ethomaz said:
Mummelmann said:
ethomaz said:
Camon guys... CoD game are funny and deserve the score/popularity.
Why people here hate it? Because it was a GREAT franchise. |
Bolded: Eye of the beholder.
Italic: Precisely, key word is "was". First was mindblowing, second was good, third rather bad. Reboot with MW which was stellar imo when it came out, World at War is okay at best, MW2 is stale and feels like DLC for the original, Black Ops is cheesy and braindead and MW3 seems like yet another DLC for MW and still scores ridiculous numbers.
They need to change things up a little bit. It appears that most who defend the scores and complain about haters think that everyone complaining simply hates the CoD franchise and always have. This is not so, there are those, like me, who loved it but just not all iterations of it. CoD has had ups and downs since its infancy and is currently experiencing a deep down.
I also used to love Need for Speed but I don't like the series at all any more due to the cheap, glossy direction it has taken and the lack of effort in each title, kind of the same thing as with CoD for me.
Its okay to like the game and feel that it deserves the (rather undeserved imo) high praise it gets but you should also respect that others might not feel the same about it, especially those who have been playing FPS (and other) games for a long time. Its not fair that only those who love something are allowed an opinion and a voice and, due to my personal preference in games, I am entitled to make legitimate complaints without being labelled as some sort of childish hater, as is everyone else who are in my boat (and there are quite a few). Now, of course there are those who hate simply out of spite, because its cool to hate mainstream stuff or simply because the game in question is more popular than their favourite in a given genre. These people are what we call morons and should be shrugged off but learn to tell the difference; don't invalidate claims and views from reasonable individuals with a reasoning behind the complaints. Then there is also the definition of "hate", according to my (relatively developed) grasp of the English language "hate" is not the correct word for most of the people complaining.
I certainly don't hate CoD games, as explained above, I simply dislike the direction the series is currently going in and I feel that the scores are somewhat bloated for a title that basically presents nothing new to the table and sports a storyline that can best be described as somewhat unoriginal.
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I undertand...
Even so I guess none CoD deserves a score below 8 and seems like MW3 fixed a lot of mistakes made by MW2.
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The series has always had solid gameplay mechanics and very high production values, with some real imagination and work I can see it rising again, like it did with Modern Warfare back in the day. That was really a joy to play, not the worlds best story but exciting fast-paced action, massive shootouts and really cool locations (the first mission on the boat still stand as the best level in any FPS game for quite some time) and incredible multiplayer.
I really want to see the series become relevant again (for me), remembering all the fun I've had with it but now I feel as if they're just releasing the same game over and over with a slight make-up change and a couple of new game modes. I guess in many ways, Modern Warfare 3 epitomizes what a lot of people are feeling about this gen; it is the generation that will be remembered as the one where the shortcuts got you the cash and where developers were starting to play with real interesting tech that could allow for more immersion but simply lacked the will and training to fill up their products with truly meaningful content. If this concept matures, next gen can become truly incredible, these devs have shown what they can do before, they simply need incentive.
I fear, however, that that incentive will be the declinge of the franchis(es) and that we'll be seeing much of the same for a few years to come.
