“Call of Duty” has been able to push out a title each year without any issues. Their most recent title, a “Modern Warfare” reboot, is set for Oct. 25. In the meantime, another smaller, but just as powerful title dropped into the app store and Google Play store, “Call of Duty Mobile.” An interesting move to have an app release before the new game drops, but it has so far worked out for Activision and two developers who made the game itself: Tencent Games and Timi Studios. What some may assume to be a cheap cash grab is actually a well thought out mobile game for many fans of the series.
The game is familiar to those who played the series. The controls are fairly easy to pick up and the game offers two control modes: simple and advance. Simple does some of the heavy lifting, it will do the firing for you. All you have to do is to aim the gun at an enemy player, but the accuracy of the weapon goes down. Advance mode is similar to those who have played any of the previous titles, you are in full control and get no help. Players also currently have two modes to play in, the first being multiplayer with various game modes such as team deathmatch, search and destroy and frontlines. This puts you against other players in the world and gives you an objective. The difference in this game is that it is not filled with different levels of players. Players get put into matches with players who are close in level and based off stats such as kill/death ratio.
The second mode is battle royale, which “Black Ops 4” introduced for the first time to the franchise. Players can expect a lot of the same things from that title except the map is a mixture of “Modern Warfare” and “Black Ops” mixed into the map’s buildings and sites. In this mode, you can either play by yourself, in a pair of two or in a squad of four. The map offers airdrops for extraordinary weapons and items, vehicles to drive around and plenty of places to take cover. This mode also gives players the chance to choose a class and gives them an ability to make your time a lot more fun.
Besides the gameplay, this is still a mobile game. There is still a paywall for certain cosmetic items including weapon skins, emotes and so forth. Some of these players cannot earn so they will stay locked for now and possibly the future. While the game seems clean and well done so far, it will continue to receive updates, including a zombies mode later down the road. There is also a rotation of different modes from previous “Call of Duty’s” into the game such as free-for-all and gun game. However, there are no options for single player besides practice mode. The game does not cater to those who enjoy campaigns or anything single player in the series; it is all online, multiplayer games.
The overall experience is one that has been missing in the franchise for a while: satisfaction. Some of the more recent titles have been missing the mark on all levels and have been reviewed poorly, costing Activision money. Even though a new title in the series drops next week, this mobile game gives fans a taste of things to come in the near future for the series. Compared to some of the bigger titles, “Call of Duty Mobile” holds its own in a market full of games and ideas for being able to play “Call of Duty” on the go. This is not a revolutionary idea but one that puts the series back on the right path and earning the trust of fans back.
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