RecRoulette
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Well, Ghosts had space combat, so Ghosts 2 it is.
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Rumor: Call of Duty 2016 to Be Set in the Very Far Future, to Feature Space Combat
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SolidSnakex
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I'd be shocked if they keep the Ghosts name. They should just pretend that the original game never happened.
In one simple stage and still earth based. This one sounds like entirely or almost entirely non-earth.
So, Halo was a console FPS blockbuster.
CoD4 came out and subsequent iterations topped Halo (sales-wise at minimum and arguably quality/gameplay depending on tastes).
343 Halo tried to incorporate aspects of CoD
Bungie went on to develop a blockbuster in Destiny
And now CoD is going for the sci-fi settings of Bungie's Halo/Destiny.
3-5 years from now we'll have a big mash-up of Destiny/CoD with Activision rolling in the dough.
CoD4 came out and subsequent iterations topped Halo (sales-wise at minimum and arguably quality/gameplay depending on tastes).
343 Halo tried to incorporate aspects of CoD
Bungie went on to develop a blockbuster in Destiny
And now CoD is going for the sci-fi settings of Bungie's Halo/Destiny.
3-5 years from now we'll have a big mash-up of Destiny/CoD with Activision rolling in the dough.
What did he mean by this?
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Call of Duty is Battlefront is Battlefield in Space
Tal Shiar Agent
Member
Battlefront is closer to being a WW2 game than a future space game. The only sort of augmented movement in the game is a single-jump jumppack on a 17 second recharge.
It sounds like DICE is taking the other extreme and making a World War 1 game.
AllIsOneIsNone
Banned
Well, I'm actually interested in this. Bring on the plasma rifles and butt jets.
I can't believe people want WW2 again. I know it's been a while, but the amount of WW2 shooters last decade was a big enough helping for 2 lifetimes. Well, scratch that, I want WW2 shooters in VR.
I can't believe people want WW2 again. I know it's been a while, but the amount of WW2 shooters last decade was a big enough helping for 2 lifetimes. Well, scratch that, I want WW2 shooters in VR.
ViridianHues
Banned
A bit disappointed if this is true. Even outside of CoD, futuristic/sci-fi shooters are saturating the market right. I feel confident that it will change eventually and the cycle will continue. We went from WW2 shooters, and when people really got sick of it we got modern military shooters, and now we're in the future. I just wonder where it will go from here (probably back to modern or past settings)
And to people saying that a modern setting would be looked at as a downgrade, I disagree. Outside of GAF and other enthusiast communities, I see "CoD 4 nostalgia" on facebook and twitter being posted by the people that CoD is really the only game that they play. I think it would be viewed as a return to its popular roots.
And to people saying that a modern setting would be looked at as a downgrade, I disagree. Outside of GAF and other enthusiast communities, I see "CoD 4 nostalgia" on facebook and twitter being posted by the people that CoD is really the only game that they play. I think it would be viewed as a return to its popular roots.
Hip Hop
Member
Yeah, which is really surprising tbh. Those tidbits in BF3 and BF4, and fans of the series always clamoring for a new entry in the futuristic setting. I would've guessed it would be coming soon.
It looks like COD developers and DICE are doing the opposite of what some fans may want.
MrFrankFontaine
Banned
No interest in going back to WW1 or WW2. That got burnt out to a point that I don't ever want to see them go back. I'd be more interested in either current day or futuristic time line. All for it.
TsunamiOfSwagger
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WaffleTaco
Wants to outlaw technological innovation.
Is it still possible Battlefield 5 will be WW1?
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
I'm sick to death of near future, but full-on far-future sci-fi sounds fucking great to me. Tbh I'd be happy just as long as the climax doesn't take place in a robots dream.
WTF were they thinking.
Space travel and distant planets but no aliens or Mass Effect/Starcraft 'end of the galaxy' plotlines. That's my understanding of what he meant.
WTF were they thinking.
What is realistic futuristic?
Space travel and distant planets but no aliens or Mass Effect/Starcraft 'end of the galaxy' plotlines. That's my understanding of what he meant.
TheChewyWaffles
Member
Do not want. Also, my boy will be very disappointed if he can't find out what happens after the Ghost campaign.
Super_Cobra
Member
I would take a mw2 remake over any futuristic bullshit they're making. I'm tired of all this futuristic shit.
you're saying this after we have shadow clones and teleports?
I'm cool with this. I've been waiting ages for one of these shooters to move past the modern day or what CoD has been stuck in with this "in the future but only like 20 years" thing they have at the moment.
I want me some future shooter, totally over the top, laser beams maybe, space ships and shit, because why not.
I want me some future shooter, totally over the top, laser beams maybe, space ships and shit, because why not.
Acquiescence
Member
You can tell they're running out of ideas lol. We're at the point where space combat is a thing now.
Gnome Scat
Member
I'm with you there, but I was hoping that at least Infinity Ward would keep it grounded.
J-Roderton
Member
Sadly, I can't see how they could go back to classic down the road.
shortsFortallPeople
Banned
The Space Ghost game we deserve
Decade of WW2 games burned that time period for FPS games, but decade of modern / near future time period for FPS games is still fresh and interesting? Not pointed at just you, but something I started to think about yesterday. How modern time setting FPS games are somehow still seen as interesting and fresh, when WW2 setting was called dead horse after similar decade-ish of games set in said time period?
Saucycarpdog
Member
The unnecessary need to one-up the previous COD game continues.
shadow_shogun
Member
Terrible idea. As much as I despise Ghosts (campaign wise), I would rather take a sequel to Ghosts than a Halo Knock-off.
chrominance
Member
I await the COD4-style reveal where you'll be fighting alongside your space-suited buddies in space, defending some orbital platform or whatnot and losing ground, and then the enemy takes over the platform and launches missiles at the planet.
Cut to your screen going all glitchy and a VR helmet being removed, and suddenly you're in some call-center cubicle farm that's on fire and everyone's getting the fuck out because you've been hit by an airstrike from a rogue orbital platform. Turns out you've been controlling drones this whole time and your drones lost the orbital platform. The rest of the game is Disaster Report 4.
Cut to your screen going all glitchy and a VR helmet being removed, and suddenly you're in some call-center cubicle farm that's on fire and everyone's getting the fuck out because you've been hit by an airstrike from a rogue orbital platform. Turns out you've been controlling drones this whole time and your drones lost the orbital platform. The rest of the game is Disaster Report 4.
PeskyToaster
Member
I only entertained the idea because it would be one of my fantasy dream games come true but is it a plausible rumor at this point? We've had the initial store leak that sparked the rumor and then a couple of unconvincing fake documents.
J-Roderton
Member
You guys do many playthoughs on the campaign for the recent CODs? I usually don't even touch it.
ThatStupidLion
Member
far future? so squids, lasers, and telekinesis?!
Cheat Code
Member
You have three teams. Each team has their own sub-series. Each team is now gonna be making futuristic combat.
Fuck right off. Black Ops 3 was the most sterile, uninspired game I've played in the series and I played Ghosts. At least Ghosts had a hilarious antagonist.
Fuck right off. Black Ops 3 was the most sterile, uninspired game I've played in the series and I played Ghosts. At least Ghosts had a hilarious antagonist.
Treyarch was going to make a monster FPS but was denied.
Respawn is probably still the best bet to make Crew Expendable (In Space).
The only campaigns I played through multiple times were the Modern Warfare Trilogy. Advanced Warfare's campaign is superb so I may go back and play that this weekend.
Cameron122
Member
Well halo and titanfall don't have space combat so I think this is cool
Bolivar687
Banned
What made Call of Duty stand out for me was how it took authentic military factions, weapons and hit scan shooting then combined that with deathmatch/score environment of Arena shooters.
It's the third year of this gen and I have no enthusiasm for any more jumpy shooters. I really cannot imagine why Activision would want this series to have three teams making futuristic installments. If this is true then I also hope the rumors of an MW1/MW2 re-release are also true.
It's the third year of this gen and I have no enthusiasm for any more jumpy shooters. I really cannot imagine why Activision would want this series to have three teams making futuristic installments. If this is true then I also hope the rumors of an MW1/MW2 re-release are also true.
FaintDeftone
Junior Member
I just don't care anymore. This series is so damn stale. We have shooters like R6 Siege doing much more interesting things for me to even care about another by-the-numbers CoD game. I'm much more looking forward to that WWI Battlefield title that's rumored.