Admittedly, I haven’t played the game yet even if I got  the Day Zero Edition of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. I still could not find the time to sit down and go through the paces of both the Single Player Campaign and the Multiplayer. I want to try those exosuits and jetpacks to experience what makes COD: Advanced Warfare different from the previous titles of the Call of Duty Franchise.

I wanted to write a review, but since time constraints may just make finish a review when most players have already moved on beyond the reviews from the usual critics and just bent on improving their stats. So I'd rather provide some resources on what's the real score about COD: Advanced Warfare amongst the critics.

A good friend of ours, Danny Banks,  who is heavily into gaming is a bit blunt, "It's a shocker, it's just the same hooker in a new dress `n like all the rest mate. Only difference is you get a jumpsuit, that's it!" Well, that's a bit simplistic to get a general idea on what the game is about, and thus, we turn to the pros with links to their reviews right below this video:

PC Gamer

Call of Duty remains comparable to the carbonated corn syrup it partners with every year: it’s the Mountain Dew of shooters. I start drinking it and I’m not really sure I like it, but I just keep drinking and drinking until I’m all jittery and agitated. Then I can’t sleep, so screw it, I just drink some more and see if I won something under the cap.

Kotaku

Call of Duty has made some bad decisions.Handing the development reins to Sledgehammer Games was not one of those. Sure, we've still got a trite story sprinkled with stupid moments, but those stupid moments play out in spectacular fashion, powered by the convincing performances of some of the best virtual actors in the business (and Kevin Spacey). We're still shooting at each other for points/flags/dogtags/sport, but the way we're shooting at each other and what we're shooting with have been vastly upgraded.

Advanced Warfare isn't a different Call of Duty game. It's a better one.

Games Radar

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare excels in online multiplayer, with brand new mechanics and a complex, loot-filled progression system that hooks you in. But the surprises stop there. With a by-the-numbers campaign structure and unimaginative co-op mode, the competitive multiplayer mode stands as Advanced Warfare's strongest asset.

The Guardian

Advanced Warfare is the best that Call of Duty has been for years, a successful negotiation of that troublesome creative and commercial tension. And while the game has nothing substantial to say about the future of warfare, it nevertheless presents a grimly vivid vision of how humanity’s technological ascent will continue to enable the wealthy (both governments and private military companies fronted by Kevin Spacey lookalikes) to better kill and maim others in the pursuit or protection of power.

IGN

Simply throwing a robot suit onto Call of Duty could have been a lazy path to making Advanced Warfare seem different from what we’ve played before, but the way Sledgehammer has integrated its enhanced abilities and choices into every aspect of how we fight went above and beyond. By designing the levels in the campaign, co-op, and multiplayer to facilitate those new mechanics, Advanced Warfare is granted a weight and importance that changes how the fast-paced shooting action feels in all three modes. This is a Call of Duty game to its core, but one that rehashes as little as possible while still retaining its strengths.

Stuff

While Call Of Duty diehards will need a few games to adjust to the extra opportunities offered by the exoskeleton, we think it's a welcome breath of fresh air and adds an element of fun chaos to the traditional run, shoot, rinse and repeat gameplay we're used to seeing from the series.

And of course, our favourite of all reviews comes from Team Coco:

Now, if I can find time to play the game before Christmas Day arrives...