Why I Am (Tentatively) Excited About Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

[AstaresPanda]

Its just all looks the same, after sooo sooo long of WW2 shooters being milked to hell MW was cool and somthing new but.... i really dont care about modern day shooters. BF2142 was soo much fun they need to bring a new one out i mean BF4 has the commander thing like its a new feature. This game just is not future enough. More of the same i cant yawn hard enough

 

[TP Potatosalad]

I think tentative excitement nicely sums up my feelings on the game as well. I still have no intention of pre ordering or obtaining a season pass, but I will definitely be keeping an eye on it. The last Call of Duty game that I bought was Modern Warfare 2, though I did borrow MW3 from my brother just to see how the story concluded. Maybe the long vacation I've had from the series combined with the new additions to this installment will be enough to enjoy the game.

 

[ZZoMBiE13]

Advanced Warfare though, I'm pre-ordering this one.

Is there any way I can convince you not to do this? I understand, you're going to buy it anyway, but it still sends a message to the publisher that you're willing to pay for something purely on hype/advertising, which is not what we should be telling them. Will you please, Please reconsider?

OT: We'll see how it turns out, but I just wonder how long it will take to run the reboot into the ground too. That's what Activision does after all.

I see your point, and I do agree. Wholeheartedly.

What you don't know however, is that I have a good friend who works at GameStop and runs their biggest store in the area (D/FW if you're wondering). I know Pre-Ordering is stupid in a world where digital distribution is all but a certainty anyway, and all the points you make are correct. But she helped me out more times than I can count, so helping her store with stupid pointless pre-orders is the least I can do, literally. Solidarity and whatnot.

So no, you cannot dissuade me. But don't think the matter falls on deaf ears or that I don't believe in the point you're trying to make. I hate it, but at the same time I have no intention of not doing it anymore so long as my friend is at the store level. Hopefully they'll bump her up to the corporate office soon and then I'll never pre-order another game again.

 

[ShinyCharizard]

I'm also looking forward to it. That multiplayer looks to be pretty damn fun, and that's all I care about.

 

[youji itami]

First powered flight 1903, 40 years later multiple different jet fighters are in trials.

Fifty years ago, everyone was going to be flying in hovercars by the year 2000. Fifty years later, still no flying cars. I mean, it's all well and good to talk about what past's future has held, but there's no guarantees wee see these applications, so it's not a question of "how much progress can be made in 40 years?" No, it's "what direction will we take in 40 years?"

And that might surprise you. In fact, it probably will.

But flying cars did not exist 50 years ago I'm referring to technology that exists in use today (exosuits/railguns/lasers) and how much 40 years can make a new technology go from a curiosity to amazing.

I have no idea what new tech could exist in 40 years but from past experience I do know how much improvement 40 years can give to existing tech.

 

[hermes]

I am excited by Call of Duty, but not for the game.

The series is a trendsetter. If they venture into near future, many others will follow. And MGS4-like/science fiction future is a setting that allows far more creativity than pseudo-modern, pseudo-Arab war.

 

[PoolCleaningRobot]

I hadn't really thought much about Advanced Warfare other than it looked like it would play like Crysis but this article gives me a bit to think about. My only concern is the length of the campaign. CoD games are usually under 10 hours and I can't justify that cost unless the game is very open like the first Crysis

The series is a trendsetter. If they venture into near future, many others will follow. And MGS4-like/science fiction future is a setting that allows far more creativity than pseudo-modern, pseudo-Arab war.

I would totally be on board with more sci-fi games like MGS4

 

[shirkbot]

-snippets-

Well I suppose that's fair, though I still wish there was some kind of alternative. Either way, thank you for taking the time to answer and being so pleasant throughout. Cheers.

 

[Something Amyss]

But flying cars did not exist 50 years ago I'm referring to technology that exists in use today (exosuits/railguns/lasers) and how much 40 years can make a new technology go from a curiosity to amazing.

We've had models for flying personal vehicles and even flight packs for decades now, so it's sort of disingenuous, but whatever. The point is, we can project that these things will be used in the future, but we've no solid basis to expect them. Which is why the original quote from the article is accurate.

 

[bjj hero]

It doesnt seem much different to modern warfare. Still got drones robots and the like.

I doubt it will recapture the magic of cod4. Im hoping something good will come from starwars battlefront when that finally arrives.