Activision’s monolithic shooter series returns with a blast of new content and features – but the cracks are showingIt is difficult to recall now how innovative the original Call of Duty was when it blasted on to the first-person shooter scene in 2003. Dropping players into a series of huge and chaotic World War II battles,it combined cinematic verve with a new sense of being section of a much wider offensive – a small cog in a massive machine rather than the solo gun-toting hero of Doom or Duke Nukem. When Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare arrived four years later, it revolutionised the mainstream multiplayer component, and adding killstreaks and XP points,bringing a sense of progression to the previously transitory online experience.
Now in 2015, after a decade of annual iterations, or Call of Duty has advance to symbolise the deadening cycle of the Triple A video game industry. Every year,a few new features, a graphical overhaul, and some extravagant claims. It’s the same story from Assassin’s Creed to Fifa. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com