- Paragon Fury
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- Noble Member
I can only please one person per day.
Today isn't your day.
Tomorrow isn't looking too good either.
So after trying to get a few rounds in against the Christmas meat, and I sat there thinking how utterly miserable I was playing this game, even against the fresh meat. After just watching the video of some of the new players playing, as well as some of the more "experienced" players; I think I know why - and knowing this, I know how one could kill CoD.
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How you ask? The answer is simple; make Call of Duty require skill to be good and enjoy at the multiplayer. Sure the game will receive critical praise. Pro players and gaming leagues will eat it up. Even on here we might like it. But the game will bomb in sales and the population will vanish because making CoD require skill would be going the exact opposite direction the series has been going since Modern Warfare 2.
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Since Modern Warfare 2, the series has been specifically designed to appeal to the "anti-pro" or the "anti-gamer"; you can see it every design decision and comparing it to what other older games/other series were designed around? Quick reaction and precision aiming? Doesn't matter when hipfiring from across the map works just as well if not better than trying to aim. Auto-aim and bullet magnetism greatly contribute to this. Reliability? Some of the worst netcode ever seen in a AAA game, combined with things that happen randomly and for no seemingly no reason as well as inconsistent damage models for weapons throw this out the window. Map control, flanking and tactics? Mostly meaningless thanks to crappy map design and near completely random and unpredictable spawns, including the fun of being spawned into active danger zones. Weapon balance? Pffft.
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All of these things are designed to appeal to people who bad at other games? Can't aim well? Doesn't matter. Run around like a headless chicken? Thats OK. Can't devise a way out of a paper bag? Don't worry - we got rid of the bag for you.
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Thats why I can't enjoy the game. I've spent 2 decades playing, training and practicing skills and talents for hard, skill-requiring games. I simply am incapable of playing badly anymore. And if they were to make a CoD that appealed to gamers like me, who want skill in their shooters, they'd alienate the people they've been striving to gain since MW2. I know this is a "Well, duh" thing for many of you, but finally seeing and realizing it today, it takes a load off of me as to why as I wasn't enjoying a game I should've been enjoying.