One day we were all walking along enjoying the weather and whistling a tune while we thought about playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Then the trailer dropped and the words "Call," "of," and "Duty" dropped along with it. Where did they go? Had they been stolen by the Wordburglarer? Or perhaps they had wandered off in the middle of the night hoping to make it big as a casual game on the Wii. No one really knew for sure until MTV Multiplayer used journalism to find out.
At E3 they did the obvious and asked Robert Bowling, MW2's community manager, where those three little words went. Bowling explains, "...this is just not another one in the Call of Duty franchise. This is a direct sequel to Modern Warfare. This has never happened in Call of Duty before. They’re typically all their own campaigns, totally unrelated to the previous one.”
This seems to explain it. However, if we look a little deeper we must consider that Modern Warfare had Call of Duty before it thus a sequel, especially a continuation of a story, should have it to. The sequel to a game with Call of Duty in the title should still have it despite being its own campaign or not since it is the subheader that the 2 is part of and not the Call of Duty which is the overaching series. Now that I have overanalyzed this incredible piece of minutiae the answer to those other mysteries of the universe follows.
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9:00 AM on 06.07.2009
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I think they actually dropped it because of mixed thoughts from the public about World at War, and the fact that Treyarch and Infinity Ward shared the title of Call of Duty, and it gave mixed signals to the public, expecting the same quality of Modern Warfare, yet Treyarch didn't deliver.. and the public did expect it, as it was branded "Call of Duty".
It is a shame that they have decided to temporarily drop the title they actually invented, Shame for Infinity Ward really, and well.. Treyarch, -- I shall not share my anger about that studio.
The public doesn't really care who made it, WaW still sold millions.
And you need an avatar, intro post, and an about me. NAOW
It's like if someone released a game called "Fantasy Adventure 2" ...yeah that says a whole lot
I'll take that as a compliment coming from someone with Linux in their name. ;)
But, well... whatever.
Mos Def is the shit in that movie....I mean any movie he's in.
soulmate ¢¾
In the end though, it's only a name. I'm sure it will still sell gangbusters (whatever that means).
Yes, I'll agree WaW was indeed a good game. However it lacks that cinematic feel that Infinity Ward give to their games, and as such feels shallow in comparison. Some people just love to overblow the whole thing though.
http://master.destructoid.com/blogs/Makawa
ByeBye.
As far as the title goes, I kinda would like for COD to represent battles or the past, and not necessarily the future. I think maybe, a nice compromise here, would be to lable it, "Call of Duty presents Modern Warefare 2." Would/could that be enough to distinguish the game as standing on it's own? I mean, the COD label can't hurt the game's sales and marketing potential, bc imho Call of Duty titles just ROCK...
Although, one gripe, as usual, CAN WE PLEASE FLY THE DAMN PLANES AND DRIVE THE DAMN TANKS AND SHIT FOR ONCE?? ALL INCLUSIVE ALL TOGETHER? hopes and dreams...