RevoltTech Writes:
The Call of Duty franchise has become the most successful franchise of the current generation, with the highest launch numbers for both its Modern Warfare 2 and Black Ops releases. Many question this success, stating that many other games have been released over the years which deserve the same success. Indeed, many games have been released this generation which have received huge critical acclaim. But why don’t they compare in the box office?
Huzaifa from eXputer: "2008 was home to the likes of Call of Duty: World at War, Dead Space, GTA 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, and many other hits, which is outright remarkable."
Just about every year in the 7th generation was great and something we most likely won't experience again.
2009 for example had Assassin's Creed 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dragon Age: Origins, Uncharted 2, Halo 3: ODST, Killzone 2, Borderlands, Bayonetta, and Demon's Souls to name a few.
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.
Simple addicting gameplay. That's all. It doesn't take more than 3 minutes to learn how ot play it.
Edit---after reading the article I sorta agree aswell. But take some sim shoters like operation flashpoint. One bullet to kill them, but it's hardcore compared to cod. I like Cod by the way i'm just saying. In other games I like the way conflicts take longer, you feel more like you've accomplished soemthing when fighting someone in gears, killzone or halo. Two people guarding an objective doesn't sound like much in Cod, but in the other 3, you have to watch yourself, the enemies feel like two tanks holding a position.
With that said, I still like COd, it's a good game to get on for a little while and have fun.
I have to agree, sometimes in other games you'll see an enemy but dont bother taking a shot cus you know you wont be able to get a kill with a few bullets
I think Killzone 3's going to get a huge following. But its exclusive so it wont beat COD in sales
I didnt buy black ops because I knew it would be more of the same
Honestly, if they took out some of the dumb perks and fixed huge lag/dropped games then it would deserve the sales
Nobody really buys it for the singeplayer
that's about it. all those numbers and sounds you hear while playing is subliminal. it makes you play more and more. while i do like cod's multiplayer, i prefer other types of games to balance out my library. no one genre overpowers the other.