Does its Duty but no World-beater
Legendary shooter title is back with World War II action but it’s not a vintage year
IT’S back to World War II for this year’s Call of Duty.
While it has all the excellent action and bombast you would expect of the series, it isn’t a vintage year.
The pace of the games is as fast and frantic as any Call of Duty and the graphics have more of a Modern Warfare feel to them than the slightly more arcade-style Cold War.
The guns, however, don’t quite feel as fantastic in the hands.
And we didn’t get the bite and kickback we were hoping for in the controller with this game compared to past efforts.
As such, it often feels less impactful and less exciting. The World War II theme also slightly limits the spread of the game’s design.
Luckily, there is a Hollywood-like single-player campaign that delivers a good few hours of global war shenanigans.
You experience the origins of today’s modern Special Forces fighting
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across four major theatres of World War II, with a focus on a handful of heroic, ordinary-but-diverse characters who end up throughout the storyline doing some extraordinary fighting to win the war for the Allies. The game looks amazing on the
PS5 though and Activision is starting to get the most out of the new console generation with incredibly lifelike people design and just the sheer amount of action on screen at any given time.
It’s a great shooter game – CoD always is – but it’s not the best in the series and the overly-used World War II backdrop is wearing thin.
The pandemic would have played a part in this and kudos to the developers of Call of Duty for still delivering a big game despite the lockdowns.
Let’s hope a jam-packed post-launch package of online seasons helps to flesh out the game further and make it as great as its contemporaries.
Right now, it’s good but not outstanding.