I have to admit that this year’s Call of Duty really does look pretty good! I know, I know – it seems to be the same rhetoric every year. “This time things have changed!” Activision will say, followed by media saying how good it all looks – only for the campaign to be a disappointment, and the multiplayer to be filled with prepubescents gasconading about their carnal knowledge of your mum.
This year’s game is still undeniably Call of Duty – but there’s something intriguing enough about it that’s making me want to pull the trigger…again. Perhaps it’s the reaction to it at E3, something I’ll always have a quiet chuckle about. The first look of it featured some impressive interstellar combat that had people salivating on social media – until the moment they realised it was Call of Duty, and their own biases took over, making the game they were so excited about just seconds before less appealing.
There’s some new footage for the game that’s come out of comic-con, and I think it looks pretty god. It’s mostly focused on the boots-on-the-ground action and blockbuster set-pieces that the series is known for. Though quite futuristic, it’s reminiscent of the first Modern Warfare. It does, however, show a little more of that space combat that I think is a little more exciting.
“When the Settlement Defense Front attacks UNSA forces in Geneva without warning during Fleet Week, Lt. Reyes and his squad have only one option: Fight back against the SetDef and give ‘em hell,” reads the description.
Take a look:
Also revealed at Comic-con was news that Game of Thrones’ Kit Harington would be this new game’s bad guy – which we got a closer look at last night.
Last Updated: July 22, 2016
Mark Treloar
July 22, 2016 at 09:09
making the game they were so excited about just seconds before less appealing – because if the space combat is on rails like previous vehicle combat from COD, then its just pointless.
Ottokie
July 22, 2016 at 09:20
I would have bought it just for COD4. But that is not even in the deluxe offer… It’s in the offer that includes lotion.
Admiral Chief - Check
July 22, 2016 at 09:22
So this is a 1/6th of the full campaign right?
Darren Peach
July 22, 2016 at 13:20
Yep. This franchise has to own it. After the first COD came out, All FPS games became shorter and shorter.
Fox1 - Retro
July 22, 2016 at 09:22
A villain that knows nothing…serious?
Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0
July 22, 2016 at 09:24
XD
Admiral Chief - Check
July 22, 2016 at 09:23
“new and special” “never seen before”
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0
July 22, 2016 at 09:25
I think I’ll buy this, because trolling
Admiral Chief - Check
July 22, 2016 at 09:25
Wtf is up with Ethan’s legs? Is it augmented, or badly done?
Admiral Chief - Check
July 22, 2016 at 09:27
The one assault rifle looks and reloads almost exactly like the one from Deus Ex Human Revolution, a game released a few years ago
Admiral Chief - Check
July 22, 2016 at 09:27
Oh look, the shotgun as well
Admiral Chief - Check
July 22, 2016 at 09:28
Haha, the ‘spider mine’ from the first and second Deus Ex game also makes an appearance
Raptor Rants
July 22, 2016 at 09:30
Why not just make a new game and not call it COD?
Admiral Chief - Check
July 22, 2016 at 09:30
Actually, not a bad idea
Raptor Rants
July 22, 2016 at 09:32
They could have taken this game, called it something else and people would be more receptive to it.
Admiral Chief - Check
July 22, 2016 at 09:32
Indeed, but they are counting on the CoDwhales to buy into this again, that is the target crowd
Raptor Rants
July 22, 2016 at 09:34
It just has to say Activision somewhere on the box and the CoD players will jump. Very loyal bunch
Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0
July 22, 2016 at 09:32
It’s all about brand awareness, like Adidas, Mountain Dew or Dorritos
Raptor Rants
July 22, 2016 at 09:33
It’s Acti. The only brand awareness they need is the media and their logo. You don’t see Blizzard calling every single game they release the same thing
Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0
July 22, 2016 at 09:34
Well they do release different games.
Raptor Rants
July 22, 2016 at 16:15
Wait? They do? Clearly I am not an Acti fan
Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0
July 25, 2016 at 07:56
XD I meant Blizzard
Admiral Chief - Check
July 22, 2016 at 09:32
One thing that is actually new, is Switzerland being attacked
Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0
July 22, 2016 at 09:32
Inorite? Who dafuq hates the Swiss?
Admiral Chief - Check
July 22, 2016 at 09:33
The guys trying to nail people who hide their money there?
Admiral Chief - Check
July 22, 2016 at 09:35
And the ‘modular sniper rifle’, yeah, seen that in Republic Commando. The way the scope is attached, and the reload animation as well. Copy/paste with new skin
Viper_ZA
July 22, 2016 at 09:52
No shame whatsoever, I am also sure the COD whores will ensure it hits record sales, even if it means buying 10 copies each to make it a reality…
Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0
July 22, 2016 at 09:36
It looks really good, but they just can’t move away from chest high walls and health regen. It almost looks like you’re a tourist in the gameplay, tagging along for the ride. Not like Doom at all
Admiral Chief - Check
July 22, 2016 at 09:41
Ok, the space thing is a new idea, but still on rails
DarkBra
July 22, 2016 at 14:59
not on rails bra.
Admiral Chief - Check
July 22, 2016 at 09:48
Well that’s time I’m never getting back
Spy Master Tokashi
July 22, 2016 at 10:18
hmm ooh good, the painter is done with his work. Now I can go watch some paint dry …
Spy Master Tokashi
July 22, 2016 at 10:19
I hate to be the fanboy look a like … but … BF 1 killed COD Infinate Borefare
Admiral Chief - Check
July 22, 2016 at 10:20
Borefare LOOOOL
Gavin Mannion
July 22, 2016 at 16:30
BF1 looks stupid.. it’s BF4 with a WW1 skin.. mehhhhhhhhhhh
Greylingad[He Charges!]
July 22, 2016 at 10:20
Pew…Pewpewpew…pewpew….pewpewpew….pew…
Darren Peach
July 22, 2016 at 13:01
Mech Porn
Darren Peach
July 22, 2016 at 13:05
The street battle would fit well into a Terminator game.
Darren Peach
July 22, 2016 at 13:08
Looks cool. Maybe we should be mindful of the fact that we are all a touch jaded.
Kaihaku
July 22, 2016 at 13:37
Wow! The new Halo looks amazing.
Silver Joystix
July 22, 2016 at 15:40
I feel like I have seen all of this before a million times. Why hasn’t Activision learned to show off multiplayer first? After all of these years, does anyone still play campaign mode? I’m sitting this year out unless I see something that sparks my interest.
Gavin Mannion
July 22, 2016 at 16:32
I buy COD every year for the campaign mode.. looking forward to completing it again on insane mode.
The MP is fun but if they didn’t have SP I wouldn’t be picking up the game
Silver Joystix
July 22, 2016 at 16:54
I can’t help but wonder if there are others like you. Do you know the names of the characters as well? It puzzles me, but I also find this loyalty deeply fascinating.