5. The "Hardcore" Opinion Of The Game
Bring any Call of Duty title released after World At War (i.e. the most popular of the franchise) up in conversation in a group of gamers, and you can pretty much guarantee that someone will act disgusted, announcing themselves way too insistently not to be a fan of such a "sell-out" franchise that represents little more than a yearly DLC release campaign dressed up in different, more expensive clothing. They are the type of people who would probably suggest themselves to be so-called "hardcore" gamers, who prefer the likes of Halo, Battlefield and Skyrim for their action thrills - and more power to them for their opinions, as those games are great. But when those opinions are based on nothing - a lot of this type of gamer will admit they haven't played any COD titles since before Modern Warfare - they should be classed as nothing more than the redundant musings of the ill-informed. You can't tell anyone how good or bad anything is unless you experience it, and unfortunately, a lot of gamers use the annual release of a COD title as an excuse to get their outraged flame on and take to the internet to badmouth not only the game, but also the COD gamers.
Verdict: Who is the idiot really? The guy willing to give a game a chance, regardless of what some of his snobbier gamer buddies might be saying about it, or the annoying, smug elitist who immediately jumps on a COD game's case simply because of its heritage and title? The answer is pretty clear to me. Here's a tip: base your opinion on time spent playing the game: pre-judgement based on nothing other than the name of a game (as opposed to insightful previews) is of very little use to anyone. Thanks to the age of the internet of course, such a tip will likely fall on deaf ears.