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[daTRUballin]

Who are you referring to regarding hating WWII FPSs because it certainly can't be Activision, as it was Infinity Ward that fought for Modern Warfare, not Activision.

I think they're referring to the gaming community.

 

[Lakershead22]

First call of duty ill purchase in a long time if true.

 

[Selddon]

I really hope they do something great with it and not just have World At War but with grafix

 

[jwhit28]

It's surreal to see people celebrate WWII FPS games again.

 

[chrisPjelly]

YESSS!!! I need a good fill of WWII era games for this generation. BF1 sort of came close (albeit a different era), but that's gone down the shitter lately.

I wonder if it will like "classic" COD or WAW in terms of tone...

 

[eXMomoj]

Wish there would be more games that focused on the less "popular" wars like the Korean or Vietnam War.

 

[SDCowboy]

Man, I hope this is for real.

 

[Yautja_Warrior]

I remember people hating WW2 COD after so many games, then they hated Modern and Futuristic COD too, so now it's back to WW2 and everybody loves it again ? I'll give it 10 minutes until people hate WW2 COD again.

Would have preferred something a little different but it could still be pretty epic, with how much better the graphics have become since the last WW2 COD.

 

[Prologue]

 

[Agent_ShortBus]

The circle of life begins again and I can't wait for another WW2 shooter.

 

[AmyS]

First call of duty ill purchase in a long time if true.

Same here.

 

[Anung]

Day one.

Just be COD2 with ultra amazing graphics and presentation.

 

[Aangster]

Hopefully it's a return to the WWII setting without the emotes, extremely low TTK, skins and wild killstreak gimmicks.

 

[The Lone Courier]

I hope they do a variety of different WWII campaigns, like Treyarch did in CoD3 (Canadian and Polish). I'm not going to lie, I'm pretty interested. Just something different from Normandy and Stalingrad would be nice.

Same here. I know a lot of people like to shit on COD3's campaign but loved how it explored the personality conflicts between the squad.

 

[RedSwirl]

Also, did Infinite Warfare basically feel like a Pacific theater naval campaign in space to anybody else? The home ship and fighters could have been a WWII ship and WWII fighters respectively, and the solar system map could have just been a map of Japanese-held Pacific islands.

At the very least it makes me wish they'd try out air combat and more vehicular warfare in COD in general. COD2 tried to do Kursk, maybe they could try that again.

 

[Octavia]

I hope this game channels Medal of Honor, even if it's Call of Duty.

Me too, especially that full orchestra soundtrack that was always super epic and made it feel like you were playing Saving Private Ryan.

 

[Zaventem]

From hating WWII FPS's to welcoming their return... most apt full circle I've seen.

The same people that are doing it don't even realize it either.

 

[SDCowboy]

I hope the MP is gritty and gory as hell. I loved World at War.

 

[AlexFlame116]

Now I just hope we don't get any bad marketing music like Seven Nation Army for BF1.

 

[Blastoise]

M1 Garand hype!

 

[Wanderer5]

Man I have stayed away from this series for a long while, but I might be tempted by a new CoD WWII game.

 

[Man Called Aerodynamics]

Only way I'd be interested in this is if it actually ties into the World at War/Reznov storyline.

 

[Vibranium]

Same here. I know a lot of people like to shit on COD3's campaign but loved how it explored the personality conflicts between the squad.

I loved Cod3 outside of the American campaign. Playing as Canadians fighting in the factory level was so memorable to me, and I loved how squad members had written backstories in the menu.

And playing as Doyle with the SAS again was fun, doing night operations with the French resistance.

 

[iRAWRasaurus]

Bought if true. Now dice give me a ww2 game with operation mode!

 

[hypotc]

M1 Garand hype!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoBWUs8poYU

*ping*

 

[Anung]

M1 Garand hype!

Hell yeah. That clang of the mag is the best.

 

[Icolin]

Me too, especially that full orchestra soundtrack that was always super epic and made it feel like you were playing Saving Private Ryan.

I want Spielberg, and Michael Giacchino for that matter, to return to gaming so bad. Imagine a current gen Metal of Honor running on a PS4 Pro... my god.

 

[Jawmuncher]

I'd be cool with this

 

[Dmax3901]

It's funny to consider where CoD's tone as a franchise was when it last dealt with WWII compared to where it is now. Hopefully they deal with the period with tact.

 

[SolidSnakex]

I remember people hating WW2 COD after so many games, then they hated Modern and Futuristic COD too, so now it's back to WW2 and everybody loves it again ? I'll give it 10 minutes until people hate WW2 COD again.

Would have preferred something a little different but it could still be pretty epic, with how much better the graphics have become since the last WW2 COD.

People get tired of them because it feels like too many games follow those themes. When Modern Warfare blew up it meant that nearly every FPS moved into modern settings. And then there was a shift to futuristic shooters. That meant that we really haven't seen a AAA shooter (with a campaign) set during WW2 in nearly a decade. People are also just really curious about what could be done with that setting with modern tech.

 

[shira]

I really hope they do something great with it and not just have World At War but with grafix

 

[SDCowboy]

Hopefully it's a return to the WWII setting without the emotes, extremely low TTK, skins and wild killstreak gimmicks.

I'm guessing there will still be kill streaks such as mortar strikes and the like.

 

[Goldenmoney]

Yep I'm in. Please be good. IW left a bad taste in my mouth.

 

[Hexxen-Panda]

Me too, especially that full orchestra soundtrack that was always super epic and made it feel like you were playing Saving Private Ryan.

Oh god Yes. I was playing WaW last week and the music was the most obnoxious dudebro techno-rock soundtrack, and it was so out of place. Arnhem Knights from MoH: Frontline in comparison made a basic-ass mission feel epic and emotional.

 

[Boombloxer]

Easy pass for me.

 

[Allonym]

The art looks nice but I feel as if Activision lacks direction with all the jumping between time periods trying to home in on what that fanbase will gravitate towards uniformly are chasing things that competitors have done to differentiate themselves. Regardless, this art looks good, I hope it plays well and is more defined in terms of its identity and not mimicking the gimmicks of other shooters.

 

[Plum]

To people wondering why some might be excited about Call of Duty going back to the Second World War:

Come November: Call of Duty -> Modern Warfare will equal World at War -> WW2

Now I'm waiting for gameplay myself to really judge, despite being optimistic, but I think people are underestimating how long it's been since we had something like a CoD game set in WW2.

 

[Anung]

So this'll be the Advanced Warfare guys right? Because they put out one of the better cod campaigns of the last few years.

 

[SwordStruck]

Please be real.

 

[Tavernacle12]

People were sick of WW2 shooters because that'll all that kept getting put out, now they're sick of modern shooters because it's all that's been getting put out. I'm all for the return of the historical shooter, personally.

 

[Icolin]

So this'll be the Advanced Warfare guys right? Because they out out one of the better cod campaigns of the last few years.

Correct.

 

[SDCowboy]

I wonder if that's the real subtitle, or if it will be WaW2.

 

[CertifiedFP]

So, bets on Activision finding a way to reach even lower depths of tone-deafness with this one?

They got 1up EA's BF1 marketing team somehow.

 

[jaaz]

Just some possible D-Day + X scenarios off the top of my head:

-6th British airborne division capture of the Pegasus bridge
-101st and 82nd airborne drop in the early morning of June 6th near St. Mere Eglise and their battles near Carentan to join up the Utah and Omaha beach landings.
-Omaha beach landing of course
-Pont Du Hoc U.S Ranger assault
-Battles within Normandy, Caen, Bayeux, Cherbourg, etc.

 

[nickgia]

I am now interested in a CoD game again!

 

[dr_rus]

First call of duty ill purchase in a long time if true.

First Call of Duty ever I'll skip if true.

From hating WWII FPS's to welcoming their return... most apt full circle I've seen.

Yeah, this. CoD have closed the theme of WWII for several decades at least. No point in going back to it.

 

[DSN2K]

I'd like a Timesplitters/COD game, Time war where you have to go back and change shit and have alternative reality's.

 

[Anung]

Correct.

Fantastic. This'll be the first COD I'll purchase day one since MW2.

 

[Plum]

Just some possible D-Day + X scenarios off the top of my head:

-6th British airborne division capture of the Pegasus bridge
-101st and 82nd airborne drop in the early morning of June 6th near St. Mere Eglise and their battles near Carentan to join up the Utah and Omaha beach landings.
-Omaha beach landing of course
-Pont Du Hoc U.S Ranger assault
-Battles within Normandy, Caen, Bayeux, Cherbourg, etc.

It'll be D-Day w/Americans, mainland France w/the British and Stalingrad w/Russians and you'll like it.

 

[Vexed]

Call of Duty 2 was the game that justified the leap to the 360 shortly after launch for me, and I played it endlessly when I finally got one - plz bundle a remaster or re-use some maps.