• Izzy@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I was thinking the same thing. I’ve never played a single one or even seen gameplay footage of them. Who is playing these games? I assumed they were just generic shooters.

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      1 year ago

      Sure, but they’re the generic shooter. And it had a big resurgence during COVID with everyone and their mothers playing Warzone. I hadn’t touched CoD since MW3 in like 2012 and I put so many hours into the 2019 Modern Warfare game with Warzone.

    • DrQuint@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      By virtue of them selling the best, they ARE generic shooters. It’s just that the definition moves with them.

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      1 year ago

      I mean they are, but they also kinda defined what a generic shooter is today, I haven’t picked one up in ages because I hate multiplayer these days, had a lot of fun playing them up until Black Ops. Kinda got stale for me after that

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      I’ve only played a few of them, and only years after the fact, but they’re well made games. I’m mostly just surprised they kept the number 1 spot after 2013, I remember a lot of people were disappointed with Ghosts, and the few avid COD players I knew hated Advenced Warfare.