[CoD Ghosts] General News and Discussion

Okay, those who've been posting here for a few years will know that I was always someone who tried to give COD a chance when I bought it despite my love for the series deteriorating year in, year out. I say that as someone who did mostly enjoy BOPS and to a certain extent, MW2. I tried to give each game at least a month knowing patches would no doubt be around the corner and what not in supposedly improving the experience for each COD game.

I played Ghosts for a few hours earlier at a friend's place, my first bit of COD in 10 months if I'm correct. Factoring in the point that I really have no intention of playing it Ghosts again, so I'll just give my 2c on it now while it's fresh in mind.

It's truly a shambolic, abysmal mess of an FPS game with the COD name stamped to it. If it wasn't called Call of Duty, I don't think the majority here who bought the game, would have bought the game. As well, I genuinely didn't think it was possible to make something as bad, scratch that, worse than MW3, but low and behold, they (IW and Activision) have proved me wrong.

The maps are, I don't know what they are. Clusterfucks I suppose is the apt word in describing it. Huge clusterfucks. The size alone screams Ground War. Where is Ground War?!?!) Why was it removed Shocking thought process went into that. The only map I kinda liked was Strike Zone I think. The guns? Meh. Same ol, same ol. Just a reskin and name change it feels like. Seems like everyone is using one class again like every COD game since Black Ops, this time it's assault rifles. The perks and killstreaks seem like one big, complicated (guess what word I'll use) cluster****. They repeatedly keep messing up the perks system since COD4 really.

I brought it up before, a year ago I reckon and got some frankly aggressive and IMO, naive replies for it, but the social aspect is surely the reason why so many people return to the series, that and the ability to pick up the controller and if you're half decent at the FPS genre, you're able to hold your own in a COD game. Whereas perhaps in other FPS games, because there is a learning curve, the scores produced in COD couldn't be replicated thus it's a hit to the confidence let's just say. I just cannot comprehend how the series is still popular. You saw it's dwindling, I agree, but it's still popular and that's a fact.

I'll always have great memories of COD2 and COD4. I'll always have some decent memories of MW2 and BOPS. It's just very disappointing to see what has become of this series. Activision are continuing to do what they typically do with the great gaming series of the past. Chuffed it wasn't my money, just time wasted. Despite my time away from the series, I personally played fine. Top scored in all but two games.