I don't think we'll suddenly see radically different games, no. But you can see plenty of spots in the last few COD-games where things were just rushed and could be easily improved with a few more months of extra work.No, just the fact that the king-of-all-cookie-cutter franchise wouldn't make a difference between a 3 year cycle as opposed to 2 previously. Maybe I'm wrong.... but can you blame me?
So... When are we going to see a new engine? Can at least one of the three games get away from the modern/near future warfare setting? I want WWII again. Or maybe Vietnam era. Or sutin.
Edit: Also, are we to assume, therefore, that SH have already been working on their game for two years plus at this point?
I think the most important question is: When will they use a new engine?
The last CoD I actually enjoyed was the first Black Ops. It was a real bold step for the series I thought (so much so that they toned it down for Black Ops 2). And you could tell Treyarch had fun making it. It was the CoD game where you could stand up and walk around inside the main menu and play Zork for goodness sake.
So I'm disappointed but philosophical that Treyarch isn't releasing a game this year. Should give them time to do something really special.
That's cause IW sucks, Treyarch was putting out 8.5-9'sI don't think we'll suddenly see radically different games, no. But you can see plenty of spots in the last few COD-games where things were just rushed and could be easily improved with a few more months of extra work.
Basically, it's like this: CoD: Ghosts scored like a 6.5-7 in the average review. An extra year of dev time, if used properly, should allow them enough time to get that back up to a 7.5-8. Not spectacular (unless they reinvent some more) but not broken in sports either.
Sledgehammer's game will be a jump up graphically on current gen/pc. It will be influenced by titanfall.
Blops 3 will basically be titanfall.
Titanfall is influencing game design and it isn't even out yet.
Pete, when you say current gen you mean the next gen systems that has been out since Nov of 2013 right? Could this years COD make its way to PS3/360 as well?
Holy shit this is great news. And unlike Respawn surely the Activision teams will be doing single player campaigns, and hopefully other non-competitive modes.Sledgehammer's game will be a jump up graphically on current gen/pc. It will be influenced by titanfall.
Blops 3 will basically be titanfall.
Titanfall is influencing game design and it isn't even out yet.
It will definitely be out on PS360 this year and I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't for the next 3 years. It has too big of a userbase not to release on last gen. Activision wouldn't be able to sleep at night if it didn't squeeze every bit of cash possible.
PS2 and the original Xbox had a big big userbase, but IW made COD MW exclusive to PS3/360 when it came out in 2007, and it was only a year from the release of the PS3!
Yes but they weren't really good on the network side of things and were probably a bit too weak to be cross-gen. CoD4 was a big step up from CoD3. I suppose it all depends on how quickly people jump aboard new gen really.
Xbox One & PS4 already has about 7-8 million units sold combined in less than three months from launch. There's an overwhelming demand for both next gen systems and by November 2014 both consoles would have reached 20+ million units. The adoption rate for both systems is incredibly high!
Salary paid in full and 30 months to work on your game.
You have one job! Do not fuck this up.
It is impossible to fuck this up.
I agree. The COD series has a blind following that will buy the game year in year out. Maybe the game will no longer break records, but they've got the fan base.Those games have never compared to the units Call of Duty has sold. I don't see how you can make a comparison on Tony Hawk, it was never a huge hit, just a yearly release.
I really believe COD will never fall, or at least in the near future. If anything, a few fans will leave the series only to be replaced by a younger generation. It's basically become a "FIFA" at this point and still people haven't accepted that.
You better believe Activision will do everything in it's power if it were to ever have a chance of slow sales. They have shown it when they bought their own shares back, and they are showing it now by adding 3 devs into the mix.
MW3 is the absolute worst CoD.
Sledgehammer's game will be a jump up graphically on current gen/pc. It will be influenced by titanfall.
Blops 3 will basically be titanfall.
Titanfall is influencing game design and it isn't even out yet.
Haha I love all the people blaming Activision for making so many Call of Duty games.
While I understand their fear of what it could do to the FPS market, can you at all blame Activision for making these games when they continue to make hundreds of millions of dollars EVERY year? They are a business after all.
Sledgehammer's game will be a jump up graphically on current gen/pc. It will be influenced by titanfall.
Blops 3 will basically be titanfall.
Titanfall is influencing game design and it isn't even out yet.
2014's game (Sledgehammer), since Black Ops 2 (Treyarch) was 2012 and Ghosts (Infinity Ward) was 2013.So if I want to jump back into COD on the first of the games that has had this new 3 year development cycle... would that be this fall or in 2015?
I think this year is Sledgehammer, so maybe 3 years if they started soon after MW3...So if I want to jump back into COD on the first of the games that has had this new 3 year development cycle... would that be this fall or in 2015?
Everybody knows Treyarch is the superior COD team.
They'll call it new, but it'll look exactly the same.This year will debut their new engine. I'm pretty excited for e3. They should have something impressive to show.