So you've had your arm blown off, your mate's in a box and his dad, Kevin Spacey no less, isn't about to get all emotional despite the devastating loss.

As maimed soldier Jack Mitchell, you're expected to pay your respects at the funeral.

Press square.

Come on get on with it, heartless Kev wants to give you his business card.

CoD has always had a wee issue with just how absurdly seriously it takes itself. It's a game, give me fun. Don't make me plop my hand on a casket as a cheap way of seeing my new stump.

Nevertheless, Advanced Warfare gives us a cracking story as Spacey, portraying head of corporate army-for-hire Atlas, Jonathan Irons, throws his impressive military weight around global skirmishes.

And, ooh lovely, it's the future, so we've got some spiffy gadgets strapped to our backsides, like jumpy exo-suits, wrist-controlled drones and smart grenades.

Kev's all misty eyed about what good chums you and his son were so he's lobbed you a new techno-arm so you can carry on playing soldiers for his army.

Hey it's Kevin Spacey, he's trustworthy right? Keyser Soze was a top gent.

Aside from some overly serious aspects, the action is typically solid CoD. The mould is firmly intact, but it's one that's served the series well so it's probably for the best. However, forgetting where your six grenade options are will result in you blowing your own face off more than once.

Graphically it's a little peach, with new-gen consoles displaying some very pretty faces. The level designs are fine, but there's little of the huge set pieces that peppered previous CoDs.

Advanced Warfare is everything you'll expect from a CoD, but no more. Whether that's enough for a £50 title is debatable.

Out on PS4, PS3, Xbox One, Xbox 360