Why Do so Many People Hate Call of Duty?

Why Do so Many People Hate Call of Duty?

When you think of the most successful video game franchises what springs to mind. I’d be very surprised is Call of Duty wasn’t up there somewhere. The strange thing about this franchise is it seems to have just as many people who hate it as it does who actually buy them. People blame Call of Duty for stagnating the game industry and promoting a lack of innovation. They say it has one hell of an annoying fan base full of angry 12 year olds and it’s the worst thing ever made ever. I’m going to discuss this today.

 

I’ll start by saying this, I don’t like Call of Duty. It’s not really my thing, military shooters are not one of my preferred genres especially considering I prefer to play by myself and leave multiplayer alone. I will happily admit that parts of them are enjoyable, the co-op missions in Modern Warfare 2 were fun to play with friends and some of the Zombie modes were fun for a while to play with those two friends. I find the premises to the stories hilarious for how ridiculous they are and it’s pretence at realism is kind of endearing, like a small child pretending to be an old man. However, I do not own a COD game, I probably never will and I don’t like them a whole lot. I do not HATE them however like many do.

 

Many gamers point at them as the big casual game that suckers in all the casuals and is making developers want to dumb down their games into Call of Duty clones. The casual gamer argument is an odd one, yes I get that for some gaming is a genuinely hobby and some just play occasionally in their spare time and there is a difference between that. Gamer Entitlement is a dumb issue, acting like people who aren’t as hard core as you shouldn’t be allowed to play games is really dumb, if you think hard core players should be the only people allowed to games then you are quite clearly pretty dumb.

 

The thing is I’m pretty sure people like this are a minority so I’ll discuss the second point. The stream of games who try to be Call of Duty is very annoying, we all know of the franchises that once had a unique premise but the developers try to turn them into Call of Duty because it sells lots of copies. The thing is though, Call of Duty isn’t to blame for this, COD set its ground work to sell well and form its fan base. Other companies should take the blame for trying to copy Call of Duty, not Call of Duty itself.

 

The fan base full of angry 12 year olds is definitely worth mentioning. Yes they’re annoying but also very easily ignored and more importantly are really funny. I have a friend who once convinced an entire match of random people that if they could copy his actions on the map exactly they would unlock a hidden emblem. He lead them on a ridiculous little tour and at one point was walking along a thin pipe. One angry 12 year old fell off the pipe and they all started panicking for me and my friend to enjoy laughing at their idiocy and they cried about having no hidden emblem. Yes they’re annoying but at least you can laugh at them.

 

Most importantly I think in the argument for the hate of Call of Duty is how they basically bring out the same game every year. The type of game it’s equated to is the like of FIFA and Maden, bro games that just release some updated team rosters and refined gameplay each year. The thing is I’m a football fan and FIFA is a great game for me. I imagine if you like that sort of thing Call of Duty is the same. There’s no denying that Call of Duty works incredibly well, the controls are good, the graphics look good, as a FPS it works extremely well. If you want a multiplayer FPS then really I can see why you’d buy it every year.

 

All these points are all well and good but there’s one more reason I don’t hate Call of Duty … lads of other people do and a strange part of my strange and warped mind likes that I disagree. Whatever you think on gaming’s biggest franchise leave a comment, like the Facebook page and enjoy playing what you like. I’m going to stop typing now, all this COD talk is boring me, I’m going for a game on Battlefield.

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Why do we all Hate Valentines Day?

Why do we all Hate Valentine’s Day?

Normally when a holiday comes around everyone gets excited. It’s supposed to be a joyous time spent with friends and family. So what happened with Valentine’s Day? A lot of people will complain about Valentine’s Day. People act like it’s all in bad spirit and we don’t understand why we pay it so much attention. Why is this?

 

I’ll start with my own opinions on Valentine’s Day. Meh. I don’t really care, in fact most years I don’t even notice it. It’ll be days after and someone will mention it and I’ll finally be paying attention. So while I don’t particularly like it, I don’t have the motivation to completely despise it like a lot of people do. It’s just kind of there.

 

The most common complaint about Valentine’s Day is that is makes people who have no Valentine feel lonely. This is true, while some of us are not bothered about not having a date I can see how you could find it quite a lonely time, particularly if you’d had a recent break up or rejection. The issue with this argument is that all holidays can be lonely. Someone in a bad place or after suffering recent loss would find other Holiday’s just as lonely. In fact you could argue Valentine’s Day isn’t even the worst time of year for feeling lonely. Christmas and New Year are lonelier for more people due to more people not only caring, but expecting to enjoy Christmas and New Year. Therefore hating Valentine’s Day for being a lonely time for people is unfair as all holidays can be just as lonely.

 

Another argument is that it puts pressure on people who have to buy gifts or such things for someone. Then again I can imagine a lot of people comparing this with someone saying they can’t fit all their £20 notes in their wallet. I’d personally say though that buying gifts for someone is a practise again undertaken at Christmas but also Birthdays. So why is Valentine’s Day so much worse?

 

It is extremely commercialised. Again have you ever been around for any other Holiday? Christmas merchandise starts appearing in around October time. Every holiday has been commercialised, it’s not like you are forced to waste all your money on random Valentine’s Day themed junk. There is an added bonus of extremely cheap chocolate available in the day after, since shops need to get rid of all their heart shaped stuff. Anyone who loves a bargain should be thrilled at this. Valentine’s Day merchandise can be used all year round as it’s a lot of chocolate. It’s not like all those cheap Christmas cards that shops have to dispose of.

 

If Valentine’s Day is there for you to be romantic and loving to your partner shouldn’t you be like that all year round? Yes you probably should, but you already probably are. The point of Christmas for a lot of people is to be kind and joyous is it not? Shouldn’t you be like that all year too? I think holidays are meant to be a time where we can relax and not worry about everything.

 

Valentine’s Day doesn’t have a religious reason for existing like Christmas and Easter. So? It’s not like most of you look forward to Christmas because it’s your opportunity to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. You look forward to all that Christmas tradition garbage. So this argument is pretty ridiculous. Halloween if I’m not mistaken was originally a time to ward off evil spirits. I don’t take part in Halloween and the spirits have never come for me.

 

Everyone loves Halloween. You don’t hear complaints about it like you do with Valentine’s Day. Strange considering they are basically the same, just with a slightly different coat of paint. During Halloween the emotion of fear is highly prevalent, during Valentine’s Day its love instead. So both have a highly prevalent emotion. Both are heavily commercialised. In both you are supposed to receive sweet edible things. Swap out Jack-o-Lanterns for heart and change all the black to pink and you’ve completely switched the two. The main difference is on Valentine’s Day I don’t get annoying Children knocking on my door practically begging for sweets. The look on their faces when I gave them apples as a healthy alternative.

 

I don’t get where the hatred comes from. Valentine’s Day is just the same as any other Holiday and I have the same opinion on it as I do with other Holiday’s as in I don’t really care. Is it because it’s a more exclusive Holiday for people who are dating. That’s pretty bitter. If it doesn’t involve you then do you have any reason to care about it at all? It literally makes no difference to you what so ever.

 

So what does all this mean? It’s simple, you should treat Valentine’s Day like I do. Fail to notice its existence and go to comicon instead. Anyone in Telford look out for me, I’ll be dressed as Professor Layton. So on a finishing note, all of you who don’t care about Valentine’s Day have a fun day. All you people who do care but are single, enjoy your tub of ice-cream and all you guys out there who have a special lady, have fun being dragged along to Fifty Shades of Grey.