GamersCrib
06-23-2008, 10:53 AM
The guys over at IGN (http://pc.ign.com) threw up a new article where they head to the Pacific to see how Treyarch wants to redefine the World War II shooter. Lets check it out:
It's not easy following a blockbuster, particularly one that sold 10 million copies in only about six months. Last year, Infinity Ward's Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare blew away gamers with its deafening intensity, gorgeous graphics, and addictive multiplayer suite. But now it's Treyarch's turn with Call of Duty: World at War, a game that marks a return for the franchise to its World War II roots. The fact that it's Treyarch and not Infinity Ward making the game, as well as the fact that you shoot an M1 Garand instead of an M-16, has stirred an intense debate amongst gamers. It's something that Mark Lamia, Treyarch's studio head, understands. "People don't want to play the same World War II game that they've played before," he told us, just before he gave us a first look at World at War. His message: Treyarch wants to redefine what to expect from a World War II shooter.
World at War will feature two campaigns. There's a Red Army campaign that happens near the end of the war, as well as a Pacific campaign that has you participating in the American island-hopping campaign against the Japanese. Pacific campaigns are fairly rare for the genre, partly because the technology to properly capture the lush jungle environments hadn't been there yet; it was far easier to simply make another bombed-out European village. Modern processors can do a jungle justice now, though. However, there's more to it than that, according to Lamia.
"It's not just about going to the Pacific as a location… we're going to the jungles, we're going to do all that stuff. But it's about the Imperial Japanese enemy, which was a radically different enemy than their European Axis counterparts," Lamia said. "Except for the occasional banzai charge, I don't really think that anyone's actually done that enemy properly."
If you wish to discuss this article and news head on over to this thread. (http://www.gamerscrib.net/forums/showthread.php?t=234)
To check out more of this article visit here. (http://pc.ign.com/articles/883/883374p1.html)
It's not easy following a blockbuster, particularly one that sold 10 million copies in only about six months. Last year, Infinity Ward's Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare blew away gamers with its deafening intensity, gorgeous graphics, and addictive multiplayer suite. But now it's Treyarch's turn with Call of Duty: World at War, a game that marks a return for the franchise to its World War II roots. The fact that it's Treyarch and not Infinity Ward making the game, as well as the fact that you shoot an M1 Garand instead of an M-16, has stirred an intense debate amongst gamers. It's something that Mark Lamia, Treyarch's studio head, understands. "People don't want to play the same World War II game that they've played before," he told us, just before he gave us a first look at World at War. His message: Treyarch wants to redefine what to expect from a World War II shooter.
World at War will feature two campaigns. There's a Red Army campaign that happens near the end of the war, as well as a Pacific campaign that has you participating in the American island-hopping campaign against the Japanese. Pacific campaigns are fairly rare for the genre, partly because the technology to properly capture the lush jungle environments hadn't been there yet; it was far easier to simply make another bombed-out European village. Modern processors can do a jungle justice now, though. However, there's more to it than that, according to Lamia.
"It's not just about going to the Pacific as a location… we're going to the jungles, we're going to do all that stuff. But it's about the Imperial Japanese enemy, which was a radically different enemy than their European Axis counterparts," Lamia said. "Except for the occasional banzai charge, I don't really think that anyone's actually done that enemy properly."
If you wish to discuss this article and news head on over to this thread. (http://www.gamerscrib.net/forums/showthread.php?t=234)
To check out more of this article visit here. (http://pc.ign.com/articles/883/883374p1.html)