Poll: Call Of Duty: Is it over-rated?

[Jerome9157]

I have enjoyed COD games for years, although in the last few years, their games do not live up to the hype, especially Modern Warfare: 2 and Black Ops. Every time a new COD game is released, it dominates the front shelve of video game stores, with truly original and fun games pushed back. COD is not much of an advancement from most generic FPS'S, just a larger fan-base. The most recent game (BLACK OPS) has included a wide variety of equipment, perks, and abilities to ruin the pure enjoyment of the game, and appease the gimmeck-y side of the fanbase (E.G. the younger generation/gamers)such as:
*Over-Powered weapons.
*Camping equipment. (Camera and That mini map detector... thing.)
*The RC-XD (I mean REALLY?!)
*Complete lack of damage distribution (One bullet in the foot being equivilent to one in the torso.)
*Extremely unrealistic bullet dammage, hitboxes, ect.
*Unrealistic Story-Mode (COD originally gained notability for being a realistic WWII fps, and its realism was a major advantage.)
*Stereotypical (See: Zero Punctuation: Black Ops.)
While im ranting on, I would like to announce: I like COD games, but like I said before, i believe it is WAY over-hyped.
I want to know, do YOU agree?

 

[Daystar Clarion]

Oh look, another CoD thread... *yawn*

Let me end it for you. Yes it is overrated, but is it fun? Yes.

/thread.

 

[Best of the 3]

Thread has been done before... so many times before. And not only that but this one has actually been ended on the first post.

 

[Techno Squidgy]

Overhyped? Yeah. However, they are pretty good games. Getting more and more.. uhm.. bat shit crazy. I still put Call of Duty 4 down as the best. Then again I haven't played any before that. Really should.

 

[MrShowerHead]

(COD originally gained notability for being a realistic WWII fps, and its realism was its main advantage.)

Okay, okay, seriously.....what?
MAIN ADVANTAGE? CALL OF DUTY IS REALISTIC?!
Just caught my eye....

OT: Yes, it's over hyped. Wow that was easy

[sub] heh, main advantage...[/sub]

 

[Jerome9157]

hmm, i didnt know you could post pictures.... interesting...

 

[Jerome9157]

You failed to spot the "GAINED" and "FOR BEING" and "WWII", and maybe even "ORIGINALLY" in my post, meaning PAST-TENSE. I ment cod stood out from generic fps's because it was realistic, now that feature is long gone.

 

[Connor Birchenough]

Short answer yes.
long answer YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEs

Don't do that, its break the forum layout when quoted.

~ColdStorage

 

[10zack986]

Overrated? Surely. I'm not going to buy another game unless they do a revamp that can rival COD4. COD4 was just fucking win, and every single game after has tried and failed to mimic its success (Ok, they make the same if not more money, but it's still not as good).

 

[ComicsAreWeird]

I think it´s a good game. It might not be the best FPS ever, but it´s fun. So, no. Not overrated.

 

[C14N]

Probably more so than any other game ever. It's been more or less the same game every year now since COD4 (the oldest I've played, it might have been the same before then), it's got a crap story every time and it chokes out creativity amongst other devs who want to get in on it. Yet it sells in the millions every time and most young males who know little about games claim it to be the best game ever annually. It's basically the Michael Bay movie of the video game world but for some reason it gets treated with so much more esteem.

 

[Drakmeire]

Oh here we go again. I see you're new here. so I'll make it quick.
YES.
and I'll leave it at that so I don't risk starting another flame war.

 

[TheRightToArmBears]

Overrated by lots of people, underrated by most people on this site.

Do I care? Not really. Fun game is fun.

 

[Scarecrow]

I think that they are shit games that are over-hyped. What more can I say?

 

[Ironic Pirate]

No. Because any hype is immediately cancelled by...

I think that they are shit games that are over-hyped. What more can I say?

Short answer yes.
long answer YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES.

...people like this. So yes, IGN may heap a suspicious amount of praise on it, but no one listens to them when thousands of people are devoted to screaming their hearts out over how horrible it is.

 

[Valkyrie101]

*Complete lack of damage distribution (One bullet in the foot being equivilent to one in the torso.)

I don't think that's true. Certainly headshots do more damage.

That aside, I agree with your other points.

 

[Jester00]

yap, it is overhyped. but mw2 wasn't.