In 2003, former Medal of Honor developers released their first game as a new studio. Although it began development under the codename "MOH Killer," it would soon be known as Call of Duty.
Flash forward 14 years, and the Call of Duty franchise has become a video game juggernaut, selling over 250 million units in sales, from three separate studios, over the course of its lifetime. It's gone from World War II, to the Cold War, to the future, and back again.
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With its most recent release, Call of Duty comes back to its World War II roots. In the video above, Mike Mahardy examines the ways Call of Duty: WWII's campaign fails to earn that return, and the numerous ways it could have done better.
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I still think MoH had the best WW 2 campaigns. Allied Assault, Frontlines and Pacific Assault were all great.
Allied Assault in particular sparked an interest in history for myself that has continued to this day. I almost feel like the campaign in CoD WW 2 is targeting its younger audience who might have missed those classics, the way they were talking about the guns of WW 2 in preview events as if no one had ever seen them before in games, and the fact that they focused on battles that have been in countless games already.
@with_teeth26: They were some good mindless fun (along with CoD 1&2) but Hidden & Dangerous 2 was the best WW2 campaign I've ever played in a shooter by far. It's a shame they don't make em' like this anymore. Maybe someone can convince Daniel Vavra to get on that when he's done with Kingdom Come Deliverance.
@nyran125tk: yea absolutely, it was only the second or third FPS i'd ever played so I played it on easy the first time through and still found it tough
I agree with this article 100%. I’m loving the multiplayer even if it isn’t made to convert over new fans to the franchise. The campaign, on the other hand, was utterly yawn inducing and I doubt I’ll ever return to finish it. Felt so, so stale.
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