Bought this on pc for some reason. Usually go console but have a new pc now and I use an xbox 360 pc controller with this game. As far as COD games go its pretty good so far. Black Ops 1 was my favorite. Barely touched MW3, played very little of Black Ops 2 and just couldn't get into the mp on Ghosts though some of the sp missions were cool.

So far I'm really liking the single player campaign in this. Its still pretty much a cinematic driven action game but it looks great and plays well. I started the mp and its not bad but its hard getting used to the jump suit. COD games are twitchy enough for me but with the added jump suit and dodging its really wild. My main problem is lag. Not sure if its my end or release week server overload but I get froze and CTDs a lot while playing mp.




Started out working for Uncle Sam. Now I'm going to work for Uncle Spacey.








Here's my mp character with custom player card I made. I was surprised to see that they end up being actually superimposed onto your character model in game. Used to be just a backdrop for when you go to view another player. It also shows up on your weapons.

I've played about half of the campaign and played some MP and co-op.

I'm completely and utterly bored with it.

It looks pretty, sounds good, great voice acting, high production values, blah, blah, blah.

This franchise has clearly lost its mojo. There is nothing going on that feels new, despite the exo suits and all the jumping and climbing and grappling. So far, there's not a single "WOW" moment in the campaign. And the MP is just people mostly bouncing around like Halo. Ugh.

It even tells a decent story but, try though I may, I can't like it. Don't get me wrong, I don't hate it, either. It's worse than hate, really. It's indifference. I've invested maybe 6-7 hours into it and I don't care if I ever play it again. I'll be trading it in for something new as soon as humanly possible.

My expectations were low but I sincerely wanted to like this game if for no other reason than to have another game for my XBox One. There is a giant, gaping, empty hole where the next-gen games are supposed to be and I was hoping this would fill that emptiness if even just a little bit.

Anyway, sorry for the rant, Coot. The screenshots are nice. The game does present well. There are times, during cut-scenes, where it's hard to tell if you're watching a video game or watching a movie. It's quite impressive, visually.

NP I hear you Leemz. I haven't been really thrilled with them since Black Ops. But I'm enjoying this one more than the last two.

I think the dry period is almost up though for console titles though. I know I've got plenty coming up to look forward to playing on my PS4.

Nice screenies, the faces looks amazing.

But after Black Ops my interest in CoD has pretty much gone. Too much scripted on-rails action for my taste.

IMHO CoD 4: Modern Warfare was the culmination of the series, from then it went downhill.

All looks too futuristic for me... I'll give it a miss, although the screens look great.

It'll take about another year to really build out the pipe line for Next (current?) Gen. The main reason the 360 lit up so quick was that MS killed off the first xbox rather abruptly when the 360 launched. In contrast, the XBO and PS4 are still competing to a certain extent with their predecessors.

That said, GTA V on next gen is truly looking like a next gen title, and the new assassins creed game also looks great. We'll get there

In any event, CoD is looking like a gamefly title for me, as I view it as a SP only affair. I've no interest in wading into the festering swamp of foul mouthed racist twitch-shooter cyborg tweens that make up the MP experience, so I've no interest in paying activision full price for half a game.

Though I don't own it, as Activision is never getting another penny from me, that seems to be the overall impression from a great many players. I think most people are just done with the CoD series, its game-play style and their constant churning out of carbon copies year after year. Sales in the series have consistently dropped with every release since MW3. They either need to innovate (ha, yeah right!), or establish a new IP.

The biggest obstacle to IW and Activision actually doing something interesting and game changing is their own fanbase.

Fanbase:

I hate seeing such young kids playing games like this or GTAs. That's just my personal belief though. As an adult I don't need these games but certainly a child does not need to be playing these types of loud, fast-paced combat games. Its negative stimulus in my opinion. They don't need to participate in these games where violence and fowl language abounds. Wrong kind of input. Heck, if they're 16 or 17, let 'em have a go. Then when they're 18 they consume whatever they want.

Pictures like that just make me sad.

Me too but that is what the whole COD franchise is catering too these days. Actually almost all of the first person shooters made these days cater to the 11-15 year olds. They may put mature on their packaging but that doesn't stop anyone from buying them.

Agreed.

Also, why does he need three controllers?

I will toss in though, I think 14+ is an acceptable age for that kind of content. At that point they've heard worse in school, and it's not like it's any worse than what you'll see on prime-time TV.

I don't, people's un-monitored little crotch fruits are the reason Xbox Live multiplayer is as horrible as it is without a closed group of friends.

Keyser Söze!

Agreed. Half the reason I stopped playing CoD online was because I was sick of listening to 12 year olds drop an endless string of "N" bombs. Disgusting. I wanted to reach through my monitor and strangle every last one of them.

Ha! Or, maybe Verbal got his limp fixed.

XBL really is as awful as everyone thinks it is. The rampant racism, homophobia and egotism is absolutely laughable, and disgusting.

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God help me If I heard my child having such a profound lapse in judgment. I'd smack my kid so hard in the mouth he'd think not twice but three times before he let any word come from his mouth. In reality though I'd take his games and most prized possessions and smash them into dust.

If I ever caught a kid talking like any of that they'd be getting both a smack and some crushed electronics. I'm not as nice as you

The few times I've played online on XBL or PSN, I'm always reminded of this:

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/online_gaming

The developers think you're stupid.

Come one guys, the real reason is these 12-13 yr old are cleaning you out because their reflexes are just so much quicker? I've watched my kid play and I can't believe how he just cleans house. One match he went 32-3, he taunts once in a while to the little kids, but I've never heard him give crap to any adult, he's usually playing w/his clan. In fact he's gotten friend requests from adults because he plays so well.

I let my 13 & 10 yr old play these, draw the line at GTA, I bought it once and I couldn't even handle it and they never played it. I'll let them watch R movies like Fury or Lone Soldier when they're with me only. Nothing like Ted with all the Sex and Drugs. The graphics aren't bad in these games if you teach your kid right from wrong.

I have this game for the 360, it's ok, nothing new like what was already mentioned. My kids like it though, I haven't even tried the MP, but I'm pretty sure I won't like it just from watching them play. I like Titanfall better if I'm going to be jumping all around.

great screens Coot