Still, there were a few elements, like with the robots and mechs, that were overly familiar. I think that Infinity Ward and the half dozen other studios that worked on the campaign did a great job making fresh gameplay and more gameplay-intensive set pieces. There were plenty of missions, yet it feels like the cat and mouse of space fleets ought to take years. Likewise, the story ended more abruptly than I would have liked. The theme of costly action is strongly applied. While I enjoyed the War World II feel in sci-fi clothing of the plot, I would have liked for that post-mission high of success without casualties of that side mission to be more ubiquitous. Altogether, it was an excellent taste of stealth gameplay and one of the rare moments where I brought everyone back alive. In my first side mission, I took one other SCAR operative with me, infiltrated an enemy warship, and ended a meeting of ship commanders by way of poisonous gas. I loved having side missions that feel tactical, and I loved that I could recover upgrades that helped me make each mission feel more personal.
The heroes aren't kids and the plot isn't some mess that snakes in on itself or even jumps aimlessly through years. This a major difference from the recent trend of 'Call of Duty' games, and even other bigtime titles. Honestly, the enemy's identity is clear cut, and it isn't a lark that there will be blood. (It's not just a few bad apples either.) Where the story has grey coloring is when it comes to the price and the fates of the named combatants. This is a story with good guys and bad guys, and the bad guys look like us, but their hearts have gone dark. These moments include checking out the new weapons and gear that I co-opted for my next loadout or for my Jackal, they include wandering into the crews rec area and watching news updates on the war effort, and they include see which enemy aces I've taken down and which have eluded me. But along with the missions and the combat- along with me and my squad finding new and improved ways of taking the fight to the enemy, there are moments of calm. It's still an action-focused game, which is no more obvious than when fighting in the Jackal. It's impossible for me to play the 'Infinite Warfare' campaign, hopping from my space carrier, 'Retribution,' into my Jackal class space fighter, joining a fur ball of operatic space dog-fighting, and then getting out and continuing the fight on foot, whether it's on an enemy ship, planet side or in some mix of natural and man-made facility in space, without thinking of the many, many sci-fi space pilot soldiers I've seen across of the range of TV, movies, books, and games.īut with such a promising premise, I'm relieved and happy to find that it wasn't wasted. 'Modern Warfare Remastered,' with its restoration-like facelift proves how well good gameplay, a gripping story, and welcome, war movie-like characters (shallow but endearing) can endure. With the 'Legacy Edition' it's easy to recall what I thought almost a decade ago about 'Modern Warfare,' they really did take a big screen war drama like 'Black Hawk Down' and dispel it into an original story with ground-breaking gameplay. It's a new direction, a new story, and yet, it's as familiar as classics like 'Patton' and 'A Bridge Too Far.' Even better, as I pointed out in my Campaign impressions, favorites of mine like 'Space: Above and Beyond' and 'Starship Troopers' shape the beats found within 'Infinite Warfare.' The 'Infinite Warfare' story and campaign don't eclipse 'Modern Warfare,' but in some ways, it goes one better. There have been other campaigns since 'CoD 4' which have be great and memorable, but over the past few years, I just had to take it for granted that the thrill of 'Modern Warfare's campaign would not ever be equaled.
For me, what started with the original on PC, continued in 'Modern Warfare,' and that is excellent gameplay and a memorable campaign. 'Call of Duty' is a huge franchise, and it's been with us for a staggering 13 years.
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