COD WW2 doesnot have Regen health

[B-Cell_v1legacy]

It's a drop in the ocean. Also how did CoD4 ruin shooters, exactly?

No, this is actually a pretty large change.

Technically, CoD4 itself didn't ruin a single thing. It was other publishers who stupidly thought they had to imitate it with everything and the kitchen sink. Including Activision themselves.

Also, take note of who said it. Anything that doesn't conform to B-Cells rather limited tastes basically ruined gaming forever, regardless of whatever merits those may have when implemented well.

because of COD4. most games from onwards follow same formula. 4 hour linear and scirpted SP. QTE, regen health. hand hodling.

this game ruined FPS genre.

 

[Chimpzy_v1legacy]

because of COD4. most games from onwards follow same formula. 4 hour linear and scirpted SP. QTE, regen health. hand hodling.

this game ruined FPS genre.

The fact that plenty of FPS, including ones that don't follow the CoD formula, are still being made indicates otherwise.

 

[BarryMcCociner]

CoD knows the thing every entertainer knows. You can only do the exact same thing so long before even your most devoted fans start getting bored. If they want to try doing something different than normal then that's just the good shit right there.

I wish CoD campaigns would feel the same way it did way back just around Modern Warfare 2. Where everything felt like it was a high octane action movie. Maybe a return to WW2 would spark that up again.

 

[Tsun Tzu]

That...takes it all the way back to CoD 1.

Huh. Wasn't really expecting that move, but eh. Makes for a mechanic change at least.

The lack of Russian and British campaigns makes me a lot less interested.

 

[Rangaman]

because of COD4. most games from onwards follow same formula. 4 hour linear and scirpted SP. QTE, regen health. hand hodling.

this game ruined FPS genre.

That's like me blaming Sonic for Bubsy. It didn't "ruin" the FPS genre, overuse of the formula did. Also, there were some absolutly fantastic shooters released after CoD4, so you're talking out of your arse there.

 

[Nickolai77]

If you re-gain health by summoning help from squad mates and health packs you carry it sounds like a good idea. This seems like a Call of Duty title we're you're going to have to be a bit more tactical rather than run-and-gun all over the place. This looks positive, as long as it's not a case of coming across a load of health and ammo packs which reveals you're about to face a big boss battle any minute now. Regenerating health does make sense if you want a more 'cinematic' FPS experience that's fast-paced.

 

[babinro]

Terrible decision.
There is nothing positive about classic health pack FPS gameplay...assuming that's the direction they take.

Regenerating health is an actual POSITIVE change in gaming for obvious game balancing reasons. That's not to say it's the only way to handle it, Diablo 3 and new Doom both found a good way to balance healing while keeping the player engaged in the fun.

 

[DocJ]

Huh. Weird. I've recently been going through the Modern Warfare series again and it seems a tad strange to go with a design like this. Good to see they're learning to innovate and take steps again though.

 

[Chairman Miaow]

OP, I'm not sure why you're so against regenerating health. It's a legitimate gameplay design decision.

The idea is that getting out of enemy fire (ie: behind cover) is supposed to replace the traditional floating spinning healthpacks that you would normally find in an 'oldschool' fps game.

Certainly it could be argued that hiding somewhere and wiping away the blood from your vision (which magically heals your bullet wounds after a few seconds) is not exactly very realistic, but hovering floating spinning healthpacks everywhere was never realistic either.

Pick your poison.

Back when B-Cell and I were on GameTrailers, there was a gun fanatic who said health regen was originally supposed to present how vulnerable you are to gunfire. He said that the more you expose yourself, the more likely you are to get shot. As you take cover, the health regenerates, representing that you're out of harm's way. He said that the blood splatter effects from newer games have it wrong and that there are better ways to present your vulnerability. Basically, you only get shot once, by the bullet that kills you. I find that concept cool.

There's a very common and similar discussion in DnD about HP and how it doesn't literally represent health, otherwise a level 20 character could survive anywhere up to hundreds of stab wounds from a sword. Rather it represents something like fatigue.

 

[Ambient_Malice]

For some reason people forget that #1 game of 2016 Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare's Specialist difficulty had non-regenerating health with limb damage.