Call of Duty: World at War (aka COD5): Sad for Sony PS3 and Xbox 360 gamers
Filed under: Gaming, Sony Playstation 3, Xbox 360 | By: Daniel
Posted on: June 9, 2008 | 23 Comments
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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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
It doesn’t matter what the theme of the game is or what time period it’s in, as long as it’s good.
cod 1,2,3 are the greatest load of **** i have ever played on any console i got more fun out of space invaders , but cod4 has to be the best game ever cod5 has a lot to do to match it.hardcore team deathmatch class
Treyarch as no right to even try to create and modify a COD game infinity should be responsible to assemble the greatest game probably to hit xbox 360. If Treyarch even trys their hardest, they will never even come close as infinity did with COD4. If Treyarch continues with COD5 they will get embarrased and harrassed for what they have made. It is a disgrace to the xbox players and a big dissapointment to the world of gamers that are looking at a game that takes a leap forward from COD4 into modern time, Infinity has the potential for this game, please try to take some of my advice and that of others! INFINITY PLEASE TAKE OVER THE MAKING OF COD5 AND TREYARCH QUITE WITH IT BECAUSE HONESTLY YOU GUYS SUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Agee with kingof grills COD4 broke some new ground - COD5 beta looks good but the game balance sucks. COD4 weapons were realistic andmany gamers it seems keep on using the ol’ m16 right on through because the weapons balance is good,they are all equally effective but different. Some of the best small arms of WWII are about as effective as throwing peanuts at the enemy. M1 carbine is the top assault rifle? JUST NO! And WTF are dogs?? Did WWII recon planes have GPS and radar? NO!! Why not mortar support for 3 kills, arty for 5 andfighterbomber support for 7. In WWII the poor blody infantry weren’t psychic and didn’t know where the enemy were half the time, surely that could be one of the attractions of a return to WWII on the multiplayer?
Where’sthat guy who suggested a Vietnam COD? The era’s been totally overlooked and offers a fantastic opportunity for an interesting game balance - Technology vs the low ‘back to basics’ guerilla techniques of Victor Charlie. But then - can you see a huge following in the US?
Hmmm….
COD5 is lacking.
I agree with Superdynamite. They must make a Vietnam game, as this a conflict that invokes.
COD4 and its makers got it right. I hope they never go futuristic on us.
i got cod5 its great but i didnt like it that much for the red dots!
NICE GAME