April 22nd, 2008
Call of Duty 5 primarily set in Japan
We already know that Call of Duty 5 is in the works, and should be released later this year. We also have been informed that Treyarch will be going back to WWII instead of staying put in the Modern Warfare setting Infinity Ward created for the fourth game in the series. At the time of that revelation many were upset, seeing it as a step back from the great reaction COD4 got from critics and gamers alike.
However, recent info suggests that Treyarch will not be stepping straight back into familiar territory with their upcoming game, and will not be yet again placing the player in a European or American setting. They will instead be taking the battle over to Japan, and will likely put players in the shoes of soldiers who took part in the Pacific Campaign of World War II. The exact details of where the battles will take place still remain a mystery, but the focus of the CoD5 story will be on their side of the world rather than in Western Europe this time round.
Hopefully recreating the Battle of Iwo Jima along with other memorable battles that formed part of that campaign in virtual form is a possibility. In addition, the change in setting may be just what Treyarch needs to get people interested in their vision of CoD instead of having to continually listen to people complaining IW are not involved.
Nevertheless, they will seemingly be at the helm from now on anyway, so complaints should stop either way.
Mike
April 22nd, 2008
screw treyarch IW rules
Chaos
April 22nd, 2008
Bad Bad Idea
After the Huge leap that was made by going to modern day with COD 4 you’re now going to take a giant leap back and try a WWII game based in the pacific. Medal of Honor Series tried that and failed. I am sorry to hear this and will be even more sad when we start to get game videos that show us just how underwhelming it will be.
as sad day in deed for the COD series
George
April 22nd, 2008
After the failure that is COD 3 I don’t know why Activision would let Treyarch make COD 5. I would rather wait for a couple of years for IW to make COD 5 than play the garbage that Treyarch will without doubt produce!
Kyle
April 22nd, 2008
WWII is awesome, but Treyarch is not.
Infinity Ward could make this game, and it would be as equally as awesome, as CoD4. Peopel think it was the chnage of setting that made it good, but it isn’t.
Thomas
April 22nd, 2008
I agree that Treyarch is not to good when it comes to CoD, but their Spiderman games (Spider-Man 2, Ultimate Spider-Man) were great fun, so it shows they have quality.
Maybe they might suprise us with this… maybe
Dave Long
April 22nd, 2008
The headline’s a bit dodgy - unless it’s the air war, or something to do with espionage, the only part of the Pacific war set in Japan proper was the battle of Iwo Jima - unless we’re taking the Japanese perspective at the time!
RaGinG TyRanT
April 22nd, 2008
Its All about the fans reaction, and I dont see anyone excited about going back to WWII. I think Its a very bad Move. We want Modern warfare. Well Ill say this ,its opening the door for someone else now. This really doesnt make any sense at all. Let me see COD3 failed and everyone from that point asked for a war game alot more modern. COD4 came and it blew everything out. Set the new standard for shooters, so they Figure to go back to WWII. LMAO!!!! Dumb just plain Dumb.
Jesse JK Kraft
April 23rd, 2008
I’ll probably buy it after CoD6 comes out and CoD5 costs $20
ryan
April 23rd, 2008
yea, treyarch is retarded. I’m so tired of shooting a damn Thompson or old WW2 guns. Jesus christ, move on already. CoD 4 proved that people were ready to move on. Medal of Honor: Airborne was a perfect example of “a company” trying something “New and creative” with the ww2 theme and nobody gave two shits. take a hint
Fattysc
April 23rd, 2008
I’ve loved every single CoD game that has came out and I absolutely loved CoD: UO which Treyarch made before the company changed names. I’m sure some people will rejoice and some will hate it. I for one am looking forward to the new CoD.
CODUO
April 23rd, 2008
This is great too bad it is not modern. CODUO in my opinion is the best COD, the only reason COD3 did so bad was it was only for console games and not PC. Don’t get me wrong, I like all COD games, just that UO plays better then all of them. So much smoother game play.
Matt
April 23rd, 2008
“Medal of Honor: Airborne was a perfect example of “a company” trying something “New and creative” with the ww2 theme”
Ohoho, no it wasn’t. There was nothing new or creative about that piece of shit game…
narnie
April 27th, 2008
Going back to WW2 is a massive mistake, gammers want modern day situations with modern weapons.
Mallz
April 29th, 2008
I think what a few of you may not be remembering is that COD4 came out last year, I don’t think they knew it would be a big success when they started this one. By the time they knew I’m thinking it was to late to turn back, I mean they come out every year
Nutskillerunit
May 1st, 2008
no, don’t go back into ww2 because everybody will not by call of duty games anymore, just move on and make it like call of duty 4.
Jim Reaction
May 3rd, 2008
CoD5 is going to blow like Hiroshima/Nagasaki. I’ll bet they plop it into the toilet, I mean stores, and everyone will forget about it. It won’t be the bomb, it will be just a plain bomb from a b*tthole. Good public reaction? Naaa. I poop in the face of Treyarch.
neil
May 3rd, 2008
although u say that call of duty 5 will take part in japan in ww2 i think u shuld look at this i am not sure it is cal of duty but it says cod5 the future http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwwWA8K_DKs ps reply i am baffeled and i cant wait untill the next game actually comes out reply to my email that i entered
Richard Smith
May 10th, 2008
Instead of making a game about WWII, I think they should make one about the Korean War, or about the Viet Nam war. I know that there were alot of Viet Nam games out there for computers, but not for xbox360. Being a Viet Nam vet; I would really like to see IW make a Viet Nam war game for the xbox360, and if good enough then branch it out to PS3. Just my two cents. Peace; LAYMINISTER
LAYMINISTER
May 10th, 2008
Another note on my previous post; If they (IW), keep going with modern warfare, how soon before they catch up to H3? So to do some reminescence type games of previous wars, of course by IW, would be great. How about the Revoulionary War, Civil War, Spanish American War? I think that these types would help keep the COD series going.
Dan Newey
May 11th, 2008
what a pile of shit. You cant just fucking jump forward 60 years and then back again. A good jump back would be the war in korea or even vietnam. Medal of Honour:Airbourne was wank and im sorry to say that it looks like COD 5 will be too.