Anyone else find it strange a day before COD, we haven't seen 1 second of SP?

[Solid Shake]

BLOPs, AW and IW(the best so far)have great campaigns.

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I've heard IW's was pretty good, I've played them all except that one. I really wouldn't call any of the others great though. Acceptable, with some fun shooting, but pretty poor design that just pales in comparison to games like Wolfenstein or Doom.

I know it's opinion and all, I just wish COD campaigns had some kind of hook to them other than what they have. Everything about them is just average. I did like AWs gameplay, as it did experiment some and the dash rigs made jumping around tons of fun, but the levels and story (like most CODs) were so bog standard that it hurt.

 

[shanafan]

Not really, COD hasn't been about SP in a LONG time.

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Wait a minute. The initial reveal of WWII was all about the campaign. The developers had Josh Duhamel on stage with the other actors in the campaign talking about their roles in the game. The MP wasn't even revealed at the initial event IIRC.

 

[Deleted member 16609]

I've heard IW's was pretty good, I've played them all except that one. I really wouldn't call any of the others great though. Acceptable, with some fun shooting, but pretty poor design that just pales in comparison to games like Wolfenstein or Doom.

I know it's opinion and all, I just wish COD campaigns had some kind of hook to them other than what they have. Everything about them is just average. I did like AWs gameplay in the story, as it did experiment and the dash rigs made jumping around tons of fun, but the levels and story and such were so bog standard that it hurt.

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I think what COD needs to start doing with the campaigns is to get off that Michael Bay flow and give us something similar to what Sony first party do with their SP games. Don't mind balls to the wall action but something more grounded.

 

[Spence]

IW was great and I have my hopes up for ww2, but yea strange.

 

[Solid Shake]

I think what COD needs to start doing with the campaigns is to get off that Michael Bay flow and give us something similar to what Sony first party do with their SP games. Don't mind balls to the wall action but something more grounded.

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Completely agreed. The stories give absolutely no time to take a break which makes going through the games a total blur since everything else is so average. The levels that stick out to me are the All Ghillied Up, the airport one in MW2 as nice contrast to the shooting you're going to do for the next 5 hours. I hear Infinite Warfare does this, and it sounds like it has a very comparable kind of loop that Wolf 2 has with a HUB and side missions you can do which is a great step.

If COD campaigns were anything as good as Wolfenstein's I'd be buying them without hesitation year after year, that's how you do an FPS. Great story, likable characters, great gameplay, and mechanics besides shooting.

COD campaigns are great for days you have absolutely nothing to do and you're tired of the MP, which is a damn shame because there is a ton of potential there.

 

[Popetita]

I read a user's review that said the game's campaign was ok. More similar to older titles which were seen as both good and bad. Not from a legit source though.

 

[ASleepingMonkey]

Doesn't this stuff get sent to Youtubers a few days before release date ??, It is strange nothing has been shown of it

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Embaroged content, not to mention most of their subscribers probably care more about the multiplayer and zombies rather than the campaign.

 

[OddSock]

First hour of the campaign, captured at a review event in London

 

[GavinUK86]

First hour of the campaign, captured at a review event in London

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Well now we've seen 50% of the campaign.

Joking aside, it looks alright. Nothing special though. I hope it's good. I'm actually one of those people who only play the campaign every year. I'm not a big multiplayer person.