Call of Duty is a gaming juggernaut. Every year, EA makes trucks filled with money (also, at this point the trucks are also made out of money) off of the game series. And gamers are normally happy to drop $60 on a game they already bought last year. While some games in the series have drastically changed the gaming landscape, many of the games are more of the same. Regardless of how you feel about the series, what your favorite Call of Duty game is says a lot about you. Armed with only a basic concept of psychology (I write for the internet and do stand-up comedy so my psychological state is often in question), I will do my best to piece together what your favorite Call of Duty game says about you. You probably already knew that because, well, that’s what the article is called and I believe firmly in truth in advertising.
Yes, this article will poke fun at the Call of Duty culture. Yes, some of you will be upset at me and probably wall hack the crap out of me. I’m ok with this. Also, many of the Call of Duty games are so similar that I’m not going to address them (the first 3 games improve upon each other but really aren’t their own games like later games in the series, a problem many games that follow a certain historical event run into). However, I will do my best to at least please 17% of everyone who reads this article.
Call Of Duty
Ahh, yes, the game that started it all. Released all the way back in the dark times of 2003. This game made you want to run out and buy a new gaming PC (with an nVidia GeForce 4 card and Intel Pentium 4 processor). This game took place during World War 2. Immediately, gamers were hooked on the addictive multiplayer and level of detail the game brought to the often covered WW2. Other games attempted to be the definitive WW2 game, but Call of Duty cemented it’s legacy as that game. This game also made its way into pop culture way before everyone hopped on Call of Duty’s blood-soaked bandwagon. During the 3rd season of The Office, Jim and his office mates play the game instead of doing work.
What it Says About You
If the original Call of Duty is your favorite, congrats, you like your games to be classic. You don’t need perks and red dot sights. Nope, all you need is a good World War 2 era gun and some iron sights. You probably had many late nights having LAN parties and killing other gamers online. You are a distinguished individual. If Call of Duty was a wine, it would be…umm…an expensive one that you have to go to a vineyard to get…or a classy CVS drug store. Drink up, you classy SOB.
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19 Comments
Are you sure Call of Duty games are published by EA?
You are correct. They do not. That was my own mess up. EA publishes the Battlefield games. Activision is the one responsible for Call of Duty. I wrote this article in the middle of the Sim City debacle so I had EA on the brain. My apologies.
This post is just you feeling superior to COD fans basically. The same circlejerk you find all over the web.
This is the first article I’ve read on this site that has disappointed me.
I’m honored to have disappointed you. You are clearly not in my 17 percent demographic.
This was such fun to read not entirely true but still fun
Thank you for reading and I’m glad you had fun. That was my goal.
I’d have made the CoD4 bit simpler.
“If this was your favourite Call of Duty game then you are wise, awesome and lovable. Because after this, it died, it so died”.
I wanted to put that but I have to at least pretend to put effort into my articles. But yes, COD4 is the r0xx0rz.
gavin finally, COD4 is definitely the best followed by MW2 then one of the black ops cause of zombies. Since 4 they have yet to update graphic (significantly). MW2 was fun cause it brought more guns in and all of that stuff, but 4 that was by far the best bringing in the create a class. in my opinion all the treyarch games suck. the only thing keeping people buying their games are zombies and the screwed that up with transit. only good thing bout new zombies is survival on town and die rise (hopefully more like it). but yeah, since 4 the games have been the same old same old, oh and black ops 2 multiplayer is the worst yet. LMGs o.p. much. i can make a hamr shoot all of its ammo in 1 bullet hole. like jesus christ learn from battlefield. try to shoot one of their LMGs on full auto, you wont hit the broadside of a barn door. so yeah i agree with just about everything you have said and sadly i am the owner of every call of duty since 3 which was also a great game.
What about COD:UO, Gray Matters now Trecharc, COD 2?
yeah man, call of duty diz the best yo You hate’in on my game dawg. Go back to crap Halo you stupd foo.
This is either the best satire of Call of Duty players or the most unintentionally funny post of all time. Either way, bravo good sir.
idiot, halo is a better game serious then COD. better graphics, better game play, nice players online that dont rage every 10 seconds etc… what does call of duty have thats better…. oh yeah NOTHING.
Another writer with a superiority complex. Look at me I played all the games from the beginning! Look at me I don’t camp! Look at me I can run and shoot at the same time! Look at me pleaseeee….
If we didn’t have a slight superiority complex, we wouldn’t be writers.
You missed a staple in the Call of Duty Franchise. Call of Duty 2. It is still one of the most played PC competive shooters played today, next to Counter Strike.
Competitive*
I only played Modern warfare 1,2,3 cuz of the story…
What if COD 2 was my favorite?