Call of Duty is one of the most popular video game series ever. When it began, it had an equal focus on a fantastic narrative and multiplayer game modes, which were fun to experience. Lately, however, the series has shifted its focus and has begun focusing on multiplayer much more.
Moreover, fans seem to realize that the game is second best to titles like Battlefield, even in multiplayer game modes, because of its unrealistic gunplay and physics. The game’s offering is being compared to titles like Valorant due to its arcade-esque offering, which feels cartoonish.
Call of Duty Feels Cartoonish and Immature, per One Player on Reddit
The shooter genre is divided into various subgenres based on camera perspective and gameplay offering. There are third-person shooters and first-person shooters. Similarly, there are arena, hero, and tactical shooters, among many other sub-genres.
While titles like Battlefield 2042 do not fall strictly into the tactical shooter subgenre, gamers may argue that the gun physics and the gunplay in such titles are much more realistic than titles like Call of Duty. This is what a user on Reddit wrote on the official subreddit of Activision’s first-person shooter series.
Emphasizing how the video game series doesn’t excite fans like it used to and doesn’t offer the value that it once did, the post shared on the subreddit stated the following:
While the first paragraph hardly seems objective and speaks more about the Redditor’s subjective experience, the second paragraph is what can call for an objective conversation. If one has experienced recent titles in the series, one might agree that the gun physics hardly seems realistic.
What the Community Thinks About Comparing Call of Duty to Titles Like Battlefield
One might argue that Call of Duty manages to get away with virtually anything because there is a severe lack of competition, which might be about to change. Some disagreed with the post and chose various ways to express that disagreement.
Some comments criticized OP for putting less effort into explaining their point and much more into simply ranting about their experience:
Some users shared that everything that the Redditor wanted from Call of Duty isn’t what is expected from an arcade shooter:
Some users also provided a different perspective and stated that all of these factors that Reddit mentioned in their posts were based on the studio that developed the title:
Since Activision’s first-person shooter series has been juggling between various developers, no two developers have worked on two consequent games; this holds. It is also why titles like Modern Warfare 2019 are praised, but titles like Vanguard are criticized.
Several social media posts and videos assert that Activision’s first-person shooter series has fallen. But we would like to know what you think of the current state of the series and the post that started this conversation. Let us know in the comments section below!
