Call of Duty®

**10/10 Launcher, if your goal is wasting time** Call of Duty HQ is the greatest achievement in modern gaming technology — if the technology you’re measuring is how many menus, updates, and loading screens you can fit between you and the actual game. Want to play Call of Duty? Better launch Call of Duty HQ first. Then wait for it to decide which game you own. Then download an update. Then restart. Then navigate three menus. Then discover you need another update. Then question every life choice that led you here. It’s not a launcher. It’s a full-time administrative position. The actual games are fine, but being forced through HQ feels like being held hostage by a particularly aggressive piece of software. **Would not recommend.** If I wanted to spend 20 minutes managing installations instead of playing a game, I’d become an IT technician.