Publishing is a shameless business; be it books, movies or games. Year after year we have to cope with the same games we've been playing countless times before. Five franchises we're done with. Warning: you might not agree!
Call of Duty games used to be streamlined experiences, but COD 2024’s UI could be another nightmarish clutter of streaming tabs.
If we’re beating that drum, can we also stop forcing anyone who wants to play only the single player to download Warzone and all updates BEFORE they are then able to do another download from the menu of the single player campaign. I don’t see why I need 150gb of downloads in several ways to play the single player mode only from a bloomin disk which should have that campaign on it already.
The UI is confusing to me because I have not purchased a Call of Duty iin like 8 years .Only bought CoD MW3 because 3 of my friends I have known since to 70s are playing zombies . But I am used it now .
The UI is the least of the franchise many problems these days. But yes the UI is also terrible.
Do you remember what gaming was like before Fortnite entered the gaming space? One of the biggest arguments was about loot boxes. Now we have conversations about crossovers, battle passes, and community outreach.
Idk. Loot boxes did disappear and battle passes and in game purchases are all cosmetic. We get free weapons and maps post launch, any gameplay affecting content. I could care less about all the cosmetics.
I absolutely hated the days where weapons were locked behind a less than 1% chance lootbox pull where it'd take 5+ hours to have enough tokens to do a single pull and lazy remastered/remake maps cost you $15 each wave or $50 for the season pass that you didn't know what you'd get and these maps were only available to those that bought it so you get a smaller pool of players match with.
Call of duty can simply not copy the bad aspects of Fortnite? Or is that too out of this world? Like COD, a realistic shooter-just HAD to have Nicki Minaj running around? Or super heroes?
I prefer the battle passes with free maps than the $50 season pass that divided the community. I definitely feel that Fortnite had some influence on CoD having loot boxes with Blackout being introduced in 2018 with Black Ops 4.
Actually Fortnite bullshit ruined Unreal Tournament. Epic are sellouts and I will never have that shitty store on my PC, fuck them and that shit bag Tim Sweeney. At least the community keeps the games alive, I still play UT2004.
The Black Ops Gulf War leaks continue with a list of weapon descriptions giving more info on what you can expect from new and returning weapons.
COD needs to end and it will one day, but I think it would be best if the teams of developers all worked on solo projects cos they must be bored as shit there, same project every year, all that talent working on the same thing every year, I reckon they have alot more to offer especially Sledgehammer games cos of their work on Dead Space
If COD is worn out then why is it still a billion dollar franchise??
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my list:
1. call of duty
2. assassin's creed
3. Final Fantasy
4. Halo
5. Killzone
For me, the best COD was 4, so it goes to show that the franchise is capable of reinventing itself.
Favorite Assassin's Creed was 2, when it nearly perfected the gameplay mechanics of stealth assassinations and freerunning, Favorite halo was the second, because it improved on the original, and introduced absolutely rock solid online multiplayer into the mix. Killzone 2 was the best as the game provided damned addicting multiplayer, and while the campaign was dissapointing, set in motion a new era of ultra cinematic first person shooters.
All of these games have simply stayed past their welcome.
As to the person who replied above that COD has sold so much, its because gamers are roped into believing that this NEXT iteration will become the definitive edition, and it simply hasn't been the case. Advanced Warfare was a darn good start to some interesting ideas, from a new studio, but I don't feel that it has done enough to distuinguish itself from other games like it. It's different from traditional COD, but not different thematically from games like Crysis and Titanfall.
Tony Hawks that franchise faded away faster than a fart outside, but their is a new one coming out, doubt it will smell well tho.