Call of Duty: Ghosts

[Izuno]

 

 

*heavily armored dog leaps twenty feet in the air to bite helicopter pilot in the neck*

I know it's absurd.  But at this point I don't think I'd want it any other way.  Bring it on...I'll play that shit.  This is why video games are awesome.  You can have dogs bite helicopter pilots in the neck!!!!  AWESOMENESS!!!

 

yeah, I mean, I can dig it. but when you see some of the awesome art that went into this, and the writing isn't SOOOO awful (ok it's corny, but i can dig it), it's a shame to see them just veer right off into CRAZYTOWN. then again, we'll see when this formula stops working for them. let the games begin!

 

IMO you have to judge the craziness of it in context of the game.  Think of it this way...there were likely be moments in the Ghosts campaign where most people will say "okay, I accept that as plausible and makes sense."  So the transition from [THAT] to [DOG BITE PILOT SEQUENCE] is where the craziness of it gets established.  

 

Now if the dogs had flamethrowers and lasers...

[-HP-]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TO_GJpj6MY

 

Man you have to admit that's genius marketing and prove you really know your audience!

[knj]

[TarrySruman]

What

[Izuno]

Ok...so they have a new co-op standoff mode a la Zombies.  Are aliens that much more outlandish than zombies?   I would judge it on how well they actually execute it, less so the concept.

 

That said, zombie theme has been hot for a while and there was a tongue in cheek feel to the idea of a CoD Zombies mode in Black Ops which felt kind of light...very much in line with how the rest of MW3 and BO2 had been marketed.  But the tone of that video was more serious.  It didn't feel off to me...it just felt like they decided to be different which can be a good thing.

 

BTW: General rule of zombies is either really fucking scary or fucking hilarious.  There is no successful middle ground.  (prove me wrong, interwebs)

 

<waits for proof of why I'm wrong in 3...2...1...>

[Sprony]

[General Vivi]

They should have released on Halloween. 

 

Front cover just says "Boo"

[xfckup]

Haven't played that Alien stuff yet, but it might be fun...

Edited October 29, 2013 by xfckup

[Puddy]

Looks pretty okay! You can only do so much with zombies. Aliens probably allow for some pretty crazy variations.

[mjens]

Looks pretty okay! You can only do so much with zombies. Aliens probably allow for some pretty crazy variations.

 

Exactly! I hope to see a new IP based on that!

[ZZZ]

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-10-30-call-of-duty-ghosts-720p-on-xbox-one-1080p-on-ps4

 

It is 720p in one, 1080p in the other. That's embarrassing, because they must have made the whole game optimized for 720p, otherwise there would be content that when downscaled from 1080p to 720 is simply lost.

[xfckup]

No. But I agree it's embarrassing that next-gen doesn't run at 1080p, when they are just at the beginning of their lifecycle.

[Sprony]

[dux]

You gotta be kidding me.

 

 

[-HP-]

http://www.vgchartz.com/preorders/41574/USA/ 

CoD keeps selling