drummodino said:
There is a reason the Call of Duty formula is so successful - it's incredibly popular and addictive. I agree with you that most modern shooters feel too similar but there is a reason for it. It pretty much guarantees good sales and reviews (note I said good not great).
And fair enough if you don't like GTA but you have to admit that they must be doing something right if they have been successful enough to spawn as many games as they have
It's successful because it's popular, and that makes it okay?
It's fraud.
I do admit that my dislike for Modern Warfare was personal.
My dislike for all the IDENTICAL FUCKING CLONES are objective and unbiased.
You payed $60 for Modern Warfare. Fine.
Then you (maybe not you but somebody) payed $60 for MW 2, Battlefield Bad Company, Home-front, Black Ops, Killzone, Metal of Honor and a million others that I'm forgetting.
Those games are all identical down to the chest high walls, the five hour campaign, the rail shooter vehicle sections, the linear level design, the pop-up-shooting-gallery levels, the broken multyplayer.
And no one notices this!
Or if they do they don't do anything about it.
Developer: "You like Modern Warfare. Can I have $60?"
Player: "Do I have to pay you to keep playing Modern Warfare?"
Developer: "No, but I do want your money."
Player: "Well...okay."
Developer: "Can we charge you again every year from now on?"
Player: "That sounds fair."
The Call of Duty franchise and all of it's bastard clones need to die and you know what?
That won't effect your ability to play Modern Warfare in the slightest.