7 Video Game Sequels That Gave You LESS
3. A Single Player Campaign - Call Of Duty: Black Ops 4
The first person shooter genre has been an incredibly lucrative business opportunity for developers this century, and much of this earning potential is largely thanks to the endlessly replayable multiplayer suites.
Ever since the advent of online gaming, the age of the couch co-op has all but disappeared as legions of avid gamers flock online to hear about sordid affairs between their mothers and the thirteen year old that just shot them in the face, and maybe play a little bit of the game in the meantime.
As these games have become more popular, DLCs and Seasons Passes have given developers opportunities to squeeze a few more dollars out of their rabid fanbases, and even slip a few sneaky microtransactions through the net whilst the gaming press has their back turned. With so much money wrapped up in all of this, it was all but inevitable that a AAA game would eventually come along and devote itself solely to multiplayer. Enter 2018’s Call of Duty: Black Ops 4.
Fans were understandably a bit wary when Activision announced that Black Ops 4 would be a multiplayer only option, with their reasoning being that this is where the vast majority would be spending their time anyway. A
lthough perennial video game baddies EA had made a similar, and similarly criticised, move in 2015 with the Star Wars Battlefront reboot, this was the first time a franchise with a long history of narrative campaigns had ever taken such a step. Although said multiplayer extravaganza was well received at launch, many fans still felt like something fundamental had just been snatched from the FPS genre. When Black Ops: Cold War was released 2 years later with a campaign back on the menu, it at least seemed like their voices had been heard.