If you dont like the run and gun/spawn, die crap that COD has become you can still get into good competative but fun games by going into the settings and enabling the server browser. You can then filter by hardcore and search and destroy and get some good servers. This makes the game much better for me becuase I'm really not a fan of running and gunning from the hip spray and pray. i prefer a level playing field and relying on my skill more than my level.
I also recommend Search and Destroy to anyone who enjoys a more comptetative game because your life actually matters in this. Once you die in S&D you stay dead for the round. This means that people arent just running around shooting at shit without a care about dying. You have to use teamwork and strategy to win the round.
This is all my personal opinion. I realise that run and gun team deathmatch and stuff have become more popular. But I dont have alot of time to play games and I hate when I jump into a game and everyone there has 50 levels on me and simply because they have more time to play the game they are given an advantage in the way of equipment. I feel skill is less important in those types of games.
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