Call of Duty Thread - Potential return to form? Or nothing but cope on the horizon? You decide!

[That Chris Guy]

Can’t exactly say I agree with you.

Maybe it’s my inner anime fan speaking here, but I found it to be very similar to stuff like Gundam and Macross, hence why I was engaged from beginning to end. That, alongside it having one of the best robot sidekicks in a game this side of BT-7274, the Jackal sequences, the zero-gravity shootouts, and the extremely memorable final mission.

While I do agree that other games like Titanfall 2 have better campaigns on the whole, IW’s was still very fun, at least in my eyes.

That's all well and good; you're entitled to love or hate something even though that opinion may be unpopular, I'm just relaying why I don't think the campaign was particularly "underrated" or memorable, and why that sentiment is not widespread.

Vehicle sections have always been very questionable in CoD from my experience. They are often on-rails or limited in their scope, and I don't recall the Jackals being much of a standout in that regard. Certainly better than anything that Treyarch has offered, but it wasn't like piloting a Halo or Battlefield vehicle, or the fighter sequence from Reach. I might reinstall the game one day to see if it feels any different now, but I remember it being very autopilot.

As for the overarching story, Killzone already had the feel of interplanetary invasion down to a fault. The problem to me is that IW missed the opportunity to run a story where both sides had a campaign that runs in tandem, similar to the original CoD that drew from multiple perspectives of WW2. That is Killzone's biggest storytelling flaw - a one-sided campaign series that refuses to shed light on the Helghast from their perspective.

Infinite Warfare suffers from the same pitfalls in my opinion: their enemies are arrogant, one-dimensional hobknobs. Time devoted to a side showing Kit Harrington's rise to prominence from the outlook of a fellow soldier could have shown a lot more depth for the universe they were pushing. The projection of a faction that considers it Manifest Destiny to conquer the local system, or a need to provide resources to a fleet and populace stretched wide over too many planets - some of which only hold value in territory control and not in growth or resource production - and the varying levels of propaganda needed to steer both sides to war and to justify it could have given the game a lot more character and individuality and elevated it beyond, "CoD in spess, consoom and get excited for next product".

 

[Amerikaner Teddybär]

Doesn't Vanguard have 10 minute cutscenes in between levels?

Yeah but it uses the MCU formula, simple dialogue and flashy shit on screen.

 

[Soycast Guy]

I bought MW19 on Xbox, started the campaign, and I’m getting ungodly stutters during the first cutscene. What the actual fuck?

Editors note: so I refunded the game. I’ve heard of a possible fix by enabling v-sync, but I don’t wanna rebuy the game, reinstall the absolute shitshow of those files, and go into the settings to see if there’s a fix. I’ll just play it when it comes to gamepass.

 

[The Last Stand]

Who wrote this junk? Vanguard takes itself so seriously yet makes many inaccuracies and has characters so one note, they're practically cardboard cutouts.

The Russian lady unintentionally made the NAZIS sympathetic with her delivery. That's how bad this writing is.

 

[Vault Boy]

Who wrote this junk? Vanguard takes itself so seriously yet makes many inaccuracies and has characters so one note, they're practically cardboard cutouts.

The Russian lady unintentionally made the NAZIS sympathetic with her delivery. That's how bad this writing is.

There's no chance in hell that the "marrying your women" remark wouldn't make a Nazi commander kill Kingsley on the spot. I'm both amazed that Sledgehammer even acknowledged what the French colonial forces did in the Rhine, and flabbergasted that they tried to paint it as a witty comeback (but hey, they're Germans, so I guess they had it coming in their eyes).

If they get another game, have it be a sequel to Advanced Warfare as at least then they wouldn't make mockeries of real wars.

 

[Milwaukee Macho Man]

If Sledgehammer gets another game, have it be a sequel to Advanced Warfare as at least then they wouldn't make mockeries of real wars.

Only if they bring back Kevin Spacey as some weird clone or cyborg.

 

[The Last Stand]

There's no chance in hell that the "marrying your women" remark wouldn't make a Nazi commander kill Kingsley on the spot. I'm both amazed that Sledgehammer even acknowledged what the French colonial forces did in the Rhine, and flabbergasted that they tried to paint it as a witty comeback (but hey, they're Germans, so I guess they had it coming in their eyes).

If they get another game, have it be a sequel to Advanced Warfare as at least then they wouldn't make mockeries of real wars.

It's obvious they KNOW about WW2 history, they just twisted it for whatever social justice reason. That's what makes this worse than NOT knowing it.

All Battlefield V did was gender swap figures during untold moments. I'm not defending BFV per se, but at least they had decent presentation.

 

[The Last Stand]

I remember when "boosting" used to be a serious problem back in the MW2 days. It made for some mindless entertainment when you'd ruin their party.

If you wonder why tactical insertions were omitted from FFA, there you go.

 

[Amerikaner Teddybär]

Who wrote this junk? Vanguard takes itself so seriously yet makes many inaccuracies and has characters so one note, they're practically cardboard cutouts.

The Russian lady unintentionally made the NAZIS sympathetic with her delivery. That's how bad this writing is.

This scene alone made me want to hate fuck that Soviet Sniper Bitch.

 

[Miller]

I bought MW19 on Xbox, started the campaign, and I’m getting ungodly stutters during the first cutscene. What the actual fuck?

Editors note: so I refunded the game. I’ve heard of a possible fix by enabling v-sync, but I don’t wanna rebuy the game, reinstall the absolute shitshow of those files, and go into the settings to see if there’s a fix. I’ll just play it when it comes to gamepass.

I've heard people say that MW19 has become unplayable because of the countless Warzone patches and the release of Cold War and Vanguard, at least on PC, I don't know if the console versions have the same issues.

There's no chance in hell that the "marrying your women" remark wouldn't make a Nazi commander kill Kingsley on the spot. I'm both amazed that Sledgehammer even acknowledged what the French colonial forces did in the Rhine, and flabbergasted that they tried to paint it as a witty comeback (but hey, they're Germans, so I guess they had it coming in their eyes).

If they get another game, have it be a sequel to Advanced Warfare as at least then they wouldn't make mockeries of real wars.

It's really distrubing that whilst they love to virtue-signal, they randomly drop a line about black soldiers raping german women.

 

[Dumpster dived waifu]

It's really distrubing that whilst they love to virtue-signal, they randomly drop a line about black soldiers raping german women.

Because it's super progressive to rape people that aren't necessarily evil because they are a nationality that lost a war. Bonus progressivity for black people doing the rape.

 

[The Last Stand]

I've heard people say that MW19 has become unplayable because of the countless Warzone patches and the release of Cold War and Vanguard, at least on PC, I don't know if the console versions have the same issues.

Given how unnecessarily bloated MW19 is due to Warzone AND two separate titles sharing space and code, it does create problems. You move or change one thing on top of three clients fighting for the same resources, things mess up.

 

[LightDragonman1]

Heck, even Infinity Ward admitted that they screwed up when it came to Warzone integration and all that, hence why they are starting fresh with MWII and Warzone II.

 

[Friendly Mudcrab]

I've heard people say that MW19 has become unplayable because of the countless Warzone patches and the release of Cold War and Vanguard, at least on PC, I don't know if the console versions have the same issues.

I downloaded it recently to play some ground war in lack of good modern Battlefield, and it seems about the same as it was except there's a bug that bumped GW's hp from 100 to 150. It's an interesting change, because you sometimes end up getting frustrating amount of hitmarkers, but at the same time it allows for more movement because you can't just be gunned down instantly the moment you attempt you move anywhere.

I don't know if 150hp is the way to go, but I always felt fast ttk was on of the biggest problem of the game and encouraged camping. Bad players only had to hit you, now they have to stay on target.

 

[Kramer on the phone]

Because it's super progressive to rape people that aren't necessarily evil because they are a nationality that lost a war. Bonus progressivity for black people doing the rape.

patton literally said that during ww2 so don't pretend its not a rather normie opinion. especially when he literally could have stopped it

I downloaded it recently to play some ground war in lack of good modern Battlefield, and it seems about the same as it was except there's a bug that bumped GW's hp from 100 to 150. It's an interesting change, because you sometimes end up getting frustrating amount of hitmarkers, but at the same time it allows for more movement because you can't just be gunned down instantly the moment you attempt you move anywhere.

I don't know if 150hp is the way to go, but I always felt fast ttk was on of the biggest problem of the game and encouraged camping. Bad players only had to hit you, now they have to stay on target.

its a very recent change and like you said it stopped most snipers and camping, but shotguns are basicaly worthless now. literally unless 8 shots at >5 meters from a -12 they still won't die.

also maybe i'm biased but did people really love storage town that much? they brought in a much smaller shittier version on the island and then dedicated 2 weeks to it. it wasn't that good.

 

[The Last Stand]

I never noticed SBMM in Advanced Warfare. I disagree with the commentary's view on SBMM. The issue with SBMM with CoD is that it's not tracked. Ranked play, fine. But matchmaking, especially in CoD should be based on connection, not an invisible algorithm because one got lucky with a killstreak.

 

[TheRetardKing]

Guys, I got some bad news. I committed the cardinal sin of buying my first Call of Duty game (a second hand copy).

 

[Dumpster dived waifu]

Guys, I got some bad news. I committed the cardinal sin of buying my first Call of Duty game (a second hand copy).

So how many thousands of dollars did you spend on anime skins?

 

[Soycast Guy]

Guys, I got some bad news. I committed the cardinal sin of buying my first Call of Duty game (a second hand copy).

Was it a good COD though? Hopefully not vanguard.

My first COD was ghosts when I was 12 to which I still regret buying.

I've heard people say that MW19 has become unplayable because of the countless Warzone patches and the release of Cold War and Vanguard, at least on PC, I don't know if the console versions have the same issues.

Not unplayable. I decided to rebuy because I simply had to try again and while the cutscenes still stutter a lot, or some just have really off lip-syncing, the rest of the game is fine. The multiplayer works fine too but it’s just the cutscenes. It doesn’t ruin the experience but it is annoying.

 

[The Last Stand]

Guys, I got some bad news. I committed the cardinal sin of buying my first Call of Duty game (a second hand copy).

Now buy the season pass.