I think they introduced a little too many story bits that are not explored to the degree that they should be. There are hints and tidbits of interesting story threads, but they don't really amount to anything. The swarm antagonist could be interesting as it is presented if more information regarding motivation is explained. There's more to discuss, but I don't wanna get into spoilers.
The mulitplayer is great, and horde mode is cool. The microtransactions are intrusive and take away from both experiences when considering previous games in the series and even when evaluating the game on it's own merits. It's a shame, and hopefully The Coalition makes changes to their gambling system..
I don't see myself buying this game at full price, then. It seems to be getting mixed reviews across all websites. I think I'll stick to Trackmania and KI for now. Thanks, Jeff!
This game is better than Halo 5. I know people compare review scores all of the time, especially for shooters, but get this one instead of Halo. This review has a lot of differing opinions than the majority of the CoD community.
First, the one-hit melee kill removal is a godsend. You still kill an enemy in one hit if you hit them in the back. It's great and you won't get fucked when you're using a shotgun by someone who just panic knifes you.
Second, the annoying, lag-ridden, unpredictable clusterfuck that was the Advanced Warfare jump jets are now gone *everyone who cares about CoD games cheers*. The new movement feels great and super intuitive. It alters the moment-to-moment gameplay just enough without fundamentally changing the best parts of CoD... like....
..map flow! You, once again, can see how maps flow. The maps funnel you towards chokepoints in the same ways that Black Ops 1 and 2 did. All of the weapons have their place again, and sniping isn't impossible.
Also, the campaign in Advanced Warfare was some boring ass shit. It was completely predictable. At least this one has an interesting theme even if the gameplay isn't anything new.
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