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Rumor: Call of Duty 2016 to Be Set in the “Very Far Future,” to Feature Space Combat

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More_Badass

Member
Maybe the series is going so far into a post-singularity far future that time travel gets invented in-universe and the games jump back to WW2
 
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deadlast

Member
CoD: Alien Warfare.

I'm ok with this.
Please have low gravity areas. Looking forward to alien tech. Also, this could tie into the alien invasion mode in Ghosts.
 
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Silent Hill

Banned
Wont be picking this up then. If it were to go back to WW2 or even a modern setting id buy it. Not a fan of this futuristic stuff at all. Lets hope Battlefield can deliver.
 
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Thebeardofknowledge

Banned
constantstatic said:
Even if activision forced them they own treyarch. Treyarch makes the best selling cods now and if they can't convince activision weapons in supply drops are the wrong direction then IW has no hope of stoping them.

I wouldn't be surprised if supply drops get added to single player and other modes in the next cod.

If activision did it like halo and funded map packs for free and didn't split the community. I could see the model working but as it stands most of the multiplayer community is very unhappy. Even tmartn put out a negative video about supply drops and he never bites the hand that feeds.

I have spent $150 on this cod and only have a fraction of the content that's bullshit anyway you slice it.
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Oh trust me I agree with you and Activision can fuck off with this bullsht but I'm not gonna shit on Treyarch like SG-17 because it's not there fault , even the studio head has said publicly he's pissed and hinted and even quitting.

The game is still great as well
 
Goro Majima

Goro Majima

Kitty Genovese Member
COD World at War was 8 years ago...

It's crazy that there's basically an entire young generation of gamers who haven't had a new major WW2 shooter.

It's bizarre because as far as balancing goes, WW2 is the best era for it if you're trying to stay true to the weapons.

Present day would be good also because then you could do a single player campaign using present day politics and technology. I think people would identify with that a lot more anyway.
 
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serenewarfare

Banned
I am glad to see that they aren't going back to WWII. It's a setting that was done so much for so long. People bring up the "you got tired of WWII, why not get tired of the future stuff?" But the difference is that the future is a hypothetical. It's not bound by any rules or realism. WWII is a real thing that happened, so there's a finite amount of twists and turns you can do with a real frame of time. And between movies and TV and books and games, WWII has been mined to death at this point. Unless it's some Wolfenstein alternate future WWII, which then isn't really WWII at all, then I'm not interested.
 
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HStallion

Now what's the next step in your master plan?
CoD 40K. Give me chainsaw swords and hand held guns that shoot mini rockets while wearing crazy power armor and flying around using jet packs.
 
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TheCanisDirus

Member
serenewarfare said:
I am glad to see that they aren't going back to WWII. It's a setting that was done so much for so long. People bring up the "you got tired of WWII, why not get tired of the future stuff?" But the difference is that the future is a hypothetical. It's not bound by any rules or realism. WWII is a real thing that happened, so there's a finite amount of twists and turns you can do with a real frame of time. And between movies and TV and books and games, WWII has been mined to death at this point. Unless it's some Wolfenstein alternate future WWII, which then isn't really WWII at all, then I'm not interested.
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This guy/gal gets it. This way (if it really is a far future setting) they can keep this CoD thing going and evolve the story and setting without many restrictions. Sky, or space, is the limit. I hated "this is serious bro" COD. Really loving the way it's been less and less so every recent iteration since AW (at least as far as MP is concerned).


Mass Effect said:
I wonder if this increases the chances for a Battlefield 2143
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I think this is pretty much a given seeing how all the recent shooters have evolved. Advanced movement, future-ish weapons etc. I mean i can still see a very "near future" BF5... but i'd honestly prefer a far future space epic BF. Bring us planet AND space combat!
 
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jelly

Member
I think these sort of games are like modern kid films, it's boring to them if there isn't a billion things, constant carnage at all times. Sugar highs. Something must be building, unlocking, ooooh crazy colours, lol. It's overkill for many people but like crack for others. There is no going back to simplicity.
 
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Ryng_tolu

Banned
While i really, REALLY loved Black Ops III, that future shit is starting to be boring.
I would love the good times back in Modern Warfare 2 / Black Ops times...

Advanced Warfare was great too but one of the worse COD.
 
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Kalentan

Member
snowblind said:
This guy/gal gets it. This way (if it really is a far future setting) they can keep this CoD thing going and evolve the story and setting without many restrictions. Sky, or space, is the limit. I hated "this is serious bro" COD. Really loving the way it's been less and less so every recent iteration since AW (at least as far as MP is concerned).
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Exactly. I agree with you and the person you responded too.
 
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TheCanisDirus

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Olengie said:
Maybe Space Warfare will be fun.
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Yaaaas! Throw in some areas of levels that are zero-g (like how they included water in BOIII) and give us thrusters on our suits to move 360° in. Have the sound cut to that hollow and whispy nothingness that Hollywood tells us space sounds like... bullets and weapons would sound so sweet skittering off everything in space! Make the transition from zero-g space to mag-booted/artificial gravity areas seamless and it will be HUGE!
 
Bolivar687

Bolivar687

Banned
I mean, you guys have other games for that. Does Call of Duty really need to pander to that setting as well?

A lot of us really enjoyed the aesthetic the series had at its founding and peak popularity. It's really disappointing that it's gone.
 
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Sojgat

Member
Sounds awesome to me. Day 1.

TheWorthyEdge said:
Ghosts campaign was one of the best FPS campaigns I've played.
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Overall, it's an average campaign IMO, but it features back-to-back missions that are among the best in COD series history. Legends Never Die and Federation Day are pretty much the pinnacle of the cinematic gameplay presentation Call of Duty has become synonymous with.

I would rank it as one of the best COD campaigns, if it didn't start recycling set pieces, and the story wasn't so mediocre.
 
DR2K

DR2K

Banned
What the hell is there to do in WW2? Glad they are going this route, it allows for more creativity.
 
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t hicks

Banned
Will be renting this (like I do every COD), hopefully the campaigns better than whatever that was supposed to be in BO3 lol
 
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JigglesBunny

Banned
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The shark was jumped a long time ago.
It's time to let the series die the sad and unfortunate death it was always doomed to.
 
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serenewarfare

Banned
Bolivar687 said:
I mean, you guys have other games for that. Does Call of Duty really need to pander to that setting as well?

A lot of us really enjoyed the aesthetic the series had at its founding and peak popularity. It's really disappointing that it's gone.
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WWII was never the peak of popularity for the franchise. Of the top six selling CoD games, none involve WWII. They are future or near-future based, or BO, which is an alternate future Cold War mix.
 
Papacheeks

Papacheeks

Banned
Hope this series goes back in some way shape or form to it's roots of less is more.

But for fast paced shooting itch I'll have Doom multiplayer, and Next year Titanfall 2.
 
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Newlove

Member
Depends what Battlefield is doing but this will straight up rivel Titanfall 2. Although I guess Black Ops 3 is closer to Titanfall, so maybe the Destiny comparison is a better one.
 
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Kralamoonard

Member
On the one hand, I'm glad they are going this route, it allows for more creativity. It also means less complaining (I think :p) if it were modern that CoD is staying the same and is stagnant.

On the other hand, I feel it may mean another year with advanced movements. Now how these will be executed is allowing me to remain cautiously optimistic as BOIII's movement in MP was spot on IMO. If it's anything like AW's though...well yeah.

So basically, the devs are screwed either way because you'll never be able to make everyone happy, especially with a community this big. You'll just have to stick to your guns and knock it out the park with some great execution and acknowledge people will complain regardless. They're been stuck between a rock and a hard place...I guess they have been for years actually.

Also, I'm not saying to be hyped as hell, but there sure are a lot of reactionary posts for a title that hasn't even had a reveal trailer. Just an observation.
 
Bolivar687

Bolivar687

Banned
serenewarfare said:
WWII was never the peak of popularity for the franchise. Of the top six selling CoD games, none involve WWII. They are future or near-future based, or BO, which is an alternate future Cold War mix.
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The original aesthetic was grounded into authenticity. Even when the series grew to encompass hypothetical conflicts, it still stayed with real life weaponry and procedure.

If you guys enjoy fantasy and Sci-fi, that's fine, I just don't see why Call of Duty needs to kneel before it, especially with how it was founded on and thrived with the complete opposite of speculative settings.
 
Pegasus Actual

Pegasus Actual

Member
I was looking forward to Ghosts 2 for the single player shenanigans more than anything. Riley the dog, Rourke, etc...

Though the space mission was the best part of Ghosts, well, alongside Riley going ham on the helo...

I don't know, on one hand I'm really curious to see what the hell they're doing, on the other hand I just want to see Titanfall 2 drink their milkshake.

BF5/TF2/IWCOD2016 reveals can't come soon enough, that's for damn sure.
 
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TheCanisDirus

Member
Bolivar687 said:
If you guys enjoy fantasy and Sci-fi, that's fine, I just don't see why Call of Duty needs to kneel before it, especially with how it was founded on and thrived with the complete opposite of speculative settings.
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I get it I do... but CoD has evolved it seems. Can't see it going back to the way things were. It's all pedal-to-the-metal, crazy from here on out.
 
Bolivar687

Bolivar687

Banned
snowblind said:
I get it I do... but CoD has evolved it seems. Can't see it going back to the way things were. It's all pedal-to-the-metal, crazy from here on out.
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And I just have to question why.

I don't think it's a coincidence that Black Ops II was the first game to experiment with the future and also happened to be the first game to sell fewer copies than its predecessor.
 
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