The problem was that the shooting just felt wrong. We loved that the characters felt like real people, and the freedom to select side objectives helped with development. The bleak story was somehow understated despite featuring interplanetary travel. It even included some great spaceship combat segments. The game’s campaign ditched the linear, mission-to-mission approach and instead let players pick and choose side objectives to complete. It pains us to put Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare so low on our list because Infinity Ward had huge ambitions for its release (and so did we). Call of Duty 3 is the rare Call of Duty game that you are better off avoiding. Still, it lacked the polish or characters to carry it forward. The campaign mode attempted to change things up by including a Canadian section and a struggling mechanic for melee combat. The game failed to impress, with a less-engaging multiplayer mode stuck between Call of Duty 2’s approach and the Call of Duty 4 formula. Treyarch released it after a very short development when they took control of the franchise. Unfortunately, Call of Duty 3 did not fare as well as its predecessor. The Xbox 360 saw exponential growth in sales during 2005 thanks to the Call of Duty 2, which remains popular to this day. The best controller settings for Call of Duty: Vanguard.
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Activision says Crash Bandicoot developer is still working on the series.Warzone: Tips and tricks to conquer Rebirth Island.With 19 eligible games, we had them battle it out to see which is the best. This means excluding spinoff titles, as well as simplified games released for previous-generation systems like World at War – Final Fronts. Some were simply better than others, and with that in mind, we’ve ranked them from the worst to the best.įor this list, we’ll stick to the main entries in the Call of Duty series. But not all Call of Duty games are created equal. Even when 2018’s entry, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, switched it up and ditched the campaign, it brought another thrilling experience into the fold with its new battle royale mode, called Blackout. No matter the location or story, Call of Duty games usually deliver heart-pounding single-player campaigns and an intense competitive multiplayer mode.