The Call of Duty series is ones of Activisions most prised franchises. Famed for its realistic World War 2 combat, it was no wonder that many eyebrows were raised when Call of Duty 4 went modern. However it was pulled off well and received universal praise and many game of the year awards. Recently announced, Call of Duty 5 is set in a "new theatre of war". Call of Duty has done World War 2, modern warfare and so this new theatre of War must logically be futuristic warfare.
Futuristic warfare is by no means a stranger to war games, with the likes of Gears of war, resistance and Killzone...
Huzaifa from eXputer: "2008 was home to the likes of Call of Duty: World at War, Dead Space, GTA 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, and many other hits, which is outright remarkable."
Just about every year in the 7th generation was great and something we most likely won't experience again.
2009 for example had Assassin's Creed 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dragon Age: Origins, Uncharted 2, Halo 3: ODST, Killzone 2, Borderlands, Bayonetta, and Demon's Souls to name a few.
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.
Call Of Duty is back with its yearly instalment, but is Modern Warfare 3 breaking new ground, or just a lazy cash grab? The answer may not surprise you in today's review from JDR.
Apparently I have been banned from the source, even though it's the first time I ever visited.
Is anyone else getting the same thing?
Edit: I'm finally able to get through.
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Sorry but usually I'm fairly balanced in my criticisms but COD5 is all but confirmed as a WW2 shooter set in the Pacific Theatre (ie. new theatre) where the Americans and Japanese fought till 1945, and using the COD4 engine.
I thought that this was "News For Gamers" not "Uninformed and biased opinions from absolute nobodies who want to be internet celebrities".
Apparently I was wrong.
CoD5 has not been comfirmed as anything yet, it is just speculation it is set in the pacific. And if it is it would be a return to WW2, not a "new military theatre"
I think it would be cool if the CoD-team would play around a little more and try out different directions regarding the game-universe on the titles.
Future warfare could be cool, but I think the term warfare is universal and it doesn't matter what time or place it is.
I'd like to see a CoD-title take place in older historical scenarios or maybe in some kind of sci-fi/surreal/fantasy-univers e.
A stylized World War 1-scenario for instance.
After all, war never changes. :)