Call of Duty: World at War (aka COD5): Sad for Sony PS3 and Xbox 360 gamers
June 9, 2008 | Filed under Gaming, Sony Playstation 3, Xbox 360
COD4 has been an amazing game and thanks to being modern day combat it has become the most played game on both the Xbox 360 and Sony PS3, now today we are hearing that the next game, COD5, will be called “Call of Duty: World at War” and the sad part is it will be based on WWII.
The reason I say sad is because many gamers including myself have come to love a modern combat game and fighting aliens or in past wars can get boring, playing a game with good graphics, gameplay and in today’s world is that much more realistic.
Did you want COD5 to be set in World War 2?
Joystiq had this to say “It surprised precisely no one when Activision last month revealed plans for yet another game in the publisher’s popular Call of Duty franchise, though until now details have been kept just beyond our line of sight. Now new scans lifted from the latest issue of the UK’s Official Xbox Magazine have confirmed earlier rumors that the series’ fifth installment, apparently dubbed Call of Duty: World at War, will be handled by developer Treyarch, and that the game’s previously teased “new military theater” will again drop players behind enemy lines in a battle for the Pacific during World War II”.
Are you happy to trade in anti-tank missiles for submachine guns?
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Yes, I wanted CoD5 to be set BACK in the genre that MADE this franchise what it is. CoD4 was nothing more than a dumbed down MP function, from CoD:UO with prettier graphics. And the masses ate it up like the morons they are.
Morne
Great back to WW2, loved the previuos editions! To say that they are boring is an insult to all the people who died defending your right to write this rubbish…
Oh well, they won’t get my money. COD3 sucked and I won’t be buying any COD until Infiniti Ward makes another.
Vietnam gets no love. Enough of WWII. They beat it to death already. It’s like 20 guys with baseball bats beating a bloody horse carcass.
1. Vietnam
2. The Cold War
3. Desert Storm
Pick one. Just not WWII!
I dont agree, bad move why are they going back in time if the other COD’s were so good why has COD4 blown them away! because its mordern people whan new not old. Get over it.
WWII = poo.
Well I’m looking forward to it!!
COD4 Was a great hit
Dont like MODERN shooting games like aliens and stuff so WWII should be great!!
HOPE IT COMES SOON!!
Like the sound of this, need a decent WWII 2 shooter , CoD4 is great, but still other WWII hasent had a ground breaking game in a while. I don’t like the way Activision wants to crank one of these out every year, might just be the next EA
@David & frazer369
Am I missing something or don’t we already have CoD1, CoD2, CoD3????
Go buy one of those. I’m sure at least one of them are based on WWII if not all of them.
@SuperDynamite - Already own 1, UO and 2. 3 was a console only piece of crap. 4 was prettier than it’s 3 predecessors, but wished it could offer the same gameplay and MP functionality as UO. To date, UO is still the best COD made, by far. But it could use a nice revamp imo. CoD5 sounds like it could be promising, however, I’ll wait and see. IW/Activision have a long long way to go before I ever buy one of their products again.
Morne
Ahhh Treyarch I should’ve guessed. See COD2 & COD4 were good because the developer was Infinity Ward. But Treyarch only develop for WWII so even though I will say that the game is gonna be awesome because well, it always is, its not gonna be as good as when COD6 is gonna be developed by infinity ward.
Activision wants to publish Call of Duty games on an annual basis. Infinity Ward, the original developer, knows it takes more than 10 months to make a good game, so they weren’t willing to commit to that schedule. Treyarch is the B list team, and they did both COD3, a couple of COD console ports, and now COD5. There’s no way they could take on modern warfare and capture the realism and tension that Infinity Ward did. They’ll keep plodding along in WWII for as long as Activision lets them. Unfortunately, COD, Metal of Honor, Brothers in Arms, and countless others have covered WWII to death. COD4 was a big step forward, and COD5 will be a big leap back.
Activision needs to learn that quality, and not quantity, will win out everytime. They’ve also beaten the Tony Hawk franchise into the ground, and they’ll do the same with Guitar Hero too.
I have nothing against WWII. It was an incredible part of our history and thousands gave their lives across the globe. As for games, there are other wars and conflicts in our history that are worth exploring as well.
I totally agree with kingofgrills on this one
go marines