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I have already posted this on a few forums the original i made for my MLG forum user:

I remember the happy months of playing call of duty 4 online, trying to get to that last prestige, that last golden gun. Then world at war came out and I got that, and it was a good change for awhile, especially zombies Then Modern Warfare 2 came out soon after, at first it seemed good improving on the multilayer that cod4 had been so good for but after a while I noticed that it just wasn't so fun to play, it was effectively the same minus some additional features, it might as well have been an expansion for cod4! And when I thought it was already going downhill black ops sneaks in out of nowhere and what is it? It effectively is with a few minor improvements of modern warfare 2 and world at war combined. I look at games such as Crysis and gears of war which have only released (or about to release) 2 or 3 games in all. All of which have major advances in the games engine and greatly improved features. The developers seem to genuinely care for their franchise and its reputation. Other games such as halo also come to mind. Minus the ODST game which well should really have been an expansions have all had major improvements. How can people be expected to play games repeatedly if there is a new one out every 6 months? The call of duty series lets face it has got to ******y from the success of cod4 and has been blinded by the money to be made by quickly releasing new games with slight changes and a new campaign they know that many will just buy it so that they will not be left on the modern warfare 2 server with no one left to play with. Lucky for me there is still a large amount of people playing the last title in the COD series with some dignity left in its name and with some genuine effort put into its making. You will find me in the cod 4 servers.

Anotehr user even compared it to Wow and eve online as such as the bring out so many new games it is like a subscription to buy the new one or be left behind.

quit simply yes, but still less raging idiots on other games so that's good I geus.

COD is the equivalent of the EA sports franchises. They'll bring out a new version every year so you'll continue to plop down $60 and they can keep making money. The days of buying a copy of half life and then playing it and mods for years on end for free are long gone.

But I feel your pain OP.. 60$ a year? That's not so bad.. Up to this day Sims 3 with all add-ons (base released 27 Jan 2011 on Steam) costs more than 200€.. WTF?
If this keeps up I'll be playing only Minecraft, Desktop Dungeons and other non-main stream games.. Every crap today has some additional downloadable content..

Can't wait for Crysis 2 and half life episode 3 (both games of which obvious effort has been put into as they have been in production for years) to come out they should last awhile, and by the time the news ones come out after that i suppose either people will have caught on to Infinity Ward and Treyarch's money making schemes and stopped buying them or it will be on Call of Duty modern warfare 10 based on the modern warfare 2 engine

I'll just play the ones I like, i'm not going to buy every COD game, I watched some gameplay, reviews of BO's before I bought it and I didn't like MW2 so I didn't play it.

I do understand your point though.

COD is fine, I just prefer ATLANTIC SALMON.

Mordoskul wrote:COD is fine, I just prefer ATLANTIC SALMON.

knew it was gonna happen

DA's Forever wrote:

Mordoskul wrote:COD is fine, I just prefer ATLANTIC SALMON.

knew it was gonna happen

Considering it was in the title.....

Slarg232 wrote:

DA's Forever wrote:

Mordoskul wrote:COD is fine, I just prefer ATLANTIC SALMON.

knew it was gonna happen

Considering it was in the title.....

i thought we might have had some self restraint for once

Heck I have only played CODMW2 and that was for about an hour when I rented it on my gamepass. Before that the last war FPS I played b was Black...

So even though I haven't played any of them, still think there is way too many and it is not just COD. What about all the other bandwagon games that are trying to mimic it. SOCOM IV is about the only one I would play, because at least they come out at a decent rate. There is just too many FPS that are like COD. Almost as bad as the guitar hero games.

Personally I think the market for them is going to crash. Seriously how many times can someone play a game about war and shooting people? Maybe I am weird, but I have to mix it up a bit. I couldn't play WoW all day for years like a lot of people. Heck I can't even play Dragon Age 2 right after playing the first one.

The games are pretty good.

It is kinda silly how they have annualized CoD, make something a little different now and then.

Yes, but so does MoH, BF, and so many other series. Still good though, I just intend to play Homefront next instead.

I have to say though, Black Ops was an excellent change for them.

The Cold War and Vietnam really was an excellent time period, and the story mode for that game was unrivaled.

I hope their next installment, which is supposed to be sci-fi, really does well. Needs more multipalyer sci-fi.

Melissia wrote:I hope their next installment, which is supposed to be sci-fi, really does well. Needs more multipalyer sci-fi.

Call of Halo: Modern Reach.

I can see it now....

Melissia wrote:Yes, but so does MoH, BF, and so many other series. Still good though, I just intend to play Homefront next instead.

Prepare to be disappointed.

ShumaGorath wrote:

Melissia wrote:Yes, but so does MoH, BF, and so many other series. Still good though, I just intend to play Homefront next instead.

Prepare to be disappointed.

You mean just like the BF series disappointed me despite how many people seem to consider it the messiah of modern FPS games?

I have plenty of reasons to believe I will like Homefront. The only thing that has me worried right now is their position on the dominance of vehicles.

DA's Forever wrote:

Slarg232 wrote:

DA's Forever wrote:

Mordoskul wrote:COD is fine, I just prefer ATLANTIC SALMON.

knew it was gonna happen

Considering it was in the title.....

i thought we might have had some self restraint for once

On Dakka?

NOOOoooooo.....

I have just heard that bungie has seemingly sold the rights to the halo franchise to 343 studios who are making a halo 4 :( so much for the one epic ending to the halo franchise. It gonna ruin it like the call of duty series.

FiRe SuPeRiOrItY wrote:I have just heard that bungie has seemingly sold the rights to the halo franchise to 343 studios who are making a halo 4 :( so much for the one epic ending to the halo franchise. It gonna ruin it like the call of duty series.

Bungie agreed to that before Reach.

I for one, will be leaving the series after Reach. The original storyline has be told with prologue, and I was never a fan of the Haloverse enough to care for it.

However, Bungie has earned my respect with how much they crammed into Reach/Halo3, and as such I will be paying attention to whatever tehy release next. I keep hearing about this Oni game getting a sequel (by fans, honestly), and I am going to have to look into that.

Oni was a third person action/fighting/shooting game. It was pretty neat for its time.

Wow this is the biggest topic i have ever started, and its pretty funny that you guy have had more of a response than the guys on the MLG forum :p there forum is pretty low on numebr I think compared to dakkadakka

Eep, how did that post of mine end up here? Peculiar, I meant to post it in the minecraft section.

I have no problem with the number of CoD games being released. In fact, I encourage it.

Here's why:

1) It gives the FPS fanboy a series to overhype other than Halo

2) It keeps Activision from zombifying their good franchises

3) It keeps the kiddies contained and away from the better online games

4) I know these games are terrible, so I don't have to spend my money to find that out when I get home

5) It over-saturates the FPS market, hurrying it's death to allow other genres to fill the void

6) The midnight releases make life even more punishing to GameStop employees, and they all deserve their souls crushed for working there

7) It fully commits Activision's reliance on Guitar Hero and CoD, so when these franchises die, Activision will too

8) After the collapse, the new generation of gamers will learn that there's plenty of great games out there whose names they don't already recognize

9) The series appears to be getting worse and worse graphics with each game, so that when people stop playing CoD, they'll be impressed by the graphics of classic games on the SNES

10) It generates enough profits for Vivendi that they may be satisfied and stop purchasing and ruining every developer they meet

Wow.

That's incredibly arrogant, pompous, and dickish.

Seriously... saying you are better than someone else just because you have a different taste in games?

Geeze. I don't even do that when I insult blizzard.

Grakmar wrote:I have no problem with the number of CoD games being released. In fact, I encourage it.

Here's why:

1) It gives the FPS fanboy a series to overhype other than Halo

2) It keeps Activision from zombifying their good franchises

3) It keeps the kiddies contained and away from the better online games

4) I know these games are terrible, so I don't have to spend my money to find that out when I get home

5) It over-saturates the FPS market, hurrying it's death to allow other genres to fill the void

6) The midnight releases make life even more punishing to GameStop employees, and they all deserve their souls crushed for working there

7) It fully commits Activision's reliance on Guitar Hero and CoD, so when these franchises die, Activision will too

8) After the collapse, the new generation of gamers will learn that there's plenty of great games out there whose names they don't already recognize

9) The series appears to be getting worse and worse graphics with each game, so that when people stop playing CoD, they'll be impressed by the graphics of classic games on the SNES

10) It generates enough profits for Vivendi that they may be satisfied and stop purchasing and ruining every developer they meet

Whoo!

Melissia wrote:Wow.

That's incredibly arrogant, pompous, and dickish.

Seriously... saying you are better than someone else just because you have a different taste in games?

Geeze. I don't even do that when I insult blizzard.

Wait wut? If you're referencing Grakmar, it really seemed like a harmless joke (with a dose of the truth)

Considering I've met people who honestly believe most of those things, I'm not so sure.