Game Analysis

This section of the website contains a game analysis of Call of Duty Modern Warfare for the EDET 652 course at the University of South Carolina under Dr. William Morris. Click through to see the different components of the game analyzed, including the learning theory characteristics, motivational characteristics, game content, and domains of learning. 

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All Call of Duty images from ActiVision press kit. Retrieved from: https://press.activision.com/

Call of Duty Modern Warfare (2019) is a commercially developed first-person shooter game in a war-like environment where players may join an online community to compete. This game is rated mature and available on various platforms, such as Xbox One and PlayStation 4. Characters look like humans and are dressed in camouflage, using a variety of realistic weaponry to fight in war-like scenarios. Players can join the game online and are automatically placed into a game and on a team. Communication is possible through audio with teammates. Two teams compete in a predefined map area until one team has defeated the other. Call of Duty Modern Warfare is an off the shelf game that exemplifies many learning theory characteristics, motivational characteristics, game content, and domains of learning.

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