call of duty world war ii arrow shows enemy behind barrier

But a new generation of consoles is here, a new generation of players. “I think it’s time, it just feels like it’s time”Ĭall of Duty was originally a series about World War II, but moved on when tastes changed, when the setting was so thoroughly overplayed that there was nothing left to say. Those games are fun, but they are separated from the world we live in because nothing they portray ever really happened. In recent years, the company has focused on science fiction-tinged games featuring tougher-than-life heroes, all beef and bravado. This is why Call of Duty: WWII is more than just another in Activision’s rollout of annual shooting games.

If D-Day makes you feel nothing, you’re doing it wrong. But they are now hallowed echoes of sacrifice, bravery and a noble assault on actual evil. Utah, Omaha, Gold, Sword and Juno were just codenames for beaches on June 6, 1944. To say that these storming-the-beaches moments are iconic representations of World War II is to fall short of their power, even 70-odd years on. These are the first few moments of a Call of Duty: WWII demo I watched in Sledgehammer Games’ viewing room last week. He shares the hedgehog with a dead soldier, half his face missing. He gasps, scrambles through the chaos, runs cringing up the beach before crouching beside one of those iron D-Day cover points called hedgehogs. “A lot of us are the grandchildren of World War II’s fighters”

Call of duty world war ii arrow shows enemy behind barrier