Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

I know, but that scene is never not funny.

edited 3rd May '14 11:33:43 AM by Ryuhza

Fair enough.

Clearly, Underwood is a huge Sony fanboy. He was disappointed that he couldn't play God of War: Ascension in Season 2. :P

Anyway, back on topic.

@Lizard Bite: my first reaction upon seeing that cover device was "Wait...but wouldn't shooting it just cause it to topple over? It might be bullet proof but it's still FABRIC. Or do those pillars have spikes to fix them to the ground? If so, it must pretty heavy and impractical to lug around instead of just leaning against a corner or something".

magnets+hooks might be another solution to that. As for what the bullet shield itself is made out of... well it's the future so they could pretty much invent anything outta their ass, though I got a feeling it's gonna be some sort of synthetic Teflon.

... That's not what Teflon does. Seriously, Teflon is the thing they spray to make nonstick pans nonsticky. Its military applications basically amount to coating of armor piercing bullets so that their hardened bodies barreling down the inside of the barrel doesn't degrade it.

As for what is in those portable chest high walls, I don't know. Possibly some application of non-Newtownian shear thickening fluids that are currently being researched for use in body armor?

edited 3rd May '14 9:27:25 PM by Mars444

Crap, probably meant Kevlar then. :/

Is there a game where you play as generic FPS soldier but you fight against an enemy that came straight of The Matrix films?

As in the enemy is an acrobatic gunslinging, sword wielding, kung fu fighting badass (and possibly supernatural if one wants to add some Devil May Cry).

The closest I can think of is Resident Evil 5.

^^ In Halo 4 you fight against enemies who can teleport, Flash Step, move with the greatest of agility, kick you in the face (literally!), shiv you with a sword, wield shields (of both varieties), and shoot you in the face with a Sniper Rifle.

Granted the playable main character is the legendary hero of that particular universe but the entity he belongs to the Spartans are no longer as rare or unique as they once were. (In fact they're getting downright numerous.)

Yeah, now put that kind of enemy into a Call of Duty game, turn that character into a One-Man Army, and give that character some funny memorable dialogue.

Essentially, Captain Price versus Old Dante.

Gamespot drops us some details:

• 2054 is the year.
• The single protagonist, who only speaks in cutscenes, is Pvt Mitchell, a retired Marine turned Merc. Best friends with Will Irons, son of Kevin Spacey's Jonathan Irons. Voiced by Troy Baker, making his second appearance as a COD protag. ^note  He was also Joseph Allen. The guy who you played as during "No Russian".
• Powered Armor is upgradeable and these upgrades aren't like BO 2's future equipment you use in on level and never see again: They stay for the duration of the campaign.
• "Some sort of co-op."

edited 5th May '14 4:03:48 AM by GeekCodeRed

Will I get to play as Kevin Spacey who is constantly spouting one liners and bad puns during gameplay? If not, don't care.

Troy Baker is the main hero again? Man, this guy is everywhere.

Also, note how everyone will still call this the same as 2007s COD. I seriously think that no matter what Sledgehammer does to make this game feel different, everyone will still call it "just a MW re-skin". What say you?

edited 5th May '14 7:35:26 AM by LDragon2

Didn't people acknowledge BLOPS 2's attempt to do things differently?

Nope. At least not on gaming forums and commentators on Youtube, KYM, Derpibooru, etc.

...I don't think a My Little Pony image hosting site is the best place to go for Call Of Duty.

You'd be surprised. CoD is filled with bronies.

edited 5th May '14 1:34:48 PM by LeGarcon

It's a shame, and I hope Treyarch isn't too disheartened by it. I only bought Black Ops 2 this past December, and only a few days ago did I actually start working on beating the campaign. I'm pleasantly surprised at how much they really did change, from challenges to loadouts to altering the story, to simply more open level design. I beat the Ghosts campaign before starting on Black Ops 2, and boy, Ghosts feels like such a step backwards.

I've actually been hearing a surprising amount of positive responses to Advanced Warfare's trailer, even from people who proclaim to have no interest in Call of Duty, so hopefully Sledgehammer can knock it out of the park. And then I eagerly await whatever Treyarch has cooked up for Call of Duty 2015.

edited 5th May '14 1:40:42 PM by Ryuhza

One of MLP:Fi M's episodes had Twilight as a time-traveling Big Boss. Derpibooru has a sizable archive of Metal Gear Rising related images. Granted, that one is a rule of nature for anywhere on the internet.

Don't underestimate the bronies' ability to link goddamn anything.

As far as acknowleding Black Ops II actually changing things? Individuals recognize it all the time, but people don't. A person is smart; people are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals.

While I am still holding my hype for Treyarch's turn, I am cautiously optimistic for Sledgehammer.

edited 5th May '14 2:04:41 PM by TheAirman

So does anybody want to start taking bets on the longevity of the one black guy and one woman seen in the trailer? Ten minutes of screentime in the campaign before their horrible deaths? Twenty?

Well in Black Ops II, if you played your cards right, both the black guys and the female hero survived till the end, so who knows?

Also, this series' Hate Dumb is probably the worst I've ever seen. Once again, try to say that this is on a brand new next-gen engine, was under development for 3-4 years, is including so many new features such as mech armor and abilities, the many futuristic gadgets and weapons that drastically change the movement and gunplay........and people will still be like "it's just going to be another one of your s****y copy/paste with a different story. Same gameplay. Same concept. They're taking the public for idiots... Well maybe that's what they are though", "Bet you this next COD will turn out like every other COD. S****y", and calling it stuff such as "Call of Money: Recycled Warfare" (actual comments that got positively rated).

Why do you think that is? It can't just be related to the trope It's Popular, Now It Sucks!, because you will never find another game series that has this much hate directed towards it like COD does.

edited 5th May '14 8:10:47 PM by LDragon2

Well, you'll also never find another game series that has sold as much as Call of Duty has.

CoD's actually about 9th in the top selling video games list. (#1 is, of course, Mario.)

It is, however, the highest selling FPS.

edited 5th May '14 8:19:52 PM by rmctagg09

It's probably due to them hating the stranglehold mostly-modernish military FPS games have on the AAA market right now due to CoD's immense popularity, along with games from other genres and series trying to Follow the Leader. They want to see it crash and burn so publishers will take it as a hint to start diversifying.

Personally, I would like that as well, but Advanced Warfare actually looks like it'll be fun from both the story and gameplay angles, so the crashing and burning could be put on hold for another year.

edited 5th May '14 8:22:05 PM by Ekuran

That's really the source of it. It's not so much Call Of Duty that's the problem, it's every other company trying to make their games more like Call Of Duty.