I really liked Call of Duty 4. To me, this is one of the best games of all time. I played the latest installment, not because I am really attached to Price and Soap but because I wanted to see how they could tie up a story about world war 3. To me, they pulled it off well enough. The game play draws you in and keeps you engaged point by point. Not Call of Duty, but specifically Infinity Ward seems to know the secret sauce in keeping you in the campaign and that "just one more mission" rationalizing to yourself. I played Black Ops and Battlefield 3 and both of those campaigns, although at times fun, are more like a chore to get through. I would say that Bungie too seems to know this secret sauce, perhaps there's a post in there about what exactly makes them so.
Anyway, more to the point - I'm a fan of the single player campaigns and I was happy with this latest installment. I think it told a thrilling story of a global conflict and for me it was a satisfactory end to this trilogy.
Now that its done, I hope this signals the beginning of the end of this wave of modern military games. Naturally there's still the 2012 crowd to get through, but Infinity Ward is the master and hopefully they will move on and the others will follow. Or, if we're really lucky - Bungie's or Respawn's next will be shown at E3 and we can all get excited a new genre that's fresh and not yet overdeveloped.
This is all Respawn Entertainment has shown of the their next game. I don't see any UAVs... yet.
In the modern military vein, there might be a little life left - I'm intrigued by what SpecOps the Line is showing, and the promise of Homefront seemed to open a crack into another facet which might be intriguing. Bring some more realism, bring some better characterisation, lower the scope a bit and things could open up again.
Anyway, that's what I think. What do you think?
J
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