In fact, studio Sledgehammer wanted to do a sequel to Advanced Warfare instead of a World War II game. That spectacle became even more pronounced as the series moved farther into the the future with Advanced Warfare and Infinite Warfare.
As the series moved to the more modern age with the excellent and aptly titled Modern Warfare, it started to become less of a muted treatise about war and more of a big-budget Michael Bay-style action spectacle. It’s also a big reason why I was looking forward to the return of the popular Call of Duty franchise to its World War II roots. It showed me the potential for video games to educate and evoke serious discussion, as opposed to being the frivolous pastime that many adults have viewed it to be in the past.
As such, seeing a bunch of young people gaining an interest in World War II and learning about key events such as Normandy or the Battle for Hill 400 because of a video game fascinated me. I also grew up in the Philippines learning about events such as the Bataan Death March in school. Douglas MacArthur, after all, landed right in my backyard of Lingayen Beach back in 1945. As someone who grew up climbing Sherman tanks and Japanese Zero planes at a World War II display in my hometown, I’ve always had a personal connection with human history’s most destructive war despite being born decades after it.
Regardless, it was an interview that left an impression on me.
Or maybe it was Call of Duty 2 - it was such a long time ago that I couldn’t remember the exact details of the article that I interviewed my source for. “A lot of these soldiers were actually my age and I could only imagine what they were going through.” “I’ve never experienced war firsthand so it’s strange that a video game actually ended up making me interested in World War II,” my source said.
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