COD: WWII Leak Blowout - Normandy Setting, Co-Op Standalone Story, Private Beta for Pre-Orders

Sledgehammer's Call of Duty: WWII got a ton of leaks today, such as the setting, cooperative standalone story and private beta for pre-orders.

[Aurenar]

Normandy again? Always the same stuff....Activision, go figure.

[Rimeskeem]

Honestly, I really want another Normandy mission with improved tech (new graphics and such). As weird as it is, I want to know what it was like on that beach when shit went down.

[nucky64]

I don't think any game could ever make anyone understand what kind of hell that was.

[T2X]

Actually, if you really want to know what it might have been like, go watch Saving Private Ryan's opening scenes. That is (Or so they say) is the most realistic representation of what it may have been like to be there. And maybe magnify that by 100 or so. To be on that beach was nearly certain death in the first 20 minutes of the operation. The enemy was waiting for them and very entrenched. Bad stuff.

[SixFragz]

Wanna know what shit was like on that beach when shit went down? Watch Saving Private Ryan.

Of course, we are talking about Call of Duty, the reigning king of unoriginality. Expect to see a Normandy sequence that resembles the opening 20 minutes of Saving Private Ryan.

By the way, did no one see the resemblance between the poster for this game and the poster for Brothers in Arms Hell's Highway? Like I said, unoriginal. CODBots will be too blind to notice these layers of originality anyway.

If this game does try to do something fresh and innovating with WWII than they've already done, then I will be impressed. Until I see some actual gameplay, and not an overly flamboyant, exuberant trailer with some out of place hip hop music, I will have my reservations.

If the game is running of the same engine and tech though, I expect to see the same arcade type gameplay with a WWII backdrop. And there have been a lot of WWII focused media that didn't have to put "WWII" in their title to be realistic, gritty experiences. Sledgehammer and Activision are being quite bold by simply naming the game WWII, so they better live up to the hype that they are trying to sell and do WWII some justice, and treat it with the weightiness and grittiness it deserves and not the glorified, Hollywood action experience.

That is all. Have a good day everyone.

[quenomamen]

U do realize COD games been running on same old engine forecer right?

[Rimeskeem]

@everyone

Of course I've watched Saving Private Ryan :). Prolly in my top 5 movies. But I want to experience the adrenaline of interacting with the experience. Shit blowing up around me and all-- without getting PTSD.

[Notellin]

Normandy in VR.

[DrumBeat]

My grandfather was there. He told me about it quite a lot before he died, but I want to play it in a video game, in the most authentic way possible.

[Sitdown]

Your life is not on the line, you will never experience that adrenaline

[zerocarnage]

If done correctly I'm down for it, but only if the game is made correctly and not have it claimed as an American victory, when in reality because of the large scale loss of life there was no victory and Americans weren't the only nationals on that beach.

So long as they get it rite, i think that during the game it swaps between soldiers and units from different countrys, giving a different take from every nationality who fought in Normandy.

It should be made more like a documentary, bit like band of brothers TV show were done.

[AnubisG]

Aurenar,

When was the last time we got a game that had D-Day for a mission in it? 10+ years or so? What is the problem?

At least now Activision and SH listened to what fans wanted and it was a new WWII CoD as everyone was tired of the futuristic setting and jetpacks and people wanted CoD to go back to it's roots.

[zerocarnage]

So long as when the game is made it isn't Americanised, what i mean by that is if it's like americans claiming Normandy was all about them. I'll be very mad if they do that as I'm British and my grandad fought in Normandy who is now dead but he survived the beach but R.I.P to all those who gave there lives and there were many different nationalities who sacrificed alot in the fight against the germans. especially on normandy.

[DafunkyRebel]

It's WW2 dumbass, Normandy happened. What did you expect, for them to land in China?

[The 10th Rider]

There was conflict in China during WW2. The Japanese were already at war in China and the Chinese government flooded the Yellow River in order to try and stop the Japanese. For 9 years they let it flood and killed nearly a million people. Although I think it'd make a poor setting, it'd make for some interesting multiplayer maps (or a 'war story' from Battlefield.)

The invasion of Normandy didn't even begin until nearly 5 years after the war had started. The early German invasions of Poland, France, and Denmark would certainly make for interesting material. Rather than the story revolving around invading and taking territory, the story would involve trying to hold ground, fall back, and maybe sabotage missions in German occupied cities. How cool would it be to have a mission that takes place trying to escape from German occupied Warsaw or Paris?

Of course there's also the brutal Eastern front with Russia. A story set on the Eastern front could show the atrocities committed by both sides, and could revolve on an everyday soldier who's just trying to survive in the middle of a conflict between two massive, unrelenting forces that hold no regard for each individual soldier's life.

Of course there were also conflicts going on in the Middle East and Africa that could present interesting maps, although less potential for a story.

In Italy, Mussolini sided with the Nazis because at the end of the war he wanted to be on the winning side Obviously he was wrong and it actually led to civil war within Italy. Although smaller in scale, it would make for an incredibly interesting setting for a WW2 game.

There's also the Pacific theater, with the US against Japan. This would be a fascinating setting and would have huge story potential. The conflicts in the pacific theater were especially brutal. The story could begin with the bombing of Pearl Harbor and it could follow a battalion of soldiers making their way through the Pacific conflicts, such as Wake Island, Guam, Midway, Singapore, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, Saipan, and finally the gory Okinawan conflict. It could portray the kamikaze attacks, the seppuku and suicide of Japanese soldiers. The story could end after capturing Okinawa, with the Allied soldiers morbidly looking onto an even gorier and deadlier invasion of the Japanese mainline. Then the atom bombs could be dropped and everyone would breathe a sigh of relief realizing that the war was finally over. It'd be a perfect setting.

Overall Normandy isn't a bad setting, it's just overused when it comes to WW2 and so many other conflicts often fall by the wayside. I hope there's a reassurance of WW2 games and more stories from WW2 can be told.

[Drakul]

It is worse than seeing Deathstar almost every single SW movie.....

[USMC_POLICE]

Well they just innovated with infinite warefare and that didn't go so well with fans. We have not had a decent WW2 game in almost a decade, it's time for a comeback. With the success of BF1 it's clear people want historical shooters again.

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

This is what I hate about the series, rehashing the same events, they could have chosen a different war. But COD players often whinge about change/lack of change. Personally I was enjoying the last few sci-fi-ish games.

[Erik7357]

COD has its market. Don't expect it to want a different market.

[alexgibson]

@T2X actually, the Germans were not well entrenched. The Atlantic defense was poorly manned. A few MGs and shore battrty vs an entire aramada of allied shipping. Most beaches were taken fairly easily. Certainly nothing like Okinawa. Americans in the Pacific theatre of operation had it far worse vs the Japs.

[Profchaos]

No the same thing would be exoskeletons and guns that can see through walls. It's no longer the same thing when cod hadn't had a ww2 game since 2008

[UCForce]

A standalone co op story, now that the one I want to hear.

[Festano]

Me too, but I wonder if that means no zombies

[korea09]

Proabably? But maybe its nice to have something bew for a change. But maybe the standalone co op story is zombies story lol

[Erik7357]

Co op is nice but dont expect this to be a master piece

You need a game for the casual market why would they want to lose that? Not a single shooter I think could replace cod in that market. IF you dont think its casual what If you had to pick a casual shooter what would you pick? You know its COD. They know there is a huge chunk of gaming market that literally gets basically madden and COD every year. They know they cant make something like Bioshock because its to much for that market. It really is a different type of gamer. Sure it might be a little more interesting because of decline in sales of it being so bad but dont expect the co op story to be in-depth to something like the new Prey, or Bioshocks. And thats a given since its multiplayer focused but even then Halo 2-3 was multiplayer focused but still had a compelling campaign at the same time.

They know many casuals play it and they know casuals love something thats simple, similar,and also quick and fast to get into. You may have gamers like you who play a bunch of other games that aren't like considered "casual" but your not the majority of the ones who buy that game. I think you can acknowledge there is a huge chunk that just buys COD and sport games and thats it.

They have plenty of other games that feel the need for someone wanting a more rich experience while COD can get the mass market for all the gamers who just want something simple,easy to get into, and something they know. Just don't torture yourself and put yourself with the expectations of this being a game changing type of game or a rich experience. At one point it was that but now that its established and bought by the masses its something along the lines of a fast and furious movie with the strategy of not making a amazing high quality game but one that satisfies the basic needs of a gamer/movie goer who just wants to see the same crap.

[UCForce]

Keep it simple talk.

[PhoenixUp]

Co-op campaign sounds serviceable

[Concertoine]

Kind of ridiculous how WaW had co-op in 2008 and no game since in the series has.

[Frisky]

Huh!

[XiNatsuDragnel]

Nice

[Marcello]

I am not a Call of Duty fan at all, & i havent seen the trailer yet but i think i am already sold. Coop Campaign in Normandy, my prayers have been answered :)

[Alexious]

Might be why Randy Pitchford is so salty from the perspective of Brothers in Arms.

[UCForce]

And I really want a new Brother in Arms.

[Cybermario]

At least they are trying to get back to the roots and not a Halo ripoff. I welcome co-op stand alone campaign for sure.

[MetroidFREAK21]

If this game can live up to it's expectations, plays well, and has good gun balance, I probably will play this game past Treyarch's 2018 CoD game... I really hope SHGames does not blow it

[WeAreLegion]

Online or splitscreen co-op? That's what I need to know.

[Yohshida]

I probably played the Normandy level in COD2 over 100 times. Cant wait to play the new COD. Haven't bought the series the past 2 games, but this one got my already.

[KaiPow]

Hah, the eyes gave it away.
Four played story co-op

[AnubisG]

I'm finally excited about CoD again!!!! It's so nice to see that developers listened to gamers and are giving us what we have been asking for.

[Relientk77]

Normandy sounds great

[LavaLampGoo]

I mean, we all knew this would happen right? They've been trying to find the next big setting since Morden Warfare and Battlefield 1 was more successful than Infinite so of course they'll jump back. Can't say I'm not interested though

[Krysis]

BF1 was only more successful from a critics standpoint and for the fans that love battlefield but financially COD blew it out of the water.

[TheUndertaker85]

Call of Duty still outpaces Battlefield
https://www.vg247.com/2017/...

DICE is clearly worried about Call of Duty. They try their best every time to downplay it.
http://www.playstationlifes...

Call of Duty creators further don't have an issue with taking the higher road
https://gamerant.com/call-o...

Further creators recall being put into an odd spot with EA, stating Call of Duty was made as a competitor to Medal of Honor which is now a dead franchise
https://www.gamespot.com/ar...

EA also loves the CoD downplay and even chooses to insinuate that the Battlefield product will top Call of Duty which it never has
https://gamerant.com/ea-cal...
http://www.cinemablend.com/...
http://kotaku.com/5832660/t...

The only same trash going on is how poorly EA & DICE handle failing to deliver on their word. Then constantly worrying about making comments about Call of Duty hoping their downplay will deliver better results for them and worse results for Call of Duty.

Yet again, Battlefield hasn't and won't pass Call of Duty. Particularly when EA/DICE clearly want Battlefield to be the me too product.

[BLKxSEPTEMBER]

I need to play the beta first before I fall for anymore false hype.

[Bk2Xxclusive]

Who the hell wears polka dotted shorts and boots to work!? And I'm loving COD again.

[CitizenFour]

Dont be fooled into pre-ordering.. they always say its a closed beta for those who pre-order... three days later it gets opened up for everyone.

Wait and see.. play the open beta. Don't pre-order.

[EazyC]

Or just cancel the pre-order and still get the few extra days access

[alb1899]

Hope the Scorpio is out by the time of the release of WWll

[DrumBeat]

WWII was out long before the Scorpio was even announced.

[Dawknight316]

Microsoft got the Marketing rights again?

[Majin-vegeta]

No Sony does.

[butchertroll]

Nope! Do you see term "exclusive" on cover of Xbone version like on PS4 :

https://images-na.ssl-image...

[LastCenturyRob]

Only a matter of time

[guyman]

Only a matter of time until nothing chAnges

[Emme]

Switch version ?

[DefenderOfDoom2]

I am sorry if this game has re-gen health then it is a sci fi game set in a World War 2 setting .

Any chance of getting a new game engine or is it the same ole modified QUAKE 3 engine again.

[mafiahajeri]

If I can play that co-op story online I'll be buying two copies :)

[Doopy]

Cool. Can't wait to play the game with 4k resolution and 4k textures on the scorpio.

[jackdaddy]

Wow another cod.. This is amazing!

[quenomamen]

looks like that leaked photo of the press kit is coming right from the printing press from color bares and the way it layed out. Somebody might be in trouble at that printing company

[Orionsangel]

They ran out of wars so they went back to the well? lol

[TKCMuzzer]

Eh, most of their games have been set in the future, you can not run out of wars that are constantly made up. Your more likely to run out of wars when you base the games on history.

[Orionsangel]

Yeah, but there's only so many real life historical wars that fit the mold of Call of Duty.

[Jayszen]

For the last three or four years gamers have been asking for COD to return to a WWII setting. Now we got it - but from some of the comments here, some gamers are now peeved that the setting is Normandy, There is just no pleasing some people.

I am looking forward to see if COD can capture the magic that the first three COD games had with their WW2 stories. I doubt the campaign will be as long as the ones for COD 1 & 2 but I am hoping it won't be also a 7 or 8 hour short one.

[NerdStalker]

More of the same, cod gameplay has always been fun, but they should go back to the drawing board and try to properly improve this game instead of unleashing the same game with new make up year after year.

[guyman]

"Cod gameplay has always been fun"

Yea sure if your standards are low enough then why not

[NerdStalker]

"Cod gameplay has always been fun" I had fun

[Maxor]

Not a lot of wall running in WW2 though. Are they sure about this?

[windblowsagain]

COD just needs to die already.

Kids game.

[LastCenturyRob]

So games you personally don't like are automatically deemed "kids" games to the masses? Talk about entitlement......yawn.

[DillyDilly]

Im good I have played enough WW2 games to last me a life time. Wouldnt it be funny that they finally go back to WW2 & its a low selling game ?

[Kombatologist]

I gave up on COD after AW (oh, how I loathed that game), but this just might pull me back. My only concern is that it's being made by Sledgehammer, the studio responsible for two of the worst games in the franchise (MW3/AW).

[BadElf]

So happy. Finally pumped for a Duty again!

[StrawberryDiesel420]

This is day one material for me personally. I have a feeling this will be the best and most original COD since MW and W@W. Ifjsndkl;gjrw[hguowadhfiaefji& #39;g[nh'[f

[IceKoldKilla]

Well, finally a CoD I'm excited about. The less extra bullshit in the multiplayer, the better. I mean in terms of your character's class of course.

[Father Murder X]

Battlefield 1 has thrown down the gauntlet. I know that COD sells like crazy but my god Battlefield 1 has set a standard for military games that is going to be hard to beat. This game is going to release a yea after Battlefield One and I bet that Battlefield 1 will still have superior graphics.

[LastCenturyRob]

Will be stunning on the Scorpio!

[TKCMuzzer]

Really? Does the PC version of IW look stunning compared to current gen consoles versions? Nope, it's COD.

[LastCenturyRob]

Not talking about IW...With the Pro out now and soon the Scorpio there is even more reason for Activation to optimize their games. My prediction..It "will" look stunning on the Scorpio and probably almost as nice on the pro.With those console upgrades expect to see high end pc's to get a boost.

[Majinzo]

I thought it said ww3

[C_Ali88]

More COD shite...... For shite eaters to eat up........... BRAH

[LastCenturyRob]

Are you 14 years old? Stop trolling!

[EmperorRosko]

Not sure why everyone is still bitching.

They are making a WW style shooter going back to their roots, which is exactly what 90% of fans have complained about for the last 3 years.

And who gives a fuck about the Normandy setting, are you seriously even considering playing a Campaign? Who the fuck plays campaigns on CoD? Sad twats.

I'm hoping this game lives up to any hype, but many shooters have failed to pull me away from Rainbow 6 Siege. A proper shooter.

[Smitty2020]

Sounds good too me, what about dedicated servers this time round plz

[Profchaos]

I didn't think I would say this about a cod game again but I'll be buying it.

[fungusar]

Then we are back to COD 1,2 and 3. Why not someting new? Playing german or Japanese would be cool.

[zerocarnage]

As long as they get it correct this time and not make it all about Americans on the beach I'm not bothered. When it comes to the great wars i think its more important to get it rite than think about money you can gain from making the game. The history of Normandy and who fought there needs to be told as it was. Over the decades since being on Xbox I've had many American while playing wargame come out with Normandy was an American victory, no it was not, it was far from a victory at all with the large loss of life that happened on those beaches. I also had some Americans seem to get it in there head that they were the only troops on that beach fighting against the Germans and yet again that was wrong considering the beach was torn into sections with many allied nationalitys fighting that day.

Like i said i think its more important to get the great wars done correctly when made into games. gamers who do not know to much about history can learn what our brave soldiers gave up for us and the sacrifices they made and making a game incorrectly only leads to ignorance down the line.

[corroios]

This is gonna sell so much!