Either it was Medal of Honor or Battlefield. Between 1999 and 2002, players had to choose between one of these acclaimed video games when it came to squad-based shooting. Or just for some real military vibes. Come 2003, a new competitor was born: Call of Duty. Everything changed. Players loved the combat, the World War II story, and the multiplayer gameplay. Come 2025, the game many loved for its quality has become a subject of complaints. Whether it’s the story or multiplayer, quality is missing. Heaps of content upon content are proving useless for it.
Chance Glasco was one of the original creators of the first game that would later give us twenty additional games in almost a quarter of a century. But the stream of ideas has seemingly gone dry. Maybe that’s why several players are not content. Glasco recently appeared in an interview with News9, and he shared his sentiment on the current state of the game, something that many fans will resonate with. He said:
It’s almost like The Simpsons—it’s been around so long that it feels like they’ve run out of ideas at times. It kind of wandered into left field, but I still enjoy playing Warzone. I spent more time making WWII games than America was actually in WWII, so moving to modern settings felt refreshing. These days, I don’t play much outside of Warzone.
Call of Duty: Warzone was brought to players, they loved it, and then it was shut down before being succeeded by Warzone 2.0. We won’t even talk about the cheating problem in the game today, as it would be an injury to an already wounded franchise (Activision’s gone bananas about it). Though we must mention the fact that Activision’s take on a battle royale was brought to smartphones, Warzone: Mobile. It wasn’t really a success either.
Things Aren’t Looking Right For Call of Duty 2025 Either
The latest installment, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, was still a slight improvement in the product that we have seen lately. But rumors are that the next installment is another one in the subseries, a sequel to Black Ops 2. Those rumors got stronger recently. If that happens, that could lead to another disaster, similar to when Activision decided to release the second and third games in the Modern Warfare reboot back-to-back.
The Simpsons and Call of Duty have both used some celebrity faces for user retention over the years. From the likes of the GOAT of football, Lionel Messi (alongside Paul Pogba and Neymar Jr.), was introduced as an operators. The Simpsons‘ version of footballers was at least fun to watch, as they were footballers in it only, not operators running around to get a headshot.
Not just the footballers, there’s a flux of Hollywood stars and musicians too, which was received positively by the fans initially, but then too much of it is just not feasible when we compare it to the current state of franchises today, be it The Simpsons or Call of Duty.
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Marcus Griggs is a Writer at Thumb Wars, zeroed in on video games, but will also throw himself into anything in association with anime and cinema. As with his favorite video games, give him anything with a linear story, be it Call of Duty or Braid, and he will be happy. He thinks of stories as food and wants to feed his readers something nutritious, food for thought.
