweeney. At least the community keeps the games alive, I still play UT2004.
The Black Ops Gulf War leaks continue with a list of weapon descriptions giving more info on what you can expect from new and returning weapons.
Recently, players of Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone were met with a new bundle featuring the B.E.A.S.T. Glove, inspired by King Kong's armament in the Godzilla x Kong movie. However, the $80 price tag attached to this themed accessory left many Call of Duty fans feeling underwhelmed.
Morons that allow themselves to be milked continuously by this company is the definition of irony.
Spend more $$ and you'll end up In easier lobbies so you win both ways when ya spend that cash
Controversy in the COD community feels like it happens within an alternate timeline. Activision will take the piss with something, there will be a momentary fuss about it, and then they will forget about it and carry on anyway. Repeat this cycle literally every year for the rest of time.
I'm so tired of hearing about what they're doing with this game, its never going to change and it's never going to value the consumer over money, furthermore the people who engage so heavily in the microtransactions I guess allegedly are having a blast and can't wait to do it some more this year when the new version of the game drops.
Just to correct the author, but the first innovation listed, "Dangling Carrots", was done by other games first. BF2, for instance, had persistent stats, ranking, and unlockable weapons well before they became an "innovation" for MW (BF2 came out in 2005, MW in 2007). Also, I could do without some of these innovations: particularly killstreaks (no skill kills). Once these were introduced to COD (along with aim assist), I was no longer interested in the series. It became an arcade shooter for kids and campers.
Socom is the grandfather of online multiplayer. socom did a bunch of things first.
All of these were done by some other game except for the killstreaks I think (this could have also been done but I can't think of another series). But it's IGN so I don't expect them to think about other games.
And a killstreak system actually first appeared in CoD:UO where if you get enough kills during a game, you could eventually unlock binocs for yourself that can call down mini airstrikes.
I'm not trying to rag on CoD though. It's hard to find new things to do nowadays...
yet again ign fail at putting together an article that has any facts in it lol
I enjoy CoD multiplayer and have MW3 preordered (Best Buy £34.99 for anyone interested) but it didnt really invent any of the things that IGN are crediting it for.
It brings together what other FPSs do and puts it into a neat package. I think that's why the franchise is so successful - not for being innovative.