Call of Duty is not a game <-- SERIOUS STATEMENT IS SERIOUS -_-

[Norris IV]

Its still a game as it has a story mode (as bad as it can be) but I have to agree wot you totally, Many times I had a blackbird in the air and saw the enemy spawn right behind me along with their bullets hitting me when they weren't looking at me! Now I just stick to zombies, it is much better than the multiplayer (anyone who fancies playing zombies on the ps3 my PSN is norris_iv ) and I'm not gonna get started on the singleplayer but it is still a game

 

[NightHawk21]

I looked up the definition of game

Dictionary.com
"a competitive activity involving skill, chance, or endurance on the part of two or more persons who play according to a set of rules, usually for their own amusement or for that of spectators."

The game just decides who is lucky enough to win in the scenario you described. Still a game. Not to say that its the best one out there.

I have similar problems like that in BfBC2 due to hit detection, i can literally knife someone in the back 10 times and still not get the kill. Just not lucky enough for the game to register the kill.

Ya sorry, but I'm just gonna say that you have no idea what you are talking about. I'll concede the fact that latency and chance do come into straight 1 on 1 firefights, you don't necessarily get into those situations repeatedly where it should completely change the outcome of the game. Also last I checked chance was a valid "thing" in games.

As for contact with the enemy, you most certainly can control your contact. Run away from the enemies and bam no encounters, or just sit in some out of place corner with your back to the wall.

 

[richd213]

What i got from that was that it wasn't a game because it was mostly due to chance. In that case is poker a game or is it just chance?

 

[Ariseishirou]

...So no FPS games are games. Gotcha'.

Move along, nothing to see here.

 

[EGtodd09]

Bro, just because you don't enjoy a game doesn't mean it's not a game. There are millions, MILLIONS of gamers who enjoy the Call of Duty franchise because of all the things it does right. Sure it has a few shortcomings, but for most the experience is very enjoyable maybe because 13 year old COD vets can't spawn camp on team deathmatch and its a reasonably fair playing field. By not letting the insanely skilled players flex their gaming muscles too much the noobs and just plain bad gamers alike all enjoy the experience, otherwise their wouldn't be millions playing COD. Oh and in case you didn't notice, the software has to control everything, otherwise it wouldn't be software, it would be a time traveling device sending you back to real conflicts to die, and I'm pretty sure no-one would want to take a time machine back to Vietnam so they could "control" when people get hit or whatever, even if time travel was possible. It's still a game, and a good one in my opinion, and you're a fool for denying it. Serious thread is not serious.

 

[MASTACHIEFPWN]

Few games give you any choice into the outcome.

Seriously, only a couple RPGs do that.

 

[Rewdalf]

Even after I edited the front page.
And added a SARCASTIC REMARK IN ALL CAPS.
I mean, even the dimmest of members must know what sarcasm looks like. It's all over this site.

 

[Harbinger_]

Oh its a game alright but its simply a game that I have absolutely no interest in and more than likely never will.

 

[PinochetIsMyBro]

No, crysis 2 isn't a game.

I saw a video of someone WALKING through the last level and winning without firing a shot, just ignoring the enemy npcs.

Though to be fair, the level IS called "a walk in the park."

 

[hailfire]

I know you have a high KD, but you still sound like you are bitter about losing at COD. if you don't like it, don't play it, but don't complain that the game is objectively bad because it impliments chance as part of its mechanics. chance is a HUGE part of real firefights, and with COD going for ultra realism, it kind of fits. anyone who has ever fired a handgun before knows that COD guns are way more accurate than real guns, and if they were going for true realism they would make it take forever to reload, and you wouldn't magically heal bullet wounds. just be thankful they didn't take the realism too far.

personally, I like COD (when I'm winning), so judging by your KD, you should be enjoying yourself. if you just don't like games with an element of chance, then don't play it, but also be sure to stay away from poker, blackjack, roulette, slots, and any other games that you don't consider to be "games".

 

[C95J]

I'm sorry but your arguments just have so many flaws.

First of all you say:
"While you aim and fire your weapon accordingly, you still don't have control over what you're doing. The game decides whether or not you're going to get the kill, regardless of which player dishes out more damage."
So what you are saying with this is, you have absolutely no control if you over if you get the kill or not. Here is how shooting games work: you aim towards the enemy, and shoot, if it is on target, damage is dealt. It is not a random chance if you will deal damage or not. Therefore, you have control over the game. If you aim well, you get the kill. If you don't, then obviously you won't.
Also, the game doesn't choose a "favourite player" to get the kill, think about it that is just ridiculous.

Oh, and just a little tip. You know on the enemies killcam, where some of your bullets miss, that you thought hit... well that's called the guns recoil... and the killcam is in slow motion, at full speed you might not notice the bullets that miss because of the rate of fire.

You then go on to say:
"Your actions don't influence the outcome of the game." and "You can be a "good player" in Call of Duty, and still receive a crushing defeat."
You do realise, that even though you are good at something, you can still have a bad game. It is the same for every game, or sport etc. Everyone have a bad game...

What I am trying to say here is that Call of Duty is obviously a game, and I don't know how you could think otherwise.

Also, even though you do not say it is a game, you repeatedly refer to it as a game in your post -_-

 

[Baneat]

With regards to hit detection:

They're just as good as quake's and counter-strike's on the PC version

Do Xbox users have net-code issues?

People say it's a "see first and shoot" game, thus it has no skill. The skill is in being able to see first and shoot, at closer ranges anyway. Hip-firing is always a crapshoot, I've missed 28 of thirty FAMAS rounds at 5 meters, it happens .

The TDM thing is a little strange, I only use the teammates to have them stick their neck out, and to reduce the focus off me.

You can lose the TDM overall, but, if you have a positive score on the losing team, you're a winner really.

 

[Reptiloid]

Guys, is it really THAT fucking hard to press a single number key? MODERN WARFARE IS NOT THE FIRST GAME IN THE SERIES! Neither is World At War, Modern Warfare 2, Black Ops or whichever of the shitty multiplayer focused piles of putrid vomit sequels you're referring to. Stop besmirching the name of the ONE good game in the series. There is only game that's called only "Call Of Duty", and that would be the original from 03.

 

[zehydra]

None of OP's complaints describe necessary characteristics defining of a "game".