10 Severely Underrated PS4 Games That Deserve A Second Chance

7. Call Of Duty: Infinite Warfare

Call of Duty might not be the franchise it once was, but while the series' hardcore audience seemingly rails against the increasing integration of science-fiction into the shooter, some of the best entries in the series have placed those elements front and centre. Infinite Warfare - the thirteenth instalment in Activision's most profitable franchise - is a testament to that, even if initial backlash to the title persuaded gamers to look elsewhere for their next FPS.

Set in the far future, Infinite Warfare came to represent everything the series' hardcore had come to loathe about the franchise. Wall-running, jet-packs, lasers and space combat rounded out Infinity War's mindbogglingly successful shooting mechanics, and while a glance was enough to put plenty of people off, those that took a chance on the title found a competent, if not slightly overstuffed shooter lying in wait.

Critics - for the most part - seemed to agree, with the PS4's edition of the title garnering a 77 rating on Metacritic. Contextualising this average within past ratings given to CoD does, however, illustrate that Infinite Warfare was underrated by both the series' followers and by mainstream outlets more generally. Either that, or franchise fatigue had begun to set in - in any case, it seems bizarre that the CoD that made innovation a primary concern fell afoul of critics and audiences more-so than its less adventurous predecessors.

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