How to NOT Write a Story (Call of Duty Vanguard Campaign Review)
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We talk about Call of Duty Story a lot on this channel. Today we are taking a deeper dive into the Call of Duty Vanguard Campaign. Specifically looking at how to not write a story. This is my review of the Call of Duty Vanguard Campaign. Hope you enjoy!
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Whether you're a writer or not is irrelevant. You can still understand how stories fail. It's one of the things I learnt going from just consuming to planning out my own stories. Regular people, the consumer, can spot when something is wrong with a story. They may not be able to put it into words, but they can see that something is just off with the writing.
Very well worded my dude, 100% agree.
Fax, just bc ur not a NFL player, doesn't mean u don't know when a team sucks
But it helps immensely when it can be put into words
In words, normal people can tell you something sucks but a professional will tell you something sucks in detail and with the reasons why it sucks
At the end of the day it’s not you, the writer, who is important. It’s the consumer because they are the one receiving the story. You’re right anyone can see when it’s just simply off, that’s why it’s important to be able to take criticism from someone who is outside your own head because you’d automatically assume your story is the best ever
I specifically remember restarting the last checkpoint to see if sparing freisinger was an option, then quickly being reminded that treyarch is the only company that makes branching stories.
Same. When Lucas and Polina stood behind freisinger I thought I would have to choose, definitely was a bummer that we didn’t get to choose
I did too I was disappointed as hell
I tried to not kill him because of the whole “we need him alive” deal, but polina just kills him anyways
Treyarch is not the only company to make branching stories. Now you might have meant the only in COD. But Cold War was made by Raven and it had a branching story also.
@@jimharrison2513by both Raven and Sledgehammer. Treyarch were forced to come in and finish the game with 1.5 years left of development time. Which is why its a treyarch title in the BO series
I just wanted to give you something for a potential video. The Indian Operator Pavarti is listed as a being apart of the Indian Nation Army, axis collaborator army support by the Nazis from the Indian Legion and the Japanese. They unironcially did not do their research and made a axis character a “good guy” fighting nazis in a cinematic when they were supporting her.
SHG really know nothing about history lol
They saw an Indian woman and though yes we can be progressive here
Ngl they were probably just trying to rush the game just in time for launch
It makes sense actually. She's fighting against her own govt, just like the Asian guy, no?
By the Indians were a part of Allies
Even tho MW was controversial i lived the campaign, it was one of the better COD ones, not the best but really good and fun
It was one of the best ever and this game deserves a lot more love than Vagusrd or CW to say the least
Mw2019 campaign was so overated, the only good mission was clean house
Wait why was it controversial?
@@ceooforcasupremacy8012 the multiplayer was bc of the camping
@@ceooforcasupremacy8012 bc of some of the design choice. The game despite that was a masterpiece, just a flawed one. So it might not be the best CoD ever, but it’s top 5 for sure.
I wish there was a flashback on how the allies assembled the vanguard team in the first place and what comes after he’s killed. I mean if it’s going to tie into Cold War there has to be more to it. And the lack of covert ops in order to find project Phoenix is absolutely mind blowing. Are you telling me this was it? They just hop a train to Germany without showing how they got the intel? Basically this game is the train mission to get project Phoenix, the prison and the ending to kill the new Hitler, with a bunch of flashbacks that have nothing to do with project Phoenix. The flashbacks are fine, but the fact that only two missions of the ENTIRE campaign have anything remotely do to with Phoenix is terrible.
They didn’t even have to do the flashback missions maybe they’re the first 4 missions basically introducing the characters then dive into the main story
There's a couple of tie in comics for Vanguard, that details how Butcher assembled the team, and the events leading up to the game. And it even shows who Novak is, and his background.
@@brennensanchez7692 most people don't even know their existance (or don't care) so the only part of the story they get is from the games
Campaign was basically 95% flashbacks which was cool but I wanted more of the actual task force working together bc I like the "we have a situation let's switch characters" element of the game
CoD WW2 had a better campaign
@@bobdarrick2628 I am inclined to agree with you on that one my friend, even though I hated COD WW2's campaigned.
@@bobdarrick2628 personally I never bought ww2 i actually didnt buy a cod game after ghosts until mw 2019 but I played the first like 2 or 3 missions and it was actually not half bad bc everyone shit on the game but I didn't have it so I couldn't judge really. But I liked vanguards campaign but its not as good as others like wwa or bo1 or mw2. Still better than bo3s campaign that was a shithole of a campaign.
@@bobdarrick2628 but how about the others?
@@altafybrickbester what
I agree and now when I think about it I feel like over half of the time I spent in the campaign was spent in the parts where Arthur was explaining their backstories
His profile pic is an NFT, feel free to screenshot everyone!
@@Oscario2004 of course it is
I don't care if you're right or not you have an NFT you have to NO opinion
Also is it just me or were the missions insanely cookie cutter. They all felt basically the same.
Agreed like in all of them their best friend or the person closest to them died
@@damascus1667 and they all somehow had the player trapped some way behind enemy lines, Kingsley para trooping, Wade Jackson crashing behind enemy lines, Riggs choosing to sneak into an enemy camp. Like I understand that most battles are technically "behind enemy lines" but I think it would've been nice to have a larger scale battle because WW2 was FULL of them. COD could've at least done that in the Stalingrad missions, instead, it's literally Polina against the entire Nazi army lol. This stinks because I thought Polina was an awesome character and so was Kingsley.
@@brianz.2038 100% man
@@brianz.2038 Too many one man army moments
Shocking to say that even Black Ops 3’s campaign is a masterpiece compared to Vanguards campaign
For real though, with the death of characters like soap, I'm like "no....no....No...NOOO!😭" but with Novak, its like "ew ouch, oh well."
I had said a month or so ago that I would not be buying this game, but with it on sale, I did. Surprised to be enjoying it so far, but that campaign really was disappointing. I'm sorry, but I can't feel bad for Novak (however you spell it), Polina, and Arthur's friend (forgot his name) when I just met them. I actually wasn't even sure that Arthur's friend was the one killed, because I didn't even know their names that well yet.
The next problem was one dimensional characters. They all fit such an obvious stereotype. Arthur is the unexpected leader who, despite discrimination, goes on to be a good leader. Polina is the edgy "I want to fight with you, brother!" character, who deals with "you can't fight because you're a woman" but proves them wrong. Wade is the hot shot plane guy. Lucas is the Aussie who likes explosions. I can describe all 4 characters in a sentence or 2, and you'll know exactly who I'm talking about.
As for a future story, I could see them bringing together the story on how Nova gas (included in one of those files) came to be involved in the Cold War story.
my dad pre-orderd it and nearly was about to go return it because he was really peed-off by the second mission untill he decided to give it another chance and he finished the campaign and he said it was "eh"
I honestly hated this campaign because in the back of my mind I kept having the thought that this was strictly to feed Warzone and nothing else. Cod has died in my opinion because of warzone
Exactly. It’s pitiful excuse of a campaign
Tbf warzone doesn’t really relate that much with it I mean we’re focusing on another group
Fr 6v6 is dead
Why does everyone like Warzone I played an it was boring
For me COD is fine, including MW, and Warzone when it was PURELY MW. But when Cold War appeared along with the integration, that’s when COD officially died for me.
I think it's funny that cod writers can make a mass murdering terrorist somewhat relatable, but with WW2 it's always "super evil nazi hates anything different and is also super evil"
Makarov moment
@@campeãodomundo2137 Menendez moment
If anything, I really don't like how blatantly terrible Vanguard's campaign, fucking up historical accuracy aside, I genuinely think it's bad, from the storyline to the English speaking German and Russian Soldiers. The middle of the campaign was just about the backstory of each protagonist, it just takes up most of the campaign, the only parts where they actually get to the point of hunting freisinger, was the begining and ending, and another handful of cutscenes.
What is your profile pic xD. Who is the hell is that guy 😂😂😂
@@TheShapeshiftingReptilian Filthy Frank.
@@Bruhidk8835 thanks. I'm still laughing 🤣
I mean I'm completely fine with Germans or Russians speaking English in Cutscenes because COD 1, United Offensive,COD 2,WaW all had English speaking Russians etc.Atleast the other NPCs talk in German and Russian during Battle
And the only reason why Reznov was memorable was because he spoke English lol
I knew how the game would end within the first 20 minutes.
This game takes itself far too seriously.
Previous cods always had an air of disbelief. Like a Hollywood movie.
But this was something else entirely. Like a bad movie that doesn't realizes how bad it is
Not a movie so bad it's good. Just a bad bad movie.
Bad bad bad bad bad movie. Astonishingly bad lol
Its Gigli for the modern era.
Nah this is more “Hollywood” than MW 2019’s imo.
@@fifteen8850 more like “Bollywood”
@@ElBandido_1 lol nah not that ridiculous
Ur voice is so calming
Ang goes good with u explaining stories
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MW2019 was the original price a year after launch.
Vanguard was 35% off a month after launch.
That's the only review I needed.
Huh modern warfare went on sale in December of its release too. I wonder if theres some strange ancient day that happens in December where people are buying luxuries for each other to celebrate that day in December? Very strange and odd occurrence.
@@Masochistickoala
No, I remember. I'll submit though that the Hanukkah mark down on Modern Warfare, and similarly the Fesivus special for Black Ops lasted about a week, however the Kwanzaa discount on Vanguard is running a lot longer, and I take that as a sign of low launch sales.
Merry Christmas!
@@mitchellpatterson1829 Modern Warfare definitely had a Christmas sale. Or maybe a Black Friday sale. Either one, but I bought it on sale the year it released. So you're wrong.
@@ElGaby323
You are right, it did have a sale that lasted a month, same with Blackops. Vanguard lasted 6 weeks. That is a strong indication they are cutting losses, and trying to shift units.
I'm surprised there was no mention of the fact that during the whole time the team was imprisoned and being interrogated, there was no tension as they always seemed to have the upper hand. I was never worried. I also really hate it when all the characters in a group hate or distrust each other. If no one in the story care about each other, why should I?
Another good death scene is Ethan and Nick Reyes in call of duty infinite warfare, had me in tears
100%
Good shout! Tbh I know it gets a bad rap, but I actually liked the IW story especially the ending
Fr iw campaign was so good im pretty sure i was so hooked i completed it in 1 day
Iw has the best campaign
@@Adreyan agreed
12:36 lol that guy raising the glass looks so much like dragovich lol
I despise how it rewrote history by having characters that were inspired by real people in WW2 do shit that they didn't do, Arthur Kingsley is a prime example of a character that's based off a real person that was but a mere courier in WW2, a badass though that was wounded but carried on with his duties while wounded till dying in combat to stop an advance on a bridge. They basically had Arthur do everything that someone else did during WW2, which is very disrespectful to the real life man that did everything Arthur did in the game, plus those around him who were based on the 150 out of 600 paratroopers who dropped behind enemy lines prior to D-Day to weaken Nazi defenses in order to make the beach landings possible for the allies, them in game not wanting to carry on the mission when in real life despite being heavily out manned and out gunned, went along with the mission of weakening the nazi's defenses which caused half of the paratroopers to be KIA and several others wounded. It's one thing to do a sci-fi alt history WW2 game, akin to Wolfenstein and Call of Duty Nazi Zombies, but rewriting history by using fictional characters that they based on real people in the war and have them do shit that their real life counterparts didn't do is not only very disrespectful, but in terms of Vanguard of doing it so that they can have black empowerment crap in shit that the real life person that Arthur Kingsley would be disgusted by as what he actually did wasn't shown and it all for the sole purpose of pushing a bullshit agenda that the writers were hell bent on pushing into this game's narrative.
Personally I feel like this was the laziest campaign I’ve ever played, after playing all the other call of duties this just feels half assed
Except for bo4 I guess
@@somso631 Hands down best campaign ever
@@billysuarez4827 absolutely, 10/10
Just curious on your opinion on the other campaigns after playing this one. Are they better or worse than this game?
Bo3 is definitely worse tbh
BO3 is 100x worse
Bo3 is still definitely worst they trued to get complicated and ended up confusing themselves
I honestly liked Bo3 campaign more than this one
I like BO3 campaign because it’s challenging (realistic) and cooperative but story wise, meh.
If they ever want to redeem the Campaign, they should make DLC Missions that adapt the comics.
Yep the campaigns definitely staying in the dirt
We asked that for BOCW campaign (which in my opinion was very good) we never got it so I doubt it’s going to happen for vanguard
They would probably make us pay for it
Even though this is pretty different we saw the Novak sequence with Joseph Allen but Allen had 3 missions it’s similar but still different
I miss when COD was about actual soldiers Like COD4 and WAW and you felt like War was hell and not an adventure
Battlefield 1 campaign is good
@@lionelsanches8699 it was good but felt more like a stealth game
@@ak_buckets7962 that's if u want it stealth mode
@@lionelsanches8699true but I was expecting it to focus on the large scale battles like in multiplayer
I quit playing this campaign early on because it was REALLY BORING. I usually always play campaigns though, but I just couldn't with this one. I gave up midway through Numa Numa island. The MG42 turrets, along with 1911 and STG44 weapon drops on Numa Numa island were about the most entertaining part of this story, as me and a friend had fun making fun of how disgusting the inaccuracies were.
The midway mission for me comes to mind because I love the battle of Midway
the reason the campaign is overall so lackluster in terms of story was that the writers foolishly wanted to extend this story for another 2 sequels
well considering how little to nothing this campaign currently clearly shows that they didn't have much of story to extend for over three games, much less one
2 sequel they make the game look so but 2???
Wait sequels that’s 3 years
It's TRUE Check it out there's a behind the scenes for vanguard saying something those lines, the creators had so much hope youd like this game but they really just couldn't measure up
For me, what killed my interest was the length of each cutscene; they went on for what felt like a small eternity, and I ended up drifting off a few times. I kid you not when I say that I’d rather play CoD Ghosts’ campaign, since that at least kept the cutscenes at a short enough length for me to keep interest; that, and they had a cool asthetic
I like the cutscenes
And i feel,ghost had better story and gameplay than vanguard,honestly,old cod had alot of replaybility of campaign than vanguard,vanguard feels so bare bone
@@bdo9285 then watch a movie
Apparently this game was supposed to tell and explain how the Black Ops Universe makes sense. They mention Project Nova, and this is what the Vanguard developers say.
the main reason most players buy call of duty is for the multiplayer which has literally got 100+ bugs which aren’t getting addressed making the game hard to play and frustrating for loyal customers of the frachise,
each season they should add 2 missions one at the start of the season and one at the end.
Yea I figured this story wasn't gonna be good when they kept showing off all their woke employees talk about the game. The fact that they kept hollering that they wanted to make this as realistic as possible over and over again was a dead give away that this campaign was blow dick. If I buy the game, and that a big if, but if i buy this game I'll be buying it for the multiplayer and warzone features. And even then I'm not sure if I want it.
Realistic my ass. How many black guys were special forces in WW2?
Dont bother man. Its so badly bugged and the "next-gen" graphics literally look worse than 2017 games. Honestly i got sick of the multiplayer after a week. Its just too dull and feels like its just a reskin of world at war for the fuckin wii lol.
How were the employees woke?
@@limjahey3119 Not many, but I believe Aurther is based off a real black combatant in ww2.
Personally, I think they did a good job in establishing Freisinger as the main villain and not just having the German Army as the villain
Nothing much to hate him on though, needed a longer story to really flourish him out. Killing him felt like just killing another regular ol nazi. The idea of secret planning of a 4th reich was great but poorly put into action. Some main characters were more annoying like lucas' friend.
I swear there’s more cutscene time than gameplay
Yea it definitely felt more like a cinematic movie with a little gameplay sprinkled in vs a traditional cod campaign
Just didn’t feel right the whole time I was playing through it I just wanted to be done with it
I loved Cold War campaign and I loved the 80s
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I remember reading a random comment from someone on a RUclips video saying they had a feeling this campaign is going to be short war stories like bf1's campaign and they were pretty much right
Umm you probably haven't played COD 1,2,3 right? That game was from War Stories in BF1 and 5 originated
Even the characters are terrible. I borderline hated Kingsley, he did literally nothing the whole game and on top of that, did nothing to save them from the cell where as the other three did. Wade was just there, Polina acts tough too much and it just made me hate her, and Lucas is just kind of cool.
So you like Lucas?
@@brndonlu9635 yes
I mean I wouldn’t say Polina acts tough she just has a temper. I mean towards the ending when they’re all still in a cell, when they talk about what they’ll do after they finish project Nova, the guys say shit that they’ll go back to family or they’ll stay in war etc. then Polina looking sad and depressed says everybody she loves is dead and she has no purpose to be here anymore or some shit like that. Her entire hometown got ruined and the ppl got killed, and her brother and dad got killed as well so U kinda feel bad for her
Something I didn't like is how they made it like all of these famous ww2 battles were won because of some random terminator-like character.
Like, no. El Alamein and Stalingrad were not won because of one soldier. They were won because of bravery, grit and strategy
when you talked about hatred for the villains I actually thought of Reznov instead of Farah lol dunno if it's just me.
Ngl Reznov just hates everyone
Dragovich, Kravchenko, Steiner, these "men" must die.
Plot wise, it’s lack luster. If we’re talking about visuals, gunplay, transitions from character to character, or anything like that, it’s pretty damn good.
They literally just introduced the Vanguard members in the majority of the campaign instead of making an actual story with all of them present. Felt like the Campaign is unfinished or maybe it's just dumb.
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I did not like how Polina was wrote imo they tried to make her sound badass when in reality they didn't need to do that she alone who she was based off of was already amazing so the writing for her sounded forced imo. Wade was a punching bag for the other characters which wasn't really called for imo.
Been waiting on this one
The only side character I liked (Misha) got killed off only 5 missions in. And I loved the boss fight in Polina's second mission, the only mission I liked. By far, Kingsley just a generic leader type. Polina and Lucas are by far the best characters in the campaign. There was never enough character development for every character besides Polina.
Whole heartedly agree
When Novak died I didn't even think he was dead until way later, I was like "Wait, he actually died?"
As a COD fan, i really wasn't asking for another WW2 game. I have not played Vanguard so really cant give an opinion on it, but i feel like COD is just not the series i onced loved, and grew up playing. I was someone who really enjoyed the COD campaigns and the series i feel like isn't about the story, or interesting characters anymore. Its become just multiplayer, and Warzone i enjoy thoses modes but i feel like the original Modern Warfare trilogy, and Black ops, and Black Ops 2 were the height of cod campaigns. Maybe im just in a small minority but when Infinity Ward and other COD developers have a chance to really create a great campaign, you get Modern Warfare 2019. It can be done.
I agree with you but I think that the flashback missions were kinda fun tbh
Well the flashback missions make up like 85% of the whole game, so I guess otherwise this game wouldn’t have been fun at all
As poor as it was, we’re gonna forget all about this when MW2 releases
The death of soap and Price ‘s reaction will make a grown man cry everyrime
Activision seem to be repeating themselves since MW2019. The Warzone Cutscenes from MW 2019 and Cold War could have been made into a dlc or even standalone game. MW2019 on it self was a great game, but Cold War felt like it was half assed just to do the warzone cutscenes. And now they did the same thing with the comics (and probably warzone cutscenes too).
Although I don't entirely agree I personally love this campaign a lot it was probably one of my favorites but I do agree that it was a lot that could have done better my biggest complaint was that you didn't get to see enough time with the actual team itself I like that you're going to go back and play like their flashbacks and stuff but for characters like Novak how you said you don't really know too much about him so it's kind of empty but other than that then you don't really play too much as a squad you kind of just play one as one you see their backstory which is nice but then the campaign like modern warfare was too short for me and although a lot of people might feel controversial about this campaign this makes me just want a sequel for it more so that way we can see more of the squad in action together maybe get a few more of flashbacks like to see like how they join the team I don't know that's just something I'd want
Me too I love it
The dialogue in this game is terrible. That black guy legit brags to that Nazis that his people raped German women during WWI.
I like world war II's campaign better as much as infinite warfare wasn't great multiplier that campaign was amazing though
Penguinz0 even hated this campaign as well.. and the whole game
Price: “Stay with me son” 😭😭😭
Also one of the writers said call of duty never had any memorable characters before. Wtf??
Riggs kinda looks like Mason but if Mason was younger and nicer
Yeah this campaign was just weak. I love how Kingsley said they were the “Spearhead” of the war. That’s like saying the worst CoD player in history was the spearhead of league play. It makes no fucking sense.
i agree. Also wanna say do the missions by itself were almost always and 8/10 or higher
Even the death of roach and ghosts death was painfull tbh
They are though
Only ghost, I didn’t give a shit about Roach because we literally knew nothing about him, just like Novak in this game
Perfect dissection of the campaign good video
I dont mind the whole thing with there backstories being unrelated since we all praised Battlefield 1 for having standalone stories about the war. But a lot of these characters needed more missions regarding there stories and Novak should have had his own flashback mission when the team were moroning his death.
But pretty sure Battlefield 1 mindset was to have standalone stories because BF1 doesn't connect to other Battlefields. Vanguard is part of a universe full of lore. But I agree with everything else you said, there should be more missions.
the difference is battlefield 1 pretty much didn't have a over arcing story it was short stories and to show war as it is vanguard does so the stories need to connect to that over arcing story to make sense
Novak isn't important why does he need his own flashback
Only cod I’ve bought and haven’t played the campaign I’ve spent all my time playing the game grinding multiplayer camos for warzone on 120 fov on Xbox series x to still not have a panzerfaust fix and too not have the opportunity to use an fov slider in warzone!
I enjoyed the video and say " you're not wrong" about the disconnected story. Personally, I'm tired of WW2 games, but I really did enjoy the "Aussies" story and demolition.
I know this is a year old but here's my take-
I've not played COD Vanguard but it's a game I WANT to like. I like WW2-themed shooters, the action, graphics, sounds and production values is all top-notch. Though I can suspend my criticisms on historical accuracy and all that as long as I switch my mind off and just treat this game as like, fictionalised history like Wolfenstein or something. I can roll with that if it at least has likable characters and a well-written story...That's what's stopping me from buying Vanguard, I want to enjoy *all* of the game if possible- single player AND multiplayer. I want to enjoy the single player campaign but I can't if the story is apparently not good...Maybe I wonder if that's intentional? Perhaps the player is NOT supposed to be too invested in the story? Like Doom, that game's story-telling isn't anything deep or ground-breaking but it's not supposed to be the focus, the gameplay is. Maybe I'll enjoy Vanguard if I treat it in a similar manner- "Story in a game is like a story in a porn movie. It's expected to be there, but it's not that important."
I was just having this conversation with a group the other day.
The only thing that impacted me is the fact that I wasted my money on vanguard
Tbh soap death isn’t even the only example, even turner’s death is more emotional than Novak
We’re gonna forget all about this when MWII comes out
I feel like Butcher is related to captain price. There voice sound similar and give off the same feel
I agree with this 💯
If they had presented everything chronologically, instead of trying to be Tarantino and fucking it up, and we had a Novak mission, it would've been better, probably
I heard this campaign is dookie
(Before I get into my comment, I just want to say vanguard was my second cod to play (first being cold war) ). I personally enjoyed the vanguard campaign, but I would prefer if it was historically accurate and was a bit longer (for example if we did a mission as Webb's past and Novak's past (this could make their deaths even sadder). I would also of liked the final mission to be more stealth based (like the prison escape in mw2019). I personally think Petrova's missions were pretty good (especially the part of the "Stalingrad" (lets be honest it was more like the siege of Leningrad) where you fight in a post office). Whilst I believe it could of been way better, it was still a decent campaign.
Honestly polina is my least favourite character in ANY game, even abby feels more reasonable, literally ruins the mission in the end. Literally only sentences she says is *i hate germans* i like torturing germans, i like killing germans etc etc.
Literally 0 character, and just comes off as a psychopath.
This campaign is literally an anime with a bunch of fillers
Minor complaint that completely broke my immersion was that they used the Insignia of the SA (Aka the Brownshirts) as the logo of project phoenix ...
They just copied it...
Ayo in the Measure for measure bundle the jacket wade is wearing has the cod ghost logo on it, I'm probably thinking into it to hard idk.
I really like the characters themselves. Polina was a badass, Richard was a nice person who was I was sad to see killed, wade was a badass who was funny, Lucas (my favorite) was also a badass who had an amazing whit and was hilarious and Arthur was a super good person with a lot of emotion and wisdom. I just think the story could’ve been better. I would’ve liked more missions. A mission liberating the Philippines, a mission about Okinawa or Iwo Jima, a mission of the Soviet counterattack at the battle of Moscow, an air mission for the Battle of Britain, a mission at pearl harbor, invasion of Italy, a mission on the western front or even eastern front in 1945, the list goes on. So many important events in ww2 could’ve been represented that were left out just because of how short the story was.
When is s1 reloaded or did it already start
The death of Lieutenant Turner in cod ww2 was really sad for me. The death of Novak? I didn’t really care.
The gameplay other than midway is something we've seen before
The best way to do a flash back is in mw19.??? What like are we just gonna ignore the entirety of bo1 and bo2
Your still giving to much credit to vanguard imo. I think the campain and the game in general has almost no redeeming qualities.
I am a writer myself and this story setup is insulting. Its a massive let down. Its not hateing like Ghosts but its still absolutely dissapointing
I really enjoyed this campaign alot like alot more then what I feel I should but I will say that Novak dying was pretty poor story wise but apart of me still feels it was important and I think its gonna contribute to Arthur's story arc but I also feel that the story really gives us a good understanding of each characters background and what they have done in their own life's which I feel is this game at its strongest
With how much I hated Cold War, their campaign was way better than Vanguard…
Cold War had one of best Campaign
That game had Great missions from start like Brick in the wall, Break on Through,KGB HQ,Side missions,Echoes of Cold War, and Great Twist and Villain was just a Chad
@@ChandranPrema123 agreed!
@@ChandranPrema123 I agree!!!
@@ChandranPrema123 It’s campaign was high tier but not top tier
I miss Menendez and Shepherd.
Just finished the campaign today and it really wasn't anything special. Certain campaign gameplay concepts were cool but the story itself just lacked direction.
I always tend to be on the opposite side of most COD players. I enjoyed this campaign. Although it didn't have any real correlation to the overall story, I enjoyed my time playing it and learning about the characters. I enjoyed WWII too which most people didn't like either.
Is it just me or was the story confusing, there were the flashbacks for the characters and there was a main story but it was all in each other. If they made the flashbacks the start of the campaing, then the recruiting explaination and at last the berlin story it wouls make a lot more sense and you would care more about the characters. Now it was just a bunch of mission in a row without making a lot of sense.
So a "NAZI" interrogaitor kills a white british officer but not a black soldier Even so he has a weapon in his hand
Thats the definiton of plot armor right there
I feel like gameplay was rough and the story as well, I like Coldwar and MW campaign better than vanguard.
12:40 Dude this cutscene the best in the entire campaign loved this scene the others were just lackluster and not important to the game with the exception of Richter's meeting with Freisinger about Hitler's that was the only other cutscene that had some weight into it since Hitler death hit alot of Nazis hard morally and to see Richter break down made this a good scene and what made me continue to play the campaign to the end. Freisinger was a good villain mainly due to his cruelty, His curiosity towards and secret back plan in the form of Project Phoenix. He represented alot of morals for the Nazis and I felt he fit pretty well with the story. Dude gave me Michael vibes from Mystreet: When Angels Fall. In fact, killing him is what made the story absolute
garbage since there were so many good opportunities for him, that it wouldn't have at least some fans await a sequel and expand on Freisinger a little bit since he was a good start but his death ruined it...
"...but from the ashes shall rise. Our vision for something greater...to the Fourth Reich."
When I first got the game I immediately played the campaign. And the thing I noticed was the story was bad but I still liked it for some reason