With Call of Duty: World at War returning to the familiar territory of WWII, and the series' current hit staking the claim of Modern Warfare it would seem to make sense that Infinity Ward would want to jump things into the future. If this ends up being accurate (heck, they could be working on a non-COD sci-fi game too) let's hope Infinity Ward can do better than some other popular franchises that have used a futuristic setting. We can't help but get flashbacks of the ill-fated Battlefield: 2142 ...
[Via Joystiq]
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6-21-2008 @ 2:07PM
Big Filth said...
if IW makes a shooter it is going to be good.
duh.
I dont know about this SCI FI setting tho, lets just hope they dont go overboard.
There should be a happy medium between modern warfare and star wars. lets hope its closer to the first.
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6-21-2008 @ 2:09PM
Dan Mowchan said...
Uhmm, 2142 wasn't all that bad actually. Sure, BF2 is a hell of a lot better, but it has some fun game modes and its a nice variety. Don't hate. However, even if it wasn't "ill-fated," I still hope it turns out better than 2142 either way.
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6-21-2008 @ 8:45PM
knightsray said...
man they're only saying it's ill fated on this site cause it never came to xbox! it was one of the biggest and best games on pc and anyone who takes a second to get on would love it! don't hate just cause you can't have it people!
6-22-2008 @ 2:38PM
SovietSpartan said...
I agree with King. Way less grenading... and the weapons were kind of sweet. I loved owning mechs.
HEY a new patch just came out.
2142, here I come.
6-21-2008 @ 2:12PM
Momer said...
Oh crap, let's really hope this doesn't turn out like the Battlefield series. Battlefield 2 chose modern warfare, and is still an amazing game. 2142 however, not necessarily because of its move to Sci-Fi disappointed and was just a worse game overall. If Infinity Ward can actually pull this off though, we're in for some good times.
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6-21-2008 @ 8:47PM
knightsray said...
maybe it disappointed you but if it was just a bad game i guess those thousands of servers up at any given time are just fool of morons!
6-22-2008 @ 12:58PM
Royale said...
it's true... gears of war and battlefield 2142 came out around the same time and it's hard to find a gears of war match while bf2142 server list is always full. I'm not saying which is the better game... they're both awesome. So.. why knock a game that is so obviously popular?
6-21-2008 @ 2:32PM
mattclarkie said...
Probably become a bit like GRAW, unless they decide to go really futuristic. Of course working on the theory that this isn't just a pile of mushrooms.
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6-21-2008 @ 2:33PM
Hooligunn said...
Hahaha. Oh comon on. You CANNOT be taking this seriously. I'm surprised you even posted it. Like that site isn't just doing it for publicity.
It's a basic blog, with a basic unedited theme, with ABSOLUTELY poor writing (like it's been written by a 10 year old) and no understanding of the games industry.
Read this: http://talkplaystation.com/360-games-that-could-come-to-ps3/
Then tell me you couldn't help laughing at the absolutely rubbish writing / grammatical errors and "Gears of War" as being a title with a chance to go to PS3.
I call absolutely fake - another "pull in traffic" fake rumour.
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6-22-2008 @ 4:12AM
mattclarkie said...
My dog could write a better blog than whoever wrote that talkplaystation article.
Now all I need to do is think up a name for it.
Perhaps PeeByATreeFanboy.com.
6-21-2008 @ 2:40PM
David W. said...
MAKE THIS GAME!
But use the team that made COD4
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6-21-2008 @ 2:46PM
Delirium said...
If this is the case, I say we just skip right over the possible failure of Treyarch.
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6-21-2008 @ 3:15PM
psyborg said...
I could see it happening. Since Call of Duty is an Activision game Infinity Ward is stuck spending the rest of their careers making yearly Call of Duty sequels, so I could see this as a way of sneaking in something new. (much like they did with Modern Warfare)
Probably fake but its possible.
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6-21-2008 @ 6:01PM
Arnob said...
well sure its sci fi NOW, but by the time it comes out it'll just be 'modern' again
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6-21-2008 @ 6:09PM
Jonah Falcon said...
Space marine shooter? Another one? (yawn)
How about Korea or Vietnam? Sheesh. Granted, it's unclear who the good guys are in those wars, but at least it makes it easier for people to play the non-US side.
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6-22-2008 @ 2:28PM
MarMar said...
I'm pretty sure the good guys in Korea were the ones defending a Democratic Republic from a foreign dictator and a million communist Chinese with Soviet pilots in their planes bombing cities, villages into smithereens against UN agreements to maintain a border between the two countries...
6-22-2008 @ 4:19PM
Jonah Falcon said...
Did we win that war?
6-21-2008 @ 6:27PM
brytdavis said...
It's "To be honest ..." not "Too be honest ..."
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6-21-2008 @ 6:28PM
Terrence Stasse said...
Indeed it is, my mistake.
6-24-2008 @ 6:45AM
Boff said...
You be too honest.