In Advanced Warfare you’ll be following the story of one character, not multiple characters, and it plays out chronologically, so hopefully the confused story-telling of previous COD games won’t be so much of an issue. They also name-check The Walking Dead when talking about story-telling, because according to Sledgehammer’s Glen Schofield “TV is telling better stories than movies right now“.
That’s why they’ve pulled in someone like Kevin Spacey as the lead villain. I know, right? Maybe there won’t be as much neck-slitting and sibling-fucking, but Sledgehammer are obsessive about telling a realistic story with real characters during the single-player and co-op game. From demonstrations, gameplay and talking to Sledgehammer, here’s ten things we’ve learnt about one of this year’s most anticipated shooters. We’ve seen three levels of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare so far, and we’re feeling pretty good on this reboot for Activision’s tent-pole title.
And nine other things we’ve learnt about Sledgehammer’s take on the undisputed king of first-person shooters.
