Is Call of Duty as good as everyone says?

Well yes it is, with Modern Warfare practically inventing the way people play online deathmatches. However there are some average to poor Call of Duty games out there, whether or not they're by Treyarch or any developer not by the name of Infinity Ward, they are out there, and they are mediocre.

Now why am I talking about this instead of an upcoming game or something like that? Well it is related to an upcoming game we all know about, that game being Call of Duty: Black Ops. Now I, along with everyone else that knows about Call of Duty, know that this game is going to go beyond the million units point before the month ends, however I'm not sure that we should be anticipating it as much as we are. You see, Infinity Ward is having legal troubles with Activision, so they're not making this game, and with that, we now know that this game isn't going to be a lot like Modern Warfare or any recent installment. Now even though Treyarch is experienced in creating a Call of Duty title, they're not experienced in making one that wins a GOTY award, remember World At War? That was their best title in the series, and I heard a lot of people saying the only reason they got it was for Nazi Zombies. Well all of that changes with Black Ops, where everyone says that you'll be performing ninja moves, and they also say it takes place during The Cold War and The War in Vietnam. One, I haven't seen any "ninja" moves, but some pretty cool weapons, and two, just The Cold War, but it takes place in the Ural Mountains and Vietnam. That's why Black Ops most certainly is not going to be Game of the Year material.

Now as for Call of Duty's titles that didn't acheive universal acclaim, Call of Duty 3 was the first title in the series not to have everyone saying "an unbeatable classic", developed by Treyarch mind you. Oh but a big heavy hitter for this is Call of Duty 2: Big Red One, which was average for an FPS. The most recent title Treyarch developed that's in this category is our favorite Call of Duty: World At War, with Nazi Zombies, a game about defending yourself from, you guessed it, Nazi Zombies, being the best aspect of a WWII FPS. Straying away from Treyarch, we have Call of Duty: Finest Hour, the console port of the original game, which made history with it's gameplay, unlike the console port. Now other than that dreaded World At War PS2 port, the worst Call of Duty game was Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare-Reflex Edition, a.k.a. the Modern Warfare port to the Wii. It seems that no matter how hard any of the developers try, they fail miserably at making a good Call of Duty for the Wii.

Now I think I'm just going to end it here, in case I've already said enough to get flamed into oblivion, but I regret nothing. Oh yeah, and I just got God of War Collection for $25, that's going to be cool when it comes in the mail. Now I'm going to go and figure out a game to talk about for tommorow.