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Call of Duty: Ghosts

Neversoft Entertainment, Infinity Ward, Raven Software, Treyarch

2013•Shooter•PEGI 16•About 10 hours

Taste attributes: actionscience fictionthrillerwaranimalsmonster/alien/supernaturalrobots/ai/spacevehiclesfastunsavouryheavyimaginarysimplelinearglossybig & variedemotionally undemandingall consuming questcomplex relationshipfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardyself destruction/implosionsolving the riddle/not as it seems

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Boxlist takeExpect an otherworldly, morally murky shooter, fast rather than slow-burning. Best if you like edge over warmth.

Pace: very fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: very dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: undemandingHow we score

IGDB rating

69 / 100

748 ratings

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About This Game

Call of Duty: Ghosts is a first-person shooter set in a near-future scenario where the United States has been devastated by an orbital weapons strike. The single-player campaign follows Logan Walker, a soldier fighting alongside an elite special operations unit called the Ghosts against the Federation of the Americas, a South American military superpower. Multiplayer introduces destructible map elements, new game modes such as Cranked and Blitz, and a Squads mode with AI-controlled teammates. The game also features Extinction, a four-player cooperative mode where players fight waves of alien creatures called Cryptids.

Summary: IGDB

Story

In the near future, a conflict in the Middle East destroys the region's oil fields, triggering a global energy crisis. South American oil-producing nations unite into the Federation of the Americas, a military dictatorship that rapidly conquers Central America and Mexico. The Federation hijacks an American orbital weapons platform and uses it to devastate cities across the southwestern United States, reshaping the balance of global power overnight. Ten years later, brothers Logan and Hesh Walker serve along the fortified border that now divides what remains of the U.S. from Federation...

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionScience fictionThrillerWarAnimalsMonster/alien/supernaturalRobots/ai/spaceVehiclesAll consuming questComplex relationshipFighting evilHuman spirit/resilience/survivalRescue/escape/jeopardySelf destruction/implosionSolving the riddle/not as it seems

Keywords

Modern warfareAliensHelicopterVehicular combatPost-apocalypticBloodyInvasionShark

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Details

Developers: Neversoft Entertainment, Infinity Ward, Raven Software, Treyarch
Publisher: Activision
Released: 5 November 2013
Series: Call of Duty
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Perspective: First person
Time to beat: 9h rushed, 10h normally, 17h complete
Age rating: PEGI 16
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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