While aboard the Retribution, you can head to your Captain's quarters where you're able to consult the most wanted board, upon which each of the main SDF bad guys are represented as an individual card in a deck, or browse audio logs and codex entries via your computer terminal. But what I actually found was one of the better Call of Duty campaigns in recent years, bounding around space from Earth to Saturn's moon of Titan and beyond, with nary a single loading screen in sight. I went in to Infinite Warfare's campaign expecting to find a derivative, reheated affair something I'd find it hard to like.

This lends a nice dose of freedom to Call of Duty, essentially enabling you to dictate the pace a little bit, which after a relentless deluge of explosions and traditional CoD bombast has been thrust right into your face, can be a bit of a relief. As far as we know, it's the first time CoD has dabbled in optional side quests. After the first few main missions, you're free to engage in optional operations too, breaching enemy vessels in Ship Assault objectives or dogfighting against enemy 'Skelters' in Jackal Strikes. As commander, you call the shots from the bridge, stalking the busy flight deck and your private quarters, plotting a course to your next mission. You play as Captain Nick Reyes, a typically gruff and stoic soldier who inadvertently finds himself at the helm of decorated warship, the Retribution.

It's probably that daft name that's made him so angry. This time, you're part of the wholesome United Nations Space Alliance, pitted against the nefarious Settlement Defense Force, an outfit hellbent on wiping out the Earth, fronted by the unscrupulous and stupidly named Admiral Salen Kotch, played by Jon Snow from Game of Thrones (Kit Harington). Now the developer is returning to the outside of Earth's atmosphere for Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, for a seamless campaign that takes place almost entirely in the far reaches of outer space. It certainly feels like the final frontier for Call of Duty, following Infinity Ward's previous dalliance among the stars in 2013's Ghosts. Space, as Captain Kirk once said, is indeed the final frontier.

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