So an increase in replayability on the multiplayer front at the expense of a less bombastic single-player campaign can't be viewed as all bad. Nevertheless, it should be noted that most people buy Call of Duty games for the multiplayer anyway. I've never been a fan of Call of Duty, so the exchange of campaign length to something shorter and potentially sweeter/terrible doesn't phase me, but it could prove to be the deciding factor of some gamers who put down $60 every year for the same thing that's a little bit different.
For the most part, the previous eight-hour campaigns usually contained a lot of fluff and stuffing to keep players trudging along. I'm not sure what to really think about the four-hour campaign given that a lot of it depends on how fun the campaign is whether or not there are any decent cooperative modes to play if there are plenty of unlockable secrets to add to your profile or if there are extra challenges. One could attribute the short campaigns to the fact that many of these big fall titles are cross generational titles and the developers have had to cut corners to get them playable across multiple platforms. Just saying.ĭespite the campaign being short, it seems to be a new trend with shooter games these days.
Warning: that's a bit of a spoiler if you click on the link and click on the image. You can check out the image of the final stage called “Ghost Killer” over on the imgur page. The game was not only completed in such a short amount of time, but a screenshot of the last level in the campaign mode was passed along to us for proof. “We don’t think it is out of the question that the title could wind up comparing down 20 percent to 25 percent year-over-year, which is appreciably worse than the down 10 to 15 percent that we think is baked in to guidance.A tipster, who has early access to the game and completed the story mode, let us know that the campaign is quite paltry and offers less play time than previous entries in the annual shooter series. But those new machines don’t have the player base to help Ghosts make up the difference, and Creutz has a gloomy outlook for this particular installment of the Call of Duty franchise behemoth. 22, respectively, and it did a significant portion of its sales on those devices. Of course, Activision later released Ghosts for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on Nov. That means that even with more time to sell, Ghosts couldn’t keep up with its two most-recent predecessors. In 2011, Modern Warfare 3 hit stores on Nov. Last year, Black Ops II didn’t release until Nov. 5 for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii U, and PC. Three top investment pros open up about what it takes to get your video game funded.Ĭall of Duty: Ghosts debuted on Nov.
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