What do you think? I am of the opinion that they're all great, well-made games, and I have played them a lot, but I think they're way too over-rate. They're all incredibly generic, and perhaps that makes it appeal to a wider range of people, but I personally think they lack creativity in some ways, and are not that unique in terms of shooters. They've become the John Madden of shooters, where theres a new CoD coming out every 3 weeks its impossible for me to keep up. I try not to be a game snob, I do play plenty of the major "me-too" titles out there like Halo, Borderlands, and Fallout, but whenever I play CoD I get bored nowadays at just how its been the same shit for years, each game just has some improve graphics and maybe an expanded amount of weapons. They are very good games, and I do have fun when I play with my friends, but given the choice I'd much rather play Halo because at least Halo has a very unique quality to it. Sure, all those games are the same too, its just killing aliens, but at least with Halo, each game is a work of art. Theres a lot of creativity involved with the artistic, surreal landscapes and the austere personalities to each alien, and the somewhat tragic storyline that goes along with them. I'm not trying to dish on anyone whose into CoD, I don't blame u cuz they are great games, but I just wanted to share my opinions. If u disagree, u have the right its all just a matter of taste.
The original Call of Duty games were awesome! I used to love Medal of Honor and then came out Call of Duty: Finest Hour and I had a blast! Call of Duty: Modern Warfare came out and it begun a whole new franchise within the first person genre. I personally care more for story driven games. The concept was new, it was good, it brought players in. After the second, third, etc. started being released Call of Duty quickly became another Madden NFL. Just another game to be released next year with similar graphics, no new concepts and just a lot of explosions to make you feel as if you were actually enjoying the game.
Specifically because COD, it has ruined many other franchises who try to give the player more than run around for 10 minutes dying every 3-5 seconds. MAG would have been a HUGE hit if it weren't for the COD players. Ghost Recon: Future Soldier started off good, but then came another COD and everyone left because Ghost Recon forced them to think. They wanted a game to run around and randomly kill people. Even SOCOM... what I personally think is one of the first series to introduce competitive modern combat that forced the players to use tactics rather than what COD brings you. I personally enjoy the story of COD. The online side, not so much.
THANK you. At least 5 years ago u were either into Halo or CoD, and now everyones always playing Black Ops 2. Everyone. Wtf happened to enjoying a good story? I play it sometimes with my friend whose obsessed and all it is is running around dying every 5 seconds, killing a few people, repeat. It gets real boring real quick for me. Anyone on here play Borderlands?? I just picked up the first one, and its a fantastic game. Controls are exactly the same as CoD, but the graphics are much better done, cell shading I think, story is interesting with RPG elements, the location and characters are so much more original. But it lives in the shadow of CoD, and so only gamers who wanna branch out wind up trying it, and its a GREAT game. I can't wait to finish it and play Borderlands 2.
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