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Darragh Murphy

Darragh Murphy

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Call of duty has certainly given up trying to be contemporary .
CALL OF DUTY : INFINITE WARFARE
Developer : Infinity Ward Price : £ 30-55 Platform : PC , Xbox One , PS4 Release date : 4 November , 2016

Let ’ s not kid ourselves here , the announcement of the latest in Infinity Ward ’ s Call of Duty collection left people frustrated . So frustrated that it ’ s one of the most disliked videos on YouTube , and that ’ s saying something .

Despite the bombardment
of hatred , incredible amounts of effort have been put into Infinite Warfare , and it can be seen in nearly every aspect of its story , design and gameplay . Its everything expected of a COD game , but that also makes you wonder why exactly is it necessary .
Infinite Warfare ’ s main campaign revolves around our solar system at war , with the two opposing factions
being the ever-so-evil Settlement Defence Force ( SDF ) and the United Nations Space Alliance ’ s military group , Solar Associated Treaty Organization ( SATO ). You take control of Nick Reyes , a typically righteous soldier , about to get quite the promotion as the SDF invade Geneva and destroy most of SATO ’ s fleet , making Reyes commander of the battleship Retribution , a place the player
will get irritatingly familiar with .
The depth of Infinite Warfare ’ s world had a lot of potential , with soldiers chatting about inter-galactic politics whilst a news broadcast plays in the background about the destruction of Geneva or a mission you just completed . But it all starts sounding like drivel when you realize the SDF spout things like “ surrender for immediate execution
” and “ freedom has no place in the light of our sun ”. I mean , evil much ? Additionally , UNSA ’ s forces seem to only consist of Americans , English and Irish , that ’ s hardly a “ United Nations ”.
The characters are quite two-dimensional , as they shout military mumbo-jumbo at each other , line after line as opposed to having proper conversations . However , the lines are delivered excellently