The best part about CoD4 was that it took you away from WW2 and put you in a different theatre. So do you think the best theater/time period CoD5 should be in?

Doesn't matter, it's been confirmed that it will be WWII again. Sigh. Still, I can hope for a Pacific campaign, right?

I hate to say this, but they are strongly thinking of going with the pacific part of WW2, against the Japanese...

Ugh no, please tell me this isn't true, I am o so amazingly sick of WW2 shooters, they suck balls. I wish they'd keep it modern, or SLIGHTLY post modern, and I do mean ever so slightly

maybe they should just end the series.

like MoH, CoD its well past is sell by date

WW2? Bullshit.

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"Despite widespread rumors that the next Call Of Duty will head back to its WWII origins, Activision confirmed that Call Of Duty 5 is in fact underway and that it will keep its healthy "modern warfare" trend."

Modern Warfare as you can see.

Bah. They should of went with an epic "balls-to-the-wall" squirt gun fight.

Warning-Cock joke

1000 years in the future would be cool. I guess it'd be a bit like Halo. Except good.

I think they should really mess with the series this time, sure they took it to modern warfare...but now...

FANTASY Warfare... You see, Korea, Pacific WWII, the future, and WWI would have been too predictable, but putting it in fantasy RPG medieval england... no one would have seen that coming... a "Call of Duty: W40k" would have been more likely!

bwahaha!

How about feudal Japan? You can play as warring samurai who commit first-person sepuku when they fail at their mission and ninjas, who's first-person acrobatics are likened to "Mirror's Edge."

Since they're on number 5, looks like they're going to space pretty soon. If the Mario games have any indication of gaming trends it should be Call of Duty 6: Time to fuck up some aliens (the green kind)

But if it were some place of my choice I would pick Canada. Those woolly bastards are just a little too nice, if you know what I mean.

I think a Call of Duty where you get to play from both sides would be awesome. Show the humanity of soldiers regardless of politics or place of birth. China would be a good adversary (I know it has been done before in BattleField2). They have a very professional and dedicated army. A conflict between the US and China would be make for an epic game story, even without nukes.

RetiarySword:
I hate to say this, but they are strongly thinking of going with the pacific part of WW2, against the Japanese...

the idea was shit when medal of houor did it

Call of Duty 5: in Afganistan, but the cold war Afganistan where you're fighting against the Russians.
Though people would probably be pissed the first time they hopped in a hind for cover and got sniped through the windshield.

they should stick to ww2 that is what made the game great maybe they should make it into a french resistance type of thing

French resistance? Sweet God Jesus! why these guys? Nevermind. I must say that I would most likely bet USA vs China type of conflict. Only thing that wasn't already done in WW2 fps games is a German Soldier as a main protagonist.

If you want resistance, try something jugoslavian, finnish, polish. That would be something quite fresh and epic.

The Call of Duty series is undergoing "4th installment syndrome". That's when a series starts to get cliche after being shaken down form more than a trilogy. Now, I liked the COD games. Sure they were WW2 games but they were still good, really really good. COD4 was also good, but after you take a series into modern times it's inevitable that future/space warfare is next. Which would suck, because there's really nowhere to go after space.

I think Call of Duty should stay in modern times. They just need to find someone other than the US or UK to play as. Stare at an atlas long enough and your bound to find someplace that made you say: "I wonder what a war would be like there?" Maybe instead of US Marines you play as...Israeli paratroopers, and instead of SAS commandos you play as...a French UN peace keeper and rather than a Red Army sniper you're...a Kosovo policeman turned soldier and the main antagonist is a group of mercs from South Africa or the Canadian mounted police or something.

There, I bet you want to see how that would turn out. Call of Duty 5: Global Strike. Rated M for intense violence, blood and gore, strong language...and partial nudity.

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WW2? Bullshit.

Description
"Despite widespread rumors that the next Call Of Duty will head back to its WWII origins, Activision confirmed that Call Of Duty 5 is in fact underway and that it will keep its healthy "modern warfare" trend."

Modern Warfare as you can see.

you wanna tell us where you heard that little lie?

Treyarch is developing CoD5. not infinity ward.
they have shown no intrest in making a modern war game.
several sorces have acctually pointed to the idea that treyarch will attempt another return to the WW2 time frame with a campaign on the little used pacific front.

in any case, it will not be as good as CoD4 because it won't have the IW seal of aproval. consigning it to a lonesome fate as a 'cheap knock off'...

The Franco:
Since they're on number 5, looks like they're going to space pretty soon. If the Mario games have any indication of gaming trends it should be Call of Duty 6: Time to fuck up some aliens (the green kind)

LMAO!!!

Seriously though, I have to agree wholeheartedly with ShyWinter. Going post-modern would be a mistake in my opinion, as it's been done by too many developers already. And as ShyWinter points out, why go post-modern anyway, when you have so many stories to pick up if you just look around. The US and UK aren't the only ones waging war in the world.

I would like to see a CoD game based in Africa (anyone who doesn't know of the conflicts therein might miss the point here, in that case, brush up your history knowledge.)

Imagine a Special Force Team (nationality doesn't really matter) sent to Africa to retrieve a hostage with political influence. If you know anything of the horrors that occur in these countries, you can imagine how great a game like CoD can portray and send a message to those playing. Games aren't necessarily shoot-kill-yay, and such scenarios would be much appreciated by the majority of gamers, i think. Especially bearing in mind that the average gamer is 28 years old.

That's what i'm hoping for, but i heard the same as Pyro Paul. Tryarch is developing CoD5, and so another WWII setting seems inevitable.

That Africa idea is perfect. All the moral dilemmas like child solders and human shields, they could really surprise us with that.

I think a pattern is starting though, Infinity Ward makes a super awesome CoD, then Tryarch makes a piece of steaming shit. Hopefully they do make the Africa thing it's such a good idea.

Little lie? Gamespy I presume.

Africa? Truly great idea, but think about all of the "anti racism" shitstorm.
No mather what's the story.. if you shoot africans, you are f****d.

Call of Duty 5: Appropriations Warfare.

The next field of battle is the Pentagon itself, as you navigate the trecherous rapids of internal politics and the governmental cross-currents to bring your weapons system into development. Line the pockets of your favourite tech firm well enough and you'll get a handsome salary and corner office with them when you retire!

Now I'm starting to think I should try to build this myself.

-- Steve

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1000 years in the future would be cool. I guess it'd be a bit like Halo. Except good.

Eeh...we need to start making some rules on Escapist.

Rule #1 - Halo will always be brought up no matter what the thread is about.

Korea

after all theres very little of the second World War left to do, the First World War would not translate well into a game, Gulf 1 and Veitnam were done by the conflict series, the Pennisular war was taken care of in Fields of Glory, and most other war games these days are based on current events, but there has never been a game to my knowledge that is set during the Korean War.

I'd be interested in a "near future" setting.

Okay, actually, what I REALLY want is a Warhammer 40,000 shooter that plays like CoD4, but that's a little outside the realm of what it'd be reasonable to expect.

Still, it'd be nice to see a vision of a near-future world, where both the weapons and the defenses against them continue to grow in sophistication and effectiveness. I'm not talking infantry-portable railguns, or force fields here - more things like self-guiding antipersonnel rounds, Metal Storm weaponry, airbust directed flechette grenade launchers, false-colour heat vision, gun-mounted cameras, and battlefield intelligence uplinks, like from Ghost Recon 2.

but that suggestion about present-day Africa is pretty badass too....

Oh come one, Angryman don't be greedy, you've already got "Fire Warrior" if you want a 40K COD4 stylee shooter!

*Munch Munch*

Sorry about that, I forgot to take my medicine again...

How about soldiers sent back by a mad scientist to fight the dinosaurs? Then into the future, to fight robot communists from the Arab nebula. Then shrank inside a cancer patient, fighting the deadly disease? Then onto Mars, to fight the sand people. Then into the 19th century, to fight Redcoats AND Zulus!
Or, you know, we could just stick to the near future idea.

Zombies would be cool, too.

The only WW2 series I actually enjoy is Brothers in Arms.
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if COD 5 is indeed a WW2 game, I will not buy it.
its why I didn't buy the other COD games except for 4

The whole idea of taking CoD back to WW2 really annoyed me. They had just managed to pull themselves away from that time period. Its about time they leave it behind and start hacking away at the ankles of a new time period.

If they hadnt already confirmed the time period for the new CoD i would say they should just keep it in modern day because that gave some really good gameplay and just a nice break from the Nazis.

Another COD?

I had thought that the whole point of Call of Duty was strictly WWII(not saying that the next one should be--dear God, no), and when I heard #4 was modern I assumed it was primarily a sales
gimmick--attaching the name of a well-liked game to one that was completely different.

Admittedly, I have never played CoD 4, and thus have no idea what the game is like.

All I'm saying is that I think they should retire the series and start anew.

Nickson: CoD4 is easily one of the best FPS games I have ever played, and I recommend it to anyone who enjoys FPS games, because it is fething awesome.

The thing is, I agree with you - I think the CoD series needs to be retired now. Somehow, I really doubt that they'll ever be able to top CoD4, especially not if they go back to WW2.

The fact that it's such a massive source of inspiration for second-rate games kind of undermines the significance of the entire conflict. World War 2 has been cheapened by a string of below-par games, and even the good ones struggle to bring any real originality or flair to it any more. There needs to be a good long break from making WW2 games, until the games industry is mature enough to be able to do it properly.