Call Of Duty: A Graphical Evolution 2005-2012

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In case you didn't know, yet another Call Of Duty is set for release on November 13. It will have been the eighth (count it: EIGHTH!) Call Of Duty game released since 2005's Call Of Duty 2 on Xbox 360, and it's clear that the series has gone through quite a few changes since that release.

How has the series evolved on the presentation front throughout the generation? It's gone from World War 2, to modern battlefields, the Cold War, and soon a future setting. How have the different eras affected how each game looks?

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rancid13

what i've learned from this is.. i miss PPSH and Trench Gun :'(

17/10/2012

teh Outback

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MoeMan

can you notice the graphics difference? oh wait it's just the lighting :P TBH I actually missed the earlier COD the WWII era, but that's been overkilled now, be hard to have a WWII based game.

17/10/2012

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Tano

MoeMan said: can you notice the graphics difference? oh wait it's just the lighting TBH I actually missed the earlier COD the WWII era, but that's been overkilled now, be hard to have a WWII based game.

It's got more of a shiny look now :P I think there is more detail, smoother, more refined, tweaked. Is that a bad thing? Better understanding of the hardware = improved software.

But I do miss the WW2-era games. Funny how in 2007 we were saying how sick of them we were. World At War went back to WW2 and we all complained...

Now, I'd love to see a WW2 game that focused on Nazi Germany (controlling the Allies, of course).

And with Treyarch's "Zombies" success, I don't see why a WW2 game couldn't have it in the campaign.

OMG...

Call Of Duty: Nazi Zombies

GET. IT. DONE.

17/10/2012

"Niko! Cousin!"

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Jet

I still believe graphically blops was a downgrade from MW2, it really disappointed me on the launch night after getting home and putting it in to see a step down, all I was really hoping for a was a slight improvement, but no defiantly not, well not on the ps3 anyway (haven't played it on pc or xbox360).

In the end though I think blops was the better game. Can't wait for number 2 :)

17/10/2012

Brisbane

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rancid13

Call of Duty: Nazi Zombies.. it'd sell very well i imagine! not that i'd buy it, i don't really 'get' zombies

black ops campaign graphics are better than mw2 - the mp graphics i dont care about tbh, blops is much better imo. i'll take poorer graphics and better game everytime. point is, hopefully BO2 is the best of both worlds!

17/10/2012

teh Outback

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Jet

rancid13 said: Call of Duty: Nazi Zombies.. it'd sell very well i imagine! not that i'd buy it, i don't really 'get' zombies
black ops campaign graphics are better than mw2 - the mp graphics i dont care about tbh, blops is much better imo. i'll take poorer graphics and better game everytime. point is, hopefully BO2 is the best of both worlds!

Yeah probably should have clarified, campaign for blops and MW3 for me are both 0% lol.

I just assumed the GFX would have been the same over the whole game, but yes I have the same aspirations for blops 2! :D

17/10/2012

Brisbane

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GreenThumb

It's like watching your kids grow up over the years :'( :P

17/10/2012

I have AIDS (Artifical Intelligence Defense System)

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xxLCr0wxx

how its changed over the years

17/10/2012

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capt_oats

Jet said: I still believe graphically blops was a downgrade from MW2, it really disappointed me on the launch night after getting home and putting it in to see a step down, all I was really hoping for a was a slight improvement, but no defiantly not, well not on the ps3 anyway (haven't played it on pc or xbox360).
In the end though I think blops was the better game. Can't wait for number 2

Agree with you on both points.

17/10/2012

Σίδνεϊ, Αυστραλία.

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IAMColonel

GreenThumb said: It's like watching your kids grow up over the years

Maybe if your child is Peter Pan. [Shifty]

17/10/2012

Melbourne

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Gryllis

They upped the saturation slightly in photoshop?

18/10/2012

The member formerly formerly known as ICC_06, formerly known as Ben.

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Guyver

Same shi* different smell :P

18/10/2012

Melbourne The land of moist beginnings

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punk

definitely gotten more colourful with the move from the dullness/grittyness that is world war. No one believed in colour in those days.

18/10/2012

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Tano

Ben said: They upped the saturation slightly in photoshop?

18/10/2012

"Niko! Cousin!"

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cell989

all I see is change in contrast and more lighting lol. Unbelievable how they have been getting away with this for so long, same exact gameplay, same mechanics, same animations, same gun sounds, same physics, same spawning, but you do get "NEW" maps!!

19/10/2012

California