So yesterday I heard the Call of Duty (COD) series would be returning to the time old WW2 era and I cringed. Granted this is a random rant (then which of mine aren’t?) but I cannot be the only person who is disappointed with this decision. I’m usually not a big Call of Duty fan, but i did enjoy the 4th instalment mainly due to its modern setting.
While i have always been a history buff i find games based on WW2 simply lacklustre and repetitive. How many times can you make a game where everyone from about the age of 8 knows how the story goes. The Nazi’s were evil, we get it. If you played all the games in the past few years it would probably take you longer than WW2 actually lasted and this just highlights the lack of creativity in the FPS genre recently. COD4 was a breath of fresh air in the regard, the story was fresh and clever and I can’t see how moving to ‘the pacific’ battle on COD5 is going to deliver the same effect.
Short of being historically inaccurate (which so far COD has strayed from) the weapons are going to pretty much be the same as the first 3 games and I can’t see there being much mission variety. Its not even like there has been that much of a hardware leap since the last WW2 version of the COD series, I just can’t see this games unique selling point..
But hey what does it matter its still going to sell tonnes regardless due to the franchise, I just hope the series doesn’t turn into a unimaginative cash grazer.
