![]() ![]() Call of Duty: WW2 is a mostly successful return to the franchise's roots, with the World War 2 setting feeling fresh after years of modern shooters and jetpack-heavy sci-fi games. Call of Duty: WW2 takes the franchise back to its original World War 2 setting, but does Sledgehammer manage to put the series back on track? Infinite Warfare's futuristic sci-fi setting disappointed many fans, and Activision was subject to harsh criticism for forcing players to buy the game just to get their hands on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered. The controversy and general lack of enthusiasm for Infinite Warfare saw the game's sales drop significantly from 2015's Black Ops 3, and so Activision decided it was time to return the series to its roots. The only time fan outcry had reached a breaking point was via the like/dislike ratio on the launch trailer for "Infinite Warfare", the previous Call of Duty title, when fans voiced their dislike by making the trailer one of the most disliked videos of all time, this was followed by the release of "Infinite Warfare" months later to a poor reception.īoth of these events were around one year before the laun ch of "Call of Duty WW2", and Michael Condrey of Sledgehammer games was even quoted "we were working on Advanced Warfare 2 when Activision came down".Last year was not great for Call of Duty. ![]() ![]() ![]() This was in direct response to fan backlash over the "advanced movement" feature in the multiplayer portion. Sledgehammer games was in development of Advanced Warfare 2 when Activision executives stepped in and said "we need to bring COD back to it's roots". This game clearly was in development for less than the 3 year development cycle, judging from the state of the game upon release. ![]()
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