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[Grildon Tundy]

And why? Curious what the NEOGAF rank would be after voting.

This thread brought to you by my disappointment in Modern Warfare 3 2023's campaign and replaying Infinite Warfare, which is my new favorite.

 

[Grildon Tundy]

Whoops, I meant to post in the Gaming section. I messaged the mods to see if they can help move it.

 

[Diddy X]

Cod 4, simply the best, a classic

 

[EviLore]

Whoops, I meant to post in the Gaming section. I messaged the mods to see if they can help move it.

fixed

 

[JohnnyPhats]

World at War hands down

 

[Zuzu]

My favourite ones are Modern Warfare (original), Black Ops 2, Advanced Warfare and Infinite Warfare.

Modern Warfare OG had the most wow factor for me at the time. There was nothing else like it. It was a revolution in cinematic linear fps games. But I think Black Ops 2 might just be a little better. It’s villain was the best in the series because he had genuine depth to his character, the gameplay was really refined and the moral choices you got to make throughout the campaign were well done.

 

[Drizzlehell]

The original Modern Warfare 2.

I prefer it over MW1 because it's such an epic and bombastic action game that feel like I'm playing through a Michael Bay movie. And I mean the early Michael Bay when he was still good, like The Rock and Armageddon. It's a game that always makes me go like this at several points throughout the campaign:

 

[M.W.]

Infinite Warfare is so much better than anything else, it's comical.

 

[FinalBossWithTheMostPower]

No Russian

 

[Team Andromeda]

Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare for me

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

Infinite warfare and cold war.

 

[ungalo]

Modern Warfare 1 definitely. It was the most impactful when it came out and it's definitely part of the rebirth of the franchise, it wasn't just because of multiplayer.

WW2 was just too safe and it tackled modern conflict very well.

Music and atmosphere were incredible, most scenes have a lot of weight.

 

[ZoukGalaxy]

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007)​

I still remember the campaign until this day, it was glorious on Xbox 360.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

I would rank Modern Warfare 2 (Xbox 360) as my favorite one. After that it's Black Ops 1 & 2 and at some distance Infinite Warfare, MW 19 and Cold War.

 

[Senua]

The first one, was absolutely incredible for its time. Allied Assault was one upped and hoisted by its own petard!

 

[Killjoy-NL]

COD4 MW, but only because it was the first COD I ever played.

Did finish campaigns for MW 2 and 3, but really couldn't care less.

Did buy BLOP2, WW2 and the latest MW2, but didn't bother playing the sp campaign and neither will play the campaign of MW3.

 

[Represent.]

Tie between Modern Warfare 1 and Modern Warfare 2 (2007, 2009). Both absolutely top tier action.

I'll give it to MW2 for No Russian. Fucking classic and ballsy mission.

 

[Trilobit]

I voted MW III. I've not played it nor any other campaign as I've never been a fan of shooters. But MW III gave me this hilarious Dr. Disrespect video and I've been enjoying reading all the salty posts about the DLC online.

 

[swaffles23]

Probably Black Ops because I like all the cold war stuff

 

[adamsapple]

Infinite Warfare.

The best Killzone campaign we never got.

 

[BigLee74]

MW 2019 - awful. MW2 2022 - even worse.

Infinite warfare, Black Ops 1 & 2, Cold War, original MW - all great.

Let’s not speak about Black Ops 3…

 

[German Hops]

Damn that's a lot of CoD .

 

[poppabk]

The original because it kind of blew me away at the time, the scripted events were novel and made you feel like you were playing in a movie.

 

[marcincz]

I haven't played each, but CoD4:MW.
Back then it was amazing.

 

[damidu]

modern warfare.
kinda fascinating how they managed a constant downhill from there on, and still finding new lows.
probably blops was the only oultlier

 

[Shakka43]

Voted MW2 but World at War is a pretty damn close one.

 

[Aion002]

I used to love CoD single-player campaigns. For me the best one is Infinite Warfare, while the worst is Black Ops 3.

I hated Black Ops 3 campaing so much that I stopped buying CoD games until MW2 (2022) and I only bought it because of the mp, I didn't even downloaded the sp.

 

[daninthemix]

COD4 and World at War are the pinnacle.

 

[tmlDan]

They've been bad for over a decade, i forget which one was good. Maybe World at War or OG Modern Warfare?

 

[Cert.in.Death]

BLOPS is the most fun campaign, IMO. But I'm a sucker for unreliable narrators and historical fiction.

All of the original MW games and COD2 deserve a shout out, but also tally me on the fan side of both Infinite Warfare and BLOPS 3.

 

[Sub_Level]

Infinite Warfare for the crew and crazy missions. Only game I have played where you snipe enemy soldiers in an asteroid field. I mean holy shit.

 

[Putonahappyface]

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007) and Call of Duty: World at War (2008) a close second.

 

[hououinkyouma00]

And why? Curious what the NEOGAF rank would be after voting.

This thread brought to you by my disappointment in Modern Warfare 3 2023's campaign and replaying Infinite Warfare, which is my new favorite.

People shit on Infinite Warfare but the campaign was great.

COD4 is my favorite though followed by MW2 and BLOPS.

 

[Roronoa Zoro]

4 had so much hype and was the last time the single player was the focus before the Mp blew up

That first mission on the ship was immediately "Oh shit...this is amazing" and then the helicopters going into the city and the sniper mission and the AC130 and so many other just freaking amazing moments

 

[Grildon Tundy]

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2007) and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009) were the ones I was most blown away by at the time of release.

But because of Neogaf's buzz around Infinite Warfare, I went back to it, and it's my new favorite. If that game had been released as a spin-off or a separate IP (call it "Deleted: Imminent Void" or something vaguely sci-fi like that), it would've been better received, and we'd probably have a sequel to it by now.

It's the most immersive campaign. The first few missions as Reyes are basically a "one-shot" with no cuts to other locations or times: You're in his shoes from the meeting with your commanding officer, walk down to check out Fleet Week, watch a terrorist attack, fight through the city to your ship, fly into space, space combat, dock on a carrier in space, walk to your captain's quarters, pick the next mission, walk to your ship to start the next mission...amazing.

it still looks great, too. Other than when you get too close to textures does it look any more aged to my eyes than Modern Warfare 3 (2023), and Infinite Warfare came out in 2016.

 

[Jibran#one]

4 was the og but campaign wise
Infinite warfare >>>>>>all of them

 

[Denton]

Let me present Exhibit A for why Infinite Warfare is the best CoD campaign:

 

[Laptop1991]

Modern Warfare 2007 and the first one in 2003, still the best for me.

 

[Ywap]

They are all bad imo, but WWII was a little less bad than the others i've played.

 

[Grildon Tundy]

At 75 votes, here's the % of most-favorite COD campaigns by developer:

Infinity Ward: 72%
Treyarch: 26%
Sledgehammer Games: 3%

 

[Holammer]

BO2's story is bonkers, but I replayed it a few times to see the branching paths.
I did enjoy the MW trilogy and shamefully I haven't played Infinite at all, and I pre-ordered it! Never even played the MP.

 

[Grildon Tundy]

and shamefully I haven't played Infinite at all, and I pre-ordered it!

If you like both COD and sci-fi, I think you ought to rectify that, my friend.

 

[joeygreco1985]

Infinite Warfare no doubt. All the more shocking to see what Sledgehammer produces nowadays. What a regression

 

[Dacvak]

So, I’ve never played a CoD game before, but I think I’d enjoy the campaigns. I don’t want a long campaign, though. Something between 4-8 hours max. What would be a good (and ideally cheap) one to start with?

 

[GrayDock]

Pripyat,
Ukraine
15 years ago...

Infinte Warfare and Black Ops as a close second.

 

[Krappadizzle]

Modern Warfare 1 and then World at War's co-op campaign. I haven't played one all the way through since BO2 though, so I don't have a great library to pick from.

I did play the Infinite Warfare one with a buddy's family-share account on Steam, but I didn't finish it, but I thought it was ok and didn't understand the vitriol it had at the time. If Activision would sell it, I'd have bought the Infinite Warfare campaign for like $10 if that was available to play it again. Even some of the other CoD games probably have some campaigns I'd enjoy at least 1 playthrough of, but I won't pay full price for less than half the game(if even that at this point) and have been fine skipping the series altogether.

 

[Grildon Tundy]

So, I’ve never played a CoD game before, but I think I’d enjoy the campaigns. I don’t want a long campaign, though. Something between 4-8 hours max. What would be a good (and ideally cheap) one to start with?

Infinite Warfare if you want the best campaign (in my opinion). I bought it for $4 at a second-hand store.

But if you want to play the one where COD campaigns became what they are today, play Modern Warfare 2007 or its remaster.

And, you could go by the rankings on the poll for this thread--Neogaf has good taste.

All of the campaigns are around that 4-8 hour length; some site I just Googled said that Black Ops 3 has the longest campaign of all of them at 9 hours.

 

[Krieger]

The one in which your objective is to protect Burger Town.

 

[Arsic]

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007)​

I still remember the campaign until this day, it was glorious on Xbox 360.

Nothing they’ve done since tops the sniping level in the past.

 

[Kupfer]

Close call between CoD 2003 and CoD MW 2007.
I chose the OG CoD because it blew my mind back then. It came out of nowhere for me and I can't count how often I played through that campaign.