8 Ways Infinite Warfare Is The Beginning Of The End For Call Of Duty
Nobody wants this, not even the developers.
It must be hard being Activision. I mean yes, you can waft yourself to sleep with fans of cash every night, but you've also got to continually come up with or license new ways to 'do another Call of Duty' every year.
Every.single.year.
Let that sink in, because even Assassin's Creed with its oodles of plot and character potential still stumbled and hit the floor, resulting in a rumoured 2017 instalment that I guarantee won't see the light of day if Watch_Dogs 2 is remotely successful. Back to COD though, and with the turn of the generation saw fresh developers Sledgehammer evolve the basic gameplay of the series by altering some fundamental mechanics in Advanced Warfare.
Jump to Black Ops 3, and the story now revolved around soldiers with bio-augmented limbs and shared consciousnesses and... let's just say it went off the deep end.
With Infinite Warfare, returning devs Infinity Ward are continuing to mine the depths of this sci-fi setup, resulting in a game that looks to have about as much in common with COD as Batman V Superman does with quality filmmaking.
People seem to have already made up their mind, but can the tide be turned? Probably not, because...
8. Fans Are More Psyched For Modern Warfare Remastered
Talk about your diametrically opposed PR spins. On the one hand you've got the entire pitch of a 'sci-fi Call of Duty' being presented to fans who want nothing of the sort, right next to the welcome announcement that the beloved Modern Warfare is also returning with a new lick of paint.
The stickler, is the latter won't be available separately, and you'll have to pick up certain Infinite Warfare bundles to get it. It's almost like they knew there'd have to be an additional incentive to plonk down cash on such a crazy idea in the first place...
Regardless - and this is an even sadder comment on where we are this generation - people are incredibly psyched to play something from almost 10 years ago, because somewhere along the way, the mindset turns into "Well I loved it then, I'll love it now!" despite everything about the industry and you as a person ageing in between.
Come launch at the tail-end of this year, MW Remastered will be fine. It'll be fine, and serviceable. But the more time you spend playing back through that campaign and reacquainting yourself with all the old maps, will only cement how off the rails Infinite Warfare is by comparison, reminding you that COD is never going to be anywhere near that good ever again.