"The modern war shooter was one of the defining genres of the seventh generation (2005-2013) of video games. After the success of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, hardly a month passed without the release of at least one shooter starring a soldier battling terrorists, Russians, or terroristic Russians in today’s world. This saturation, as well as the incredibly derivative visual and gameplay mechanics the games employ, has led to a backlash among some gamers against the genre. This backlash closely mirrors the backlash against World War II shooters, such as Medal of Honor: Allied Assault and Call of Duty, during the transition from sixth generation to the seventh. What’s the connection between these backlashes, and what lies ahead for the venerable first person shooter genre? We have a few guesses." - Jake Petersen of Geekenstein.com
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.
The original Modern Warfare and Modern Warfare 2 games have been drawing players back in
I really hope we get other activision games on GP soon. My dream would be Scarface but I know the license probably expired
Love me some Scarface! I even bought the comics. Yeah, licensing would probably be an impasse.
I played through Scarface again last year and it still holds up. Such a fun game. I would love for Xbox to get the rights back to remaster Scarface and make a sequel. It sold well and they had plans for Scarface 2, 3, and 4. With how long it takes Rockstar to make games the market is wide open.
That game was so much fun. Expected a cheap GTA clone but it was a good drug empire building game.
They didn't just have plans but there's actual gameplay out there for scarface 2
Seriously man we need games like
True crime
Sleeping dogs
Watch dogs( more like original not legion)
And proper saints row
GTA can’t be the only option we need other games
None of those games had dedicated servers on console in the first place? Were always player hosted. Did something change?
What's next? Same shit, different toilet.. Old stagnant series like COD are still getting the biggest sales, with the least effort from developers.
Need to scrap all this bro! murrica! hooorahh United Tankmen of America BS, and come up with some original concepts.
Titanfall, Battlefield 5, Sunset Overdrive and Halo 5 jump immediately to mind. Also, the redemption of Call of Duty (true next gen, 64+ players).
All these things would make me happy.
edit: crap, and Destiny. How could I forget?
On the PC side.......
We have great FPS to look forward to like:
Firefall = FPS tactical eSport MMO
Survarium = FPS-RPG MMO
Hawken = FPS Mech
Red Orchestra 2 New DLC = Tactical WWII FPS
Arma 3 DLC and Expansions = FPS Simulator
Dayz Stand Alone = FPS Survival Horror Simulator
many more.
Firefall is in Beta and the MP mode is fantastic and a eSport while the MMO mode is still being improved.
Survarium is made by the Old STALKER team and it looks and feels like STALKER burt with a better MP mode, I'm hoping to get into the upcoming Beta.
Hawken = I'm in the closed beta and the open beta is Dec 12, Hawken is a FAST, Tactical, FPS Mech game with one map having destruction with many more to come along side many non destructive maps.
Red Orchestra 2 DLC = more DLC to come in 2014 and RO2 is just flat out a brutal game of Tactics and realism
Arma III DLC = Arma III pretty much nothing is better than this REALISTIC WAR Simulator.
DayZ Stand Alone = our favorite FPS survival horror mod will have it's stand alone released in 2014 with lots of fixes and gameplay increases.
more tacticle types of shooters,that move realistically,less run an gun spray an pray,using skill over glitching.