Why isn't the space marine photo something from Halo? It seams far more fitting in this situationLogan Westbrook said:
Space Marines Rumored for Next Call of Duty
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Wait, so basically a Starcraft FPS with the CoD name slapped on it?KSarty said:
And then setting during the rebellion or something so they can pretend it's still 'realistic' becuas rhtye're not shooting aliens.
Actually, I've heard that Microsoft's planning to do anything but jack squat with the Halo franchise. OK, not on the scale of milking seen in Call of Duty (or Guitar Hero), but that cow will get milked.samsonguy920 said:
Ehhhh, at this point I'm doubtful of the COD franchise. I prefer games with a good campaign or story along with a good multiplayer aspect (Red Dead Redemption for example). And if it is damn near only multiplayer (like MW2 was, it had what 5 hours of campaign, right?) won't it just be like Shattered horizons with gravity?
Wow, old rumour is old. Also, rumour. I seem to recall this floating around before Modern Warfare was announced... and before MW2, and before Black Ops, for that matter.Logan Westbrook said:
I suppose some day it'll turn out to be right, but I'll wait until I see something from the studio working on it before believing it.
-- Steve
Hey, why not? We haven't been winning wars since WW2, so why not make-up a future war in which we could win at? Maybe they could shoehorn in a Paul Verhoeven references in there while they're at it.
Hell, even throw in a cameo of Paul Verhoeven stomping on the neck of a martian?
Get on it, Activision!
Hell, even throw in a cameo of Paul Verhoeven stomping on the neck of a martian?
Get on it, Activision!
If Call of Duty wasn't stagnant enough already they are adding the one thing that would make it more alike other fps'.N.1 Ninja Of 2010 said:
For innovation I guess we gotta wait for Bioshock Infinite, now that is how you take a good game and innovate whilst keeping to what made the franchise great
Hmmm, well it doesn't surprise me that they want to move away from politics, which is the can of worms using current events opens up. They have beaten World War II to death, which pretty much means that the best place to look is forward to the future.
As far as what kind of setting they will build, I have no idea. Truthfully though I think it might be interesting to see them explore a more "Dark Future Dystopia" type setting before heading flat out into the domain of aliens and space colonies and so on.
Of course to be honest one of the problems I have with far-future conflicts is that I feel that if serious warfare breaks out at that point it's not going to be the kind of man to man battling that makes for good video games. This is one of the problems I've always had with this kind of thing. Issac Asimov's "Foundation" did a good job of making the point that big things generally don't happen because of single heroic individuals.
In the case of total warfare in the future, I'd expect a lot of Drones, lots of WMD, and the resolution of conflicts to be largely based on war machines and hardware, with the engagements taking place at ever greater range.
Weapons evolve and that's one of the big problems, most "future warfare" games come down to the protaganists using guns that are just like current guns for all intents and purposes, except look like they were thrown together by a toy manufacturer. When it comes to their hand weapons, all talk of their "specs" in the backround aside, the weapons carried by guys in Halo, Aliens, and other settings don't seem all that much more effective than what people are using today, especially if you've seen what some of the weapons we have today can actually do.
As far as what kind of setting they will build, I have no idea. Truthfully though I think it might be interesting to see them explore a more "Dark Future Dystopia" type setting before heading flat out into the domain of aliens and space colonies and so on.
Of course to be honest one of the problems I have with far-future conflicts is that I feel that if serious warfare breaks out at that point it's not going to be the kind of man to man battling that makes for good video games. This is one of the problems I've always had with this kind of thing. Issac Asimov's "Foundation" did a good job of making the point that big things generally don't happen because of single heroic individuals.
In the case of total warfare in the future, I'd expect a lot of Drones, lots of WMD, and the resolution of conflicts to be largely based on war machines and hardware, with the engagements taking place at ever greater range.
Weapons evolve and that's one of the big problems, most "future warfare" games come down to the protaganists using guns that are just like current guns for all intents and purposes, except look like they were thrown together by a toy manufacturer. When it comes to their hand weapons, all talk of their "specs" in the backround aside, the weapons carried by guys in Halo, Aliens, and other settings don't seem all that much more effective than what people are using today, especially if you've seen what some of the weapons we have today can actually do.
Good, Ive been looking for a good FPS equivalent to Starcraft ever since I heard of SC: Ghosts...
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A collage of Facepalms that make a big Picard facepalm... and s one way ticket to getting ban warning...Disaster Button said:What exactly is that?Tipsy Giant said: