Cheat Code Central takes a look at why Call of Duty's Prestige might be the laziest idea in game development history.
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.
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When I see people at 10th prestige + I wince a little because I know how much time they've spend getting there. I've done it once to unlock the emblems and I'll be sticking at 55 now and just playing socially with friends.
I do like unlocking all the attachments and going for the golden weapons though.
MAG had the best concept for prestige in that you would be dedicated to a faction until you reached your level cap. At which point you could prestige/veteran then get the option to cross-over to another faction.
Most people done a full 'tour of duty' before settling on a faction.
Yes, COD's prestige system is so simplistic yet so groundbreaking. It's essentially an addiction, and is one of the greatest forms of marketing we've ever seen. Hats off to Activision and whoever came up with the idea.. Heck, prestige shaped COD multiplayer which shaped modern shooter multiplayer. In fact, this popularity is what even allowed competitor Battlefield 3 to be made in the first place.
well i think they messed up in the celebration that follows leveling up stuff on mw2 and mw3 i forgot how blops 1 was but leveling up in those games is intense unlike in black ops 2 sometimes i dont even know i leveled up untill the match is over
its the stupidest idea why wold you punish someone for wanting to do better in a game?