Call of Duty: Ghosts

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Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 1823 Ratings

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  1. loadstone007
    Jan 30, 2014
    7
    Not a bad game, but also not a really good one. Same old COD story, gameplay and graphics. Since it's on a next-gen console you have some expectations, but this game looks bad, especially when you compare it to Battlefield 4 and even more so to Killzone Shadow Fall.
    So to me it's not a must buy, but you should consider it if you're a die-hard COD multiplayer fan.
  2. phishhippy
    Nov 23, 2013
    7
    Ghosts is a little disappointing to me. The graphics are clean but fall really short compared to most other ps4 games. The pacing of the campaign crawled more than it ran and it feels like they went through a checklist of previous environments to build it with the exception of the masterfully crafted space sections. The ending did leave me wanting the sequel which is always a goodGhosts is a little disappointing to me. The graphics are clean but fall really short compared to most other ps4 games. The pacing of the campaign crawled more than it ran and it feels like they went through a checklist of previous environments to build it with the exception of the masterfully crafted space sections. The ending did leave me wanting the sequel which is always a good thing. The gunplay is tight as ever and the tweaking of the weapons finally makes every choice equal. The patches feel like a big step down from the customization of black ops but the outfits and helmets are a step in the right direction. It's just a shame they all look similar and there was never a carrot at the end of a string for me to chase. Squads is laughable and makes me wonder what they were thinking. I'd much rather have one character that truly feels like my creation. Don't get me wrong, ill spend countless hours on ghosts but I hope they try harder in the future. The bread is getting stale, at least put some jelly on it for me.… Expand
  3. Jacer200
    Nov 22, 2013
    7
    This game has a couple of good qualities but really out weighed by the bad ones. The was pleasantly surprised at the visuals and the sound quality is decent. The gameplay for the most part is smooth and fast. The multiplayer and single player is simply a cut and paste from the previous generations. There is nothing that stands out in both modes. The single player mode is about 6 hours andThis game has a couple of good qualities but really out weighed by the bad ones. The was pleasantly surprised at the visuals and the sound quality is decent. The gameplay for the most part is smooth and fast. The multiplayer and single player is simply a cut and paste from the previous generations. There is nothing that stands out in both modes. The single player mode is about 6 hours and multiplayer is as dry as ever.… Expand
  4. DemonicSoul
    May 10, 2014
    7
    Story:
    You play as Logan, a mute protagonist who's purpose is to kill hundreds of South Americans without showing a single sign of emotion. Why do shooters still have mute protagonists? They make it impossible to develop a relationship with the protagonist, they make certain scenes awkward when characters are referring to them, and they make character death scenes less emotionally    Story:
    You play as Logan, a mute protagonist who's purpose is to kill hundreds of South Americans without showing a single sign of emotion. Why do shooters still have mute protagonists? They make it impossible to develop a relationship with the protagonist, they make certain scenes awkward when characters are referring to them, and they make character death scenes less emotionally engaging. I'm disappointed in the story not just because of its mute hero, but because of everything else. Most of the characters here are weak (besides the infamous puppy known as Riley :P), The dialogue and voice acting are bland, and the plot often gets jumbled up as you're thrown from one country to another and from one set piece to another. Treyarch has shown us that Call of Duty games can have good single player experiences. Clearly these guys can tell a better story than IW can. The only good thing I can say about the story mode is the ending since it has a nice twist to the normal Call of Duty ending that we see (even if it's a sequel setup). 4/10

    Gameplay:
    Standard Call of Duty gameplay just this time, you're more restricted to experiment with different strategies and pathways than before. most of the time it's "follow X, Wait for X to give you permission to fire, fire, repeat". It's stupid why they decide to restrict player access. One more thing, you only control Riley twice in the single player. Why did they hype up this dog? 5/10

    Graphics:
    On PS4 (sorry PC guys for an inferior port), These graphics have the best textures out of any Call of Duty, but the colors are weaker compared to Black Ops 2. 7/10

    Sound:
    The score isn't really that good. I barely noticed it during my playthroughs of the single player (please come back Hans Zimmer), and the gameplay sounds are what you expect from a Call of Duty game. 6/10

    Multiplayer:
    The multiplayer here is only slightly better than Black Ops 2's multiplayer for a few reasons: The maps (although larger here) don't use the same lazy 3-lane layout that was in 90% of Black Ops 2, the character customization is cool, no more stupid weapon levels to earn attachments, squads mode is a cool idea (multiplayer against bots), extinction is a nice replacement to zombies (although repetitive), more new gamemodes, and a surprisingly lack of overpowered guns/equipment. Besides the AK12, MSBS, M-tar X, Ripper, IEDs, and the Remmington R5, This game is more balanced than Black Ops 2, but not as balanced as Black Ops 1. I also like what they did with the customization. As said, there's character customization (no emblem editor), the new perk system is cool, the strike packages return (just not as annoying as Modern Warfare 3), the gender option is appreciated, and the create a class although not like Black Ops 2's pick 10 system, is a nice mix between that system along with classic Call of Duty class systems.The big problem with the multiplayer are the spawns, lack of dedicated servers, some hit detection issues, and how fast you die. I eventually got used to this, but I know some people who despise this feature as it encourages camping in their eyes. I also liked the return of currency in the form of squad points. They are earned at random times in matches, completing challenges and operations, or by completing field orders (brief in game mini-challenges). The extinction mode is IW's response to zombies. It features a hidden story (though not as elaborate as zombies), 4 player co-op, and a ranking system. But this time around, it features prestige mode, custom loadouts, different roles, boss fights, and actual endings rather than death. In the end, zombies is still better but that doesn't mean extinction is weak. Squads mode is also a great way for newbies to get used to the game since it's your squad of multiplayer characters (10 max, 6 at a time per match) vs another player's squad. You still earn XP (even if it's a little), squad points, and occasional XP boosts for squads. Overall, Ghost's multiplayer isn't as bad as everyone's been saying it is. 7/10

    Verdict:
    Ghosts can be frustrating to play on multiplayer if you don't like dying too fast, but in the right lobby, the multiplayer's a ton of fun to play (as with all Call of Duties). The story may be weak and the gameplay similar to previous Call of Duties, but the improvement in texture quality and in overall multiplayer is enough to say that this game's worth a price drop. Rating 7/10    … Expand
  5. tonylionedo
    Feb 26, 2014
    7
    As a first person shooter fun,Call of duty series is always my choose year by year,especially modern warfare,it gives me great memory,of course black ops series is great,but for me, call of duty developed by infinity ward is real call of duty.so although i hesitate,but still pick up this game:Ghost,looking for a new start for this series,and,unfortunately ,it's not.
    Single player review:    As a first person shooter fun,Call of duty series is always my choose year by year,especially modern warfare,it gives me great memory,of course black ops series is great,but for me, call of duty developed by infinity ward is real call of duty.so although i hesitate,but still pick up this game:Ghost,looking for a new start for this series,and,unfortunately ,it's not.
    Single player review:
    After world war 3,Russian seems to get tired,so the south america is coming,OK,cut the crap,the single player is a huge disappointed to me,it's short,very short,when it came to the end,i just can't believe it's over,then it's no different from it's predecessor,which is bad for all COD fun,not gonna lie,it's the worst single player experience i have in COD series,i don't know why IW didn't pay enough attention to SF,yeah i know MP is important,but it's irresponsible to make it that way for all the funs.
    Multiplayer review:
    After bad and sad SF experience,as i always do,start MP,surprisingly,it's good! maybe better than MW 3 in some way,the maps have different style,not just street battle,some maps looks like BF,it's big,whether you are a sniper or carry a auto rifle ,you will love the long shot,and Create a soldier is gorgeous! and perks is more,practical,interesting,make you don't wanna stop to gain it,but overall,still no different from it's predecessor.so if you want some real innovation,hold that though.
    After all ,call of duty ghost become a sport game,IW don't want to break the rules,so nothing more nothing less,like it or hate it,i might wanna stop hope that this series will have some real fresh start,and don't know where the franchise will leave.    … Expand
  6. Gamemaster0308
    Dec 25, 2013
    7
    I think that this is a pretty good game. Any FPS that makes me want to run around my house in a ghillie suit is a good game and this game made me want run around with a ghosts mask. However that was the campaign the multiplayer gave me flashbacks of MW3 where my opponents would spawn about 5 meters behind me and get an easy kill. But after a while I would get use to it but that's onlyI think that this is a pretty good game. Any FPS that makes me want to run around my house in a ghillie suit is a good game and this game made me want run around with a ghosts mask. However that was the campaign the multiplayer gave me flashbacks of MW3 where my opponents would spawn about 5 meters behind me and get an easy kill. But after a while I would get use to it but that's only because I love COD. If anyone either doesn't love COD or wants to try COD this isn't a good place to start. Moving back to the campaign the one problem I had was most of the time my team and the opponents looked about the same. To sum up it's an okay game for die hard fans but for people who don't love COD it might not be the best COD to start with.… Expand
  7. EzzOmen
    Feb 22, 2014
    7
    A fairly decent game from Infinity Ward, A story thats quite divisive in its objective to deliver pulse pounding, some fans will feel off put by the story, some will be drawn in, The Multiplayer has seen better days but the amount of customisation available makes it so there's something for everyone
  8. Str8WuScRyB732
    Nov 6, 2013
    7
    Story Story mode is just regular old COD story mode. Same thing every game but I dont pay much attention to the story anyways. 3/10

    Multiplayer Multiplayer is CODs best mode in all of their games IMO. Since i was never really a big fan of Zombies. The Modern Warfarish gamestyle multiplayer holds is by far the best gamestyle out of all the CODs. It is kind of wierd that they took out    Story Story mode is just regular old COD story mode. Same thing every game but I dont pay much attention to the story anyways. 3/10

    Multiplayer Multiplayer is CODs best mode in all of their games IMO. Since i was never really a big fan of Zombies. The Modern Warfarish gamestyle multiplayer holds is by far the best gamestyle out of all the CODs. It is kind of wierd that they took out Search and Destroy but it doesnt matter to me since I was a TDM player anyuways. Dont try FFA since its almost like you dont have a chance. Anyways multiplayer for Ghost is Great. 9/10

    Graphics Metal Gear Raidens Voice: "OOOOOOHHHH THATS JUST PLAIN NASTYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" no really the graphics kinda suck but the game wasnt meant to be released for the PS3. 5/10    … Expand
  9. lightningcat22
    May 9, 2014
    7
    They did a really good job with the game. Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer changed things up a bit and made a extremely fast paced, action packed and compelling story. The only problem here is, it is still too similar, we have seen this formula too many times.

    There is a nice bit of content, extinction is the freshest feeling thing here and s a nice addition, just a little to much like    They did a really good job with the game. Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer changed things up a bit and made a extremely fast paced, action packed and compelling story. The only problem here is, it is still too similar, we have seen this formula too many times.

    There is a nice bit of content, extinction is the freshest feeling thing here and s a nice addition, just a little to much like zombies. In terms of mutiplayer, guns are solid and so it hit detection, there are also some neat throw ins like destructible environments, but this is nothing like that of Battlefield. It simply allows players to get to different places easier or open up and area. There are also not many kill streaks which is a bit of a disappointment. Those there are still cool things like the Dog and the Hunter Killer.

    Call of Duty Ghosts may be all too familiar but is still one of the greatest first person shooters out there.    … Expand
  10. LCR13
    Dec 27, 2013
    7
    Everybody is making this installment of the Call of Duty franchise look bad. Well the game's story is actually probably one of the best out of the newer Call of Duties. The characters give a good meaning to the story aside for Keegan. I actually felt kind of sad at some parts of the story. The sound track was decent not as good as BO2 but still ok. Graphics however are pretty good IEverybody is making this installment of the Call of Duty franchise look bad. Well the game's story is actually probably one of the best out of the newer Call of Duties. The characters give a good meaning to the story aside for Keegan. I actually felt kind of sad at some parts of the story. The sound track was decent not as good as BO2 but still ok. Graphics however are pretty good I would like to see better ones but not bad for a launch title.

    Multiplier is a bit broken, the spawns are terrible you will die as you spawn but has of now there is a patch note about fixing the spawns which is good. People don't seem to like how you die so quickly but I personally like it. For the people who don't like dying quickly they added Heavy Duty which is comparable to BO2 multiplier. The maps are a controversy in Ghosts, the are complicated with multiple flank routes so you are never truly safe. The new maps add a new sense of strategy in the game. The game modes are fun Blitz, Cranked, and Search and rescue are fun.

    Squads is a nice addition to the game. You can have a squad of fully customized soldiers even to the point you can pick their gender. The AI is definitely the best out of the Call of Duties of course they're some goofy things you can run in to but that is bound to happen in any game.

    Extinction is really fun until you realize that you get one map. I know that with DLC you get more but really you couldn't add one more map.

    Overall the game is good better than MW3. I encourage you to play the campaign plus if you don't like dying quick play heavy duty.    … Expand
  11. TheHonestCynic
    Jan 2, 2014
    7
    Alright guys, it's time to grow the hell up, this game isn't a 10, and it certainly isn't a 3 or below. You want to play a game that deserves a 0? Play Ride To Hell, and trust me, COD: Ghosts will look like GOTY material.

    Ghosts isn't an incredible, revolutionary, new shooter that offers a tremendous amount of new material. But it's still very, very playable. As a person who hasn't    Alright guys, it's time to grow the hell up, this game isn't a 10, and it certainly isn't a 3 or below. You want to play a game that deserves a 0? Play Ride To Hell, and trust me, COD: Ghosts will look like GOTY material.

    Ghosts isn't an incredible, revolutionary, new shooter that offers a tremendous amount of new material. But it's still very, very playable. As a person who hasn't owned a Call of Duty game since Black Ops, (I thought MW3 was garbage for the most part) I wanted to hate this game as much as you guys do. But after playing through the campaign, getting to level 30 in multiplayer, and a few rounds of extinction, I've got to say, it's a good game.

    The story in Ghosts is a refreshing idea, we take a break from killing Arabs, Nazis, and Russians (finally) and take up arms with a South American army who turned an American satellite against us. The story has a few plot twists and varied, epic sequences that are on par with what you'd expect from a AAA war game. If you can get over a few "that would NEVER happen" moments, it's quite enjoyable.

    Graphically, it's not too "Next-Gen" but it's still damn pretty at time. The multiplayer maps look good and everything runs at a smoooooth 60 FPS at 1080p.

    Speaking of multiplayer, I'll say it again, not a whole lot has changed. The one thing that got me excited was the genuinely awesome new game modes. IW took a page from Halo and added their own new infection mode which is loads of nail-biting fun, especially when playing with friends. Search and rescue will give you a good reason to watch the spectator screen and yell at your team mates as well. The progression system is all they really keep on changing, I really could care less, but it's still a functional system. My biggest gripe is something that the game, itself, can't change. The god-awful community of idiots still trying to "360 quik sc0pe wallbang hedshot"" you in a round of hardcore Search and Destroy while screeching through the mic about what they did to your Mom last night. Yup, these people still exist, though not that common anymore. For the part, it's still a fun time. And i have to admit, I missed the fast paced run-and-gun multiplayer.

    As for extinction, it's not terribly interesting, but still great if you want to pull some friends together and shoot some aliens. It tries its very best to differentiate itself from TreyArch's zombies, and succeeds to some extent.

    Overall, is it a COD game? Yes. Does it do a good job at being a COD game? Yes. Is it a broken piece of trash that has no effort put into it and is just a terrible "cash grab"? No. It's a functional, fun game that brings enough new features to the table to earn a 7/10 from me    … Expand
  12. Jlucas5565
    Jan 26, 2014
    7
    This review is for the single player campaign of COD: Ghosts on PS4. I was surprised how much fun the game actually is given the current 3.1 Metacritic User Score. I haven't played a COD game since MW2, so with all the negative reviews for Ghosts, I was expecting completely broken gameplay. The opposite is true. The controls are silky smooth. The levels, while not breaking new ground inThis review is for the single player campaign of COD: Ghosts on PS4. I was surprised how much fun the game actually is given the current 3.1 Metacritic User Score. I haven't played a COD game since MW2, so with all the negative reviews for Ghosts, I was expecting completely broken gameplay. The opposite is true. The controls are silky smooth. The levels, while not breaking new ground in design, are coherent and interesting (Clockwork and Atlas Falls are particularly entertaining). The environments and character models are sufficiently "next-gen" (nothing mind-blowing, but certainly not bad). However, the lighting and particle effects really set the PS4 version of Ghosts apart from the PS3 and 360 iterations.

    My 2 biggest gripes about Ghosts are the bonkers story and the incessant reuse of elements from previous COD games, including identical motion captures and dialogue lines (how many times in previous CODs have we heard a NPC say, "Enemy in the open!"?). The basic premise of the story feels like it should be in a Fallout game. While I can see a post-apocalyptic setting working in COD, I never got the feeling that the U.S. was on its knees. The Ghosts (and U.S. forces in general) were always well armed and had good tech. However, at least the story was understandable, which is more than I can say for Killzone: Shadow Fall.

    Ghosts is not a bad game. The campaign doesn't explore any new territory, and definitely gives you a feeling of deja vu with all the reused dialogue and mo-cap, but this in no way breaks the game. The current negativity surrounding COD is not completely unwarranted--the series needs a breath of fresh air--but it is not broken. It's a solid shooter with solid mechanics. Infinity Ward simply rested on its laurels for Ghosts. But when your laurels are MW and MW2, can you blame them?    … Expand
  13. sonygamer97
    Feb 20, 2014
    7
    Upon purchasing this game for my PlayStation 4, one of the first things that stuck out to me was the campaign. This campaign was slightly longer than previous COD campaigns, and I actually found it to be quite enjoyable. As far as the online play goes, I was surprised that the game looks as nice as it does despite the fact that it's being played on a next generation console. I also likeUpon purchasing this game for my PlayStation 4, one of the first things that stuck out to me was the campaign. This campaign was slightly longer than previous COD campaigns, and I actually found it to be quite enjoyable. As far as the online play goes, I was surprised that the game looks as nice as it does despite the fact that it's being played on a next generation console. I also like the weapons in this game and the optics options are very good. However, you die very quickly. If you are spotted first, you might as well give up because you are already dead. Also, there are not alot of options as far as killstreak rewards go. I have had better luck completing the field objectives and obtaining the rewards that way. After getting used to the controls and the layout of the game, I found this game to be quite enjoyable.… Expand
  14. Feeder16
    Mar 19, 2014
    7
    I think people have been unnecessarily harsh on this game. Yes the formula is similar to previous ones but it is good fun to play and the extinction mode is particularly good.
  15. Batfinkskinner
    Mar 21, 2014
    7
    It's not the eye-popper it should be on the ps4 and xbone but its still a great game. Singleplayer is what you expect from cod and the multiplayer is fun. It's on a downslide but don't let the negative reviews put you off if you are a fan of the games.
  16. ronald_koeman
    Apr 14, 2014
    7
    The First Call Of Duty i have enjoyed in a long time, dont understand the hate that it is getting, a better campaign than in the previous 2-3 installments but still ridiculously melodramatic which is annoying. On the multiplayer side: 2-3 years ago i wrote a review for battlefield 3 where I said Call of Duty would always come second, this isnt true though Ghosts is a far superior game thenThe First Call Of Duty i have enjoyed in a long time, dont understand the hate that it is getting, a better campaign than in the previous 2-3 installments but still ridiculously melodramatic which is annoying. On the multiplayer side: 2-3 years ago i wrote a review for battlefield 3 where I said Call of Duty would always come second, this isnt true though Ghosts is a far superior game then battlefield 4 both on a single player and multiplayer perspective. Oh and Extinction... know idea what they were thinking there. 7/10… Expand
  17. AntonArnold
    Jun 24, 2014
    7
    I haven't played a COD game since MW2 so maybe I am missing out on the negative reviews but Ghosts held up for me. A short, but entertaining story and hours of entertainment playing Hardcore Team Deathmatch online. Tried and true.
  18. AwesomeNick94
    Apr 13, 2017
    7
    Extinction mode is great. Story mode is good. Multiplayer is disappointing, but OK. Overall, an experience that you'll keep coming back to, and is worth getting assuming you're not burnt out on the series yet.

    P.S. If you're bored of COD games, then be done with the series and leave it alone, don't waste your time by hating on it by giving it a nonsense review. I know you think it's    Extinction mode is great. Story mode is good. Multiplayer is disappointing, but OK. Overall, an experience that you'll keep coming back to, and is worth getting assuming you're not burnt out on the series yet.

    P.S. If you're bored of COD games, then be done with the series and leave it alone, don't waste your time by hating on it by giving it a nonsense review. I know you think it's fun, but you should grow up. Ok? Okay.    … Expand
  19. DaTechnoD00d
    Aug 3, 2014
    7
    Now, I bet you're thinking that I'm a COD fan-boy or something like that. I'm not, because this is the 1st COD game that I've ever owned in my life, and I've got to say that I now understand what everybody's talking about in these COD discussion forums.

    Well, it's the typical type of FPS that you'll see in every COD game. Fast-paced and fluent, with customizable load-outs to adapt to    Now, I bet you're thinking that I'm a COD fan-boy or something like that. I'm not, because this is the 1st COD game that I've ever owned in my life, and I've got to say that I now understand what everybody's talking about in these COD discussion forums.

    Well, it's the typical type of FPS that you'll see in every COD game. Fast-paced and fluent, with customizable load-outs to adapt to your style of gameplay. It's not as good as the Modern Warfare series, but it's gameplay's solid. The single-player campaign is really cool and fun as well, I mean, you can shoot in space for crap's sake! It's a huge step over MW3's bland campaign. Also, guard dogs are so awesome, the only reason that I ever bead my friend's KD is because I get a Guard Dog and get a really high kill-streak.

    Now the cons. It's the same crap that Activision puts out every year, with the same god danged controls. I mean, there's barely any difference between Ghosts and all the other COD games. The story is completely fictional and unrealistic as well. All of South America teaming up against the USA? Fat chance. Sure, the metal rods from space was cool, but that's it. Oh yeah, and the multiplayer is full of underage idiots calling everyone f****t c*cksuckers.

    Bottom line, I'd give this game a 7/10, but this is only because that this is the 1st CoD game that I've actually played in-depth (I played MW3 a couple of times, and I hated it), and this, to me, is a new experience. If you don't like this review, well too bad.    … Expand
  20. andrewscool101
    Sep 10, 2014
    7
    This is one of those games that you ever love it or hate it.
    Most people hate this game but I don't. Yes, modern warfare and black ops was better but this game does deserve a better review than it's getting.
    The main problems are camping on multiplayer is worse than ever, you die in about 2 bullets and the killstreaks are bad. The juggernaut isn't worth the time. There's a new killstreak    This is one of those games that you ever love it or hate it.
    Most people hate this game but I don't. Yes, modern warfare and black ops was better but this game does deserve a better review than it's getting.
    The main problems are camping on multiplayer is worse than ever, you die in about 2 bullets and the killstreaks are bad. The juggernaut isn't worth the time. There's a new killstreak (10 in assault) called the Maniac which gives you a combat knife and a throwing knife, you run extremely fast and have the same health as a juggernaut, this is one of the better ones. The automatic battlehind (9 in assault) in also good. The guard dog is OP, only 5 kills in Assault and that thing is hard to kill and will sneak up and kill you.

    There's a new mode called Extinction where you fight Aliens and I really like that. It is obviously IW copying Treyarch Zombies but you can actually beat/win extinction.

    Overall, I would buy it now it's gone a lot cheaper.    … Expand
  21. AndyPatterson96
    Oct 26, 2014
    7
    With Call of Duty you know what you're getting. An annualised rehash of the same shooter that folk mostly play for the multiplayer component. That half of the game is decent as for the campaign, you get a bombastic, blockbuster action film-esque story of reasonable length with more pretty, explosive set pieces than you can keep count of. Sure it's not as smartly written as Black Ops II butWith Call of Duty you know what you're getting. An annualised rehash of the same shooter that folk mostly play for the multiplayer component. That half of the game is decent as for the campaign, you get a bombastic, blockbuster action film-esque story of reasonable length with more pretty, explosive set pieces than you can keep count of. Sure it's not as smartly written as Black Ops II but it's a fun diversion and on PS4, it's gorgeous too.… Expand
  22. stamito
    Feb 2, 2016
    7
    I’m more of a campaign player than multiplayer. I got to say this is a decent game, but I think that is the word, decent. I was kind of expecting an interesting story in the single campaign mode because a few guys told me ‘oh man! Really good story, interesting stuff’. The script is interesting but I would not say great or awesome and in gameplay terms in just FPS normal stuff. ConsideringI’m more of a campaign player than multiplayer. I got to say this is a decent game, but I think that is the word, decent. I was kind of expecting an interesting story in the single campaign mode because a few guys told me ‘oh man! Really good story, interesting stuff’. The script is interesting but I would not say great or awesome and in gameplay terms in just FPS normal stuff. Considering both the single player campaign and the multiplayer side of the game, I’d say this is an average game. I mean this in both the good and bad way. Good as in it is good FPS fun, well made, BUT there is nothing really special about it, 99% same stuff as before. What I mean is, if you like FPSs go for it, decent game with a nice action intense single player campaign but do not expect life-changing stuff.… Expand
  23. thejzboy
    Jul 18, 2016
    7
    its wasnt that bad it was a lot better than trash ops 3 at least its not bo3
  24. salmansohail_
    May 13, 2017
    7
    Call of Duty Ghosts was the first Call of Duty to release on the next generation consoles and featured a new IP. But does that make Call of Duty: Ghosts a worthy FPS?

    Call of Duty Ghosts represents a new beginning for Call of Duty. Although from the gameplay it looks extremely similar to previous titles. Its not. Now you might be thinking that's a good thing right? No and yes. Although    Call of Duty Ghosts was the first Call of Duty to release on the next generation consoles and featured a new IP. But does that make Call of Duty: Ghosts a worthy FPS?

    Call of Duty Ghosts represents a new beginning for Call of Duty. Although from the gameplay it looks extremely similar to previous titles. Its not. Now you might be thinking that's a good thing right? No and yes. Although Call of Duty ghosts expands on the formula of FPS it still doesn't add enough variety to the shooter. Infact it feels like a step down.

    Campaign: 7/10

    The campaign is incredible and unarguable one of the best Campaigns in Call of Duty. The propelling shooting, fast paced scenes and detailed visuals gives it a fun experience, not just for Call of Duty fans but also returning and new FPS fans. You take control of Logan, the protagonist who for some reason can not talk at all. Who is faced with a near WW3 situation after ODIN (A space craft from outer space) launches a nuclear device on to the earth. But I am extremely disappointed the lack of character depth and development. The game felt too predictable and felt too short for a campaign(even for call of duty)The game still makes me wonder what happened to the civilians in the earth. Overall I give the campaign a 7/10

    Multiplayer: 6/10

    In where the graphics are nice and pleading in the Campaign. The multiplayer does seem to have a noticeable difference. The detail is tuned down a little bit but not enough to realize. Lets talk about the health. In my experience I felt like I was dying too much and the game felt more like whoever shot first would win. In rare occasions you would win those gun fights. But in game modes such as search and destroy and gun game, there was a persistent balance with the guns and it felt alot more slow paced. Giving me time to calculate and figure out good flank areas. The customization really sets new bars but even then doesn't give enough depth for a 60$ title (Or 70$ for CAD at the time being). Overall I would give the multiplayer section a 6/10. I would not recommend this game for the multiplayer unless your a hardcore Call of Duty fan.

    Extinction: 8/10

    Extinction is the peak of Call of Duty: Ghosts. It really adds depth towards the game and makes the games 60$ value a whole lot more worth it. It really develops upon the zombies mode but puts a spinoff. It develops its own formula and has a currency perk system. Upgrades would include stronger bullet penetration and more. The aliens have a lot of detail and also you cant just shoot every alien. You have to make sure you time your attacks.

    Call of Duty Ghosts isn't a great game, but it certainly isn't a bad one either. It manages to give enough content to come out as a acceptable game but it just doesn't give enough variety to please even hardcore Call of Duty fans. It isn't fun enough. And as most players come for the multiplayer experience, it just doesn't seem worthy. I would buy Call of Duty: Ghosts for the co-op Extinction and the detailed and in depth story.

    Verdict:

    Pros:
    Good Graphics
    Good Customization
    Really Fun Extinction
    Decent Campaign

    Cons:
    Chaotic Multiplayer
    Bugs
    Short Campaign

    Overall: 7/10    … Expand
  25. XxJoseManuelxX
    Nov 12, 2016
    7
    Call of Duty: Ghosts is a first-person shooter video game developed by Infinity Ward, with assistance from Raven Software, Neversoft and Certain Affinity. Published by Activision.

    + Good Campaign
    + Good Multiplayer
    - Some Multiplayer Maps are Meh
  26. filiptairi92
    Jan 7, 2017
    7
    Campaign is ok,but it is very very short...Nothing more to add-short game! End of story. If length of the campaign was doubled,it would be passable. Damn you,COD...
  27. Ap3x
    Oct 29, 2019
    7
    I didn't like the story extinction was cool mp is slow paced but weapons were nice **** ending
  28. vagg7
    Jul 24, 2020
    7
    I don't understand why people hate ghosts. For me it had a mediocre campaign but still fun the multiplayer was chaotic and i loved it and the extinction was new (back in 2014-2015) and i loved playing it with friends
  29. PixelGamer115
    Oct 24, 2020
    7
    - Campaign: 6/10
    - Extinction: 10/10
    - Multiplayer & Squads: 3/10

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  30. ayayayes
    May 10, 2020
    7
    An average call of duty, it is just a fun shooter for you to play games, the story mode is not so good but at least better than some other call of duty games, tbh it is a 7/10
  31. LironesAlviento
    Aug 20, 2020
    7
    Tiene muy mala fama pero para mi es uno de los COD mas entretenidos, tambien he de decir que no soy fan de la saga.
  32. Elite_Soldier
    Nov 21, 2020
    7
    The multiplayer and Extinction mode is very addictive, the campaign is good aswell, leaving you on a killer cliffhanger.
  33. GreenPufferFish
    Jan 12, 2021
    7
    its a good game the multiplayer was good the alien mde was unique but the campaign mode wasnt very good
  34. jakandjoe
    Apr 12, 2021
    7
    i got this game pretty cheap and it was fun the story mode was great. online was awesome and the zombies which is aliens it awesome
  35. BrianDavid94
    Sep 4, 2022
    7
    Quick background on me the reviewer, I tend to like single player games that is heavy on narrative the most. I also play a lot of racing games and use to play multiplayer games in my high school days but now that it's hard for me and my friends to find a good time to link up so now it’s more rare for me to get into a multiplayer game. Up to try any genre of games and sometimes I findQuick background on me the reviewer, I tend to like single player games that is heavy on narrative the most. I also play a lot of racing games and use to play multiplayer games in my high school days but now that it's hard for me and my friends to find a good time to link up so now it’s more rare for me to get into a multiplayer game. Up to try any genre of games and sometimes I find something new that I didn't think I'd like. I own a PC (built by me), Xbox One X, Xbox Series X, PS3, PS4, PS5, and a Switch. I prefer Playstation due to their focus on narrative games. For scoring, I’ll be using the Gameinformer review scale and of coursed influenced by my personal opinions.

    (7) Average. The game’s feature may work, but are nothing that even causal players haven’t seen before

    Call of Duty Ghosts still has that COD smooth gun gameplay that we all love. It improves graphically, though I still prefer the more realistic art of the first Modern Warfare. I didn’t think the campaign was that bad but it’s definitely a step down from the first two Modern Warfare games and Black Ops story. Didn’t stay with the multiplayer component for too long but what was there was just like the past iterations of the series, pretty average.    … Expand
  36. Epicmonster5600
    Dec 6, 2022
    7
    Honestly such a good cod that was overhated, like okay the maps weren't great but a pretty cool campaign, sick ass customisation that you could earn, awesome perks and brought back the nuke plus the dlc packs were so cool
  37. goodgriff33
    Apr 27, 2023
    7
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  38. JuanMS
    Aug 20, 2023
    7
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  39. Valent1
    Sep 8, 2023
    7
    Très bonne campagne, multi sympa mais pourrait être largement mieux (avec un timetokill trop rapide et ce de genres de choses problèmatiques ...) Mon premier COD donc forcément content et un peu "nostalgique" à propos de Ghosts mais je dois reconnaître qu'il n'est pas si bien que ça malheureusement. Dommage que je n'ai pas pu découvrir l'âge d'or des Call of avec les Modern Warfare etTrès bonne campagne, multi sympa mais pourrait être largement mieux (avec un timetokill trop rapide et ce de genres de choses problèmatiques ...) Mon premier COD donc forcément content et un peu "nostalgique" à propos de Ghosts mais je dois reconnaître qu'il n'est pas si bien que ça malheureusement. Dommage que je n'ai pas pu découvrir l'âge d'or des Call of avec les Modern Warfare et Black Ops ...… Expand
  40. Tommaso01207
    Aug 5, 2023
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Un bel gioco diciamo... Di sicuro non é come Modern Warfare oppure Black Ops... Diciamo che potevano farlo meglio. Il finale é la cosa meno piaciuta, soprattutto perché sono passati 10 anni e ancora non c'è il seguito. Un 7 se lo merita.… Expand
  41. Leandro36
    Dec 1, 2013
    6
    The worst CoD multiplayer wise, the maps are horid, too big and everyone camps, and to top it off kill streaks, removed features that made the game better from Black Ops 2, and many removed game modes.

    Other than that the rest is solid.
    Extintion is better than zombies
    Squads is fun
    and
    the campaign is jaw dropping. Although they give you less freedom.
  42. Vandral007
    Feb 11, 2014
    6
    Another year, another CoD. Really, what is there to say about this game? In all aspects it's worse than Treyarch's offering last year, but that doesn't make it a terrible game. Truthfully, it's average at best. The campaign is brief, but strangely the story is really uninvolved and unengaging. Weirder still, I found the voice acting in spots to be truly terrible. Graphically, it'sAnother year, another CoD. Really, what is there to say about this game? In all aspects it's worse than Treyarch's offering last year, but that doesn't make it a terrible game. Truthfully, it's average at best. The campaign is brief, but strangely the story is really uninvolved and unengaging. Weirder still, I found the voice acting in spots to be truly terrible. Graphically, it's meh, and certainly doesn't represent what next gen can bring.

    The multiplayer is enjoyable, but I find it a lot less fun than in BO2. It's really hard to pinpoint why, just that something is missing. Overall, average game.    … Expand
  43. slugster7
    Nov 7, 2013
    6
    I had ordered a PS4 out of pure excitement at playing Ghosts on it, but after seeing it on my mate’s PS3 last night I am seriously thinking of cancelling my order and waiting until later next year to buy the next Gen once there are some well rated games available. I do not get upset with seeing relatively similar things in Ghosts as with previous instalments simply because at the GhostsI had ordered a PS4 out of pure excitement at playing Ghosts on it, but after seeing it on my mate’s PS3 last night I am seriously thinking of cancelling my order and waiting until later next year to buy the next Gen once there are some well rated games available. I do not get upset with seeing relatively similar things in Ghosts as with previous instalments simply because at the Ghosts launch Infinity Ward didn’t really promise much else therefore people should have known what to expect. It is, however, surprisingly bland and elements such as the maps are particularly disappointing in originality and it is here that I feel we have essentially been lied to because I.W. made so much noise about the interactivity of the online environment, suggesting this was a major development. So far I am yet to really see any trace of this other than someone getting a field order and it basically making the map turn a different colour. I went to climb on top of a rock that was not on the edge of the map and couldn’t even do that. I feel this was false advertising and evidence that the progression of this game was not even to the limited level promised. Pure laziness in detail such is what has made me angry that Ghosts is not even a half step forward. I do, though, think it’s fairly pathetic and testament to the general age of most gamers that so many folk give it a zero. To be a zero the game would have to be appalling and unplayable. It is far from this, but in principle deserves to get panned on the simple fact that the intense marketing was clearly a sales strategy to get as many first week sales as possible before they quickly drop off because Activision knew that deep down they did not have a game that matched the hype and they would soon be found out. And for the record the pre-launch sales strategy was unspeakably naff and cheesy and as a 31 year old had me feeling embarrassed to be a part of this dying franchise. So I give this an honest 6 purely because I will still enjoy the new guns and competitiveness of it for a short while, but would otherwise have given it much higher had Activision and I.W. even come close to demonstrating that they wanted to give loyal fans something more. Activision has an ingenuous business model and are clearly only interested in making money, so they will shamelessly take what they can get from this brand for as long as possible and not care if it ends up being the gaming version of ‘The Hangover 3’ a cheap cash in. For the record, Riley the dog was as bad a marketing tool as it is a kill streak.… Expand
  44. DeadSoldier
    Dec 7, 2013
    6
    I personally felt the campaign took a turn for the better. I really enjoyed the new story and new controls. But after the 6 hour campaign the multiplayer was pretty disappointing. It's different, but for all of the wrong reasons. Like the maps are horrible and have no structure, and it doesn't help that players vote to have some of the most unstructured maps come up every match.

    If    I personally felt the campaign took a turn for the better. I really enjoyed the new story and new controls. But after the 6 hour campaign the multiplayer was pretty disappointing. It's different, but for all of the wrong reasons. Like the maps are horrible and have no structure, and it doesn't help that players vote to have some of the most unstructured maps come up every match.

    If there are 10 maps, why am I always playing on 1 or 2?    … Expand
  45. TheBigD-SMC
    Dec 20, 2013
    6
    An enjoyable fast-paced action game with all-too-familiar Call-of-Duty controls. Although the story is fresh and interesting, the game play quickly feels like just another extension of the same franchise, and it is somewhat brief. The graphics seem to not reach their potential for the new generation of consoles, but the fps/animation on the PS4 is SUPER smooth.

    GAME PLAY Like all    An enjoyable fast-paced action game with all-too-familiar Call-of-Duty controls. Although the story is fresh and interesting, the game play quickly feels like just another extension of the same franchise, and it is somewhat brief. The graphics seem to not reach their potential for the new generation of consoles, but the fps/animation on the PS4 is SUPER smooth.

    GAME PLAY
    Like all Calls of Duty, you will jump right into the action, and once you do, it's a never ending sequence of ducking for cover, peeking out ever-so-carefully, and sending out a barrage of Left Trigger/Right Triggers combos until you can dash forward to another barrier, thereby allowing your party to advance and stop a group of enemies from re-spawning. It is not that this is a bad game design; on the contrary, it's been quite successful. Yet being the 10th installment of the series, one begins to desire a little more innovation besides peaking out from corners and sliding; neither of which proved very useful while completing the game on Veteran. The various environments, vehicles, and weapons keep the game interesting, and the fast pace keeps you from getting too fatigued by the lack of game play innovation; but such a pace comes at the expense of game hours. I'm not an expert FPS gamer, and I was able to complete Veteran in under 10 hours. However, there are many parts of the game in which you just DIE way too quickly after restart, which has been a frustrating aspect of all Calls of Duty; the proverbial 5-minute span of "How the hell do I keep dying within the first 1.5 seconds?"

    The achievements/trophies deserve some mention, as unlike many other games all of these are quite manageable. Some are not very easy to achieve at all (and they shouldn't be), but they neither are absurd nor require hours of replay to try to master or achieve.

    DIFFICULTY
    As is the case with all Calls of Duty, this is not a very difficult game, even on Veteran. All that is required is a general knowledge of where enemies come from; then they can be whittled away through patience, as aiming is not in issue in this series.

    STORY
    The story is very well thought-out. No spoilers will be given, but it must be mentioned that it is a totally separate story line from previous Calls of Duty. One does not need to have played any prior Call of Duty if he wishes to flesh out any background. The alternate reality is based on the present, possibly +10-20 years.

    TALENT
    The voice talent in the game is acceptable, but nothing outstanding. Characters offer little drama beyond the standard, to-be-expected military jargon and bravado. It's enjoyable, but there will be no memorable moments from talent of this game.

    SUMMARY
    Pros: Fast-Paced Action, Smooth Frame Rate/Animation, Great Mix of Scenarios, Able to Complete All Achievements
    Cons: Brevity, Lack of Innovation, Frequency of Rapid Deaths on Restarts    … Expand
  46. jazz3498
    Dec 23, 2013
    6
    i'm going to give this a six because its playable. on its own this game is quite good. there is a single player which isn't un-enjoyable but it lacks oomph. shooting people in different settings for six hours and screaming at it every five minutes was pretty much my experience. although some would say that the campaign is great I think they are trying to do something new with the oldi'm going to give this a six because its playable. on its own this game is quite good. there is a single player which isn't un-enjoyable but it lacks oomph. shooting people in different settings for six hours and screaming at it every five minutes was pretty much my experience. although some would say that the campaign is great I think they are trying to do something new with the old recipe and they did, sort of.
    the online multiplayer as usual is full of angry 12 year olds and that "one good guy" in the match finished off with lag. the new mechanics are definitely overrated and especially when the b******s send me an email saying I can thank them for adding three new things. the class system is good but to have good multiplayer you need to have good gameplay that holds up under scrutiny. you could kill the online characters with toast. no health I couldn't be bothered with it and the fact that it continuously said I couldn't download the team leader pack because I didn't have the season pass which I did was very annoying.
    I didn't even bother with extinction. its just a zombies derivative, I guess if that's your cup of tea that will be fun.
    this isn't a bad game it just seems unfinished. if you look at it on its own its very good, interesting and fun and I wont lie I have enjoyed it. but I certainly shouldn't be bored within two weeks of purchase. I expected more from the series and I was let down.    … Expand
  47. thecurriepower
    Dec 25, 2013
    6
    Okay, this game does not introduce many new features, yet the multiplayer is still playable and does not lag nearly as much as battlefield 4. Same old call of duty again, with new maps but not many new features. If you havent played call of duty before, you will likely like this game, yet if you have picked up every copy since call of duty 4 which came out in 2007, you will most likely beOkay, this game does not introduce many new features, yet the multiplayer is still playable and does not lag nearly as much as battlefield 4. Same old call of duty again, with new maps but not many new features. If you havent played call of duty before, you will likely like this game, yet if you have picked up every copy since call of duty 4 which came out in 2007, you will most likely be bored by now. I say rent it or wait until the price comes down.… Expand
  48. jakobman14
    Jan 1, 2014
    6
    For the PS4 it offers great beauty due to native 1080p for a next gen console. I'm happy to say it was a great change from MW3. Multiplayer offers more game modes to enjoy and is definently more balenced than other COD games. I find my self getting killed by two bullets on every gun though. Squads was good to help gain a bit XP and safeguard is good to. The story is ok but it is way betterFor the PS4 it offers great beauty due to native 1080p for a next gen console. I'm happy to say it was a great change from MW3. Multiplayer offers more game modes to enjoy and is definently more balenced than other COD games. I find my self getting killed by two bullets on every gun though. Squads was good to help gain a bit XP and safeguard is good to. The story is ok but it is way better than BF4 story. Extictinction was good too but needs a buff on guns and slow down the aliens and somehow work on making the players more of a team more.… Expand
  49. KusHReview
    Dec 30, 2013
    6
    Same all over again. CoD games such as MW3 and Ops 2 were great but the game lacks creativity. There is nothing new to this. The maps are fairly simple and small but after playing Battlefield you cannot compare the two; Battlefield is so better. Nice thing about this game is that there is a lot of game modes to choose from but i was disappointed that there was not stick and stones and oneSame all over again. CoD games such as MW3 and Ops 2 were great but the game lacks creativity. There is nothing new to this. The maps are fairly simple and small but after playing Battlefield you cannot compare the two; Battlefield is so better. Nice thing about this game is that there is a lot of game modes to choose from but i was disappointed that there was not stick and stones and one in the chamber as they were great an fun modes. This has been a dissapionted as this is just like all CoD games, the campaign was quite fun and nice. The story from the campaign was not bad but not the best i have seen!bIf you guys have not played Battlefield 4, you must!… Expand
  50. VGrantN
    Jan 14, 2014
    6
    Mediocre game overall. The goods: Fun campaign game-play, Extinction mode(really fun, and better than i thought it would be), Killing AI in local play, and great game to play when friends come over! The bads: The campaign story was bland. The multiplayer is really unbalanced and boring. Bad community.
  51. Kitz09
    Jan 16, 2014
    6
    HUGE Call of Duty fan… Severely disappointed with this game.

    Campaign As for the campaign the game play was pretty fun, the sound was incredible, the guns were cool, the story itself was okay, but the voice acting itself was pretty terrible at parts. As for the "next-gen" graphics on the PS4, you can tell it was using a slightly better version of the same engine as all of the other    HUGE Call of Duty fan… Severely disappointed with this game.

    Campaign

    As for the campaign the game play was pretty fun, the sound was incredible, the guns were cool, the story itself was okay, but the voice acting itself was pretty terrible at parts. As for the "next-gen" graphics on the PS4, you can tell it was using a slightly better version of the same engine as all of the other COD games. While the game did look attractive from far away, when walking up close to objects you couldn't really see as much detail in the objects as one could in other PS4 games.

    Multiplayer

    That being said I've never really bought a Call of Duty games just to play the campaign. With over hundreds and hundreds of hours spent playing all of the previous COD games I must say that this ones multiplayer has definitely been my least favorite. The maps are absolutely MASSIVE and even when playing Ground War (higher player game types) I still find myself spending half the game wandering around the map without seeing a single person. The leveling system in my opinion is absolutely ridiculous. They basically took the Black Ops 1 leveling system of earning Currency based on how well you do and then using it to purchase guns and attachments. However, in Call of Duty Ghosts instead of just earning money you earn "Squad Points". Only problems is you earn SO little points each game that it takes a very long time to get one class going and decked out with everything you need; and it is especially difficult at the start when you really don't have anything. One thing I found particularly frustrating when trying new guns is that in order to really get a feel for whether or not I liked a gun I would have to first play 2-4 games or so (based on performance) just to have enough points to buy the gun. Then an additional 6-8 to try out different attachments and things to see if I like it. If at the end of the 10+ games I've played I find that I just don't like the gun I'm simply out of luck and have no way of redeeming those Squad points I've invested into the gun I don't like.

    Over the multiplayer plays a lot like any of the other Call of Duty games, looks a lot like the other Call of Duty games, but loses that fast paced grittiness and intensity that has made me love the series.    … Expand
  52. kaizidokiller
    Feb 11, 2014
    6
    Wow, the hate on this game has gone completely overboard (like there isn't anything worse). BF4 multiplayer is much more broken than this game (bugs, server crashes and lags). But no one gives a **** about that because it's "Battlefield". And if you want to criticize a game for being the same thing every year, where's the hate on Halo or EA Sports games? For some reason, CoD is like theWow, the hate on this game has gone completely overboard (like there isn't anything worse). BF4 multiplayer is much more broken than this game (bugs, server crashes and lags). But no one gives a **** about that because it's "Battlefield". And if you want to criticize a game for being the same thing every year, where's the hate on Halo or EA Sports games? For some reason, CoD is like the the Holocaust of video games. There are many worse games like Ride to Hell: Retribution, Terminator: Salvation and The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct. While I do hate CoD, I don't think it deserves all the universal backlash as I find this game to be and average, but disappointing, entry to the world's most popular FPS franchise. Multiplayer is still fun, being it's the best aspect of CoD. The campaign does lack a compelling and emotional story though, something that IS present in the MW franchise. It does very little to reinvent the franchise, adding only little bits and pieces. In the end, it just feels like the same game and you're paying £40 again for, what is essentially, a game you've already bought last year. No doubt the fans will continue to buy it every year but after MW2, the CoD franchise, from both companies, has declined in quality.… Expand
  53. HaloFever
    Apr 17, 2017
    6
    Call of Duty: Ghosts is a serviceable Call of Duty game but not something you should pay more than $10 for if you aren't into the Call of Duty multi-player. (By the way, the multiplayer is still active in 2017. Also by the way, I paid $5 for a new copy in Spring of 2016, and only got around to playing it in Spring of 2017). Let's address the elephant in the room: the story mode is dumb. ItCall of Duty: Ghosts is a serviceable Call of Duty game but not something you should pay more than $10 for if you aren't into the Call of Duty multi-player. (By the way, the multiplayer is still active in 2017. Also by the way, I paid $5 for a new copy in Spring of 2016, and only got around to playing it in Spring of 2017). Let's address the elephant in the room: the story mode is dumb. It is made terrible by a combination of bad writing and flat voice acting and then made worse because by having soldiers constantly nag you steal your kills.

    The rigid nature of the campaign cannot be stressed enough. I was constantly waiting for the other Ghosts to open doors, give the all clear to start shooting, and telling me which weapon I could use next. At one point the Ghosts are yelling at me "take out a missile launcher". It takes me a couple minutes to realize they want me to climb a yellow ladder on one side of a missile launcher and throw a grenade inside. Any of them could have done that and it seemed dumb that they were waiting for me to do it. There were also many ways to take out the missile launcher, but I had to find the yellow ladder and hit square to proceed. The other Ghosts are also proficient at killing all the bad guys whether I fire my weapon or not. I felt like I was on a Call of Duty ride-along and I wouldn't have been surprised if my gun had blanks in it.

    The shame of it is that Call of Duty: Ghosts has some brilliant set pieces. The earth splits wide, buildings fall, and airplanes tumble. I would enjoy it a lot more if I felt like I was part of the action. The best missions were the ones with the most freedom, such as controlling a rabid dog that rips the throats out of enemies or driving a tank at 120 mph around an enemy base. These missions also have the fewest set pieces. Go figure.

    For curiosity's sake, I entered matchmaking to play multiplayer, I figured that after almost 4 years, this game would be a ghost town. I tried the same with Killzone Shadowfall last year and found only a handful of players in the entire world. To my delight, I found a match in about a minute. People still play this game and I wouldn't be surprised if the population is higher than later released games like Star Wars: Battlefront. The action is classic Call of Duty, and I imagine this is a bonus for any Call of Duty fan put off by the futuristic combat in the last 3 years worth of Call of Duty releases. The kill streak rewards seemed a little lackluster. I unlocked a guard dog (easy victim) and a satellite radio thing that seemed to serve no purpose. (I was hoping for a helicopter barrage or drone strike.) Graphics might not be quite next gen, but if you want "boots on the ground" gameplay, this'll work.

    One last note, the game ends in cliff hanger and that cliff will go on forever. Call of Duty: Ghosts was so poorly received that Activision decided not to make another one. I will say the setting was rather bleak and bassakwards, with the United States at the mercy of a combined attack of South America. The game couldn't decide whether to focus on a tight knit band of special forces soldiers or the larger war fought with drones, tanks, and space based weapons. I think if Ghosts had focused on the actual Ghosts and their clandestine warfare, the game would have been a huge success. Imagine a Rainbow Six game with ginormous set pieces. Alas, that world is not to be as the Ghosts have been retired for good.    … Expand
  54. scarecrowman175
    Mar 22, 2014
    6
    The biggest problem I have with Ghosts is that whilst the next-gen graphics are great, the gameplay and everything else has remained the same. I've been a Call of Duty fan and player since CoD4, and to be completely honest I've invested the least amount of time in Call of Duty Ghosts. I did achieve the Platinum trophy for this game in early December and since then I have only played it aThe biggest problem I have with Ghosts is that whilst the next-gen graphics are great, the gameplay and everything else has remained the same. I've been a Call of Duty fan and player since CoD4, and to be completely honest I've invested the least amount of time in Call of Duty Ghosts. I did achieve the Platinum trophy for this game in early December and since then I have only played it a handful of times. Extinction mode is fun, but the lack of advancement and repetitiveness get old pretty quick. Multiplayer is what you'd expect from a Call of Duty game. The Singleplayer was OK at best. Besides Riley, none of the characters made you hate or love them. If you're looking for a shooter that you can invest hours into multiplayer with your friends, then by all means get Call of Duty: Ghosts. If you're a gamer that usually likes something more than just shooting up enemies like you have with the previous installments of Call of Duty, I'd say wait to get the game cheap or skip it altogether.… Expand
  55. prawntoast1
    Sep 16, 2014
    6
    Ghosts is a good game, it has a good campaign but not a very memorable one. Multiplayer is as you would expect from a call of duty game: fun but not as fun as MW2. Doesn't seem to be a next gen game at all, looks just as good graphically as Modern Warfare 2 and Black Ops. Nothing really jumps out at you in this game at all, there is not any co-op game modes like Spec Ops in Modern WarfareGhosts is a good game, it has a good campaign but not a very memorable one. Multiplayer is as you would expect from a call of duty game: fun but not as fun as MW2. Doesn't seem to be a next gen game at all, looks just as good graphically as Modern Warfare 2 and Black Ops. Nothing really jumps out at you in this game at all, there is not any co-op game modes like Spec Ops in Modern Warfare 2 or Zombies from Black Ops apart from Extinction which is rubbish. But not a terrible game overall.… Expand
  56. BentleyTurtle
    Aug 31, 2014
    6
    This game was fun for a month maybe, but after that it was not fun anymore. The multiplayer was fun, but not as fun as earlier entries in the CoD franchise. The maps was bad designed and I didn't like them. The best map in Ghosts is as good as the worst map in Black Ops, and that's saying something. I didn't care at all for the campaign, and it was kind of boring.
  57. kateuptonlover
    Nov 18, 2014
    6
    A downgrade to one of the greatest and most accomplished series in video game history that could have ruined my taste for Call of Duty and future shooters.
  58. WackoDaSniper
    Mar 11, 2016
    6
    I keep my CoD reviews simple. I've played CoD since 2005.

    Campaign: IW will never be what it once was with the best talent leaving back in 2011. The campaign is years better than BO3 and equal level with AW's. It's one of the better CoD campaigns of the past 5 years. Zombies/Onslaught: They had to put some kind of co-op in there so they slapped in Onslaught. Ew. Multiplayer: This    I keep my CoD reviews simple. I've played CoD since 2005.

    Campaign: IW will never be what it once was with the best talent leaving back in 2011. The campaign is years better than BO3 and equal level with AW's. It's one of the better CoD campaigns of the past 5 years.

    Zombies/Onslaught: They had to put some kind of co-op in there so they slapped in Onslaught. Ew.

    Multiplayer: This is why I buy CoD. The guns are more balanced out of the most recent 3 CoDs, and the servers are flawless although map design is bland and FPS drops never were fixed (Shame on you IW). We all thought Ghosts was the worst CoD ever back in 2013. Then Advanced Warfare came and turned Zika into Ebola. Call of Duty became so incredibly bad with AW it made Ghosts look good. Idk how you do that. Then came Treyarch to save the day! Or so we thought. Shortly after launch, as a usual CoD development procedure, the guns are re-balanced every month creating instability thus ruining the experience, not to mention lack of dedicated servers, causing lag spikes still to this day. Even Ghosts had dedicated servers and it sucked. We all hoped BO3 would save CoD, but it's just another cash grab by Activision who doesn't know what made a once great franchise so great. Sadly, we have to return to Ghosts to play Call of Duty, not Call of Jet-Pack-Lag-Fare 7. I never would have imagined the franchise would go that south to where I'd think this game was decent, but that's what it's come to. So until Ghosts 2, play this.    … Expand
  59. maestro_tim
    Sep 20, 2017
    6
    Call of Duty disappointed with this game. Multiplayer maps are not that interesting to play in. Plot is weak. Its way worse than Modern Warfare back in the days
  60. PeterAlexander
    Jan 7, 2016
    6
    Call of Duty Ghosts suffers from a lack of imagination. The online spectrum is dull, with dull maps, killstreaks, weapons and simply dull matches. The campaign is also dull, lacking in proper character development and story. The extinction mode is perhaps the most dull of all, and a weak innovation in comparison to the zombies mode in previous entries. The addition of the Infection modeCall of Duty Ghosts suffers from a lack of imagination. The online spectrum is dull, with dull maps, killstreaks, weapons and simply dull matches. The campaign is also dull, lacking in proper character development and story. The extinction mode is perhaps the most dull of all, and a weak innovation in comparison to the zombies mode in previous entries. The addition of the Infection mode online is perhaps the only positive.… Expand
  61. Nel
    Dec 11, 2016
    6
    I mostly played it for the single player campaign, it's not to bad. The multiplayer experience is similar to all the other cod games, nothing revolutionary, but the campaign is fairly short.
  62. Lazlo21
    Aug 1, 2015
    6
    I don't really play Call of Duty games. In fact, this was the first one i actually played. So if you COD fans out there don't think I really properly reviewed this game, i'm sorry, i could not really judge this one correctly.

    The story is REALLY bland. If you want me to relay it to you, i'm sorry i really can't. All i remember is a few key scenes, and the characters. I cannot even    I don't really play Call of Duty games. In fact, this was the first one i actually played. So if you COD fans out there don't think I really properly reviewed this game, i'm sorry, i could not really judge this one correctly.

    The story is REALLY bland. If you want me to relay it to you, i'm sorry i really can't. All i remember is a few key scenes, and the characters. I cannot even remember what tied the missions together even. The plot was just uninteresting. And the villain was pretty stock too, with that: "feud with a main character after past event" backstory. I just didn't care what he had in store for our heroes. The game play is the most standard first person shooting you can get. It is fun and stress relieving though, to gun down an enemy and see their blood splatter on the wall behind them. You got your grenades, your flashbangs, and one off gadgets that strangely only appear for one mission then never get to be used again.

    I can see now why everyone hates the Call of Duty community now. From the squeakers who have a hissy fit calling me a hacker everytime i shoot them while their back is turned, to the ones who stay locked in a prime location to pick off any players who meet their gaze, and only a few matches i played where i actually could have fun. Now, it may not be because i'm not good at multiplayer games, but i genuinely couldn't tell if i was having fun playing online.

    For this being my first Call of Duty game, i can say that the bar is set pretty low, and i don't know if i can play another in the future. 6/10
    (edit: i actually have now played all the titles that were on 7th generation systems and advanced warfare.)    … Expand
  63. ULTRA_MARIO_10
    Sep 24, 2015
    6
    On the year 2013 Activision decided to start a new trilogy for Call of duty duty called 'Ghosts'! Which brought Call of duty to the Next generation consoles! but is all the criticism true? Does the game suck? Well... Let's find out!

    Presentation- 9/10 The presentation is Outstanding it doesn't really do anything with the game! Graphics- 5/10(XBO/PS4/PC/WII U) 6/10(X360/PS3) The    On the year 2013 Activision decided to start a new trilogy for Call of duty duty called 'Ghosts'! Which brought Call of duty to the Next generation consoles! but is all the criticism true? Does the game suck? Well... Let's find out!

    Presentation- 9/10

    The presentation is Outstanding it doesn't really do anything with the game!

    Graphics- 5/10(XBO/PS4/PC/WII U) 6/10(X360/PS3)

    The graphics are more last gen than next gen! It isn't really next gen that much! But they are not bad or good they are just mediocre for a next gen game! Although, they are pretty good for last gen!

    Sound/Music- 7/10

    The sound and music is not bad! Good sound effects and music!

    Options- 8.5/10

    Great selection of options!

    Online Functionality- 3.5/10

    The online functionality is just like the other COD games but the dlc with op guns ruins the fun.

    Gameplay- 7/10

    The gameplay is good especially with the Killstreaks. Some maps can be good and some can be boring to play on due to their huge sizes and some Gamemodes are boring!

    Lasting appeal- 7/10

    It's a COD game so I would play it! But not as much as Call of duty BO2.

    Verdict:Call of duty Ghosts is a bit of a flawed game and wouldn't be considered as a true call of duty game otherwise this game does show a bit of entertainment but I repeat it shouldn't be considered a true call of duty game and more could have been expected!

    I give it a 6/10 which means acceptable

    Pros-
    +Cool Killstreaks
    +Great selection of options
    +Decent weapons
    +Nice sound and music
    +Outstanding Opening

    Cons-
    -Too much DLC
    -Maps are too huge
    -Not a good Campaign Plot
    -Next gen version graphic are unimpressive
    -Boring alien gameplay
    -Some boring gamemodes    … Expand
  64. filip92
    Jan 19, 2016
    6
    VERY,VERY,VEEERY short game.....I just started to play and boom,its over...Campaign is ok,it is fun,story is great,but this game would be so much better if it was longer with 4 or 5 hours of more content..
  65. akhu937
    Dec 22, 2015
    6
    Not concerned with multiplayer on this specific version of COD (multiplayer is only relevant in most current COD release imo) . Only played this for the single player campaign, and it was an epic trip. Graphics are insane, even for a two year old game. I heard someone complain in reviews that if you get hit with a one bullet you die... thank you for the lulz, and highlighting handicapNot concerned with multiplayer on this specific version of COD (multiplayer is only relevant in most current COD release imo) . Only played this for the single player campaign, and it was an epic trip. Graphics are insane, even for a two year old game. I heard someone complain in reviews that if you get hit with a one bullet you die... thank you for the lulz, and highlighting handicap gamers who basically don't want a challenge. This game IS hard on Veteran mode. You can't just go guns blazing, you have to get tactical and work with your squad.… Expand
  66. destinyfan1
    Dec 8, 2016
    6
    pluspoints

    + pretty fun multiplayer
    + good maps and good weapons
    + some times fun campaign
    negative points
    - but mostly just boring
    -pretty average graphics
    - bad AI ( truely its sooooo bad )
    this game is only good in multiplayer but fails at other parts
  67. nomad1326
    Apr 23, 2023
    6
    When we talk about Call of Duty, we talk about cinematic experience with rich budget and special effects, not deep story, but with memorable moments and charismatic characters. Ghosts has a lot of these things, but it's weak for Call of Duty in the same time, especially after Modern Warfare series. The weakest point of this chapter is the first Act, as for me. If you can handle it, 2nd andWhen we talk about Call of Duty, we talk about cinematic experience with rich budget and special effects, not deep story, but with memorable moments and charismatic characters. Ghosts has a lot of these things, but it's weak for Call of Duty in the same time, especially after Modern Warfare series. The weakest point of this chapter is the first Act, as for me. If you can handle it, 2nd and 3rd will be ok. From the game design and directing point of view, there are not enough interesting missions with curious directing. The game doesn't have a calm moment when the player can breathe a little bit.

    Long story short, if you're looking for Call of Duty experience, try better Cold War.    … Expand
  68. Greenhunter17
    Sep 29, 2017
    6
    Call of Duty Ghosts should keep fans of the franchise going for hours thanks to its uniqualy strange story and its facinating multiplayer graphics and modes, but CoD is starting to show signs that the franchise isn't where it is anymore.
  69. Titotitan
    Nov 16, 2020
    6
    I liked the game for a bit it's not bad but it's not good, I like the more realistic take on the series with the melee kills taking longer and the TTK getting smaller. But if you want to make a game more realistic actually put more realistic features and don't just stop in the middle by just adding annoying realistic features! The only thing I still like about the game is the dog I wantI liked the game for a bit it's not bad but it's not good, I like the more realistic take on the series with the melee kills taking longer and the TTK getting smaller. But if you want to make a game more realistic actually put more realistic features and don't just stop in the middle by just adding annoying realistic features! The only thing I still like about the game is the dog I want more dogs, dogs are life. I also liked the vector and honey badger which were two guns that looked and felt snappy. The extinction mode instead of zombies is fun at first but lacks maps and content unless you pay for DLC's which there are like 3 million of for everything. In my mind this is what we call a transition game it was the new game on a different gen and despite developers wanted to make it a fully fledged game it isn't. The game is there for the experimentation of new ideas and capabilities that the new gen has and in the end it was just a game that helped bring new ideas to a series as it changed. The reason I put it at a 6 rating is cause even though it didn't live up to expectations you can still in circumstances have fun with the game. And all the little veteran haters who put a zero on this game are just crybabies who say they want change in games but in the end only want Call of duty 4 remastered. Only games such as Alien colonial marines should have a score of under 3 this game has good AI, nice graphics for the time, a snappiness to the guns I haven't seen before and a campaign (notice how I didn't say good campaign because it's not it's playable and the missions are fine some a really fun but the writing for it is trash seriously they were glauting about having an academy award winning writer and he produces this trash story) so in the end it's definitely not in the top ten best COD games but it's still a fun game sometimes.… Expand
  70. Hellgates666
    Jun 25, 2020
    6
    Ghosts isn't a bad game; it just isn't special. The story was entertaining and had some fun action sequences, the multiplayer was decent, and the extinction game mode was original. It's fun and completely unexceptional.
  71. DisneyLover1
    Sep 15, 2021
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. COD Ghosts took a lot of steps backward for the franchise, after Black Ops 2 came out many people thought we would get Modern Warfare 4 and we got something brand new. What really screwed up Ghosts the most was the execution of the game itself. Everybody was expecting Modern Warfare 4 and they wanted to see a Game that was bigger and better than Battlefield but what did we get? DOGS AND DEMON DOGS upon end...

    The Campaign sadly just felt like a shallow version of previous COD campaigns looking almost identical with lots of people saying that some parts are Copied & Pasted. The last mission of the Campaign just felt like the incredible troll because you think you killed Rorke (The Main Antagonist) but all of a sudden he survived the Train Crash and he drags you away after he gets out of water. You just think that there's gonna be a sequel but it hits you with a massive cliffhanger & because of the reception the game got, Infinity Ward decided to not do a sequel.

    Extinction was pretty cool Game mode when it was introduced because instead of fighting endless waves of Zombies, you fought against Aliens in an objective-style mode where you have to complete the main objective in order to finish the level. You get to choose which Class you want to have like the Weapon Specialist which can deal more Bullet Damage & has a faster ADS speed, a Tank where they have more Health and can deal more Melee Damage, an Engineer which can provide more health for the drill, get cash back from buying traps, and only has the ability to use weapons when repairing the drill, and a Medic which can revive teammates faster & has faster Health Regeneration. For the rest of the player's load-out, they get to choose their preferred Pistol, Ammo Type, Team Support Items, Strike Packages, & Equalizer Packages. The "Down" System from Zombies also applies to Extinction but when a player dies they can spectate others and their dead bodies will be marked with Dog Tags showing where their last position was. What's crazy about Extinction is that there's Prestiges just like in Multiplayer. But, unlike Multiplayer which has 10 Prestiges, Extinction originally had only 5 Prestiges but after every DLC Map was dropped the mode added 5 more prestiges, and after the 4th Map came out there were a total of 25 Prestiges. But, the player had to reach LVL 30 before prestiging. After prestiging, the player gets awarded with Relics which are personal modifiers that make the game challenging like taking more damage when injured, having to inability to purchase weapons, etc. Halfway through the lifecycle of Ghosts, Extinction introduced an upgrade system simply called the Armory, where your currency was using "Teeth" to purchase upgrades. "Teeth" is first earned by completing missions, then you earn more Teeth by using Relics, playing on the hardest difficulty "Hardcore", or helping other players complete missions. Other ways to earn Teeth are by killing 300 Cryptids, achieving specific ranks for the first time or by prestiging the same way, completing 10 challenges or successfully completing all of the challenges in a mission, & using relics. Even though most people call Extinction the worst Zombies Alternative, I'm one of those players who personally enjoyed the mode and I wouldn't mind it being brought back in a future COD Game. Extinction obviously won't be better than Zombies, but the mode is still a lot of fun to play!

    But, when Ghosts was released the Multiplayer was doo-doo but as the game progressed it started to feel more balanced & enjoyable. Even today, the guard dog kill-streak has 3X the amount of health of the player, people are throwing I.E.Ds (even myself) in the most random spot getting cheap kills, & people leaning and camping with Thermal LMGs. Personally, Ghosts had the worst launch maps ever except Strikezone because every map was designed to be a 9v9, 12v12, or 18v18 map because those maps were massive. One of the maps, Stonehaven is one of the worst COD maps ever because of again the size. But, when the DLC Maps dropped they made the launch maps look like **** because they were less bigger and they were more colorful. But, when you're leveling up through multiplayer you didn't earn weapons and killstreaks by leveling up, you had to buy them with Squad Points. Squad Points were your in-game currency to buy guns, kill-streaks, attachments, lethal & tactical grenades but it didn't feel like the COD Points from Black Ops 1. And lastly, the multiplayer has 35 perks in the Game. What the Hell is this?!? How do you balance a COD Game with that many perks??

    Overall, Ghosts was a okay-good game all around. But, it still isn't a bad game in general and there are some moments that are enjoyable but since the game was hit with a lot of criticism, I have to give Ghosts a 6/10.    … Expand
  72. Thegamesup
    Apr 3, 2023
    6
    اللعبه عاديه ...................................................
  73. ArekSuzme
    Oct 4, 2022
    6
    I mean it's alright like, overrated as hell in my opinion. Some optimization problems etc.
  74. HuevoAlce
    Jun 26, 2022
    6
    It's more Call of Duty. If you like the series, you'll like this game, I suppose.
  75. LoSt360_YT
    Jul 2, 2023
    6
    the console ports are good whereas the pc port is garbage I don't think the game is garbage it's just mid
    for both console and pc, the single-player is ok to an extent the ending is underwhelming but the space bits were my favorite bits, sadly, infinity Ward didn't make most of the game like that so in my unprofessional opinion I give this game a, 6 / 10 I loved this game when it came out    the console ports are good whereas the pc port is garbage I don't think the game is garbage it's just mid
    for both console and pc, the single-player is ok to an extent the ending is underwhelming but the space bits were my favorite bits, sadly, infinity Ward didn't make most of the game like that so in my unprofessional opinion I give this game a, 6 / 10 I loved this game when it came out it doesn't help I was 6 and didn't know what an ok game was. so its a, 6 / 10 not bad just not a game i would play now if it come out today.    … Expand
  76. FrankCreeper
    Jul 28, 2023
    6
    This is one of the mediocre CoD of the series...the campain is the only thing very enjoyable for everyone but the PvP mode is very boring and frustrating there are too many problem in this,for the PvE mode Extinction is cool but has only one map and thats pretty sad
  77. Mattaclysm
    Nov 25, 2013
    5
    This game sucks. Easily the worst call of duty since CoD3. For years Infinity Ward has been the leader of creating the better call of duty's but judging by this title that is no longer the case. The story sucks to the point where there isn't much to say, it's just a shooter... a very mediocre shooter. The multiplayer is easily the worst of the series to date. Awful maps, awful spawns andThis game sucks. Easily the worst call of duty since CoD3. For years Infinity Ward has been the leader of creating the better call of duty's but judging by this title that is no longer the case. The story sucks to the point where there isn't much to say, it's just a shooter... a very mediocre shooter. The multiplayer is easily the worst of the series to date. Awful maps, awful spawns and to top it off a lot of game modes from the previous CoD's were removed. It's truly a half assed call of duty.… Expand
  78. usrevenge
    Dec 4, 2013
    5
    where do I begin? COD Ghosts is what happens when you milk a series to the max.

    the game is just... mediocre all over. graphically the game doesn't feel next gen the single player sucks, normally I love COD single player for at least 1 play through but I barely made it through COD ghosts, it's bad. the final 2 missions are the only good ones. the multiplayer has all the issues    where do I begin? COD Ghosts is what happens when you milk a series to the max.

    the game is just... mediocre all over. graphically the game doesn't feel next gen the single player sucks, normally I love COD single player for at least 1 play through but I barely made it through COD ghosts, it's bad. the final 2 missions are the only good ones.

    the multiplayer has all the issues with other cod games (getting shot makes you aim up in the air for no reason, quick scoping, and panic knifing, terrible spawns) but nothing that makes it fun.

    since battlefield 4 and killzone shadow fall is 60fps now, the smooth feeling can be found in other games both of those games run 60fps so it's smooth like cod, and both look better. there is just no reason to play cod anymore.

    the only new and welcome addition is extinction mode which is somewhat like nazi zombies. the game mode is kinda fun but it's not enough to redeem the game. COD Ghosts is the epitome of mediocrity. if you like cod, get battlefield 4 and get cod as well.    … Expand
  79. kanji_sasahara
    Nov 8, 2013
    5
    I enjoy CoD games, MW1 and Black Ops 2 were absolutely fantastic. While the graphics have stayed relatively the same, the features and changes over the years have improved the experience considerably.

    However this year it isn't all that great. I don't play CoD for single player, I play Halo, Far Cry, GTA, and those games for story. This is exclusively kick back and shoot at digital    I enjoy CoD games, MW1 and Black Ops 2 were absolutely fantastic. While the graphics have stayed relatively the same, the features and changes over the years have improved the experience considerably.

    However this year it isn't all that great. I don't play CoD for single player, I play Halo, Far Cry, GTA, and those games for story. This is exclusively kick back and shoot at digital characters to release frustration.

    The main cons I have with the game. They still haven't fixed the spawn system. It is god awful and more than once in the same match I've spawned in the line of fire of the guy who just killed me. They ruined the pick 10 system. Sure being able to pick and choose the guns I want to get is great, but requiring points to get the attachments is infuriating. The menu to set up is convoluted as well. They broke the best class customization experience I've had thus far. Also the gun balance is terrible. Although that's to be expected from CoD. Halo 2 still has the best gun balance of any FPS I've played, no one has come close.

    The maps are refreshing with more vertical possibilities and somewhat destructible environments, but some are way too large and impossible to find other players. Thermal scope is a huge improvement over the dual band scope in Black Ops 2. Less jarring and easier on the eyes. Some of the guns have attachments on them by default, which is somewhat helpful.

    I'm still going to play the out of this game. The multiplayer is still addictive, albeit with some frustrating moments. I've had to adjust my gaming style from Black Ops 2, but in a way that's good. While the graphics aren't as huge an improvement as I thought they would be perhaps there will be some patches down the line to improve the experience.

    TL;DR Considering the game was built on a new engine it isn't an improvement and a downgrade in some aspects. It'll be fun for CoD fans, especially since a lot of players will migrate from Black Ops 2 in the coming months, but if you were planning on jumping into FPS do not go with this game. Go with older FPS such as Halo CE anniversary or CoD MW.    … Expand
  80. EDJET787
    Mar 20, 2014
    5
    By far, the most broken, chaotic, and weakest entry in the Call of Duty franchise to date. While the multiplayer has decent gameplay, you'll quickly wish you didn't just spend 60 bucks on this mess. Lag is always a constant issue and just makes the already chaotic and unbalanced experience far more worse than it already is. If your a COD fan, I highly suggest you skip this one, or buy itBy far, the most broken, chaotic, and weakest entry in the Call of Duty franchise to date. While the multiplayer has decent gameplay, you'll quickly wish you didn't just spend 60 bucks on this mess. Lag is always a constant issue and just makes the already chaotic and unbalanced experience far more worse than it already is. If your a COD fan, I highly suggest you skip this one, or buy it at a lower price.… Expand
  81. Nebujin383
    Nov 6, 2013
    5
    sooooo where do you ppl have your ps4 game and console from? how can you rate something thats not on the market? stick to the ps3 and xbox version.... if you should really own this game, and not just type bull$hit?
  82. Jackpp1997
    Jan 8, 2014
    5
    This game is not bad however for a call of duty it is terrible. Know i am not the kind of gamer that says COD sucks because it isn't Battlefield since to be honest they are very different games. However the game still has it's own issues.

    1. Maps are big which often means people spread about all over the place instead of fighting in one area. This means that quite often when you spawn    This game is not bad however for a call of duty it is terrible. Know i am not the kind of gamer that says COD sucks because it isn't Battlefield since to be honest they are very different games. However the game still has it's own issues.

    1. Maps are big which often means people spread about all over the place instead of fighting in one area. This means that quite often when you spawn on one side of the map a member of the enemy team is already near you since they have simply went through the map without seeing anyone since everybody is spread out.

    2. You die far to quickly even for a call of duty game. It literally becomes the game of who can shoot first. This makes getting a kill unrewarding if i am playing Killzone,Battlefield 4 or even Black ops 2 i am happy when i get a kill because i earned that kill where in Ghosts it's like well done i managed to something my dog would probably be able to do. This lack of caring often leads to the games feeling boring. Yes boring for the first time ever i can describe a COD as being boring.

    3. It is the same formula as MW3. Know i understand what COD wants to do and i'm happy they do that but Infinity ward really need to change up their COD's like Treyarch do but it just feels like a game we got 2 years a go. When Battlefield is making maps with great destructibility, Killzone is making beautiful world and Titan fall has got jumping between rooftops, Call of duty is doing the same thing.

    However the campaign is good for COD i think but again it's not great it's just good. Also the game functions fine and some people will probably love it and i can kind of understand it.

    Also Fish A.I. YAY     … Expand
  83. Ruck1707
    Nov 5, 2013
    5
    Why can't I learn my lesson? Every year its the same game, yet I never care until two months after I buy the game. I can't give this game any higher score than a 5. Graphically it's pretty much the same, same engine being used but with some better lighting effects. I started the single player and after 10 minutes I stopped and had enough, I didn't buy the game for its single player. NowWhy can't I learn my lesson? Every year its the same game, yet I never care until two months after I buy the game. I can't give this game any higher score than a 5. Graphically it's pretty much the same, same engine being used but with some better lighting effects. I started the single player and after 10 minutes I stopped and had enough, I didn't buy the game for its single player. Now for the online review. Not much lag, which is nice but connecting to rooms has been an issue, as always. The game has more customizations available but honestly I could care less. The online play is the same old fast shooter loaded full of pre-pubescence kids trying to my mother while dropping the N word every other sentence. Its annoying. This game deserves a 5/10. Same different year. Goodbye COD.… Expand
  84. MrFireApple
    Mar 6, 2014
    5
    Ghost is just okay for an arcade game. The game is playable if the community of young campers aged under 12 years are forgotten. Several map are too big for as little amount of player. Must still say that the game is "Correct". Of course it will never surpass MW2 or even games such as Battlefield.
  85. Gravesy1
    Nov 24, 2013
    5
    Haven't played the campaign yet more than an hour so won't talk about that. Have about 15 hours into multiplayer and its my least favorite one. The only pros are the graphics look amazing and the maps are bigger than usual so thats a nice change. I hate the loadout system and the squad members as you have to unlock everything with each different person if you want multiple people to tryHaven't played the campaign yet more than an hour so won't talk about that. Have about 15 hours into multiplayer and its my least favorite one. The only pros are the graphics look amazing and the maps are bigger than usual so thats a nice change. I hate the loadout system and the squad members as you have to unlock everything with each different person if you want multiple people to try to mix it up. The worst part is the spawn points are the worst ever, I get killed at least 3 times every match in less than 2 seconds from spawning. Once EA fixes their stuff and Battlefield works this will likely collect dust which is a shame since Black Ops 2 was my fave so this is a giant step back... hopefully next year Treyarch can make good use of the new consoles.… Expand
  86. smuniz83
    Jan 17, 2014
    5
    If you played prior CoD then you know what to expect. The developers way of innovating the game is by making some cosmetic changes to the game like the way you do your loadout. The single player is garbage of course so no point talking about that. Multiplayer is the same. One of my biggest gripes about prior CoD games was player hosting and I thought with their new half server half hostingIf you played prior CoD then you know what to expect. The developers way of innovating the game is by making some cosmetic changes to the game like the way you do your loadout. The single player is garbage of course so no point talking about that. Multiplayer is the same. One of my biggest gripes about prior CoD games was player hosting and I thought with their new half server half hosting that it would be better but sadly it isn't. The good news is that you rarely have to suffer from host migrating that would constantly interrupt game matches. The bad is that it doesn't play smooth. Bullets take a while to register and at times it can get laggy, probably because of the half player hosting. You'll find often times you'll be dead before feeling any of the bullets hitting you. The maps are horrible. Squad modes is not that great. Extinction on the other hand is fun. Unfortunately there's not much to it and it would've been nice if instead of the useless squad modes that the developers spend more time making either more maps or something to extinction. Extinction is the only fun part about CoD ghost and saying I would not recommend anyone pay 60$ for the game. If you can find it for cheap and you have plenty of friends that play then it might be worth getting if your a fan but if you want a good FPS then steer clear of this game.… Expand
  87. Just_a_Jumprope
    Nov 19, 2013
    5
    Your $60/£60 will likely fetch you more fun elsewhere. Call of Duty: Ghosts is comparable to annualized sports games, except for the fact that it doesn't substantially innovate over the years it's published.

    As with previous Call of Duty games, there's a single-player campaign that takes a few hours to complete. The plot suffers from stereotypical video game tropes, and while the set    Your $60/£60 will likely fetch you more fun elsewhere. Call of Duty: Ghosts is comparable to annualized sports games, except for the fact that it doesn't substantially innovate over the years it's published.

    As with previous Call of Duty games, there's a single-player campaign that takes a few hours to complete. The plot suffers from stereotypical video game tropes, and while the set pieces are pretty to look at, this campaign is no different from Infinity Ward's previous offerings from Modern Warfare 1, 2, or 3. The quality of the storytelling makes one seriously question degree of involvement of the Oscar-winning film writer, Stephen Gaghan, who was signed onto Ghosts' development. It's a shame that the campaign doesn't draw from the innovating elements that Treyarch's CoD: Black Ops II did, and feels quite like a step back for the franchise.

    An additional segment, "Squads," has been added, which is essentially the multiplayer mode with the inclusion of computer-controlled teammates and enemies. In this vein, it's not a replacement of the "Spec Ops" co-operative missions mode from previous games. Rather, "Extinction" mode serves that purpose, a co-op survival mode that features aliens as the enemies. It uses the formula of Treyarch's CoD: Zombies modes, and does manage to measure up to its quality in some respects. The alien's movements are unpredictable and fighting them is passably entertaining, but the mode lacks the depth and dedication of the game it's trying to emulate. The small Easter eggs aren't as plentiful nor interesting as in Zombies, and the strategies needed to circumvent the aliens simply aren't inventive nor difficult to execute.

    At its core, Call of Duty has always been about its multiplayer. And as I've suggested up till now, it is unchanged; just as you could consider Modern Warfare 3 a "Modern Warfare 2.5," you can consider Ghosts to be a "Modern Warfare 3.5." The graphical improvements are admittedly there, but they're so difficult to distinguish that it can be difficult to distinguish screenshots of this game with its predecessors'. The progression and customization mechanics take on a new coat of paint, and feature new weapons and attachment possibilities, as well as a persistent "prestige" system that allows players to keep their progress upon moving on to a new soldier to develop. Otherwise, the most notable changes are with the UI, and you could likely learn what you needed to know about the multiplayer from reading a review of either 2009's MW2 or 2011's MW3.

    Ghosts' multiplayer offers the standard fare: a few small maps to encourage the fast-paced, arcade-style shooting action it's come to be known for. The metagame is mostly balanced, with the exception of certain weapons that do present minor problems, and does offer fans of the series something to come back to. It's definitely a functional shooter, and can certainly be fun to newcomers, but those that have experience in playing Call of Duty or other FPS games may have qualms with how familiar the game feels.

    I don't feel that Ghosts is a bad game; I want to like it, really. It offers a large number of sub-games to sink time in, and the multiplayer is deep, possibly fun and even addictive. To some, this game may be worth your money, as long as you're able to ignore the dust of the last six Call of Duty games gathering on your shelf.
    Essentially, if you've played any of the Call of Duty games since the original Modern Warfare, you have played Ghosts. If you loved this game last year, you will still love it this year; if you hated it last year; you will still hate it this year.    … Expand
  88. Nigerian_Prince
    Nov 26, 2013
    5
    I've only played the multiplayer, so my review will not cover any material of the campaign.

    So to give a cut and dry review of the multiplayer...it's garbage. Maps are way too big for the number of players (12) which really does make camping a viable strategy if you want to avoid running all over the map in attempts to find people. You WILL die from campers quite a lot and it does    I've only played the multiplayer, so my review will not cover any material of the campaign.

    So to give a cut and dry review of the multiplayer...it's garbage.

    Maps are way too big for the number of players (12) which really does make camping a viable strategy if you want to avoid running all over the map in attempts to find people. You WILL die from campers quite a lot and it does get frustrating. Additionally, it seems that snipers are once again overpowered to the point that most are one shot kills to any part of the body. Quickscopers abound and you will be frequently scratching your head wondering how a shot to the left of your torso registered as a headshot. Back to the maps, there are some cool ones that seem to be well thought out, but the size really ruins the experience. These maps are just too large for 6 v 6 matches. The guns all play pretty similarly, although the AK-12 seems to be the overpowered assault rifle that everyone is currently using, so hopefully it gets nerfed in a future patch.

    The few good things about the game would have to be the interesting new level system they've introduced, as well as the squad system. No longer will you have to wait to unlock a weapon by reaching a certain level, you can simply buy it with squad points. Oh, and infected mode is a TON of fun. By far my favorite game mode.    … Expand
  89. Nachocheese279
    Mar 12, 2014
    5
    This call of duty is the same stuff we get every year. The story is forgettable and the multiplayer has issues that keep this call of duty my least favorite in the series. If activision doesn't make the next game good I'm done with call of duty
  90. Steeliosis
    Jan 1, 2014
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Whilst this game has received a lot of critique from many different people, I feel that there is somewhat more to this game than people formerly assume. I mean, most people these days focus on multiplayer, but acting like this is the only feature in a game that significantly matters is rather ignorant, to say the least.

    First off, the campaign is actually pretty well designed; it has the feel of a post apocalyptic scenario, and whilst it may not offer a huge amount in terms of innovation, it certainly feels fresh, relative to previous games of this franchise. Funnily enough, one of the main villains is, lo and behold, an American. This feels a little renewing when thinking about the infinitesimal amounts of times we have fought Russians over the course of the IW collection. It is in no means a fantastic campaign, but it has it's moments. It seems to be what you come to expect from a CoD game, y'know; snipers, linear stealth missions, heavily armored tech, guns, um...dogs? Nothing strictly fantastic, but certainly satisfying.

    The multiplayer is, of course, CoD. I rarely play CoD multiplayer anymore, but thankfully, there is a squads mode, where you can fight against bots in a variety of different game modes. One of these specifically feels like combat training from CoD BO, which I must admit, I missed dearly. It's not the same, but it's something.

    So, is this game good? Yes AND no, depending on what angle you look at it from; campaign feels gimmicky and predictable, but somehow fresh and new. Multiplayer is...well, CoD. It seems they tried at least, but that doesn't really say much for a company that spouts out a game every year or so. I do not love this game, but in some cases, respect it, and I feel it deserves a little more a negative review, whilst it comes nothing near the nines and tens the official reviewers feel it necessarily deserves. So perhaps I will strike it even and call it a night.    … Expand
  91. BethelScrubs
    Jan 9, 2014
    5
    I was sincerely hoping that the new Ghosts would be able to follow up Black Ops 2, but I was sorely disappointed. My primary concern with this new installment is that the game is simply not fun. There have been numerous times where I have been on a nice kill streak and I get killed, only to spawn, take two to three steps, and get killed again. The new perk system was intended to diversifyI was sincerely hoping that the new Ghosts would be able to follow up Black Ops 2, but I was sorely disappointed. My primary concern with this new installment is that the game is simply not fun. There have been numerous times where I have been on a nice kill streak and I get killed, only to spawn, take two to three steps, and get killed again. The new perk system was intended to diversify play style, but there are some perks such as quick draw that are indispensable, and many others that are relatively worthless. The maps are so large, and the spawning so terrible, that players who aren't as proficient are relegated to hiding in corners in order to escape getting constantly shot in the back. There are not many guns compared to its main competitor BF4, which I play as well. The campaign and extinction were only OK. The primary reason that people bought ghosts is for the multi-players experience, but with all of these glaring problems, I find it hard to get into it. Truthfully, the only reason I haven't returned it is because there are only a few titles for PS4, and GameStop won't give me half of what I paid for it. I'll just wait until Destiny comes out, and never play it again. I am only giving it a five because it works, just not as well as I had anticipated. And don't buy into those reviews that give it a perfect score. Obviously those are severely biased, and I am being as honest as I can about my experiences, not trying to sell you on a game that isn't enjoyable.… Expand
  92. SixThreeBC
    Mar 13, 2014
    5
    I'm not a demonic Call of Duty fanboy like most of the people who have given this game 0s and 1s so perhaps I can offer a bit of unbiased insight...well no, who am I kidding? This is my first Call of Duty game since Modern Warfare 2 and 4 years later it definitely feels like the same game. Not terrible, but nothing revolutionary either. I have chosen to play unappealing games like KnackI'm not a demonic Call of Duty fanboy like most of the people who have given this game 0s and 1s so perhaps I can offer a bit of unbiased insight...well no, who am I kidding? This is my first Call of Duty game since Modern Warfare 2 and 4 years later it definitely feels like the same game. Not terrible, but nothing revolutionary either. I have chosen to play unappealing games like Knack and Lego Marvel Superheroes over COD Ghosts just to give an idea of how boring this game quickly becomes. Didn't finish the campaign, didn't rank past Level 10 in multiplayer, and I will likely never touch this game again not because it's bad, but because it simply doesn't bring anything new to the table. I can play Call of Duty 4 or Modern Warfare 2 and have an identical experience.… Expand
  93. ericjohn004
    May 12, 2014
    5
    From looking at the ratings this game got, you would think it completely sucked. But it's an OK game, not good, not bad.

    Personally I think the single player isn't worth playing, just the BF4's single player. And I personally suck at the multiplayer, so that goes out the window for me, and extinction isn't that fun either. But it's not a bad game either, it's just not good lol. 5/10    From looking at the ratings this game got, you would think it completely sucked. But it's an OK game, not good, not bad.

    Personally I think the single player isn't worth playing, just the BF4's single player. And I personally suck at the multiplayer, so that goes out the window for me, and extinction isn't that fun either. But it's not a bad game either, it's just not good lol.

    5/10 for me.

    And technically, it looks far better than COD Black Ops II, but it still doesn't look all that "Next Gen". The graphics are merely average.

    I don't think the game deserves a 3.3, but I definately don't recommend buying it.    … Expand
  94. xRapture
    Mar 17, 2014
    5
    AVERAGE - The story mode was interesting and the best mode in my opinion for this game. The multiplayer is very unbalanced and requires lots of improvements that seem to ignored. The extinction mode is uninteresting compared to the zombies mode which treyarch offers .
  95. fUncie
    Mar 24, 2014
    5
    Horrible spawn places! Why they can't fix so easy thing? Ruins the game all the time. All those stupid dogs, helicopters rockets... get rid of them also! Have a gamemode without any stupid perks and other things, just pure game. Some horrible maps. You can't cancel map load(if it is one of the horribles you don't want to play).
    Otherwise good; nice player control and aiming. OK animation    Horrible spawn places! Why they can't fix so easy thing? Ruins the game all the time. All those stupid dogs, helicopters rockets... get rid of them also! Have a gamemode without any stupid perks and other things, just pure game. Some horrible maps. You can't cancel map load(if it is one of the horribles you don't want to play).
    Otherwise good; nice player control and aiming. OK animation and graphics. Sad that rest of the things makes the whole game unplayable.    … Expand
  96. Arran97
    Apr 18, 2014
    5
    I use to be on the hate-wagon for Call Of Duty, but it's really not the child slaver funded, Satan loving, piece of **** as people let on. It's just a highly polished, repetitive shooter. The campaigns while always falling flat on their face.. show some dedication. You can see some of the developers actually put effort into making an energetic, highly explosive campaign, which certainlyI use to be on the hate-wagon for Call Of Duty, but it's really not the child slaver funded, Satan loving, piece of **** as people let on. It's just a highly polished, repetitive shooter. The campaigns while always falling flat on their face.. show some dedication. You can see some of the developers actually put effort into making an energetic, highly explosive campaign, which certainly pays of in thrills. This particular installment is no different, but the story is terrible. The ghosts are unlikable, Riley doesn't have a character as he was touted as having) and the missions lack some of the set pieces the originals had and were soporific. The whole package is average and the multiplayer is very similar to previous installments. So if you bored of those, this doesn't offer anything new.… Expand
  97. Theycallmezach
    Jun 1, 2014
    5
    I have to admit, Ghosts is an average fun shooter. But it's lack of innovation really bogs down this game. With lackluster graphics (come on, we are in next gen!),simplistic linear storyline, and mw3 clone online, Ghosts cannot break the mold. 5 out of 10
  98. SkyrimGuy935
    Nov 25, 2014
    5
    As a previous fan of the franchise, I can safely say that this is the weakest installment. I had such high hopes for this game, especially the campaign. But instead, all I got was a little throwback to the modern warfare series with basically no emotional involvement towards the characters. As for the multiplayer, it is the most ambitious, but also the most problematic. There are muchAs a previous fan of the franchise, I can safely say that this is the weakest installment. I had such high hopes for this game, especially the campaign. But instead, all I got was a little throwback to the modern warfare series with basically no emotional involvement towards the characters. As for the multiplayer, it is the most ambitious, but also the most problematic. There are much fewer modes than in its superior predecessor, Black Ops 2. The maps are simply too big for Call of Duty, and the guns kill even more quickly than in Modern Warfare 2. So, in other words, two bullets from about any gun will kill you before you can even aim down your sights. It's just a matter of who shoots first, and considering the map size, have fun running a little while before you find someone else again, only to get killed again, and make the long trip back again. You'd better be a good shot if you expect to have a lot of fun with this game's multiplayer. Extinction is a lot of fun, but it loses its steam after a few games, even with a full lobby of friends. I used to be such a fan of Call of Duty, but after Ghosts, I'm heavily reconsidering getting Advanced Warfare or other future CoD games.

    Campaign - 4/10
    Multiplayer - 5/10
    Other modes - 6/10

    Overall - 5/10    … Expand
  99. Confo
    Mar 17, 2015
    5
    Its easily one of the worst, if not the worst Call of Duty ever made. The franchise is stuck on the same thing and has lacked on innovation since Modern Warfare 2.
  100. FrostFyre422
    Nov 15, 2014
    5
    Left a bad taste in my mouth, Has bad lag and the Multiplayer is dumbed down to the point that it feels like a chore to finish a match, Fundamentally the game is well made and it does have a decent single-player campaign, But overall it's not a very good game.
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  1. Pelit (Finland)
    Mar 10, 2014
    82
    Call of Duty: Ghosts isn’t treading any new ground, but the single player campaign is still a memorable one. But with each installment it’s getting harder and harder to get excited about Call of Duty’s multiplayer. Refining the same ideas over and over again is no longer enough, the multiplayer is in dire need of a complete re-design. [Nov 2013]
  2. Merlin'in Kazanı (Turkey)
    Jan 30, 2014
    85
    Playing into the new generation, Ghosts gains a new edge with DualShock 4 and beautiful graphics.
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  3. Level7.nu
    Jan 3, 2014
    60
    Call of Duty is a series that is oftentimes criticized for making the same game year after year, which is of course totally true and Ghosts is no exception. It even feels like a step back. The campaign is devoid of anything interesting and even the online part feels uninspired. It’s not a bad game by any means but it’s like its predecessors, only worse.
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