Update (25/06/2024) - I tried playing through this game again to give it another chance and hopefully complete it. Unfortunately though I experienced some game stopping problems and once again was faced with AI who refused to open doors. So I am still unable to complete the game which is unfortunate as I did enjoy a lot about it but it seems like the developers never cared enough to update the problems it has which is very unsurprising coming from Activision.

When I first started playing this I was really enjoying it even though it had a pretty bad launch and first trailer. I found out that playing it was far, far better than I expected and that it was an interesting single player game which the Call of Duty's usually are. All their stories seem to sound basic but have their own twist or unique take on scenarios. It's the same for this game, a group of bad guys are threatening Earth all for their own domination and rise of the SDF.
Infinite Warfare features new things not seen in the previous games such as space travel, ship fights in space, side missions done like these and this level of attention to the far future as opposed to the near.
However, not all is well in this game as I will detail below which gives it a negative review from me.
Just to point out, I have not finished the game.

PRO
- The story is enjoyable with it's new setting and plot.
- The characters, while slightly dull, are all realistic and interesting.
- The spaceship dog fighting missions are pretty fun, very remiscent of Star Wars Battlefront (2005)
- The music is enjoyable to listen to as always in CoD games.
- Some parts of the campaign are tense and thrilling, reminding me of the Alien movies or other 1980's sci-fi horror.
- Lots of guns, gadgets and customisable gear which are all fun to use.

CON
- The main missions take so long to get into. To begin one you need to walk to the mission select desk, have a 30 second briefing on what you're doing, take an elevator ride down to the armoury with monotonus chatter during, sort out your loadout of weaponary, tak another elevator down to the hanger, walk to your ship, have another dull conversation where someone makes a smart ass comment about something, watch a cutscene of you leaving and then finally watch a cutscene of you arriving at the destination. I'm all for immersion but I also jsut wanna play. A loading screen cutscene would have been perfect just like the older games.

- During gameplay I get between 50-60fps which is perfectly fine with me. During moments where there are defense missions where yo uare swarmed with enemies I get stuck on about 5-10fps (not my hardware, bad optimisation). Cutscenes also stutter so heavily that even they have to pause for a 'loading' message to help it out.

- The reason I haven't finished the game is because of a game breaking bug in which I cannot open a door on my own. Yeah. I get to a door half way through the game, all my squad are around me (minus one AI that has disappeared) I hold my hands on the door ready for it to be held open by a teammate but nothing. I stand there like an idiot while they're sitting there with their thumbs up their arses. Loading the last checkpoint doesn't help and neither does restarting the mission. People say play another mission then go back to it but I've completed all the side missions up to that point so it's impossible to do so.

- There are also other bugs that stop people from completing missions that apparently haven't been fixed. The only other one I ran into was during a space battle where I must destroy a ship that was glitched to be invincible.

If I had completed the game then no doubt I would have given it a good review regardless but since I couldn't then I have no choice but to give it a bad review. I paid for half a game. Sorry, half a broken game.
4/10

Update (25/06/2024) - I tried playing through this game again to give it another chance and hopefully complete it. Unfortunately though I experienced some game stopping problems and once again was faced with AI who refused to open doors. So I am still unable to complete the game which is unfortunate as I did enjoy a lot about it but it seems like the developers never cared enough to update the problems it has which is very unsurprising coming from Activision. When I first started playing this I was really enjoying it even though it had a pretty bad launch and first trailer. I found out that playing it was far, far better than I expected and that it was an interesting single player game which the Call of Duty's usually are. All their stories seem to sound basic but have their own twist or unique take on scenarios. It's the same for this game, a group of bad guys are threatening Earth all for their own domination and rise of the SDF. Infinite Warfare features new things not seen in the previous games such as space travel, ship fights in space, side missions done like these and this level of attention to the far future as opposed to the near. However, not all is well in this game as I will detail below which gives it a negative review from me. Just to point out, I have not finished the game. PRO - The story is enjoyable with it's new setting and plot. - The characters, while slightly dull, are all realistic and interesting. - The spaceship dog fighting missions are pretty fun, very remiscent of Star Wars Battlefront (2005) - The music is enjoyable to listen to as always in CoD games. - Some parts of the campaign are tense and thrilling, reminding me of the Alien movies or other 1980's sci-fi horror. - Lots of guns, gadgets and customisable gear which are all fun to use. CON - The main missions take so long to get into. To begin one you need to walk to the mission select desk, have a 30 second briefing on what you're doing, take an elevator ride down to the armoury with monotonus chatter during, sort out your loadout of weaponary, tak another elevator down to the hanger, walk to your ship, have another dull conversation where someone makes a smart ass comment about something, watch a cutscene of you leaving and then finally watch a cutscene of you arriving at the destination. I'm all for immersion but I also jsut wanna play. A loading screen cutscene would have been perfect just like the older games. - During gameplay I get between 50-60fps which is perfectly fine with me. During moments where there are defense missions where yo uare swarmed with enemies I get stuck on about 5-10fps (not my hardware, bad optimisation). Cutscenes also stutter so heavily that even they have to pause for a 'loading' message to help it out. - The reason I haven't finished the game is because of a game breaking bug in which I cannot open a door on my own. Yeah. I get to a door half way through the game, all my squad are around me (minus one AI that has disappeared) I hold my hands on the door ready for it to be held open by a teammate but nothing. I stand there like an idiot while they're sitting there with their thumbs up their arses. Loading the last checkpoint doesn't help and neither does restarting the mission. People say play another mission then go back to it but I've completed all the side missions up to that point so it's impossible to do so. - There are also other bugs that stop people from completing missions that apparently haven't been fixed. The only other one I ran into was during a space battle where I must destroy a ship that was glitched to be invincible. If I had completed the game then no doubt I would have given it a good review regardless but since I couldn't then I have no choice but to give it a bad review. I paid for half a game. Sorry, half a broken game. 4/10