It's a good thing, too, because the story is every bit a predictable tribute to American military might. Now Playing: Call of Duty: Ghosts Video Review Ghosts is full of atmospheric touches, like bubbles discharging from your gun when fired underwater.

It's a game that avoids falling in love with its own cinematic ambitions, allowing the ruthless combat and well-paced encounters to take center stage over the plot.īy clicking 'enter', you agree to GameSpot's Infinity Ward has done a great job reining in the excesses of previous Call of Duty campaigns, replacing the crumbling Eiffel Tower and runaway Tube trains of Modern Warfare 3 with a less heavy-handed approach that employs spectacle-and there's no shortage of that here-as more of a complement to its core combat. Much of Ghosts' success stems from its own sense of humility.

Along with the outstanding new Extinction co-op mode and an abundance of clever refinements to competitive multiplayer, Call of Duty: Ghosts is a refreshing and thoroughly satisfying entry in the blockbuster shooter franchise. But whereas Infinity Ward's recent work on the Modern Warfare series was weighed down by bewildering plot twists and an affinity for restricting its most exciting moments to noninteractive set dressing, Ghosts tells a lean, straightforward story that throws you into plenty of spectacular situations, but with more breathing room to appreciate the action. You barely have time to take stock of the idyllic Southern California setting before fire begins raining down from the heavens, destroying every car and home in sight as a shouty man commands you to follow him to safety. The first few minutes of Call of Duty: Ghosts don't paint a terribly accurate portrait of what lies ahead. Ghosts remains an enjoyable shooter no matter which new console you choose. But the next-gen lighting effects found in the PS4 version are very much present, as is the series' trademark 60 frames-per-second action. This is due primarily to a difference of resolution: Ghosts on Xbox One tops out at 720p, while the PS4 version looks sharper and clearer at 1080p. Like many recent multiplatform titles, the Xbox One version of Call of Duty: Ghosts looks slightly inferior on Microsoft's new console when compared to the PlayStation 4 version.

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