Why do you hate Call of Duty? (Or not hate it?)

Price. 'Nuff said.

It's slow paced and boring compared to TF2 or old unreal tournament games and quake live. CoD is the same game over and over. I wouldn't want to play any game that just comes out with a new game every year.

Yeah, the games almost never go on sale, and the game isn't worth the full price, for the multiplayer gets boring after short spans of time.
Edit: forgot to mention how easy the games are, you need no skill to be good whatsoever. But when I look at games like Arma, Battlefield, or Team Fortress it's a whole different story.

No recoil.

It took everything in the divorce....

Don't like casual conveyer FPS with oldy graphics and without original storyline...

Price mostly, and that it is so well known instead of other games.

I don't hate them... it's just that they're over-priced, over-hyped, and don't seem to change enough from one game to another to really be worth getting every new one that comes along. And while I'm sure they could only do so much in the World War 2 Setting, they only seem to be going for "Modern" or even futuristic things now, what about all the other hundreds of wars they could base some games on?

Hate is such a strong word. I would say I don't like it. It is the Justin Bieber or 1D of games nowardays.

Cod 1, Cod:UO, Cod 2, Cod:WaW or Cod4:MW were all good and amazing games. Cod 1 was worth every praise, reinvented modern FPS. Cod2 built upon it. Cod:WaW went for a new theater. MW again used the good movies single player formula and freshened the series up.

Now at about this point Cod decided it wanted to become the CS or Battlefield of games. Only problem they used the FIFA formula to come out with a game every 1 year. Kind of feels like mass produced stuff that is being thrown at someone, the games after not playing them since MW look the same. I wouldn't be able to tell what gameplay footage of the multiplayer I am seeing. Also buying a game knowing I will have to buy a DLC pack or two and a new game will be released in a year is kind of off putting and again feels like they are milking this to the max. They make the game for the money and not really for any artistic motive. I mean all developers are out for the money but they actually put some effort into the games to make them unique. CoD has simply zeroed in on a concept that sells well and milks it to the max. If you enjoy these games all glory to you. My Cod was CS 1.3-1.6 at the time with a lot less expenses as they simply added new maps, modes and weapons with a patch instead of calling it a new game. So I don't like how they milk it so obviously. Danger being other developers see how well it works and go for similar styles. :/

I actually don't have a strong opinion on these CoD games, 'cause I don't play them. :)
However, they seem to be a little bit overpriced.

"Same" gameplay, more or less same sloppy work, overhyped and overpriced.

I never played Call of Duty. I'm an ARMA fan ( and operation flashpoint the first before that ).

Arma 3 was 25 bucks when bought in alpha.

CoD is seriously expensive. If i want a quick FPS, there is plenty of free options, i do not think that CoD brings enough to justify the price.

I might change my mind if i get to try it.

In the meantime... i will keep playing on a single map... of 270 km².

Strange that no one has posted this yet: Why Call of Duty Isn't Good: The Death of Tactics :P

.... $90 for a game that presents no new good features compared to the old games, has the graphical fidelity of a $30 title. It is only half an experience as the single player campaign is never good anymore, therefore it relies solely on multiplayer to sell the game (which it boasts as a "free" extra game or at least used to back when i was still buying it which was CoDBO). not to mention its $90 normal edition so you don't even get collectors edition for that price and it will come with about 4, $15 map dlc's that you have to buy later just to find servers that don't lag on multiplayer (since i am australian). Quite literally, the only new feature they have added on this iteration is the alien horde-mode (i didn't care to remember its name) and there seems to be a just as fun version released by Valve for free if you own any game. It is Alien Swarm and all you have to do is add the first person mod and it becomes a much better version of the CoD one...

This is only a handful of the reasons i dislike the new Call of Duty games... I actually liked CoDBO (however the only thing i liked was the zombie horde mode as i could spend about 3-4 hours with some random people and make a few new friends in the process whilst not having to think about it too hard. It was genuinely fun and i had a good time with it. But the multiplayer was the same as the last 4 which came before it when you boil it down to its mechanics. Killstreaks as an idea are good, however it essentially promotes bad gameplay on the user's behalf as it punishes those who do not survive as they actively move around the map instead of staying in one spot. The single player to me was essentially a mess... i had no attachment to anything and i had no problems skipping cutscenes and walking away from the computer whilst they were on as they had nothing to invest me in... all i understood was that apparently I was a character names Mason and I had to shoot people whilst essentially being dragged along by scripted events i played almost no part in.

I have quite a few:

1. The price tag. CoD games are extremely overpriced compared to similar games such as Counter Strike, and hardly ever go on decent sales.
2. Lack of innovation. Since CoD 4 there has hardly been any innovation in the series, especially in the ones made by Infinity Ward.
3. Lack of dedicated servers. For me this is a must-have on PC games. It allows for an actual community to develop as well as add some variety to the game.
4. It doesn't do anything better than other shooters. If I'm looking for competitive team-based gameplay I'll play CS:GO. If I want to play a twitch-skills game I'd play Quake Live. If I want to play casually with some of my friends I'd go play Bad Company 2. If I just want to have some dumb fun, TF2. If I'm looking for graphical fidelity - BF4. A fun singleplayer experience? Borderlands 2 (Still extremely fun even if by yourself). Realistic simulation - ARMA 3. All of these games with the exception of BF4 (which will likely go on far greater sales than CoD) are cheaper than Call of Duty.
5. I don't like to give Activation my money due to their business practices, and because the games just seem like lazy pandering.

I see no reason to get any of the recent CoDs. I haven't enjoyed one since MW4. I'm not going to bother going around telling people what they should and shouldn't buy though. It's not like it was made through slave labor in India or something.

Mostly what I dislike about the CoD series is all of the people on the anti-bandwagon spamming threads all over the place bashing the game. Honestly, pretty much anyone on the PC hates the series - there's no need to keep spamming us with these kinds of threads.

Better question: Why do you feel the need to be so vocal about your hatred?

People are going to play what they like. You're not going to change their minds. Live and let live.

Because it is the Madden Football of FPSs, just like the Battlefield series. Every year or so it comes out with nothing really innovative. It barely adds new guns if any, barely adds a few new maps then charges you if you want more later on, and most people dont even play correctly they just run and gun. Oh and the fanbase is mostly a bunch of bros, idiots, and children who suck at teamwork and are sore losers.

this would pretty much voice all of the lack of innovation comments http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5E82ZkHTiVU

It's one of the better First Person Shooters to just dick around with friends.
And to make fun of their lack of skills.

I like it. Its fun, and that is the only thing I ask of it. Its not really a competitive game or a skill-based game, and you really shouldnt play it if that is what you are looking for. Is a good bit of casual fun..

What I do hate with the strenght of 10 000 suns is bad ports though, and that is what most of them have been lately. I love MW1 and BO1. They are great. MW2,MW3 and to some extent BO2 are crappy ports.

You only need to bring back server list/mod support for multiplayer/ rentable servers, Activision. Making the game not run like shit would be great too( how in hell a game that looks this bad can be having framerate problems with a fucking TITAN is beyond me.Infinity Ward is a complete piece of shit on PC)

Basically, CoD is fun, but the horrible porting completely ruins it for me.

It would be nice to have a feature that detects when a little kid is on the mic and it mutes them until they become an adult.

Or maybe the ability to run your own server and with a higher player count than what is allowed now.

The game is fun but expensive, and the dlcs are worth almost the same as the base game, and there is a new game every year

The only thing I hate about CoD is that it shouldn't be as succesful as it is.

i just dislike the newer games because to me mw2 is the best mulitplayer (mw1's story tho for the storyline is my fave), and whenever I play any of the others' multiplayer, I always think of mw2's and then I play mw2, and feel sad because no one plays groundwar anymore (which was the best), and then I see the outdated graphics, and it makes me think of the time in my life when mw2 was the coolest thing I and just feel a little sad.

I do look forward to trying out ghosts one day, but I doubt that it can compare to the first two Modern Warefare games.

I forever <3 MW2 Thank you Infinity Ward for this great game