So I see this game. Let me sum up what I actually see:

  • Reviews are mixed: not a great start
  • Requires 3rd-party account: fuck that
  • 60 euros base game: expensive, especially when the game has mixed reviews
  • 175 euros DLC’s: are you fucking kidding me? On top of 60 euros for the base game, there’s another 175 fees for content?
  • purchasable CoD points: so pay to win?

And they don’t understand why people pirate, run away from AAA games and go for indie games instead.

This is just a random example. I’ve quit playing COD after Modern Warfare.

To end this positively: I recently started playing Necesse which is really nice, and I started playing an old time favorite again after a long time: World of Goo. Both worth my money :)

  • kr0n@lemmy.mlEnglish
    10·
    1 day ago
    1. This game was not a good COD.
    2. This game was released in 2021, so it’s like if you buy now FIFA 2021 or NBA 2021, nobody is playing it.
    3. The 175€ DLC is just cosmetics. Cammos for the weapons, skins operators and so on. Not needed.
    4. COD Points are just to buy cosmetics like the included in the 175€ DLC, so it’s not pay to win. Just pay to look “cool”.

    PS: Don’t buy this shit.

  • Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
    3·
    1 day ago

    You wouldn’t. You’d buy Titanfall 2 for a whopping £2.49, and play a great (if short) single player campaign and then delete it.

    If only for Effect and Cause, which is right up there with the best levels in any game.

  • BilboBargains@lemmy.worldEnglish
    15·
    2 days ago

    Short answer: you wouldn’t buy this game, given your valid criticisms.

    This type of extortionate pricing policy speaks to the general user base being nobs, die hard try hards and probably a toxic gaming environment. Having a barrier to entry in any activity prevents total idiots from entering. Consoles have made it easier for people who don’t understand how to operate a PC to play games but that necessarily means those games will be replete with obnoxious people. The advent of smartphones has done that for the internet.

  • cron@feddit.orgEnglish
    196·
    3 days ago

    Take a look at the reviews, and find this insanity on the top:

    need to be connected to online services even when you just want to play singleplayer campaign, and keep getting connection errors.

    Thanks, I’m out.

  • whoisearth@lemmy.caEnglish
    181·
    2 days ago

    I feel like they could have called CoD Points something other than CP. 🤣

    • Korhaka@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      4·
      2 days ago

      I should play that again, probably start a new world/char because so much has changed since I got it almost 4 years ago.

  • Saledovil@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    16·
    2 days ago

    Reviews are mixed: not a great start

    More than not a great start: Only people who have bought the game are allowed to review it, so reviewers are already biased towards liking the game, because only somebody who thinks they would enjoy the game would spend money on it. It’s basically impossible to get a strong negative score by just being run of the mill awful. So “mixed” means that about 50% of people who though they would enjoy the game, didn’t, which is quite damning.

    • 87Six@lemmy.zipEnglish
      6·
      2 days ago

      When I said this on Reddit I got downvoted to hell and called a hater lol

    • loutr@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      101·
      3 days ago

      From time to time I’ll still look at their steam page during sales, because I’d like to play a blockbuster single player FPS where I can mindlessly mow down bad guys, with good story and production value.

      But the price point and reviews always turn me off… Do you have a good alternative to recommend?

      • BigDaddySlim@lemmy.worldEnglish
        10·
        3 days ago

        If you want a CoD game, pretty much any CoD up through Black Ops 2 is still decent, but only if Activision actually let’s the game go “on sale”. Halo games have a fantastic story (up until 5 at least) and the Master Chief Collection is usually on sale for $10.

  • I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    2 days ago

    Why would I buy this?

    I can only think of one reason, because it’s the game your friends are playing.

    You have two choices; buy the shitty game with the understanding that the game itself is not what matters but the time spent playing with your friends. Or, don’t buy the game and spend the next few weeks, or months, not playing with your friends and hope they grow bored of the game soon.

  • TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zipEnglish
    11·
    2 days ago

    It’s not for you, you are not the target audience. The target audience is the people who buy MADDEN/FIFA every year.

  • killeronthecorner@lemmy.worldEnglish
    92·
    2 days ago

    It’s CoD. You’re asking why people drink coke if you don’t like coke.

    Also, steam FPS reviews are full of people on full tilt. Use better review sources.

        • Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          1 day ago

          Im not referring to any particular cod game. Im referring to the whole series. Its triple A garbage that is churned out like pop music and its boring. Every new game is a rehash of a previous one with no innovation and more monetization.

          Its not a review of the game. Its an opinion about the capitalist nature of the companies who make these games and how shit it is.

          • killeronthecorner@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            1 day ago

            Yeah it was a joke man. CoD is exactly as you described but it’s irrelevant to the people playing it.

            Sports fans go and watch the same team play similar games dozens of times over many many seasons. That’s what CoD is to its fans (FIFA, NFL, etc., similarly).

            Both are not for me, but I get why other people like it.

            • Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              1 day ago

              Ahh, sorry im so dumb sometimes. I think i spent too long on reddit in the before times and see any text as starting a fight :p