Yes, cod is going to be cod. Thanks for this utterly shocking, awe-inspiring tidbit of consciousness.
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Call Of Duty WW2 reveal 26 april, website up [UPDATE: Leaked screenshots]
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Yes, cod is going to be cod. Thanks for this utterly shocking, awe-inspiring tidbit of consciousness.
I am a fan of the WW2 games for sure, well minus Finest Hour.
This IS a COD game lol
Lord of Castamere
Member
I wish someone would make a game that took a theater from a war, and randomly generated every soldier/squad/company/division etc. The only thing that would change the generation would be you. So it could spiral out, and change the war, if you were good enough. You could say, "Harry Plinkett died on the beach during D-Day. I want him to survive the war.", so you meticulously follow him through the entire war. The difficulty would be purely how much combat that squad saw. You could go from leading a foot solider, to running a Division. Have subplots and stories, as these soldiers see the horrors of war, and become experienced.
The techs there, just not the incentive.
The techs there, just not the incentive.
down 2 orth
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Yes, cod is going to be cod. Thanks for this utterly shocking, awe-inspiring tidbit of consciousness.
There's nothing wrong with your opinion. I'm just saying why I think it's going to be predictable, safe, and boring.
No one's buying this game thinking it's going to be the next super Mario Brothers. This is like what, the 12th entry of a yearly franchise of shooters. Yes it's going to be predictable, yes it's going to be safe, yes it's going to be derivative. Everyone already knows this. Not every game has to break new ground, establish new trends, or start new discussions on what video games are and can be. Sometimes you just want a cheeseburger, and from time to time call of duty can be pretty good cheeseburger games.
Iamcorrupt
Member
To be fair you can't really do much to a WWII game after you've gotten Mecha hitler.
You could probably plot down the story of this game now and get close enough to the actual story as to being plagiarism.
MilkyJoe
Member
Yeah I have it on my laptop, that B17 gunner level is fantastic.
MilkyJoe
Member
It's the first WW2 game in nearly a decade, it'll be breath of fresh air and hopefully a nice narrative with a little history thrown in to boot. I'm looking forward to it and I haven't said that since WaW.
Yo, I really dug Pacific Assault. Think I have it on Origin when they gave it out for free.
Might install and try it out again.
Not sure how it will run on modern rigs though.
Hamster Plugin
Member
Black Ops 3 should have starred the multiplayer specialists in the campaign. They're more interesting characters than anyone in the campaign we got.
Tal Shiar Agent
Member
Train go boom.
DaciaJC
Gold Member
I myself prefer Frontline, in large part because of its stellar soundtrack, but there is one part of Allied Assault that has remained with me over the years: that Sniper Town level. Its inspiration couldn't be more unmistakable.
Lord of Castamere
Member
I'm 99% positive we're not getting a zombie mode. It would be in that promotional box if we were. Advanced Warfare didn't have one on disc either.
I remember watching this gameplay over and over again back in the day. It was so awesome.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lyy5XRj1nEI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lyy5XRj1nEI
Guerrillas in the Mist
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I myself prefer Frontline, in large part because of its stellar soundtrack, but there is one part of Allied Assault that has remained with me over the years: that Sniper Town level. Its inspiration couldn't be more unmistakable.
That level must have been the main reason Allied Assault was a PC exclusive; countless millions of controllers would have been destroyed out of sheer rage.
SDCowboy
Member
Riiight...kind of like how folks were saying Battlefield 1's WW1 setting wouldn't have staying power.
SDCowboy
Member
This right here is one of the perks of this setting. The lack jet-pack futuristic BS will likely turn a lot of the little squeakers away.
That's a win/win, IMO.
Well imagine trying to aim a sniper with a damn PS2 controller.
Dee Dah Dave
Member
Futuristic has just been an excuse to add more stupid moves and perks, the only thing they could think of to freshen up the yearly release schedule. But that's just lazy and it has started to catch up with them.
What they really need to do is get back to basics. Excellent maps, engaging and well balanced gameplay loop, sensible perk system, etc. That's what made COD great in the first place and it has been lost in a mess of poor mechanics and tacked on ideas.
SDCowboy
Member
I'm hoping they never go futuristic again. It doesn't suit COD, IMO. Ideally, the next one will be a new Modern Warfare, though. Modern give the best combo of traditional combat, but they can still do all the crazy camo and whatnot.
Lord of Castamere
Member
Not sure why that would really matter. Titanfall didn't create squeakers, and I really doubt this is slower than World at War or Modern Warfare 2. Maybe less killstreaks than the latter, but that's about it.
SDCowboy
Member
I do agree that the combat should be no slower than another modern COD, as WaW wasn't.
PhazonBlazer
Member
Hopefully it goes back to multiple characters with multiple perspectives.
GlenChivas
Member
Good times. Now I feel old though.
AlexFlame116
Member
I was just thinking about that! I never played Frontline so I'm thinking of scouring around my PS3 Download List to see if I can find it.
BigEmil
Junior Member
Hmmm... Well hope they atleast replace it with another mode like Special Ops etc and not just completely scrap a mode altogether should have zombie mode or add some other mode
double jump
you haven't lived until a random little kid ask you "how do you make love".
I'm kinda hype for this but I'm trying to keep my expectations in check.
If the trailer ends up being dope it'd be great if they had a beta or demo before the game ships.
If the trailer ends up being dope it'd be great if they had a beta or demo before the game ships.
ScherzoPrime
Member
Also they mentioned that there'll be a completely separate Co-op campaign. Glad they learned from Treyarch's mistakes of Bloops III's cam paign.
I also hope the MC talks in gameplay; the past two CoDs have gone in that direction, but I remember Scofield saying when AW was being previewed that there was 'too much of a disconnect' with having the character talk in gameplay... even though you talked in cutscenes. Hopefully that's been reconsidered.
I also hope the MC talks in gameplay; the past two CoDs have gone in that direction, but I remember Scofield saying when AW was being previewed that there was 'too much of a disconnect' with having the character talk in gameplay... even though you talked in cutscenes. Hopefully that's been reconsidered.
BinaryBear07
Member
This all sounds like everything I want CoD to be. I am all in on this.
No they need to keep futuristic still.
It needs to go like this.
Sledgehammer - Past
Treyarch - Modern
Infinity Ward - Future
This allows Activision to get rid of the oversaturation of covering a single time period. So this will keep things fresh. If everyone ends up just doing similar settings then we're back to what they've been doing for the past 3 years which is no good. This allows each Call of Duty to stand very differently from the others rather than them having huge amount of cross over. It benefits every developer since they don't need to worry about making their game similar to the others which can happen when they're all close to the same time period.
Ironically the people asking for no future anyone are advocating for that problem to happen once again. Hell they'd probably be the first ones to complain about it.
The Last Wizard
Member
I feel you brother but we've gotta let it go:/
Deckard Chapel
Banned
I myself prefer Frontline, in large part because of its stellar soundtrack, but there is one part of Allied Assault that has remained with me over the years: that Sniper Town level. Its inspiration couldn't be more unmistakable.
That's such a great scene
It's what sold me on the game!
Good thing there's Star Wars Battlefront then, right?
Jangowuzhere
Banned
I don't know, I thought Black Ops 3 was fine. I think it gets too much hate around here I was expecting something completely awful from the posts here on Gaf. Yeah, the story is poorly told and the campaign is pretty long winded, but the action is still great, and it has one of the best soundtracks in a CoD game. I also appreciate the attempt at trying something a bit different instead of the same standard heavily scripted campaign.
I still find Ghosts to easily be the worst in the series.
CyberPunked
Member
So happy we're going back to the non-wall running CoD style gameplay.
Caffeine
Member
at least destiny 2 is also coming for those interested in futuristic.
I personally am leaning toward destiny 2 over this game, but I will keep an eye on it for more details.
Alot of the same people probably haven't played a CoD in years too so their completely out the loop. Which is why I'm not getting my hopes up for some huge special Campaign. AW was okish but that is in comparison to what the series has been since MW2/BO1. It doesn't have any sorts of balance in story beats or flow. It's high octance as fuck with no sort of slow or chill on levels.
I think it's interesting going back to this but at the same time we been down this road before but now it's full of lootcrates. I think people should honestly temper expectations especially those who haven't touched the series in like 5 years
Souldestroyer Reborn
Banned
Medal of Honor: AA was great, one of the best fps games imo.
The thing that made it fun to play was one of the reasons why Goldeneye was so much fun, good gunplay.
The way enemies reacted to getting hit in different areas, it didn't take a half a mag to down someone and they didn't just fall like paper or other things like you see in even modern games.
The only recent fps game that attempted good reactions to combat was Mafia III.
Enemies reacted to where you hit them and didn't always die when they were down either, it made great use of physics with animation blending as well.
Something that I would hope Call of Duty would learn from (but probably won't, probably just the same usual cod style animatoins).
I agree and hope for the same.
Honestly, I feel that this is an area where games have made no progress, or in most cases, regressed.
I can only guess that semi-realistic body/bullet impact costs too much resources, however I think it is a must for any shooter.
I want to "feel" the punch of the bullet, I want to see it. I want whomever I've shot to react in such a way that seems real.
Yu Furealdo
Member
This announcement made me decide to play CoD2 again. I can still see why it was so great, but man has it aged lol
The multiplayer is enjoyable for its simplicity but it's soooo slow.
The multiplayer is enjoyable for its simplicity but it's soooo slow.
SmackAttack
Member
As someone who hasn't played a CoD since Black Ops 1, a WWII game would definitely bring me back in.
Deckard Chapel
Banned
I love WWII.
The mystery, the intrigue, the cloak-and-dagger nature of some of it and the "total good" versus "total evil" motif was an understandable reason to enter into the fray - it truly fascinates me.
Americans banded together in such a way that "camaraderie" is not even a strong enough word. The nation pulled together as a whole, with women taking care of their families on the homefront and also working in factories producing munitions. it was certainly a different era than what we are used to today.
The mystery, the intrigue, the cloak-and-dagger nature of some of it and the "total good" versus "total evil" motif was an understandable reason to enter into the fray - it truly fascinates me.
Americans banded together in such a way that "camaraderie" is not even a strong enough word. The nation pulled together as a whole, with women taking care of their families on the homefront and also working in factories producing munitions. it was certainly a different era than what we are used to today.
Don't even get me started lol
When a fucking wiki summary of some pyromaniac in asbestos suit has better writing then the Hollywood main campaign of bo3 lol lol lol