History YMMV / CallOfDuty

* BrokenBase: The guys who hate ''World At War'', ''Big Red One'' and ''3'' because they weren't done by Infinity Ward. Many fans also '''''hate''''' the Juggernaut perk and/or rifle grenades, and the MP-40 in ''World At War'' is given similar views.

* EvenBetterSequel: ''CallOfDuty: United Offensive''. While ''CallOfDuty 2'' is an excellent game, aside from the new gameplay elements and graphic, it's a step back from ''United Offensive''.

* GameBreaker: The classic [=CoD=] gamebreaker is the [=PPSh=]-41; in the original, it had a huge 71-round magazine along with very friendly and predictable recoil and an excellent iron sight. Almost every later game tried to {{Nerf}} it somehow. Submachine guns in general have always been overpowered in the WorldWarII games.

* MoralEventHorizon: In ''ModernWarfare 2'', many. [[spoiler: Makarov for mowing down an airport full of innocent civilians and blaming pinning it on the U.S.; the "good" Russian army vowing to kill 1,000 Americans for every dead Russian civilian in the airport (and they go about this gleefully by shooting down civilian EVAC choppers); and Shepard for orchestrating it all because, he claimed, there weren't enough patriots in America.]]

* SequelDisplacement: A vast majority of the fanbase have never played the original game, ''United Offensive'' or even ''CallOfDuty 2''.

*** The first game has since been ported to both the 360 and PS3, though ''United Offensive'' remains PC-exclusive.

* TearJerker: The ending of the American Campaign in ''World At War.'' Even more so if [[spoiler: Roebuck is killed, since he does the final narration.]]

*** Also from the same game, the first Russian mission. What seems to be infinite respawning enemies in one section makes it extremely hated.

*** On the other hand, the {{Wii}}'s version has the occasional GoodBadBug that makes the level ''extremely'' easy.

* CompleteMonster: Seriously, Dragovich and Kravechenko from ''Black Ops'' don't qualify as these? The former had [[spoiler: Dmitri Petrenko]] gassed with face-melting Nova ''just to see if it worked''. His other hobby? [[spoiler: Mind-raping prisoners to be his double agents]]. Kravchenko is arguably ''worse''. Aside from brutally and happily murdering POWs and using Vietnamese civilians as test subjects for Nova, his crowning moment of bastardry has to be when his sister - repeat, his ''own sister'' - turned down Dragovich romantically, so he mutilated and killed her to prove his loyalty.

* FridgeHorror: After playing ''Black Ops'', you can't help but despair [[spoiler: whenever you finish ''World At War'', knowing that instead of their much-deserved "heroes return", Petrenko will be horribly killed within a few months and Reznov will be thrown into a hellhole gulag for nearly two decades.]]

* CompleteMonster: Seriously, Dragovich and Kravechenko from ''Black Ops'' don't qualify as these? The former had [[spoiler: Dmitri Petrenko]] gassed with face-melting Nova ''just to see if it worked''. His other hobby? [[spoiler: Mind-raping prisoners to be his double agents.]] Kravchenko is arguably ''worse''. Aside from brutally and happily murdering POWs and using Vietnamese civilians as test subject for Nova, his crowning moment of bastardry has to be when his sister - repeat, his ''own sister'' - turned down Dragovich romantically, he mutilated and killed has to prove his loyalty.

** [[spoiler:Isabelle]]'s death in ''Call of Duty 3'', an deed that causes the normally stoic Marchel to break up. Sgt. Keith, usually having less than flattering views on Frenchmen, is the only one who comfort him when he grieve her death.

* HateDumb: Some of the biggest complaints about ''ModernWarfare 2'' were complaints that [[{{ptitlezx89c5u5txaj}} it didn't "innovate" sufficiently from its predecessor]]. Fair enough. ''Black Ops'' has revealed a slew of original game modes and weapons, only to be decried by many fans as "gimmicky". And that's not even getting into the complaints about ModernWarfare on the trope page, and the people who've jumped ship into rival FPS games...

** [[spoiler:Isabelle]]'s death in ''Call of Duty 3'', an deed that causes the normally stoic Marchel to break up. Sgt. Keith, usually having less than flaterring views on Frenchmen, is the only one who comfort him than he grieve her death.

*** The first game has since been ported to both the 360 and PS3, though still no ''United Offensive''.

*** Well now they have the chance to play the original game on PS3.

* AcceptableTargets: The ''CallofDuty'' franchise as a whole has become this ''for the entire Internet'', now that the developers of [[{{Halo}} that other franchise which used to be the cancer killing first person shooters]] have moved on.

** In Black Ops, just to make sure you're not really rooting for Reznov, the level where you [[spoiler: play as Reznov has him (and subsequently the player) gunning down surrendering Germans with the justification that Germans have pulled ISurrenderSuckers in the past.]]

** [[NintendoHard Blowtorch & Corkscrew]] in ''World at War''. 75% of the enemies have [[MoreDakka Type 99 LMGs]] and they're all ''[[BulletHell pointed at you]]''.

* ItsPopularNowItSucks: Much of it's {{Hatedom}} is because of this.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The mere mentioning of Modern Warfare 2 on any gaming forum will bring the wrath of untold [[PCVsConsole PC fanboys.]]
* UnpleasableFanbase: Some of the biggest complaints about ''ModernWarfare 2'' were complaints that [[{{ptitlezx89c5u5txaj}} it didn't "innovate" sufficiently from its predecessor]]. Fair enough. ''Black Ops'' has revealed a slew of original game modes and weapons, only to be decried by many fans as "gimmicky". And that's not even getting into the complaints about ModernWarfare on the trope page, and the people who've jumped ship into rival FPS games...

* {{Hatedom}}: Mostly due to ItsPopularNowItSucks.

** SOG is usually considered of the hardest missions in Black Ops due to RespawningEnemies.
*** Specifically, respawning enemies with LMG's that you have to stand up in front of three separate times to pass a certain evil check point.
*** Infinite enemies also appear at the very end of "Executive Order". Worst. Hallway. Ever.

* {{Narm}}: ''World at War'' multiplayer Marine victory. "Outstanding, Marines! Out-fucking-standing! We kicked ass!"
** '''OUR DOGS HUNGER FOR THE FLESH OF OUR N-NEM-ME!'''
*** '''BANZAI... BANZAI...''' '''''BANZAIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!'''''
*** '''SOWJETISCHE TRUPPEN!!!!'''
*** '''OUR RHECON PLANE WEEL FYND ZHEM!'''
*** '''[[RunningGag FYND GRORY EEN BAT-HOLE!]]'''
*** '''[[OverlyLongGag YOU BRING HONAH TO THE EMPERAH AND OL OF JAPAHN!]]'''

* UnpleasableFanbase: Some of the biggest complaints about ''ModernWarfare 2'' were complaints that [[{{ptitlezx89c5u5txaj}} it didn't "innovate" sufficiently from its predecessor]]. Fair enough. ''Black Ops'' has revealed a slew of original game modes and weapons, only to be decried by many fans as "gimmicky". And that's not even getting into the complaints about ModernWarfare on the trope page, and the people who've jumped ship into rival FPS games...
* YourMileageMayVary: Some feel that ''World at War'' was a fresh take on the WorldWarII setting, others saw it as a $50 World War II mod for ''Call of Duty 4''.
** The gimping of Quick Scoping and several other common perks in Black Ops is either a case of AndTheFandomRejoiced or RuinedForever, depending on the person.
** After the ItsPopularNowItSucks of [=MW2=], there's a predictable BrokenBase whether Black Ops is better or worse than ModernWarfare 2.

** After the ItsPopularNowItSucks of MW2, there's a predictable BrokenBase whether Black Ops is better or worse than ModernWarfare 2.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The mere mentioning of Modern Warfare 2 on any gaming forum will bring the wrath of untold [[PCVsConsole PC fanboys.]]