Noah Caldwell-Gervais | How's Call of Duty's Single-Player Been Lately? [2015-2017, Spoilers] @broadcaststsatic | Uploaded February 2018 | Updated October 2024, 3 days ago.
This is a video critique of the most recent full rotation of the three development studios making Call of Duty games. It look at Treyarch's Black Ops 3, Infinity Ward's Infinite Warfare, and Sledgehammer Games' World War 2. It look at what kind of war story each game wants to tell and what kind of a job it does in the telling. Spoilers throughout.
___TABLE OF CONTENTS___
Introduction--
Black Ops 3--
Infinite Warfare--
World War 2--
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This is a video critique of the most recent full rotation of the three development studios making Call of Duty games. It look at Treyarch's Black Ops 3, Infinity Ward's Infinite Warfare, and Sledgehammer Games' World War 2. It look at what kind of war story each game wants to tell and what kind of a job it does in the telling. Spoilers throughout.
___TABLE OF CONTENTS___
Introduction--
Black Ops 3--
Infinite Warfare--
World War 2--
=========================
If you enjoyed this video and want to contribute to the production of others like it, please consider supporting me on Patreon!
patreon.com/noahcaldwellgervais
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This is a video critique of the most recent full rotation of the three development studios making Call of Duty games. It look at Treyarchs Black Ops 3, Infinity Wards Infinite Warfare, and Sledgehammer Games World War 2. It look at what kind of war story each game wants to tell and what kind of a job it does in the telling. Spoilers throughout.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
Black Ops 3
Infinite Warfare
World War 2
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Articles Referenced
https://www.gamesradar.com/the-making-of-disco-elysium-how-zaum-created-one-of-the-most-original-rpgs-of-the-decade/
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IF YOU LIKED THIS VIDEO
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