While it is indeed the most important FPS game since Doom, playing this for the first time after never growing up with it made me realise how the sequals are better in every way.
The campaign has it's moments such as All Ghillied Up, and the nuke scene being as jaw dropping as everyone claimed it to be. However it's simplicity does drag it down when comparing it to other entries in the series, especially when the other campaigns have more interesting and layered stories to them. Even still I can get the appeal this one has.
I played on hardened mode which turned out to be a terrible decision on my part. Playing on hardened mode in the other games mostly meant the enemies were stronger and smarter. Here? I don't know who thought it was a good idea to have them throw 100 frag grenades every 2 seconds. Additionally I really hate how big the damage sway is in this game as I'll be firing from the hip with a submachine gun while getting hit, and not a single bullet with land on the one shooting me. The worst part is that I can't change difficulty too so I'm stuck with this till the end.
The campaign has it's moments such as All Ghillied Up, and the nuke scene being as jaw dropping as everyone claimed it to be. However it's simplicity does drag it down when comparing it to other entries in the series, especially when the other campaigns have more interesting and layered stories to them. Even still I can get the appeal this one has.
I played on hardened mode which turned out to be a terrible decision on my part. Playing on hardened mode in the other games mostly meant the enemies were stronger and smarter. Here? I don't know who thought it was a good idea to have them throw 100 frag grenades every 2 seconds. Additionally I really hate how big the damage sway is in this game as I'll be firing from the hip with a submachine gun while getting hit, and not a single bullet with land on the one shooting me. The worst part is that I can't change difficulty too so I'm stuck with this till the end.