• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Konitono.Blog

Discover your world every day

  • Home
  • Automotive
  • Entertainment
  • Sports
  • Culture
  • Game
  • Tips & Tricks
  • Food
  • Tech

The Call Of Duty machine is grinding the series into dust

November 12, 2021 by www.avclub.com Leave a Comment

Every Friday, A.V. Club staffers kick off our weekly open thread for the discussion of gaming plans and recent gaming glories, but of course, the real action is down in the comments, where we invite you to answer our eternal question: What Are You Playing This Weekend?

Watch

  • Off
  • English

Apparently Kanye West has been a Hitler fan for quite some time

01:21

Now playing

Why Randall Park decided to check out Blockbuster
Yesterday 1:43PM

02:01

Now playing

Tyler James Williams talks “Abbott Elementary” and “Everybody Hates Chris”
Yesterday 1:39PM


Every year since 2005, Activision has published a Call Of Duty game. That's 16 main entries in the series, made possible by a rotating stable of developers and an increasingly large group of studios that exist just to support whichever one of them is running point on that year's Call Of Duty . The idea is that each studio can spend two or three years making a game, but since there are so many studios making Call Of Duty games, Activision can put them out annually and keep making money.

Advertisement

And it's a great way to make money! Which in no way means there aren't a lot of problems with it. For one thing, having to plan years in advance always puts Activision on its back foot—typically forcing it to respond to trends rather than create them. It's difficult to quickly move and react to new ideas in gaming or new advances in technology (one of the things Fortnite has excelled at) when you depend on these kinds of multi-year cycles.

Even worse: The one time in the last few years that Call Of Duty really did nail it—with 2019’s ( mostly ) excellent Modern Warfare —the business model left Activision with no choice but to abandon the game after one year and push out a replacement 12 months later (2020’s Black Ops Cold War ) that was, frankly, awful. Competitors like EA's Battlefield series put over a year between each game, regularly releasing new updates with additional content every once in a while to keep things fresh. Then there's Fortnite , which is several years old, free, and constantly gets high-profile content updates.

G/O Media may get a commission

Lowest Price Ever: Microsoft Office Professional 2-Pack

91% off
Lowest Price Ever: Microsoft Office Professional 2-Pack

Two licenses for the LOWEST price. This limited lifetime license includes the full suite of Microsoft Office, from the dreaded Excel to the idea-sparking PowerPoint.

Advertisement

2019’s Modern Warfare could've been a game like that, one that runs for years. But because Activision needed to put out Cold War (at least partially so it would have something new to put on the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5), it had to be dropped. Now, with this year's Call Of Duty: Vanguard , Activision is trying to catch up to itself —specifically the itself from two years ago.

Vanguard runs on the same engine as Modern Warfare , bringing back then-new elements that it introduced, like doors you can open, or the ability to mount your gun on low walls. The menus all look the same. The deep weapon customization system, one of Modern Warfare 's highlights (you could turn a close-range shotgun into a long-range sniper rifle), is back, and almost identical.

Advertisement

Vanguard is better than Cold War , but that's not saying much. Cold War might be the worst mainline Call Of Duty game they've ever put out, and the best things about Vanguard are just the things they lifted from Modern Warfare . There's hardly any noteworthy innovation in terms of evolving the series, so it really just feels like a desperate move to recapture the glory days of… 2019.

But what will happen next year? And the year after that? There are rumors swirling that the 2022 Call Of Duty will be called Modern Warfare 2 . But will it be good? Will it be new ? Or will it just be an attempt to redo what worked two years ago? Activision's Call Of Duty machine cannot and will not rest, so as depressing as it is, those questions don't even matter. All that matters, to Activision at least, is that there will be a Call Of Duty next year.

  • BMW To Launch 1-Series In India
  • Jason Roy and Liam Plunkett star to help superb England take 2-0 series lead over Australia
  • Betts may play 2B in World Series
  • BMW E30 3 Series is the Ultimate Plowing Machine?
  • Ford Introduces F-series Super Duty Limited, with a Price as Big as Texas
  • 2015 Ford F‑Series Super Duty
  • 2017 Ford F-250 Super Duty Gasoline V-8 SuperCab 4x4
  • VW Tristar, a pick-up truck with an espresso machine
  • 2017 Ford F-250 Super Duty Diesel 4x4 Crew Cab
  • The STX Files: Ford Announces New Trim for Super Duty, Revives It for F-150
  • BMW 1-series M Coupe (2011) long-term test review
  • BMW 7 Series - Seven Up
The Call Of Duty machine is grinding the series into dust have 828 words, post on www.avclub.com at November 12, 2021. This is cached page on Konitono.Blog. If you want remove this page, please contact us.

Filed Under: Blog Call of Duty, Creative works, Windows games, Activision Blizzard, Activision, Video game sequels, Video games, Multiplayer online games, Call of Duty: Modern..., drill grinding machine, singing machine classic series, cnc grinding machine, about cnc grinding machine, why is dust 2 not in active duty, grind to dust mtg, grind to dust, downdraft tables grinding dust, duties machine operator, azure virtual machines h-series, heavy duty 0-tra700 series, heavy duty waterproof dust sheets

Primary Sidebar

RSS Recent Stories

  • Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes exit GMA3 after controversial affair
  • Boy, Peacock is killing off Julie Plec’s shows left and right this month
  • Get a Gift Card and Save Up to $25 With These TurboTax Deals
  • Get the Galaxy Buds 2 for Just $95 Today
  • How to Back Up Your iPhone to iCloud
  • How to Turn Any Laptop Into a Dual-Screen Laptop

Sponsored Links

Copyright © 2023 Konitono.Blog. Power by Wordpress.
Home - About Us - Contact Us - Disclaimers - DMCA - Privacy Policy - Submit your story