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  1. Nov 3, 2014
    3
    Wow, What a poor game. First, i base my review on the fact that i buy games for multiplayer and its 70% of my game score. So im giving the campaign the "benefit of the doubt". As far as multiplayer goes, its a sad game with nothing interesting or innovative to be found. For a brand as big as COD, you would expect them to set the standard, not regurgitate stuff from other games and stillWow, What a poor game. First, i base my review on the fact that i buy games for multiplayer and its 70% of my game score. So im giving the campaign the "benefit of the doubt". As far as multiplayer goes, its a sad game with nothing interesting or innovative to be found. For a brand as big as COD, you would expect them to set the standard, not regurgitate stuff from other games and still only do it half-assed. This franchise has been clown shoes for the past 3 offerings. And not that great before then save MW 2 and WAW. For a "next gen" offering, its even more of a tragedy. Graphics are fairly vivid but lack any dimension or atmosphere. Sound is ok, but after hearing Battlefield or Destiny, they seem a bit bland. You just expect more from a "AAA" title. Gameplay is not nearly as fluid as past offerings and the EXO suit is more of an annoyance than anything. Others have done it far better (Titanfall, Killzone, Crysis, Destiny {jump mechanics}). But by far the most horrible part of this abortion, is the fanbase. Listening to the **** that falls out of these kids' mouths can be mildly entertaining for about 3 min. Then, its annoying and becomes a symbol of the idiocy and feeblemindedness of the **** that allow this kind of game to be made. I assure you, anyone that has rated this game higher than a 6, has the I.Q. Of a chimp with downs syndrome. Sledgehammer need to pack it up, they have brought nothing new to the table. The fact that this franchise continues to keep feeding it fan-base the same floppy dick, and the fact that they keep gobbling it up, is a testament to the stupidity of mankind. Expand
  2. Nov 3, 2014
    4
    I only gave it a 4 because at least it is a playable game. Call of duty has failed yet again to ADVANCE their warfare past call of duty 4:modern warfare. it has the same exact feel in running, shooting, and now they have stolen many elements from a close competitor: titanfall.
  3. Nov 3, 2014
    1
    Short campaign. We beat it in 4 hours. Mediocre multiplayer. Seems like the creator of these games has stopped caring or something. Please put more effort into the next game. This isn't worth $60. Give to charity instead.
  4. AKR
    Nov 3, 2014
    0
    there is no invention or art in this game ... and if you played any call of duty game in the passed 5 years you played them all , maybe if the developers take more time than they already did or stared working in a new IP
    they may come up with something Special and innovated.
  5. Nov 3, 2014
    0
    The multiplayer is horrible. All guns are reskins from ghosts. Maps are generic looking. The boost jumping ruins the flow of play. Terrible spawns, lag and time to kill. Just bad bad bad.
  6. Dec 2, 2014
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. worse game in the series (and that's not including ghost its just that bad that it should not be counted)
    ok so this game is really not that good and i cant really find one pro with it so here are all my cons
    - story i mean this is awful all it is guy goes bad you then have to shoot all bad guys next big explosions then set off some type of nuke (DNA bomb) and thats it just paper thin plot with no depth
    -game play know you may like the new double jump stuff but i hate, its really annoying and makes fire fights a lot more boring/longer i mean when you play MP and your with noobs and all they do is double jump around or double jump on to roofs makes for one boring MP worse in the seires
    -co-op mode know i love my zombies mode from WAW and BO1 but they take survival mode from MW3 why its so boring then you have to beat 200 or 250 waves of that crap to unlock a 4 minute zombie wave which is really boring there more like muntants
    but i could go on and on but i dont want to bore you with this boring game if you want a good cod to play go back to BO1 or before that thats when cod had its last glory days and for every one rating this game a ten WHAT ARE YOU ON?
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  7. Nov 21, 2014
    0
    COD claims it to be the biggest innovation since COD4. BS. Doesn't anyone remember those words for Black Ops 2 and Ghosts? COD 4 brought something completely new to the game industry and changed the entire feel of COD. Advanced Warfare however steals from Halo, Crysis, and a few others you can think of while not creatively changing the COD feel but rather preserving it and its outdatedCOD claims it to be the biggest innovation since COD4. BS. Doesn't anyone remember those words for Black Ops 2 and Ghosts? COD 4 brought something completely new to the game industry and changed the entire feel of COD. Advanced Warfare however steals from Halo, Crysis, and a few others you can think of while not creatively changing the COD feel but rather preserving it and its outdated feel. They have taken the easy way yet again and didn't change much of what they didn't steal from other games.

    The game is designed for new players and constantly offensive players. The latency, spawns, and endless flanks all narrow the skill gap, meaning performance is much less dependant on player skill. How can it be if any player can be instantly killed from even the most bad players, and excess flanks that create bad spawns allows for easy flanking from multiple paths, ensuring that no matter your skill level that you can still win by catching your opponents off guard a lot of the time, then getting flanked yourself by a bad nearby spawner. Then, spawn right around a corner from another player, attack from one of the many flanks, die by a flanker, repeat. There is no focus on 1 v 1 confrontations. It plays like an arena, with players taking turns flanking each other, which doesn't take much skill at all.

    The game, from map design to weapons, perk system etc, is made for rushing flankers. Try another play style, and you'd be at a major disadvantage. The multiplayer is too fast paced and chaotic and doesn't support better standard paced strategies.

    As a defensive kind of player who likes to see the outcome of most battles largely based on player skill ; not latency, spawns, flanks, etc, and demands complete changes to the feel of the game and not stolen ideas, I am once again disappointed.
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  8. Mar 3, 2015
    3
    Multiplayer -
    Extremely fast paced and not in a good way. Time to kill is low, hardly any recoil on weapons and the ability to move around the map at a fast pace that is further increased with exo movement. This would all be fine but the spawns and maps don't compliment it. Dying 5 seconds after you re-spawn is likely. Most map layouts are very circular making strategy games like S&D just
    Multiplayer -
    Extremely fast paced and not in a good way. Time to kill is low, hardly any recoil on weapons and the ability to move around the map at a fast pace that is further increased with exo movement. This would all be fine but the spawns and maps don't compliment it. Dying 5 seconds after you re-spawn is likely. Most map layouts are very circular making strategy games like S&D just rush and flank faster than the other team. Hard core mode (personal favorite from previous cods) can be extremely frustrating with every position having 4-5 possible flank and a spray from the double jumped dodging enemy killing you from behind. Playing as a team is nearly impossible with the lack of choke points as an enemy can get behind you in a dozen different ways. This is a run in gun game to the extreme if that's your thing this will be a good fit. If you are about strategy or outplaying the enemy I recommend passing this up.
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  9. Apr 1, 2015
    3
    The exo suits they include in the game ruin what was a previously fun multiplayer (ghosts aside). The game is extremely chaotic - you're constantly getting killed from the sides and behind because everyone moves so fast. There's no map control or rewards for good positioning. The game is just who has the better reactions.
  10. Jul 3, 2015
    1
    I hate to say this but this is probably the worst game I've played in my entire life. I bought the game the day it hit the shelves and sold it two months later. Terrible lag. It tries to live up to its title "Advanced warfare" by adding exo suits but all exo suits are is unadvanced, stupid, and an easy way for others to kill you. Don't buy this game! It sucks!
  11. May 1, 2015
    2
    Wow call of duty did it again, had all the potential in the world and totally crashes it. This game is BORING, no doubt about it. I was only interested in the cut scenes more then the actual game play, that was "worked so hard on." Yet I will give it credit I liked it more then ghosts but that does not mean that this is a good game. Short campaign and the multi-player makes me never wantWow call of duty did it again, had all the potential in the world and totally crashes it. This game is BORING, no doubt about it. I was only interested in the cut scenes more then the actual game play, that was "worked so hard on." Yet I will give it credit I liked it more then ghosts but that does not mean that this is a good game. Short campaign and the multi-player makes me never want to play online EVER again.

    The campaign is some what good but the game play by itself is SO boring that I can hardly explain it. Basically bullets, face and BAM. There's not really any challenge in the game what so ever, even when you are on the hardest mode. I don't know who the heck made the campaign, but it is not realistic at all. Nobody would just attack America right out of the blue, not to mention that he said that at the United Nations. I'm just going to spoil the game for you because it is not worth going through the hour of story. The graphics (Chuckles) nobody cares about graphics unless you are a 15 year old fan boy.

    The multi player is nearly tiresome, the game play is junk, the severs are as solid as wet bread, and you guessed it more of the squeaky 10 year old little idiots that are yelling to their mom to get more chocolate milk and skittles. Campers, quick scopers you get the picture. But I don't know how they screwed up the spawn points SO badly. I can not even spawn because I get killed because there are 2 spawn points. 2! That's it? I don't know how you screw it up so badly the makers of call of duty but you do it every time.

    I'm not even going to count the survival crap as another part of the game because it is a BIG waste of time, and you don't even get anything out of it.

    Overall the game is not even worth 5 dollars, if Xbox gave this game away for free then I would say go for it. But other than that this game is not worth to play at all just another cash grab that the makers of call of duty want to make more of those shiny graphics that are apparently so freaking important. But in my opinion it is just a rip off of titan fall, basically almost everything in here is just a rip off of titan fall. Whoever says it isn't is just in denial cause they know. HEY SHUT UP COD FAN BOYS! This IS a rip off of titan fall get over it. But I guess I will end in a good note because I sad I liked it better then Ghosts. So there's that.

    Overall score: 25/100
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  12. Dec 22, 2014
    0
    This game(if you can call it that) is rubbish. Coming away from Far Cry 4 to this is a total descent to the pits. Did the Sledgehammer think that by making Kevin Spacey their man that it would make the gameplay better? Didnt work. Back to the store you go.
  13. Dec 7, 2014
    4
    This is a fun game, much better than ghosts. Single player is decent, enjoyable enough. Multiplayer is fun, but not great. I have 2 big issues. There is no "innovation" in this game. The parkour mechanics are all ripped right out of titan fall and other parkour style games, except done worse. Where titanfall is fluid, AW is rough. Climbing animations are glitchy, sliding is choppy, notThis is a fun game, much better than ghosts. Single player is decent, enjoyable enough. Multiplayer is fun, but not great. I have 2 big issues. There is no "innovation" in this game. The parkour mechanics are all ripped right out of titan fall and other parkour style games, except done worse. Where titanfall is fluid, AW is rough. Climbing animations are glitchy, sliding is choppy, not well animated at all. Plus unlike Titanfall, maps are mostly too small to make proper use of parkour vantage points and abilities. My second issue is the same that i had with ghosts: they might as well add only 2 weapon categories to this game's multiplayer: SMGs and Assault rifles. Why use a sniper when you will get blown away by an AR that has the same range, accuracy, and fires far faster. Why use a shotgun when your gonna get beaten 9/10 times by smg users that kill you up close. Why even include these specialized guns when more generic weapons are better in every way. Just about every player uses one of those two gun types (smg, ar) and the person who wins ALWAYS does. You might as well just save time and money by just including one gun called "generic rifle". It wouldnt change multiplayer one bit. rant over Expand
  14. Jun 24, 2015
    2
    This is the worst COD ever created. The means of vertical movement make it unplayable and silly. It is a game for children that want to hop around all day long but for someone with a better idea of tactic or gameplay this is not for you
  15. Nov 27, 2014
    4
    This game is generally garbage. The multiplayer is extremely unbalanced, mainly because of the gun balance. The lag is horrendous and skill based matchmaking is stupid. The exo suits were a good idea but just end up being stupid and making this game not call of duty. the maps are also awful, and everything is generally uninteresting. the campaign gameplay is kinda boring and the story isThis game is generally garbage. The multiplayer is extremely unbalanced, mainly because of the gun balance. The lag is horrendous and skill based matchmaking is stupid. The exo suits were a good idea but just end up being stupid and making this game not call of duty. the maps are also awful, and everything is generally uninteresting. the campaign gameplay is kinda boring and the story is predictable. kevin space's performance was good though. and survival is just another failed attempt to rival zombies in a 3rd game mode. Expand
  16. Nov 19, 2014
    2
    Why fix something not broke? Me and my wife love the COD series and have been playing them for around 10 years now. This is by far the worst to us. If we wanted to fly around and shot people we would have purchased Halo. The strategy part of COD multi-player is no where to be found. The maps are all short and with players being able to fly over building and stuff. You are contently beingWhy fix something not broke? Me and my wife love the COD series and have been playing them for around 10 years now. This is by far the worst to us. If we wanted to fly around and shot people we would have purchased Halo. The strategy part of COD multi-player is no where to be found. The maps are all short and with players being able to fly over building and stuff. You are contently being shot from all angles. Looks like I will be looking for a new series that decides to pick up where the old COD left off. Exoskeleton was a terrible idea for true COD fans. Expand
  17. Nov 26, 2014
    4
    Shocked and disappointed how poor it is. I've had every COD since MW, and its normally my 'main' game for the year. I usually prestige 3-4 times on multiplayer before my attention wanes, but this just felt lame. The multiplayer maps were very poorly designed - lots of open spaces with no cover, spawn killings (WTF! thought this was a thing of the past!) and massive OUT OF BOUND messages -Shocked and disappointed how poor it is. I've had every COD since MW, and its normally my 'main' game for the year. I usually prestige 3-4 times on multiplayer before my attention wanes, but this just felt lame. The multiplayer maps were very poorly designed - lots of open spaces with no cover, spawn killings (WTF! thought this was a thing of the past!) and massive OUT OF BOUND messages - completely breaking the immersion, and such lazy design. I put in 20hours into multiplayer then traded it in, luckily only lost £2, but I notice the second hand price has plummeted since, so I'm guessing lots of other people had the same idea. Put it this way, Playing this made me appreciate TitanFall all the more. Expand
  18. Dec 2, 2014
    1
    Take out the titans and the maps from titanfall then dump a steaming pile of Activision's sh*t on It. that is what advanced warfare is. The only reason this game isn't 0 is because of it's innovative fish AI.
  19. Jul 23, 2015
    0
    I base games not off campaign but the multiplayer. The campaign is visually stunning and that's about it the weapons do not feel the same in the multiplayer and the elite weapons like the speakeasy do all the work so that's why people are good. I played a guy who was level one with a speakeasy and I am prestige 7 he dropped a DNA bomb in his first game. Plus if you are a COD fan then youI base games not off campaign but the multiplayer. The campaign is visually stunning and that's about it the weapons do not feel the same in the multiplayer and the elite weapons like the speakeasy do all the work so that's why people are good. I played a guy who was level one with a speakeasy and I am prestige 7 he dropped a DNA bomb in his first game. Plus if you are a COD fan then you will find these guns way to overpowered. The EXO Zombies completely spins off black ops the celebrity characters is and awful idea. Sledgehammer Games did a awesome job on MW3 and since they tried to save the series after ghosts they made it worst ghosts is way better on every level. Save your money for black ops 3 treyarch never dissapoints Expand
  20. Jun 29, 2015
    0
    Please don't buy this garbage I'd rather get genital herpes than play this broken game it's literally that bad. Advanced Warfare is literally the worst thing to happen to my **** life. It's really bad.
  21. Jul 5, 2015
    0
    It's **** Utter bollocks. My ass can innovate more than this. The achievements were easy tho. Stop advancing, just **** go back to the Mw3 days **** sake.
  22. Jul 28, 2015
    0
    Advanced Warfare has the worst multiplayer in the Call of Duty series, Sledgehammer and Activision should ask Tryarch for some tips on how to create a game worth playing.
  23. Aug 19, 2015
    0
    I have played every cod, cod3, cod 4, cod 5, mw2,mw3, bo1, bo2, cod ghost and i can honestly say, AW is the worst one they have ever created. They charge you to play exo zombies which is crap, and the online is sh*t, kill streaks r so bad and you always get killed by behind, you hardly ever have fun on the game. I strongly disadvice someone thinking of getting this crap that will make uI have played every cod, cod3, cod 4, cod 5, mw2,mw3, bo1, bo2, cod ghost and i can honestly say, AW is the worst one they have ever created. They charge you to play exo zombies which is crap, and the online is sh*t, kill streaks r so bad and you always get killed by behind, you hardly ever have fun on the game. I strongly disadvice someone thinking of getting this crap that will make u rethink ur existence on this earth, wait for BO3 or just go back to old school. Expand
  24. Nov 10, 2015
    1
    This isn't Call of Duty. This is some terrible hybrid of Titanfall, Call of Duty and Halo. Save your money....or better yet, spend your money on any of the other Call of Duties.
  25. Nov 4, 2014
    4
    aw has some errors

    1) laggy controls (some times it just stops working for a moment) [ps4/rus] 2) graphics dont looks so great (just look at top console fps and see difference)(some top fps battlefield 4, titanfall, destiny) 3)weapon design is poor and half weapons just copied from ghosts (not best half imo) 4)on ps4 players machmaking just dont work, everytime 3-4 ppl in game have
    aw has some errors

    1) laggy controls (some times it just stops working for a moment) [ps4/rus]
    2) graphics dont looks so great (just look at top console fps and see difference)(some top fps battlefield 4, titanfall, destiny)
    3)weapon design is poor and half weapons just copied from ghosts (not best half imo)
    4)on ps4 players machmaking just dont work, everytime 3-4 ppl in game have bad connection, teambalance not even exist

    sad sad game
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  26. Nov 12, 2014
    3
    This is a review for the multiplayer mode. This is the worst game in the series. Lag is much more apparent this time around. The internal balance for the various weapon types is so uneven that it causes a game environment that allows only one viable play style. The series has been moving away from a game of multiple tactical choices to a game of just spazy run and gun...now with jetThis is a review for the multiplayer mode. This is the worst game in the series. Lag is much more apparent this time around. The internal balance for the various weapon types is so uneven that it causes a game environment that allows only one viable play style. The series has been moving away from a game of multiple tactical choices to a game of just spazy run and gun...now with jet packs. The Call of Duty franchise is a great one but this version is a let down. Expand
  27. Nov 19, 2014
    3
    I rate this game by its online multiplayer. This is the worst call of duty game that I can remember playing. The game feels like your playing a 1990s stand up arcade game. The graphics are bad, this is supposed to be for the xbox one - they are laughably bad. The maps are small and the spawns are annoying; within playing for 10 seconds I moved to the next room and was shot in the back,I rate this game by its online multiplayer. This is the worst call of duty game that I can remember playing. The game feels like your playing a 1990s stand up arcade game. The graphics are bad, this is supposed to be for the xbox one - they are laughably bad. The maps are small and the spawns are annoying; within playing for 10 seconds I moved to the next room and was shot in the back, how enjoyable. The guns feel like your shooting a spring loaded pellet gun. I thought I would give it a shot to see if they could manage to get their sh*t together and produce another friends game magnet - but no this is the worst experience yet, a steady downfall to serious childish garbage. And for no other reason but to compare a shooter to a shooter Battlefield 4 is the next gen game not this degenerative piece of software. Expand
  28. Nov 15, 2014
    4
    I honestly really want to enjoy this game. I've been a fan of the series for awhile now (unlike some of these idiots giving it zero who are clearly pure COD haters) and have enjoyed most of the titles to date (with the exception of Ghosts, which was terrible). I mainly play COD for multiplayer and still spend a decent amount of time playing Black Ops 2 (where I have a 2.5KDR after almostI honestly really want to enjoy this game. I've been a fan of the series for awhile now (unlike some of these idiots giving it zero who are clearly pure COD haters) and have enjoyed most of the titles to date (with the exception of Ghosts, which was terrible). I mainly play COD for multiplayer and still spend a decent amount of time playing Black Ops 2 (where I have a 2.5KDR after almost 80,000 kills) - so it really pains me to only give Advanced Warfare a 4/10.

    The thing is the game *could* be brilliant. But in it's current form it's simply frustrating to try and play. Why? The main issue is the horrendous netcode. I know that Black Ops 2 sometimes has strange things going on with lag compensation, but Advanced Warfare takes it to a whole new level of being broken.

    I've lost track of the number of games I've played now where the people who are dominating have 1 red bar and everyone else has a 'perfect' connection. The time to kill is stupidly low - you will frequently take 2 random shots from some guy lagging across the map and die without even seeing them. Or you try and 1v1 someone and empty a whole clip into them (hearing all the hit markers go off) only for them to somehow kill you and if you watch the kill cam you haven't hit them at all. There's other times when empty a whole clip at someone who is running or boost dodging in front of you and hit nothing but air despite what seems like perfect aim.

    I think the real problem behind Advanced Warfare is that the gameplay is designed to be too quick for what the netcode in it's current form can handle. It's amusing to watch people jumping and boosting in stutters when you can tell it's meant to be fluid motion.

    I'm holding out hope that Activision will actually honour their promise of dedicated servers and hopefully Sledgehammer will fix the netcode, or else I think a lot of people will be abandoning this ship soon.
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  29. Nov 8, 2014
    0
    Let me start off by saying that I have played every CoD since CoD 4 so I know what I'm talking about here.

    This is without doubt the worst CoD game I have ever had the misfortune of playing (Only played a few hours of Ghost so can't give my opinion on that). Where the f*** do we start? Hmm.. Well, 50% of the time I'm dead within 5 seconds of my f***ing spawn due to some degenerate nerd
    Let me start off by saying that I have played every CoD since CoD 4 so I know what I'm talking about here.

    This is without doubt the worst CoD game I have ever had the misfortune of playing (Only played a few hours of Ghost so can't give my opinion on that). Where the f*** do we start? Hmm.. Well, 50% of the time I'm dead within 5 seconds of my f***ing spawn due to some degenerate nerd hiding in the corner or spawning behind me AFTER I HAVE JUST SPAWNED!! The aiming is catered for noobs, I've lost count of the amount of times I have been sprayed across the map by an assault rifle with not one touch of recoil hahahahahahha, may as well be playing against 6 people using aimbots. Everyone f***ing jumps around like super mutant kangaroos with ADHD on steroids LOL!!!!! There are about 20 guns in the game, which is disgustingly pathetic and lazy, especially when compared to the amount on offer in Battlefield 4, and 80% of the guns are absolute s***. The graphics are just unacceptable for next gen, especially when compared to BF4, Destiny and Killzone. The maps are absolute garbage, everyone sits hiding on roofs and head glitching. The melee bulls*** is laughable it's that bad, one punch and your soldier is f***ing dead, ARE YOU KIDDING ME???? So instead of using your gun TO SHOOT PEOPLE WITH, it's more effective to punch a soldier??? BAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAA, oh my f***ing word!!!!! So take all of these problems and then throw in the state of the CoD community (70% 14 year olds or younger, then the majority of the rest are obese nerds). All of this coming from someone who used to love CoD games, but now it's nothing but a disgusting, embarrassment of a community and a plethora of problems. I really am baffled as to how CoD has gotten this bad.

    So to sum up, this game is a steaming pile of horse S*** 0/10. Thanks for reading.
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  30. Nov 4, 2014
    0
    This is the WORSE call of duty ever!!!!! One Word LAG LAG LAG LAG LAG LAG!! the connection are horrid makes the game unplayable. want a great review of this game search for this guy The Assist Man on youtube and watch his videos he is on point with everything he says and called this game sucking months ago!
Metascore
81

Generally favorable reviews - based on 53 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 45 out of 53
  2. Negative: 0 out of 53
  1. Dec 9, 2014
    70
    If you play Call Of Duty online all year round then Christmas has officially come early. But if you’re a sucker for the ludicrous, globe-trotting, re-skinned James Bond adventures that constitute these games in single player, you’ve picked the perfect year in which to take a twelve-month break.
  2. Edge Magazine
    Dec 6, 2014
    80
    Advanced Warfare is still Call of Duty, but it's more playful, knowing and refreshing than COD's been in years. [Christmas 2014, p.112]
  3. X-ONE Magazine UK
    Dec 1, 2014
    80
    In many ways, the game is the perfect distillation of the franchise's core appeal. But it's still just Call of Duty, don't expect it to revolutionize the industry. [Issue#118, p.61]