It's no secret that Infinity Ward's latest title, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, is aiming for a grounded, gritty narrative that'll force players into difficult situations. We've yet to see it for ourselves, but word from much of the press claims the new game features some pretty intense and harrowing scenes. The studio has been pretty candid about this, but there have recently been concerns Activision has been pushing for these darker tones.
Ex-Sledgehammer Games studio head Michael Condry recently spoke with GamesBeat, and during the interview, accused the publisher of interfering with the direction of the new Modern Warfare. "MW seems like a tough challenge for any studio, especially if they are being pushed by publishing to be more controversial and “darker” for the sake of headlines," he said.
This caused a bit of a stink, as you can imagine. However, the development team has always been openly passionate about what it's making, so something about this quote didn't quite sit right. Yesterday, Infinity Ward put out a tweet that informally addresses this:
As we've said, you only have to read or watch an interview with the dev team to know it's excited about its latest Call of Duty. Whether Condry's comment carries any real weight, we're not sure, but it does come across as a jab at his previous employer. Without seeing the game in action, it's hard to draw a real conclusion, but we have to take Infinity Ward's word for now.
What do you think about all this? Is Activision meddling with the direction of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, or is Infinity Ward simply creating what it wants? Don't get controversial in the comments below.
[source venturebeat.com, via twitter.com, dualshockers.com]
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Increase violence, decrease boob sizes.
Well I guess if the game is darker it will be harder to see what is happening and that means less dev work since it is all dark.
Clever that.
They said similar thing before WWII. Look how that turned out. So lower your expectations.
Ex-employee > Axe to grind (possibly) > Regular games media laps it up for the nontroversy.
After years of not buying CoD (last one I bought was CoD4:MW on PS3), I am interested in this next CoD purely because of the fact that it is grounded and dealing with current events.
I prefer darker, more realistic settings and events; I'm no longer interested in the "old wars", and I have no great interest in the 'near future' wall-running nonsense of the others. The darker, grittier, more realistic, and more thought-provoking they can make it, the more likely I am to buy it. If the flakes over at IGN and co don't like it, they don't need to play it, but they need to stop thinking that they speak for the entire gaming world with crap like "this is too much".
War is dark so it fit.
"We're making the decisions on the games we're making."
Mickey Calloway: Hold my beer.
That's a baseball thing, you either get it or you don't. 😁
The war is dark and full of terrors
@Paranoimia
Exactly. I'm so sick of these people, particularly in the media, who whine because a game doesn't follow exactly what they want. As you stated, if they don't like the content, don't play it, pretty damn simple. Doesn't mean it shouldn't exist because they don't care for it.
War, huh, yeah
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing
Say it again, why'all
@Rudy_Manchego They made the game darker so it can have more night vision missions lol.
You actually have to wear genuine night vision goggles to see what’s going on in the night time missions. Adds to the immersion.
Goggles come with the Day One Edition. Only $249.99.
I love the sounds of it, its def got my interest! I just hope the multiplayer maps arent just death funnels and death hallways and death intersections lol. That s**** just stupid. Lets open up the maps a bit eh
Whos complaining of 'a grounded, gritty narrative' anyway??? Whos outraged?
Let me guess...
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