This week, Activision and Infinity Ward announced the next major installment in the Call of Duty franchise. This October, Modern Warfare 4 will arrive on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch 2, and PC. And while looking at and sharing screenshots of the new game with other Kotaku staff, we realized that it’s really hard to tell some of these Call of Duty games apart. So let’s test you all and see how well you do at telling a Black Ops apart from a Modern Warfare.
To be clear: This isn’t an insult to the people who make these games. It’s just the reality that these games have been chasing photorealistic visuals and characters for many years now, and when you chase the real world like that, inevitably, you end up making a lot of games that sort of look the same. Especially when many of those games are set in the modern era and involve soldiers.
So let’s see how well you can tell them apart. Below are 12 screenshots from Call of Duty games. No game is repeated. Each screenshot has a hint below that you can use. I’d recommend grabbing some paper or opening up Google Docs to keep track. At the very end are all the answers. See how well you do and tell us in the comments below.
Screenshot 1
HINT: Very Modern
Screenshot 2
Hint: More than 5
Screenshot 3
Hint: Spooky
Screenshot 4
Hint: Nicer than before
Screenshot 5
Hint: Nice van, Garth
Screenshot 6
Hint: Evolved
Screenshot 7
Hint: Great War sequel
Screenshot 8
Hint: Modern again. Again.
Screenshot 9
Answers: Chilly
Screenshot 10
Hint: The start of something bigger
Screenshot 11
Hint: Lasers
Screenshot 12
Hint: 985-680-250-49+2-5=
And here are the answers!
- Screenshot 1 – Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4
- Screenshot 2 – Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
- Screenshot 3 – Call of Duty: Ghosts
- Screenshot 4 – Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Remastered
- Screenshot 5 – Call of Duty: Vanguard
- Screenshot 6 – Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
- Screenshot 7 – Call of Duty: WW2
- Screenshot 8 – Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2022)
- Screenshot 9 – Call of Duty: Black Ops: Cold War
- Screenshot 10 – Call of Duty: Black Ops
- Screenshot 11 – Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
- Screenshot 12 – Call of Duty 3