Call of Duty: Ghosts

Overview

Call of Duty: Ghosts is a 2013 first-person shooter developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision. It is the tenth major game in the Call of Duty series and the sixth made by Infinity Ward. It was released for PlayStation 3, Wii U, Windows and Xbox 360 on 5 November 2013, and for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One a little later.

Ghosts is a standalone entry that follows the World War II, Black Ops and Modern Warfare games before it. It keeps the usual mission-based campaign and open-ended multiplayer, and adds a near-future setting, more focus on tactical play, new Squads modes and orbital strike superweapons in multiplayer. Extinction is a separate co-operative mode that stands in for the Zombies modes from earlier games.

The campaign follows a long, high-tech war against the Federation of the Americas, a military dictatorship that rose out of South America after a global energy crisis. It begins when the Federation takes over the American ODIN space weapon network and destroys cities in the southwestern United States. The story follows the brothers Logan and David Walker, their father Elias and their dog Riley, and a group of special forces soldiers called the Ghosts.

Activision confirmed a new Call of Duty on 7 February 2013 and expected to sell fewer copies than Black Ops II on PS3 and Xbox 360 because of the move to the next console generation. Infinity Ward built the game on an upgraded engine and aimed for 60 frames per second on every platform. The multiplayer was built by Raven Software, Extinction by Neversoft, and the Wii U version by Treyarch. David Buckley wrote the score.

Four DLC map packs came out in 2014: Onslaught, Devastation, Invasion and Nemesis. Each added four multiplayer maps and an episode of Extinction. Xbox 360 and Xbox One players got each one about a month before PlayStation players, between January and August 2014. Pre-orders included a map called Free Fall and the characters Ghost and Soap from Modern Warfare 2.

Reviews were mixed to favorable. Critics praised the multiplayer and the Extinction mode and criticised the campaign and the lack of new ideas. Activision shipped about 1 billion US dollars of units to retail in the first 24 hours, but sales fell below Black Ops II, and the game passed 19 million physical copies by February 2014. Later retrospectives have mostly been negative.

Official trailer

Official Call of Duty: Ghosts Gameplay Launch Trailer, Call of Duty. Watch on YouTube

Gameplay

CALL OF DUTY: GHOSTS | Xbox 360 Gameplay, BenedictPlays. Watch on YouTube

Screenshots

Game details

Genres

First-person shooter

Developer

Infinity Ward

Publisher

Activision

Series

Call of Duty

Engine

IW 6.0

Composers

David Buckley

Writers

Stephen Gaghan

Modes

Single player

Yes

Local multiplayer

2

Online multiplayer

18

Release dates

Editions

Buy this game

Achievements

Achievements91 (2,000G)

1000G possibleYes

Total

91

Gamerscore

2000

100% time

20 to 30 hours

Difficulty

5 out of 10

Playthroughs for 1000G

1

Playthroughs for 100%

1

1000G without online

Yes

Online trophies

0

Online note

No achievement needs online play.

DLC has trophies

Yes

1000G includes DLC

No

100% includes DLC

Yes

DLC still for sale

No

DLC note

Four packs add 41 achievements worth 1,000G. They are no longer sold.

Missable trophies

1

Chapter select fixes a miss

Yes

Separate trophy lists by region

No

Only in a language other than English

No

Languages

English, Japanese

Online-only version

No

Digital-only

No

Disc-only

No

Players with 1000G

2.2%

Gamerscore, base game

1000

Gamerscore with DLC

2000

Missable trophies

• Audiophile

Grind

• Campaign on Veteran
• Extinction chapters

• Ghost Stories Escape. (Complete "Ghost Stories" on any difficulty.) 5G 88.23% of players
• Spatial Awareness Kill your first enemy in the Call of Duty® Ghosts campaign. 10G 89.33% of players
• Brave New World Rendez-vous in Fort Santa Monica. (Complete "Brave New World" on any difficulty.) 10G 82.23% of players
• Liberty Wall Take down both attack helicopters in Brave New World. 10G 67.27% of players
• No Man's Land Make it to San Diego. (Complete "No Man's Land" on any difficulty.) 10G 76.81% of players
• Blimey O'Riley Pounce on 10 enemies whilst controlling Riley. 10G 34.25% of players
• Struck Down Find Ajax. (Complete "Struck Down" on any difficulty.) 10G 74.06% of players
• Waste Not Every shot with the remote sniper kills a person or vehicle. 10G 12.92% of players
• Homecoming Defend LA. (Complete "Homecoming" on any difficulty.) 10G 71.37% of players
• Go Ugly Early A-10 strafe 50 enemies. 10G 63.45% of players
• Legends Never Die Hunt down Almagro. (Complete "Legends Never Die" on any difficulty.) 10G 69.08% of players
• It Came from Below! Kill 6 enemies with the knife while underwater in "Legends Never Die". 10G 10.97% of players
• Federation Day Gather intel on Rorke. (Complete "Federation Day" on any difficulty.) 10G 67.31% of players
• Sleeping Beauty Kill sleeping enemy in face down rappel section 10G 14.52% of players
• Carbon Faceprint Catch the photocopier with your face. 10G 53.8% of players
• Birds of Prey Capture Rorke (Complete "Birds of Prey" on any difficulty.) 10G 64.58% of players
• Burn Baby Burn Destroy 80 fuel containers. 25G 9.7% of players
• The Hunted Make it out alive (Complete "The Hunted" on any difficulty.) 25G 62.92% of players
• Jungle Ghosts Finish the mission without breaking stealth. 25G 13.06% of players
• Clockwork Hack the system (Complete "Clockwork" on any difficulty.) 25G 61.54% of players
• Deep Freeze Drop 8 vehicles into ice holes. 25G 60.42% of players
• Atlas Falls Distract the Federation Fleet. (Complete "Atlas Falls" on any difficulty.) 25G 60.19% of players
• Grindin' Blow the pressure valves on your first attempt. 40G 47.35% of players
• Piece of cake Storm the common room and kill everyone without taking damage on Veteran. 100G 9.8% of players
• Into the Deep Destroy the enemy ship (Complete "Into The Deep" on any difficulty.) 20G 58.85% of players
• David & Goliath Take down the LCS on the first go. 20G 50.66% of players
• End of the Line Storm the factory (Complete "End of the Line" on any difficulty.) 20G 57.89% of players
• Cog in the machine Kill 5 enemies without being detected before infiltrating Black Zone. 35G 36.57% of players
• Sin City Plan your next move. (Complete "Sin City" on any difficulty.) 20G 56.79% of players
• Jack-pot Destroy 21 slot machines. 20G 10.14% of players
• All or nothing Gather the troops. (Complete "All or Nothing" on any difficulty.) 20G 56.23% of players
• End of your rope Cut a grappling hook rope with an enemy on it. 20G 29.35% of players
• Severed Ties Destroy the Federation's satellite array. (Complete "Severed Ties" on any difficulty.) 20G 55.51% of players
• Fly-by-wire Take out 3 out of 3 helicopters with the remote missile. 20G 21.27% of players
• Loki Commandeer the enemy space station. (Complete "Loki" on any difficulty.) 20G 55.03% of players
• They look like ants Destroy all enemy ground targets and kill no allies with the rods. 20G 6.12% of players
• The Ghost Killer Confront Rorke (Complete "The Ghost Killer" on any difficulty.) 20G 53.58% of players
• Tickets please Shoot the grapple guys off the side of the train. 20G 20.6% of players
• Audiophile Collect all 18 Rorke files. 15G 8.28% of players
• No Man Left Escape with all four players in Regular or Hardcore difficulty. 20G 13.67% of players
• Sprinter Reach the exfil chopper with 1:30 remaining on the clock in Regular or Hardcore difficulty. 20G 15.14% of players
• Made it Out Alive Escape 1st time in Regular or Hardcore difficulty. 20G 17.69% of players
• Completionist Complete all Extinction challenges and escape in Regular or Hardcore difficulty. 25G 6.26% of players
• Cabin Fever Make it to the cabin in Regular or Hardcore difficulty. 10G 31.49% of players
• City Dweller Made it to the city in Regular or Hardcore difficulty. 20G 60.92% of players
• Any Means necessary Get 50 kills with the electric fence and fire traps in one game in Regular or Hardcore difficulty. 40G 11.11% of players
• Trash Picker Scavenge 40 items in a single game in Regular or Hardcore difficulty. 20G 5.59% of players
• Throttled Escape Escape using a relic in Regular or Hardcore difficulty. 10G 6.79% of players
• Safeguard Finish 20 rounds in Safeguard. 20G 21.88% of players
• You've earned it Earn the mask. Finish the campaign on Veteran. 40G 11.23% of players
• Pushing Ahead Gain access to the Compound area in Nightfall in Regular or Hardcore difficulty. 20G 12.47% of players
• Weapon Facility Gain access to the Facility in Nightfall in Regular or Hardcore difficulty. 20G 8.47% of players
• Survived Nightfall Kill the Breeder for the first time in Nightfall in Regular or Hardcore difficulty. 20G 5.57% of players
• Speed Slayer Kill the Breeder in less than 5 minutes in Nightfall in Regular or Hardcore difficulty. 20G 3.34% of players
• Turnabout is Fair Play Kill 50 Cryptids with the Venom-X weapon in Nightfall in Regular or Hardcore difficulty. 20G 2.32% of players
• Nightfall Completionist Complete all challenges and kill the Breeder in Nightfall in Regular or Hardcore difficulty. 30G 2.61% of players
• Throttled Survival Kill the Breeder while using a Relic in Nightfall in Regular or Hardcore difficulty. 30G 2.93% of players
• Phantom Exterminator Kill 5 Phantoms in one game in Nightfall in Regular or Hardcore difficulty. 20G 5.5% of players
• Pea Shooter Kill a Rhino with only a pistol in Nightfall in Regular or Hardcore difficulty. 20G 3.2% of players
• Undiscovered Truths Find all the intel hidden in Nightfall. 30G 3.53% of players
• Egg-stra XP! Complete the Egg-Stra XP challenge and then destroy a hive in the Onslaught DLC package. 20G 5.85% of players
• The Belly of the Beast Reach the cargo area in Mayday in Regular or Hardcore difficulty. 20G 10.37% of players
• Come Up For Air Reach the top deck in Mayday in Regular or Hardcore difficulty. 30G 6.89% of players
• Survived Mayday Kill the Kraken for the first time in Mayday in Regular or Hardcore difficulty. 30G 4.26% of players
• Upping the Ante Kill the Kraken using a Relic in Mayday in Regular or Hardcore difficulty. 30G 2.65% of players
• Mayday Completionist Complete all Challenges and kill the Kraken in Mayday in Regular or Hardcore difficulty. 30G 2.38% of players
• Inquisitive Mind Find all of the Intel in Mayday. 30G 2.68% of players
• Deforestation Kill 15 Seeder Turrets in one game in Mayday in Regular or Hardcore difficulty. 20G 5.95% of players
• Big Game Trapper Use a hypno trap to turn a Rhino friendly in Mayday in Regular or Hardcore difficulty. 20G 3.9% of players
• Egg-stra Devastation! Complete the Egg-Stra XP challenge and then destroy a hive in the Devastation DLC package. 20G 3.92% of players
• The Architect Successfully build all of the Schematics in Mayday in Regular or Hardcore difficulty. 20G 2.34% of players
• Targets Acquired Get past the first gate in Awakening in Regular or Hardcore difficulty. 20G 4.33% of players
• A Bridge To Somewhere Extend the bridge in Awakening in Regular or Hardcore difficulty. 20G 3.87% of players
• Escaped Awakening Escape Awakening for the first time in Regular or Hardcore difficulty. 30G 3.67% of players
• Twice The Fun Escape Awakening using two Relics in Regular or Hardcore difficulty. 30G 2.09% of players
• Awakening Completionist Complete all Challenges and escape Awakening in Regular or Hardcore difficulty. 30G 2.02% of players
• Spelunker Find all of the Intel in Awakening. 20G 2.8% of players
• Dog Fight Kill a Gargoyle with the Vanguard in Awakening in Regular or Hardcore difficulty. 20G 2.74% of players
• Egg-stra Awakening! Complete the Egg-Stra XP challenge and then scan an obelisk in the Invasion DLC package. 20G 3.08% of players
• Like A Glove Kill 5 cryptids with the Ark attached to every compatible weapon in Awakening in Regular\Hardcore. 30G 1.86% of players
• Well Rounded Escape Awakening with each of the four classes in Regular or Hardcore difficulty. 30G 1.83% of players
• Mass Exodus Complete the final Ancestor encounter in Regular or Hardcore difficulty. 30G 3.37% of players
• Unstoppable Complete the final Ancestor with at least 1 relic in Regular or Hardcore difficulty. 30G 2.4% of players
• Nemesis Completionist Complete every challenge and the final Ancestor encounter in Regular/Hardcore difficulty. 30G 2.28% of players
• The Final Chapter Find all 7 story related intel files in Exodus. 20G 2.65% of players
• Postmaster Complete any outpost by activating all of the generators in Regular or Hardcore difficulty. 20G 4.58% of players
• Eggstra Nemesis! Complete the Egg-Stra XP challenge and then activate a generator in the Nemesis DLC package. 20G 2.82% of players
• Timing is Everything Kill the final 3 Ancestors within 10 seconds of killing the first Ancestor in Regular\Hardcore. 30G 1.8% of players
• You Wish Hit an Ancestor with a Hypno Knife in Regular or Hardcore difficulty. 20G 2.27% of players
• Always Hard Kill the final Ancestor with a relic active in Hardcore difficulty. 30G 1.7% of players
• Hat Trick Kill 3 aliens with a single shot from the NX-1 Disruptor in Regular or Hardcore difficulty. 20G 3.57% of players

Space and patches

Space needed7.51 GB

Update patchTitle update 17

The title updates on record for this game.

DLC

Four packs each added four multiplayer maps and a chapter of the Extinction mode, with their own achievements, and a Season Pass covered all four. Free Fall was a pre-order bonus map. The packs have been taken off the store; packs bought before can still be downloaded again.

Items

Name	Adds
Free Fall	Released 5 November 2013. A dynamic multiplayer map, a pre-order and Hardened and Prestige Edition bonus.
Onslaught	Released 28 January 2014. Maps Fog, Bayview, Ignition and Containment, the Maverick rifles and the Extinction chapter Nightfall.
Devastation	Released 3 April 2014. Maps Ruins, Behemoth, Collision and Unearthed, the Ripper weapon and the Extinction chapter Mayday.
Invasion	Released 3 June 2014. Maps Pharaoh, Departed, Mutiny and Favela and the Extinction chapter Awakening.
Nemesis	Released 5 August 2014. Maps Goldrush, Subzero, Dynasty and Showtime and the Extinction chapter Exodus.

Playable today

Playable offline todayYes

The campaign and split screen play offline, and online multiplayer still runs on Xbox 360.

Online

Online servers runningYes

Plays offlineYes

Online multiplayer and Extinction run over Xbox Live and still work on Xbox 360. No shutdown has been announced.

Services

Service	Status	Shutdown date
Online multiplayer and Extinction	running	None announced

Reception

Aggregates

Outlet	Platform	Score	Scale
Metacritic	Xbox 360	73	100

Critics

Outlet	Score	Scale
Destructoid	5	10
Edge	7	10
Eurogamer	7	10
Game Informer	8	10
GameSpot	8	10
GameTrailers	7	10
IGN	8.8	10
Polygon	6.5	10
Joystiq	3.5	5
Official Xbox Magazine	8	10
VideoGamer.com	7	10

Staff and cast

Staff

Role	Name
Writer	Stephen Gaghan
Composer	David Buckley

Cast

Character	Actor
Elias Walker	Stephen Lang
David "Hesh" Walker	Brandon Routh
Gabriel Rorke	Kevin Gage
David Archer	Dave B. Mitchell
Dr. Samantha Cross	Ali Hillis

Notes for collectors

• The Xbox 360 list has 91 achievements worth 2,000 gamerscore. 50 are in the base game for 1,000, and 41 more are in the four DLC packs.
• Michael Myers from the Halloween films is a playable character on the map Fog, and the Predator is playable on Ruins.
• The Wii U version was made by Treyarch, Extinction by Neversoft and the multiplayer by Raven Software.
• Pre-order copies carried the Free Fall map and the characters Ghost and Soap from Modern Warfare 2.
• The Xbox 360 map packs came out about a month before the PS3 ones.
• It is the first Call of Duty with sliding, leaning and object-interaction animations.

Credits

Publisher

Activision

Developer

Infinity Ward

Released

2013-11-05

Age rating

M (Mature)

Disc ID

415608FC

Region

US

Time to beat

about 6 hours

Copies in the shop

• Call of Duty: Ghosts (XBOX 360) CA$14.99