I’ve speculated over the past week whether a remaster of previous Call of Duty titles is necessarily a bad thing. But whether Activision’s late (it has to be said) jumping on the remaster band-wagon should be regarded as universally “lame”, the truth is, I don’t see it as something objectively bad. If anything — and this is coming from someone who’s always open to discussing the many, troublesome issues with Call of Duty as a model, let alone as an iteration-by-iteration video game — I find the idea, notably interesting. For a series that has shifted from World War 2 to modern war and now to future warfare, could this be an early sign of where the series may end up turning in later releases further down the line? Yes you can argue Ghosts tried a return to a contemporary-ish aesthetic to counter the ever-growing futuristic direction Black Ops & Advanced Warfare brought forth.
As such, if the model was put back out there for those to try — albeit with a nice new lick of figurative paint — I would be interested to see how today’s player-base adapts (or returns) to the former structure. There are so many possible benefits in reviving a forgotten format. Less tactics to diversify, less opportunity to dominate the leaderboard outside of pure gun-wielding, twitch-shooting, internet-connection-abiding capability. It means the opponent team has a better chance of adapting to the changing circumstances…or embarrassing themselves evermore, as the case may be. I won’t lie to you; would I miss (if we’re limiting ourselves to the Modern Warfare trilogy here) instances of getting an Emergency Airdrop and anxiously waiting for the numerous care packages to drop, knowing full well the enemy team might rush me? Yes. Would I miss flying MW3’s Recon Drone and tagging enemy players…or…spamming the tag button on the same player just to annoy them? Yes.
For players out there seeking some great non-first-party first-person shooter games that are deserving of a chance to reignite themselves on Nintendo’s latest platform, look no further, as here at Game Rant we’ve compiled an array of first-person shooters that could soar once again. All that’s left to do, is read
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In short, that didn’t happen. Though the game sold well, it failed to topple the giant. The game was noted for having a short campaign , but short doesn’t mean bad. The team at Kaos Studio brought in John Milius, the writer of Red Dawn , who weaved together an interesting tale of a near-future America controlled by the Greater Korean Republic. It may not have been the Call of Duty beater that was promised, but it was still a great shooter, one that delivered a memorable campaign backed by solid gameplay that deserves a second chance to be re-explored on the Nintendo Swi
Whether we wanted it to or not, Modern Warfare Remastered’s position as an add-on rather than a stand-alone experience is but one small symptom of the very business we, as fans, call video games…and others may prefer to call…opportunity. This isn’t an attack on Activision or its fans, but rather an affirmed noting that whatever happens come the end of this year — when the consumer-base has not one, but two [technically] new titles to play — will ultimately play a critical role in further shaping this “beloved” shooter’s fate in the coming years. It’s a role Infinite Warfare may not want to have weighing on its shoulders, but truth be told, it’s one of the most interesting and heated developments this series has taken for quite some time. The power is indeed, this time, in the consumer’s hands.