By Adam James AND Nicholas Werner / Oct. 17, 2017 3:06 pm EDT / Updated: April 28, 2020 5:21 pm EDT.
Featured Image Credit: Activision The graphics were bad by late-PS2 standards, and certainly seem even uglier now. The multiplayer combat took skill to master and played incredibly fluidly too. The single player campaign was more gripping and presented more of a challenge to the player.The gun mechanics and movement had been refined a little bit, and even the multiplayer was something to take note of at the time.Call of Duty: Black Ops entered the video game industry with a fresh new story and great multiplayer to accompany it. Let us know how you’d rank the current games within the Call of Duty franchise! Cookies help us deliver our Services. The campaign is (usually) painfully easy, except when your own CPU-controlled squad-mates push you out from cover and directly into the line of fire. the Big Red One, Treyarch's supplement to Online, things were quite promising. Ever since the beginning of the Call of Duty franchise, there have been some incredible CoD games and some absolutely terrible ones. Going back to World War II, World at War set a precedent for what a gritty, dark FPS game could look and feel like.The story was incredible and players were finally given some level of choice. Would you swap any games around? Never before had a video game so accurately provided the feeling of being an anonymous soldier in the Second World War. Multiplayer was in the game, but the gaming industry had far less of a focus on multiplayer content at the time, so the single player campaign really made up for that.Combat was slower, clunkier even, but it holds well today as a unique experience in the FPS genre.Call of Duty 2 took everything about Call of Duty 1 and made it even better.
Even worse, a distinct lack of anything original or new left us all wishing our moms would take out a second loan for a PlayStation 3. We have to agree with the latter. In our opinion, Black Ops II stands to be the most refined CoD game in all of history.Combat was fluid, the gun mechanics were silky smooth, but taking down players online still resembled some level of challenge.Whilst not as refined as Black Ops II, Modern Warfare 2 paved the way for the future of online shooters. Call of Duty is still going strong 16 years later with its latest iteration, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. For the most part. It had a lot to live up to after following MW2 as well.The Call of Duty franchise took an odd turn with Advanced Warfare. Once again, we weren’t big fans of a lot of the killstreaks in this game, and it somewhat ruined multiplayer.Not the best of the original trilogy, but Call of Duty 3 will still go down as a classic. The sequel to this fresh new franchise is often good, but the third time around, things start to drop in quality.The main problem with Modern Warfare 2 is that it was just not different enough from MW2. The implementation of a Specialists system changed online multiplayer for the better, allowing players the ability to explore a wide range of characters with unique advantages and disadvantages.
Despite the new setting, the campaign is as typical as ever, with a heavy dose of the nonsensical, as you travel around the world shooting swarms of both bad guys and bad robots in what amounts to, at times, a glitchy, buggy mess. However, the fun stopped there, as everything else about Treyarch took the already great gameplay mechanics of That said, nothing about the gameplay was particularly advanced compared to earlier entries in the series.
In this list, we take a look at the 14 major titles from Call of Duty 1 to CoD WW2 and rank Without further ado, let’s take a look at how each CoD game is ranked, starting from worst to best.The game also performed terribly – despite being the first title on the new generation of consoles, it struggled to perform without problems and the PC port was the worst in Call of Duty history.The only thing that we miss about Ghosts is the unique Extinction mode.Ever since Black Ops III, the trio of Call of Duty developers started to add wackier, futuristic content. It was actually a pretty good game, but it struggles to stand out amongst some of the better titles in CoD history.We enjoyed the story, the multiplayer was in-line with the other two games from the original trilogy, and gun mechanics were great back then, but it didn’t do much to stray away from either of the two games before it.The Call of Duty: Black Ops trilogy has a mixed reception from most players.
Shotguns are typically outclassed by most weapon categories in Call of Duty's multiplayer offerings. The ranking and prestige system in MW2 was perfect – the perks and abilities all mattered and choosing the right loadout actually meant something important whilst playing.Looking back at it now, it was the first title that really gave players the opportunity to make meaningful gameplay decisions in multiplayer. We were introduced to a range of new equipment, perks, and abilities that brought a breath of fresh air after Call of Duty 3.Combat in CoD 4 was also far more fluid and it laid the groundworks for what we’re all used to today.We’re so glad World at War launched after Modern Warfare. And we can’t forget about the debut of CoD Zombies.Black Ops II quickly made its way into the hearts of millions of CoD fans around the world when it launched in 2012. On top of all that, a complete lack of online multiplayer cemented It wasn't a total failure, of course, as the first With the launch of the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, 2013 saw Going down as perhaps the most hated entry to date, 2016 was an absolutely epic year for shooters, as it saw the releases of By focusing on telling the story of America's "Fighting First" Infantry Division, a.k.a.