When did Call of Duty become an insult to gamers?

[Cridhe]

I tend to rest easy in the fact that people that scream those kind of obscenities aren't really have fun playing a game nor enjoying it, when I am have a grand ole time.

 

[Greatjusticeman]

Once it became extremely popular, it also became what most conisder to be the lowest common denominator in gaming.

Not because COD itself is stupid, but because it's at the top spot. And whenever something at the top stays at the stop for awhile, everyone wants to see it fall. People have an obsession with that kind of thing.

 

[dessertmonkeyjk]

Why I think it's gotten popular is because of the Hollywood style cinematics going on around you feeling very immersed in the experience. The gameplay, especially multiplayer, is fast pace and the damage everyone takes is almost as much as an actual soldier could take... but that's coming from someone who hasn't played it yet so blame me for being inaccurate.

 

[icyneesan]

Around the time Call of Duty 3 was announced as console exclusive.

 

[Dfskelleton]

Because it's popular. That's it, plain and simple. No matter how popular something is, there is an equal and opposite group who thinks it's dumb. Now, it could have something to do with the fact that Call of Duty has an abundance of stupid fans. I'm not saying everyone who plays Call of Duty is a moron, that would be a very biased claim, but it's really hard to not acknowledge that there are a fair amount of stupid Call of Duty fans, unless you've never played online with random people. If you haven't played online with random people, congratulations, you have been blessed.
However, if someone called you a "nub" then they're probably fanboy losers of something else, as only a true moron would call someone a Noob or a Nub while expecting to be taken seriously. No, not just a true moron, they would have to be the product of the greatest minds ever all working with each other with the sole purpose of creating the dumbest moron who ever existed.
Sorry, no cookie for reference, because then I would have to give cookies to about 86% of the Escapist, and I can't afford that many cookies.

 

[Lewieroo0]

i know the feeling, just mentioned the lack of a tutorial problem with the witcher 2 and someone gave me a bit much of a detailed reply -.- must of had the impression i was a fanboy even though i had minimal knowledge of the games

 

[P.A.R.]

People miss the compelling storyline of the first COD 4 in term for the multiplayer. If single and multiplayer were two different games, you would believe it. Most people playing it are 12 years old and or immature. This doesn't mean that all fit into the category that i just discussed. It's just been ruled by idiots, that's why

 

[UmJammerSully]

I had the same issue when ranting about Final Fantasy XIV and the fans would always say "Go back to WoW." -_-

I'm pretty sure FFXIV has about 4 people still playing it now though.

 

[bdcjacko]

Cause people who label themselves as gamers get all snooty and think call of duty is beneath them because it is popular.

You might find it's a tad more complex than that, but if you compare the collected works of Motzart vs Lady Gaga, you can draw a very simple comparison, in that one is brilliant and not particularly popular, and the other is vacuous and incredibly popular. We can do the same comparison with gormet food vs cheetos, boutique beers vs Duff, A Zonda sportscar vs a an average SUV... Basically, what to one person seems simple and uncluttered is to another person empty of any real value.

Personally, I enjoy the odd cheeseburger, but I refrain from losing my shit if someone mentions that it's empty calories and mass produced fatness fodder. I acknowledge that reality and keep chewing. If someone thinks your game is crap, it's because it probably is. Don't mistake that for meaning you are crap. Hell, there are probably loads of valid individuals who like Lady Gaga. I think she's pond scum. I think vapid skanks like here are the reason why really good musicians and artists with something other than bullshit teen angst and vacuous vague hat-tips to tolerance need to work three jobs to support their band and life, while she can do lines of supercoke of hookers nipples from now till eternity all day, every day, and that's if she stopped recording today (oh please let it be so). However, that doesn't equate (for me) to a belief that all her fans should be launched flaming from trebuchets for my personal amusement.

Your shit game may well be steering an entire industry that I and others like me that helped make commercially viable in the first place into a ditch from which I'm lucky I can find one game a year worthy of playing. So, I guess the fact that you are somehow linking your personal tastes to your self esteem and feeling hurt by the sad reality that the games you like may not be Mozart, but instead are lucky to share a stage with Lady Gaga as a fucking local support act. If you like it, you like it. My insults should have no effect on you whatsoever. A dying breed of human who values quality over mass appeal in todays corporatised world doesn't like yours and 2 billion other peoples choices. Why in the name of Lady Gaga do you give a crap?

lol...where to begin. I had a throw away statement, and you went agro on me and gave me a 500 word essay? Then you compare Mozart to Lady Gaga? You know that is like apple to oranges...no that is like apples to an orange smoothie. Yes they are both musicians and popular. But one is an undeniable prodigy and the other is often under estimated. And that is where I quit reading because you kind of proved my point.

 

[Squilookle]

CoD is not for me, but then again no shooters save Perfect Dark were.

+1 Respect.

Though you'd do well to give Timesplitters Future Perfect a try.

 

[Littlee300]

It didn't become an insult. It just became popular.

Spoiler: My theory

Most gamers are nerds, there's no real two ways around that. And most nerds aren't/weren't very "popular" in high school. So, they are more prone to regect main-stream/popular things, because they represent the "popular crowd" in high school.

Also its not very complicated, the multiplayer is filled with idiots (no insult to people who play CoD), and the game skimps on the campaign.

I enjoy CoD. I play the campaign enough to get most of the achievements, and I play online long enough to max out my level (screw prestige!). Then I move on. Only to come back when playing with friends, or I want to mop up the last achievements.

This and the whole "Man, 99% of the world is full of mindless idiots that I am forced to live with" mindset

Try being in the 1% of rational and intelligent people. It really is lonely and shit you know. If that whole attitude shits you, imagine the actual life of the person you're complaining about, including the fact that they have few if any friends, almost no social life, and have to pretend to be retarded if they want to have a conversation with a normal person without having said normal person reject or attack them for "Thinkin'yer better'n me".

Then realise that this is the saddened outcry of a person doomed to know you're incapable of comprehending, let alone agreeing with your arguement. Now, if you wish to prove this person wrong in their judgements of you, try this: Pity them and move on. Don't argue at them or judge them, just accept that theirs is a sad lonely existance, but one that has innumerable intangible knock on benefits to you, the mass consumer (ever work out who made the internet and computers, or medicine and such?). Pity them their fate, and go on to reap the benefits, but don't begrudge them the occasional existential outburst of angst and rage at a world that cannot comprehend them... If you can manage that, you prove them wrong. If you argue that your game is still cool so shut up you snooty dickbag, then you prove them right and further their isolation. Your call really...

uhhh... You know that when I was talking about the the person who thinks the world is full of idiots I meant it as a delusion. Also, it isn't a lonely existence. Steve jobs and Nikola Telsa both had friends. (Steve jobs made his first computer with a help of his nerd friend I believe.)
Edit: I am way to tired to analyze what you said so I will come back to this post tommorow)

 

[Arizona Kyle]

i think it is because CoD is retardedly popular and at the same time VERY simple to play
anyone can play it
anyone can be REALLY good at it

That is not true. You are talking out of your ass. Its that simple.

ha ha agreed have you seen some people and why does complexity really matter anyone can play PC games it may not be simple but anyone can be good at it too see how that works lol but agreed that he is talking out of his ass

 

[w1ndscar]

I like the game, I don't like how everyone I seem to meet in real life seems to see it as the only real game, or if a game isn't like it enough, its not worth playing. One kid tried to play Brink like it was COD (Not doing objectives not really using any of the parkour abilities, just straight up walking around shooting enemies down) and was bored with it.

And of course like most gamers now a days, if one person says a game is bad enough, the majority of the listeners will believe him like a flock of mindless sheep. I can't stand it when I ask someone if they like a game, and they say no because someone else didn't like it, and then refuse to play it.

 

[GrizzlerBorno]

Call of Duty (competitive multiplayer) is a Sport, pretending to be a game. Worse still, it succeeded (being the highest grossing franchise in gaming, and all). It threatens to destroy values the gaming community has held dear for decades(complexity, depth, challenge, attention to detail.etc.), and that corners us. And as the saying goes. "A Cornered Animal Is A Dangerous Animal".

What a nice ignorant statement you've got there.

The recent installments were garbage (especially black ops), but MW1 was where it all originated from. And that game was gold. It did alot of things right, that other companies (to their own discredit) have tried to recreate. MW set the bar as to what should be expected in an FPS. But that doesn't mean it's CoD's fault that other companies settle for that "bare minimum" level instead of trying to do better than MW.

My first sentence clarifies that I'm talking about the Multiplayer community/culture that revolves around CoD, not any specific CoD game itself. cod4 had a good campaign, as did the first two. But A)that's not what I'm talking about, and B)even if they are decent......is it worth it?

 

[Nemesis729]

I personally stopped respecting CoD after 4, When it REALLY stopped trying anything new

 

[The Lugz]

everyone just assumes if you cant do something you're a casual bleed-over sucked in by marketing and just fling whatever half hashed insults they feel are appropriate at you and like to ignore your opinions on anything if they do not at least partially align with theirs
it's because people are %^^&*)£! and treat each-other that way in the end

Unless you have some sort of condition i'm pretty sure neither reading nor using stairs require some sort of special skills... the only other reason why you're not doing it is because you don''t want to, and i'm well within my right to look down on you when you're asking for someone else to make it so that you don't have to put in the effort at all...

Stuff being fun doesn't mean also being effortless... and you not wanting to put in the effort is not valid criticism of a work... only of it's market appeal... and that should only be interesting to the people making money off it, not the players.

that was not intended, nor does it make any real sense as a reply to your post i can understand why you would think that way if you thought it was

 

[dyre]

CoD's just the gaming version of a Michael Bay film. If you ever go on IMDB, you'll see "Go back to your Transformers" and that sort of thing pretty commonly.

Michael Bay films are loud, have lots of flashy lights, and are sometimes pretty fun to watch, depending on your mood. But they'll always be used by insecure kids who want to think that they're into a higher class of film, and want to shove it on other people's faces. It's just like that for CoD.