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[Blackleg-sanji1]

Of course, but I think it could be a controversy if the developers treat the era like a joke. Even things like a tactical nuke take on a completely different context. Things like clown wigs, and baguette melee weapons could become the opposite of cute - they could be seen as trivialization. The series doesn't have the maturity it once had.

So I have to think they will wrap a huge 'this has nothing to do with WWII in actuality', 'this is a simultation' disclaimer over the whole multplayer to justify the goofiness that rakes in so much microtransaction money.

Ehhh I expect angry posts on neogaf at max

 

[ManUnkindH]

Are we there yet?

 

[M.W.]

Releasing at a WWII price of $1!

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

?

All gold.

But you can do anything to Nazis in any medium, nobody is going to voice outrage at that.

Soldiers running around on Omaha Beach wearing glowing green aviators and dropping that Nae Nae might not be received so well.

It'll be fine as long as Activision doesn't highlight that aspect of the multiplayer. Keep in the background or whatever.

 

[SDCowboy]

I hope they delve deep into the MP today.

 

[Blackleg-sanji1]

I hope they delve deep into the MP today.

I doubt it. Do they ever at the first unveiling?

 

[HiiiLife]

In4 mine sweeper mission.

 

[MaximusPayne]

I hope they delve deep into the MP today.

You will see campaign cut scenes, and you will like it!

 

[JigglesBunny]

I hope they delve deep into the MP today.

I expect a single-player trailer, casual mentions of things to expect in the SP and MP and maybe a short gameplay demo of a single-player level. MP will come at E3 or another CODXP event around August.

Of course, but I think it could be a controversy if the developers treat the era like a joke. Even things like a tactical nuke take on a completely different context. Things like clown wigs, and baguette melee weapons could become the opposite of cute - they could be seen as trivialization. The series doesn't have the maturity it once had.

So I have to think they will wrap a huge 'this has nothing to do with WWII in actuality', 'this is a simultation' disclaimer over the whole multplayer to justify the goofiness that rakes in so much microtransaction money.

We definitely know there'll be Supply Drops and camos but I don't expect to see anything too over the top this go around. I wouldn't expect the clowns and gingerbread men, even Activision and Sledgehammer know better than that.

 

[Toa TAK]

Are we there yet?

Me right now


But the coffee is needed to do this lab report smh

 

[SDCowboy]

I doubt it. Do they ever at the first unveiling?

lol Not usually, but it would be nice since COD is a MP-focused game and all.

 

[Kalentan]

Of course, but I think it could be a controversy if the developers treat the era like a joke. Even things like a tactical nuke take on a completely different context. Things like clown wigs, and baguette melee weapons could become the opposite of cute - they could be seen as trivialization. The series doesn't have the maturity it once had.

So I have to think they will wrap a huge 'this has nothing to do with WWII in actuality', 'this is a simultation' disclaimer over the whole multplayer to justify the goofiness that rakes in so much microtransaction money.

I feel like your thinking too deeply in it.

If they mess up the era in the SP, people will be angry.

If things aren't totally accurate in MP, no one is going to give a shit.

 

[Alienous]

lol Not usually, but it would be nice since COD is a MP-focused game and all.

And maybe they're so excited to show 'a return to boots-on-the-ground', and to get people the pre-order the game for the beta, that they'll give some insight to the changes they've made to multiplayer.

I'm sure they didn't hire a venue to just show a trailer.

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

I just realized, no female soldiers.

 

[SDCowboy]

You will see campaign cut scenes, and you will like it!

XD that would be so annoying.

 

[Toa TAK]

And maybe they're so excited to show 'a return to boots-on-the-ground', and to get people the pre-order the game for the beta, that they'll give some insight to the changes they've made to multiplayer.

I'm sure they didn't hire a venue to just show a trailer.

How much do you want to bet they did?

 

[@ShenmueGuru]

Would be a complete pisser if the first shot of the game is a boot, on the ground.....

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

I just realized, no female soldiers.

If they are smart they'll include them despite the setting.

 

[Kalentan]

I just realized, no female soldiers.

Eh, I can easily see them ignoring reality for that. Plus it's not as if there was zero female soldiers during the war.

 

[MaximusPayne]

XD that would be so annoying.

It always is. BF1 showed like 5 seconds of gameplay during their reveal right?

 

[SDCowboy]

And maybe they're so excited to show 'a return to boots-on-the-ground', and to get people the pre-order the game for the beta, that they'll give some insight to the changes they've made to multiplayer.

I'm sure they didn't hire a venue to just show a trailer.

Agreed. After the horrendous reception of IW, I would think Activision would be anxious to show off the MP on this.

 

[CalamityPixel]

I just realized, no female soldiers.

Ye

But it is WW2 though.

 

[xDUMPWEEDx]

I wonder if they are going to use the correct Thompson in the game. All we have seen up till now is the gangster style variant.

I posted pretty much the exact same thing on another thread yesterday. While the 1928 Thompson "mobster" version was used in WW2, the M1A1 version is the most commonly associated with the war, and the version that I prefer personally.

 

[Loxley]

I just realized, no female soldiers.

Only if they ignore the Soviets, who had a lot of female soldiers.

 

[Kalentan]

Agreed. After the horrendous reception of IW, I would think Activision would be anxious to show off the MP on this.

Infinite Warfare has a 77 on MC.

At least try and make your bias subtler.

 

[SexyFish]

No please no. We don't need vehicles in CoD, keep that in Battlefield.

But the best CoD multiplayer had vehicles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8s3-26VU7Vw

Ahhhh the good old days of using Xfire. Brings a tear to my eye.

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

If they are smart they'll include them despite the setting.

Eh, I can easily see them ignoring reality for that. Plus it's not as if there was zero female soldiers during the war.

Only if they ignore the Soviets, which had a lot of female soldiers.

I hope they say "fuck it" and include them in the game. The backlash will be something.

 

[Auctopus]

I know it's just a video-game but considering the current political and social climate, trivialising the events of WW2 is something we could do without.

 

[SDCowboy]

Infinite Warfare has a 77 on MC.

At least try and make your bias subtler.

I'm talking about the fan reception of IW when it was shown. The the MC score and reviews encompass, obviously, the campaign also which was largely liked.

 

[tearsintherain]

I've pre ordered the last few CODs digitally, full edition (with season pass), and really enjoyed all of them. I am neither hyped nor disinterested about this game, its just the annual COD - I'll buy it digitally on PS4, hope its decent, I'll play it, lose interest after a while, and stop playing after 4-6 months. I don't expect anything really that innovative or that new or different, but playing with a few friends on weekends is worth the $60-90. The only big question really is whether they will include a remaster of something like MW did with IW.

I only recently actually started the IW campaign, by comparison my character is nearing level 47 in multiplayer (usually 2-3 games a week; I hit prestige level 3 or 4 in BO3 so I played that a LOT more). I am absolutely loving the SP campaign in IW, it feels very much like a mashup of The Expanse and a prequel to Mass Effect.

I bought all 3 games at launch - BF1 and Titanfall 2 on PC, IW on PS4 - and what shocked me the most was Titanfall 2 is the game out of the 3 that has captured most of my play time. I really enjoy that game (1 game a day) whereas I've barely touched BF1, even though I really enjoyed it the first week I just find something about T2 very fun and fast.

 

[soultron]

Ye

But it is WW2 though.

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Women held combat roles in WW2, but yeah, we probably won't see that represented in this game.

I'd be pretty pumped if there was a Night Witches mission.

[IMG]http://www.seizethesky.com/nwitches/witches.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://www.nocgms.com/al/WWII-Colored-pic/07.jpg[/IMG]

 

[Toa TAK]

I just realized, no female soldiers.

They'll put them in if they're smart.

Honestly, they could really utilize this as a teaching moment for those who aren't aware how much women were involved in the war, should they put them in the campaign at least.

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

I know it's just a video-game but considering the current political and social climate, trivialising the events of WW2 is something we could do without.

It would be unavoidable regardless.

 

[Bronx-Man]

Get it cause I'm getting it

Booooooo

But you can do anything to Nazis in any medium, nobody is going to voice outrage at that.

Soldiers running around on Omaha Beach wearing glowing green aviators and dropping that Nae Nae might not be received so well.

I want this so badly now. Saints Row: D-Day

 

[Kalentan]

The only big question really is whether they will include a remaster of something like MW did with IW.

If there was a remaster we would have heard or been leaked about it by now.

I hope they say "fuck it" and include them in the game. The backlash will be something.

It would be quite the step back. Every CoD since Ghosts has had female soldiers.

Well sort of.

Black Ops 3 had Specalist who were female but you couldn't change their gender.

Infinite Warfare is a bit different in that there is technically no female models in the MP but you can choose fully female voice for your character. The argument being made is that the suits are bulky enough that you couldn't tell the difference (since unlike BO3, the RIGS are suits and you never see their face.)

I personally think it would suck if they removed them now.

 

[Fahzgoolin]

That would just further the myth of an innocent Wehrmacht just fighting for good ol traditional values and not the extermination of multiple peoples.

Why do you think that?

My point is that, while the actions are certainly heinous, not every soldier fought for the same villainous reason right? I keep reading conflicting information, but regardless it seems the ideology certainly came from the top down and the soldiers could have rejected it.

Not trying to further the myth, but humanize the effect of getting caught up in that mess of a political/cultural sphere.

If you have any good references/reading about this I'm all ears. I've been reading a lot about it recently.

 

[SexyFish]

I want this so badly now. Saints Row: D-Day

I'm gonna twerk on a Jerry's corpse so hard.

 

[MaximusPayne]

Infinite Warfare has a 77 on MC.

At least try and make your bias subtler.

I see where he is coming from. It was the first COD I didn't buy on day one. Bundling in the remaster put a bad taste in my mouth. I know I'm not the only one, either.

 

[Toa TAK]

Booooooo

Come on, Man, we can go online.

Shooting Nazis.

Living the dream.

 

[BiGBoSSMk23]

Now that's a good looking Russian sniper.

 

[suddenlyissoon]

I want this so badly now. Saints Row: D-Day

That would be awesome if they traveled back in time to destroy Hitler

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

If there was a remaster we would have heard or been leaked about it by now.



It would be quite the step back. Every CoD since Ghosts has had female soldiers.

Well sort of.

Black Ops 3 had Specalist who were female but you couldn't change their gender.

Infinite Warfare is a bit different in that there is technically no female models in the MP but you can choose fully female voice for your character. The argument being made is that the suits are bulky enough that you couldn't tell the difference (since unlike BO3, the RIGS are suits and you never see their face.)

I personally think it would suck if they removed them now.

They even put them in Modern Warfare Remastered.

 

[Kalentan]

They even put them in Modern Warfare Remastered.

Yup. So that's... 5 games now?

Ghosts, AW, BO3, IW, and MWR.

 

[Daffy Duck]

Infinite Warfare has a 77 on MC.

At least try and make your bias subtler.

Are review scores not bias towards singleplayer though? Do they even factor in how good the multiplayer is in reviews?

IW was hated.

 

[SDCowboy]

Are review scores not bias towards singleplayer though? So they even factor in how good the multiplayer is in reviews?

IW was hated.

Exactly. IW's MP seemed largely hated.

 

[Any Questions]

Naw. I want a Soviet campaign like CoD2 and the building collapse at the end of the Demolition level.



https://youtu.be/M9eT4RrknkY?t=14m8s

Even if it's DLC.

This game multiplayer on the 360. So so good

 

[Toa TAK]

I can echo my personal sentiments on IW. Great campaign, if not one of the best, bah multiplayer and zombies.

Which is, funny enough, how I look at Advanced Warfare as well.

They even put them in Modern Warfare Remastered.

That was really cool of them to do, too.

Not just women, but different ethnic groups for each sex. I don't honestly expect they'll deliver on that here in WWII, but that'd be nice if they did.

 

[Kalentan]

Are review scores not bias towards singleplayer though? So they even factor in how good the multiplayer is in reviews?

IW was hated.

I mean the game still sold well and you can still find matches easily.

Hell it still outsells Battlefield 1 currently and that's not even with the MWR bundle which seems to have dropped off in sales.

If the game was so hated, it would be doing a lot worse. Hence why I mentioned the bias. Cause there's difference between the reality and what is being perceived.

Unless your going to argue that IW sells well because of the SP which has no evidence to support it.

You may not like it, but Infinite Warfare still has an active community. Maybe not as large as others, but still a sizable community.

 

[CrankyKong]

Anyone else feel like playing some COD2 after this was announced?

 

[SDCowboy]

I mean the game still sold well and you can still find matches easily.

Hell it still outsells Battlefield 1 currently and that's not even with the MWR bundle which seems to have dropped off in sales.

If the game was so hated, it would be doing a lot worse. Hence why I mentioned the bias. Cause there's difference between the reality and what is being perceived.

Unless your going to argue that IW sells well because of the SP which has no evidence to support it.

COD= Sales. It doesn't matter if it's a good installment or not.