Although exclusive game beta’s and demo’s are nothing new to gaming, having been previous included on discs for magazines such as GamePro and EGM, having games with exclusive beta windows requiring purchasing a game or gaining access to a code is a slightly newer feature. The ability for publishers to include a demo in their game can be a major boost to a newer IP. But will this be how all beta’s will be done?
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.
For those who don't have time for massive open worlds or role-playing games with epic tales, these 15 games are worth checking out.
Not every Halo game has been a banger, but the franchise still has a raft of the greatest games of all time.
Infinite is a dumpster fire and as much as I like ODST, in no universe it ranks above Halo 2. This list is trash.
Best to worst: Halo 3, Halo 2, Halo Reach, Halo CE, Halo 4, Halo ODST, Halo Infinite, Halo 5.
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It certainly is a good business model... don't know if it's good for us though.
i wouldnt be surprised if it happened
All i know is i dont buy any fps without a demo . There are genres i dont feel a dire need for it (rpgs , fighting games) ... but each fps release on every platform get so much unwarranted hype , and each gets released so broken and in need of early patching , that a demo is in order to check its worth .
You can throw away the beta. I'll always look for the demo.