User blog comment:Argorrath/Call of Duty: Ghosts "Predator" field order teased/@comment-1187559-20140327231532/@comment-3967954-20140328152247

It seems what they're trying to do is almost identical to CS: Online; that is, they've taken a series and tried to make it more fun at the cost of authenticity and realism, via things like unique character skins, wacko fictional weapons, aliens (in CS: Online's case it was zombies), etc.

Understandably this is going to anger some people. I don't particularly think Ghosts is great, but I'm glad they're moving away from Modern Warfare at last. If they'd kept the series the same, there'd be the old "it's the same game every year!" complaints, and if they tried to make it more realistic and more authentic then they'd get accused of trying to copy games like Battlefield. Let's be honest here, IW just can't please everyone. But at least they're trying something new.

Who knows? Maybe it'll turn out shit and everyone will hate it, and the next CoD will be the same old CoD4-style gameplay that they'd been using since 2007. Unlikely, but possible.