“There’s never just one route,” a comrade claims in Black Ops 3’s opening. It’s the latter that’s going to get me into trouble in the comments. ![]() There’s also a certain amount of gut feeling - intellectual hipfire in the spirit of a game that never asks you to think too hard. In terms of criteria, I’m looking at the size of the explosions, the storytelling chops, and whether the spectacle is matched by sufficient agency to ground you in those big lacy boots that soldiers wear. Both because it’s excellent, and because this is a safe place where you’re allowed to feel nostalgia for defunct PC gaming release formats. I’ve also made room among the rank and file for United Offensive, COD’s sole expansion pack. You’ll find every annualised entry of the series accounted for - bar Call Of Duty 3, which never came to PC, and probably never will. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Just don’t take the helicopter - those things never land softly around here. So hop in for a ride through the ups and downs of the series. Over 20 years of service, I’ve played every single COD campaign, and can share my intel freely with allies like you. What’s more, they rarely outlast a weekend - which counts for a lot in an age of life-consuming AAA releases. Call of Duty has been far more brave and changeable than it’s given credit for, and while the best ideas haven’t always stuck, they’re still very much playable. And no matter how many times Captain Price tells you to let ‘em pass, there’s always an experimental RTS mechanic or Hitman-lite stealth mission waiting around the next corner. Take my binoculars and you’ll soon see that the real story is far more complicated and compelling.įor every Ghosts in the graveyard of CODs past, there’s an unlikely space adventure to rival Titanfall. But this is Task Force 141, soldier: we don’t do casual observation. ![]() Like a zipline descending into Verdansk, the quality curve of the Call of Duty campaign trends ever downward, year-on-year.
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