Call of Duty: Ghosts

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2.3

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 3604 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 2,746 out of 3604
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  1. IGNsus
    Mar 26, 2014
    0
    I'm not sure how each iteration of COD is worse than its immediate predecessor. It's actually amazing how incompetent Activision is unless their goal is self-sabotage. In that case I would say they are the best.

    Over-saturation.

    I wonder how many more milking attempts this terrible franchise has left before it is discarded by those suits up top?
  2. brozermanik
    Mar 25, 2014
    5
    This game will definitely have 10/10 in 2007 or even in 2008. To think it is not bad game, but there some serious questions:
    1) What does 60Gb of game contain?!? Seriously, 15 Gb is maximum for such game.
    2) There is nothing new in this game. Dog? Oh, cmon. 3) It is laggy and buggy 4) Nextgen graphics looks awful and doesn't worth. In such dynamic shooter optimization (good 60 fps) are    This game will definitely have 10/10 in 2007 or even in 2008. To think it is not bad game, but there some serious questions:
    1) What does 60Gb of game contain?!? Seriously, 15 Gb is maximum for such game.
    2) There is nothing new in this game. Dog? Oh, cmon.
    3) It is laggy and buggy
    4) Nextgen graphics looks awful and doesn't worth. In such dynamic shooter optimization (good 60 fps) are really important.
    5) The price for the game of 2007 yeah is too high, Activision always set high price for their games, but CoD: Ghosts doesn't worth it.
    5/10    … Expand
  3. benn611
    Mar 24, 2014
    2
    Runs horible on pc... also it is kinda boring. hovever, they was being more original then they use to be. might be good on consoles. but not on pc. no way
  4. plrusek
    Mar 24, 2014
    1
    critics are full of crap in this one. nice one ign. 9/10. because the call of duty game-play still remains in this game and i have to say - i like the call of duty game-play - it's fast, relies on reflex and also i like the perks. - it's going to place a little bit better but anyway - this game... abomination.
  5. ChronoJase
    Mar 16, 2014
    0
    Activision is the master of CTRL+V and their yearly copies of COD sure does amuse the 12 year old kid's. Just stop making COD, sure it generates the company easy money cause dumbass kids keep buying them but JUST STOP PLEASE. COD 4 and i mean Modern warfare 1 for the noob kids who didn't know COD started from WWII.
  6. ugattie1611
    Mar 15, 2014
    2
    I am absolutely not a COD hater, i loved the modern warfare series, and the black ops series, but ghosts... wtf are you doing IW
    First of all, the good and bad things
    Good things -KEM strike -Killstreaks are balanced (support = back for the noobs ;) -The guns are pretty good balanced The bad things -All the games between 2005 - 2013 are having better graphics, the graphics of    I am absolutely not a COD hater, i loved the modern warfare series, and the black ops series, but ghosts... wtf are you doing IW
    First of all, the good and bad things

    Good things
    -KEM strike
    -Killstreaks are balanced (support = back for the noobs ;)
    -The guns are pretty good balanced

    The bad things
    -All the games between 2005 - 2013 are having better graphics, the graphics of this game are just sh*t
    -The maps are way to big, boring and the smallest map is also to small...
    -No FOV slider on release
    -Community
    -The dog = the new martyrdom deathstreak
    -Game is running low fps, while my pc runs bf4 on 90 very high
    -30+GB Needed to install????
    -Single player is not great!
    -Not listening to the community / patching
    -Health is i bit to low, could be a bit higer
    -No UAV on party game modes, oh wait it only has gun game...

    This is just a game that doesn't deserve higher than a 2...
    I hope Treyarch will make a great new game and safe COD, if they won't then cod is just dead!    … Expand
  7. Yagrold
    Mar 14, 2014
    10
    Call Of Duty Ghosts has an amazing single player, an excellent multiplayer and a very important addition to Call Of Duty series. I really do not understand why the negative reviews this game, I believe that children are adults who want to look and Battlefield fanboys. And the best versions of this game certainly is on PlayStation 3,PlayStation 4 and WiiU.
  8. Psychedelic
    Mar 14, 2014
    0
    A Activision e a IW simplesmente fizeram qualquer merda e mandaram para os pc gamers, jogo pesado, totalmente mal optimizado, gráficos do mw2, texturas terríveis para os requisitos do jogo, esse jogo que dizia ter uma engine nova, melhorada, muito boa, na verdade, foi só marketing, vai tomar no ¬¬ IW, ate trocarem de engine e fizerem uma coisa decente, eu não compro, nem pirata eu pego.
  9. Webico
    Mar 13, 2014
    0
    simplesmente a triste COD foi destruída, lembro quando o jogo e referencia em FPS...pois agora ele a cada edição não evolui e regride...não acompanha a evolução ...triste ver a morte deste grande game :(
  10. Barut6
    Mar 13, 2014
    0
    Alright, right off the bat this game is guilty of having the same problems like any other Call of Duty game. It requires little to skill to rack up kills, its not user friendly to beginners, and it has a very short campaign that has a terrible story that makes no sense. The campaign was only 3 HOURS! Its storyline didn't add up and the way the creators made it in the future to explain itAlright, right off the bat this game is guilty of having the same problems like any other Call of Duty game. It requires little to skill to rack up kills, its not user friendly to beginners, and it has a very short campaign that has a terrible story that makes no sense. The campaign was only 3 HOURS! Its storyline didn't add up and the way the creators made it in the future to explain it just made it worse. The game play, just like any other FPS is a clone of its predecessors and the new "controls" were just awkward. The multilayer, oh the multilayer. Its the worst multilayer in the entire franchise. Its like they're go to thing; how could they mess that up? Just another terrible game they push forward in 11 months to get their quick payday from blind fans.… Expand
  11. Mistval
    Mar 12, 2014
    1
    PLEASE don't but this game. I'm BEGGING you not to buy this game. It might seem strange that I care so much whether someone else buys a game or not, but I feel I have a duty to humanity to save as many people as possible from this game.

    This game really is just worthless. I felt that way about MW3 too, but this is worse. The multiplayer is just one big zerg rush and the single player    PLEASE don't but this game. I'm BEGGING you not to buy this game. It might seem strange that I care so much whether someone else buys a game or not, but I feel I have a duty to humanity to save as many people as possible from this game.

    This game really is just worthless. I felt that way about MW3 too, but this is worse. The multiplayer is just one big zerg rush and the single player story is stupid. It only took a few hours of play at a friend's house to decide I never want to play this game again.

    Now that I am calming down a bit let me spin you a tale of love, adventure, and ultimate disillusionment.

    Once upon a time I was twelve years old or so and I played a lot of Age of Mythology. Some of my clan mates played the original Call of Duty back before any of the sequels hit the scene.

    One day I was at Walmart with my dad a bit after my birthday. I had some birthday money and I said I wanted to buy a game in the electronics section. When I returned I was holding, in my little innocent hands, the first Call of Duty game. On the cover was some dude with a gun wearing a helmet and some explosions going off and stuff. My dad thought about it for a second and shrugged, "I guess you're old enough now".

    And so it began. It was my first FPS game and I was hooked quickly. I fondly remember hanging out in Pavlov's House with my Mosin-Nagant and lancing down the advancing enemy Nazis. Actually I liked even more to hang out in that little building to the side of Pavlov's House that no one ever goes in. I had a stealthy play-style and I liked to go around the back of my enemies and shoot them up without them knowing where I was. Those were the days...

    Next came Call of Duty United Offensive, one of only two CoD games since the first that was actually innovative.

    Then CoD2. Better graphics, same great gameplay, good maps. Not very innovative but nonetheless a good update to the series.

    CoD3??? That was a thing?

    Then came Modern Warfare. I liked the first MW game quite a bit. It still felt pretty tactical to me. It was a fairly good translation of classic CoD gameplay to a modern setting. Unfortunately this game somehow attracted a lot of very annoying players.

    MW2, An OK game. I never bought it, but my roommate had it and we played some. This was the first CoD game I played that I didn't feel compelled to buy. It seemed like they had struck a pretty good formula in MW1 and then sat down and thought, "well crap, what do we do to make another game now? I guess we just have to keep adding crap" and that made MW2 a sort of bloated version of MW1 with its super annoying killstreak bonus system. The maps also got tighter and my stealthy play-style wasn't as rewarding.

    I got MW3 for Christmas just a couple of years ago when I was 19 I suppose. I played it for 2 or 3 hours and have not played it since. What made it suck so much worse than MW2, which was already really not that great, was the further shift in style towards a fast paced twitch shooter where everyone just runs in each others faces and trades kills. The multiplayer experience had no depth whatsoever. It was dumb. I went back to playing Reach and MW1 on the same day.

    Now Ghosts... Ghosts takes this trend and continues it and I have to believe it is the conclusion of this downward spiral because as far as I'm concerned it can't get much worse. It's just people jumping on each other while holding guns. It's obnoxious.

    (I know I technically missed mentioning like 5 other CoD games too)

    I haven't even talked about campaign but it was actually pretty good in the first two games. The story was WW2 history, can't really go wrong there, and gameplay was pretty exciting. MW1 was where that ended. Like I said I liked MW1 but the campaign was dumb and it hasn't gotten better in subsequent games.

    Anyways, save yourself while you still can.    … Expand
  12. pahammer
    Mar 12, 2014
    2
    Positively the last CoD game I will buy. What a waste. There is nothing new here since Black Ops 2 disappointed me. I still go back to the original Black ops as the pick of the litter.
  13. tsk12
    Mar 12, 2014
    3
    this singular mode quite OK! However, the bad graphics and the high requirement of the hardware ruins the game. Also, the multiplayer mode give me a boring experiment. This game doesn't worth it. Stop to waster your time on playing this game!
  14. Ghoster
    Mar 11, 2014
    0
    Hahahahaaa! Did you see other soldiers animations on multiplayer? It's like on C64!! How is it possible to make that bad game in 2013?? They should really offer refunds for that!!
  15. PHJ
    Mar 10, 2014
    3
    Call of Duty Ghosts is a total regression for Activision, the game has a awful gameplay, you can't fell freedom in the game, you think that everything must to be in a way that the game wants to be, witch nearly excludes the game experience from you.

    Call of Duty Ghosts is a 3 out 10 game, is a game from a franchise that realese a new one each year, so you need to improve the game each    Call of Duty Ghosts is a total regression for Activision, the game has a awful gameplay, you can't fell freedom in the game, you think that everything must to be in a way that the game wants to be, witch nearly excludes the game experience from you.

    Call of Duty Ghosts is a 3 out 10 game, is a game from a franchise that realese a new one each year, so you need to improve the game each release, aforegoing Call of Duty franchise we have Black Ops 2, witch was good, was in a good engine, good gameplay and graphics, what we see in Ghosts is the same stuff that we see in Call of Duty Modern Warfare 1 or the World at War ones, a total regression.

    The strongest part of Ghosts is the history, witch isn't the best really of Call of Duty series, but is way better than the multiplayer, has a clear chronology and some nice cinematic scenes, nothing more and nothing less.    … Expand
  16. rBose
    Mar 10, 2014
    0
    Miserable.

    The most miserable game in the series, and the most miserable PC port in the series.
    The game can barely be run on a decent PC machine, constant stuttering, probably because of the complex fly and fish AI. Pathetic game, not even worth buying for 1$ in a humble bundle.
  17. Skipperz
    Mar 9, 2014
    0
    This game is an out-right joke. I can not think of anything positive to say about it. The lack of optimization leaves the game running at around 30-45 FPS and the mouse controls feeling delayed and sluggish at best. If you're looking for a game to blow $60 on then you aren't in the right place. There are so many other games out there that are far more worth your time and hard earnedThis game is an out-right joke. I can not think of anything positive to say about it. The lack of optimization leaves the game running at around 30-45 FPS and the mouse controls feeling delayed and sluggish at best. If you're looking for a game to blow $60 on then you aren't in the right place. There are so many other games out there that are far more worth your time and hard earned cash than this piece of trash. This is literally the worst game i have played in 2014 so far. Find something better! Luckily i was able to get this game at a lowered price so i feel bad for those who paid the full price. Even with the recent updates the game will still stutter and freeze at times where you need to be getting a constant frame rate (i.e. shooting at an enemy which for me and a lot of others the game will stutter right as you start shooting at another player). Yes they added an FOV slider but it only goes up to 80 which again is a joke. I again urge to find a better game to spend your money one. Stop giving Activision your hard earned cash!… Expand
  18. toaddy07
    Mar 9, 2014
    1
    this game is terrible I use to love cod but hear me out fan boys I liked cod but this is wye I hate it first of all look at bf4 it had huge destruction graphic upgrades and it evolved and what did you add sliding and did you ever bother updating your engine no the guns are all the same the players are horrible yet have I gone on a server where people aren't contently swearing or usingthis game is terrible I use to love cod but hear me out fan boys I liked cod but this is wye I hate it first of all look at bf4 it had huge destruction graphic upgrades and it evolved and what did you add sliding and did you ever bother updating your engine no the guns are all the same the players are horrible yet have I gone on a server where people aren't contently swearing or using horrible tactics such as camping dolphin diving and quick scopeing the game makes me say I want my fing money back the install at the beginning seems unnescery and the campaigne bored me to tears and was completely unprofessional the character custom is really low options so wye bother adding Thant honestly cod ghost was rushed and is completely disipointing… Expand
  19. BiPoLar
    Mar 6, 2014
    0
    Please stop making games. What a 1.9 rated abortion this pile of turds is. 5000 characters isn't enough to explain how horrid this game is... so here's three to sum up this review - Don't play this.
  20. SynysterXVII
    Mar 5, 2014
    3
    Clearly call of duty is hanging on the coat tails of its predecessors because this is by far the worst call of duty yet a huge step back! The multiplayer is unplayable unless you enjoy camping because trust me if you try to move around the map 80% of your team and the enemy team are sitting in corners ready to cut anyone down willing to move. They introduced female multiplayer charactersClearly call of duty is hanging on the coat tails of its predecessors because this is by far the worst call of duty yet a huge step back! The multiplayer is unplayable unless you enjoy camping because trust me if you try to move around the map 80% of your team and the enemy team are sitting in corners ready to cut anyone down willing to move. They introduced female multiplayer characters not that it means anything other than you know "Hey looks there's a women". Call of duty clearly needs to take a break and step back for a couple of years to see what it can do because this crap where they release the same stuff year on year is wearing a little thin.… Expand
  21. ZRose
    Mar 5, 2014
    1
    I honestly don't understand what goes through your mind when you buy a COD game. "Oh - it will be innovative.", "Oh, it's the only FPS that does what it does"

    If you want an actual FPS get Counter Strike: GO on PC or Battlefield: Bad Company 2/Battlefield 4.
  22. Sies
    Mar 5, 2014
    5
    CoDG hat was von einer Wettervorhersage: Verspricht einem Badewetter und wenn du dann schon in Badeklamotten bist regnet es. Grafisch geht es einiger Maßen, einige Texturen sind wirklich gut und hochauflösend, vom Sound her auch Parabel. Der eigentliche Held des Spieles der Feuerlöscher! Der ist nämlich genau so nichts sagend wie der Protagonist selbst. Der Hund ist ein ***** Instakill undCoDG hat was von einer Wettervorhersage: Verspricht einem Badewetter und wenn du dann schon in Badeklamotten bist regnet es. Grafisch geht es einiger Maßen, einige Texturen sind wirklich gut und hochauflösend, vom Sound her auch Parabel. Der eigentliche Held des Spieles der Feuerlöscher! Der ist nämlich genau so nichts sagend wie der Protagonist selbst. Der Hund ist ein ***** Instakill und kein sinnvoller Begleiter wie man es sich erhofft hatte. Die Story ist so dicht und spannend wie eine Wasserflasche mit Löchern die ganz gemütlich ausläuft. Zum Gameplay ... ja wer hätte es anders erwartet laufe von A nach B knall alles ab was nicht zu dir gehört und betrachte die Skriptevents.
    Beim Ersten Durchlauf habe ich 6-7 Stunden gebraucht und ich hab mir dabei Zeit gelassen.
    Zum Schluß kann ich nur sagen Gott sei Dank gibt es nun Familiesharing auf Steam und ich habe mir nicht kaufen müssen.

    PS.: Habe den Multiplayer nicht gespielt aber ich wage zu bezweifeln das er besser ist als der von CoDMW3    … Expand
  23. nrgcoltsfan
    Mar 1, 2014
    4
    A disappointment from the Call Of Duty franchise. Was expecting something alot better than Black Ops 2. You can tell completely that these developers are the same ones that developed MW2 or MW3 for that matter
  24. MrPotato123
    Feb 28, 2014
    0
    COD is dead im not going to do a review of 2000 characters cuz this game is pure sh1t .. i miss the old CODs about WW2 ... MW2 was good but black ops and ghos is reciceld garbage
  25. warfighter5gok
    Feb 28, 2014
    0
    나는 혼자살면서 새벽에 잠깐게임을하면서 행복한시간을 보낸다.
    컴퓨터업그레이드후 재밌게 즐길려고햇다,
    gtx660 램16기가 i5로 중옵도 버벅거리고
    멍천한dog의 ai...
    그래픽은 모던워페어2보다 않좋다.

    Boring game!
  26. Fancypenguin
    Feb 27, 2014
    1
    There's an old adage that comes to mind when talking about games such as Call of Duty:Ghosts, and that is "It reinvented the wheel". This game not only reinvents the wheel, it takes the wheel from the car you already own and slaps a fresh 50 to 60 dollar price tag on it, then tries to resell it to you as if anything has changed. And to add insult to injury, you've been meaning to changeThere's an old adage that comes to mind when talking about games such as Call of Duty:Ghosts, and that is "It reinvented the wheel". This game not only reinvents the wheel, it takes the wheel from the car you already own and slaps a fresh 50 to 60 dollar price tag on it, then tries to resell it to you as if anything has changed. And to add insult to injury, you've been meaning to change that wheel for years because its old and outdated. Call of Duty: Ghosts isn't just a crap excuse for a Call of Duty game, its a crap excuse for a video game in general. And I'm not just hating on it out of blind, unjustified hatred, I'm hating on it as a fan of video games that is sick of seeing this series destroy the gaming industry. This game is using the same engine from Modern Warfare 2/3. The graphics still look like early Xbox 360/ps3 game from 2008. There aren't even dynamic lighting effects! This would be fine in an early ps2 game from 2001, but this is 2013. This is inexcusable for a "New Gen" game (using that term, VERY loosely.") The gameplay can be whittled down to a checklist of features we have grown to expect from Call of duty games post MW2. Short, linear, and haphazardly thrown together single player campaign with a poorly written, rehashed and generic story and no character development? Check . Multiplayer filled with hackers, lag and the same respawning problems that have plagued the series since Black ops? Check. Multiplayer maps and lobbies that aren't conducive to the style that online FPS games should be played in (I.E. Campers, jerks and little kids that shouldn't be playing M rated games?) check and check. A severe lack of innovation outside of one or two new game modes, and different weapons. uh check. A game poorly optimized for pc with no fov slider and fps cap, clearly ported as an afterthought by a company that doesn't care about pc gamers. Mother flippin' check! When the biggest innovation in your game is being able to play as a woman (something that could have and should have been added 4 games ago) its time to rethink your development techniques. And to think that i had so much hope for this franchise after modern warfare, to think that I thought that this would be the go to franchise for innovation in the often stale genre of shooters for years to come. Call of Duty is like a metal band that gets a cult following in the L.A underground scene, then as soon as they get a recording contract start putting out mainstream pop songs for $. And will call of duty ever change? Hell no, because they can keep milking this cash cow with minimum effort as long as people have horrible taste in video games. What happened to the old call of duty? Where is the robust single player campaign with bold set pieces and likable, developed characters? Now what do we get? A doge? Wow. Such great, many campaign much camping. I would say don't play this game, instead play Battlefield or halo or (enter name of x shooter here) but the fact is that they're all just copy and paste, cash ins on a franchise name with lackluster single player campaigns expecting the multiplayer to carry them . If you want to play a fun shooter with some innovation, start a new character on Fallout 3, or try splinter cell blacklist, Hell even gears of war would be better than this crap. The gaming industry needs less greedy, lazy franchises like this and more games with creativity and imagination like Rayman origins/legends, Muramasa: The demon blade and ni no kuni. This game only gets a 1 in my book because its functional (most of the time) otherwise it would be a zero. Bottom line, don't waste your money on the same mediocre game as the last 4 installments.… Expand
  27. Grant259
    Feb 27, 2014
    1
    Multiplayer is very laggy, the game just feels badly coded a big disappointment. I waited for the updates and I truly think they made the game even more unplayable. Playing from Asia (Hong Kong) where I now stay is impossible even with the most badass internet connection the game is just to dam laggy and for $59 you know I'm pretty pissed.
  28. ProMaxHD
    Feb 26, 2014
    0
    This is one of the worst games ever created in the history of man-kind. I would suggest Battlefield 4 or counterstrike as an alternative. This game doesn't even deserve a 0.
  29. Nemesis30
    Feb 25, 2014
    2
    This 2 goes very seriously. I've been playing video-games for 11 years, and I've played about 110-120 video-games. I'm very proud to say this is the worst game I've ever played.

    About the technical section, considering the year and the generation, it's one of the worst games ever created. An AAA game worst than indie games... unbelievable. Gameplay? It's more s***play. I could play    This 2 goes very seriously. I've been playing video-games for 11 years, and I've played about 110-120 video-games. I'm very proud to say this is the worst game I've ever played.

    About the technical section, considering the year and the generation, it's one of the worst games ever created. An AAA game worst than indie games... unbelievable.

    Gameplay? It's more s***play. I could play about 5 minutes without get bored. I suffered a lot trying to finish the campaign (it was impossible, because I'm not a masochist) and the multiplayer modes are just more junk.    … Expand
  30. sandutter
    Feb 24, 2014
    0
    The worst of the series. Slow, incredibly slow, ugly graphics, boring multiplayer maps, bad feel. This was the last nail in the coffin. No more COD. Sorry. Thanks for the fun.
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 14
  3. Negative: 2 out of 14
  1. PC PowerPlay
    Dec 30, 2013
    80
    It's exactly what fans of the franchise have grown to expect. No surprises here, folks. [Jan 2014, p.90]
  2. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Nov 25, 2013
    60
    Nothing to see here in terms of innovation: the campaign is dull, the multiplayer fun. But this time, the air of sameness is a little bit too much. [Issue#236]
  3. IncGamers
    Nov 24, 2013
    40
    An utterly horrible PC port mars an otherwise very, very average Call of Duty game. Nothing to see here.
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