TGS '14 - Checking Out Advance Warfare's Multiplayer Debut

19th September, 0 replies

Call of Duty, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Activision, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Sledgehammer Games

The Call of Duty series began life as a gritty WWII shooter notable at the time for its serious and intense depiction of warfare. Over the years as the series evolved to portray more recent and even futuristic conflicts it has become a mainstream sales juggernaut, mostly thanks to its competitive and addictive online multiplayer.

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare had a multiplayer reveal demo available at Microsoft’s Xbox One booth at this year’s TGS, and it wasn't until I got my hands on the new multiplayer additions that I truly realized the extent to which this is a full on sci-fi shooter; it has more in common with a series like Halo (or more recently, Titanfall) than most of its series predecessors. It was also the most enjoyable demo I've played at TGS so far.

At E3 earlier this year I wrote a preview based on a behind-closed-doors presentation of the game’s single player campaign. The game showed off some fun new sci-fi elements in that particular demo, including temporary invisibility, jet packs, giant mechs, and even bullet time. I was left wondering how some of these would translate to the series’ oh so popular multiplayer component.

Now I know, after having played both Team Deathmatch and a new mode called Uplink...

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