Squads
Squads is a huge new addition to the Call of Duty franchise where you can create squads of customised players and set their load-outs before heading into battle. You will play as one soldier, while the rest of the squad will take their cues from the load-outs you’ve granted them and battle apropos against another squad.
So if you think the best idea is to arm all your guys with snipers then they will all hang back and go for the headshots;if you arm them all with nothing but combat knives then you are a total bastard and just want to watch your people die.
The most exciting thing about this however is not that you can now prep your squads to take on other players setups but rather that you can now play Call of Duty with really intelligent bots.
In Squad vs Squad or Wargame you can load out your squads and then jump right into a game against a fully armed squad that will do its very best to match your ability. I gave it a few goes and while I’m not an exceptional Call of Duty player, I can hold my own. The opposing squads really did put me through my paces though, and I thoroughly enjoyed the experience.
One aspect of the Squads mode that destroyed me was Safeguard. Again it’s another wave based mode where you start with nothing other than a handgun and a random kill-streak drop and you need to defend yourself against a horde of mercenaries.
As you can see from the video below… I totally totally sucked at this mode. I can’t wait to regain some of my manhood by trying this again because this is frankly just embarrassing.
And now for the main course.
Multiplayer
The single biggest change in this years Call of Duty is that you can now customise your soldier; and yes since I was so addicted to this game capture device I captured how to customise their load-outs, perks and strike packages… and completely forgot the actual soldier customisation part.. yeah genius.
As you can see from the video above the load-outs have changed quite a bit but the biggest change comes in how perks work now with a new point system. Perks are broken down over 7 different categories; Speed, Handling, Stealth, Awareness, Resistance, Equipment and Elite with 5 different perks per line.
Each perk is worth a certain amount of points you’re afforded a total of 8 points t customise your soldier.
Once you have kitted yourself out it’s time to head into battle – and you’ll quickly find the game to be more fluid than before with the silly dolphin dive now being replaced with an awesome knee slide and a new ability added that enables you to mantle over small walls keeping the game fast and exciting.
After that the gameplay is as expected with nothing fundamentally changing, it’s the same old Call of Duty you know and love but with an extra layer of polish that makes it all much better. Along with that comes a whole new range of game modes, some of which have instantly become favourites.
Cranked is a straight-up death match, but when you get a kill you get a boost in speed and power with the downside being that you need to kill another person in 30 seconds or you’ll explode. This makes for immensely exciting games and this is something I am hoping to see enter league play – mostly to get rid of campers.
Blitz is a run-and-gun game where the object is to get to the goal and score a point by running through a portal without getting killed – all while stopping the opposition from scoring. It’s a fun, faster-paced capture-the-flag, but I’m not sure it’s going to catch on.
Infected is hugely annoying. You all start off and then one player is randomly chosen to be infected. The infected is then tasked with turning the other players while the humans try to simply survive with their shotguns against the infected and their blades.
Hunted hunted is easily my favourite new mode. All players start off with pistols and can only upgrade by picking random weapons from care package drops; which just happen to also be perfect kill zones for anyone with a decent weapon. The game’s quick, hugely enjoyable and is great at levelling the playing field between adequate and good players.
I used some more of my direct feed magic to showcase me owning in Hunted:
So yeah owning is a bit of a stretch since we lost.. But hey I topped the leaderboard. That counts for something, right?
The last big change that I noticed was that they have infinitely improved Search and Rescue by changing it from a one-death-and-you-are-out experience, to a kill-confirmed style which devitalises long range snipers to some extent and makes the game just that much more tactical.
And yes we have more footage. It’s not me playing this time though.
The only other thing left to say really is that the new class added between assault and sniper, Marksman, is brilliant and a great addition to the armoury. It makes the assault a more short-to-medium weapon range load-out, with the marksmen now taking the medium to long and leaving snipers as snipers.
Call of Duty: Ghosts is nothing ground breaking but it is a solid improvement over the already excellent Call of Duty: Black Ops 2.
Oh and Riley? I felt Riley was a nice addition but this garbage about being emotionally invested in the animal is just that, garbage. He should never have been used as a marketing tool – because that’s frankly all he was.
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Call of Duty: Ghosts is a great new addition to the franchise but it is definitely showing its age now. Far too many invisible walls and glitches in the single player campaign show a lack of due care and attention which I didn't expect from Infinity Ward. The multiplayer experience more than makes up for it though.
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hairyknees
November 5, 2013 at 10:02
First!
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
November 11, 2013 at 15:50
Really? We’re going do this reddit shit here? No dude.. NO! I like you hairyknees, but let’s not do this “first crap”, not on Lazygamer. Keep that shit for News24 or 4chan
hairyknees
November 11, 2013 at 17:02
I INSTANTLY REGRET THIS COMMENT! 😛
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
November 11, 2013 at 17:08
hehehe no worries man, I’ve made a couple of those as well… 😛
hairyknees
November 5, 2013 at 10:02
Lets see how many trolls come out ^_^
Spathi
November 5, 2013 at 10:07
Good and fair review. Thanks!
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 5, 2013 at 10:08
You were assembled? Gavin is a bot!
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 5, 2013 at 10:19
I saw that edit! Sneaky sneaky. TINFOIL HAT ENGAGE!
Unalighned John (JJ)
November 5, 2013 at 10:36
You talking to yourself?
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 5, 2013 at 10:40
Everyone else thinks I’m crazy. :/
Unalighned John (JJ)
November 5, 2013 at 10:42
I have that same problem with my humor. Only one person always laughs at it.
Me.
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 5, 2013 at 10:43
#foreverSPhumour
ToshZA
November 5, 2013 at 10:47
I seem to have that affliction myself.
Rincethisweekout!
November 5, 2013 at 10:46
Thinks? *Runs…
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 5, 2013 at 10:49
Shut up! You’re not a real boy!
Rincethisweekout!
November 5, 2013 at 10:56
Yes I am!
Admiral Chief Ninja
November 5, 2013 at 10:58
Yes, you are a ginger boy. Not a man
😛
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 5, 2013 at 11:04
That looks like a ginger/carrot puppet 😉
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
November 5, 2013 at 13:29
No you aren’t! You’re a wooden toy! You can’t trick me again Rinceonochio! I know you’re just a toy!
RinceandRepeat
November 5, 2013 at 13:31
Coming from someone who is only kept alive while electricity renders him that is CHEAP!
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
November 5, 2013 at 13:32
Pfftt… I’m in the cloud, baby!
RinceandRepeat
November 5, 2013 at 13:33
Then you really had better bot meet OVG 0-O
FoxOneZA
November 5, 2013 at 14:37
If Polygon gives Ghosts a 9, you will have to review the game before you start on KZ:S Jimmy 😛
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
November 5, 2013 at 16:55
I would love to review a COD game (but no one trusts me with it, they think I’m going to litter the review with crude penis drawings and other profanities), maybe I should do a legacy series of video reviews starting with COD1 all the way to COD Ghosts….
Exalted Overlord Geoffrey Tim
November 5, 2013 at 10:12
11/10! Where’s the money, Activision?
Rincethisweekout!
November 5, 2013 at 10:34
Silence troll!
Hammersteyn
November 5, 2013 at 10:39
Destructoid didn’t get theirs :/
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
November 5, 2013 at 13:30
lol Sterling is an excellent commentator, but he’s a pretty pathetic reviewer.
Kyou
November 5, 2013 at 23:29
HEY!!! DON’T USE THE M WORD HERE!!! WATCH YOUR MOUTH!!!
Kyou
November 5, 2013 at 23:31
NOBODY SAYS THE M WORD THAT ENDS WITH “CRE” ASSHOLE!!! SO WATCH YOUR FUCKING MOUTH!!! WASH YOUR MOUTH THE SOAP ASSHOLE!!! PEOPLE NEED TO STOP SAYING THAT WORD!!! I HATE THAT WORD!!! IT’S 2013 DAMMIT!!!
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
November 7, 2013 at 16:05
You seem tense, here’s my balls suck on them.
SaintsRowNigri
November 5, 2013 at 10:14
Nice review and all Gavin, but I am just a bit miffed that it wasn’t reviewed on current gen consoles…
Gavin Mannion
November 5, 2013 at 10:19
I played it on current gen consoles as well and it works perfectly.
SaintsRowNigri
November 5, 2013 at 10:22
Ah… Good. Now, do you have R700.00 I can borrow on a permanent basis?
Biza-B
November 5, 2013 at 10:57
Do my eyes deceive me? Did i read that correctly?? reviewed on PS4? How does she handle? How does she make the game look?
Exalted Overlord Geoffrey Tim
November 5, 2013 at 10:59
Check the videos; most of the footage we captured was direct feed PS4.
Otto_ki
November 5, 2013 at 10:17
Got to get too BT games today!
Alex Hicks
November 5, 2013 at 10:20
Gav, did you play on PC too? Or just the console versions?
Gavin Mannion
November 5, 2013 at 10:25
only on all the consoles… embargoed on the Xbox one views until later this month
Captain GUZ
November 5, 2013 at 10:24
I will play this on my friends PC, it looks cool but I cant justify paying so much just for the SP(as its probably gonna take me a day or 2 to finish), not interested in the MP (thats what BF4 is for)
Rincethisweekout!
November 5, 2013 at 10:25
Nice one Gav. Good to see you not swooning over it, but being realistic in the pros and negatives. Speaking of pros, I am assuming they weren’t included…
Anon A Mouse
November 5, 2013 at 10:27
But do the fish also swim into the glass walls? Too soon?
Gavin Mannion
November 5, 2013 at 10:28
no they don’t.. they are clever fish
ToshZA
November 5, 2013 at 10:45
Or just ghost fish. Walls do not hinder their swimming.
Admiral Chief Ninja
November 5, 2013 at 10:28
LOOOOOOONG load times
Unalighned John (JJ)
November 5, 2013 at 10:35
consoles
Gavin Mannion
November 5, 2013 at 10:37
next gen consoles.. most of these videos are PS4
Unalighned John (JJ)
November 5, 2013 at 10:38
Looks pretty sharp, I must admit. I used to love COD back in the day and this looks like a smallish return to from. Small being the operative word there.
Admiral Chief Ninja
November 5, 2013 at 10:44
Still a massive load time for a single map
Gavin Mannion
November 5, 2013 at 10:55
not defending it.. it really is a little silly
Admiral Chief Ninja
November 5, 2013 at 10:58
I get the appeal for a “quick CoD session”, but my PC starts up, connects to 3G, starts up Steam, Loads up Planetside 2, connects to server, connects to continent and warp to action faster than this.
Unalighned John (JJ)
November 5, 2013 at 11:13
I think it’s the number one reason why my PS3 is gathering dust.
Matthew Holliday
November 5, 2013 at 11:34
try playing bf4
i have time to make coffee between during load times.
Admiral Chief Ninja
November 5, 2013 at 11:37
Right, so tell me, what is the size difference in maps?
😉
Matthew Holliday
November 5, 2013 at 11:43
definitely not bigger than BF4 maps
but still big
http://images.eurogamer.net/2013/articles//a/1/6/1/8/8/8/7/COD_Ghosts_Stonehaven_Environment_1_1380040674.jpg.jpg
and the load times are still shorter than bf4 load times.
NostalgicMossel
November 5, 2013 at 11:55
Not with my SSD…hehe.
Admiral Chief Ninja
November 5, 2013 at 11:57
Heheh, was trollin the ps4…
Uberutang
November 5, 2013 at 13:43
Was About to ask what load times?
Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew
November 5, 2013 at 10:37
Clipping and invisi walls?
Well that’s easy to explain!
Clipping through the leaves? Well you are a Ghost duh.
Invisi walls? Well since you are a ghost you can only traverse certain specific areas. Like most ghosts you can’t go beyond a certain point.
Boom. Faults and bugs explained.
#trollol
Rincethisweekout!
November 5, 2013 at 10:40
Heheheh. And the dog? 0-O
Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew
November 5, 2013 at 10:44
Spirit guide
Admiral Chief Ninja
November 5, 2013 at 10:45
hehe
Otto_ki
November 5, 2013 at 10:46
nice save XD
Rincethisweekout!
November 5, 2013 at 10:46
Good boy. Fish?
Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew
November 5, 2013 at 10:47
In the mortal realm. Hence why they can swim away and past the invisi walls
Rincethisweekout!
November 5, 2013 at 10:50
And, THIS?! 0-O http://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/15800000/Justin-Cute-GIF-justin-bieber-15817382-320-240.gif
Vampyre Squirrel
November 5, 2013 at 11:55
I’d apologize for throwing the bottle, but it wasn’t me and I wouldn’t be sorry if it had been me.
RinceandRepeat
November 5, 2013 at 11:58
Hahaha! Man, this made me giggle 🙂
Scruff304
November 5, 2013 at 10:39
I won’t lie, as a BF player, Ghosts sounds like it could be a pretty good time… For the next year…
I wonder how many of the people who took the day off to play today have already finished the single player?
Captain GUZ
November 5, 2013 at 10:44
All of them? trololol
Admiral Chief Ninja
November 5, 2013 at 10:45
HAHAHA, lol
Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew
November 5, 2013 at 10:45
hehehe
Scruff304
November 5, 2013 at 10:47
Oh stop it you :-þ
Tarisma
November 5, 2013 at 10:46
I’m gonna get Ghosts just to make you jealous
Scruff304
November 5, 2013 at 10:48
I bet you won’t…
Hammersteyn
November 5, 2013 at 10:40
Meh
Bad @ss
November 5, 2013 at 10:47
How do you register this bloody game as there is no SA option?
Gavin Mannion
November 5, 2013 at 10:49
Register? I didn’t need to at the event… normally if I can’t find SA I choose UK…
Bad @ss
November 5, 2013 at 10:58
Well hell yeah you have to register and it seems to be quite a difficult thing to do that should be so simple
Bad @ss
November 5, 2013 at 11:20
Seems to be the only option
oVg
November 5, 2013 at 10:50
What do you do in COD? Besides press forward and reload every 2 rounds.
Gavin Mannion
November 5, 2013 at 10:51
Speaking of which, there is a new launcher that launches double semtex grenades… so so so much fun
oVg
November 5, 2013 at 11:31
When one reloads before the magazine is empty do those rounds get lost?
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
November 5, 2013 at 13:37
I kind of hope so, far too many games ignore that simple fact…
TiMsTeR1033
November 5, 2013 at 11:03
Next gen se gat! Leaves and foliage should move! Hell! current gen games can already do better!
Sarelseemonster
November 5, 2013 at 11:09
As a noob to COD, how will the Servers work? On PC? I registered as UK so no SA option online.
Gavin Mannion
November 5, 2013 at 11:12
They have promised smart matching and I have heard mweb will be hosting local servers so it should pick up your region and tag you to that
Sarelseemonster
November 5, 2013 at 11:47
Really hope so…it will by really bad if we can’t get good lagfree matches.
Alex Hicks
November 5, 2013 at 13:30
I cannot express the rage I feel with this console-like matching crap. It really cannot be that difficult to cater for PC users like we used to have – you know, back when FPS’s were new and shiny and pushing boundaries – like a server browser; locally hosted ranked servers, etc.
Matthew Holliday
November 5, 2013 at 11:32
you dont get to choose servers, will be the same as the searching options for mw2+
hit find game, game find the “best” server for you based on ping,location and available players.
Mark Treloar
November 6, 2013 at 11:31
Well that explains why I kept getting connected to Russians and Germans or maybe not?
LAblak22
November 5, 2013 at 11:15
I chose LEGO Marvel Superheroes over this because I am super, super hardcore.
Unalighned John (JJ)
November 5, 2013 at 11:21
Respect yo
LAblak22
November 5, 2013 at 12:06
Thug life ain’t easy, but it’s gots to be done.
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
November 5, 2013 at 13:38
For realz!
Matthew Holliday
November 5, 2013 at 11:36
just picked my copy up from takealot.
currently installing.
Alex Hicks
November 5, 2013 at 13:07
Matthew, when you’re done can you let me know how the local multiplayer works? As I understand it the local ranked servers and server browser portions are not part of the game yet …
That is literally a make or break for me
Uberutang
November 5, 2013 at 13:45
Let us know what the Servers are like for PC please. Disks are sitting on my desk.
Matthew Holliday
November 5, 2013 at 14:11
will when the 1.5gb of updates eventually finishes
Uberutang
November 5, 2013 at 14:12
Thanks Matthew. 1.5 gig… sigh.
Matthew Holliday
November 6, 2013 at 11:03
Servers are fine, exactly the same as MW3.
soldier setups are different
and theyv changed up the balance/mechanics, changing the gamestyle slightly.
my biggest complaint is that it hits my pc like a truck, almost unplayable, that is my biggest dissappointment…
Uberutang
November 6, 2013 at 11:05
Yeah played last night. Shockingly bad game for this late in 2013.
They took the good stuff from BLOPS2 away and went back to MW3. Actually this is just MW3 with a new skin and few tweaks.
Worse R399 ever spend on a game.
rekof
November 5, 2013 at 11:38
How many maps are there in MP?
Gavin Mannion
November 5, 2013 at 11:43
I don’t know for sure.. didn’t write it down.. but I think around 8
Uberutang
November 5, 2013 at 11:42
Local servers not up yet?
Xelus
November 5, 2013 at 12:18
Call of Duty Ghosts? Is this Ghost Recon or Call of Duty now? Saw a review on Kotaku and the first sentence was.
“Three men huddle around a campfire, eager to hear the story of an elite force of highly-feared soldiers. Ghosts, they’re called”
So ask again here too, is this Ghost Recon or call of booty, I mean duty. My bad, my bad. XD Lol
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
November 5, 2013 at 13:35
I’m currently playing Ghost Recon Future Soldier… HOLY FREAKING COW, it’s awesome. I wish I had gotten it before I played Splinter Cell Blacklist, because they share so much in terms of controls. The weapon customisation in Future Soldier is brilliant. I really wish that other games would do something similar.
Xelus
November 5, 2013 at 13:51
I agree, I played Ghost Recon Future Soldier was epic, enjoyed every bit of the game.
Ultimo_Cleric N7
November 5, 2013 at 12:49
I will get it ^^
Milesh Bhana
November 5, 2013 at 12:52
you have a PS4???
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
November 5, 2013 at 13:28
No thanks, I’ll pass through Go and collect my $200.
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
November 5, 2013 at 13:40
Good review though, but this game… argh! It just makes me want to shake my fist, and punch through walls!
RobertjG60
November 5, 2013 at 15:29
wasted $60, they lied about the dedicated servers. the mouse is sluggish. Low frame rate even with graphics set low
Nintendo Fan 4 Lif3
November 5, 2013 at 17:04
is extinction mode online only because it looks like fun?
Danny Friday
November 5, 2013 at 20:14
not really good news for next gen…hopefully someone else will come in a step these kind of games up to the next level and finally leave COD to R.I.P
shanbuscus
November 5, 2013 at 23:59
im hoping thats what killzone shadow fall will do
CRAZY
November 5, 2013 at 23:25
PEOPLE STILL PLAY COD!? BITCH PLASE!! DON’T WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS GAME!! BATTLEFIELD 4 SUCKS AS WELL!! FPS GAMES SUCK!!
Rockstar
November 5, 2013 at 23:26
Nice review Gavin!
Panga
November 6, 2013 at 15:35
Not happy with this game Graphics on PC looks dated and the match making system is terrible again just like MW3… Unfortunately not money well spent
qd22vcc
November 6, 2013 at 23:33
black ops 2 is excellent? For those who played from the beginning….black ops is only for the ADd gamer style…..COD lost the openness to their maps and you can’t really play many other ways than run and gun……im a long time lover of cod but after black ops, they are losing me
sad
November 7, 2013 at 02:44
The worst call of duty I have played to this point. I would like to know who is reviewing these games seriously if you can’t tell what a good game is then you have no right to be rating games in the first place. This version of cod is just like black ops 2 just throw some new maps on it and call it ghost. The weapons are prettt much the same, hit system is shitty along with alot of lucky one shot kills the graphics do not look impressive at all to me. I’m tired of people rating these games when all you do is hype these type of games up to such a level that is bull shit! So you can make a quick dollar off your lies. I’m so close to being done with the cod series the only reason I still have alittle faith is because I hope that you will be smart enough to make a cod similar to mw3. Overall I wouldn’t even rate this game a 4.
JHN
November 7, 2013 at 10:48
yoh
JHN
November 7, 2013 at 10:52
Playing it at the moment really enjoying the single player, its not going to revolutionize gaming as we know it but it is good fun.
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
November 11, 2013 at 15:49
Apparently…. http://www.spawnfirst.com/news/cboat-hints-drm-functionality-still-present-games/ (COD Xbone single player requires Xbox Live)
allfish images
July 30, 2017 at 18:29
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are the very definition of damage controlling. Sony must pay well this
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