One of their predecessor games Friday the 13th didn't fail. Opinion disregarded.
Just because YOU don't like this game, doesn't mean you won't find games five years from now like you still can with Friday the 13th despite a lawsuit canning content updates in 2018.
Play what you dig, but clearly there's going to be a good playerbase for a good while.
@spockinator: Dude, you're the troll in the metaphorical basement. Since post number 1 you've been off with your posts, confusing what you want and being wrong/ignoring the rest. It's ok for the mix to switch, it not appeal to you, and it still is a lot of value/content for those it does. All three are possible.
Since post number 2 you've been the trollinator and aimed your trolling at me.
A bad troll too. You've had no argument, just trolling, and I'm the troll? That's psycho. That's some gold medal level mental gymnastics. Don't forget, you were the one who replied to ME and continued to troll ME, over and over again. Trolling I have destroyed.
You're projecting again. Your whole argument is yourself in a mirror projected onto me.
The only thing you've stated on topic is that you want a long plot single player story. I can empathize with that since it won't have a single player campaign (that generally were short anyways). It sucks for those players, as I've stated. I originally bought the FIRST CoD because of it's single player. That Normandy landing... it was amazing at the time.
Other than that, you've just trolled. Not had a single argument or counterpoint. Just trolled. Not addressed the game, only the person with outlandish claims, none of which have hit the mark.
In reality, Battle Royale does take quite a bit of work because the maps are HUGE. Blackout will have a map 1500x the size of Nuketown map, if you've ever played the map. That takes work. All populated with structures, loot boxes or whatever, in a strategic manner. The layout is very important. Where can you hide, duck, cover. It's a different type of game many times. For instance Fortnite can be a very stealthy game on that huge map. I've won a match and not fired A SINGLE SHOT. 100 people, I survive, not one shot. Stealth. I've won other matches where my only kill was the last guy or two... again Stealth. Not saying Blackout will be like that, but we don't know how exactly it'll play out. But you seemingly think you do!
We do know it'll have some vehicles, which with map size, and big vertical space makes it very different from regular CoD online gameplay. That's just reality based on the facts we know.
Treyarch also HAD a single player in the works but cancelled it because someone decided that a time travel single player campaign wouldn't work. So it might not have even been the plan. The plan may have been to have Battle Royale AND a single player campaign. So it might not even be correct that one was supposed to replace the other, which means all criticism on Battle Royale might just be in your and other people's minds. Maybe, maybe not. Too soon to say one way or another.
Battle Royale wasn't for you, that's fine, but because it isn't for you, doesn't mean it's a rip off or less work, or anything. It's a lot of work, just different from past years, for not much money, as $60 isn't. It just overall isn't much value for you. That's reality. Then came the trollinator.
CoD is a game that has players that aren't simple minded (I'm sure some are like any game or genre), and the introduction of Battle Royale makes sense for millions of these gamers as well as for Treyarch. You must agree with this post since you never refuted this or anything else. Just trolled.
Also, as you must know, inflation runs 8-12 percent per year (real inflation, not the hedonic, substitution method fakery).
Given that $60 games have been the norm since 2005, that means a $60 game in 2018 is basically a $30 game in 2005. It's not a high priced game. Given the reality of our constantly debased dollar (and other world currencies) $60 is quite cheap in terms of purchasing power. We're quite lucky AAA games don't cost $120 at this point. Sad, but true. Instead of bashing Activision/Treyarch, we should bash our politicians who created this situation, because that's where the fault lies.
Do you even know that in ~2000, if you sold ONE ounce of gold, it would buy you 4-5 AAA $50 games? Now if you sold ONE ounce of gold, it would buy you ~22 AAA $60 games? That's debasement. We're lucky it's not even worse.
Of course Activison/Treyarch can't raise prices, but that's because people's wages haven't risen (so in a sense it IS based on wages, but in reality it ISN'T based on worth) and they have competition from indies whose games go for much less. That's why we've had so many things like loot boxes and season passes. This should be your eureka moment. Why have we seen such a huge increase in them in the last 10-12 years? Because of currency debasement and Wall Street. (and likewise in other countries)
It's a way for them to get more without actually charging more for the base game, driven by the debasement of our currency for bogus wars, bailouts, deficit spending, AND the fact some game companies use the Wall Street model, because they are Wall Street corporations which constantly seeks greater and greater profits at any cost while leveraging the cheap money for stock buybacks, high priced M&A, etc.
Unlike you, I know the how and why this all happens. That's why I don't just blindly rage at Activision/Treyarch or troll users like you. There is fault there for them, but the bigger picture is our politicians. I see the greater picture. I put the blame where it should lie. Bill Clinton. George W. Bush. Barrack Obama. They were in charge. They created this system and oversaw it. The constituencies of both parties in Congress that did their bidding. When you actually know what happens, you place blame correctly and don't look like a moron with idiot arguments. I can actually debate the situation because I have the knowledge and perspective to. I also don't just look at my situation and pretend that's the only situation.
I have my own house and it doesn't even have a basement.
Good job. 6 posts and nothing but ignorance, irrationality, hate, lack of logic, emotional outbursts, not a single valid point, an inability to grasp basic concepts, refute any fact, and projecting yourself and your issues onto me. Thus completely delusional.
Create your own problem and then blame others and call names when they point it out only because you keep metaphorically opening your mouth. Hilarious. Your problem isn't me, it's you. Just give it up and stop making yourself look worse/silly.
It's been fun, keep it up if you want me to laugh some more at your expense and continue pointing out the obvious flaws in everything you type. But I'm actually starting to feel sorry for you. Otherwise, once again I bid you adieu.
@spockinator: You should be, considering it was exactly what you did. Calling someone simple minded because they play Call of Duty. Hell it's not even close to my favorite shooter, and I play much more then shooters since I started gaming on Apple II/Atari 2600/Arcade.
As a lifelong democrat I laugh at the ignorance of my own party regarding Trump. Not so mindless eh, but then again I graduated Summa Cum Laude, and had all sorts of honors in grade school as well.
Not once did you engage in any actual discussion, just mindless jabs and a refusal to address anything at all.
But I'll bid you adieu as well, since this entire exchange was of YOUR doing, due to your INANE argument and personal attacks. See how that works? Once again you are projecting your actions onto me. Flawless Victory. Peace.
Delusional. Can't face reality, or even talk about it, so you attack.
Everything you've labelled me, is actually just a projection of yourself.
You've deluded yourself into thinking anyone who likes CoD is simple minded, and that this one game encapsulates their entire being. Can't be any other way right?
You can't face or talk about facts, which only backs up my point entirely.
You are like a person who has BS smeared under their lip like a Dirty Sanchez and yet you think the OTHER person is the one who stinks. Trying to make fun of them, when really it's you. It's laughable.
...and if you're handle is in reference to Spock, you are the antithesis of Spock in this thread. Emotional and illogical.
Open your mind to reality. Trying to come at me like a 3rd grader who is completely wrong about everything in the discussion is just hilarious.
@spockinator: I didn't misunderstand. I was being gentle with you because your bogus argument showcases you need it on this issue.
TFW someone with a simple minded argument, likely due to their rage negatively impacting their mental faculties, tries to call someone else simple minded when objectively they're not. It makes one look silly.
Yes I'm sure that it is a large portion of it, but I can guess a bigger angle.
#1 They cut costs with the campaign
#2 They get people who want to play Battle Royale (this could be millions) to buy for the first time or continue to buy CoD games.
#3 These people playing Battle Royale (usual CoD supporters or new) could spend BILLIONS on cosmetics
They've seen how much people hate and have boycotted single player campaigns with paid loot boxes and stuff. So they can't make any more money off the single player campaign.
They CAN create a whole new mode, put it in for 'free', and then sell cosmetics ala Fortnite or Overwatch, etc, etc.
CoD isn't in its death throes. They make tons of money off CoD. It could continue to decline for 10 more years and still rake in money. People may not want to hear that, but it's true. Call of Duty isn't going anywhere.
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