Call of Duty: Ghosts Hardened Edition - PlayStation 4

I thought I would write a short review 7ish years after this game came out. I haven't played this game in 5 years due to my previous copy (wiiU) suddenly developing disc read errors.First, let me talk about the campaign. Although, I didn't remember much about this campaign, I have to say Im really enjoying it. Once you get past the opening gunfight in 0 gravity nonsense, it's a good story with some good stealth aspects to the game play. Its a well done and not overplayed feature. Then the doggo. This I thought was really cool 7 years ago, one of the few things I remembered about the campaign. Today it seems unnecessary, but not unwelcome. Once again, not overplayed.Second, the Extinction mode. I played a lot of this back in the day It's still exceptional, and the main reason I purchased a new copy of the game. The additional content for this included in the season pass is worth paying extra.Third, the multiplayer. This honestly is the reason for the review. I looked around all over the internet to find out if there was still a player base. There is, albeit a small base. It seems to hold steady at 500 to 700 players at peak times. I saw 800 on a Saturday night at 9pm eastern with most players showing off 7 years worth of finely honed sniper skills in TDM. Its unfortunate that kill confirmed and domination modes don't get much love. I really liked the point based perk system and simple weapon attachment mods. The maps seem large and remember them being so. Some CoD fans complain about Ghosts and the large maps, then they go play Warzone... Haha! Also, the maps seem to be more dynamic than in other iterations of CoD, also a welcome feature. There is also a "squad" game mode in which you and a squad of your own unlocked player skins and their loadouts face off against another team of the same. Its fun, especially if lobby wait times get you down.Lastly, visually this game still holds its own. It looks great on my ps4pro. Some in game animations look choppy, but they have little to no impact on enjoyment. And cut scenes look still look very good even when compared to the newest games.Is it still worth getting the hardened edition? It depends. The wiiU version I had offered ZERO dlc so the included season pass is an awesome inclusion. In that regard, the multiplayer maps and additional Extinction episodes, I think its worth the money. Some of the bonus items are no longer available to download. Activision, should do a better job on making the offerings available for longer. All in all, given the season pass, steel case, the wristband (that will never be worn or even displayed) and the fact that the multiplayer community isn't quite dead AND its ps5 compatible, I'd say this is a worthwhile purchase.

First off, this game is WAY BETTER than COD Advanced Warfare. If you like traditional boots to the ground combat with traditional weapons, then this game is for you. COD has since lost their way by turning the game essentially into Halo. COD needs to return to the basics of modern warfare and this game is one of the last games that does that. If you like jumping around with jet packs fighting inside a map the size of a shoe box, then I suggest you stick with Advanced Warfare. However; if you like traditional boots to the ground hard nosed combat, you'll love this game! Now, let's get into the pros and cons of this particular game pack:PROS:-The graphics are amazing-Gameplay is smooth and fluid (when not laggy)-The map packs that come bundled with this game are awesome and well worth it! I love the mixture of large maps and medium to small maps. This allows for all game modes and skills ranging from the shoe box fighter to the skillful sniper.-The soldier design feature is AWESOME. Love how you can unlock perks, weapons, soldier features by earning points through skill rather than forcing you to open your wallet.-Love the slide and aim around corner features-The tin collectable case and collectable 550 cord bracelet are nice!CONS:-As with most COD games, this game tends to get quite laggy at times. I guess that can be blamed on COD's game servers?-The game uses the "socialistic game host approach." So in other words, if you have a nice high speed internet connection that you pay for, the game will likely make you the game host in order to balance between other players with cheaper, crappier, slower game connections. This essentially slows and lags your game down. So you get to suffer because you pay for the higher speed internet. Ahhh, socialism at its finest...-Need more players online! Unfortunately since this game is older, there are a limited number of players that have these map packs. So please buy this game so we can all play these map packs together!OVERALL: A great game and a great value for this Hardened Edition! I highly recommend.UPDATE: I forgot to mention that I also played the entire campaign as well and was very entertained with every mission. The graphics on this game are amazing and the missions rock!

Call of Duty: Ghosts is a really fun game, personally my favorite. It's right before the whole "let's make everything super futuristic and weird" phase so things are retty interesting. tbh I bought this just for the Aliens: Extinction mode though. 10x better than the same ol' same ol' zombies. On a different note, the single player normal campaign isn't anything amazing to write home about, but it's pretty solid. Doggo is so cute :3Anyways, this game is great. Definitely worth the $$ I paid for it. The Season Pass Code DOES Work, but be aware the Team Leader Pack DOES NOT, and cannot be redeemed. Activision has expired all bonus DLC for CoD:Ghosts. So no more special Patch, Player Card, Background, or Soundtrack from the website. BTW; The Free Fall Map can be downloaded for free from the Playstation store if you search up the CoD: Ghosts game page. I give this product 4/5 stars because in the product description it doesn't say anything about the team leader pack expiration. Even still it's good,especially for the price, so 4/5.If the price changes on this item, I would not recommend spending any more than like $60 on this. Tbh with how old the game is you'll probably only find die hard fans and veterans on the multiplayer servers, which means if you're not great at CoD you'll probably have a bad time. So don't expect to get all your money's worth out of this game if it gets expensive. Buy it while it's cheaper than a full-price $60 game.-TL;DR-Good GameAliens: Extinction is Better than ZombiesYou get the Season Pass (All Maps and Aliens Stuff)You DON'T get the Team Leader Pack (Character Customization Items)Also the box this game comes in is awesome