Call of Duty has fallen into the habit of going back and forth between well-known franchises within the series, ping-ponging from Black Ops and Modern Warfare in perpetuity. Vanguard was the one recent break from this trend, and it wasn’t exactly a well-received COD entry.
Modern Warfare and Black Ops are the two main storylines that really put COD on the map. Sure, World at War is a fond memory for many, but every other break from these two franchises has been divisive at best. Advanced Warfare, Ghosts, WWII, Infinite Warfare and Vanguard all have their fair share of issues.
But, in an effort to do something new, Call of Duty will finally be branching out a bit in 2027. Once Black Ops 7 is out and the rumored Modern Warfare 4 runs its course, Call of Duty’s set to go back to the future.
It’ll be the first modern-day setting in Call of Duty in nearly a decade that hasn’t been tied to the MW or BO names, and it has actual potential to move the series forward.
Call of Duty finally gets something new in 2027
There was a point in the COD series where there was a hard pivot away from the jetpack style of games, with players being loud and clear in their preference for so-called “boots on the ground” gameplay.
Call of Duty has since found a happy medium in omnimovement, giving players a bit more skill expression than older titles like MW2 without going over the top like, say, Advanced Warfare.
And, while information about COD 2027 is sparse at best, we do know it’ll be a “modern” theme. This gives Sledgehammer a near boundless toolbox to play with in terms of when they want to set the game and what they want to do with weapons.
Maybe it’ll end up being a near future take like Black Ops 2 was all those years ago? Maybe it’ll go further like Infinite Warfare, allowing the player to battle on other planets and in spaceships.
It’s hard to say at this point, but what is clear that Call of Duty is finally trying something different after years of resting its laurels on existing franchises.
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