" Call Of Duty: Advanced Warfare " is a refreshingly updated Call of Duty game, and one that comes as a very pleasant surprise. Not only does it look significantly better than last year's game, but it also plays significantly better too, with a great range of cool weapons and enhanced mobility.

Call of Duty is immense, a true juggernaut of the gaming industry that has now been running long enough to feel as it's running out of ideas somewhat. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare however has a new lead developer in Sledgehammer Games, a fresh setting, a new engine, some genuinely fresh ideas for...

Power changes everything. That's what Kevin Spacey's character, Jonathon Irons, has been telling us up until the release of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare . This is something that sets the atmosphere for Sledgehammer Games' first solo entry into the CoD franchise.

Entertaining Campaign l Great action and set pieces l Fast and fun multiplayer l Awesome co-op l Stunning graphics l That voice acting

Campaign is characteristically short l Hard to tell enemies against teammates l Generic plot

Jump, dash and use all of your other new exo suit abilities as you try to take out your enemies throughout the world.

With twelve installments in less than two decades, the 'Call of Duty' franchise holds a rare place in the gaming industry as a true juggernaut in terms of sales and widespread appeal.

Unfortunately, while the title sold pretty well, it failed to generate that much hype, so Activision is now hoping that Sledgehammer Games and its Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare will take the series to new heights in terms of popularity amongst fans.

Exo suit changes gameplay for the better; Sci-fi gadgets make multiplayer more fun; Varied and quite impressive visuals

Bland mission design; Story has predictable twist; Washed out colors in quite a few environments

Call of Duty: Ghosts hit last year with a tepid reception that in some ways was deserved and in other ways wasn't. The map lineup was very good, while the gameplay felt a bit long in the tooth.

November rolls around and with it is delivered our yearly dose of over the top faux serious warfare, that's right Call of Duty is back and this time it's wearing the face of ‘Advanced Warfare'. Ultimately Advanced Warfare is a Call of Duty game.

entry, no one was prepared for the juggernaut that had been unleashed. Every year, tens of millions flock to their local game store to pick up the newest installment in the franchise.

+ Best single player campaign in years; + Fantastic performances from Kevin Spacey and Troy Baker; + Vastly improved graphics; + Exo-suits are a ton of fun to use; + Rich; deep multiplayer experience

- Awful difficulty curve makes co-op unnecessarily tedious rather than challenging; - Save issues during the campaign

Simply throwing a robot suit onto Call of Duty could have been a lazy path to making Advanced Warfare seem different from what we've played before, but the way Sledgehammer has integrated its enhanced abilities and choices into every aspect of how we fight went above and beyond.

Exo suit mobility; Great maps and modes; Creative campaign levels; Constant unlocks

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