Many people believe that the Call of Duty series has started to go downhill, some say it was since Call of Duty 4, others say it was since Black Ops. It doesn't matter when they think it happened but they all agree that Call of Duty is no longer the innovative, exciting war franchise that it once was.
Why is this? At its core, the multiplayer is nearly identical and the campaign is very similar, Zombies has been developed massively as well. So why does everyone hate Call of Duty? Maybe it's because unnecessary changes are always made to the multiplayer every year that are not required. How many Call of Duty fans wanted Wild Cards in Black Ops 2, or Survival in Modern Warfare 3? Probably not many.
Perhaps everyone hates CoD because Activision has stopped putting as much effort in, they've found a game that will earn a lot of money and they reuse it every year because they know it will sell. This means they don't have to work as much on each game, all they have to do is redesign the graphics and create a few new maps. This lowered effort causes them to overlook issues such as overpowered weapons and spawn killing. These problems make the game much less enjoyable to play but people still buy every new installment because the trailers convince them that this time, the developers have got it right.
Of course, Activision doesn't care about disappointed fans, once the game has been sold they have got their money. It doesn't matter how bad the game is, if it sells then it will earn a lot of money. Every year it is the same, a game that has great potential, ruined by problems such as spawn killing. If they could focus on these problems instead of making pointless, expensive map packs, then the franchise would be brought back to its former glory again.
No comments:
Post a Comment