Poll: Call of Duty 4 or Call of Duty 5?
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I liked COD5 because it didn't ignore the existence of Russia like so many WW2 games, and most movie, love to do. Russia was the reason Germany lost that war after all, so giving them some exposure seems like a good thing if you want to be historically accurate. But... that was it! That was the only thing about COD5 that I found notable. The game play was the same as ever other WW2 game out there, and at times worse many times over. The game was scripted to the point most times I died trying to figure out how the Dev decided this section needed to be solved instead of doing my own thing and the AI was... shockingly bad. Telescopic eyes on the enemies and of course 'team mates' that love to drop grenades at my feet just as much as the enemies did.
COD5 multiplayer also felt like a re-skined COD4... I know it was just that but still, it didn't have to feel the exact same! Just take the 'aperture sight' for example, right there you have a massive break away from reality all to try and keep the EXACT same 'rewards' that was popular in COD4. Aperture sights during WW2 where just 'peep sights' which are standard iron sites for many rifles of the era! Other rifles could be modified to have these sights, but they where tiny metal rings designed to focus the eye at the rear sight and give better accuracy when looking down the fore sights.
It was like they where not even bothering to hide they had just re-skinned most of the COD4 stuff to make it look WW2ish. Throw in a few extra maps, with all the same objectives as COD4, and volla... your playing COD5.
COD5 multiplayer also felt like a re-skined COD4... I know it was just that but still, it didn't have to feel the exact same! Just take the 'aperture sight' for example, right there you have a massive break away from reality all to try and keep the EXACT same 'rewards' that was popular in COD4. Aperture sights during WW2 where just 'peep sights' which are standard iron sites for many rifles of the era! Other rifles could be modified to have these sights, but they where tiny metal rings designed to focus the eye at the rear sight and give better accuracy when looking down the fore sights.
It was like they where not even bothering to hide they had just re-skinned most of the COD4 stuff to make it look WW2ish. Throw in a few extra maps, with all the same objectives as COD4, and volla... your playing COD5.
COD4 wins - we are all bored of WWII shooters. My theory is that Treyarch HAD to set CoD:WaW during a different time period to get away with ripping off CoD4:MW so much. If they'd set it during modern times, CoD:WaW would basically have been CoD4 with more glitches. A LOT more glitches. And dogs.
Either that or Activision is using CoD:WaW to increase sales for MW2 (so... many... acronyms...) by throwing into sharp relief exactly how great a game CoD4 is, and how much better Infinity Ward are at - well, anything really. They knew everybody would react like this, and are taking the 'Ah, but just you wait for CoD:MW2' approach.
Either that or Activision is using CoD:WaW to increase sales for MW2 (so... many... acronyms...) by throwing into sharp relief exactly how great a game CoD4 is, and how much better Infinity Ward are at - well, anything really. They knew everybody would react like this, and are taking the 'Ah, but just you wait for CoD:MW2' approach.
I think they are both great games, though i think the cod 4 campaign is better, the tank level in cod 5 pissed me off. Cod 4 is alot more cinamatic and you can't beat infiltrating russian territory with a scottish guy. The campers in cod 5 make me twitch and the nazi zombies does get quite annoying. Apart from that there is the fact that cod 5 multiplayer is more of a 'click, band "DAMN I MISSED" click, zoom "DAMN HE ESCAPED" kind of game that does sometimes get on your'e nerves. BUT, i think that they are both great games and i'm glad that i bought them both.
Call of Duty 4 is way better, it looks better (somehow), the guns are better, you feel more bad ass, the multiplayer is better, and call of duty 5 is just call of duty 4 except WW2atised.
I vote Call of Duty 3. I play it more than CoD4 and CoDWaW because its just simple pick a class and kill some fuckers.
