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[Armadilo]

Today Infinite Warfare Multiplayer Trailer was shown and ... First of all Infinite Warfare seems to have a good campaign and the most fun version of Zombies ever.
But the Multiplayer... It looks like Black Ops 3 from last year and Last years COD looked like the year before that with SledgeHammers Advanced Warfare.

"Futuristic Fatigue is real"

Infinite Warfare could be easily mistaken for Black Ops 3 or even as just DLC for that game. 3 Call of Duty's in 3 years that are very similar .

When we heard that each COD Dev was going to get two years each to make a game, I was happy. The bad thing is that they each followed the same direction.

Maybe it's Activision who told them what to do, because they thought futuristic games with maneuverability were going to become the next big thing.

Stop and take a break, please.

Problem is that next years COD is going to be from SledgeHammer and Advanced Warfare 2 seems like it's going to happen

 

[The Flash]

That like/dislike ratio though

 

[Collateral22]

It will be Advanced Warfare 2 100%.

 

[Enter the Dragon Punch]

if battlefield 1 sells well cod will go back to ww2

but not next year

 

[AAMARMO]

Im hoping next year one will be World War 2 or Vietnam War.

 

[VilleEricson]

It will be Advanced Warfare 2 100%.

Definitely.

 

[Leafhopper]

It will be Advanced Warfare 2 100%.

Sledgehammer is next right? So yeah.

 

[TimeEffect]

They are trying really hard to market this as old school, which is hilarious. I have to think this came out of the backlash of another sci fi game.

 

[Transistor]

It will be Advanced Warfare 2 100%.

Yep

 

[Pastry]

if battlefield 1 sells well cod will go back to ww2

but not next year

I think that's a given though, BF1 selling well that is.

 

[Roldan]

Wow @ the guy on 0:08. Totally thought it was Destiny footage, no joke. lol

 

[Irishonion]

Would still sell millions, ffs.

 

[jelly]

Advanced Warfare 2 and standalone Modern Warfare.

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

Im holding out hope they pull some shit with Infinite Warfare with some sort of flashback mission set in a modern or even older setting that ties into the story.

Hopefully Advanced 2 is a prequel.

Black Ops 4 needs to be what Black Ops 3 was supposed to be.

 

[NoKisum]

We've done the past with World War 2
We've done the present with Modern Warfare
We've done the future with Advance and Infinite Warfare

What's left?

 

[krang]

if battlefield 1 sells well cod will go back to ww2

but not next year

The Second World War?

Spoiler

Can't call it WW2...it wasn't a sequel.

 

[Catvoca]

It will be Advanced Warfare 2 100%.

Yep. It'll probably be pretty good too.

 

[Armadilo]

People often say that COD is the same each year and I would disagree as they are different however Ghosts is what sank the ship, but the last three games.

Maybe it's just hard to differentiate a futuristic setting from another because they look the same. Infinite Warfare even looks like Killzone shadow fall

 

[rdytoroll]

They are trying really hard to market this as old school, which is hilarious. I have to think this came out of the backlash of another sci fi game.

So oldschool! Here, throw this black hole at another player while you run on walls. Just fuck my shit up fam

 

[Boke1879]

Would still sell millions, ffs.

Well yea. These games appeal to a very large userbase. Without a doubt it's the go to shooter for a lot of people.

 

[The Beard]

We've done the past with World War 2
We've done the present with Modern Warfare
We've done the future with Advance and Infinite Warfare

What's left?

Civil War.

 

[Pastry]

We've done the past with World War 2
We've done the present with Modern Warfare
We've done the future with Advance and Infinite Warfare

What's left?

Steampunk

 

[EhoaVash]

We've done the past with World War 2
We've done the present with Modern Warfare
We've done the future with Advance and Infinite Warfare

What's left?

The APOCALYPSE so squid warfare

 

[N° 2048]

That like/dislike ratio though

I am SO happy to see this.

We might finally push COD out of the same stale shit it's been for years and years.

 

[KDC720]

It will be Advanced Warfare 2 100%.

Exactly. I rather enjoyed AW 1 so I'm looking forward to it.

Personally I'd take future over modern day at this point. BF1 is interesting, but I doubt its going to be a trend setter in terms of setting.

 

[Old Gimlet Eyes]

Definitely advanced warfare 2. Hopefully they include a remaster of World at War.

 

[ncslamm]

Next year will definitely be Advanced Warfare 2. I actually really liked Advanced Warfare so I'm okay with that. But when Treyarch's turn comes up again they really need to go back to the early-mid 1900s style World War game. Battlefield 1 has been a blast so far and I can only imagine how good an old school COD would be now.

 

[thejpfin]

It will be Advanced Warfare 2 100%.

Maybe more like 98%.
One Sledgehammer dev wants WW2 shooter;
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/advanced-warfare-dev-wants-another-world-war-ii-ca/1100-6423387/

There's a slim chance that next CoD is not futuristic.

 

[Armadilo]

We've done the past with World War 2
We've done the present with Modern Warfare
We've done the future with Advance and Infinite Warfare

What's left?

just a break followed by some variety

 

[StoneHeart]

Save us Treyarch, oh wait it's Sledgehammer next. Most likely AW2, unfortunately.

 

[Zeneric]

We've done the past with World War 2
We've done the present with Modern Warfare
We've done the future with Advance and Infinite Warfare

What's left?

medieval.
cowboy.

edit:
looking forward to advanced warfare 2. the first game was sweet.

 

[Boke1879]

I am SO happy to see this.

We might finally push COD out of the same stale shit it's been for years and years.

because of a like to dislike ratio? Not going to happen. It's barely going to be a blip. It's people disliking for the sake of it.

When this game goes on to sell millions that shit isn't going to matter.

 

[SolidSnakex]

The only way it won't be futuristic is if Sledgehammer decided from the start that AW would be a one-off entry. But the were also the first of the three studios to really take the futuristic approach, so they may not be interested in dropping it just yet. Another thing to remember is that there wasn't any backlash when AW was released or really even BO3 was released. It really only started with IW, which means that whatever Sledgehammer is working on would've already been in development for well over a year. There's no way they'd scrap that and try to make a new game in that period of time. So realistically Treyarch's next game is the one with the best shot of not being futuristic.

 

[N° 2048]

because of a like to dislike ratio? Not going to happen. It's barely going to be a blip. It's people disliking for the sake of it.

When this game goes on to sell millions that shit isn't going to matter.

You know what...

You're right.

 

[MrNelson]

I'm completely ok with the idea of Advanced Warfare 2. I liked the original, and it played different enough from Black Ops 3 so it didn't feel the same.

 

[Kolx]

I find it strange that even tho they have 3 developers cycle they never thought that maybe at least one should always differentiate himself from the other 2. COD name is enough to sell the game so why not try something like ww1? ww2? IW looks like a copy from BO3 in a stupid way.

 

[funkystudent]

We've done the past with World War 2
We've done the present with Modern Warfare
We've done the future with Advance and Infinite Warfare

What's left?

They are kind of half assing these future games.


Quit the grounded near future stuff and go full sci fi. Aliens and ray guns and stuff.

 

[oti]

We've done the past with World War 2
We've done the present with Modern Warfare
We've done the future with Advance and Infinite Warfare

What's left?

Fandom Warfare

 

[Mors_Verigo]

As long as the game is good, I don't really care about the era it's set in. Korean War maybe?

 

[Boke1879]

You know what...

You're right.

And the people disliking it. I wouldn't be shocked if they pick up the game as well. It just appeals to a large userbase and people eventually will pick it up. COD has become like Madden, NBA and Fifa in which people turn out to buy the game in droves and it makes money.

 

[Mechanized]

They have no choice. A futuristic setting gives the so much freedom in designing a varied game. If they went back to a slower, realistic pace, with matching weapons, perks and killstreaks people would burn out on the game really quick.

 

[jelly]

We've done the past with World War 2
We've done the present with Modern Warfare
We've done the future with Advance and Infinite Warfare

What's left?

Time travel.

http://youtu.be/ewj3wrIUR3s

 

[Boke1879]

They have no choice. A futuristic setting gives the so much freedom in designing a varied game. If they went back to a slower, realistic pace, with matching weapons, perks and killstreaks people would burn out on the game really quick.

Yup. While I can't fucking WAIT for MWR as it's my favorite MP game along with Halo 3. I do wonder how a game like that will last in today's market.

 

[joebruin]

Fatigue isn't real to Activision until there is a noticeable drop in sales.

Sorry. Gaf opinion != popular opinion

 

[ncslamm]

We've done the past with World War 2
We've done the present with Modern Warfare
We've done the future with Advance and Infinite Warfare

What's left?

I personally can't wait for Medieval Warfare so I can customize my longbow with a red dot sight and a doritos camo.

 

[Maxinas]

Maybe they should take a year break.

 

[UnemployedVillain]

At this point they should make it like Timesplitters and having multiple time periods. I would definitely buy that!

 

[Dalibor68]

We've done the past with World War 2
We've done the present with Modern Warfare
We've done the future with Advance and Infinite Warfare

What's left?

This meme needs to die. We haven't "done" anything. All of those scenarios(and the past doesn't just consist of WW2) have a lot of unexplored stuff in them. The only problem is that everybody jumped at it the same time. If next year we'd have a WW2 CoD, BF2143 and a new MW or Vietnam shooter by some other Dev nobody would talk about "fatigue". If everything has the same scenario at the same time then there's fatigue. But nobody is forcing them to choose the same scenarios at the same time.

 

[Fbh]

Well they can:

A) Continue with the futuristic setting. With Battlefield going back to WW1 this will differenciate the franchises more than ever

B) Go back to WW1 or 2 and kick off a new era of past based shooters (alongside Battlefield) until everyone is sick of them again and they can start the cycle again (going modern day, then future, then past again).

C) Going in an absolutely different direction. No past, present or future but some paralel reality sutff. Something Steam Punk like or just full on Sci Fi with alien races or demons or something

 

[HyperCroutons]

It'll be Call of Duty: Civil War next year. It will be like Wild Wild West and have steampunk Machines like a giant spider.