COD5 is "different game" to COD4
Comparison unfair, says under-fire producer.
Call of Duty 4 community manager Robert Bowling won't like it, but COD: World at War producer Noah Heller has been sounding off to Eurogamer about comparisons between the Treyarch and Infinity Ward shooters.
"It's a different game to Call of Duty 4," Heller insisted, when we asked him if he thought World at War was a better game. "I'll say this - if you're interested in picking up an M16 or blowing six people away with the red dot sight, you're still going to love Call of Duty 4.
"We're offering a flamethrower, a .30 cal, a vicious, brutal enemy and co-op - there's a lot to love here and I'm very satisfied to say that between this game and Call of Duty 4 you've definitely got the best two shooters on the market."
When pressed on whether World at War is a better first-person shooter than Infinity Ward's acclaimed effort, Heller refused to be drawn, claiming: "I would be killed if I answered that question." And Bowling would be prime suspect.
The COD4 community manager issued a ferocious broadside against Heller last Friday on his blog, accusing the "senior super douche" of "pulling s*** out of his ass" about the series in interviews.
He added: "Can you guys please stop interviewing this guy... I can't take another Google alert of garbage coming through my inbox with bulls*** quotes from this guy". Sorry, Rob.
Heller, speaking to Eurogamer at a recent press event in London, revealed that while there had been technical discussion between Treyarch and Infinity Ward (since World at War uses the COD4 engine), the game was very much Treyarch's own.
"The engineers have a chance to talk to each other, but the design teams are very separate," he explained. "It's really important for healthy game development that the teams have their own voice and their own time to do design.
Heller further suggested that Infinity Ward would actually benefit from the work Treyarch had put in with the engine, particularly with co-op.
"If something makes the code run better, it only helps everyone to share that kind of knowledge," he noted. "But getting into the details of what we share, it's way too technical.
"I'm sure Infinity Ward is proud of the fact they had nothing to do with World at War, just as much as Treyarch is proud of the fact that it's their own game and their own chance to shine. It's a different shooter than Call of Duty 4, and if you're a gamer it belongs in your library."
Call of Duty: World at War releases on home consoles, PC and DS this Friday.
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But further to this some insane design decisons make no sense to me why make bolt action rifles not a 1 hit kill, why make all the rifles piss weak, why make the mp40 more powerful than the thompson, etc.
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Just let Infinity Ward make the entire series, I'd rather wait 2 years between games than have to invite it's ugly brother around every other.
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If it really is a different game, colour me disinterested entirely. I was actually looking for more of the same.
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It's good to have the option to take auto-aim off,but why hardcore mode still uses the perks?
Better to release COD4 expansion or give time to Infinity Ward to make another contemporary shooter with some new features than churning out this travesty.
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You are right, it not a difficult concept Fab4, I wouldn't touch this stinking pile of shit with yours. Roll on COD6!
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I loved CoD2 to bits, thought it was fantastic - then along came CoD3 (yes 3!) which turned out to be a load of old tosh.
One of the few alleged top titles I haven't even bothered to pre-order this year.
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If Treyarch had kept on with that approach rather than bowing down to Activision's demands for a CoD4: Not So Modern Warfare, then the game could have been great. As it is, its just a reskinned version of the PoS that CoD4 is...all perked up for the dumbed down generation.
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Odd bad. (ie COD 3, 5)
This rule is the truth.
Move on.
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How dare you compare the two!
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It's on my pre-order list at least
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Buggy as hell
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How appropriate!
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It is War game after all, not a special forces insurgency anti-terrorist etc etc
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WWII, no thanks.
Roll on CoD 6.
Game of the year it aint. Formulaic boring shooter it is.
Let Treyarch have an original IP and lets see what they produce, because it must suck living in IW's shadow.
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Don't right off the game just yet though, the single player and co-op could still make it a good purchase.
And COD5 is easier to type then COD:WAW. Get over it.
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I don't get it though: IT'S THE SAME AS COD4!!!! BUT IT'S CRAP! BUT COD 4 WAS THE BEST GAME EVER! (ahaha, LIES). BUT IT'S THE SAME, JUST LIKE AN EXPANSION PACK!
But then I don't get why they can't fix the atrocious spawn system in CoD4, so who knows.
(/troll. Sorry, bad day)
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Sometimes less is more and fortunately COD5 is reskinned COD4,but botched job all the same.
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'COD3 MP was shit.It's a widely acknowledged fact that can't be easily denied just because you can lose yourself in the maps and there are 23 other mofos roaming around on foot or in vehicles. '
Lies. You can't 'lose yourself', the maps were large but well designed. Try War on Poisson with 24 players. Absolute bliss of a war game. It was not shit, it was excellent fun.
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I concur! Glad I'm not the only one who feels this way.
I do like COD5's weapons better. I don't think you'll be able to get away with the things you could in COD4, and you definitely will have to have more skill to succeed. COD4 was a newb-fest.
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I don't get it though: IT'S THE SAME AS COD4!!!! BUT IT'S CRAP! BUT COD 4 WAS THE BEST GAME EVER! (ahaha, LIES). BUT IT'S THE SAME, JUST LIKE AN EXPANSION PACK!
But then I don't get why they can't fix the atrocious spawn system in CoD4, so who knows.
(/troll. Sorry, bad day)
Hahaha! One of the funniest posts I've read in a while, one that that is circled by the ring of TRUTH!
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I also agree on the spawning system being totally crap in CoD 4 and it has been ever since the first Call of Duty.
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And COD4 MP Ground War also supports more than 16 players,on vertically expanded maps!
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But further to this some insane design decisons make no sense to me why make bolt action rifles not a 1 hit kill, why make all the rifles piss weak, why make the mp40 more powerful than the thompson
To all of that: you gotta be shitting me?
I guess when they renamed the weapon definition files they got from Infinity Ward they got them a bit mixed up.
@Bealsy
I'm awaiting an EG 7/10 "must try harder"
I'm expecting about the same, also anyone know if the "brutal enemy" still just runs in a line straight towards you shouting?
There was a bit in an E3 (maybe Leipzig) movie where the marines were investigating a crashed plane in the swamp and the Japanese attacked and because of some peculiarity in the map they all streamed around a "corner" or tree trunk or something so that they ended up following each other in a perfectly straight line running straight into the player's thompson/bar fire. I remember thinking that if that was their "brutal enemy" in effect then it was pretty pathetic.
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I wonder how many of these people have played the full game through. It seems a bit unfair to judge this game from a small beta/demo. Dont forget there is a full single player campaign, co-op and many more levels for the multiplayer. Why not wait for the full game release before slating it. If you dont like it from the demo then dont buy it but don't slate it before you have even played the full game.
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And COD4 MP Ground War also supports more than 16 players,on vertically expanded maps! "
Most people dismiss CoD3 because it wasnt as easy to be good at it as CoD2 was, or CoD4. Simple as. There were no 'toys r us' sniper rifles in it and the maps were larger so you couldnt camp and be successful.
As for this 'vertically expanded maps' nonsense...you mean you could go upstairs in some buildings? Whoop-dee-fucking-doo. Obviously never played the Marseilles map, or even Ironclad. Or even Rouen, Fuel Plant, Merville or Eder from the original maps...they all had 'vertical expansion'.
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But that is one of the reasons why the CoD4 multiplayer was so good, because you didn't have to be amazing on fps' to get a good score and enjoy the game in pub matches. While at the same time you can disable all the bullshit stuff for clan matches etc.
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Seriously, this is different because it's games. You don't call your next game a sequel - that way if it tanks you can just say "No! It wasn't CoD5!" and make a better game. Just because it's the 5th doesn't make it 5.
GTA Vice City wasn't GTA4, Onimusha Dawn of Dreams wasn't Onimusha 4, Guitar Hero Aerosmith isn't Guitar Hero 4, Dynasty Warriors Gundam wasn't Dyasnty Warriors 6 (a bit of stretch with that one, but hey), Tnechu Z wasn't whatever it was chronilogically in the series, Golden Axe: Beast Rider isn't Golden Axe 4, Resident Evil Code Veronica wasn't Resi 4, Sonic the HEdgehog (360, PS3) isn't Sonic Adventure 3 or Sonic 4, the latest Prince of Persia isn't PoP 4 (or 6, or any other number depending on how you count it), Phastasy Star Universe isn't PSO 2, Far Cry Vengence isn't Far Cry 2 (thank goodness).
I could continue with that list of mostly questionable examples, but bottom line is this isn't CoD5 until they say so by releasing CoD6. Until that day, I have not been proven right or wrong. Good day.
I also like cake.
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Apparently it's got a 10 in a PS3 mag. I wouldn't so much as take that with a pinch of salt, so much as entire quarry. But I'm looking forward to this.
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And there my friend is the rub, the entire Internet knows that the ONLY reason this game has been given the WAW tag line is a desperate attempt to distance itself from the juggernaut that is COD4, it's almost as if they know it won't make the grade.
The only problem with this impeccable logic is that the target audience is not stupid, well certainly not stupid enough to buy this cynical marketing ploy, it looks like a cheap rip off of COD4, it plays like a cheap rip off of COD4. It is COD5 regardless of what they try to do to, if they wanted to call it something else then they should have dropped the 'Call of Duty', but oh no, then they might not get the sales that association with COD4 would garner.
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Are you talking of the newest Battlefield for the 360? I'd put my a$$ sweat about one notch above that steaming pile of turd.
What a piece of turd that game is. A steaming pile of one, in fact.
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What a fucking cunt.
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Far more fun to play.
I'm 10th prestige rank 55 on COD4, only rank 11 on COD5 MP Beta. Gave up on it cos its shite in comparison.
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A shame my friends want to do other things these days. I really looked forward to my weekly CoD 2 and 3 sessions. It will be nice to have vehicles back too.
I am now waiting for the next installment, I like the WWII settings so I am a little sad that it will most likely be the last one in that setting.
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This ain't no Goldeneye, that's for sure. It's give it 1 for every torturous hour, so 4/10. I hope they don't cock up COD.
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Though the rifle should be a one-shot-one-kill weapon.
All in all i can't say anything bad about this game because i love the world war 2 setting.
For all the internet geeks who want the game to be called cod waw and not cod 5:
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Most people agree that this COD5(or whatever they call it) beta is reskinned COD4 MP with WW2 setting,screwed balance and ridiculous ''innovations''. And i wouldn't hold my breath for the single-player either.In fact i have yet to be bothered to finish COD3,unlike all other console CODs.
If you enjoy the beta,buy it.But even people that like WW2 MP admit that this looks inferior to COD4 MP.
BTW,if only DICE ups the weapon damage in BC and introduce hardcore mode(preferebly without vehicles)...
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I guess it is time to put Fable 2 away for a bit.
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I guess as the Japanese don't really care about FPSs it won't be released over there?