Call of Duty: Ghosts
Call of Duty: Ghosts is a first-person shooter set in a near-future scenario where the United States has been devastated by an orbital weapons strike. The single-player campaign follows Logan Walker, a soldier…
Call of Duty: Ghosts is a shooter developed by Infinity Ward, released 5 November 2013 on PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox One and PlayStation 3. The main story takes about 10 hrs to finish.
What Call of Duty: Ghosts is
Call of Duty: Ghosts is a shooter game developed by Infinity Ward and released in 2013. It was published by Activision. It is available on PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on IW Engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In the near future, a conflict in the Middle East destroys the region's oil fields, triggering a global energy crisis. South American oil-producing nations unite into the Federation of the Americas, a military dictatorship that rapidly conquers Central America and Mexico. The Federation hijacks an American orbital weapons platform and uses it to devastate cities across the southwestern United States, reshaping the balance of global power overnight. Ten years later, brothers Logan and Hesh Walker serve along the fortified border that now divides what remains of the U.S. from Federation territory. When a Federation operative named Rorke, a former Ghost turned traitor through brainwashing…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, science fiction, stealth and survival. It supports multiplayer for up to 18 players online. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 40 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Call of Duty series
Call of Duty: Ghosts is the 86th of 204 entries we hold in the Call of Duty series. The next entry was Call of Duty: Ghosts - Digital Hardened Edition in 2013. Its critic score of 74 is almost exactly the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - Collection 1 at 90.
How it was received
Call of Duty: Ghosts holds a critic score of 74 out of 100. That places it above 52% of the 3,306 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2013 averaged 70, so it scored 4 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 69, across 745 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 10 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 17.3 hrs, roughly 1.7 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E8200 2.66 GHZ / AMD Phenom™ X3 8750 2.4 GHZ or better, 6 GB RAM and NVIDIA® GeForce™ GTS 450 / ATI® Radeon™ HD 5870 or better. An 6GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Call of Duty: Ghosts launched on 5 November 2013, within three weeks of Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut and The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds. All of them reviewed better. It was a PlayStation 4 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut, The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Call of Duty: Ghosts yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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