Call of Duty did not invent the fucking wheel...
By FireBurger 90 Comments
Alright, I felt the need to write this after hearing so many people saying "Call of Duty anyone...?" and "Way to rip off Modern Warfare" in relation to so many different games. The most recent that I've seen is calling the co-op campaign of Splinter Cell: Conviction a rip off of Spec-Ops. That doesn't even make sense. Modern Warfare 2 has separate "challenge" levels for co-op, not a campaign.
Call of Duty does have some unique things such as killstreak rewards, said co-op "challenges," and probably some other things I'm not thinking of, but believe it or not, it was not born from the vagina of originality. Below are just some of the things that people are claiming are rip-offs of Call of Duty, listed with games they've appeared in before Modern Warfare. A lot of these probably appeared before even the games I've listed, these are just the ones that come to mind first.
- Modern setting - Ghost Recon (2001) or Battlefield 2 (2005) if you want a popular online shooter
- Persistent ranking system - Battlefield 2
- Unlockable weapons - Battlefield 2
- UAVs / Shooting down UAVs - Battlefield 2
- Weapon mods - SOCOM 3 (2005)
- Customizable kit loadouts - Battlefield 2142 (2006)
- Seperate co-op "campaign" - Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter (2006)
- Perks - Fallout (1997) (Call of Duty did bring them to FPSs)
The entire video game industry relies on give and take. Games before Call of Duty did it, Call of Duty did it, and games to come will do it. So, please, if you don't know what you're talking about, kindly shut the fuck up already.
DISCLAIMER: Since some people seem to think I'm hating on Call of Duty -- I'm not. I'm hating on people who talk out of their asses and attack other games when they don't know what they're talking about. I've played every COD since the original and love the series.