Call of Duty

Raised as a usability problem by 15 people on Hacker News over 17 years (2009–2025), in 12 threads.

People raised many different problems with Call of Duty, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.

Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.

The newest 14 complaints

Purchased game hidden in menu under upsells; multiple extra downloads needed before playing2025-02-02
Horizontal tile lists force users to browse instead of quickly finding the item they want2025-01-30
Menus feel horrible to navigate and take too long to reach a game2025-01-25
Interface is inscrutable and cluttered, designed to push engagement2025-01-24
Menu layout is incoherent and impossible to navigate2025-01-24
Game lags at 20FPS for minutes after loading each map2022-12-05
Gameplay-altered map layout is confusing for someone who knows the real area2022-10-22
Must go through multiple home screens to get back into a game each time2022-05-20
Store is horrible and confusing to navigate2021-05-05
Huge monthly downloads block online play for hours2020-05-27
Spends a long time before players can figure out how the game works2017-04-17
Player misses on-screen button icon for quick time event and repeatedly fails2016-02-10
Clicking the close X opens the app store instead of dismissing the banner2012-12-30
Player gets stuck on small debris that should be easy to step over2009-12-26