Call of Duty: Ghosts review for PS3/Xbox 360

For PS3 and Xbox 360

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   Call of Duty: Ghosts accomplishes what its previous installments have done and a little bit more, but is that enough to drop 60 dollars on this new CoD title?

Game that is being reviewed is based on last gen console versions (PS3 and Xbox 360) only.

   It almost seems as if the franchise is afraid of doing something different. The last Call of Duty, Black Ops 2, ventured out by making the player perform choices that will affect the story in the single player campaign. This feature does not make a return in Ghosts, which is a huge letdown. 

   The campaign is everything you expect from a Call of Duty game. Ridiculous over-the-top action sequences, intense shootouts and a large variety of locations where the missions take place all make a return in Ghosts. Ghosts also introduces the ability to play as a dog, which is undeniably fun. 

    A new mode introduced for Ghosts is called Extinction. In Extinction, players and their friends fight off waves of aliens and they must survive and stop them from appearing. The mode is fun and entertaining, but once you beat it, there is little replay value.

   The Call of Duty franchise has notoriously fun multiplayer, and this title is no different. While there is a couple new modes, it is pretty much more of the same. It's fun, it's fast, it's addicting. 

Graphics: The graphics look absolutely stunning, even though they are on last gen consoles. The framerate very rarely drops during gameplay, even if thousands of things are happening on the screen at the same time.

Gameplay: It's exactly what you expect from a Call of Duty game. It's nothing different, but still pretty fun.

Price: $60 for a game that produces much of the same content as previous titles is a little bit much, but it's not going to go down in price until the next installment comes out. And when the next installment comes out, Ghosts will not be relevant anymore. It's impossible to avoid the high price point, so you may as well not worry about it.

Score: 8.0/10: Ghosts is a very fun game. It may be extremely similar to the previous installments, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. It's still a very enjoyable game and I recommend it to anybody who is a fan of the franchise.