Call of Duty 5, will it succeed COD4?

As a faithful buyer to the Call of Duty franchise, I'm compelled to say "Yes, it is worth it." But to a regular consumer/buyer, is it really worth buying when there are many much more anticipated games?

As the gaming community knows, COD4 was a bigger success than everyone expected it to be, the community grew rapidly, and it even beat Halo on the XBOX servers. Most of the reason why is because the developers that handled the game was Infinity Ward. Now most of you know that COD5 is being developed by Treyarch and not IW, who developed COD3 which was not as great of a WWII-shooter it could've been. Because of that, there are many misconceptions that Treyarch's COD5 will not succeed IW's well-recieved COD4.

Luckily for us gamers, Treyarch has duly noted our reactions to their sucky predecessor and IW's best game yet and fixed their mistakes and mishaps and finally did it right. From the videos I've seen, such as gameplay, graphics and the cinematics, I truly believe COD5 will succeed COD4, not community-wise(because COD4's community is insanely huge), but as a game itself. The game has much improved graphics and the gameplay looks almost identical to COD4, but in a WWII setting. Treyarch brought on new additions to the game like bringing back (mostly) everybody's favorite game mode which was absent from COD4, which was 'Capture The Flag', an addition of having dogs in multiplayer to hunt and maul the enemy, and new WWII weapons such as the flamethrower and molotiv cocktails. COD5 has much more more to offer than COD4. They've taken note of such games as Halo, Gears of War, and Army of Two and added online co-op for the campaign for the first time in the COD franchise. Up to 4 players and join each other in the fight against the enemy. The

Everything from COD4, from the looks of it, has jumped to COD5, which is the kill streaks bonuses, the xp system, and the customizable perks. Also something that got me really excited is the availibility of tanks in the multiplayer where it can be manned by two people. The maps also look bigger and more complex. There are a total of 14 multiplayer maps than can be played, and Treyarch is developing more for download after its release.

Gone, are the days of relying on technology to find and defeat your enemies. You must now rely on what you see, hear, and most importantly, your weapon. I doubt this is going to a typical WWII-shooter because it will bring you to the darker and grittier side of war..."How?" you ask? Let's see how Treyarch brings us through the streets of Berlin in this video.


So there, I've said it, COD5 will succeed COD4 and I'm going to buy it once it comes out which is Nov. 14

Oh yeah, EndWar comes out a couple of days earlier so November is going to be a fun month of gaming. Join me?

- Mikey