Ranking the Call of Duty games

Digitally Downloaded writes, "It's been a month and a bit since Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 was released, and people have already devoted days and days worth of time to the game - almost more than people have devoted to Skyrim, in some cases. People play the wheels off of Call of Duty games but, more often than not, they don't bother to stop and think about how it stacks up to the games that came before it.

Well, I decided to take a crack at it. This here is a list of all of the major games of the Call of Duty franchise, ranked from best to worst. If you haven't had a chance to play them all - from original to the latest release - give it a read: you may be surprised at how things stack up."

[Shackdaddy836]

Pretty good list. That's around my opinion +/- a few.

Also, there were a lot of CoD games left out. Like CoD:Finest Hour is probably the worst out of the whole series. It's miles behind even CoD3 (the second worst game on my list).

[frostypants]

Not a BAD list...props to them for judging them based on when they were released (i.e., putting the original in at #2). BUT, by this same logic, MW3 has no right being in the top 5, and above MW2. MW3 literally brought nothing new to the table. There's a reason why people call it MW2.5. It's clearly getting bonus points just due to it being the most recent release.

I'd rank them this way:
1) CoD
2) MW
3) CoD 2
4) WaW
5) BlOps
6) CoD 3
7) MW2
8) MW3

With #1-#7 being tight, and a BIIIIG dropoff between #7 and #8.

[Spenok]

You know at first i was going to disagree with you about WaW being above Black ops, however after i think about it i remember having some rather good times with that one. The action, none of the extra bullshit you see in the newer releases... and the mature factor they included when you hit someone with an explosive.

I'd definitly say your list is better.

[Getowned]

From 1 being Good to 8 being BAD.
(1)-Call of Duty 2
(2)-Call of Duty MW
(3)-Call of Duty Black Ops
(4)-Call of Duty W@W
(5)-Call of Duty MW2
(6)-Call of Duty(wasn't bad,just landed here)
(7)-Call of Duty 3
(8)Call of Duty MW3(worst one yet but SP was good)

[KillerBBs]

Like I always say.... Graphics get better but the games get worst. Game play can not keep up with the demand for better graphics.

Yet inter net speed are tripling and getting cheap!

[Majin-vegeta]

For me COD 2&4 the rest suck IMO.

[lastdual]

COD1 definitely didn't suck.

[Wikkid666]

CoD1 was crazy hard

[RedDead]

Meh, i'd put Blops second and then Agree

[Simco876]

Black Ops before MW2? ahahhahahaha

[Mikeyy]

Many people like BO because it acually was challenging. In MW2, all you needed to do was Hide once you got enough kills, for your first killstreak, then you can earn your chopper gunner / nuke hiding in some obscure corner, chaining kill streaks.

[Wikkid666]

Don't forget all the glitches/exploits

[neonlight45]

don't forget one many army and danger close

[princejb134]

dude is all about fun
my list would be
mw1
mw3
mw2
black ops
waw
i dont care about the other ones since i didnt play them

[Getowned]

MW3 ahead of Black ops what blasphemy is this!

[princejb134]

thats why i said my list and the games i had more fun with
i didnt have as much fun on black ops as in mw2
i played black ops for about 7 months before i got bored
i played mw2 for 2 years till mw3 came out

[Getowned]

I had more fun with black ops then MW2 or MW3(which is horrible I would rather burn my left nipple for 4 hours)

While I respect your opinion, I Dissagree!

[frostypants]

BlOps had less lag, better maps, better customization, better sound...

[Sizzon]

CoD 2 and CoD 4: MW are my favourite CoD games. MW3 is great, Black Ops is good. Didn't really like WaW because of the tanks and the OP MP40 in MP. And I absolutely hated MW2 because of the awful killstreaks and perks like commando pro and nuke.

[blodulv]

MW3 should only be above MW2... Spec Ops is definitely good but the multiplayer is terrible.

Horrendous maps, terrible spawning, ridiculous lag making you go 30/5 in one game, then 5/30 the next. These lag problems for me appeared to start with Black Ops and it looks like there's no turning back now unfortunately.

Whats a guy to do though, go play Battlefield 3? No Thanks.

[DARK WITNESS]

I have to say I totally agree with you.

I can't take Blops or MW3 seriously at all when I cannot tell which a game is going to go because of the lag.

As you say, It was never a problem before blackops. I know Cod4, MW2 had lag, but not like what we get in Blops. I rate Cod4 and MW2 over the other 2.

MW3 has got a little better but only a little. Blops was one of the most frustrating game experiences I have ever had, hence me selling it.

I don't think I will buy next cod game simply because I don't see it getting any better. they seem to just manage to make it worse with each new game.

[ape007]

CoD mw1 and mw2 are the best, also cod 2 was a classic

black ops is better than wow, both games had their moments but they take a back seat to Mw1 and Mw2

I can't speak much about mw3, im disappointing with the mp maps, no improvements in what so ever and definitely a downgrade in soundtrack from mw1 and definitely Mw2

[MizTv]

mw2 number one!!!!!!!!!!

[MizTv]

blops sucks claymores every where and lag is so bad

[ReflexGamer]

I rented blops and played for about a week and was tired of it, rented mw3 played about an hour and was sick of it. Zero innovation, somehow the graphics have gotten worse since cod4, lag is ridiculous, sound sucks,games should be going forward not backward. But, the millions of casuals who don't know any better eat it up, don't expect activision to change their ways either, they will milk it dry

[Slugg3r]

Funny that i like Blops much better than MW2/3, when everyone else seems to hate it. Blops had best maps in my opinion, MW2 had good ones too but MW3 maps were just so dull.

[fr00ty-wizenhymer]

1) vCoD
2) CoD: UE
3) CoD 2
4) CoD 3
5) CoD 4
6) CoD 5
7) MW2
8) Blops
9) MW3

And that is honestly what I think. A steady downhill drop in quality every year.

[Slugg3r]

Cod 4 is easily among the best while CoD 3 is probalbly worst/second worst losing/topping only MW3

[fr00ty-wizenhymer]

You must have never played vCoD/UE or even CoD 2. CoD 4 wasn't the worst in the series but it still wasn't very good. CoD 3 was much funner and required much more teamwork than 4 did. Only way 4 can beat 3 is with CoD 4 Promod on PC.

vCoD/UE is still the best hands down. Anyone who played back in the day would agree. CoD 4 is an overrated piece of poop. CoD 3, though a disappointment compared to 1 & 2, still much better than newer cods.

[Slugg3r]

@fr00ty-wizenhymer

Well I have to agree with you on CoD4 being overrated, even if it brought modern shooters where they are now. As for CoD3 I can't really share your opinion, it didn't have anything new or inspiring. We can forgive that it being treyarchs first Cod. Never playd UE nor Cod2 so I'll leave those alone.

[Gamer-Z]

MW3 should be last on that list, worst COD to ever come out.

[Relientk77]

My top ones are:

Modern Warfare and Black Ops, so those are my top 2 spots, all the others are under them

[0neShot]

Disagree, my criteria is the solid shooting mechanics - weapons, bullet physics, movement, hit detection, lag, etc.

MW2
MW1
WaW
BOP
MW3