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Call of Duty: Ghosts Eminem video the epitome of mainstream acceptance

The latest music and gaming industry crossover might be a sign of global acceptance of video games, but at what cost.

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JimmyLmao3850d ago

so excited for CoD: Ghosts =)!!

GarrusVakarian3850d ago

Really? What about it gets you excited?

I'm not trolling, genuine question.

JimmyLmao3850d ago (Edited 3850d ago )

Because...

A) it is made by Infinity Ward (^_^)
B) dedicated servers on CoD will be interesting to try (>_<)
C) most my friends are getting it =)
D) CoD is my favourite FPS <3
E) it is one of the most fast-paced shooters =D
F) it has some of the best controls out of all FPS games (i.e. smooth not clunky)
G) the new game modes look awesome, Search & Rescue is the exact game mode that i have always wanted!! =P

and yeah, the list goes on, a lot of people are actually keen for this game, but a large amount of those people aren't the type of people that go on gaming websites like this though =S

joe903850d ago (Edited 3850d ago )

Lukas Why does he have to answer to you on why he likes the game?.

Jimmy i'm also excited for Ghosts, im going with the game and season pack edition on PC. Defo will be playing it the midnight it comes out.

GarrusVakarian3850d ago

@joe90

He doesn't, when did i say he had to? That's the joy of answering a question, you don't HAVE to answer it. But he did, so all is well. :)

Calvin_ISA3850d ago

JimmyLmao has clearly never played Unreal Tournament, if he thinks CoD is fast.

CarlosX3603850d ago

Unreal Tournament is fast, but not a lot of people "like" twitchy games. I like it, it's just that the franchise died with Midway.

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MrGunny943850d ago

As a huge fan of Marshall, I don't really approve this type of "sell-out". It happened before with Black Ops as well.. I Just don't think this is him come on

We're talking about the guy who did Infinite and MMLP.. Come on..

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

GarrusVakarian3850d ago

He sold out a loooooong time ago friend. Infinite was brilliant, so was MMLP.

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SonyKong643850d ago

Activision coulda spent the millions they did on Eminem, say on a truly new engine..

Innovation anyone?

and Joe, he asked a simple question because some of us are wondering how many times your going to take the same old Activision cock down the throat before you start demanding innovation and investment for the franchise you COD kids would seemingly die for?

COD to me is exactly like the iPhone.. I believe most have to have it solely based on the fact that everyone else has to have it.. The majority always has and always will follow the crowd, without so much as an individual thought.. it's sad

jmc88883850d ago

CoD usually recycles the old formula, but the last two years are different.

Last year's version was on a new engine as crappy as it was. The Wii U version had amazing gamepad support. This year's version is another new engine...and yes it should have been better.

So I agree fully that up through 2011 you had a point. That 2014 and beyond you again might have a point. But 2012 and 2013 they actually did some big changes. Of course their effect was underwhelming for 2012 and it's appearing to be the same here for 2013.

Hopefully they push the bar up again next year once they get their feet wet with the new consoles.

So at some point they'll revert back to cookie cutter, same game, with 12 or so new maps. But the last year and this year isn't like that. So enjoy the innovation...because it probably won't last.

Skate-AK3850d ago

Cod has not hasn't had a new engine. It's still the Quake engine with their own modifications.

BabyTownFrolics3850d ago

Gaming has been mainstream for a long time, longer than Eminem has been making music.

This article is poorly written and the topic is of no consequence.

FunkMacNasty3850d ago

Also, Call of Duty's yearly sales figures have indicated mainstream acceptance of voilet cut n' paste shooters for years now.

After all, things that aren't accepted by the "mainstream" don't break sales records like CoD.

CarlosX3603850d ago

You miss the entire point of "mainstream acceptance" yes, Call of Duty has been mainstream, but not everyone accepts Call of Duty as mainstream, and inherently video games itself.

The video just shows that video games and call of duty can get a wider audience than it has been for years.

Welcome2Die3850d ago

The only thing that would make this not so mainstream is if he raps about 360 quick scoping his ex wife Kim lol...

FunkMacNasty3849d ago

I dunno man, It doesn't get much more mainstream than a 360 no-scope ;-) Every 5th grader in the world knows that move

I LoL when people try to do stuff like that in BF3.... only to get sniped by someone shooting out the side doors of a helicopter

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All Call of Duty Games Ranked from Worst to Best

BLG writes: "Call of Duty has to be the most recognizable franchise on the planet. They didn’t get that way by only making a handful of games.

COD has a long and storied career. Launching as a PC WW2 first-person shooter, Call of Duty has gone through numerous makeovers and been on just about every system. The series has gone through some serious highs and tragic lows. I’ll be looking at each Call of Duty game, the good the bad, and the ugly."

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UnSelf798d ago

Vanguard better be at the fkn bottom. Can’t believe ppl haven’t eviscerated that game with all its lacking

Minimoth798d ago

Yeah, it's close to the bottom. There are a couple of worse ones. Infinite Warfare definitely deserves its place.

KyRo798d ago

There's a number a lot worse than Vangaurd. It's also a lot better than that car crash Treyarch released before it.

XbladeTeddy798d ago

World at War is my favourite. Didn't know the N-Gage had a Call of Duty.

MadLad797d ago

Same for me.
I was never huge into Call of Duty, but I sunk a lot of time into WaW.
Both the campaign and the multiplayer are on point. Wouldn't mind a remaster.

I quit on CoD for a long while. Though I'm the odd man out that actually really enjoyed the campaign for WWII, being I got it through Humble monthly way back when.

TheLigX798d ago

I really enjoyed the Infinite campaign. Multiplayer... not so much.

Yppupdam798d ago

I agree, The Infinite campaign feels more like it's own thing that they slapped the CoD name on. If it stood on it's own, (sans the CoD name) I think it could have been it's own scifi franchise. And a damn good looking game, to boot. I never bothered to play the multiplayer.

victorMaje798d ago

MW 2019 apart from the desastrous file sizes is way better than AW.

MadLad797d ago

That was one I grabbed for Playstation because it pretty much just came out during the Redbox purge of videogames, and I got it for dirt cheap.

It was great coming home to an update every night, and watching one game eat up almost half my console's memory.

Amplitude798d ago (Edited 798d ago )

Will get disagrees but Infinite Warfare campaign was really good. Decent story, set pieces were amazing and if it didn't have the CoD game on it I'm sure people would have been more into it. Advanced Warfare was alright too. Titanfall 2 was just 1000 times better than both but I enjoyed them for their campaigns. I literally barely gaf about the story I'm in it for the set pieces and 5 hours of being stoned watching cool nonsense happen if I'm in the mood to play a CoD campaign. If I'm looking for a deep plot I'm gonna go somewhere else.
Ghosts was the worst story-wise though lol that cliffhanger ending was so bs.

Also MW 2019 was sick and is one of the best CoD games in yeeeears not sure why it's so low on this dude's list. Campaign was great, multiplayer was great and Warzone was fun for a while. Over it now but shrugs.

Beat the Vanguard campaign too but I can't even remember a single thing about it other than that it felt like it was 45 minutes long. Might be the most forgettable thing I've ever played lol just fully erased from my brain

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Call of Duty Multiplayer This Decade Ranked (2010-2019)

Call of Duty multiplayer ranked from worst to best! 2019 is coming to a close and MP1st ranks the best COD multiplayer games this decade.

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Ray Tracing in Monster Hunter World, Deus Ex Mankind Divided, Watch_Dogs 2, COD: Ghosts & more

DSOGaming writes: "YouTube’s members Benchmark PC Tech, Jose cangrejo, WillTalksTech, Zetman and MissinInAction have published some videos, showing Monster Hunter World, Black Mesa Xen, Watch_Dogs 2, Call of Duty Ghosts, Need For Speed Hot Pursuit, The Sinking City, Remember Me, Deus Ex Mankind Divided and Dishonored 2 with the ray tracing/path tracing effects that Pascal Gilcher’s Reshade mod introduces."

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Pyroxfaglover1759d ago

Wore implementation I've ever seen,.. guess it just does not work all that great on every engine

MarkyMark891759d ago (Edited 1759d ago )

Agree, but this gives me hope that one day Ray Tracing can be a software based feature and not require some type of proprietary hardware to achieve. Software will always outpace Hardware so it could happen, but I feel like its going to take a lot more time to achieve the same level that RTX has already shown glimpses of so far. Really just waiting for Cyberpunk to see if RTX is actually something viable. I think if anybody can truly showcase RTX Features it would be Projekt Red.

zeal0us1759d ago

Too bad it doesn't make Mankind Divided a better game.

starchild1759d ago

It doesn't need to, the game was already fantastic, imo.

zeal0us1758d ago

Human Revolution was a better game and not to mention longer.

isarai1759d ago

Reshade is not raytracing, its a screen space post processing effect. Thats like calling SSAO "global illumination"