Call of Duty: Ghosts was released for the Xbox 360 on November 5, 2013. Let me start off by saying I have played all the Call of Duty games starting from Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. I’ve put a countless number of hours into them. I think I was around 25 days playing time in Call of Duty 4. I look back now and realize that that is a ridiculous amount of time to spend on a game however my playing time in Return to Castle Wolfenstein back in the year 2001 was probably higher.
Lets get to the review.
I bought Call of Duty: Ghosts on a whim. After Black Ops 1 (second favorite call of duty) I started getting sick of the series and transferred over to Battlefield. I bought Ghosts due to the fact that it would be released on the Xbox One as well. I purchased the digital version which I now know was a big mistake because I would have sold my copy already to recoup some of the money I wasted on this giant turd.
Single Player
Can’t comment on that as I haven’t even played it yet. My review is strictly based on multiplayer.
Multiplayer
Boy oh boy how the mighty have fallen. How a billion dollar company can produce such a turd of a game is pretty sad. I popped in the game and went straight to multiplayer. After five minutes I already hated the game.
It’s boring.
I don’t know how else to explain it. It’s simply boring. The textures are very very bland and uninspiring. Players blend in with their environment so much you can’t see shit. I went into a corner to lay down, regain my health, and re-load my gun. A player literally went on top of me and laid down. He didn’t even know I was there. If he did then that dude was just a gay perv.
The spawning points suck so……so bad. They have been getting worse in every game released since call of duty 4. No longer are people able to hold down an area. They will spawn behind you and it happens ALL…….THE…..TIME. Kiss your kill streaks goodbye too. They are worthless in this game. Hardly anyone gets any good streaks going because you are too busy getting shot in the fucking back.
You die more easily in this game. It’s like you are playing hardcore mode at all-times. Takes one to two shots most of the time to down someone. No more gun battles which is disappointing because that’s what I like about the Call of Duty series. Whoever sees each other first will win. Pew pew you’re dead. Hit markers are not consistent either.
Quickscoping? Oh yea. It’s still here.
Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaag
The whole menu and options are boring as hell to. You don’t unlock weapons and items by completing challenges anymore. You get tokens. Yay! You will earn tokens while playing and you use that to unlock weapons, perks, accessories etc etc. You can customize your soldiers outfit somewhat but who cares. BOOOOORRRRINNG. I liked that you could design your own emblem in Black Ops. There is non of that in this game. No recording either.
It encourages camping and teabagging. Yea…..teabagging. Teabagging was cool, what, 15 years ago? The maps are so damn big that the only way to get any kills is to camp. You go anywhere out in the open and you’re usually dead immediately. If they are trying to copy Battlefield then they should make an entirely different game because it just ain’t gonna work.
It’s boring. Did I say that already?
The graphics are terrible on the Xbox 360. However I’m sure they will be better on the Xbox One. UAV’s are worthless. You get a SatCom now. WTF? You deploy it. Doesn’t do shit for anyone anymore. Kill streaks suck but that doesn’t matter. You won’t get them anyways.
I tried to like this game. I was searching for anything to justify my stupid purchase but it didn’t happen. I’m up to about a day in playing time now but it doesn’t get any better. You can tell right away in this game that they didn’t put much time and effort into it. I feel ripped off. How they don’t have a polished game after releasing 500 Call of Dutys is pretty pathetic. The franchise is officially dead in my book.
This game is a total disaster. Please, for the love of god don’t buy it.
Did I say it’s boring?