Quantum of Solace was the best Bond game since Goldeneye, Call of Duty: World at War is great, and Call of Duty 3 was massively under rated, even with its flaws.
And even though Infinite Ward also make great games, I dislike the IW snobbery that we see a lot of when dealing with Call of Duty.
So when I heard about a new Treyarch COD, and also rumblings of it being set in Vietman, I almost wet myself. I said almost.
So its pleasing to hear that the guy's at VG247 stumbled across some new info about an upcoming Activision 'Video Game', which includes character names and backgrounds, notably centered around the Vietnam war, and possibly Russia.
It comes after a casting call that asked for four actors to provide voice acting, motion capture and other such shindigary for a game which sounds very much like the rumored Call of Duty Vietnam game.
Also, there is a hefty mention of the characters, and their backgrounds, including a "fiercely patriotic veteran of WW2", a "very physically fit black man in his 20s" and a "Russian-born martial arts expert and CIA operative who’s calm to the point of being cold and detached".
Yep. That really does sound like a lonely hearts column advert.
So there we have it. A possible change in direction from the traditional battlefield home of Call of Duty. We have Vietnam, a bit of martial art's and possibly some other Cold War action as well.
Bring it on. We'll put up more info as we get it. Going by previous COD games, we should get some solid info by spring. If they got the soundtrack right on this, it could be a classic game - and one of the better set during Vietnam.
3 comments:
Quantum of Solace started slow, but once you get into it it's absolutely brilliant. Gun play was dreadful though, in my opinion of course.
Having played most of the Bond games since Goldeneye, I was ecstatic when I played QoS. I was expecting something horrific, but was pleasantly surprised. It showed to me that Treyarch do make great games. Not perfect, but no where near as bad as people go on about.
Hence why im really looking forward to this one. If they take WaW, change the setting, add some cold war espionage as well has some Vietnam warfare, and add a 60's soundtrack, it could be a winner.
Of course they might not do any of that! But for now, they have me interested.
Espionage and stealth is an under rated aspect of war shooters. The first medal of honor saw people using passes which you had to sneak in to find and use to get past guards, infiltrate and plant a bomb or what have you.
Modern Warfare franchises do it well but not enough for my liking, so if they do espionage and make it work in Treyarch's game, I'll be interested.
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