Call of Duty Single player campaign.

[SnarkyJay]

So, Infinite Warfare is on sale on PSN for under $30, so I picked it up knowing I would never play the multiplayer. I have no interest in competitive shooters (except for Splatoon 1 and 2), and I usually pick up the CoD games when at a steep discount primarily for the single player campaign. I was wondering if there is anyone else on this board that does the same thing! I also played Titanfall 2, and Black Ops 3, and I enjoyed my time with the single player experiences they had on offer. Although they are short, they usually have incredible production value, and the action set pieces are fun to experience. Anyone else agree with me?

[isturbo1984]

Well, there have been two CoD campaigns since then. and i dont remember how long it took me, but the average time it takes a person to beat the Infinite campaign without 100% is appx 9.5 hours according to HowLongtoBeat dot com wit over 630 contributing tot he metadata. So maybe you rushed it. But its still no 6 hour game.

[Dave666]

The last one I played was Infinite Warfare it was around 6 hours maybe a little longer

[isturbo1984]

which was the last one you played? the single player of the later CoD games are actually double that.

[apragon]

I used to buy them for the campaign too as I don't like having to pay a subscription on top of paying for internet. I don't remember when I stopped, I think it was after Halo: Reach. Now I only get them if I see them for like $5 and even more recently, I gave the xbox one game pass thing a try($1 for a single month and I think 10 after but I cancelled after the first month) and got to play the campaigns of some shooter games like halo 4 and I think Gears of Wars.

I suggest giving those a check instead of buying individual games. Personally, if I find a game that I feel like I will replay the campaign for then I buy it.

[Wolf]

The first couple are some of the best games ever made. I still remember those mutliplayer maps, but the singleplayers were great aswell. They really don't make them like they used too. People delving into past COD campaigns should beware though. Around MW2 they really started doubling down on the infinitely respawning enemies schtick. I can't remember the specific game, but there was one around that time where every firefight was the same. You'd run into an area, enemies would start spawning. And they wouldn't stop untill you hit an invisible line in the sand. Every firefight. It meant that instead of playing tactically, sticking to cover and picking people off. You'd be best off hyper-agressively pushing foward.

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I think the game in question might actually be CoD 2, where you had the infinite respawns, but they weren't quite bad as in later games imho.
Afaik it was from Veteran difficulty up, but it also could have happened in the lower difficulties already.

And the absence of that is what makes me like the first one so much......and the fact that on the highest difficulty it could be iron tough!
Especially if the first shot takes 90 of your health and there is no autoheal..........

I still have the box and looking at it makes me feel quite old...........you know back when CoD had a CD check and shipped with printed manuals......
They aren't that important or impressive.........but back then even COD couldn't ship without those printed little goodies.
It gave you the basic informations on weapons and gave you something to do while installing.

[SnarkyJay]

Since my original post, I have been able to spend maybe 5 or 6 hours playing the Infinite Warfare single player campaign, and I think it's really good! It's a mix of shooting, stealth, and space combat, so it doesn't drag on at all. I also like how you can pick the order you do the side missions. It allows you to choose a FPS level or a space combat level. Happy with my purchase.

[Irritablesquid]

I usually just borrow them from a friend, I wouldn't pay for a short campaign.
COD games tend to have decent campaigns but I still wouldn't buy them.

[fenrif]

Modern warfare also had a great story imho, only the one of MW2 felt really strange and rushed, I think that one would've needed more time for the characters to develop.
Ironically it was used as the basis for the Arma 2 Campaign Soldiers of Valor and I really liked that one, as it was a bit like a Modern Warfare story done right.

The first couple are some of the best games ever made. I still remember those mutliplayer maps, but the singleplayers were great aswell. They really don't make them like they used too. People delving into past COD campaigns should beware though. Around MW2 they really started doubling down on the infinitely respawning enemies schtick. I can't remember the specific game, but there was one around that time where every firefight was the same. You'd run into an area, enemies would start spawning. And they wouldn't stop untill you hit an invisible line in the sand. Every firefight. It meant that instead of playing tactically, sticking to cover and picking people off. You'd be best off hyper-agressively pushing foward.

Gladly they got away from that a few years ago and it's no where near as big a problem. Always made me scratch my head that they'd go out of their way to aim for this whole tacticool grounded realism in themes and setting, but then have the gameplay basically work out like a Doom clone with mandatory cover.

[Wolf]

If you have a PC.........I think any of the last 5-6 years will do, why don't you give the first CoD a try, the graphics are really dated, but the campaign is good....and for a COD these days quite long.
As it lasts around 8 hours, 5 if you really, really rush, and back then that was seen as a really short campaign. Yeah, even the first Far Cry had a campaign that could last 20 hours.
I would also add United Offensive as that is shorter, only five hours but the stories were sometimes even better.
Especially the Soviet Campaign where you take part in the Battle of Kursk, it was afaik the first time that Battle was shown from an Infantry perspective.
I had played it from a Pilot's perspective in the IL-2 series, from a Tankers Perspective in various Tank sims like Panzer Commander, but the infantry perspective was new and cool.
You also did stuff they talked about in history a few times, like going and killing the Ferdinand Assault Guns as Soviet Infantry.
Something which the real ones were vulnerable against.

Just a warning though, you will need to play it very differently from the modern CoDs.......it is a pretty old school shooter.

I really liked both, as they felt a lot like the war movies that we knew and series like Band of Brothers.

Certain issues (like using the Panzer II for every Panzer that is not a Tiger.....something which the first CoD Did better!) Cod 2 is another good one, different campaigns, africa for example but not quite the variety of mission types that the original CoD had. Still good though and as it is the first that has the Auto-heal it might be more familiar to those only used to the modern CoDs.

Modern warfare also had a great story imho, only the one of MW2 felt really strange and rushed, I think that one would've needed more time for the characters to develop.
Ironically it was used as the basis for the Arma 2 Campaign Soldiers of Valor and I really liked that one, as it was a bit like a Modern Warfare story done right.

[Dave666]

I agree with your comment but the single player is usually around 6 hours it isn’t worth full price if you’re buying for single player only

[Dave666]

I like the COD single player campaigns but I wouldn’t pay that much for them I wait until I can get them for around £15 on Amazon

[MadMummy76]

yes, it was basically what CR promised SQ42 to be.

[Turnikman228]

Call me crazy but I bought all the mainline CoD games on PC and not only enjoyed them but loved the campaign. (BO4 aside) Infinite Warfare had an excellent campaign, clearly they tried to make it as explosive as possible with very dramatic moments. To me, Black Ops had the most wow factors; the Cold War was a very cinematic touch.

P.S those on the fence, BO4 is worth it, I got several hours into it (almost to Prestige) and its more fun than critics say; its by no means a Siege wannabe.

[Ultimate Goose]

cod4: modern warfare, mw2, mw3: the single player campaign, just wow, all the wows.
I got mw2 at midnight release too, it's online was impressive, all those extras and guns and setups, it was so much fun I could barely believe it, cod4 was where I began but mw2 was the one, the one with all the wows.
Modern Warfare 3, story of course I loved, but its online was a mess, I didn't care for the weaponry, the setups, nothing felt special, and the spawns were horrendous to say the least, I stopped with this entry when it came to online.
Black Ops 1, story is very interesting I really liked it.
Advanced Warfare, the one with the exo-suits, I liked the twists of that story, though it's online just felt like a mess of flying shit lol.