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The Finals is “too much for the COD brain”, shroud claims

Twitch star shroud reveals his thoughts on The Finals and how Call of Duty players might be put off by the surprise hit PS5 and Xbox FPS.

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TLDC: High skill Twitch streamer says CoD player aren't grasping The Finals.

I thought this was interesting because many NeoGAFians said the TTK was too long as were the respawn timers. It's also interesting because I've solo queued a ton and have yet to run into a single person who fully embraces the strategic aspects built into the game design. IE People spawn and immediately rush to the closest vault or cashout box without considering pretty important variables.

CoD ruined a lot of brains out there.

 

[ChoosableOne]

As the days go by, the number of active players is decreasing. It has dropped below 50,000 concurrent players on Steam (somewhere between Battlefield 5 and Rainbow Six Siege). Palworld may have driven the final nail into its coffin. At this rate, it seems like it will become a quickly forgotten game. Hopefully, they create another game that combines its enjoyable gameplay mechanics(especially the levolution) with a more interesting and 'understandable' concept. They can add characters from The Boys for example.

 

[lughnasadh123]

Getting strangers to work together as a solo player has often always been like trying to herd cats. Seems like it's even worse in a game like this. Often any objective or strategy to achieve it gets drowned out by people just wanting to log in and shoot shit.

 

[SantaC]

Neogaf hated this game from day 0.

CoD seems to be the only fps that gets praised here no matter how shitty it is.

 

[dreamstation]

Still playing the game on a daily basis here, mostly solo queue. I've had some great team mates that I would gladly play with every match but I've also had some players that have no situational awareness or any sort of strategic bone in their body. The game is easy to play but hard to master. It's getting better the lower the player count as many people are leaving because it's not just shooty shooty bang bang.

 

[SJRB]

Is he wrong? The game is fundamentally different than COD, people need time to adjust and learn the mechanics.

 

[Three]

Even in CoD I only play Hardcore mode so I prefer a short TTK.

 

[MCplayer]

Neogaf hated this game from day 0.

CoD seems to be the only fps that gets praised here no matter how shitty it is.

I mean one thing COD perfected is gameplay, gameplay feels responsive fast and addicting even with so much skills, devices, weapons, perks, killstreaks etc to use.
I like the finals and its not dificult, I play mainly COD now because Halo and battlefiled died long time ago so yeah... COD it is

 

[Rockman33]

Finals is really an amazing multiplayer game. However, if you don’t have a team with good communication it turns into a much different scenario.

 

[Skifi28]

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

 

[MirageMew2]

As the days go by, the number of active players is decreasing. It has dropped below 50,000 concurrent players on Steam (somewhere between Battlefield 5 and Rainbow Six Siege). Palworld may have driven the final nail into its coffin. At this rate, it seems like it will become a quickly forgotten game. Hopefully, they create another game that combines its enjoyable gameplay mechanics(especially the levolution) with a more interesting and 'understandable' concept. They can add characters from The Boys for example.

Game just had its first major patch an added a Solo queue. Let it breathe.

 

[Griffon]

Neogaf hated this game from day 0.

CoD seems to be the only fps that gets praised here no matter how shitty it is.

I dislike both.

Do I win?

 

[sigmaZ]

Neogaf hated this game from day 0.

CoD seems to be the only fps that gets praised here no matter how shitty it is.

Eh. I dislike both.

 

[AltogetherAndrews]

It’s in a sort of weird position between twitchy and strategic gameplay, much due to the destruction and level structure. Respawn did shooters a great service with their incredible ping system, but it just doesn’t feel useful enough here to negate the need for good comms.

It is a hell of a lot of fun when it clicks, though.

 

[mitch1971]

Needing good communication for a game when alot of people online are cunts, is not something I'm attracted to.

 

[Generic]

I basically play CoD for the Zombies mode.

 

[diffusionx]

The game is already dying as yet another gaashit FOTM as easily predicted and OP making excuses for it

 

[AltogetherAndrews]

Neogaf hated this game from day 0.

CoD seems to be the only fps that gets praised here no matter how shitty it is.

That’s just straight up bullshit. It’s had a hard time getting traction, but I haven’t seen this hate you talk about.

 

[twilo99]

The Finals is actually not enough for "CoD brain"

 

[Rendered Tangent]

For me, the time to kill is far too long.

It doesn't have to be instant, obviously, and I understand it cuts both ways.

Unfortunately, I just didn't really think it was anything especially interesting.

Yes, the destructible environments are a nice touch - and, yes, it feels good - but it's nothing ground breaking in my eyes.

 

[StueyDuck]

I mean all online games now come down to playing a meta and not thinking for yourself (hence why I don't play pvp anymore at all)

But cod is a special type of brain number. It's a joke amongst our group that it's basically the game you turn off all thought and veg out in.

It's basically that heroin hero game in South park

 

[mrcroket]

I mean all online games now come down to playing a meta and not thinking for yourself (hence why I don't play pvp anymore at all)

But cod is a special type of brain number. It's a joke amongst our group that it's basically the game you turn off all thought and veg out in.

It's basically that heroin hero game in South park

And that's what makes COD attractive, it's a game that doesn't require learning or team play, just skill. The games are fast and you don't depend on other people to win.

If you want to play as a team, with a mic and with coordinated partners there are other games like rainbow six, counter strike, valorant, overwatch.... Doing something that falls in between is no man's land.

 

[Hudo]

I love it. It's like retards calling each other retarded.

 

[tr1p1ex]

I've won more matches than I should have in the 2 days I played (on Series X) even though I'm not really sure how to play the game and am not a controller person.

But I do know to stick with teammates and cover them and revive and cover the objective from odd angles to catch enemies off guard.

But maybe skill balancing is working good.

 

[Flash Junkins]

I love it. It's like retards calling each other retarded.

Yes because we should all look up to you.

Stop posting. Try yoga.

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

"The Finals is too slow for CoD brain."

Fixed

 

[Null Persp]

Great game but they need to add more maps.

 

[R6Rider]

Great game but they need to add more maps.

They need to add more of anything.

You see this time and time again where a GAAS title releases, does good or bette,r and the devs sit there and don't put out anything new for months.

They have LITERAL examples from the past 7+ years on how to do it correctly, and they always fuck it up.

Put out more maps, put out more weapons, and put out more modes. They should of had maps ready to go already and a list of modes to put on rotation. You can't wait months to do this and it's fucking obvious.

 

[Rawbutt Jellybean]

Wonder how much they paid him to say that.

 

[CoreyFlawless]

Trust me. I hate that almost everything try to have a cod like shooting during 2010-till now. We getting different now. But they all still built in different ways. Ppl that love cod. Just seem to not even like hell let loose. Which is all good and fine. It just, cod so big. Have such a number of players. That even if u can get a small number of them to play your game, u making your return for sure

 

[MiguelItUp]

Eh, for me, COD has been a guilty pleasure for a few weeks the past few games. Because it's the biggest fast/twitchy FPS, and that's what gets me for a bit. Until I realize yet again nothing really changed and I get over it quickly. The Finals is a great concept, it just needs a lot more IMO. I've always been a fan of team games, especially ones with specific roles. But something about The Finals just never stuck for me. The art, the game show aesthetic, etc. I wasn't really big on a whole lot of it. But the destruction was and is incredible.