Turner - a command dynamic reminiscent of Vietnam War film Platoon.īeyond the story, the visuals and challenging missions also make this game an operation worth embarking on. Pierson, who doesn't see eye to eye with Lt. Transformers star Josh Duhamel provides the likeness, voice and motions for Sgt. And there's plenty of drama in the squad. The repartee among your squad mates draws you in just as it does in the best war films like Saving Private Ryan. Army private about to cram into a Higgins boat for the D-Day assault. While I've enjoyed Call of Duty's visions of a militarized future, this journey to the past ranks among the series' best. This time, I holed up in my man cave for several multi-hour stints over the last week, watching on a Samsung big-screen TV and playing on an Xbox One S. Over the years, I've often traveled across the country to play the game before it's released in stores, ensconced in a hotel with a few dozen other video game critics and journalists. I've been a Call of Duty devotee ever since. I remember the crew at Infinity Ward bringing Call of Duty 2 to my home in 2005 and seeing the battlefield unfold before my eyes on the PC display. Two sequels were also set in World War II, but subsequent releases have moved along the timeline to include action in the Vietnam War, the Cold War era, the near future and sci-fi futuristic settings.Īlong the way, Call of Duty has appeared on a battery of platforms including Macintosh PCs and video game consoles from Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 to today's Xbox One and PS4.īut I have fond memories of those initial World War II-based PC releases. The first Call of Duty game, released in 2003 for Windows PCs, was based in World War II and let players fight their way through D-Day and the Battle of the Bulge. But for longtime fans of the popular series, this marks a welcome return to Call of Duty's roots. Playing out like the Band of Brothers miniseries, COD: WWII takes players on an action-packed history lesson through the last year of fighting in the European theater.įor younger gamers, this game may be the first to put them in the World War II trenches. So you get to line up Nazis in your gun sights on Normandy beach, within occupied France and in Germany. Like the more than a dozen previous Call of Duty games, Call of Duty: WWII is a first-person shooter. While the most recent editions of Activision's series have been set in futuristic settings, this new blockbuster release ( just out, $59 and up, for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PCs, ages 17-up) plants you in a platoon fighting its way across Europe in World War II.
Call of Duty: WWII brings the multibillion-dollar video game franchise full circle.
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