When Call of Duty first leapt forward in time, barreling out of World War II and into a contemporary theater, we got a new benchmark for the shooter series. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare isn’t just praised because it has better guns, newer cities and cell phones, however; it rises in memory because of a breakneck pace, sudden turns in the storyline and a well-constructed multiplayer suite.
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare isn’t the first game in the series to draw from far-fetched research and prototype weaponry, but it’s already presented as a thunderous step into the future. In the hierarchy of vague subtitles, we’re to understand that “advanced” is ahead of “modern.” According to the marketing, the game has changed because your soldier is encased in powerful exoskeletal armor.
But while Activision grafts the game to the front-loaded theme of power – your powerful guns, your powerful Exo Suit, your powerful POWER – the undressed reality is simple. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare has the benefit of a three-year development cycle and a handful of fresh designs in multiplayer.
