[Scarlett.]

Youtube video

Infinity Ward are lazier than I thought

[Ramsay]

Jesus

[Scarlett.]

MW2 actually manages to look better too, Ghosts just looks blurry, lol.

[Ramsay]

Surely they know people will spot things like this

[Scarlett.]

I think Infinity Ward probably don't care at this point, Activision has got them making the same **** over and over again, there's only so long you can keep doing that before you just get tired.

[Tom4784]

COD is a lazily made game? Shocker.

[Brother Leon]

First cod I didn't get on release for so long. Infinity ward really are terrible.

[Jake.]

Originally Posted by Brother Leon

First cod I didn't get on release for so long.

This

[Tom4784]

People should vote with their wallets, the only way COD will ever get back on track is if one of them flops, Guaranteed profits lead to lazy products.

[Shaun]

no way

[Scarlett.]

Yearly sequels need to stop being a thing, I'm so bored of CoD and Assassins Creed now, it's a shame, since I did enjoy AC at one point.

[Tom4784]

In fairness to AC, they've generally gotten better with each installment. The developers of AC actively try new things in each game while COD has been the same game repackaged over and over for years now.

[Ramsay]

Yeah, i was so bored of AC3 but i've heard they've really improved with 4

[Scarlett.]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

In fairness to AC, they've generally gotten better with each installment. The developers of AC actively try new things in each game while COD has been the same game repackaged over and over for years now.

True, but I'm reaching a point where I'm tired of the franchise, the games could be so much better if they released them every two years, instead of every year. Asssassin's Creed III was the biggest letdown for me, though, that was mostly down to the storytelling and bland protagonist. I may pick up AC IV for the PS4, I'm just gonna wait for the reactions from people. I think Ubisoft might be thinking about dropping the yearly releases anyway.

Call of Duty needs to just go away for a few years, I don't hate the franchise, I just hate what Activision have done to it.

[Stu]

I've said it before but I really don't care at this point. For better or worse it's comfortably settled into being the Fifa of shooters. It's a yearly event and the people that do spend 2-3 hours a day playing in will get their moneys worth and have no problem spending on a new set of maps, weapons and scenarios a long with a few sparse mechanical changes.

It's the same thing sports games get away with year after year. Obviously the justification there is that you can't change the preexisting sport that much but by the same token there is only so much you can do with COD's format.

I wouldn't buy it myself in a million years. I have absolutely no interest in it whatsoever and do find it samey but whatever. It is what it is.

The only real dangers to come from it are the industry following. And I do miss when shooters had a sense of humor or big colorful planets or crazy rabbit hopping or ID software style old school gameplay [weapons and enemies increase in strength in linear order, gothic labyrinthine levels, music done by someone who knows Trent Reznor or who is Trent Reznor].

I think the series has gotten so old now though that other developers are going to try something new this generation and stop apeing on the military shooter bandwagon.

[Niall]

I don't think I'll ever buy another CoD game again. They're just.. boring. I only ever bought the Treyarch ones because zombies was usually pretty damn fun but even that got a bit boring in Black Ops II.

I can't say I'm surprised that Infinity Ward have lifted a scene from another game like this though. They're one of the most careless and lazy developers in the business. The whole series needs to die really.

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by Stu

I've said it before but I really don't care at this point. For better or worse it's comfortably settled into being the Fifa of shooters. It's a yearly event and the people that do spend 2-3 hours a day playing in will get their moneys worth and have no problem spending on a new set of maps, weapons and scenarios a long with a few sparse mechanical changes.

It's the same thing sports games get away with year after year. Obviously the justification there is that you can't change the preexisting sport that much but by the same token there is only so much you can do with COD's format.

I wouldn't buy it myself in a million years. I have absolutely no interest in it whatsoever and do find it samey but whatever. It is what it is.

The only real dangers to come from it are the industry following. And I do miss when shooters had a sense of humor or big colorful planets or crazy rabbit hopping or ID software style old school gameplay [weapons and enemies increase in strength in linear order, gothic labyrinthine levels, music done by someone who knows Trent Reznor or who is Trent Reznor].

I think the series has gotten so old now though that other developers are going to try something new this generation and stop apeing on the military shooter bandwagon.

I disagree that there's only so much to be done with COD, if they really wanted to they could reinvigorate the franchise easily, Military shooters are a ripe genre for it. It's just that they've settled into a lazy, soulless factory line development cycle. Sports games can get away with it as you can only really tune up the gameplay or add one or two new modes or features with each instalment but there's a lot you could do with COD.

I do miss the zanier games like Timesplitters though, perhaps with Borderlands being so successful we'll see more of a variety of Shooters going forward.