These games are very much like marmite; you either love them, or hate them. And unfortunately the last few games, I have hated them.
My dad has always got every Call of Duty game, since the Xbox 360 days. Because he pre-ordered this new one, he was able to get the private beta for this CoD. I was very sceptical about this game, especially seeing as Battlefield released a WW1 game last year. I was expecting it to be very similar, and I was dreading them bloody exo-suits.
But do you want to know the best part about this game?
NO EXO-SUITS AND DOUBLE JUMPING!!! Yes you've heard me right, Activision has listened, and we have a normal Call of Duty first person shooter again! Just this itself if a relief to a lot of people.
I mean don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the exo-suits to begin with, but after a while and like 200 games later (bit of an exaggeration) it became boring and actually very frustrating at times, when people would jump over you to kill you. - the rage was real!
It's safe to say, for someone who plays a lot of first person shooters, I am still TERRIBLE at them. You can count on me getting killed left, right, centre and defiantly from behind! Normally I cannot play a first person shooter game for longer than an hour without getting full on rage quit and another anger to murder a small village.
This beta I can safely say I spent over an hour playing this morning, with NO RAGE. I mean there was plenty of swearing; but is it a first person shooter if you're not swearing at the TV screen at people you've never met before?
Because it is a beta, you do get a limited amount of guns and maps to play. Although this can be a bad thing, because it gets repetitive. BUT It's a great way of getting used to the new guns, as figuring out which guns you like to use. The guns are obviously all based around WW2, so they are different to past Call of Duty weapons; which if you're not used to from playing old Call of Duty's or Battlefeild 1, it can be a bit hard finding the right gun. So only having one map, and a selection of guns to play with, means you can get used to this.
Obviously you're always going to have that one idiot that shouts abuse down the mic. But thankfully with my time playing I didn't notice much abuse. But if that does annoy you; just mute them.
I may or may not have found a problem though. Now I contacted Activision about this and they say it's my internet connection, but everything else runs smoothly. Every now and then, my own team mates would almost "jolt" forward. So when your team mates are running forward, instead of seeing them run to a spot, occasionally they would just "jolt" to that spot. (A lot like Flash from DC) I mean this may or may not be an internet thing; but it wasn't every game and wasn't continuous, like how a normal poor connection is.
I won't lie though, I've always preferred Call of Duty to Battlefield, but because of the Exo-Suits, I stopped playing them. But with how this Beta has been, I am very much considering trading my Battlefield 1 in and pre- ordering this Call of Duty.
HOPEFULLY there will be no download content that makes Exo-Suits come into it! And although zombies terrify me, I am looking forward to the possibility of the Zombie levels, especially if it is set in the WW2 times!
If Acitivision make an Open Beta between now and the release date I would very recommend you download it and give it ago yourself. This is the best part of Beta's because the game itself can become very expensive; especially if you're unsure if you will like it or not. So without a doubt, if there is an Open Beta - download it and have a go. If not, wait till the game comes out and watch people play it on YouTube, Twitch etc.
So this is my small review on the small amount I have played on the Private Beta. If they do not change anything from the beta (apart from possible glitches etc) I believe it will be a great war game!
until next time guys x
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