8 Ways Call Of Duty Can Screw Up By Returning To Its Roots
7. Respect The Heritage, Don't Abuse It
It might be tempting to rehash the same stories and character arcs from the original games (or the Modern Warfare series), albeit with refined shooter mechanics. Black Ops II did this with Mason and Woods taking centre-stage, but frankly, who gave a rat’s *ss about them?
What the next Call of Duty needs to do, is look at successful soft reboots of games like Resident Evil 7, Uncharted 4 and Gears of War 4. These are titles that respect their heritage, and that play on audience expectations and familiarity.
Basically, they didn’t poop all over the originals.
Yes, the moustache king Captain Price has name recognition. Sure, Call of Duty dominated the WWII scene. But the worst thing COD can do is retread the same old ground, or same old warzone, in the same way they’ve done a thousand times before.
Now, let’s make a genuinely modern shooter. You know, one that doesn’t rely on jump-packs and satellite cutscenes to ‘immerse’ and ‘engage’ us.