Though the general idea is for the Star Wars Story pictures to take detours from the main saga, this is very much
a modern franchise entry, with the requisite fan - service and sequel - teasing.
Not exact matches
There are some protagonists from earlier
entries — as well as all - new faces, such as lead characters Rowan and Lianna — but this is clearly a package aimed at
modern followers of the
franchise, and thanks to the focus on switching between units during battle, you'll get more of a chance to familiarise yourself with each one than you perhaps did in Hyrule Warriors.
Because each new
entry in the Call of Duty
franchise pushed the previous year's game out, the publisher forged beyond the
modern era with futuristic settings that were less accepted by the Call of Duty community, and bigger multiplayer modes (starting with the Left 4 Dead - like Zombies Mode featured in Call of Duty: World At War) that ultimately overshadowed anything players would find in the single - player campaign.
I'd played Finest Hour on PS2 but
Modern Warfare sucked me into the series like no shooter has before or since, particularly in terms of the online multiplayer; it's just a shame that the diminishing returns of the later entries in the franchise and the concerted shift from the formula of the modern day shooter grounded in realism to the hyper - kinetic, futuristic Michael Bay-esque blockbuster failed, in my personal opinion, to effectively recapture the magic of the first Modern Warfare
Modern Warfare sucked me into the series like no shooter has before or since, particularly in terms of the online multiplayer; it's just a shame that the diminishing returns of the later
entries in the
franchise and the concerted shift from the formula of the
modern day shooter grounded in realism to the hyper - kinetic, futuristic Michael Bay-esque blockbuster failed, in my personal opinion, to effectively recapture the magic of the first Modern Warfare
modern day shooter grounded in realism to the hyper - kinetic, futuristic Michael Bay-esque blockbuster failed, in my personal opinion, to effectively recapture the magic of the first
Modern Warfare
Modern Warfare title.
Now, before I go on, let me just say that we can all agree that id really redeemed themselves with DOOM, an unbelievably great and
modern entry in the long - running
franchise.
It isn't though, instead being the latest main
entry into the infamous
franchise that helped shaped the way that JRPGs function in the
modern gaming climate.
At TheTech52 we are big fans of Metroid, and so we wanted to dedicate this
entry to briefly looking back on the
franchise to see what
modern games can learn from it.
While fans wait for more information regarding Call of Duty:
Modern Warfare 2 Remastered, recent events have apparently confirmed that the next
entry in the shooter
franchise will be Call of Duty: Black Ops 4.
When they got the chance to work on
Modern Warfare 3 rather than it's offshoot they abandoned what they say was a compelling looking prototype in order to work on the main
entry in the
franchise.
Looking ahead, while the newest Tomb Raider game — i.e, Rise of the Tomb Raider's successor — has yet to be given a release date or even be revealed, the incredibly positive critical reception to both
modern Tomb Raider
franchise entries indicates that we'll be seeing a new Tomb Raider game soon.
Now it's Treyarch's turn and it appears they are returning to
modern times with a new
entry into the Black Ops
franchise.
Back when Call of Duty 4:
Modern Warfare came out in 2007, it ended up becoming a hallmark
entry in the
franchise, leading to multiple spin - off sequels under the
Modern Warfare banner and leading Call of Duty on a new course when it came to putting together mega-blockbuster shooters.
With three
Modern Warfare games, the two Black Ops titles, three
entries in the main Call of Duty line and one spin - off (Call of Duty: World at War), you wouldn't be wrong if you called it one of the biggest
franchises in all of gaming.