Fascinating Computer Games - New Call Of Duty

The call of duty series of games are one of the most popular in the sphere of gaming. These FPS (first person shooter) games deal with military forces given specific assignments to carry out. Published by gaming giants Activision, this series of mission based games first showed its face in 2003, when the first Call of Duty was released. Many incidents from World War II were featured in the game, the game was a huge success. The game's popularity continued with the release of Call of Duty 2, but Call of Duty 3 wasn't as successful. But then came the fourth game in the installment, Modern Warfare, which hit the jackpot and was a hit with fans and critics alike. The game was praised for switching its focus to tensions in the current world, which they did not do in the previous games. All the previous games focused on World War II. In the series two more games, World at War and Modern Warfare 2 had overwhelming success and the latest game released in the series is Black ops, in 2010.

This new game in the Call of Duty immediately caught the attention of die-hard FPS fans worldwide, for its unique setting. For the first time, any game in the series had focused on the cold war, and therefore, it got a lot of hype before its release, and ended up selling 7 million copies within 24 hours of its release. The player plays through the eyes of CIA covert operative Alex Mason in the game, who is seen to be in captivity and is continuously interrogated by his silhouetted captors about his past. You take on the role of Alex Mason to complete various difficult missions when the game plays in flashback. The game won praise for its stunning visual effects and brilliant story telling. The game is based on several real incidents that took place during the cold war. The Bay of Pigs is one incident of huge significance historically that has been covered in the game.

It is one of the best games in 2010 which is deemed by several game rating websites and the critics have mostly praised the game. However, the game stirred up huge controversy, just like Modern Warfare 2, because it shows the lead character Alex Mason, assassinating Fidel Castro, albeit a fake one. The game was seen as a product of capitalist American society by leaders and common people with sympathies towards the communist and criticized the game for depicting Castro's assassination. They saw the game as a ploy used by Americans to turn the world against communism. But despite the controversy, the new Call of Duty game manages to keep up the name of an already established and well reputed game series.

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