1 hour ago, swiftcoder said:There are quite literally hundreds of shooters that are definably not call of duty™. I'm not clear why you are so focused on making call of duty into not call of duty, instead of just playing/developing other similar games?
The very line you quoted there says I am exactly NOT doing that.
As for why I don't play other, similar games that are close to what I'm looking for... Who says I don't? The closest I can find are Destiny and Prey (2017), and they're great. But they all lack huge parts of the CoD formula that are worth adding, such as their loadout system and all the customization that brings. And of course, the game modes as well. So I guess, a game with as good of gunplay as mid-late 2000s CoD, not necessarily the same gunplay, with the game modes of a dedicated shooter in addition to a story campaign, and highly customizable CoD-style loadouts, but something new and interesting added that interacts with the gunplay in an important manner and adds actual depth to the game without needing special circumstances rather than just being a throwaway gimmick. Something that has as much impact on the gameplay as the powers, suits and custom robots and such I listed above, though it doesn't have to be at all like that in its actual form, just how much it changes the game. I've seen some pretty good attempts at that, but nothing really ticks all the boxes, you know?