Games Inbox: The decline of Call Of Duty, Mortal Kombat 12 story mode, and Elden Ring AI
The Wednesday letters page is feeling pessimistic about the new Tomb Raider, as another reader laments the death of Project Gotham Racing.
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War never changes I’m really finding it hard care too much about Call Of Duty’s troubles right now, and I say that as someone who, up to Infinite Warfare, did buy them every year. I didn’t like the Modern Warfare reboot though and I’m very doubtful about this year’s sequel, so I don’t know what they can do to win people back.
The problem is there’s just nowhere to go for the series and I don’t think that’s the fault of Activision’s developers particularly, it’s just the whole first person military shooter thing has been done so often there’s nothing left. Warzone might have problems with bugs and cheats but it’s also the issue that battle royales are getting worn out too.
You can see the same problem with Battlefield, where there’s just nothing to do but invent contrived new game modes and hope everyone’s satisfied with slightly better graphics. I don’t know what the answer is here, maybe setting the games further in the future is the answer or making the games more like a tactical squad game, but I don’t think old school Call Of Duty has got much more life in it.Kickback
Expanded story Curious to see what Mortal Kombat 12 is going to be like, because I would’ve thought that series had run out of new ideas years ago and yet it still keeps coming back and I’ve enjoyed all the recent ones. They really stepped up with the graphic with the last one two, so if the new one is next gen only that really should be a sight.
You’ve got the eternal problem that all fighting games are basically the same but if they focus more on the
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