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Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare may be happening in space, but according to Infinity Ward, that doesn’t mean that the game will lose any of that World War II feel.
Regardless of the increasingly sci-fi feel being present in the latest games in the series, Infinity Ward has revealed that they want the new Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare to have the same mettle that the Second World War brought to the franchise. Critiqued by everyone for their decision on taking the franchise further into the future instead of bringing it back to classic wars, Infinity Ward’s lead concept artist Thomas Szakolczay spoke to GameSpot recently about its decision and what they tried to do to stop Infinite Warfare feeling too far from its roots, even as players enter the depths of space.
“We still wanted it to feel like war was happening and it was almost like we wanted to have the grit of a World War II game. That same kind of character development, that same progression of comradery, the same sort of visceral feel, but with the addition of space.”
Call of Duty’s concept artist went on to reference the series’ roots in gaming, with several past titles making use of World War II as a setting. The developer reportedly wanted to capture and recreate the same feeling of a heroic force fighting against a clear enemy in the futuristic Infinite Warfare. If the game succeeds in capturing that same feel like previous popular titles, Activion’s claim that Call of Duty will never run out of ideas is lot less worrying.
Szakolczay also revealed that some battles taken from the latest Call of Duty title are directly taking elements or acting as re-tellings of classic World War II battles with new context. This way, the developer hopes to keep the game feeling military, rather than hardcore science fiction title.
On several occasions, the development team had to reign themselves in, reports the artist, in order to make sure that Infinite Warfare still felt like a Call of Duty game. Infinity Ward also had to learn to identify what exactly is about hardware that gives it an authentic military feel – a task that must’ve taken some trial and error.
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare will be available on November 4, 2016 for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC.
