What's the best Mac-Native Call of Duty Game?

[Irishman]

So, here's the deal: I've never played a Call of Duty game before. And before anyone jumps to the conclusions that I'm biased against shooter games, let me assuage your concerns by saying that I love shooter games. My first computer games were shooters (Doom, Quake, Unreal, etc). Today I own and play CS:GO, Bioshock, Bioshock Infinite, Borderlands 2 and TPS, Metro 2033 and Last Light. I'm playing the pre-alpha of Unreal Tournament, for crying out loud!



I love shooter games. So, there is a huge section of the gaming public whose experience with them ends and begins with Call of Duty, with which I have no experience. I'm now wanting to dip my toe into the CoD pool. But, given that, which is the best one to get, considering the comparatively small selection of titles from which to choose? And, more importantly, why?



From a technical standpoint, one thing I would like to know is which CoD game will run consistently at a minimum of 60 fps on my late 2012 iMac with 512MB Geforce 650M GPU? One of the things I like about Counter Strike is that it runs 100+ fps, maxed out, so that fluidity spoils you. I understand that the reason that works is because of the age of the game, but to be fair, most of the CoD games for Mac are of a similar vintage.



Thoughts?

 

[saturnotaku]

I haven't played much Call of Duty, but from the narrative to the gameplay, the original Modern Warfare is the best. Black Ops would probably be a distant second.

 

[Jack Neill]

COD 2 was always my fav on any platform

 

[Irishman]

COD 2 was always my fav on any platform

What did you like about it?

 

[dan1eln1el5en]

CS:GO, play it a lot, and I find my co-players nice and willing to play team-play (usually) so it's nice.
When I played COD I found the audience a tad too immature and name called too often.

 

[Irishman]

Speaking of CoD games, have any of you - or do you know anyone who has - bought one of these Steam codes from Amazon?

http://www.amazon.com/Call-Duty-Mod...-1&keywords=call+of+duty+modern+warfare+3+mac

 

[saturnotaku]

I bought a CoD: Black Ops Mac code from Newegg and it worked fine. When you order from Amazon, the Steam activation key will be listed in the digital downloads section of your account. Copy the code from there, paste it into the Steam activation window, and you're good to go.

 

[Irishman]

I was just worried that they weren't legit.

 

[eXan]

Modern Warfare hands down. Biggest progamer following, too

 

[charles2660]

This is the game I like ever. Nothing compares.

 

[Mackilroy]

I bought a Windows code for MW3 off Amazon, though I believe it was sold from Amazon directly and not a third-party reseller. It was a Steam code as well, so I got both the Windows and Mac versions in one go.

The original Modern Warfare is probably one of the better Call of Duty games, plays well, runs smoothly, and doesn't have so many kids playing that they ruin it for everyone else.

 

[BillyBobBongo]

Modern Warfare is currently on sale via Humble Bundle: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/...ble_Store_Activision_Weekend&utm_medium=email

 

[Irishman]

I did end up picking up Modern Warfare from the MAS. I had a $15 iTunes card from Xmas that I used to help pay for it.

So far, I've played through the first mission on that freighter during a nighttime storm.