38.) Call of Duty 4 Remastered Won't Be a Standalone Release

       If you were hoping to jump on-board as soon as the remastered Call of Duty 4 released, think again. The newly announced remaster will only be available in a bundle with certain versions of Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. As a result, you can't purchase the remastered Call of Duty 4 separately. See more on Activision's FAQ page. The fact that players have to purchase Infinite Warfare just to get access to the remake of the remastered version of Call of Duty 4 is absolutely ridiculous! Although Infinite Warfare is taking the game into space this year with the ability to fly spacecraft, while also featuring zero-gravity and mechs; most people are more excited about Modern Warfare remastered. It arguably attracted more interest and its what fans have been asking for years. Click here for more details on the Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare campaign. 

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered is part of the pre-order package for players who pre-order the following optional editions of the game below: 

1. Legacy Edition ($80): Includes both Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered

2. Digital Delux Edition ($100): Includes Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered and Season Pass

3. Legacy Pro Edition ($120): If you want to just completely throw your money at Activision, this edition is for you. Includes Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered, Season Pass, collectible steelbook, official game soundtrack and additional digital items

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       I will be fully honest with you. Since Activision and Infinity Ward know people have been asking for years to acquire the original modern warfare remastered, they are using it as a pre-order crutch tactic to boost the sales of Infinite Warfare. They are doing this because they know in the past recent years, Call of Duty sales declined. If people want the remastered original modern warfare bad enough, they are more susceptible to buying Infinite Warfare just to have it. Even if people don't want or care about Infinite Warfare because they feel forced. Players will have no other choice! As gamers, if we don't like this we have to stand up for ourselves and not cave in. If gamers cave in, then tactics like this in the industry will become a growoig trend. Its this kind of corporate greed in the gaming industry that makes me cringe. They are doing this to boost their sales of Infinite Warfare just to compete with the sales of Call of Duty: Black Ops 3. As a result, they will turn around and say their numbers increased this year and brag about their sales compared its predecessors. 

       There will probably be players who will support Activision in saying that you are receiving not one, but two great triple-A games; so this somehow justifies its bargain. I am also aware that game companies might disagree with me. They might argue that using whole other games as a pre-order bonus is an interesting tactic, and that it’s been happening in the console space for a while now, thanks to the Xbox One’s backwards compatibility. I understand game companies are a business but they are transforming into corporate machines that force terrible business tactics, milking their loyal fans. However, I am not saying the team at Infinity Ward is not crafting their games to the best of their abilities. It's challenging because game companies have to make the money back that they spent to create their games or else they won't break even. So the real question based off the trailer is will going into outer space be a bad move or is it an opportunity to try something daring and new for the sake of fun? 

       One thing I would like to point out is that progress you’ve made in the original Modern Warfare won’t carry over to the new one, and the game will feature ten multiplayer maps, with ‘Crash’, ‘Backlot’ and ‘Crossfire’ already confirmed. Activision also revealed Infinity Ward is creating their own take on zombies and that this new zombie game mode is a "separate universe from Infinite Warfare" and the other zombie games. Instead of coming up with something daring and new; competing efficiently by experimenting with new design concepts for different game modes, they would rather compete with Black Ops 3 and make their own zombies. Who knows, their take on zombies might be fun and different, however so many players are getting burnt out on zombie FPS games. Overall, I hope the remaster of Call of Duty 4 will be available as a standalone game at some point in the future. So is the Call of Duty series evolving? This question goes back to my previous blog post. I just hope the Call of Duty Franchise is not headed in a bad direction.

Thanks for reading and until next time.