History VideoGame / CallOfDutyWWII

* AndIMustScream: Heavily and realistically simulated when it comes to setting Nazis on fire in the campaign and practically every player in multiplayer. Nazi's of all the game's characters, shriek like madmen whenever they're set alight by any fire-setting weapon. Just hearing their blood-curdling screams almost makes you feel bad for even burning them in the first place. However, as you see what they have done, it's more than likely you'll enjoy hearing them screech since they damn well deserved their horrible demises.
** Daniels lets out at least two or three near the end of the first mission. When a German soldier stabs Zussman he's clearly struggling with preventing the German from John Wick knifing him in his chest, Daniels comes to Zussman's rescue and the result? Daniels beating the German's skull in with the German's own helmet, all the while Daniels is screaming at the top of his lungs in obvious fear, anger, and adrenaline. He sure was pissed off too! Can you blame Daniels though? The poor guy nearly lost his buddy in combat due to a Nazi sneaking in.
** The Zombies game mode has justifiable moments. Mostly you will be screaming during the first few unexpected and random jumpscares that happen when you're close to a barrier or just happen to be caught of guard and a Nazi zombie turns you around and blabbers at you with a deep voice. It can even happen when you go around a corner unprepared.
** The opening D-Day mission will get you. It's intense, gory, and all the way around fucked up enough to get a complete scare out of you since you won't be expecting it. Of course if you're familiar with most Call of Duty games or have seen various films that depict the dreaded D-Day slaughter, you'll probably spot this in advance, but for those who aren't familiar with D-Day, shit's going to get brutal.
** Multiplayer, despite the obvious annoyances, is pretty fun, but some times, it can lead to rage quits, rage, or just out right unexpected jump scares if you're not careful and happen to bump into a player or AI bot on the opposite team. If you see an opponent with a rocket launcher, flamethrower, LMG, or sniper rifle, you're bound to shit yourself and scream like a little girl. Even the killstreaks are some times scary since you don't know what's coming to get you from above or below.

* JerkassHasAPoint: Pierson is an asshat [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold (most of the time)]] but he's not wrong when he tells Turner that the mission comes first and that all of them are expendable. [[RealityEnsues Or when he tells Daniels that his maverick attitude isn't going to fly.]]

* RealityEnsues:
** While a tank like the [[spoiler:King Tiger]] completely outclasses the Sherman as a tank-killer, in the narrow, ruined streets of a city, its massive gun and size proves to be more of a disadvantage and a hindrance when the tank can't be moved into a firing position. And while its ''front'' armor can't be penetrated by a Sherman, the thinner side and rear armor is still vulnerable to the 75mm gun of the latter, especially in a close-quarter urban landscape.
** Knocked out tank equals dead crew members, right? Wrong. Daniels and Turner find this out the hard way when [[spoiler:the tank commander of a King Tiger emerges from his knocked out tank and badly wounds the latter]].
** Daniels [[spoiler:one-man chase to try and rescue Zussman from captivity during the Battle of the Bulge]] is this. Despite his determination and managing to catch up to the rest of the German convoy in his jeep, all he ends up doing is [[spoiler:getting badly wounded and almost killed, while failing to get to the truck Zussman is held in in time.]]

* CheckhovsGunman: Literal gunmen, in fact. You can optionally rescue two captured Resistance Fighters and an about-to-be-executed Colonel Fischer while infiltrating the German occupation's HQ in Paris. If you're spotted during the OptionalStealthSequence to plant bombs on the gates to the HQ, they'll show up to fight by your side so you don't get overrun by German forces.

* MyGreatestSecondChance: As stated above under MyGreatestFailure, [[spoiler:Daniels failed to save Paul because he couldn't shoot the wolf.]] But at the end of the game [[spoiler:when rescuing Zussman,]] Daniels finds himself in the same situation. [[spoiler:When Daniels finds Zussman he sees Metz standing over Zussman, ready to execute him. At this moment Daniels remembers Paul calling for him to "take the shot." This time, Daniels manages to save Zussman by shooting Metz.]]

** Daniels' one was [[spoiler:failing to shoot the wolf that caused his older brother to bleed to death.]] It serves as his prime motivation for [[spoiler:wanting to rescue Zussman at the end of the game.]]

* DeveloperForesight: It is possible, although extremely difficult, to destroy a care package plane with a glide bomb.

** The STG 44 and FG 42 are back, and in the latter's case, are now once again in the hands of several German troops, though this time they're used by them towards the end of the campaign.
** A curious part of the arsenal is the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_100_submachine_gun Type 100]] sub-machine gun, a rare Japanese weapon. only 27000 weapons were produced, and it was an uncommon sight even in the Pacific.

* AnAdventurerIsYou: Classes in the Multiplayer select one of six divisions (five on launch, with two added via patches), which specialize in a specific class of perks that they earn over total profile playtime. On launch, divisions also had division "abilities", special attachments exclusive to the weapon they specialized in, but have been patched to be either usable all the time (in the case of LMG bipods or holding breath while sniping) or non-exclusive unlockable attachments (bayonets, suppressors, incendiary shells and tactical knife). To compensate for the latter, all weapons now have an additional attachment slot, giving players the choice to either slot in the previously exclusive attachment, or just put something else in it entirely.

* MoodWhiplash: Most of the time, the story campaign has a dark, gore-soaked quasi-realistic tone (a la ''SavingPrivateRyan''). But then there's the [[OutOfGenreExperience pulpier bit]] where you stealth-kill dumb enemies, crash a train, and play a French resistance fighter impersonating a German woman in the middle of the Nazi headquarters in Paris (also, neither you nor none of your comrades die or get seriously injured during this more adventurous part of the game). These two missions, (''S.O.E.'' and ''Liberation'') feel like part of a different game.

* VideoGameFlameThrowersSuck: Finally averted in a CallOfDuty game, as the M2 or Flammenwerfer 35 will become your best friend to deter [[ZergRush blitzing Germans]].
** Even in the multiplayer it shines as a scorestreak option, as the damage is massive, isn't outdone by normal weaponry except sometimes shotguns, and the flame effect practically blinds players being hit with it.

* YouHaveToHaveJews: One of your squadmates, Robert Zussman, is a Jewish American from Chicago, giving him [[TheCityVsTheCountry contrast]] with your player character, Private Red Daniels, a (presumably Christian) rural Texan.

* YouHaveResearchedBreathing: The mainstay ability to hold your breath while looking down sniper scopes? In multiplayer it's exclusive to the Mountain Division. That's their special skill.

* AnAdventurerIsYou: Classes in the Multiplayer select one of six divisions (five on launch, with one added via patches), which specialize in a specific class of perks that they earn over total profile playtime. On launch, divisions also had division "abilities", special attachments exclusive to the weapon they specialized in, but have been patched to be either usable all the time (in the case of LMG bipods or holding breath while sniping) or non-exclusive unlockable attachments (bayonets, suppressors, incendiary shells and tactical knife). To compensate for the latter, all weapons now have an additional attachment slot, giving players the choice to either slot in the previously exclusive attachment, or just put something else in it entirely.

** Based on the reveal trailer, this game will have a violent and gritty feel more in line with ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyWorldAtWar'' than the first three ''Call of Duty'' games set in WWII. In addition, the game is stated to explore [[http://mashable.com/2017/04/26/call-of-duty-wwii-holocaust-interview/#ou.Lrc.v3iqr more controversial topics such as the Holocaust and racism]].

* AnAdventurerIsYou: Classes in the Multiplayer select one of six divisions (five on launch, with one added via patches), which specialize in a specific class of perks that they earn over total profile playtime. On launch, divisions also had division "abilities", special attachments exclusive to the weapon they specialized in, but have been patched to be either usable all the time (in the case of LMG bipods or holding breath while sniping) or non-exclusive unlockable attachments (bayonets, suppressors, incendiary shells and tactical knife).