Call of Duty becomes modern. Again.

After a dull release of Black Ops 4, Activision is taking the lead Call of Duty back to his most popular incarnation with the stupidly named Call of Duty: Modern war.

So, let's get to the name first.

L & # 39; original Modern warnamed Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare, was, as its name indicates, the fourth entry of the series. It was also the first to abandon the themes of the Second World War on which the series was based. It was also a resounding success and its aftermath – the creative title titled Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare and Call of Duty 4: Modern War 3Everyone has raised the bar, catapulting the COD in one of the biggest franchises in the history of video gaming.

COD was also a great success with a second series, Secret operations, but his other titles, each trying to revive a new series, were mostly dull and failed, at least in the context of COD, to generate a lot of excitement. Activision has been reorganized in recent years and has returned to its roots: the two previous COD titles, Call of Duty: World War II and Call of Duty: Black Ops 4remember the big COD series of the past. And it was rightly assumed that the next title would be a new entry in the Modern Warfare series.

And that would be called Call of Duty: Modern War 4. But that's not it. I guess because of the oddity of naming the first MW title, which had a 4.

OK whatever.

In addition to hitting the same type of creative brick wall that led to the previous two COD games, it seems like the new MW will differ from these games in at least one important way. Unlike BO4, it will offer a single-player campaign and Activision says it will be more powerful than ever – even more than the controversial MW2 sequence in which the player was charged with killing civilians in a Russian airport – and my opinion. eyes he seems to use a lot of DOOM 3dark style to amplify the tension.

David Hodgson of Activision has published exactly the same article on Sony and Microsoft's video game blogs. It is incredibly short in terms of details. On the basis of the trailer, however, the new MW sees the return of familiar characters and scenarios, even the most lame: "You are wounded and dragged by a compadre, you must defend yourself against the enemies with the pistol and in a familiar environment. including the Middle East. There's night vision, ghillie suits, all kinds of airstrikes and close combat, all the COD fans were fond of the original MW series.

And … I do not know. Since I already got hooked on Another Black Ops? Call of Duty is stuck in the past, the impossibility for Activision to advance the COD led the franchise to remain stuck in the past. It has become the Marvel universe of video games, the same thing again and again.

BO4 was notable almost solely because it introduced a royal battle game mode in response to the success of Fortnite, which steals players, media attention and money, and has revived the e-sports industry in a way that, to put it mildly, the COD should have capitalized first. Worse still, it has ruined the value of one year for those of us, like me, who prefer the traditional multiplayer mode and expect regular and high quality card captures. It's very light, and many of the "new" cards are just reinvented versions of existing maps with different weather conditions. Come on.

The new MW, meanwhile, promises a more traditional experience of multiplayer gaming, campaign and cooperative play … and that's it. If you check out the Call of Duty website, you will not see much of the new game. Aside from its release date, October 24, it will be released in five editions for whatever reason, three of which are digital.

I guess we'll learn more at E3. But with Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 By doing everything in my power to chase away traditional COD fans like me, I'm a little suspicious of the next. Again.

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