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Modern Warfare 3 is on track to be the lowest-rated Call of Duty ever (www.videogameschronicle.com)
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[–] CluckN 29 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Fans are also suspicious that the game requires MW2 to launch making the entire game seem like a $70 DLC

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Seems like COD should just be a service at this point and you pay for the new yearly xpac. I hate suggesting that but that's what the series seemed to be since OG MW2. Guess it's just milk the money until enough people say enough

[–] givesomefucks 7 points 10 months ago

They'd probably make more money that way. Which I think is why they're moving towards it.

Even if it was the same money, people buy it when it comes out so they spend money making it for a year, and get all the profit at once.

Skins sell constantly, and keeps them profitable everyday. With a hyper focus on "quarterly earnings" this keeps stock up all year even if total profit on the year is the same. They want that sustained profit.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I think Black Ops 2 was the last best all-round CoD game. Had a good campaign, great multiplayer and fantastic zombies. Black Ops 3 was good for the zombies. Treyarch were CoD's final hope after the other studios games fell of a cliff and they also fell apart after BO3.

[–] setsneedtofeed 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I personally think BO2 has amazing ideas, but stunted execution. It was held back by being part of COD instead of a stand alone game. There were development time limits, and certain gameplay limits that couldn’t be pushed.

The ideas in the game included branching mission outcomes with later repercussions, side missions controlling an AI squad, picking loadouts for missions - including being able to replay missions in the past using future weapons, and social stealth areas. There’s more but, that game really makes me wish it had been spun off into something new.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Yeah, Treyarch had some great devs honestly, it's a shame. They always brought new ideas to the franchise and a lot of them stuck around.

[–] Mr_Dr_Oink 2 points 10 months ago

CoDaas? Amazing!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

$70 to have access to the gun skin shop.