Call of Duty has considerably transformed from the series that it once was back on the Xbox 360 and PS3. A lot of that is down to the monetization of video games, as Call of Duty has opted to trade in more realistic and gritty shooters to chase the Fortnite gravy train, introducing battle passes and increasingly bizarre skins for players to buy for their weapons and character models.

This shift towards the Fortnitification of Call of Duty has seen many aspects of the older games removed or warped in different ways, one of which being the old faction system. In earlier games where skins just weren't a thing, like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, players differentiated themselves by being placed in different factions, that would often have unique character models and spawn music that made each faction feel distinct.

It's this system that Call of Duty players have been pining for recently, most likely brought about by the recent release of Black Ops 6. In a Reddit thread on the Call of Duty subreddit, a user called Vanilla_Ice_Best_Boy shared their love of the old factions system that Call of Duty used to have, sharing some of the more iconic logos of said factions in an accompanying image.

That post has exploded in popularity, reaching a whopping 11,000 upvotes at the time of writing, with hundreds of comments from other people describing how much they like factions back. For example, a user called Hunterknowsbest talks about how much they "miss the different announcers and spawn music", as well as how the weapon you chose determined what your character would look like.

A lot of people, such as user Mikebyrneyadigg, also miss how it was easy to distinguish between friend and foe at a glance with the old faction system, and that the weirder skins in the modern games make it "a nightmare to figure out who’s who" in Hardcore modes. Apart from that, it's mostly Call of Duty fans pining for the days in which they could play as factions like Rangers, Spetsnaz, Delta, Task Force 141, and more.

Unfortunately, as much as we would all love these factions to return, and some semblance of team uniforms again, skins probably make Activision far too much money to simply abandon. Whether we like it or not, the old faction system is most likely gone for good, so all we can do is pour one out for the glory days of Call of Duty.

I miss Factions. [COD]
byu/Vanilla_Ice_Best_Boi inCallOfDuty

Posted: Dec 06, 2024 10:36 pm
Related Forum: Call of Duty Forum

Source: https://www.thegamer.com/call-of-duty-black-ops-6-fans-old-factions-system-back/