Apparently COD is a children's game?

[brainslurper]

Call of Duty is a great game. Singular, not plural.

Well, according to ESRB and the Fox, all video games for children. This is why a game with 5 seconds of ass gets rated M and yelled at by news stations, while a movie with the same subject matter gets rated PG or PG-13 and is not yelled at all.

Its called acceptance.
Books had to earn it
Paintings had to earn it
Comics had to earn it
Movies had to earn it
Radio had to earn it
TV had to earn it
And now video games have to earn it.

 

[Anti Nudist Cupcake]

Why the hell would you play cod for it's depth anyway? You people have some pretty weird expectations when playing a game and when the game was never even meant to cater for that expectation you call it bad? Weird.

Not all games have to be deep, we need fun games too.

Although I will agree that blackops wasn't really anything new and world at war was pretty lame (other than nazi zombies).

I think cod 4 was the best but mw2 isn't really a terrible upgrade from mw1, just not as was expected, still fun to play with friends though.

 

[keyton777]

well, other than the fact that they talk a whole bunch, and you find the uncommon one that is really good, they arint so bad to run with.

but that has nothing to do with this post....and i lack the delete key still...

they like it cause its simple and the "big kids" and the adults like it, so they want to play it too, because we play it because its simple and fun

 

[CharrHearted]

Kids also like porn, doesn't make porn a kid show....

People say you shouldn't work with children or animals and nowhere is that truer than porno - Jimmy carr.

 

[Da Orky Man]

Sounds right. Real man play BFBC2

Hell yeah

 

[Aphex Demon]

You can spot kids a mile off on CoD.

1. Look for 'Zz' or 'i' or 'xX', or even any combination of the three, this will determine whether or not it's an MLG wannabe.

2. Check for an 'iTz' at the start of the name, this usually means they travel in packs, using the clan tag 'iTZz'.

3. If they have the following name be that in the most ultimate of repetitive letters or well executed caps lock, they are around the age of 10-14. 'Rapidz' 'Ironikz' 'Kronikz' 'Snipezz' 'Trickshotz' etc.

 

[Phoenix_XIII]

-walks up to a podium, clears his throat and speaks into the microphone-

I believe it

-blows a few bubbles from his bubble pipe and walks away-

*Audience Gives a standing ovation and discovers the new president of America for 2012-FOREVAH*

 

[BanthaFodder]

Justin Bieber and Harry Potter.

oh you did not just put Justin Bieber and Harry Potter in the same group. bullshit, bullshit, and more bullshit. Twatlight, yes. Harry Potter, no. I would go into a huge-ass rant about how stupid that comment was, but that'd be off-topic...
yeah, CoD is popular with kids. why? the same reason Halo is popular with kids. when you think "FPS", CoD is one of the biggest brands out there. little kids think big kids are cool, and so is anything associated with them. to little kids, playing CoD is their way of saying, "look at me, I'm doing what the big kids do, I'm cool".
but we all know that they aren't.

 

[hyker]

I enjoy cod, I enjoyed since the first one (though I skipped through the treyarch games). The story is far-fetched and full of plotholes, but I don't care, multiplayer is still tons of fun.

 

[JochemDude]

It's the kind of game I'd expect in a arcade hall. Just some mindless and repetitive shooting.

Also it's not like we actually thought or believed that they we're shooting for 18+, they know who they're selling to.

 

[Phoenixlight]

Well it's not a childrens' game because it's not suitable for them.

 

[Mattias Nugin]

Now, I´m 15 (finished 8th grade), and a lot of my male classmates play games like CoD, Team Fortress, Left 4 Dead, and other shooters(also GTA, and some even play Assassin´s Creed). If I ask them why, they say shooters are fun, cool, and there´s lots of blood. When Duke Nukem Forever was coming soon, a lot of them were hyped, I don´t even think they cared for the shooting and the main gameplay, they just wanted to see some tits and dirty jokes. When they asked if I was going to buy, and when I said no, they immediately tried to offend me and let me know I was totally uncool. I think what draws them to these games, is the M rating slapped on them.

Though some, but few have played non-M games like Portal (because it came with Orange box), Minecraft (a lot don´t play it, cause it´s too 8-bit) and like them. But they´d still buy Duke Nukem over Portal 2.

I don´t play shooters myself (I rather suck at them), and have a lot less Mature games: L.A. Noire, Uncharted and Batman: Arkham Asylum. Instead I have many fun "rated E for Everyone" games, and my favorites include Portal 2, LittleBigPlanet, Pokémon, Phoenix Wright, Ghost Trick etc.

I´m also into some competitive fighters (BlazBlue, MvC3 and SFIV), so yeah, competition also might attract some people into games.

What I think is funny, is that everyone thinks that owning a Nintendo DS makes a person childish, though they also think Nintendogs is the best game made on DS (they always want to play the game, even though they hate the DS).

Also, no girls in my class are into games. One girl just owns a PSOne, and that´s it (but she did like Pokémon).

 

[Gatx]

Children nowadays are ridiculously vulgar. When I was in elementary school "stupid" was a bad word. Now they all know how to say "fuck" so it's not too much of a surprise that they would like to play Call of Duty. Though that said when I was in elementary school I also liked to play Doom, which was like the equivalent back in those days I guess? Anyway the point is it's not a surprise that kids like things that are intended for older audiences, they always want to try and act "grown up" and what not.

 

[captaincabbage]

Well it's obvious that it's not a kids game, that much is certain.

I think what it means is that CoD is immature.

 

[kayisking]

Wait... Did you just equate Harry Potter with Justin Beiber? This entire article is null.

Well they're both depressingly average and uninteresting. They're kinda similar when you think about it.

Your existence makes me cry D:

Wow, that's new. A fellow Harry Potter lover?

OT: It's simple and it has lots of repitition, so it's obvious why kids might like it.

 

[SNIPERFOX ft. Harry P.Ness]

Sounds right. Real man play BFBC2

REAL men fight at the front line.

OR REAL REAL men play BF2! and Arma, and the rest of the BF games, and ARMA II and operation flashpoint and.....

 

[SNIPERFOX ft. Harry P.Ness]

Have you ever had to drill in front of crowds of people who aren't in the military? It doesn't matter if crawling in the mud will save your life, grown men playing war games shouting, "BAM BAM BAM" at an imaginary bunker is not dignified, but it's damn more advanced than any video game on the subject matter. Seriously, pausing an entire movement because some guys kicked their soccer ball across our path.

Wait, complete tangent here, but... your army makes you yell, "BAM BAM BAM" at imaginary bunkers? And in front of spectators?

I never had to do that. We always got BFAs and blank rounds.

What country are you from?

The US. We had a public park nearby which had a wooded area which was easy to train on. We had paintball guns, but only used those on field training exercises. Otherwise we would use rubber rifles. This was for officer training though. I'm sure if it was basic or on an actual base, it would be with better equipment.

I envy you my friend.I had to run 8km to the shooting range, with full backpac, gasmasks and those horrible AK pauches which used to slam really nice againts your waist.

In Ireland, Soilders Use Airsoft Guns To train.

 

[Estocavio]

I don't know what's worse, these 8 year olds I know who play a lot of COD, or the fact that they can totally kick my ass (in the game).

Ive never played a COD game, but that comment made me laugh. And then laugh some more. And then cough several times as a result of being sick. Then try and laugh lightly, but cough again.


On topic; Easy: Its basic. Point, shoot. Die, respawn. Some people enjoy that simplicity. I can understand that. I guess.

Well it's obvious that it's not a kids game, that much is certain.

I think what it means is that CoD is immature.

Yes. For the most part, it overdramatises and tends to take the ham-fisted approach to violence. Only without the fist.

I enjoy cod, I enjoyed since the first one (though I skipped through the treyarch games). The story is far-fetched and full of plotholes, but I don't care, multiplayer is still tons of fun.

And you are the best kind of COD player. You admit its story is silly, and would probably also admit that its largely unrealistic and immature. But you just enjoy it for what it is, and thats absolutely fine *Claps*

 

[KingsGambit_v1legacy]

COD is just juvenile amusement with no real depth

Bingo. This isn't news though.

 

[Treblaine]

Yeah, I guess so.

I do play COD black ops online quite a bit and have to admit I enjoy myself. But I have to add, enjoyment in such a shallow and unsatisfying way, I consider it the most casual game in my collection that I regularly play.

Yes, it has a lot of Hardcore dressing, but it's format is casual-tastic:
-Very short game modes, easy to drop in and out
-almost zero teamwork
-Almost zero strategy
-Those noob-tastic killstreaks
-Simple and powerful 'point-n-shoot' weapons

I've just come off the back of playing half way through Bioshock 2. Now I'll admit it is a compromised sequel of Levine's Bioshock but still I come away from it feeling much more satisfied, the challenges of fighting such deadly foes with a shortage of ammo and needing to mix and match weapons, ammo, tonics and plasmids in different tactics exploiting the environment.

It was overwhelming at first, I think if I'd been younger I would have abandoned it in frustration but it satisfies me on a deeper level. It's got a pacing I appreciate much more, exploring for loot and mystery, punctuated with random encounters and then large confrontations you can plan for, at least to a certain extent.