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How Call Of Duty Could Improve If Microsoft Deal Goes Through, According To Activision Boss
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Dick Jones
Gold Member
I think 343i should do all the Call of Duty games. What are the odds they could fridge two major franchises in a decade? Almost zero.
ComputerBlue
Member
Good as in terrible?
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
343 has had massive restructuring so safe to say whatever next game they make will probably have a very different feel.
No, good as in good. I'm not conflating the games multiplayer related issues, the single player campaign is actually good. The closest the franchise has come to the original Halo since the last couple of games at least.
Saber
Gold Member
I doubt something would change. They would still release CoD with very short distances between each other and the tech would vary sightly, I doubt they would use anything Microsoft offer and risk damaging their bread and butter. The only difference would be that one day or another the game would be exclusive.
FalconPunch
Member
Call of duty will regress even further if acquired by Microsoft. It’s basically a death sentence for call of duty if the acquisition goes through. Microsoft have shown time and time again that they’re incapable of proper studios management. This has been the rule and while there have been a couple of exceptions(Forza horizon, flight simulator), they’re still just exceptions to the rule. Microsoft acquired ninja theory, Hellblade nowhere to be seen. Acquired Mojang, done absolutely nothing to improve the ip. Red fall, starfield, the latest Forza Motorsport are some of the recent average to below average releases.
I think it takes a particular type of person to keep Activision churning and Bobby is a ruthless bastard but he gets results. If anything, if the acquisition goes through, Bobby should replace Spencer at Microsoft.
I think it takes a particular type of person to keep Activision churning and Bobby is a ruthless bastard but he gets results. If anything, if the acquisition goes through, Bobby should replace Spencer at Microsoft.
Heisenberg007
Gold Journalism
"How can COD improve under Microsoft"
ComputerBlue
Member
I’m not talking about the multiplayer either, but the campaign was serviceable at best. It had all of the things everybody always complains about open worlds, copy/paste Ubisoft style, and the main missions took you to the same looking locations over and over again, with a mediocre story, so so combat and an okay soundtrack. If we were to rate the original 10/10, because it is pretty close to that in my opinion. Then this by comparison is like a 3/10.
King Dazzar
Member
Dear oh dear. See this is why for me the argument from the Xbox focused side is lost before it even gets going. If we're saying Infinites campaign is good, then lets face it. COD could carry on being Vanguard's level of mediocrity and get away with it. Nobody is aspiring or pushing for greatness. Xbox, just leave the bar set low, as the fans are applauding regardless.
MiguelItUp
Member
Right, I wonder how? Just give me new GREAT maps, perks, weapons, and NEW in-game mechanics and gameplay changes, and I'll be happy. A lot of what COD has seen for several years now is just the same thing over and over with the smallest paint changes. It could be so much more, but I guess when the money keeps coming, why change too much if it still makes money?
BouncyFrag
Member
Bethesda can release Dagoth Ur to direct CoD projects going forward to honor the Sixth House and the Tribe Unmourned.
analog_future
Resident Crybaby
Microsoft's first party releases over the last 3 years:
- Forza Motorsport - 85 review avg
- Starfield - 86 review avg
- Redfall - 56 review avg
- Hi-Fi Rush - 89 review avg
- Ghostwire Tokyo - 78 review avg
- Minecraft Legends - 71 review avg
- Age of Empires IV - 81 review avg
- Pentiment - 86 review avg
- Deathloop - 89 review avg
- Grounded - 83 review avg
- Halo Infinite - 87 review avg
- Forza Horizon 5 - 92 review avg
- Psychonauts 2 - 89 review avg
- Microsoft Flight Simulator - 91 review average
Literally every game in this list outside of Redfall and Minecraft Legends have scored higher than any Call of Duty game over the same time span.
thismeinteil
Member
Well, duh. All studios and IPs have flourished under MS's care. Oh, wait...
Bernardougf
Member
Perfect. But is "free" on gamepass!
anothertech
Member
This dude doesn't give a shit about improving the game lol. He wants the money so he can skip town when the world's most popular game sales gets cut in half.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
FalconPunch
Member
Laughable as most of this were in progress before being purchased by microsoft. Also I've fixed the incorrect metacritic scores above because we're clearly lying here.
Hawke502
Member
Why when we talk about the problems that Starfied has its "see, Microsoft couldn''t improve a game" but when someone points out the reception of those games its "but they were in development before the acquisition"? If anything Microsoft saved Starfield from being a clusterfuck by allowing Bethesda the luxury of delaying it for a year.
Btw: the two highest scoring game on that list were developed fully under Microsoft.
RickMasters
Member
Or Hexen…. Or a new quake wars with battlefield like scale and player team sizes.
analog_future
Resident Crybaby
So bad games that were in progress before being purchased by Microsoft count against them but good games don't count for them?
Am I understanding correctly? Is that how that works?
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OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
Get ready for 30 fps Call of Duty!
King Dazzar
Member
That can flip flop either way you want to spin it though. Why did Redfail come out if MS were the white knights you think they are? I genuinely believe MS have allowed lots of autonomy - if nothing else, its a far easier way of managing studios , especially after acquisition.
Hawke502
Member
I agree, but people have to be consistent wether they have to account for game being developed prior acquisitions or not. I don't think MS are the white knights, i certainly think the extreme hands off approach has with these studios can be problematic and while allowed Bethesda to delay Starfield by a year, also allowed Arkane Austin to launch Redfall like we know it launched, if MS was supervising Arkane more closely maybe they wouldn't let it happen and would have delayed the game (focus on maybe).
But i think there are concrete things to see in some of those games that were possible thanks to Microsoft as well: Tim Schafer spoke on record how there would be no boss battles in Psychonauts 2 if not for the extra budget Microsoft gave them to finish their game, Brian Fargo talked about how it was possible to have Wasteland 3 fully voiced over and Pentiment is as passion project that exists because of Microsoft. It's not all doom and gloom.
Badlucktroll
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What i think will happen to COD
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Gavon West
Spread's Cheeks for Intrusive Ads
Comments like this are bizarre to me; like, to a lot of people, we're still in the Xbox One days or something. Xbox is a MAJOR disruptor right now because of the moves they've made just in the last six years. They are literally changing the gaming landscape as we speak.
Are we on the same timeline my guy? Genuine question.
Gavon West
Spread's Cheeks for Intrusive Ads
Lol. Careful....people used to say the same thing about the fabled " war chest".
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