In the end, however, it is all about how the West helped win the war. This feeling persists well over the short six-to-seven hour-long campaign. With that said, the length of the campaign is the game’s biggest strength, one that is saved and strengthened by the relationships between Zussman, Daniels and Pierson. No matter what you do throughout the loosely based historical story of the Allied push towards the Rhine, there is always a distinct feeling that it has been done before. The campaign’s biggest issue is that it feels uninventive.
Even then, the rivalry only extends to story bits and narrative requirements. This conflict between Daniels and Pierson is perhaps the most outstanding part of the campaign. The problem here is that Daniels is just a soldier whilst Pierson is his authority, thus he has no say at all. Although you quickly find out that Red and Pierson do not see eye-to-eye.
Most notably, PFC Robert Zussman and Technical Sergeant William Pierson. Right from the start, he becomes friends with a few guys. It is an interesting and captivating narrative element that lends a personable quality to the main character. All of this, and more, is revealed to you through diary snippets and letters that the protagonist, Private First Class Ronald “Red” Daniels, writes and sends off to his “girl back home”. Your very first mission as an American soldier is to storm Omaha Beach. You start out as a brand new recruit into the United States Army’s 1st Infantry Division during the first stages of Operation Overlord. Yet it is still serious enough to stand its ground as a good, well-written story. The overall experience is far more withdrawn and personable, one that does not take itself as seriously as Advanced Warfare’s plot did. Thankfully, I could not have been more mistaken.Īllowing the game to take place in World War II means that it cuts away all the unnecessary complications and nuances that the future story lines introduced. Possibly with more of a focus on its multiplayer than single player campaign. This would be the first game in many years that would take the franchise “back to its roots”, so to speak. So I was a little apprehensive when Call of Duty: World War II was announced. It is no secret that I prefer the single player component of most games. Regardless of my stance on the previous games, this one managed to keep me invested right up to the end. With that said, however, I must say that Call of Duty: World War II has an incredible campaign, and it is an amazing game overall. Each improving with every new release, right up to Infinite Warfare’s crazy space antics. Although Ghosts was serviceable, I found that the newer games had much better campaigns. I was especially fond of them because of their stories. Ridiculous multiplayer mechanics aside, I really liked the futuristic setting in the previous games.
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At first I was bummed that the series would move away from the futuristic setting of Advanced Warfare. Hence why my curiosity was piqued when Sledgehammer Games and Activision unveiled a new title, complete with story trailer and a hot new catchphrase: “boots on the ground”. Sure, some of the more recent instalments may have seemed a little more far-fetched than normal, and perhaps the multiplayer draw of the newer games has weakened somewhat but they have all had one great aspect in common: they deliver on story. When it comes to great looking games about universal strife, the Call of Duty franchise never fails to deliver.
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