Poll: Should the Call of duty series stop releasing campaigns.

[gim73]

If you think that a CoD game that is multiplayer only would be priced less than full bill, you are smoking something. CoD 4 WAS priced at 39.99 back when it was first released until it started getting popular, but then it was jacked up to 60 bucks when they realized they had a hit on their hands.

What you are proposing is like taking World of Warcraft and removing all the NPC's except for vendors and AH. Wanna level? Just grind mobs. You don't need quests or storyline. Everyone knows the entire population of WoW lives to do PvP and raid for endgame loot. Nobody would possibly ever enjoy a rich storyline and environment you get from the single player leveling experience.

Multiplayer can be a nice add on, but a game cannot stand alone on its multiplayer content. Especially a series like CoD where so much of the environment is created by telling the single player campaign. Don't believe me? Just pick up a little game called shadowrun. It's a game that might have been cool if they actually cared enough to have an engrossing single player campaign, but instead has training tutorials for the multiplayer content, which is pretty much all it is. An empty shell of multiplayer with no real story to actually make you enjoy the game. To make matters even worse, it's based off a table top rpg where players pull out dice and role play stories. They took an audience that have loyally followed the game system for years and gave them a game that takes influences from some of the game world and made it a first person shooter where they couldn't even role play. You might as well make a dungeons and dragons football game and have a dwarf team face off against the halfling team!

Anyway, to get to the point, CoD should not be a multiplayer only experience. Co-op campaign would be appreciated though...

 

[Professor James]

For everyone complaining that they don't have an internet connection, you could play local or play spec-ops/zombies.

 

[Professor James]

Anyway, to get to the point, CoD should not be a multiplayer only experience. Co-op campaign would be appreciated though...

I'm pretty sure COD:WAW has co-op campaign.

 

[Chibz]

I'd go a step further and say that the call of duty series should stop having GAMES released.

 

[Merkavar]

i think they should put more effort into the single player game. games should have a good single player and a good multiplay.

 

[JourneyThroughHell]

Considering that I play CoD games for the campaigns... just take a guess on that one.

plus, let's be honest, COD(post 4) is not known and critically acclaimed for it's singleplayer.

What?

Most reviews I've seen for Modern Warfare 2 accentuate their praise on the singleplayer.

I'd go a step further and say that the call of duty series should stop having GAMES released.

Wow, isn't this a rare and totally nice view of the CoD series on here? [footnote] Pro Tip: It's not. [/footnote]

 

[The Electro Gypsy]

There's not a "Call of Duty should stop" option

 

[Chibz]

Wow, isn't this a rare and totally nice view of the CoD series on here?

The series hasn't had anything genuinely new or interesting to offer in years. What I'm talking about is a death with dignity type of deal.[footnote]Bro tip: I can use annoying tags, too![/footnote]

 

[JourneyThroughHell]

Wow, isn't this a rare and totally nice view of the CoD series on here?

The series hasn't had anything genuinely new or interesting to offer in years. What I'm talking about is a death with dignity type of deal.[footnote]Bro tip: I can use annoying tags, too![/footnote]

*Looks at sales figures*

Yeah... uhm, well, yeah, that was childish, I admit.

Obviously, there are people who would disagree, but if you don't like it, no one should and it obviously should die.

I'm not usually one to praise commercialism, but I'm really happy they keep making those games because of the sales.

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

Hell no. They're usually good.

Just give us more co-op.

And not this zombies shit. I want Spec Ops, and WaW campaign co-op.

 

[superdude22]

no for the simple reason that not everyone wants to play multiplayer. I love playing online but I still need a regular campaign for wen I don't feel like playing with others.

 

[Professor James]

There's not a "Call of Duty should stop" option

I'd go a step further and say that the call of duty series should stop having GAMES released.

I'm debating if they should stop multiplayer. If you two and anyone else who has a similar opinion to you to want to debate whether the series should end, make another thread.

 

[Chibz]

*Looks at sales figures*

Yeah... uhm, well, yeah, that was childish, I admit.

Obviously, there are people who would disagree, but if you don't like it, no one should and it obviously should die.

I'm not usually one to praise commercialism, but I'm really happy they keep making those games because of the sales.

Logical fallacy: Bandwagon appeal.

I was going to continue arguing here, but it's probably best not to derail the thread further. Or the mods will shove my breakfast somewhere unpleasant.

 

[TuringTest]

It wouldn't be good from a business perspective or my personal perspective. What might be good from a business perspective is releasing different multiplayer 'games', a la sports games, each year and sell campaigns as DLC. Though that'd be an atrocity from the perspective of gamers.

Doesn't really matter to me, anyway. I don't play CoD.

 

[JourneyThroughHell]

*Looks at sales figures*

Yeah... uhm, well, yeah, that was childish, I admit.

Obviously, there are people who would disagree, but if you don't like it, no one should and it obviously should die.

I'm not usually one to praise commercialism, but I'm really happy they keep making those games because of the sales.

Logical fallacy: Bandwagon appeal.

I was going to continue arguing here, but it's probably best not to derail the thread further. Or the mods will shove my breakfast somewhere unpleasant.

I have no idea what those words mean. But, if you would like to refrain from arguing, amen to that. I'm kind of already participating in one flame war.

Hell no. They're usually good.

Just give us more co-op.

And not this zombies shit. I want Spec Ops, and WaW campaign co-op.

Hoorah.

 

[Cheesepower5]

Sure, I'd rather they stop pretending to be real single player games. It's already just maybe 2 hours of extra content.

 

[Something Amyss]

I support the concept of MP only games as the case may be. Since the COD franchise mostly sells on its MP elements, might as well go that route and drop the pretense that they care about the rest of the market.

 

[Professor James]

It wouldn't be good from a business perspective or my personal perspective. What might be good from a business perspective is releasing different multiplayer 'games', a la sports games, each year and sell campaigns as DLC. Though that'd be an atrocity from the perspective of gamers.

Doesn't really matter to me, anyway. I don't play CoD.

Activisionblizzard got away with selling starcraft cutscenes.

 

[Jegsimmons]

i say no because i think they should release BETTER campaigns. the story mode in the last two installments were pittyful in my opinion. and its a shame since WAW and the original ones had some of the most epic campaigns.

 

[niege]

See, I know a lot of people who play Multiplayer(and zombies if treyarch) to death, but don't even touch the campaign. whats the point of making a campaign if a good percentage of your fanbase doesn't even play it. plus, let's be honest, COD(post 4) is not known and critically acclaimed for it's singleplayer. Lastly, with less time and resources on singleplayer, they can spend more time balancing and adding more maps on multiplayer(and zombies if treyarch).

"I know a lot of people who play Multiplayer(and zombies if treyarch) to death, but don't even touch the campaign." That was the reason i never even cared about Black Ops, it was all about the online playing. But when i played it at a friends house i noticed that the campaign was great, so i for one think they should keep the campaigns.