History YMMV / CallOfDutyWWII

* BasedonAGreatBigLie: The [=SDK=] suppressed bolt-action carbine, introduced in an update, is produced by gunsmith that was previously known for being a scammer. In this case, he's trying to pass off the weapon as something that was used by the Gestapo.

** While [[{{Microtransactions}} supply drops]] have always had a mixed reaction, their implementation in ''Call of Duty: WWII'' really infuriated the fandom. In the social hub, players can watch other people open [[{{Microtransactions}} loot boxes]] in the hopes that spectators will get jealous enough to gamble for their own rare cosmetic items. As a few stalwart critics of these practices like [=YongYea=] and [[WebVideo/{{Jimquisition}} Jim Sterling]] have pointed out, this might be the start of Activision's long term goal to implement their [[https://kotaku.com/activision-patents-matchmaking-that-encourages-players-1819630937 patented matchmaking system]] to deliberately pair people who don't normally buy loot boxes with those who do in hopes of persuading them to buy said loot boxes. As one might imagine, this has garnered [[{{Understatement}} less-than-favourable reception]] from pretty much everyone besides players who are [[CrackIsCheaper already knee-deep in this type of microtransaction]] from other games.

* MostWonderfulSound: At the end of the teaser trailer, the sound of a M1 Garand's ping is notably one of the finest things to hear. Even if one hates the teaser, M1 Garand's ping is a welcoming noise.

* AwesomeMusic: Wilbert Roget, II's music for the game is quite remarkable, which odes a lot to Creator/MichaelGiacchino's work on the very first game in the franchise, while giving off a vibe that the late Music/JamesHorner or Music/AlanSilvestri scored this game based on the arrangement and recording of the score and its OrchestralBombing cues.

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The Normandy Landing scene, it looks like it was taken straight out of ''Film/SavingPrivateRyan'' and the best bit is when the sea starts to turn red with blood.

** Pierson may be an insensitive asshat but he's right to be pissed off at Daniel's insubordination. In an attempt to [[spoiler:save the captured Zussman]], Daniels disobeyed orders, punched Pierson, and then stole his jeep (in the middle of a battle) while jeopardizing the mission in the process. Not to mention that Pierson previously [[spoiler:lost several of his men in a rescue attempt at Kasserine]], hence why he would dismiss rescue missions as pointless. Daniel is pretty lucky Pierson ''didn't'' just shoot him right there after catching up with him.

** Main campaign: [[SoftSpokenSadist Metz]] is the SS commandant in charge of sending numerous American [=POWs=] and people of Jewish heritage to [[POWCamp labor camps]] all over Europe, arranging them all to be worked and tortured to death. Going over his next batch of American [=POWs=], Metz shoots one for [[ForTheEvulz no reason]] and [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beats up Robert Zussman]] when he refuses to comply with Metz's demands before sending him and the other [=POWs=] to his own concentration camp. When the 1st Infantry Division arrives at Metz's concentration camp to rescue Zussman, they discover the horrific acts Metz has inflicted on his prisoners, with the dozens either burned alive, starved and whipped to death, or slowly hanged. They later find Metz executing his remaining prisoners one by one before attempting to execute Zussman himself.
** ''[[VideoGame/CallOfDutyZombies Nazi Zombies]]'': [[BigBad Peter Glücksbringer Straub]], the [[MadScientist head scientist of Ahnenerbe]], was instructed by Adolf Hitler to create a new type of soldier that doesn't rest or fear death. During his studies, Straub found a sword hilt belonging to Holy Roman Emperor Fredrick Barbarossa, the energy of which he used to [[BadBoss kill his own men]]. Upon seeing these soldiers reanimated into zombies, Straub, believing to have found his new type of soldiers, uses the energy he dubbed [[ShockAndAwe Geistkraft]] to turn the entire population of Mittelburg into [[SlaveMooks undead abominations]], having a subordinate [[AndIMustScream sewn onto one of them alive]] when he learns of said subordinate's ties to the Allies. Leaving Mittelburg, Straub goes to the island of Heligoland where he stored thousands of his creations and has created the Corpse Gate, which involves an innocent man being chained to a door and constantly electrocuted to power up other doors; Straub can only open said doors by using the decapitated head of his [[TheDragon second-in-command]]. Taking his creations to his Zeppelins, Straub would travel to the Berlin, and unleash them there in hopes they would kill off every human being still alive there while he would reclaim what's left of the fallen city for the Nazis. Taking pride in creating the Devil himself, Peter Straub's twisted narcissism was only matched by the his crimes against life.

* TearJerker: Turner's death. He sacrifices himself to the hoards of Nazis, while his men hold Daniels back from trying to vainly rescue him. The agony on Daniel's face, it all the more emotional.

* TearJerker: Turner's death, in which he sacrifices himself to the hoards of Nazis, while his men needs to hold Daniels back from trying to vainly rescue him. The agony on Daniel's face, makes Turner's death all the more emotional.

* CallOfDutyWWII/TearJerker

** As noted in HollywoodHistory on the main page, the campaign is focused exclusively on the Western Front and the main characters are US Army soldiers. Given how there have been an overabundance of ''Call of Duty'' games that featured Americans vs Nazis in Europe, some fans wished that the game could've also focused on different factions in new theaters of the war like the Japanese-Americans soldiers in Italy or the British army in the Pacific.

** Main campaign: [[SoftSpokenSadist Metz]] is the [[ThoseWackyNazis SS commandant]] in charge of sending numerous American [=POWs=] and people of Jewish heritage to [[POWCamp labor camps]] all over Europe, arranging them all to be worked and tortured to death. Going over his next batch of American [=POWs=], Metz shoots one for [[ForTheEvulz no reason]] and [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beats up Robert Zussman]] when he refuses to comply with Metz's demands before sending him and the other [=POWs=] to his own concentration camp. When the 1st Infantry Division arrives at Metz's concentration camp to rescue Zussman, they discover the horrific acts Metz has inflicted on his prisoners, with the dozens either burned alive, starved and whipped to death, or slowly hanged. They later find Metz executing his remaining prisoners one by one before attempting to execute Zussman himself.

** ''[[VideoGame/CallOfDutyZombies Nazi Zombies]]'': [[BigBad Peter Glücksbringer Straub]], the [[MadScientist head scientist of Ahnenerbe]], was instructed by Adolf Hitler to create a new type of soldier that doesn't rest or fear death. During his studies, Straub found a sword hilt belonging to Holy Roman Emperor Fredrick Barbarossa, the energy of which he used to [[BadBoss kill his own men]]. Upon seeing these soldiers reanimated into zombies, Straub, believing to have found his new type of soldiers, uses the energy he dubbed [[ShockAndAwe Geistkraft]] to turn the entire population of Mittelburg into [[SlaveMooks undead abominations]], having a subordinate [[AndIMustScream sewn onto one of them alive]] when he learns of his ties to the Allies. Leaving Mittelburg, Straub goes to the island of Heligoland where he stored thousands of his creations and has created the Corpse Gate, which involves an innocent man being chained to a door and constantly electrocuted to power up other doors; Straub can only open said doors by using the decapitated head of his [[TheDragon second-in-command]]. Taking his creations to his Zeppelins, Straub would travel to the Berlin, and unleash them there in hopes they would kill off every human being still alive there while he would reclaim what's left of the fallen city for the Nazis. Taking pride in creating the Devil himself, Peter Straub's twisted narcissism was only matched by the his crimes against life.

** ''[[VideoGame/CallOfDutyZombies Nazi Zombies]]'': [[BigBad Peter Glücksbringer Straub]], the [[MadScientist head scientist of Ahnenerbe]], was instructed by Adolf Hitler to create a new type of soldier that doesn't rest or fear death. During his studies, Straub found a sword hilt belonging to Holy Roman Emperor Fredrick Barbarossa, the energy of which he used to [[BadBoss kill his own men]]. Upon seeing these soldiers reanimated into zombies, Straub, believing to have found his new type of soldiers, uses the energy he dubbed [[ShockAndAwe Geistkraft]] to turn the entire population of Mittelburg into [[SlaveMooks undead abominations]], having a subordinate [[AndIMustScream sewn onto one of them alive]] when he learns of his ties to the Allies. Leaving Mittelburg, Straub goes to the island of Heligoland where he stored thousands of his creations and has created the Corpse Gate, which involves an innocent man being chained to a door and constantly electrocuted; Straub can only open said gate by using the decapitated head of his [[TheDragon second-in-command]]. Taking his creations to his Zeppelins, Straub would travel to the Berlin, and unleash them there in hopes they would kill off every human being still alive there while he would reclaim what's left of the fallen city for the Nazis. Taking pride in creating the Devil himself, Peter Straub's twisted narcissism was only matched by the his crimes against life.

** ''[[VideoGame/CallOfDutyZombies Nazi Zombies]]'': [[BigBad Peter Glücksbringer Straub]], the [[MadScientist head scientist of Ahnenerbe]], was instructed by Adolf Hitler to create a new type of soldier that doesn't rest or fear death. During his studies, Straub found a sword hilt belonging to Holy Roman Emperor Fredrick Barbarossa, the energy of which he used to [[BadBoss kill his own men]]. Upon seeing these soldiers reanimated into zombies, Straub, believing to have found his new type of soldiers, uses the energy he dubbed [[ShockAndAwe Geistkraft]] to turn the entire population of Mittelburg into [[SlaveMooks undead abominations]], having a subordinate [[AndIMustScream sewn onto one of them alive]] when he learns of his ties to the Allies. Leaving Mittelburg, Straub goes to the island of Heligoland where he stored thousands of his creations and has created the Corpse Gate, which involves an innocent man being chained to doors and constantly electrocuted; Straub can only open said gate by using the decapitated head of his [[TheDragon second-in-command]]. Taking his creations to his Zeppelins, Straub would travel to the Berlin, and unleash them there in hopes they would kill off every human being still alive there while he would reclaim what's left of the fallen city for the Nazis. Taking pride in creating the Devil himself, Peter Straub's twisted narcissism was only matched by the his crimes against life.

** ''[[VideoGame/CallOfDutyZombies Nazi Zombies]]'': [[BigBad Peter Glücksbringer Straub]], the [[MadScientist head scientist of Ahnenerbe]], was instructed by Adolf Hitler to create a new type of soldier that doesn't rest or fear death. During his studies, Straub found a sword hilt belonging to Holy Roman Emperor Fredrick Barbarossa, the energy of which he used to [[BadBoss kill his own men]]. Upon seeing these soldiers reanimated into zombies, Straub, believing to have found his new type of soldiers, uses the energy he dubbed [[ShockAndAwe Geistkraft]] to turn the entire population of Mittelburg into [[SlaveMooks undead abominations]], having a subordinate [[AndIMustScream sewn onto one of them alive]] when he learns of his ties to the Allies. Leaving Mittelburg, Straub goes to the island of Heligoland where he stored thousands of his creations and has created the Corpse Gates, which involves innocent people being chained to doors and constantly electrocuted; Straub can only open said doors by using the decapitated head of his [[TheDragon second-in-command]]. Taking his creations to his Zeppelins, Straub would travel to the Berlin, and unleash them there in hopes they would kill off every human being still alive there while he would reclaim what's left of the fallen city for the Nazis. Taking pride in creating the Devil himself, Peter Straub's twisted narcissism was only matched by the his crimes against life.

** ''[[VideoGame/CallOfDutyZombies Nazi Zombies]]'': [[BigBad Peter Glücksbringer Straub]], the [[MadScientist head scientist of Ahnenerbe]], was instructed by Adolf Hitler to create a new type of soldier that doesn't rest or fear death. During his studies, Straub found a sword hilt belonging to Holy Roman Emperor Fredrick Barbarossa, the energy of which he used to [[BadBoss kill his own men]]. Upon seeing these soldiers reanimated into zombies, Straub, believing to have found his new type of soldiers, uses the energy he dubbed [[ShockAndAwe Geistkraft]] to turn the entire population of Mittelburg into [[SlaveMooks undead abominations]], having a subordinate [[AndIMustScream sewn onto one of them alive]] when he learns of said subordinate's ties to the Allies. Leaving Mittelburg, Straub goes to the island of Heligoland where he stored thousands of his creations and has created the Corpse Gates, which involves innocent people being chained to doors and constantly electrocuted; Straub can only open said doors by using the decapitated head of his [[TheDragon second-in-command]]. Taking his creations to his Zeppelins, Straub would travel to the Berlin, and unleash them there in hopes they would kill off every human being still alive there while he would reclaim what's left of the fallen city for the Nazis. Taking pride in creating the Devil himself, Peter Straub's twisted narcissism was only matched by the his crimes against life.

* CompleteMonster: [[SoftSpokenSadist Metz]] is the [[ThoseWackyNazis SS commandant]] in charge of sending numerous American [=POWs=] and people of Jewish heritage to labor camps all over Europe, arranging them all to be worked and tortured to death. Going over his next batch of American [=POWs=], Metz shoots one for [[ForTheEvulz no reason]] and [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beats up Robert Zussman]] when he refuses to comply with Metz's demands before sending him and the other [=POWs=] to his own concentration camp. When the 1st Infantry Division arrives at Metz's concentration camp to rescue Zussman, they discover the horrific acts Metz has inflicted on his prisoners; with the dozens either burned alive, starved and whipped to death, or slowly hanged. They later find Metz executing his remaining prisoners one by one before attempting to execute Zussman himself.

* MemeticMutation: A [[GoodBadBugs weird announcer glitch]] on the War mode causes the announcer's voice to suddenly go to [[SensoryAbuse ear-rape]] levels of volume. The sheer unexpectedness and frequency of this glitch caused a few specific quotes that this glitch happens on to go memetic, namely "A BOMB'S BEEN PLANTED ON OUR AMMO SUPPLY!" and "B IS RETREATING, KEEP FIRING!"

** While the return to the classic "boots on the ground" setting is well received, some fans multiplayer didn't take full advantage of the historical setting. Given the small map sizes and low recoil on automatic weapons, the current metagame is dominated by submachine guns and assault rifles at the expense of the more iconic and ubiquitous semi-auto and bolt-action rifles of World War 2. For some, this has resulted in the game feeling too much like the fast-paced ''Modern Warfare'' games instead of the slower-paced historical games that ''WWII'' is trying to emulate.
** As noted in HollywoodHistory, the campaign is focused exclusively on the Western Front and the main characters are US Army soldiers. Given how there have been an overabundance of ''Call of Duty'' games that featured Americans vs Nazis in Western Europe, some fans wished that the game could've also focused on different factions in new theaters of the war like the Japanese-Americans in Italy or the British army in the Pacific.

** And the previous mission on Aachen tried to make him less empathetic, but actually give him some points unintentionally [[spoiler:regarding evacuating the civilians out of the hotel. Since they are basically underground, sending them into a hostile battle zone to escape from a truck made Turner look like an idiot. Not to mention that Anna's sister got killed by a stray bullet penetrating the tarp cover.]]

* AwesomeMusic: Wilbert Roget, II's music for the game is quite remarkable, which odes a lot to Music/MichaelGiacchino's work on the very first game in the franchise, while giving off a vibe that the late Music/JamesHorner or Music/AlanSilvestri scored this game based on the arrangement and recording of the score and its OrchestralBombing cues.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: Roget's OrchestralBombing {{Leitmotif}} for the game sounded similar to the high octane theme from ''Film/CapricornOne'' by Music/JerryGoldsmith. Listen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2io-BsIZ9P8 here]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXiNHJ5TANs here]] for comparison.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: Roget's OrchestralBombing {{Leitmotif}} for the game sounded similar to the high octane theme from ''Film/CapricornOne'' by Music/JerryGoldsmith. Listen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFoExdJkaV0 here]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXiNHJ5TANs here]] for comparison.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: Roget's action {{Leifmotif}} for the game sounded similar to the high octane theme from ''Film/CapricornOne'' by Music/JerryGoldsmith. Listen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFoExdJkaV0 here]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXiNHJ5TANs here]] for comparison.

* AwesomeMusic: Wilbert Roget, II's music for the game is quite remarkable, which odes a lot to Music/MichaelGiacchino's work on the very first game in the franchise, while giving off a vibe that the late Music/JamesHorner or Music/AlanSilvestri scored this game based on the arrangement and recording of the score.