To me, Call of Duty Ghosts marked the start of an era of bad Call of Duty Games that has plagued the franchise for years. This game wasn't necessarily poorly developed but it was just so uninteresting and its hard to hide all the flaws in the game when there are so many underhwelming parts of the game.
Its predecessor Black Ops 2 was a resounding success for fans, and its popularity continued for several years after its release. However, Call of Duty Ghosts flopped fast. The overall player count tanked in the next few years and there are about 500 players still playing the game. However, its predecessor to this day has over 2,000 players playing as of recently. (statistics from steamcharts.com)
Nobody should play a Call of Duty for its campaign. Even some of the most popular titles in the series still had awful campaigns. Call of Duty has always been known for its cliche over the top violence which has come to define the series. Though this action can be cool to the average 12-year-old it doesn't compel older gamers and anyone actually 17+. The story is boring and the characters are absolutely forgettable. The missions where the players are fighting in outer space were overhyped and it wasn't as game-changing or different as any of the players hoped for. The overall gameplay stuck to the same system and didn't seem overly broken or flawed it just seemed forgettable.
The multiplayer portion of the game is very similar in the fact that it had no gameplay mechanics or components that stood out. The gameplay stayed true to the roots of Call of Duty with fast-paced over the top action. Ghosts also stayed true to past games with uninteresting and overly brown maps, connection biased encounters where people with better internet come out on top, and also imbalanced weapons. There was no life or substance in this multiplayer game and it just felt like it highlighted all that frustrated players in the series
Extinction was the final nail in the coffin for this game. This mode was a survival game type where you have to fight and escape from alien-like creatures while discovering new weapons and ways to survive. This was an obvious attempt to recreate the popular Zombies Mode from previous games. Credit has to be given to Infinity Ward because this mode is completely new to the series and stands out. However, the execution of this game mode was not as successful as Zombies was. They only ever released 5 "episodes" or maps for Extinction and several of these had to be purchased with the DLC. Black Ops 2 had 4 maps that are playable in the base game and 3 different zombie related game types. Ghosts predecessor also had another 7 maps for DLC so there are over 11 different maps with plenty of new stories and game modes. Overall the gameplay and story of this game mode were different and new but the replayability was lacking. Extinction was trying too hard to be like Zombies they should have just made a new Zombies game type. Or maybe not, because even Treyarch, the original creators of Call of Duty Zombies, has been unsuccessful as to create a proper remake in their recent games.
Call of Duty Ghosts as a whole was very unremarkable and even the parts that were new to the franchise had very little components to keep players coming back for more. The campaign was overall flat and too cliche. Extinction was brand new but overall had nothing to compel players to keep playing. Finally, a very biased, unbalanced, and boring multiplayer brings it together. Call of Duty Ghosts was a start to a horrible era for this franchise.
Nobody should play a Call of Duty for its campaign. Even some of the most popular titles in the series still had awful campaigns. Call of Duty has always been known for its cliche over the top violence which has come to define the series. Though this action can be cool to the average 12-year-old it doesn't compel older gamers and anyone actually 17+. The story is boring and the characters are absolutely forgettable. The missions where the players are fighting in outer space were overhyped and it wasn't as game-changing or different as any of the players hoped for. The overall gameplay stuck to the same system and didn't seem overly broken or flawed it just seemed forgettable.
The multiplayer portion of the game is very similar in the fact that it had no gameplay mechanics or components that stood out. The gameplay stayed true to the roots of Call of Duty with fast-paced over the top action. Ghosts also stayed true to past games with uninteresting and overly brown maps, connection biased encounters where people with better internet come out on top, and also imbalanced weapons. There was no life or substance in this multiplayer game and it just felt like it highlighted all that frustrated players in the series
Extinction was the final nail in the coffin for this game. This mode was a survival game type where you have to fight and escape from alien-like creatures while discovering new weapons and ways to survive. This was an obvious attempt to recreate the popular Zombies Mode from previous games. Credit has to be given to Infinity Ward because this mode is completely new to the series and stands out. However, the execution of this game mode was not as successful as Zombies was. They only ever released 5 "episodes" or maps for Extinction and several of these had to be purchased with the DLC. Black Ops 2 had 4 maps that are playable in the base game and 3 different zombie related game types. Ghosts predecessor also had another 7 maps for DLC so there are over 11 different maps with plenty of new stories and game modes. Overall the gameplay and story of this game mode were different and new but the replayability was lacking. Extinction was trying too hard to be like Zombies they should have just made a new Zombies game type. Or maybe not, because even Treyarch, the original creators of Call of Duty Zombies, has been unsuccessful as to create a proper remake in their recent games.
Call of Duty Ghosts as a whole was very unremarkable and even the parts that were new to the franchise had very little components to keep players coming back for more. The campaign was overall flat and too cliche. Extinction was brand new but overall had nothing to compel players to keep playing. Finally, a very biased, unbalanced, and boring multiplayer brings it together. Call of Duty Ghosts was a start to a horrible era for this franchise.
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