Introduction: Needless to say, Call of Duty has created one story after another, creating a legend in the game industry for a period of time, but the times are progressing, and the tastes of players are constantly changing.
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Unconsciously, Call of Duty Mobile Game (hereinafter referred to as CODM) is about to celebrate its global anniversary. Although the work was questioned when it was launched (I was one of them), time finally gave the answer, and the work proved to the world the value and significance of its existence.
On December 25, 2020, CODM officially took root in China, and after nearly 8 months, it successfully caught up with the rhythm of the outer clothing, and in late September, the game once again opened the global synchronous update on the anniversary, in addition to adjusting the balance of weapons, giving fans free epic characters, and more cool skins.
In this update, the production team seems to want to add something "different".
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="10" > the path to a single-player campaign</h1>
On September 21st, when I was online playing the game, I suddenly noticed a countdown in the lobby. Because I know a little bit about the anniversary, I don't care. Unexpectedly, two days later, as soon as I logged into the game, a brand new CG came to the fore, and then a drone appeared in the upper right corner of the character. After clicking, I was surprised to find that CODM actually came out of the plot mode.
Speaking of the plot mode, it is really touching. On October 29, 2003, "Call of Duty 1" was officially released, and the game's ups and downs of the single-player campaign quickly attracted the attention of players, and the gripping script coupled with the incomparably sophisticated production allowed this budding IP to take root in the game circle.
Subsequently, Activision did not forget its original intention, and constantly created a thrilling story for everyone, including 5 generations of works, which left a deep impression on me and is still unforgettable. The first is Call of Duty: World of War (commonly known as COD5), in which you will play the role of American soldier Miller and Soviet soldier Dimitri Petrenko, from the battlefields of the East and the West, to experience the beauty and cruelty of World War II.
In particular, COD5 is often overlooked by players, but even from today's point of view, it is still a very good work, and the roughness of the picture quality cannot erase the beauty of the game's plot.
This was followed by the most widely known "Modern Warfare" series, COD4, COD6, and COD8 (COD16 was not included in chronological considerations). In all three titles, you'll play as a member of Task Force 141-Disavowed, working on extremely dangerous missions with Captain Price of the Fearless Warrior, Captain John McTavish of soap, Lieutenant Simon Riley of the Phantom, and others to save a shattered world, where some people are betrayed and some will never wake up again, tense levels and flesh-and-blood characters. It left a memory in the hearts of players that may be unforgettable for a lifetime, and finally made another eternal classic in the history of the game.
Finally, Call of Duty 13: Infinite Warfare. I watched the young Lieutenant Nick Reyes grow into a steady and courageous warrior, and at a crucial moment, he sacrificed his life to protect the earth — he was mercilessly thrown into the endless universe, and the fragments of the ship constantly knocked on his fragile oxygen mask, and the hero's spirit of death lives on.
Needless to say, Call of Duty has created one story after another, creating a legend in the game industry, but the times are progressing, and the tastes of players are constantly changing. Since the first 10 years of the 21st century, the pace of people's lives has been accelerating, and at the same time, with the increasing development of the Internet, online battle games have begun to become the new favorites in the industry.
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Here is a special interjection, the "Call of Duty" series has actually been taking the route of network warfare and single-player 55. I know that many people, especially veteran players, will insist that the core of COD lies in single-player, but in fact, the cruel truth is that in those years, you had no conditions for online battles, and I came from that era and deeply understood the game dilemma at that time.
After Call of Duty 10: Ghosts, the share of single-player campaigns in the COD series gradually declined. Although Activision later tried to reverse the situation, such as when they had carefully designed the plot for COD14, it was still unable to reverse the decline of single-player games. Many people go straight into online mode, a dozen is a year.
The problems that arise with Call of Duty are by no means isolated. More and more well-known IPs have begun to focus on multiplayer battles, coupled with the rise of the "eat chicken" mode later, the plot battle has fallen into an environment of infinite snubbing.
It's just that popularity has always been like a subway, passing through it over and over again. The cold stove of the past will one day become a hot stove. For example, leopard print design originally came from the 1940s, and it was constantly outdated and popular. On the other hand, the historical development of single-player and online seems to imply such a truth.
Nowadays, many players have hated the endless online battles and want to enjoy their private time calmly. After all, everyone's free time is different, not everyone has a lot of time to hone their skills, ordinary people just want to relax after work, and the result is to be ruthlessly beaten by "big guys" on the Internet, which is also very uncomfortable to think about.
On the whole, the future development of FPS is likely to return to the parallel model of stand-alone and online "two carriages", after all, there will be a market if there is demand. Looking back at this update of CODM, the production team actually took the lead in returning the single-player plot in the field of mobile games, which is a rare and valuable attempt.
In addition, through the actual play experience, CODM's plot mode production is quite careful, leaving aside the exquisite process animation, the game script can obviously be seen after careful polishing. During the tour, I saw my old friend Price, and the moment he appeared in my eyes and pulled me out of prison, we could not help but recall the inspiration of playing "modern warfare" that year. Although the picture is limited and the objective reality of the function is in front of me, CODM still let me find the wonderful feeling of the past through this story.
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There is no denying that nothing is perfect. From a practical experience point of view, the map of the CODM story mode is too empty. Although it is understandable to make the promotion of "Black Battlefield", the vast map does weaken the tension of the game.
Of course, the current attempt may also pave the way for future "single-player battles", and we will most likely be able to experience the original COD story on the mobile phone in the near future.
In addition, no matter what, the production team is willing to take the "stand-alone road" in this era of "online games" and take a down-to-earth step, thereby breaking the increasingly homogeneous mode of the mobile game circle, this courage and spirit are still worthy of our encouragement.