Even during our brief look, we were treated to a number of scenes that wouldn’t seem out of place on the silver screen. The series may be returning to its roots, but it’s certainly not leaving behind the cinema-rivaling action and special effects-spewing set pieces that have elevated its campaigns beyond the typical run-and-gun romps. Seeing Daniels’ hand vibrate as he attempted to steady his street-clearing hand-cannon was an especially cool inclusion, one that had us looking forward to clutching our rumbling Xbox controllers. Smoke, fire, particle, destruction, and weather effects provided eye-candy aplenty, while subtler touches - like light reflecting off shiny gun metal and raindrops pooling on weapon stocks - suggested Sledgehammer knows a thing or two about harnessing the power of new-gen hardware. Of course, the polygon-pushing visual presentation had no problem keeping up with the awesome audio. Authentic WWII-era weapons popped with ear-rattling realism, explosions reverberated through are seats, and the immersive ambient audio had us contemplating a sound system upgrade. In true Call of Duty fashion, the preview began with a literal bang.

In a mission dubbed “Marigny 44”, Daniels and his squad-mates are tasked with taking a church from the Axis forces occupying it.

1 st Infantry Division, players will fight through iconic encounters such as the Battle of the Bulge and the D-Day invasion of Normandy.ĭuring our behind-closed-doors demo of the game’s story-driven campaign, we got a taste of how Sledgehammer Games is bringing these historical skirmishes to scary-real life. As protagonist Private “Red” Daniels of the U.S. Call of Duty: WWII is bringing fans back to the trenches of the second world war, giving them a brutal, boots-on-the-ground view of the most important battles of the European theater.

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