| oniyide said: I dont think amazing is a word i would use to describe their campaigns prior to COD4, really name a couple of oh crap moments from any of those prior games. I would argue that COD4's campaign was the reason word of mouth spread so much about that game in the first place. Soap, the nuke attack on the Marines, the compelling villians, being taken out of WW2 setting. People were and still talk about that campaign. Yes they stayed for the multiplayer. But the multiplayer of COD today isnt even the same as it was when it first came out. I dont work for Fringe division so i have no idea how well a COD game with just multiplayer from the get go woudl have done, but we can agree it wouldnt have done anywhere near the numbers they put up now, especially if they were going to be charging full retail price and start out on consoles that were still iffy on the online thing. |
They won GOTY awards before CoD4 based off campaign work. I would certainly use the word awesome to describe it. As for epic moments.. 2 that immediately come to mind are Crossing the Volga and Pointe de Huc. Two things I still remember years later. To be honest I don't even know what you're referring to with Soap, or compelling villians really. Just a matter of personal opinion I guess. COD campaigns suffer from Michael Bay syndrome to me lately. The only real epic moment I remember from CoD4 was All Ghillied Up. That was an epic mission worthy of standing next to some of the CoD 1/2 missions.
We have agreed a CoD without SP wouldn't have done as many numbers from the start. The discussion is how much a shooter like Titanfall can do without SP. It can most certainly outsell MAG. If the measure of success is "CoD numbers" then there's hardly a game out there that will pass.
