A thought-out opinion piece of the benefits Modern Warfare has brought to the industry, and why it's not entirely deserving of being demonized. Well balanced and thought provoking.
The developers have provided a little band-aid while PlayStation players attempt to get back into MW3.
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.
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.
They call that a crack head! Thats what this is really about, its an addiction. People who dont smoke cigarettes look and laugh at the addicts that spend $8-$10 a pack, but they cant help themselves, they are addicted. That same analogy applies perfectly to the whole MT industry. Only an addict that was not thinking clearly would spend this kind of money on something so frivolous. A round of multiplayer provides the same high a person gets from scratching a lotto ticket, or putting money on a sports bet. MT in general need to really be regulated because you have a generation of kids becoming adults who grew up only knowing the MT era of gaming. Its normal to them and they will in turn teach their kids the same by just being a gaming parent and getting their kids involved with them in gaming. Thats why no matter how ridiculous the headlines keep getting out of the MT industry, it never seems to fade or go away.
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.
I do not think it deserves to die. COD may not be pushing the graphic boundaries but to me it is doing what every game should do and that is being enjoyable to play. It is a fun franchise. The fact I can go two years with out playing it and then within seconds of coming back to it I remember is good.
Would I like Call of Duty to be more innovative and try to push some graphical level. Of course but the main thing for me is they keep the game fun to play.
Why would a game that millions of love die. Call of Duty has millions of fans who buy it faithfully and enjoy it a lot therefore as long as it has an audience it can't die.
Every new generation of console brings new 12 year olds. My God the noobs will block out the sun!
COD sells over 20+ million copies with each new release, it breaks the previous entertainment record held by the last COD game.
Its not some really super high grade graphics engine, but it is fast, fun and 60fps. You cant really do much more on current hardware and keep it 60fps, lowering the frames would cause the game to suffer.
The bottom line is that nobody that already dislikes COD is going to suddenly like it. There is nothing Activision/Treyarch/IW can do that will appease these whiners.
I don't think it ever will as there is a large group of people who only buy and play COD.