Activision's Call of Duty is one of the world's biggest video game franchises, which makes its continued absence on Switch (the world's best-selling games console at the time of writing) all the more puzzling.
Still, at least we have Counter Recon: The First Mission to fall back on, eh? Developed by TROOOZE, this single-player (yes, you read that correctly) FPS is all about blowing up terrorists with a wide range of guns, and even has its own zombie mode. And who says innovation is dead?
According to the developer, it also showcases an "overwhelming number of stages with high quality graphic [sic]" and "weapons that excite military fans!" Four game modes are promised – "Mission", "Infinity", "Zombie" and "Traning & Bonus", and the XP you earn during play can be used to level-up your character.
It sounds fine on paper, but a quick look at the trailer above and you'll be back to wishing Call of Duty would just come to Switch already.
Counter Recon: The First Mission hits the Switch eShop in North America, Europe, and Japan today. Will you be taking the plunge?
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Without multiplayer this game has barely any purpose. Obviously buying DOOM (any of them) would be better than this.
Mom we have call of duty at home ,call of duty at home
It looks like pure ***** to be honest.
Kind of reminds me of an arcade game
WarFace sadly still the go to for a Call of Duty type experience. Great game, just wish there was another option after all these years now with the switch.
People are gonna buy it anyways, just to experience more conventional team vs team FPS action on the Switch, and we are sorely lacking in that department.
This is the saddest thing I have seen all week
That just looks bad all round. It looks like a fan made source engine game from a couple of decades ago.
Sometimes I feel bad and then I see this and think to myself, "welp, I'm bad, but at least I'm not Counter Recon"
Well I mean this is the same publisher that published both ANIMUS games and that horrible third person online shooter. 🙄
@gutrippabear i can’t say enough how bad the switch needs COD.
If only Activision stopped their CoD developers from prioritizing hardware. It's the reason there aren't any CoD games on the Switch and it's the reason why CoD generally only performs well on one platform, not even two. It's also why the trio of modern CoD games can't fit onto a 500gb PS4.
That trailer reminded me a lot of what Duke Nukem Forever looked like during its long development time.
I also find it humorous to think it was actually someone's job to make that trailer. Someone was paid something to put that together. I don't know anything about the industry so I'm not sure if that is done in house or contracted out to someone else. If contracted out I'd love to see how those negotiations go down. If done in house that has to be handed down to some pee-on to get done before they clock out.
@ModdedInkling I do remember a cod game for ds and wii, wasn’t there?
This makes me wonder why they haven't ported CoD mobile to switch
@justpizza
There were four CoD games ported to the Wii, two CoD games ported to the Wii U, and I believe three spin-offs on the DS. Treyarch worked on all of the console ports, while nSpace (which closed down) developed the DS games.
Unfortunately, even with the experience Treyarch has with Nintendo hardware, they stopped porting games entirely and just focused on making CoD games.
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