This will ruffle some feathers, but Call of Duty just isn't a good game any more. Hell, Black Ops 3 even featured a lengthy turret sequence where it would play itself, should you let go of the controller for a few moments. Sure, there's nothing wrong with being into something that's not a masterpiece - not all music has to be up there with Mozart, not all films have to be as good as Alfred Hitchcock's. You can enjoy a Michael Bay explosion filled flick knowing it's not a cinematic tour de force, and you can enjoy Call of Duty whilst recognising that they it's just not that great. Has there ever been a truly incredible Call of Duty? Modern Warfare 1 and 2 might be counted as such, but the gaming community is so fatigued with the Call of Duty style grey/brown arena shooter that even they've been sullied. The campaign is short, with predictable twists and full of terrible game development shortcuts such as regenerating health (with no reasonable explanation), invisible lines you have to cross to stop enemies spawning and frame-rate caps. Being known as the lowest common denominator of video games is something Call of Duty has dealt with for a while, but with games with much more depth getting a lot more attention from casual gamers, it's hard to imagine Call of Duty not slowly dying, regardless of what changes they make. Where do you stand on the franchise? Let us know in the comments where Activision should go from here!
Currently living the dream by studying in Wales and writing articles about the things I love for beer money. My proudest achievements are teaching myself Accordion and getting my head round the off-side rule.
