10 Great Video Games (With Terrible Storylines)
8. Call Of Duty: Ghosts (2013)
The original Call of Duty titles focused on exploring just about every conceivable narrative angle of the Second World War. Yet, when the series made the transition to modern warfare in the 2007 release of the same name, it was still more or less grounded in the geopolitical realities of the time.
The same can absolutely not be said about 2013’s Call of Duty: Ghosts. Releasing during a time in which popular opinion was turning against the repetitive, over-the-top nature of the CoD campaigns, Ghosts explored the most ill-conceived, ridiculous plot thread since Russia managed to invade the entirety of Europe all at once in Modern Warfare 3.
In the bleak, distant future of 2017, all South American countries ban together to form the Federation of the United Americas. They then capture a U.S. orbital bombardment satellite and use it to destroy San Diego.
Most of the campaign takes place ten years later and chronicles the end of a decade long conflict which culminates in the destruction of the Federation, along with, presumably, most of South America. The Cod campaigns are known for being big, loud, and dumb, and it doesn’t get much bigger, louder, or dumber than this.