Was Call of Duty Infinite Warfare Secretly a Masterpiece?

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The campaign was incredibly good looking, the story was alright I like how you could make your loadouts and how there were side missions you could do it made it feel a little less linear

Everyone a few years later “perhaps I treated you too harshly”

Didn’t care much for the online and the zombies, but I will say… playing that campaign, building a real connection with Ethan through Reyes’ point of view, and tearing up at the end (it’s very rare that media makes me emotional… make fun of me) I can say that the campaign deserves praise. I can’t even listen to the theme song without getting some feelings.

This is a perfect example of a good game releasing at the worst time possible

I’m glad that the campaign is getting the recognition it deserves. The campaign with it’s “pick your mission” aspect was very reminiscent of Battlefront 2’s galactic conquest and I loved that.

I feel like one thing which doesn't get enough recognition from this CoD-game is the art direction or to be more precise: The design of the spaceships, colonies and general futuristic design. It hits the right spot for me at least when you look at the Retribution for example you can really think, "Yeah...yeah I can see humanity building a ship like this in 200 years or so." Or the fighters being essentially space F-22/35s. It's recognizable and you can easily immerse yourself into the world.

There’s 3 things I want to be revisited upon from this game. 1. Space: the aesthetic for this game was a nice balance between trying to be real and sci 2. Campaign: similar to CW, where it’s not solely linear, and that should be expanded upon more 3. The hybrid guns: the future setting allowed for all these really cool gun ideas, like sniper to shotgun etc. If all packaged in a great game, would be a lot of fun

"Peace to the fallen" and "Mars eternum" are both dark mirrors of each other. They're both a sort of last rights that the soldiers invoke and they both sort of absolve the survivors of any guilt and allow them to continue on their path... This is a really a good game.

Honestly I feel like the zombies added so much and it was a fun fresh take on the mode

The campaign does not get enough credit. One of the best that CoD has to offer IMO

As a person who is currently playing the campaign for this game for the first time, i've honestly got to say it's probably the best written campaign of the series BY FAR. And that blows me away. It's literally a masterpiece when it comes to characters, emotion and writing. I'm not 100% finished with the game but closing in on it. If the game sticks the landing, it will be hard for me to not put it in the top.. No other cod game is close to this kind of quality in regards to the campaign. Nostalgia for earlier cod games for me is a HUGE factor for me, but that still doesn't beat out the fact that they still aren't close to beating this campaign in almost every regard. It makes me both happy and sad honestly.

The thing I loved most about IW was the weapons. Infinity Ward really pulled out all the stops and created a wacky and varied arsenal to play around with. You've got hybrid weapons like the sniper rifle that turns into a shotgun, you've got a plasma AK-47 and a Vector with 2 magazines. They even bring back iconic weapons from COD history like the M1 Garand and the Intervention.

Criminally-underrated. A blast to play in all modes (campaign, multiplayer, zombies) with a compelling narrative - and it was made in the bygone era when they actually spent money on performance talent. Brian Bloom is amazing (especially given that he helped write and starred in the game).

11:15 Ethan isn’t actually sentient. He’s programmed to appear sentient. That says something about how likeable he is that we believed in him as a person

The marine who says "is that rain sir?" before dying is the same marine who hits on Salter throughout the game...

This was the last cod I played that gave me a similar feeling to how I felt as a kid playing MW2 Can’t put my finger on it but always enjoyed this game

“The maps are the most generic CoD maps Infinity Ward has ever produced” *Map on spaceship getting sucked into a black hole *Map on Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa *Map on Halo-ring-like structure What more did you want as far as map creativity?? 😂

Bruh this game is so underrated and overhated 😔

I actually invested a lot of time into IW during its prime. I personally enjoyed the multi-player and how it played, zombies was was definitely different, but fun and the campaign I absolutely love. The campaign is visually beautiful, the sound quality is fantastic, and the characters are enjoyable. The campaign is one of my favorites of all time in the cod franchise.