Why Call Of Duty: WWII Could Change the Series

In the past few years Call Of Duty has been on a decline interesting players to continue on the next installment in the franchise primarily due to the fascination in futuristic warfare, it’s not there. Especially with the most recent title, Infinite Warfare, many including me haven’t felt the need to even bother getting it if there’s no sense of realism present in the game completely. But for 2017,  Sledgehammer Games only on their second title of the series are getting it right from all directions with World War II.
In the most recent video by Sledgehammer Games they bring us behind the scenes for the vision and inspiration for the game. Researching tremendously to bring authenticity and making World War 2 tangible as you play. From the environments, the models of weapons and cars, the sound, and how AI reacts during battle to bring the game to life. And even the visuals, as they were depicted by the games Art Director Joe Salud as “Dark and Beautiful”. As the game looks good, it’s meant more to be felt than just looked at. Just like in the real war, it’s about regular people doing great things. It’s about the troop you play in, the relationship you make as the war progresses. The experience of some of the most notorious battles of the Second World War. Seen in the video D-Day is a primary focus for possibly a climax in the story to illustrate exactly what they are going for.
Sledgehammer is known for carrying fact over into their games, in Advanced Warfare if you didn’t know. Basing their story on the PMC (Private Military Corporation) Atlas, playing a role in battle with and later against the United States in the game. PMCs today already play a large part in war, but in 50 years that the game is set in, it could be bigger than imagined. They even partnered with VICE to cover the topic on Blackwater. It even leaning to the technological advances in military combat which could lead to the exo skeletons used by the soldiers in the game. The idea of these militaries for hire taking the highest bid for your protection, but what if someone make a better deal?

For this generation of First-Person shooters, it seems we’re in good hands with Sledgehammer Games. The revisit to World War II is a good change that everyone should give a chance. And just like The Second World War exceeding everyone’s expectations, I can see Call Of Duty: WWII doing the same this November.