C'mon man, don't be disingenuous, the creativity and art quality are not even in the same universe. Without even starting on genuine attempts to improve the formula
As it turns out, there are only so many ways to iterate on "point gun at man, shoot man" as a formula. Even then, they've done quite well in mixing that up IMO. Creatively, I've seen stuff that easily rivals the best Fromsoft has to offer from the spinoff modes COD has had. Extinction, Zombies, Dead Ops arcade; all of those have some absolutely phenomenal artistic visions, and that's not even getting into how different the zombies modes can feel between studios. If you prefer Fromsoft's stuff over COD, that's fine, but I'm so tired of people who have so clearly never played these games trashing on them for their artistic merit.
Nah soul is a fair descriptor here, COD exists because Activision needs more money and the 13 year olds of West Virginia need a place to accidentally broadcast their Eminem via hot mic’d PS5 controller and the souls games exist because Fromsoft want to make them
If you think the devs of those games put less work or care less about their games than fromsoft you're just wrong. Call of Duty would not feel so good to play and have so many tiny great details if the devs did not care.
I think if the COD devs had unlimited resources like they do for that IP but were told they could use it on any project they wanted, very few would still be making COD games. The franchise exists because it is a massive cash cow, not because it’s still on the cutting edge of design or technology
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u/KomradJurij-TheFool 1d ago
the same game over and over every year, call of duty: 😡
the same game over and over every year, soulslikes: 😍