No Franchise Can Ever Top Call Of Duty!

Here's why:

1. The community and accessibility is fantastic, there is never a wait to get into a game and there's always thousands playing at all times.

2. 60FPS gameplay that is so silky smooth going back to 30FPS just feels dirty and clunky.

3. The sheer amount of content in all COD games generally dwarfs almost every game on the market.

4. The single player campaign is in my opinion so much fun in every single COD game. Epic set pieces one after another with good variety.

5. The mature tone of all the games is a major plus for an adult like myself, I can't stand dialogue that is cheesy B movie quality(Uncharted series).

6. The gunplay is so polished and the controls so precise it's just a pleasure to hold the controller.

7. It's probably the most addictive game out, I always want to come back for more.

8. The DLC although a bit pricey is always worth it, adding more content and many many more hours of fun.

9. Content for dollar, I have to reiterate how much content and fun is crammed onto the disc.

10. This last reason may just be me, but playing with friends has never been easier with COD. I have a Nat Type 3 which gives me a problem with some games but never with COD.

The only shooterI dislike more then Call Of dut (Aside from COD4) is Far Cry 2. Terrible games.

While it is all opinions, I will say that I disagree with some of your points. For instance, I will say that the Civ series is the epitome of addictiveness and that no other game has as much content as Everquest 1 with its almost 400 zones. CoD isnt bad though, in fact I would say the series seems to get a bit too much flak on these forums.

Edit: with that said, the series isnt for me, but I can still see the high production values in the games and I understand why they are so popular.

It uses an 11 year old engine...nothing can ever top that.

Your 60fps comment is abit mute as well, as i play almost every game at 60fps.

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Here's why:

1. The community and accessibility is fantastic, there is never a wait to get into a game and there's always thousands playing at all times.

2. 60FPS gameplay that is so silky smooth going back to 30FPS just feels dirty and clunky.

3. The sheer amount of content in all COD games generally dwarfs almost every game on the market.

4. The single player campaign is in my opinion so much fun in every single COD game. Epic set pieces one after another with good variety.

5. The mature tone of all the games is a major plus for an adult like myself, I can't stand dialogue that is cheesy B movie quality(Uncharted series).

6. The gunplay is so polished and the controls so precise it's just a pleasure to hold the controller.

7. It's probably the most addictive game out, I always want to come back for more.

8. The DLC although a bit pricey is always worth it, adding more content and many many more hours of fun.

9. Content for dollar, I have to reiterate how much content and fun is crammed onto the disc.

10. This last reason may just be me, but playing with friends has never been easier with COD. I have a Nat Type 3 which gives me a problem with some games but never with COD.

Cronik959

I stopped reading right there.....Hell, Half Life 2 has more content then cod will ever have. Even Guild Wars offers more LOL.

I'm sorry..That is just not true...

Also, TC popularity doesn't mean the game is good. Black Ops is awesome though :P

Are you being serious TC? A lot of these points scream "sarcasm".

Here's why:

1. The community and accessibility is fantastic, there is never a wait to get into a game and there's always thousands playing at all times - True

2. 60FPS gameplay that is so silky smooth going back to 30FPS just feels dirty and clunky. -True

3. The sheer amount of content in all COD games generally dwarfs almost every game on the market. - Not really, maybe on consoles though.

4. The single player campaign is in my opinion so much fun in every single COD game. Epic set pieces one after another with good variety. - Agreed

5. The mature tone of all the games is a major plus for an adult like myself, I can't stand dialogue that is cheesy B movie quality(Uncharted series). -Disagree

6. The gunplay is so polished and the controls so precise it's just a pleasure to hold the controller. - Agreed

7. It's probably the most addictive game out, I always want to come back for more. - Not the most addictive, but pretty fun.

8. The DLC although a bit pricey is always worth it, adding more content and many many more hours of fun. - DLC is overpriced, but maps are good

9. Content for dollar, I have to reiterate how much content and fun is crammed onto the disc. - Console wise, I agree

10. This last reason may just be me, but playing with friends has never been easier with COD. I have a Nat Type 3 which gives me a problem with some games but never with COD. - Probably just you :P

Headpopper333

Are you being serious TC? A lot of these points scream "sarcasm".

Yangire

Yea I'm serious, and you must be so cool because you dislike COD.

I too smell sarcasm.

At least I hope it's sarcasm.

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Are you being serious TC? A lot of these points scream "sarcasm".

Headpopper333

Yea I'm serious, and you must be so cool because you dislike COD.

If I wanted to be cool why would I dislike something many others like? Why would I choose the unpopular opinion if I wanted to fit in?

Why do you find it so hard to believe that people can genuinely dislike the COD series without having any ulterior motive?

Here's why:

1. The community and accessibility is fantastic, there is never a wait to get into a game and there's always thousands playing at all times.

I thought that the community, like most big game communities are full of douchebags ,but oh well...

2. 60FPS gameplay that is so silky smooth going back to 30FPS just feels dirty and clunky.

Ever played Uncharted 2 or Halo:Reach at 30FPS? doesn't feel clunky to me, in fact it feels smooth.. However, CoD does feel kinda fast at times. I guess it is to do with the fact that you get killed in 1-3 shots at most ranges.

3. The sheer amount of content in all COD games generally dwarfs almost every game on the market.

shame that most of that content is garbage... (campaign, multiplayer when you are getting killed by killstreaks)

4. The single player campaign is in my opinion so much fun in every single COD game. Epic set pieces one after another with good variety.

it is fun, then you return the game back to the store, as the campaigns have had no pacing since CoD 4.

5. The mature tone of all the games is a major plus for an adult like myself, I can't stand dialogue that is cheesy B movie quality(Uncharted series).

and CoD is no better, in fact, no videogame has hit a decent dialogue quality yet... (as far as I remember)

6. The gunplay is so polished and the controls so precise it's just a pleasure to hold the controller.

controller and precise do not go together..

7. It's probably the most addictive game out, I always want to come back for more.

fair enough.

8. The DLC although a bit pricey is always worth it, adding more content and many many more hours of fun.

15$ is too pricey for 3 maps and 2 remakes.. period.

9. Content for dollar, I have to reiterate how much content and fun is crammed onto the disc.

just the multiplayer and zombies, really... it's not so much.

10. This last reason may just be me, but playing with friends has never been easier with COD. I have a Nat Type 3 which gives me a problem with some games but never with COD.

then you need to fix your NAT, (open is best)

Headpopper333

No... That would be Metal Gear :)

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Here's why:

1. The community and accessibility is fantastic, there is never a wait to get into a game and there's always thousands playing at all times.

I thought that the community, like most big game communities are full of douchebags ,but oh well...

2. 60FPS gameplay that is so silky smooth going back to 30FPS just feels dirty and clunky.

Ever played Uncharted 2 or Halo:Reach at 30FPS? doesn't feel clunky to me, in fact it feels smooth.. However, CoD does feel kinda fast at times. I guess it is to do with the fact that you get killed in 1-3 shots at most ranges.

3. The sheer amount of content in all COD games generally dwarfs almost every game on the market.

shame that most of that content is garbage... (campaign, multiplayer when you are getting killed by killstreaks)

4. The single player campaign is in my opinion so much fun in every single COD game. Epic set pieces one after another with good variety.

it is fun, then you return the game back to the store, as the campaigns have had no pacing since CoD 4.

5. The mature tone of all the games is a major plus for an adult like myself, I can't stand dialogue that is cheesy B movie quality(Uncharted series).

and CoD is no better, in fact, no videogame has hit a decent dialogue quality yet... (as far as I remember)

6. The gunplay is so polished and the controls so precise it's just a pleasure to hold the controller.

controller and precise do not go together..

7. It's probably the most addictive game out, I always want to come back for more.

fair enough.

8. The DLC although a bit pricey is always worth it, adding more content and many many more hours of fun.

15$ is too pricey for 3 maps and 2 remakes.. period.

9. Content for dollar, I have to reiterate how much content and fun is crammed onto the disc.

just the multiplayer and zombies, really... it's not so much.

10. This last reason may just be me, but playing with friends has never been easier with COD. I have a Nat Type 3 which gives me a problem with some games but never with COD.

then you need to fix your NAT, (open is best)

siddhu33

GOLF CLAP for the only valid response to the thread lol

Wow.. I cant tell if serious.

are we talking NO FPS franchise or NO franchise EVER? Both statements seem very ridiculous imo

I too smell sarcasm.

At least I hope it's sarcasm.

N30F3N1X

So Grand Theft Auto never happened?

Here's why:

1. The community and accessibility is fantastic, there is never a wait to get into a game and there's always thousands playing at all times.

Fair enough on the accessibility feature, but you can't generalize the community and say it's fantastic. There are plenty of douches.

2. 60FPS gameplay that is so silky smooth going back to 30FPS just feels dirty and clunky.

Really? What game did you go back to with 30FPS that feels dirty and clunky?

3. The sheer amount of content in all COD games generally dwarfs almost every game on the market.

I laughed. Seriously. What content are you talking about? The tiny, short lengthed campaign? The small maps? You can explore everything in CoD roughly 5 hours within having the game, and aside from seeing a new gun here and there, there's nothing new to see.

4. The single player campaign is in my opinion so much fun in every single COD game. Epic set pieces one after another with good variety.

Yup, that's your opinion. I enjoy the CoD campaigns, not nearly as much as 1&2, but they're good to kill an afternoon with.

5. The mature tone of all the games is a major plus for an adult like myself, I can't stand dialogue that is cheesy B movie quality(Uncharted series).

Is this a serious point? The dialogue in CoD has always been laughably bad. The scripting in Uncharted isn't the greatest, but the acting is convincing.

6. The gunplay is so polished and the controls so precise it's just a pleasure to hold the controller.

The gunplay is CoD has always left much to be desired to me. It's evident that no CoD developer has actually fired any of these guns, as they work nothing like their real life counterparts. Let's get a game like this where guns sound like guns, you can change firing rates, recoil exists, and you can do things such as tactical reloading and the like.

7. It's probably the most addictive game out, I always want to come back for more.

If you say so.

8. The DLC although a bit pricey is always worth it, adding more content and many many more hours of fun.

A few overpriced maps is worth it? It's your money, but I think CoD has the worst DLC available on the market.

9. Content for dollar, I have to reiterate how much content and fun is crammed onto the disc.

A repeated point is not a new point. So you have 9 reasons.

10. This last reason may just be me, but playing with friends has never been easier with COD. I have a Nat Type 3 which gives me a problem with some games but never with COD.

Well, most of the points are just you and your opinions. I've had the easiest time jumping into games with the Halo franchise than I have with CoD. Well, I've had the easiest time with Goldeneye, but that's a different story.

Headpopper333

You serious!?:lol:

that is because it has never reached the top... :|

Here's why:

1. The community and accessibility is fantastic, there is never a wait to get into a game and there's always thousands playing at all times.

2. 60FPS gameplay that is so silky smooth going back to 30FPS just feels dirty and clunky.

3. The sheer amount of content in all COD games generally dwarfs almost every game on the market.

4. The single player campaign is in my opinion so much fun in every single COD game. Epic set pieces one after another with good variety.

5. The mature tone of all the games is a major plus for an adult like myself, I can't stand dialogue that is cheesy B movie quality(Uncharted series).

6. The gunplay is so polished and the controls so precise it's just a pleasure to hold the controller.

7. It's probably the most addictive game out, I always want to come back for more.

8. The DLC although a bit pricey is always worth it, adding more content and many many more hours of fun.

9. Content for dollar, I have to reiterate how much content and fun is crammed onto the disc.

10. This last reason may just be me, but playing with friends has never been easier with COD. I have a Nat Type 3 which gives me a problem with some games but never with COD.

Headpopper333

Halo crushes Call of Duty in terms of gameplay, longevity and content, and that's just on consoles. Most PC shooters eviscerate it in those regards.

When it comes to multiplayer CS: S wipes the floor on CoD especially on content. Same thing goes for Battlefield.

Theres a lot of franchises that top call of duty.

Here's why:

1. The community and accessibility is fantastic, there is never a wait to get into a game and there's always thousands playing at all times.

I'll be lenient and accept this point. Despite the fact I could point out that the majority of CoD players are non-gamers who are largely overly-angry racist homophobic morons. You are right though. There are a lot of them on at any given time.

2. 60FPS gameplay that is so silky smooth going back to 30FPS just feels dirty and clunky.

FPS doesn't make THAT much of a difference, it is a nice thing but for most games 30FPS is just as smooth, it all depends on what FPS the game was designed for. Half Life 2 feels really clunky at 30FPS, but fluid at 60FPS, same with CoD, this is just because it was designed to be ran at that framerate.

3. The sheer amount of content in all COD games generally dwarfs almost every game on the market.

This point is the first of your points where you start to lose any possibility of defending your beloved franchise. Content? Really?
Lets compare one of the most beloved CoD games, Modern Warfare 2 - considered by many the best CoD game - and compare it with another FPS. One at random. Lets sayyyy...Borderlands.
And yes, Borderlands IS an FPS. It adds some RPG elements into the game, but so does CoD with it's Perk-unlocking.

So lets compare content.

Borderlands has a single player (with co-op) that will last you a good 40+ hours. 100+ if you buy all the DLC and try to do EVERYTHING.

CoD MW2 has a 4 hour single player campaign, and Spec Ops mode that will amuse you for a couple of hours too.

Borderlands has literally billions of different guns.

CoD MW2 doesn't.

CoD MW2 has a strong number of multiplayer maps admittedly, but Borderlands allows you to fight deathmatch ****anywhere on the extremely huge world map, and in arenas. Giving it more possible maps.

So there is an example of just one game with more content, and I'll admit, Borderlands was a bit overkill of an example.

4. The single player campaign is in my opinion so much fun in every single COD game. Epic set pieces one after another with good variety.

Yes, in your opinion they may be, and I'll agree they were fun. They were however extremely short and did not justify the price tag.

5. The mature tone of all the games is a major plus for an adult like myself, I can't stand dialogue that is cheesy B movie quality(Uncharted series).

I'm sorry, what? There is nothing "Mature" about the dialogue in CoD. It feels like it was written by a teenager having a fever dream after watching a James Bond film.

6. The gunplay is so polished and the controls so precise it's just a pleasure to hold the controller.

Lots of games have this across consoles and PC. Halo, Half Life 2, Crysis, Timesplitters, etc.

7. It's probably the most addictive game out, I always want to come back for more.

Maybe for you, but a lot of us prefer our games to have a little depth, or the multiplayer to be more skill based than "Whoever sees whoever else first wins"

8. The DLC although a bit pricey is always worth it, adding more content and many many more hours of fun.

You're right. MW2 charging you $15 for maps from CoD4 when MW2 had so little content itself that it felt like a fully priced expansion pack was totally worth it!! (This is Sarcasm)

9. Content for dollar, I have to reiterate how much content and fun is crammed onto the disc.

And I need to reiterate that there isn't actually that much content, and fun differs from person to person.

10. This last reason may just be me, but playing with friends has never been easier with COD. I have a Nat Type 3 which gives me a problem with some games but never with COD.

All these reasons are just you. And this is also the one point I will actually concede to you without any argument. On consoles the CoD games have utterly magnificent net code.

Headpopper333

Just my opinion. :)

If you think that the dialogue in Uncharted 2 is "b movie" quality then your opinion is moot.

Anyone who is a fan of great movies can see how well crafted the dialogue in the second game was. I cannot vouge for the 1st game though

Maybe in sales, but Call of Duty has already fallen in my opinion.

I hope you're being sarcastic there XD

If you're talking about greatest franchise loads of games destroy this game in reviews

Here are some examples

http://www.gamespot.com/wii/action/supermariogalaxy2/index.html?tag=result%3Btitle%3B0

http://www.gamespot.com/wii/action/supermario128/index.html?tag=result%3Btitle%3B1

http://wii.ign.com/objects/075/075624.htmlDidn't this game tie with Black Ops on this site.

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I stopped reading right there.....Hell, Half Life 2 has more content then cod will ever have. Even Guild Wars offers more LOL.

I'm sorry..That is just not true...

Also, TC popularity doesn't mean the game is good. Black Ops is awesome though :P

Mods do count if like it or not.

5. The mature tone of all the games is a major plus for an adult like myself

Headpopper333

Somehow I find this funny :lol:

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5. The mature tone of all the games is a major plus for an adult like myself

Orchid87

Somehow I find this funny :lol:

Someone should sig-quote it :D

Me thinks TC can't afford to play better games after spending $60 each year on the same CoD gameFunconsole

Yeah it can, and yes it has been, it's been beaten by Mario, Zelda, Half-Life, Portal, God of War, Gears of War, Kirby, Donkey Kong, Pokemon, Chrono series (Trigger/Cross), Final Fantasy, and about 100 other franchises...