Review | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (Campaign)

[TheBrightestSun]

@Staffy

So in the case that the deal closes and CoD indeed can’t come to Game Pass, old or new…it will just be Crash games, THPS, Diablo games (I assume 4 day 1 at least) and that’s kinda about it for Game Pass?

Well, we might get all the COD games till 2017. After that it is all the wildcard.
But that’s make it even more hilarious considering how hard Sony is fighting against the deal Because as right now

• Until 2024 not a single COD game will launch in Game Pass
• Until 2024 PS will have exclusive COD features on Playstation
• Even after 2024 we won’t get certain COD Games until 2027 at least
• Microsoft is offering COD extension for Playstation

It shows again and again that Microsoft should not disregard marketing deals like this.

[Mort]

@Sikamikanico

Yo nerds, we have an acquisition thread! Go grumble/debate there!

Yeah, sorry it was just news to me.

I’ve got like 8k unread posts in those threads, but I guess its time to dive back in to vent if nothing else.

[BRiT]

@Mort

but I guess its time to dive back in to vent if nothing else.

No. Don’t do it. Continue to wait on COD to hit GamePass and wait until a thread titled “It’s Finally Over!” or something of sorts before diving into those other threads.

[ShinMegamiTenseiX]

Wish theyd sell the campaign seperately.

[FacelessSamurai]

This game shows what we should be expecting out of other next gen titles to be honest. A smooth 120fps campaign experience at what is most likely at least 1440p and it is one gorgeous game in my opinion, had an awesome time with it on my OLED along with my Sonos surround setup. Put other titles to shame honestly; even on Series S it looks and runs great!

[Doncabesa (Jesse Norris)]

@FacelessSamurai

This game shows what we should be expecting out of other next gen titles to be honest. A smooth 120fps campaign experience at what is most likely at least 1440p and it is one gorgeous game in my opinion, had an awesome time with it on my OLED along with my Sonos surround setup. Put other titles to shame honestly; even on Series S it looks and runs great!

It did take roughly 40 dev teams and an insane budget to pull it off though

[FacelessSamurai]

@Doncabesa

It did take roughly 40 dev teams and an insane budget to pull it off though

True that, but at least I think it definitely proves that Series S is next gen enough considering the recent comments on how it holds next gen games back.

[dsar9012]

@TheBrightestSun

There was a claim in Microsoft’s statement to CMA that Sony prevents COD games from Game Pass for some years or something.

I believe it is possible that all the CODs from the previous 5 years won’t be available in Game Pass for a while (after all the contracts last 5 years). And even if they come, then PS+ will also have them as long as Microsoft in Game Pass.

I hope this situation shows Microsoft (once again) how important it is to have marketing deals. It doesn’t matter if you have the money to buy the company, but stuff like this is detrimental to their grand strategy. That attitude of Microsoft that they don’t need marketing deals because they can buy whatever really pisses me off from time to time.

I think the MAIN problem is seemily Phil Spencer did NO research on ActiBlizz before offering to buy them, so even if the deal passes, then that means Overwatch 2 and Diablo 4 are on playstation, NO COD from the last five years can be added to Gamepass unless they are also added to PS Now and I don’t know any new games they have in development which will launch soon. Which means it is concievable there won’t be a single xbox Series console exclusive from ActiBlizz despite MS spending 70 bilion on them, really bad purchase from everything I’ve read about them, which MS used a fraction to buy Capcom or Square Enix instead.

[dsar9012]

@Mort

They’ve allready missed out on Square Enix West and I guess Bungie too as the price wouldn’t have been as much of an issue. Who knows what else they’ll miss out on because of this shit that might drag out for years to come.

This deal is crap. Just think about how many good studios and IP’s $70 fucking billion would get. (And no, I don’t care about how much money mobile games will make for MS. I view these things as a Xbox consumer and with my subjective preferences as a gamer in mind.)

It’s looking more and more than this is a terrible deal, if MS purchased the Tomb Raider developers for 300 million, we would probably have more exclusives than the 70 billion they spent on ActiBlizz, unless they have some new IP which can release in the next three years up their sleeves, which seems really unlikely.

[Doncabesa (Jesse Norris)]

@dsar9012

I think the MAIN problem is seemily Phil Spencer did NO research on ActiBlizz before offering to buy them, so even if the deal passes, then that means Overwatch 2 and Diablo 4 are on playstation, NO COD from the last five years can be added to Gamepass unless they are also added to PS Now and I don’t know any new games they have in development which will launch soon. Which means it is concievable there won’t be a single xbox Series console exclusive from ActiBlizz despite MS spending 70 bilion on them, really bad purchase from everything I’ve read about them, which MS used a fraction to buy Capcom or Square Enix instead.

[Doncabesa (Jesse Norris)]

Keep this review thread on topic

[bcatwilly]

I had a blast playing through the campaign, and it was crazy what it looked like and played at 120 fps on my Series X on the 65" TV.