This week we take our first look at the blockbuster juggernaut Call of Duty series with Advanced Warfare. AW is notable because it is the first Call of Duty to go full-on sci-fi and also the first video game to feature Oscar-winner Kevin Spacey.

Advanced Warfare follows the story of generic plank of wood Jack Mitchell from his brief career in the marines, to adventures in the world of PMCs, to his eventual discovery that, shock of shocks, Kevin Spacey is actually the bad guy. Mitchell manages to survive all these challenges without ever developing a character. But there’s lots of crazy gadgets and massive explosions!

Advanced Warfare is cliched, bombastic, and generally pretty dumb, but it’s still a pretty good time. Did we mention the robots? There’s killer robots in this game.