Alex from Gamer Headlines writes: There’s something about Achievements that I can’t resist – perhaps the tone that plays when one unlocks, or the need to push my Gamerscore up just that bit higher. Regardless, there’s an incessant, nagging need at the back of my mind to try to harvest every Achievement I can possibly earn from a game. Maybe that’s why they’re slowly making my games less enjoyable.
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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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?
I kind of think they have in a way.
At one time I didn't see the point of them, I thought they were stupid but now I feel like they add something...something which shows off the hard work you've put into something.
I was playing on Toy Story 2 I downloaded from the PSN store recently and I collected all the Pizza Planet tokens, in the end all I got was a lousy bonus cutscene...that's it.
I think we've bee spoiled by Achievements/Trophies to be honest but I can't imagine a game without them it's weird. I'm not someone who would play a game JUST for Achievements/Trophies but I do like trying to get them after I finish a game to add replay value.
Achievements haven't ruined games in my opinion, if anything they maximize the incentives for gamers to get the most out of what they spent their money on! Which is the game itself. Also it breads comraderie in co-op gameplay as well as healthy competitive gameplay.
Of course there are those who turn what could be good into something bad by putting a negative spin on things throuh their behavior.
Achievements are great but I'm personally not obsessed by them. I usually play the game first and then on my second playthrough I go for whatever achievements I can get.
The author seems to be stuck in a situation where he wants to complete the game and get all the achievements on his first playthrough. It doesn't work that way...achievements were designed to extend the life of a game. Replaying, making decisions you wouldn't normally do and path you wouldn't normally take is part of the achievements.
-not getting all the achievement for a game isn't the end of the world. Achievements are entirely optional...did achievements ruin the game, did it change the ending in some way and did it change the gameplay??? If it didn't any of these why are you saying it ruined game...it may have ruined it for you because you're obsessed but the game is still the same.
Achievements get 2 dumbs down from me. I got more important things to do than that. I play my games to complete story, or online multiplayer and Coop.