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Killstreak Rewards: Boon or Bane for the FPS Genre?

VGW: Since Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare was released in November 2007, killstreak rewards have been commonplace in the online multiplayer in numerous FPS titles. Popularized by Call of Duty 4’s UAV (3 kills), Air Strike (5 kills) and Helicopter Strike (7 kills), the idea of rewarding players for staying alive while continuously taking out enemies has spread like wildfire, making appearances in subsequent incarnations of the Call of Duty franchise (World at War, Modern Warfare 2, Black Ops), as well as Battlefield, Medal of Honor, Homefront, and others. Players are being encouraged to play smarter, keep themselves alive longer, and are then rewarded with increasingly powerful enhancements–even going so far as to instantly end the game in the instance of MW2’s Tactical Nuke. However, is this entirely good for the genre? Do players really need incentive to stay alive longer other than the simple fact that they are denying the other team kills, presenting themselves with a better chan...

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solar4716d ago

i believe they promote camping and geared more less towards cohesive gameplay of a team and more towards K/D lone wolves.

only thing worse is regenerative health in MP.

quietlygamingaway4716d ago

regenerative health isnt a problem

spawn camping is quite annoying

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blumatt4716d ago (Edited 4716d ago )

Bane. Killstreaks are fine if they're not overly powerful. CoD4 had the perfect formula for killstreaks. (3 UAV, 5 Airstrike, 7 Helicopter) Then MW2 came in and went all "gung ho" with killstreaks and you couldn't stay alive more than 5 seconds before being re-killed by the same damn herrier. haha

HeavenlySnipes4716d ago (Edited 4716d ago )

had them. You don't get the reward from getting a killstreak, but by rather obtaining a certain amount of points. You can get this by getting kills, doing objectives etc.. You can then activate them at anytime. They also generally don't kill the enemy for you (only the shock thing that the noobs use, Pulse Cannon and LAARK damage enemies)

Invisibility, take less damage, ammo boxes that give extra bullet damage (the game didn't have COD health so its not that bad), adrenaline boost (run faster), ect..

admiralthrawn874716d ago

The "glory days" of shooters is long gone. the days when every game around the corner wasn't a shooter is over. why was counter strike and halo so popular? because there wasn't 44 clones of them per year. also tactics are long gone. nowadays its all about what the dev's give to you. your random secret ability like looking through walls on uncharted 2. abilities are great when they aren't secret and hidden. team fortress 2 is perfect example of how class based games should work. another downfall of shooters is the whole modern "cover system" when you can just sit there behind cover and not get hit till your ready to show yourself....its awful...

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Why MW 2019 is still the best looking Call of Duty to date

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.

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EazyC6d ago

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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Call of Duty Players Disappointed by $80 B.E.A.S.T. Glove Bundle Deal

Recently, players of Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone were met with a new bundle featuring the B.E.A.S.T. Glove, inspired by King Kong's armament in the Godzilla x Kong movie. However, the $80 price tag attached to this themed accessory left many Call of Duty fans feeling underwhelmed.

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Kaii13d ago

Morons that allow themselves to be milked continuously by this company is the definition of irony.
Spend more $$ and you'll end up In easier lobbies so you win both ways when ya spend that cash

melons13d ago

Controversy in the COD community feels like it happens within an alternate timeline. Activision will take the piss with something, there will be a momentary fuss about it, and then they will forget about it and carry on anyway. Repeat this cycle literally every year for the rest of time.

Gridknac13d ago

They call that a crack head! Thats what this is really about, its an addiction. People who dont smoke cigarettes look and laugh at the addicts that spend $8-$10 a pack, but they cant help themselves, they are addicted. That same analogy applies perfectly to the whole MT industry. Only an addict that was not thinking clearly would spend this kind of money on something so frivolous. A round of multiplayer provides the same high a person gets from scratching a lotto ticket, or putting money on a sports bet. MT in general need to really be regulated because you have a generation of kids becoming adults who grew up only knowing the MT era of gaming. Its normal to them and they will in turn teach their kids the same by just being a gaming parent and getting their kids involved with them in gaming. Thats why no matter how ridiculous the headlines keep getting out of the MT industry, it never seems to fade or go away.

X-2311d ago

I'm so tired of hearing about what they're doing with this game, its never going to change and it's never going to value the consumer over money, furthermore the people who engage so heavily in the microtransactions I guess allegedly are having a blast and can't wait to do it some more this year when the new version of the game drops.

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Cheech And Chong Are Coming To Call Of Duty Because Everything Must Be Consumed

The famous comedy duo is the latest example of pop culture becoming one big grey blob

Christopher27d ago

Certain to have some sort of reference to their online store for CBD/THC chews, which is advertising heavily online the last month or two.

Sciurus_vulgaris27d ago

The randomness of the multiplayer characters is one of reason I quit playing COD after briefly returning in 2022. We got Space Marines, rappers, tree monsters etc. all in a series called “ Modern Warfare”.

OtterX27d ago (Edited 27d ago )

I think if there was ever a time for a competitor to rise up and take away some of Call of Duty's thunder, the time would be now. A military shooter that takes itself seriously, not sold out to Fortnitism. Easier said than done, I know... but the time is ripe.

I can't stand this stuff either.

Palitera26d ago

There are tons of MP shooters that make no profit, if you're looking for one of those

fsfsxii26d ago

You guys have been saying this shit since 2009. Fortunately, nobody’s bringing down cod anytime soon, if ever.

crazyCoconuts26d ago

I agree. I really didn't like how the silliness takes away the gritty origins. That and all the crazy effects... dunno. I'm still playing it but I'd love for someone to steal their cheese and cater to grittier players

OtterX26d ago

@fsfsxii It's not so much wanting COD itself to die as it is wanting this silliness to die. Like CrazyCoconuts said, it takes from the grittiness. Many OG COD players want a straightup Military shooter experience, not silly costume time at Carnival.

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Profchaos26d ago

is this what the kids want these days a pair of iconic stoners who were big in the 70s and have kind of held on I enjoyed their movies decades ago but I never recall the movie where cheech infiltrates a enemy base while chong snipes for support guess I must of missed that one

Man I'm getting to old for this

Knightofelemia27d ago (Edited 27d ago )

Cheech just looks so wrong in the picture.

Profchaos26d ago

Why just why. cod up in smoke

anast26d ago

They charge too much for a game that is kitsch.

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