COD Advanced Warfare

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I actually thought Black Ops 1 was their best outing since COD 4. IMO they need to go right back to basics.

Everyone loved that game so much, I feel I missed out. I had my stats reset on the first day when I was top ten of like 3-4 leaderboards and had played for like 13 hours solid. That combined with being fucked over by my shitty internet at the time made me hate that game.

Take the setting back to the typical WW2 set up, do some great campaign locations like those in COD 2 & 3.

I'd love this, problem is when CoD5 was released half of the CoD players boycotted it. It made sense seems CoD4 was very well done and WW2 games were being overdone at the time. I think since then they aren't even considering risking that again.

The multiplayer in COD is generally pretty good, it's just the format (at least for me) has become pretty stale. They need to do something to re-invigorate the multiplayer. I'm not talking about taking away the good things like prestige mode and introducing something pointless like using a fucking dog. Something that actually improves the fun people have, that makes it more like you're in a battle. Vehicles maybe. Different, unique game modes. At least Battlefield tries these things.

I think they avoid the cycle of just making random changes and hoping for the best. The reason CoD blew up was the combination of a few things in my view. The in game chat, the competitive nature of it and the fast learning curve.

Its why it went so well on console. Consoles didn't have party chat so everyone was in game chat with friends. The class system was simple and balanced and having the same kill-streaks meant it was easier to keep tabs on what was going on. By not confusing the fuck out of people it was easy to nurture friends or even nooby strangers into it. Having everyone in game chat also made it matter if you one or lost. You knew the other team would rub it in when you lost.

I would have a mic in every box for the game, I'd make it so you had to be in game chat. I'd get rid of shit like lag compensation because its complete bullshit half the time. Most of the kill streaks would burn in a pile with 3/4 of the perks. The maps would be less open and the damage would be high. Snipers would be 2 shots if you didn't get a head shot (No semi auto's). I'd make the rewards for reaching higher levels more satisfying (I'm thinking special gun skins, gametypes and making them stand out in game). I'd make losing punish the player by reducing the XP gained that match. Leaving during a game temp ban the offending player for an hour, maybe there could be a 'bad sport' area like GTA where repeat offenders have to redeem themselves to play with friends.

I'd also promote the shit out of competitive play. Allow players to set up their own leagues and tournaments in game. Have some in game ability to challenge players for 1v1-2v2 and so on and have it on a permanent record.

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They really need to bring something new to the table for me to be interested in this new one. Otherwise, I'd prefer not to encourage Activision's behavior.

They won't do anything different. It will probably be another abomination like MW3 when Sledgehammer had their first try.