6 finger ai slop zombie santa loading screen when this game costs 70bux and they want and arm and a leg for skins lolll

Well, folks, it’s Call of Duty —same ish, different day. Honestly, it’s like they put the game in a blender with a few new ideas, hit "blend," and served it up with a side of deja vu. The movement system is a nice touch, though. It's smoother, faster, and feels like the game finally learned how to walk without tripping over itself. Kudos for that!

But let’s be real: this game is the McDonald's of video games. It’s exactly what you expect—solid, reliable, and repetitive as hell. You know what you’re getting, and it hits the spot every time. Sure, it's not "amazing" or revolutionary, but sometimes you just want those same fries and a Big Mac. And honestly, I'll still play it, even though I’ve been playing basically the same thing for the last 10 years.

So yeah, Call of Duty, you’ve got your flaws, but you’re like that old, reliable fast food joint I keep coming back to. I may complain about the same old menu, but I’ll be back for the next round, because I’m addicted to it. Make Call of Duty great again? Nah, let’s just keep it... predictable.

AI Use is why.

with the replacement of Julie Nathanson, who has voiced the character Samantha Maxis since BLACK OPS 1, due to her stances on the use of AI in voice work, and in support of the rest of the talented HUMANS that do voice work, I'm not writing a positive review, and using this instead to spread awareness. This is abhorrent behavior, and whether Treyarch or Activision are at fault for this, the fact stays the same. THERE NEEDS TO BE AI PROTECTION FOR VOICE ACTORS/ACTRESSES.

Activision ruining and plague our finally good cod in the last few years with AI slop and replacing actors with it

Half the game is AI slop and even has sold items generated by AI as store bundles for upwards of $30. The game also has "Engagement Optimized Matchmaking," a process used to prioritize lobby balancing in casual play meaning if you're any good you'll be facing wannabe competitive players in quick play, not just ranked. The lack of transparency and the numerous layoffs not just of massive talents such as Zeke Alton (voice actor for William Peck,) and Julie Nathanson (voice actor for Samantha Maxis since 2010.) You're better off just playing something else that respects your money and time with a quality product and transparent communication and playing other games in the FPS space while you wait for Activision to address their many concerns. Remember the California Civil Rights Department filed suit against Activision Blizzard back in 2021 and never forget it because they haven't changed since and won't if people aren't made aware.

Using Generative AI to make cheap loading screen and calling card artworks while charging the standard $10-15usd for them, It's not even serviceable AI art either, we're talking full 6 finger hands meanwhile AI's have been doing hands right for the past 3 years now.

More Importantly, they're recasting long time voice actors to avoid giving them AI voice protections. 4 Characters have already been replaced, with a leak suggesting a 5th being replaced with AI, Doesn't bode well for the future of Call of Duty or for gaming in general, if this not only persists but if Activision gets away with this. You'll be seeing people like Nolan North, Jennifer Hale, Steve Blum among many others be replaced with AI voice acting soon enough.

Also the use of AI generated content without a disclaimer puts it in breach of Valve's new Storefront policies and therefore This game should no longer be sold on Steam, which is a shame, as this is some of the best Zombies cod has had in years.

Otherwise you've still got all persisting issues from MW2(22) and MW3(23) like the Cod HQ being horribly designed, unoptimised and bloating hard drives, terrible matchmaking and servers, hit reg and spawn issues, etc, etc.

The devs don't care so why should you?

Terrible matchmaking.
Constant packet burst. I mean INESCAPABLE packet burst.
Deletes all your loadouts regularly.
AI art to sell skin packs.
Unfathomably hideous and convoluted UI.
Forces you to watch overlong animations that waste your time to sell FOMO.

All that money and not a single care given for player experience.

Game is like every other BO, very unoptimized even on a 4070ti, very low fps and stutters and frame drops, needs to be fixed, spawn killing is also so broken its almost unplayable at times, other than that its just like ever other BO made.

AI generated art being sold in paid bundles for real money. Please do not give Activision money, they do not deserve it, never have, and never will. Sign sag aftra petition against AI art here: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/video-game-strike/

Developers use AI to make in game cosmetics. Whoever is in charge seems to value cheap cash grabs over the players AND all the artists who have made their games possible, past, present, and future... unscrupulous, gross, disappointing.