Call of Duty 5

[Ren of Heavens]

Just confirmed for Wii release: http://uk.gamespot.com/news/6190641.html

Sadly they're also making a PS2 version...

[Jordan]

A new setting eh..

My bet? Vietnam.

[panmusic]

Before they port CoD5 for Wii,they better bring us CoD4.
How do they expcet to sell this title to Wii audience, as they screwed the Wii audience by not port CoD4?

[Charlie]

Before they port CoD5 for Wii,they better bring us CoD4.
How do they expcet to sell this title to Wii audience, as they screwed the Wii audience by not port CoD4?

I think the simple reason is that CoD4 is simply too graphically advanced for the Wii. There wasn't a PS2 version either.

[david.dakota]

Personally, i'd prefer an exclusive Call of Duty for Wii. Xbox 360 and PS3 owners will obviously be drawn their respective releases - a new setting, exlsusive for Wii, would be very desirable indeed.

[panmusic]

I think the simple reason is that CoD4 is simply too graphically advanced for the Wii. There wasn't a PS2 version either.

So,can we assume that CoD5 will be inferior in graphics from CoD4?
I don't think so.
The fact is that Activision announced also the new James Bond game for all the platforms(including Wii) which using the CoD4 engine.
If a company wants to port a game,they port it.
I feel screwed about the whole series.I bought the first 3 games on Nintendo platforms and I got the shaft with 4.
Now,they expect from me to buy again their product missing entirely the 4th installment?

[Jordan]

Infinity Ward made a game that looked astoundingly good... why make it look worse on other consoles?

[Retro_Link]

So,can we assume that CoD5 will be inferior in graphics from CoD4?
I don't think so.No that won't happen, but it's safe to assume there are to teams of developers working on this game/s:

- One team focusing on the 360/PS3/PC versions
- One team on the Wii/PS2 version.

We'll be getting a superior version of the PS2 game [one would imagine].

[panmusic]

Infinity Ward made a game that looked astoundingly good... why make it look worse on other consoles?

Firstly,they could make it in order to PLAY better.(The Wiimote+Nunchuck combo is the best for FPS for consoles)

Secondly,for more money!(Wii has by far the most large userbase.)

[Ash]

Well i do not have that much faith for this, i know that Infinity Ward are not developing the game, and the developers made CoD3 which in my opinion was very forgetful.
source: http://darkzero.co.uk/game-news/infinity-ward-to-be-exclusive-cod-developer/

[Gizmo]

You do know CoD5 is most likely going to be rubbish? IW aren't making it, it's Treyarch, the guys who made 3.

Don't expect a CoD4 level of quality for 5.

[McPhee]

Firstly,they could make it in order to PLAY better.(The Wiimote+Nunchuck combo is the best for FPS for consoles)

Secondly,for more money!(Wii has by far the most large userbase.)

The 360, PS3 and PC user bases combined are far, far larger than the Wii's, it simply wouldn't be worth IW's time to port it to Wii alone. That is without considering the percentage of the Wii's user base that would actually buy Call Of Duty 4 on Wii (so remove everyone who isn't interested in the game and everyone who bought it on another platform).

So why not make a PS2 port as well? Time. Activision wanted Infinity Ward to churn out a Call Of Duty game every year, Infinity Ward said they couldn't do it. They NEED a 2 year gap, they aren't the sort of studio to rush things. There is no way they would be able to make two builds of a Call Of Duty game at the same time and still release within 2 years!

The only way Call Of Duty 4 would ever find it's way to Wii and PS2 is if another developer handled the port, otherwise it isn't going to happen. Infinity Ward can't spare the time. Maybe Activision will have Treyarch port it :p

The fact is that Activision announced also the new James Bond game for all the platforms(including Wii) which using the CoD4 engine.

It's also for PS2 though, right? So the Wii will be getting an enhanced PS2 version (as usual). Handling the CoD4 engine does not mean it can handle CoD4 quality visuals.

[Caris]

COD4 coming to Wii.

Source. (http://n-europe.com/forum/showpost.php?p=744250&postcount=54)

[NotAshley]

I think there's a bit of assumption on Xbox 360 Fanboy's part here. They appear to have taken a quote from Activision's CEO and guessed he was talking about Call Of Duty 4 - to me it sounds like he was saying the company will be launching COD 5 on all the platforms it has worked on recently. I'm probably wrong, but I can't see COD 4 coming to the Wii so late.

[panmusic]

COD4 coming to Wii.

Source. (http://n-europe.com/forum/showpost.php?p=744250&postcount=54)

Fingers crossed!

It makes absolute sense to port one of the best FPS currently on the market to Wii!

All I need is an official announcement to celebrate!

[The fish]

How very odd. Gamespot reported this as on the PS2 and not in WWII, whilst everything else I've seen Activision and Treyarch say it's PS3, Wii, and 360 only, and still in WWII.

[pedrocasilva]

COD4 coming to Wii.

Source. (http://n-europe.com/forum/showpost.php?p=744250&postcount=54)... and PS2. crap, stupid developers.

[The fish]

Oddly, everyone has interpreted the phrase "new theater" to mean "different war". Surely they'd have said "another war", or words to that effect, if they meant a different war...

[Ren of Heavens]

WW2, pacific assault...

Kotaku:
"Sources tell us that the upcoming Call of Duty 5 game in development is already playable, and currently going through quality assurance.

Treyarch is also said to be the developer, and the title, we're told, is set in a WWII Pacific environment and will be using Call of Duty 4's engine, the same engine on which the upcoming James Bond: Quantum of Solace movie game is being built."

[Gizmo]

COD4 coming to Wii.

Source. (http://n-europe.com/forum/showpost.php?p=744250&postcount=54)

Is it just me, or does this:

"We'll launch on all four platforms we've participated on in fiscal [year] 2008," Activision Publishing CEO Mike Griffith said, refering to Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare's debut on the Xbox 360, PS3, PC and Nintendo DS; a PS2 and Wii version are also in the works.

Just sound like it's CoD5 coming out on PS2 and Wii aswell, not a CoD4 port? I guess it could be read either way really:blank:

[darkjak]

CoD 5 will have a WWII setting. I'm just hoping for an online mode this time.
The new game will have new fronts, so I'm hoping for the finnish winter war!

[Kurtle Squad]

A new setting eh..

My bet? Vietnam.
I hope not....That was more of the Americans simply getting thrashed more than anything.

I'm hoping it'll simply be the pacific war.

And I don't get what people have against COD3, the single player isn't quite as good as 2 or 4 (still good), but the multiplayer rules.

Either way, it'll be shit on the Wii.

[darkjak]

I hope not....That was more of the Americans simply getting thrashed more than anything.

I'm hoping it'll simply be the pacific war.

And I don't get what people have against COD3, the single player isn't quite as good as 2 or 4 (still good), but the multiplayer rules.

Either way, it'll be shit on the Wii.

CoD3 didn't have multiplayer on the Wii as far as I know...

[McPhee]

COD4 coming to Wii.

Source. (http://n-europe.com/forum/showpost.php?p=744250&postcount=54)

It's CoD5 coming to Wii and PS2. They didn't phrase it very well, they are saying that CoD5 will launch on all 4 platforms that CoD4 launched on (i.e. Xbox 360, PS3, PC and Nintendo DS) as well as Wii and PS2.

[Gizmo]

It's CoD5 coming to Wii and PS2. They didn't phrase it very well, they are saying that CoD5 will launch on all 4 platforms that CoD4 launched on (i.e. Xbox 360, PS3, PC and Nintendo DS) as well as Wii and PS2.

That's how I read it too.

[Kurtle Squad]

CoD3 didn't have multiplayer on the Wii as far as I know...
And 2 & 4 weren't even on there.
Since you haven't noticed I was pointing out people stupidly think Infinity Ward are that much worse that Treyach.


I hope vehicles make a return.

[Zechs Merquise]

Great news, but why got back to WW2? I really like modern warfare games far far more than WW2 ones. Happy and disappointed.

[Aalborg]

Since you haven't noticed I was pointing out people stupidly think Infinity Ward are that much worse that Treyach.


you don't mean the other way around?

[The fish]

Great news, but why got back to WW2? I really like modern warfare games far far more than WW2 ones. Happy and disappointed.

*deskhead*

Ok, put simply, Call of Duty, CoD2 and CoD4 are made by Infinity Ward. They started the series, and make the good Call of Duty's.

Treyarch made CoD3 and are making CoD5. The games are ok, but are no where near the quality of IW's games. The only similarity between the two company's games is the name.

Oh, and I heard that IW are having exclusive development rights after CoD5, which is awesome news.

I hope vehicles make a return.

Along with the lack of balancing and playability that Treyarch's CoD's give us in multiplayer? Awesome!

[flameboy]

*deskhead*

Ok, put simply, Call of Duty, CoD2 and CoD4 are made by Infinity Ward. They started the series, and make the good Call of Duty's.

Treyarch made CoD3 and are making CoD5. The games are ok, but are no where near the quality of IW's games. The only similarity between the two company's games is the name.

Oh, and I heard that IW are having exclusive development rights after CoD5, which is awesome news.



Along with the lack of balancing and playability that Treyarch's CoD's give us in multiplayer? Awesome!

Not true..I heard they were spliting the franchise in to leaving Treyarch to do the WWII stuff and IW to pursue the Modern Warfare side of things.

[The fish]

Not true..I heard they were spliting the franchise in to leaving Treyarch to do the WWII stuff and IW to pursue the Modern Warfare side of things.

This is one of those times I wish I'd keep a history...

I would find it, but I have an exam in 3 and a bit hours.

[Kurtle Squad]

you don't mean the other way around?
:zzz: Yeh:)



Along with the lack of balancing and playability that Treyarch's CoD's give us in multiplayer? Awesome!
Lack of balancing?!:wtf:
It wasn't that bad....plus, if you were good enough (and your team weren't morons) you can still do well.
You'll always get idiots on your team.

For the record, COD4 can't even count.


:wtf:Lack of playability!?:wtf:
Lost me there.


If you've got one or two other team players on your team on any of the CODs, then you should do well, and I have to say, COD3 is the best out of 2, 3 & 4 when you haven't got a teammate.
Also, COD2 multiplayer was rubbish, and COD4's team Deathmatches aren't nearly as good as 3's.

[Ren of Heavens]

"The game has picked up a new subtitle -- Call of Duty: World at War. As the subtitle suggests (and as was rumored late last year), the series is going back to the World War II setting, specifically revolving around the Pacific theater. Also as previously rumored, development duties have been hot-potatoed back over to Treyarch, makers of Call of Duty 3.

World at War will be the first Call of Duty to feature co-op play through the campaign, and multiplayer will focus on squad-based elements and vehicular combat. Formats revealed were as expected: PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Wii. A different team within Treyarch is exclusively tasked to the Wii version, which is apparently running on the CoD4 engine. The Wii Zapper will also reportedly be incorporated.

If you think another tour of duty in WWII seems far past the point of redundancy, you may be relieved to know that Treyarch at least seems to be trying to put a new spin on the familiar setting. According to a separate article in Official Xbox Magazine (via Joystiq), the developer claims that they want to "explore the darkest corners of WWII," and make the game more of a survival horror experience."

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3168156

Seems pretty promising. No PS2 port to worry about and the CoD4 engine is great.

[The fish]

Also, COD2 multiplayer was rubbish, and COD4's team Deathmatches aren't nearly as good as 3's.

I seriously beg to differ. Call of Duty mulitplayer isn't about vehicles, it's about infantry combat. If vehicles is what you want, buy BF1942. Call of Duty 2's can't be faulted (at least on the PC), and 4's only (and I mean only) issue is the martyrdom grenades are entirely unlike the normal ones.

[gaggle64]

World at War? I'd buy it if it had Laurence Olivier narrating everything.

[The fish]

:wtf:Lack of playability!?:wtf:
Lost me there.

After playing a shooter on a proper Call of Duty's engine (one made by IW), playing any other is just frustrating. It's mainly psychological - I go in expecting every thing to link together logically and perfectly (like CoD, 2, and 4) and when it doesn't, it just feels cheap and lazy, and, therefore, unplayable.

CoD3 isn't bad, it's just not a Call of Duty game.

Seriously, though, get BF1942, you'll enjoy it.

[Hellfire]

CoD4 has the most ridiculous bugs I've ever seen. Sort of.

[The fish]

CoD4 has the most ridiculous bugs I've ever seen. Sort of.

In multiplayer, the only one I've found is the martyrdom grenades. Sure you're not just being shot through a wall? :heh:

[Columnar]

The Latest issue of gamesTM (Issue 71) has a big feature about CoD: World at War and Treyarch Studio Head Mark Lamia and Senior Producer at Activision Noah Heller, went into some detail about the Wii version (get ready for huge long segment of magazine pg. 76):

'What we've seen (gamesTM) of the title is superb, and after bearing witness to the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC versions of the game, our mind turns to the Wii. Call of Duty 3 was one of the first shooters to appear on the console and appealed to many because of that fact.

"Man, we can definitely talk a lot about the Wii version. I mean, where do we start?" asks Lamia excitedly. "Well, first and foremost" offers Heller, "The Wii version is being developed here at Treyarch. It's a separate team from the next-gen team but it's on site. If you're going to compare the next-gen version and the Wii version side-by-side then you're going to find that it's a much closer comparison than, I think, any other Wii game currently on the market".

"Yeah, the challenge with this one was 'how do we make a cutting edge next-gen game work on the Wii?" adds Lamia. "The answer is: a lot of frickin' smart engineers who've shipped Wii titles in the past. Getting the Call of Duty 4 engine on the Wii was our first challenge - which we've managed to do and it looks great - but there are also content and design challenges to consider"...

"Beyond that" continues Heller, "We're really accepting the fact that the person buying on the Wii is doing so for a different kind of experience. I mean, we're going to be supporting the Zapper and, I don't know how familiar you are with the Zapper personally, but you lose about five or six buttons on that controller, so it's very challenging to make a Call of Duty game that functions well".
"This is our second Wii title though" Lamia reminds us. "And there aren't many studios out there who have made two. We had a launch title, which is tough because you don't have as much time with the hardware, yet Call of Duty 3 was, for a while, the best shooter on the format. We're really using that experience. We'll be doing some unique stuff with co-op gameplay, too, but we're not ready to talk on that yet. I honestly think you'll see we're taking the Wii very seriously".

Make of that what you will:heh: