Advanced Warfare's Story Length, Maps, Scorestreaks & More Leak

GoodGameBro writes, "As we inch closer to the release date of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, it appears that more & more users are getting their hands on the game early. Last night, the length of Advanced Warfare’s story was revealed, as well as the scorestreaks, maps, ranked playlists, and other items."

[TheJacksonRGN]

5 Hours? Thought the devs said it would be longer than your average COD campaign? That's shorter actually.

[1nsomniac]

That's exactly what they said!

[Redrum059]

Whose really surprised though?

[raWfodog]

The majority of people probably won't even play the campaign anyway but at least they're still including one and giving people the option.

[Deividas]

@raWfodog

Actually the majority of people tend to enjoy the COD campaigns...Might not be the reason why they buy them but its something that has been constantly pretty enjoyable.

I know I for one find them to be a great part of those games.

[Gazondaily]

Yeah they said it would be much longer.

To be honest, 5 hours is a decent length for a COD campaign for me. The template wears thin after a while. Custcene, interactive cool slow mo bits, crazy story plotline that I have no idea etc etc.

[ZombieKiller]

@raWfodog Dude if you look at my MP stats of the COD games when I played them, you'll see in MP I have anywhere between 15-20 days played and tens of thousands of kills.

I've been through every COD campaign...even the atrocious Ghosts campaign which was extremely bad compared to the others. Black Ops 2, I obtained all the trophies and alternate paths as well. Including the ending.

Not that I want a cookie, but speak for yourself dude.

Let's not forget that the campaign came way before the multiplayer.

[raWfodog]

@ ZombieKiller

Actually I've played all of the campaigns also, at least on the CoD's that I've bothered to play (COD:MW, COD:MW2, COD:BO) and I've also enjoyed them. I just know that a lot of people don't even bother to play the campaigns and dive straight into the MP.

Just to be clear, I'm happy when games include SP campaigns and don't ever want to see it go away as I am mainly a SP type gamer.

[bouzebbal]

so this is just ANOTHER COD. Expected though cause they always praise SP length.

[R6ex]

I buy only for the Single-Player Campaign. It had better be good!

[svoulis]

Isn't the average like 3-4 hours?

[ABizzel1]

It's because they don't have to try, because most people go directly to the multiplayer.

[Upbeat]

How can people actually disagree with ABizzel1, you'd have to have no brain.

[oof46]

@Upbeat: While most people do go straight to multiplayer, there are still a good amount of people who finish the campaign first.

[ABizzel1]

@oof46

Which is exactly why I said most people, and launching with things like double XP even more of those people are going to go straight to multiplayer.

[oof46]

@ABizzel1: I don't disagree with you. I was just commenting to Upbeat why you got disagrees.

[ChronoJoe]

I finish campaign first. Not sure why but I rarely hit multiplayer in games before either completing or putting a good chunk of time for the multiplayer.

It may sound silly, but for me it provides context for the action. I like to know why I'm shooting people I'm shooting... makes it more involved for me.

Adds a little to it, otherwise it just feels like 'generic us military faction' vs 'randam ethnic minority terrorist group'. At least by playing singleplayer it makes a little more sense, to me.

That's just me though of course. I get why people skip it.

[Meltic]

wtf 5 hours are u kidding me ?. No way im paying a full price for this when i just wanna play the SP Campaign. Im getting this Another way not paying full price. And wasnt this next gen COD suppose too have a longer and better Campaign ? hm

[ThunderPulse]

*RED ALERT* *RED ALERT* *HOSTILE PIRATE SPOTTED*

[Meltic]

I am a pirate just beacuse i said im getting this Another way ?... well im waiting for a price drop...

[DeadlyOreo]

I take it not many people bought Titanfall then?

What's interesting is that games on past generations such as Resident Evil used to take me about 2-3 hours to complete, yet they were my favourite games to date, and there was no online there either. This game has both and both will be good.

[DarkOcelet]

@DeadlyOreo . You are kidding right . No way it took you 3 hours to finish Resident Evil first trilogy or last trilogy 3 hours unless you knew every nook and cranny because the average was 8 or 9 hours and Resident evil 6 campaign took me 25 hours to finish the 3 campaigns excluding Ada's campaign but . Even Revelations which was the shortest campaign will take the average player 5 hour to finish and Operation Raccoon City will take you 7 to 8 hours too . But yes i agree when you know everything you will be able to finish the first in less than 2 hours and the second in 4 hours and the third in less than 2 hours too but they were excellent . Even though 5 went to the action route the gameplay was really good and solid . If only they went to horror locations with a bit of change in gameplay then they will please alot of fans .

[porkChop]

For all we know, he could have run straight through the game on the easiest difficulty.

[PSN_ZeroOnyx]

That's exactly what I'm thinking, pro player speed run.

[Johnsonparts23]

not sure why anyone cares about the story length at this point. We all know how the story will go and most probably won't even play it. Multiplayer is all that matters and they better fix it.

[LoneWolf019]

Still a better story then Destiny

[Mithan]

That is why I don't buy them since cod4.

[Foraoise]

Declassified ranked in at a record 45 minutes :P

[NeoGamer232]

Ghosts was shorter...

I think it was about 3.5 hours.

But, 5 hrs is disappointing... I was hoping for 8-10.

[burza1982]

It is longer than was :) Haha

[r3f1cul]

cod devs lying about something :O :O ... ohhhh wait thats what they always do... they also said quick scoping wasnt in this... or the past couple cods as well... and its still there... and fuck you final stand ringing any bells? yea... cod will say and do anything to sale copies...

[Blashted]

Oh well the multiplayer is the only thing that lasts. SP seems normal length but im glad theyre not pulling a Dead Space 3 and making 40 hour campaign.

[Tempest317]

I dont remember ds3 taking anywhere near 40 hours

[victorMaje]

Hopefully they're worth it, fingers crossed...

[PhoenixRising37]

i'm actually really excited for this cod.

[The Meerkat]

Your suffering from Destiny syndrome.

I've got it too. I can't believe I'm excited about COD again.

[GMW]

The Destiny story is really spread out thin that it feels like there is no story. I'm about to call it quits and trade it in for something else or in this case COD LOL!!

Actually, I know what I miss. Uncharted type of story telling! The kind that gets you all lost in it's world and looking forward to the next time you play. sigh.

[Gamer4life888]

i was, now i am not

[D3athc3ll]

LOL

[Sokol]

I primary play single player and I'm still wandering why they even bother with it in the Call of Duty ..

The only one worth playing was the COD4 Modern Warfare and the older titles.

[Heisenburger]

Because plenty of other people enjoy them, buddy. Obviously you know this. So I do not get why you are playing dumb with your comment.

The only one that I did not like was MW3. But then again I disliked that game from top, to bottom. I never played Ghost(s), so I do not know about that.

If they do not have a single player, what else would they show for their ads? It's all explosions and vague dialogue typically in the commercials.

I've seen a lot of people in recent years say the "typical five hour campaign" comment. But truly I've never beaten a CoD campaign that quickly. Granted I take my time in every game I play(unless it makes sense for my character to be running) but they are usually eight-ten hours for me, at least.

Plus there is little to no context for this run time. Does it include cutscenes? Plenty of games do not include cutscenes, nor do they include all of the times you died and restarted. Then again, plenty do.

Was the player just bulldozing through it in that playthrough?

Either way, if people say this game lasts five hours, and ALL of the other ones lasted five hours, then for me this is about a ten hour campaign, which is fine considering I will be getting Unity the next week, and Inquisition the week after.

If the narrative is compelling, I could see myself playing through it again.

[spicelicka]

Good for you.

But for many other people this is BS. The last 4-5 cod games have been garbage single player wise. Cod 4 did it right because it was the first time, the cinematics were amazing and every scene was classic.

Since that it's been a crapfest where you're literally given a 15 foot wide space to move in, and every other step something blows up in your face or you're forced to watch your players do stunts without any control whatsoever. If you like it that's great, but i prefer to have my game like a game, rather than an interactive movie.

[Heisenburger]

@spicelicka

Really? "THIS IS BS!!1!"
I'll never understand why people state their opinions as facts. If you were a little more intelligent you could say things like "I didn't care for the last few", for example.

But no, you have a little bratty attitude because I'm not throwing a fit.

I replied to a guy that was of a similar mindset as you, with my different opinion. Yet you felt the need to counter mine with the same opinion as the first, more or less.

You value your opinion far too much.

[spicelicka]

I didn't say it like a statistic, it IS a general fact that many people find this 5 hour campaign BS, just like how many other people are cool with it. I'm not writing a formal statement here, when I say BS you should be able to understand that I just mean I'm not ok with it.

I'm not sure why you're taking it personally, everything i said after "good for you" didn't pertain to you. It's great if you like it the way it is. You felt the need to defend it because you like the game how it is, and i felt the need to attack it because I don't. And this is not because I'm trolling, it's because Cod4 is one of my favourite games of last gen, and i did care about the franchise at that point. But I feel a bit bitter because of what they've done to it.

And to be honest I'm actually liking the multiplayer in advance warfare. They've changed the formula up and graphics look a lot better which is good. I don't like the campaign because they haven't done anything to improve it in years, now they've stuck Kevin spacey on it and i don't buy it. It was looking better until i found out it's the same 5 hour interactive movie. So yea i value what i say regarding that.

[FastRedPonyCar]

As long as it's entertaining, I don't mind. I don't play COD multiplayer so as long as they have made a solid action packed SP campaign, it'll be a good redbox rental for a weekend and move onto something else.

[radiantmind]

Roughly 5hrs seems right to me. Any more than that is a bit numbing. Kinda like the Michael Bay Transformers movies. They should be no more 90 min long but they just go on and on and after the 2 hr mark its unwatchable with all the constant barrage of noise and explosions.

[spicelicka]

Well if they allocated time for some actual gameplay instead of noise and explosions, it wouldn't numbing. Just the fact that you've compared it to a Michael bay movie says enough.

[radiantmind]

Agreed

[OC_MurphysLaw]

5 hours for the single player is fine by me. I don't really need COD to have a long single player just a quality story. Factor in the MP and the CO-OP modes and its a well rounded package at $60.

Plus I would 100% take the 5 hours of single player COD over the excuse of a single player experience Destiny delivered or Titanfall for that fact.

[averagejoe26]

So paying full price for call of duty because of pvp and co op is OK?

But paying full price for destiny which has a much longer single player experience, a more immersive co op experience and pvp is not OK?

Oooh the fanboys

[OC_MurphysLaw]

If that is what you call a single player experience knock yourself out. Grinding the same thing over and by yourself isn't on the same level sorry.

Oooooh the fanboys....LOLz.

[ShowGun901]

actually it IS pretty biased... if you never wanted to replay a mission, it takes around 15 hours to complete destinys story, which is, last time i checked, THREE TIMES MORE CONTENT! Plus, co-op!

maybe if you werent playing by yourself?...

[OC_MurphysLaw]

I get the single player of Destiny drags out much longer but the single player story of almost all COD games is 3 times better than than that of Destiny. Entertain me for 5-6 versus bore me for 15.

But that is my opinion to each their own.

[tlougotg]

I will be honest the only COD sp i got into, completed and love was MW2 but then again i loved that game overall until stupid cheaters and hacks ruined it. Typically when i get a COD game i try the sp for like 20 minutes then jump straight into the mp.

Either way shortening the sp isnt good at all as it is taking away value we should be getting with our games and before you know it COD wil be an only mp game which isnt good. I know alot of ppl that like the sp aspect of this and BF. People complained about games such as Starhawk and Titanfall because of the lack of sp.

[Dirtnapstor]

I'll believe it when I play it. I tend to enjoy the experience, so I don't burn through the campaigns, especially when trophy hunting.
Most other COD campaigns were "short" also. Not in my book.

[hennessey86]

Have they ran through on the easiest difficulty, or did they ramp up to veteran and play through the game properly. These titles are very misleading.

[famoussasjohn]

I would assume Easy to Normal difficulty and ran through it. CoD has always been around 5-6 hours on those difficulties while Veteran was just hair tearing and will take longer as you find a strategy that works for you to beat the level.

The mission on World At War with the flame throwers where you get ambushed. Grenade city and hopping in their spiderholes as you heal was so frustrating. Hated having 3-4 nades thrown in my direction like I was a magnet.

[Dark_Overlord]

"Hated having 3-4 nades thrown in my direction like I was a magnet. "

Damn you're lucky, I counted 16 within 10 seconds when I played XD

[badboyz09]

Will it Have Zombies Yes or No???????

[famoussasjohn]

No full zombies mode. During round 10 however, there will be a bonus round that will have zombies. Zombies is Treyarchs, so they can't full on take their idea.

[Trekster_Gamer]

I hope it takes a lot longer on a harder difficulty. Looks like fun.
I wish they would do even a more futuristic story. Hundreds of years in the future.

[Simco876]

It's called Destiny

[Wingsfan24]

I'm fine with a five hour campaign, they usually wear pretty thin pretty quickly.

[saber00005]

Remember the days of when campaigns used to make up most of the game? Though I like multiplayer, I think it's kinda lame that the campaign is soooo short.

[Thethinbeast1]

Can anybody tell me if the have said anything about Free for All?

[FITgamer]

Damn that pretty short story. As far as MP goes hardcore S&D and Dom is all i needed to see.

[Sneakybudda]

Am cheesed off how short campaign is this time round. But it's still gunna rock!!!!

[Sheabon]

The majority of people who buy the Call of Duty games actually never plays the MP according to the stats.

[DEAD-DEVIL-DISCO]

Im a rare breed with cod i guess. I complete the sp first before touching mp. Cod 1 and 2 were intense campaigns not to mention mw 1 and 2, i am oldschool, and from a time of sp games. But hell, this time dont mind getting to mp sooner. But ill find the hardest difficulty and milk it cause it looks decent. Atleast better than bf4. Big bf player btw

[averagejoe26]

Call of duty

5 hour story

Generic war plot

Focus on PvP

10/10

_________

Destiny

Weeks of missions/strikes/raid resulting in hours of gameplay I couldn't even keep count of

Generic sci fi plot

Story and PvP intertwined

5/10

[Nivalis]

Pretty much this.

[Swiggins]

While I love Destiny to death, almost every. single. one. of it's many missions is just "Go here, scan with ghost, fight enemies, rinse, repeat."

There are painfully few missions with any variety in Destiny...the Sword of Crota and the Vault of Glass are really the only things I can think of that have unique gameplay elements. Hell even the strike bosses are just bigger versions of enemies you already fight with a metric ton of health.

With CoD, even though the campaign is short, you at least have a buffet of events and set-pieces.

[Steelmanner]

Guys can we not get this one...please. You know if we all stopped buying their crap they might actually try next year...

[jriquelme_paraguay]

Can't wait to play this. I don't play the campaign since World at War Lol.

[thepatientgamer]

I'd rather get a five hours of something I know is going to be entertaining, then a four hour three hour oh yeah BF3 and BF4 campaigns suck.

And don't even get me started on the new medal of honor...

[Alsybub]

If true, that's another game ruined for everyone. I hate these leaks. I know that we all want to know about games that are coming out but a leak is essentially a spoiler and leaves nothing as a surprise and therefore detracts from the final experience.

[pornflakes]

This game will destroy Destiny in sales.. like every COD

[Perjoss]

5 or 6 hours is ok, if its rubbish you didnt waste too much time, if its good then you can replay it a few times and not worry about how much time you will spend replaying it.

Alien is so very good, but at 15 to 20 hours I wonder how many people will actually replay it.