“You want to maximize the messages, you don’t just want to copy history.
While the Sledgehammer team is committed to keeping the visuals authentic, Salud also shared that they designed the sets of the game to create a stronger impact. “He’s (Morgan) spent his whole life studying World War II not just from history books but he’s travelled all over the world and collected stories from families and kind of from a very granular level put all the puzzle pieces together and now has this really big tapestry kind of understanding of the war, and he was able to share that with us and help us through the process of making this game as authentic as possible.” “Everything that we do, it always starts with a reference.” Salud shared that not only did the Sledgehammer team go to Germany and France to collect ideas for the game, they also consulted with renowned World War II historian Marty Morgan. Sledgehammer team did extensive research in order to get the environment in the game right. There’s a lot of research and intent to that.” “I didn’t want to contrast it just to be pretty, for the sake of being pretty. (READ: New ‘Call of Duty’ does away with health regen in campaign mode)įrom the first trailer of the latest game to the news articles that followed, publisher Activision and developer Sledgehammer games emphasized that Call of Duty: World War II is grounded on realism and the commitment to show something that’s “emotionally dark and visually beautiful.”Īt the most recent Esports and Gaming Summit, Sledgehammer director Joe Salud shared with us how his team was able to achieve the desired look and feel of Call of Duty: World War II.Īccording to Salud, he didn’t want to make the visual contrast of dark and beautiful for the sake of being pretty. If you haven’t played the game yet, which was released on November 3, the trailers itself show that Call of Duty: World War II aims to get you on an emotional rollercoaster ride, with a story that is based from the harrowing tales of the actual destruction that inspired this game, and visuals meant to immerse you in this brutal, bloody, and unfortunately, very real war.
This year, however, Call of Duty not only goes back to its roots of “boots on the ground” combat, it also goes back in time to give players not just a taste of what real war looks like, but also give them a chance to reflect on those horrific times.
It was a game that had a realistic story and realistic characters but all the same it was purely fiction and fantasy. Last year, it was Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, which featured impressive combat both in zero gravity and in different planets. Call of Duty has always had a forward pattern in terms of their war timelines.
It’s been awhile since we’ve seen something bleak and gritty from the Call of Duty franchise.
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