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December 27, 2011 at 4:46am

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musafir

December 23, 2011 at 11:08am

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szore

April 21, 2011 at 5:31pm

Is it just me? Or did COD2 SUCK!  Over rated all the way around.

IFLATLINEI

April 21, 2011 at 4:20pm

If you really think Corporations arent as dumb as we think they are then you sir are exactly as dumb as I think you are.

Panick

April 21, 2011 at 10:37am

This reminds me of EA's old "challenge everything" slogan. It was slapped on a whole host of copycat, me-too games that challenged nothing but the veracity of the slogan. Activision is just like any other big lumbering company. As long as something is making money they won't change too much because doing so would have the potential to damage an income source (and we can't have that can we). The sad part is that this "don't try and fix anything that works" mentality seems to be rubbing off on Blizzard which used to be one of the best innovating-without-breaking teams in game development (now, given the statements I've seen some of their executives make, they're just as full of themselves as any big publisher in the business).

B1Gx5MurF

April 21, 2011 at 9:53am

"...Hirshberg was adamant that Activision doesn't get enough credit for its innovations – both within Call of Duty and other franchises. "

Seriously? This statement made me angry.  I haven't found a CoD game innovative since MW1/CoD4.  How old is their game engine?  The engine is so primitive by standards from 2 years ago, its pathetic.  Their greatest innovation involves convincing everyone $60 was a reasonable price to pay for a recycled game.

I purchased BO after passing on MW2, thinking it was too much a step down from MW1 to be worth purchasing.  The vietnam theme appealed for some reason, i gues I thought it had potential (I also thought about getting back into CoD despite knowing how crap the series has become, thinking, $1billion+ in sales, they can't all be wrong can they?).  I feel like an idiot paying full price for it, because I bought the BFBC2 vietnam around the same time for 25% of the price, and ended up with a better gaming experience.

The worse part is, they've somehow managed to develope a cult following that will never fault them (just as bad as the apple cult crowd). Hurray for annually lowering the bar at xmas time!

Oh yea, and replay value... it is the worse enemey of any company that follows an annual release schedule.  Companies that give a damn about replay value release products on "valve time".

pierogi210

April 21, 2011 at 6:39am

I totally agree with Screff. I noticed a big difference between MW series and BO. At least MW kept me interested for a long time. I started playing BO and i was sick of it in a week. No more COD for me. Battlefield 3 is where its at.

screff

April 21, 2011 at 1:51am

As a PC gamer, I have to laugh at this guy for arguing that the franchise quality has kept people playing.  Lack of quality (constant stuttering, bugs, spawn location issues, etc) in Black Ops has stopped me and a bunch of my friends from playing.  I can tell you that I won't be buying any more Call of Duty games primarily because of this.

Ghok

April 20, 2011 at 11:48pm

I really liked Guitar Hero, not too much replay value, though. The songs didn't exactly match my music taste. I never played Rock Band, but generally heard that it was much better than Guitar Hero. It's kind of a shame PC gamers (for the most part) missed out on the whole thing. There are some programs out there to play guitar style games on the PC, but I've found them to be pretty buggy.

Cleaver

April 20, 2011 at 9:46pm

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I Jedi

April 20, 2011 at 9:47pm

To begin, I don't think that the CoD franchise is in any sort of "trouble" right now; however, I think that as time goes on, they may be looking at some. We all remember how CoD was done to death in the World War 2 scene, and many gamers were jolted to excitement at the sight of Infityward's baby: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4. With the modern warfare scene being played out, much the same way that the World War 2 scene was, I think we will begin to see a downward spiral of this era, as gamers begin to take notice of the same scenery they see all of the time. Granted, new innovation and graphical design in how gameplay is done always makes for a great seller, (Try telling Homefront that!) but I believe that in order for the CoD franchise to continue, it must "move on" to a new chapter in its ongoing series.

I think that the best idea for the series is to move forward into the future, or if failing at that, go back to the days of ancient Rome. I know some will "despise" such an idea, and again, this is just my opinion, so take it for what it is worth. I know others will point out that the series begins with "Call of Duty"; however, I don't think that this title necessarily has to represent just the United States of America, but can encompass other societies' armies as well, such as the Roman Legion.

Finally, I believe, in my own opinion, that we have begun to see a negative attitude towards modern warfare series, as Infinityward has practically broken up, a not-so-high reception of Black Ops, at least from people I have talked to, and a bleak future for Modern Warfare 3. The future of the series needs to move on before it yet again beats modern warfare into the ground, as it did with World War 2.                    

Marthian

April 20, 2011 at 9:19pm

This series in my honest opinion needs to have a major rehaul, or a lot of people are going to not even bother... actually probably will because, well its Call of Duty. makes me worry some of the greater FPS's coming out this year might not even be looked at even though they will be much more refreshing than COD.