It's fine as a shooting game, and is a fair bit more exciting than Destinys endless repetition. It was the perfect antidote the mundane feeling I was getting from Destiny. It may still be the same game that was released 8 years ago, but that doesn't mean it's a bad game.

JRPC wrote:

Well there's another article on EG suggesting that it's done far less well than ghosts, so maybe this really is the beginning of the end?

Id like to see it go back to ww2 personally. Can't stand this 'gritty' modern warfare nonsense. That goes doubly for battlefield.

I'd say it's done very poorly.

How isWW2 less gritty?

I liked the grittiness of the MW games, I kike the future tech BLOPS and AW games. I think there's too many people who haven't played it sticking their 2 cents in and Im not sure what the others expected, it's CoD, big, brash, nuts but enjoyable. I don't care if that makes me one of 'the masses' just like I don't care if going to see Transforners at the cinema also makes me so. I enjoy therefore I do.

I'm glad it's sold bucket loads as I'd like to see another.

But there are three different versions of CoD over three years though now and they couldn't all be too similar, that would just be overkill like the end of last gen. They need three that feel different from one another.

And sorry Im referring specifically to the SP as I don't play CoD MP.

g.man wrote:

Diluted Dante wrote:

JRPC wrote:

Well there's another article on EG suggesting that it's done far less well than ghosts, so maybe this really is the beginning of the end? Id like to see it go back to ww2 personally. Can't stand this 'gritty' modern warfare nonsense. That goes doubly for battlefield.

I'd say it's done very poorly.

...and you'd be completely wrong, because the figures are apparently in, and Advanced Warfare has sold more copies in it's first week than the combined first week sales of Destiny, Titanfall and Wolfenstein put together.

somebody is buying it

g.man

And compared to other Call of Duty games?

Ali wrote:

My problem is it's trying too hard not to be CoD. Bar some frame rate issues, I much prefer Ghost because it plays more like CoD4 online than the others. AW wants to be Crysis or Halo and I don't want to play those!

They have playlists without the exosuit abilities you know - barebones  CoD4 style. It's a lot closer to MW than you might think.  Forget the future tech, there are some weapons that are based on reality and feel reasonably authentic. 

The multiplayer is the best I've played on next gen. Its a lovely, solid,  punchy affair. 

Great fun.

It's a fair enough standpoint.  I don't have enough time or money for any of my games so at least those people who pick one are getting their monies worth. 

I mean, Dark Souls has lasted me years.

They clearly won't be panicking any time soon, even a poor selling Cod will outsell anything but FIFA, or GTA when they come along. But it isn't the monster it once was.

What it does have is a long tail. It's one of the few evergreen titles these days. And they will clean up in map packs.

Cod won't crash like Guitar Hero did. So there won't be a bubble bursting. But I doubt there will be another 'biggest entertainment launch ever' claim from them. It will continue to rake in money, partly due to the cheap way they make them compared to the EA approach. But the money montain won't be as big as it was.

It got a double spread, full on feature in The Sun, but then that is the right demographic.

stonechalice wrote:

Ali wrote:

My problem is it's trying too hard not to be CoD. Bar some frame rate issues, I much prefer Ghost because it plays more like CoD4 online than the others. AW wants to be Crysis or Halo and I don't want to play those!

They have playlists without the exosuit abilities you know - barebones  CoD4 style. It's a lot closer to MW than you might think.  Forget the future tech, there are some weapons that are based on reality and feel reasonably authentic. 

But most maps don't play well in non exo mode because that's not what they were designed for, except Gorge, which is a CoD4 map! There is fun to be had, but I still prefer Ghosts.

I gather you don't watch much tv iirc, because the AW trailer is all over it at the mo, and it must have cost a fucktonne of money to make.

I finished the s/p last night, initially thought it was boring and dull but after a few hours it just takes off and doesn't stop until the end credits, it was fantastic (nothing new but some truly brilliant levels, also a great looking game).

I couldn't pick just one but the bus jumping on the highway was great, and everything after it just kept on getting better (hades decoy was a real stand out).

Looks like SP has BF4 issues. Got to the Hades decoy part, saved the game and now, everytime I try to load it, it crashes!