Call of Duty: Ghosts Reviews Offer Game Mixed Reactions, Mild Praise
The highly anticipated release of Call of Duty: Ghosts hit shelves on Tuesday to a mixed reaction from fans and critics alike.
"It's impossible to shake the notion that you saw much of this before ... the single-player campaign is less ambitious than Black Ops II and less effective, despite several cool, fun moments," said Inside Gaming Daily, who gave the game 8.5 out of 10. "But wow, volume of content, tight multiplayer, and interest in [multiplayer mode] Extinction, 'Ghosts' is classic 'Call of Duty.'"
While French site Gameblog gave the new CoD 7 out of 10 and added that depending on your playing style, there were better games out there.
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"Want a muscular solo campaign and a frantic multiplayer that doesn't need you to hassle your buddies? 'CoD Ghosts' is for you. Prefer an online mode with loads of players, vehicles, and real teamwork? 'Battlefield 4' will make you happy," they wrote.
Still the most negative review came from Destructoid who gave the new release a meager 5 out of 10. The publication stated that the creators were getting lazy in development by hoping to drive sales through the popular game series name recognition while comparing the new edition to last year's Black Ops II.
"I still have respect for 'Call of Duty' as a series," explained reviews editor Jim Sterling, called the storyline of the game a "Lethargic … banal shooting gallery."
"If all you've ever really wanted is the same 'Call of Duty' every single year, then you're going to love this," he stated.
Still, the games developers are looking to the near future by adding voice control features.
The games executive producer Mark Rubin revealed that the Xbox One version of the blockbuster first-person shooter series will include Kinect voice controls, according to OMX. The studio is looking into the development and exploration of voice-driven gameplay technologies in the future.
"We're doing some stuff, not really mentioning it yet," Rubin recently told OMX. "It's mostly menu stuff, so you can work all the menus with Kinect--that's a big thing that Microsoft's pushing. We need to see where it goes before we jump into it.
