Call of Duty, why the hate

**Fragony** · 05-08-2016, 07:44

Let's face it, they are not all the same, every new COD game adds new mechanics and changes the rules. They are all packed with content, a short but high-Hollywood campaign, which you can play coop, tight multiplayer with excellent maps and excellently designed weapons, and crazy things like zombies. Thesis, some hate it just because a lot of people like it, like the resentment when their favorite niche-rockband 'goes mainstream' after they score a hit. I don't really like the COD-games either but they are met with outright hate and that puzzles me because as they are extremily well-designed games with tons of content and effort put into them. Too big to like? Has something been taken from them?

**I of the Storm** · 05-08-2016, 12:59

I suspect there are various reasons: 1) the one you cite: let's all hate what the majority likes (which is an assumption), 2) because of the 'Murica-centered patriotism that has been abundant in a lot of COD titles afaik, 3) COD is what kids play and I'm a grown-up. I'm sure more would come to mind if I could be bothered to think more about it.

But anyway, I have fond memories of the first COD+expansions. I think I stopped playing the franchise after MW2, due to lack of interest, and stopped playing MP-shooters due to becoming too slow. Age takes it's toll on the hand-eye-coordination...

**Hooahguy** · 05-08-2016, 16:12

I think it has more to do with the fact that they churn out a new game every year. Its a high price tag for not that much change year after year. Maybe this one will be different but I doubt it.

**Fragony** · 05-08-2016, 16:33

Originally Posted by Hooahguy

I think it has more to do with the fact that they churn out a new game every year. Its a high price tag for not that much change year after year. Maybe this one will be different but I doubt it.

But you get a lot,COD-games are really generous. They aren't my thing, neither are the excellent Gears of War games, but they are undiniably expertly crafted games. I just wonder why people outright hate these games while they could just dislike them. I think their popularity is trespassing emo-territory

**easytarget** · 05-08-2016, 19:32

There are so many reasons to hate COD it's tiresome to even bother attempting to list them all. The best I can say about COD is it's not really all that unique in the fact it's utter crap, a good 90% of everything made by the game industry is crap. So take comfort in the knowledge COD is not being singled out, least not by me anyway.

I'm pleasantly surprised in any given year if I find even one game I consider pretty good, and quite happy with the prospect of finding what I consider a real masterpiece of a game every say 5 years or so.

**Beskar** · 05-09-2016, 00:54

It is basically a death match game, virtually no SP or Co-OP, and it is reskinned turd shovelled out every year. The "differences" are because there are more than one company on the CoD gravy train, and they do alternative years for releasing their version of the game. If you follow the same company basis, the similarities are obvious.

Only people who play it a lot are generally those who have a social network who play the game, and they all buy it, and feeling forced into the new one, because everyone else in their network has it. I hear the arguments such as "it is just a reskin, the new one isn't so great, going back to the old.." then next day, they are back in the new one as no one is on the old one, especially not their COD friends.

COD has limited replayability for me, and I know a few who are obsessive about it and tried to 'convert' me repeatably with fail.

Thing, is, because of the years of polish, there are some actually good features in a game itself, but the dislike is directed against the franchise for simply rehashing/polishing these concepts and overcharging people every year for the new one.