Top 5 Call of Duty Games of All Times

5. World at War (2009)

Call of Duty started in the setting of the Second World War and remained true to this theme for a long time before including modern warfare or the Vietnam War.

Although shooter fans soon got tired of the World War theme, World at War showed once again how well this setting can work. It also introduced the incredibly popular Zombie mode – and what would Call of Duty be without the Zombie mode today?

4. Modern Warfare (2019)

The new Modern Warfare is an excellent game that offers probably the most realistic weapon feeling of the series. The graphics are breathtaking and due to Warzone and probably also the Corona pandemic, MW is the best-sold Call of Duty ever.

In our opinion, it does almost everything right but doesn't bring enough new ideas to make it to the top of our ranking.

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3. Modern Warfare 2 (2010)

The campaign of Modern Warfare 2 was probably one of the most controversial at the time. The airport mission, where a terrorist group also shoots at civilians, will probably remain in the memory of every gamer.

The multiplayer was revolutionary at that time and up until today, many CoD fans name Modern Warfare 2 as the best multiplayer of the franchise.

2. Black Ops (2011)

With Black Ops, another series within the CoD franchise started in 2011 in addition to Modern Warfare. The setting during the Cold War allowed for exciting changes of location from Russia to Vietnam and Cuba.

Characters like Mason, Woods, Reznov or Hudson are well known to every shooter fan. Here, the multiplayer laid the foundation for all subsequent Black Ops installments and offered unforgettable maps such as Nuketown.

1. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2008)

For the first time, Modern Warfare took the series out of the world war scenario and into the modern fight against terrorism. It was a perfect mix of bombastically staged, movie-like Michael Bay missions and quieter crawl passages with the popular Cpt.

The multiplayer also introduced a completely new progress and unlocking system and brought the killstreaks that are still typical for CoD today. Without this game, today's multiplayer shooters would probably look completely different, which is why it is the absolute number 1 for us.

Honorable Mention: Black Ops – Cold War (2020)

The newest part of the franchise is called Black Ops – Cold War and is a soft reboot of the Black Ops series. Since it has just been released, we don't want to rank it yet, but it gets an Honorable Mention because we think it has absolutely what it takes to be a top title.

The Alpha and Beta still had a few problems, not all of which have been solved yet, but we are sure that BOCW will be a success. With Season 1 in December, BOCW will be integrated into the Warzone universe and linked to Warzone and Modern Warfare via a common progress system.

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