Review - Call of Duty: Vanguard
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- In this review, I take a look at the 2021 entry in the Call of Duty series, which brings it back to WWII... yet again.
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Yeah, I don't think I've ever been more turned off by a weapon customization system than in CoD Vanguard. All they had to do was lean into an alt history setting like Wolfenstein. Then they could have had some fun with making weird off the wall "WW2 style" weaponry and attachments that actually make logical sense. But no, this is CoD and we screw 4x scopes into the slide of your 1911 😂😂
It's sad to see the state of Call of Duty going under once again after the success of MW2019.
Whose bright idea was it to name their next CoD title "Vanguard"?
Because I don't think I want to be reminded of Medal of Honor back when _they_ used that subtitle.
Two thoughts:
Did anyone else find the aesthetic of this game to be as brown and grey and realistic as 7th gen games? I thought even the brighter scenes had a more muted and dull color palette than Cold war.
As a long time CoD player I associate the WWII games to be about the common soldier and the modern games to be about special forces (more so post CoD 4.....taken to the extreme of being a hero shooter in BlOps 3/4). Seeing this elite squad in WWII didn't quite gel with me, especially an ad hoc multinational squad with a very 2021 outlook on society, instead of something like the SBS or OSS or Smersh. CoD WWII 2017 got it right in that very specific regard.
I'm still pissed about DWTerminator's review of World at War due to his sloppy, inexperienced assessment of it, but I digress. Now granted, most historical WW2 battles featured in World at War were greatly exaggerated, its inappropriate & constant overuse of guitar riffs on almost every theme song imaginable, and an overly serious tone, but at least it felt the closest thing to an authentic World War II shooter, in the Call of Duty series.
For me Vanguard is the worst Call of duty Singelplayer and overall the second worst the worst is for me still Black Ops 4.
Everything about this game just shows you how little they cared.
-Activision is desperate to make some of that sweet sweet Fortnite money, so they added Terminators, Laser Guns, and all that modern crap into a WW2 setting.
-They hired Sam Maggs, a social activist, to write the campaign's story, rather than a game writer with actual training and experience.
-The WW2 guns don't work like they are supposed to, the designers simply didn't care.
-Zombies mode was a complete joke
Whenever a WW2 game gets released, the devs often make some kind of message about "Respecting and Remembering the WW2 Veterans". Pretty sure all the WW2 veterans are rolling in their graves right now...
"I reviewed nearly every game in the call of duty series," why put yourself through that torture man?
The series' shittiness is greatly overexaggerated.
@@DWTerminator I would probably agree, but they're all just very samey to me.
There's definitely a lot of "same shit different logo" going on, but frankly CoD is a reprieve compared to a lot of the games I play for this channel. Also helps that I've spread those reviews out over several years.
I wonder if the writers were aware at the end of the story that Russian sniper would soon be pitted against the western special forces.
If I'm being extremely generous, I'd say that's why they found all those files on secret projects and such at the end of the game, thus hinting at Vanguard continuing their work. Polina made it abundantly clear that the only thing she cares about is annihilating Nazis.
But they probably didn't even think about it at all.
I feel the characters in Vanguard are way more stereotypical and cliched than the ones from World At War and WWII combined.
I've enjoyed every cod campaign it never gets old I still replay them once in a while
I remember when I saw the modifications on WWII firearms in a trailer, I was thrown off.
In 27:26 I wonder why there is a grenade launcher called War Machine? It feels out of place in a WWII game.
Shoulda took the moh airborne approach to weapon customization
There was a reloadable version of the Panzerfaust - the Panzerfaust 250 - and there were experimental detachable box magazine versions of the Garand (even full auto and bullpup versions too). I believe the drum mag is technically authentic
Panzerfaust in Vanguard is clearly not the 250, and the crap they let you graft onto the M1 isn't accurate either.
Would you rather play CoD on PSP and DS over this?
Easily. At least those games are jank as hell because of their platform limitations.
For what it's worth, while its underused in that game too, Commandos Strike Force multiple times gives you control of two commandos with different abilities several times, with manual switching.
Its very undercooked in that game, but at least its multiple levels, instead of only scripted switching in the final mission.
I do wish more games would go for a small squad with distinct ablities that you could freely switch between that isnt an RTS.
I’ve always hated Sledgehammer games, I feel like CoD went downhill ever since they showed up! I never liked Advanced Warfare, WWII or Vanguard
I didn’t like how there was no factions in the game. Allies vs allies is weird
I would love to hear what you have to say about the part in the campaign where someone says “Bugger that RPG” 😂 I was just lmao. I’m not a huge expert on ww2 but I’m sure those didn’t exist yet.
Oh I noticed it too. There was actually a prototype RPG developed between 1944-1948 but it didn't work. The second model, which *did* work, was developed in the 50s.
Of course, the devs of Vanguard just threw it in there because they didn't remotely care.
When I heard that, my mind was like "Who even says RPG" in a WWII game?
Why did COD Vanguard add weapon attachments that didn't exist in WWII? Why does the campaign need to be insulting to WWII?
I think the answer is "they didn't care".
I can't wait to buy the T-51 power armor DLC alongside the Pulse Rifle/Lightsaber bundle, and grind that battlepass all the way to level 100 so I can unlock Vegeta's scouter (legendary) and Doctor Strange's cape in Modern Warfare 2 (2022).
Can you play as Nappa?
I hate the designs for these operators: in a welcome move, CoD Ghosts added women back in 2013 but they looked like female _soldiers._ They didn't look like people about to go clubbing after a WW2 cosplay convention.
To be fair, the default skins for the operators don't look bad. Most of the women are from resistance organizations, after all. It's the paid-for skins that look utterly ridiculous.
@@DWTerminator Well at least there is that silver lining.
Some of the skins made me cringe.
Sledgehammer really doesn't give a f3k anymore. Looks like they are still salty that people didn't like Advanced Warfare.
Now that Microsoft has bought Activision, maybe they will put an end to this yearly release nonsense and we can finally have cod games innovate again. And finally reduce the ridiculous prices, because holy hell Activision has to be the greediest game company in existence. Even Call Of Duty 4, a game from 2007, costs a 1000 bucks in Indian currency. I don't know. Maybe I being optimistic.
Sad part is Advanced Warfare's campaign wasn't bad apart from the "Press F to pay respects" bit. It was the multiplayer that wasn't very good.
Prices for older CoD games are way too high in every region, but that's downright insane. Hopefully the Microsoft acquisition will result in those prices dropping.
@@DWTerminator Advanced warfare has some neat concepts, but they don't really do anything particularly interesting with them. It's an okay campaign at best. Definitely not as bad as people made it out to be
Activision games in general are ludicrously expensive. Even Vampire The masquerade bloodlines and Gun, an obscure western game from 2005 are both 1300 bucks each. It's absolutely ridiculous. Far cry 1 and 2, in comparison, are only 500 bucks.
Some of the operator skins are cringy.
Even as someone that likes Modern Warfare and Cold War, I had _zero_ interest in Vanguard.
And it's not for the countless allegations regarding Activision last year (trust me, death of the author doesn't everything, as people still go see Marvel movies even after we found out about Joss Whedon from behind the scenes), but fort the same reason I didn't bother playing Battlefield V, I have no interest in WW2 shooters.
It was an overdone setting in the 2000's, and it's tiresome now.
They even added a straight up F2000 after this video
If they hadn't added the laser gun to it before the F2000, I might've been more irritated with them. As it stands, that just elicits a sigh and a sad head shake.
@@DWTerminator I agree with this.
Commando strike force is better than this
I hope DW covers it sometime, its a bit of a mess but I think the ideas it has are cool.
I'll be covering Commandos: Strike Force after I cover Commandos 1-3.
I am looking forward to those reviews!
So, would you say the only COD game from Sledgehammer that isn't crap is AW?
Yep. AW's a complete anomaly in Sledgehammer's lineup.
@@DWTerminator what about the original MW3 (the 2011 one)?
They co-developed that one with Infinity Ward. Doesn't really count.
Id rather them just not care than pretend to care
I honestly disagree with the 1/5, because I would have put into a 0.5/5. Yes the core COD gameplay is still there, but the thins is why would I play Vanguard when I could play any other main title COD game like Modern Warfare and Black Ops Cold War. Heck, despite Battlefield V is a awful game, I rather play BFV than Vanguard.
Oh yeah, and you might want to listen to this. During the end of update cutseen from Black Ops Cold War, Butcher was speakin to the CIA about Vanguard. So he bascially told the team that the T-800 & T-1000 Terminator was in WWII, and Laser weapons was in the war as well. Wait a minute! One of the operators was Rual Menedez. Yeah, I think people in Sledgehammer were smoke good crap in the studio.
You didn‘t mention in the video about a Submachine Gun version of the F2000, which the F2000 was developed around 1999. You can make a argument with the KSP 45 (UMP 45) in Black Ops Cold War, but Treyarch tries to make a Cold War style UMP. Plus, they made a satement that th Black Ops series wasn‘t a historical accrute and a action thriller unrealistic series. Then you go to Vanguard were it‘s clearly a modern tactical F2000, which Sledghammer said the game is 100% historical accrute.
About the attachments in the game. It was starting to became a thing since the 60‘s, and reflex sights were used in the Vietnam. Some soilders were using the Oxford Gunsight on thier XM77E2 Commandos (Prototype M4 Carbine). We also have the Singlepoint Sight, which was not a reflex sight, but they could have make it a refex sight for gameplay reasons, and it more understandable then the freakin thermal scope in a WWII game. There‘s also the Thompson Insta-Sight and the Weaver Qwik Point, all made in 1970. Plus, the Nydar Sight was not used in WWII, but it woukd make more since in the 60‘s. Keep in mind, these are all reflex sights. The MACV-SOG used M16 pistol grips as foregrips on the XM177s. The M203 Grenade Launcher was developed in 1968, and used in service in 1969. There‘s even attachable suppressors in the game as well. So they could have made a Vietnam War game, consider that Arma 3, Squads, and Red Orchrista made Vietnam War games, and there‘s not a lot of games set place in the Vietnam War. Espacially if you want to be like Treyarch and do a action thriller, there‘s stillweapons that were around in the 60‘s and early 70‘s like the MP5A3, Galil, Vz 58, G3, XM177 Commando (Prototype M4), M40A1, Rk 62, Uzi, and even the AO-62 (which is the result of the AN-94). Plus for scorestreaks (which Vanguard want to change to Killstreaks), we have the Pave Low, AC-130, Chopper Gunner, Harrier Strike as the Harrier GR. 1, and even the EMP System (Starfish Prime). They could have make a Vietnam War game, especailly being a action thriller game and less non historcial accurte.
Remember the Panzerfault issue with the reloading? There‘s also a prototype launcher called the LPG-44 also known as the RPG-1 developed in 1944. If they want to add prototype weapons, even including the T20 Garand, they could have used the RPG-1.
So far, we have so many non historcial weapons. The LF-57, KBC-2, Sa . 25, EM-1, F2000, and AA-52. So there‘s no M1 Carbine, Grease Gun, Springfield, M1919, or MAS-38. Plus, the RPD and the SKS do exist during WWII, and they didn‘t even add these weapons.
The zombies mode was a mess because Activision keeps pushing Treyarch to work on the mode, even though Treyarch was in stress at this point. They just finshed Black Ops Cold War, and they were rush in development since 2019, let alone the gobal pandemic.
What piss me off is what I saw on the Instagram post. Where is Snoop Dog, Godzilla, and King Kong showing, and the words said Historcial Accurate and it was posted on the Call of Duty page. So you know what this means? This means that Sledgehammer wanted to insaulting the history of WWII and call it the most historical game ever. This was a new low for them.
That‘s why I hate this game and Sledgehammer needs to stop making COD games!
Update: Wow, uh! Looking back to this comment, I sound very angry. I don’t think I ever comment like this. I still agree with this comment, but I don’t think it’s necessary for me to be very piss off.
I've waited the whole year for this
I haven't played Vanguard, but I've seen playthroughs of this game and noticed how awfully inaccurate these historical events of every single mission are than the likes of World at War or World War II. Hell, even the ending of Call of Duty Vanguard's single-player campaign doesn't make any sense, because number one, the Red Army had already taken control of the airport in Berlin by late April 1945, two, many of those Nazi secrets wouldn't be stationed in one airplane and, three, that single aircraft would've easily get taken out by the Soviet Air Force the moment it gets off the ground! What a damn near shitty travesty of a game Vanguard really is with its insultingly awful campaign, a messy clusterfuck of a multiplayer mode, and a barely functional, bare-bones Zombies mode that it made World War II's terrible Zombies mode look amazing by comparison! I'm giving Call of Duty Vanguard 1.5/10. Thanks for reading my comment and take care.
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how to feel about mw2 22 since sledgehammer games are involved in co developing it !?, they completed ruined mw3 multiplayer and it was so obvious it wasn't made my iw !
I don't necessarily think MW3's multiplayer was ruined by Sledgehammer Games. It was just MW2's multiplayer with slightly updated graphics and that's all it is. A stale but still entertaining multiplayer mode for MW3. Nothing more.
Not sure where you're getting the idea they "ruined" MW3's multiplayer. It was pretty decent, but to be fair it was mostly just MW2 multiplayer all over again with a slightly different weapon lineup and the only significant change being the 3 types of streak systems.
It's kind of silly to think people are saying MW3's multiplayer was "ruined" by Sledgehammer Games even though in reality it wasn't destroyed by said gaming company at all. I had some fun with this mode, and it was overall above average for me due to being a slightly beefier version of MW2's multiplayer with the inclusion of a 3-streak system (Assault, Support, and Deathstreaks). MW3's campaign was okay at best, and the Special Ops/Survival mode is the same thing, for me personally, to say the least. It was an overall 7/10 game for me.
anachronistic . you keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
"Describing something that is not in the correct historical time."
Call of Duty Vanguard has a lot of inaccuracies and anachronisms. I seen one RUclipsr who listed most of them.
Will you review postal brain damaged?
Not sure.
Easily the worst Call of Duty. I’m glad the sales numbers reflect it too.
I'm assuming you're saying that because you never played World at War: Final Fronts.
I appreciate seeing people explain their thoughts behind Vanguard, but I almost always disagree to some level. I understand a lot of people don't like the game because of historical inaccuracies, but I look at it and I just can't bring myself to say that it's worse at it's core than Black Ops 4, Cold War, Ghosts, any of the lesser CoD games. The absolute worst I can personally say about Vanguard is that it's a relatively bog-standard CoD game.
Actual Africans fought for the Wehrmacht
I'm aware. Sledgehammer Games didn't care, though.
Vanguard is bad content in every aspect
Even worse than Call of Duty 3? That game was so bad it was an MTO, but yeah I get what you’re saying. My main issue with Vanguard isn’t just the woke nonsense it likes to throw at you.. but the god awful weapon customization. Brandon Herrera’s reaction video to the Vanguard Cursed gun memes was priceless
DWTerminator did mention that he would've given Call of Duty 3 a 1.5/5 in his MTO video had it turned into a full game review.
Terminator skin was dope Activision knows how to make the money 💰💰💰 they are smart
Not really. It felt out of place.
23:52. The Americans were far worse. Nobody's a saint in this war. Propaganda in games..
Some of those guns look like abominations.
Pretty much everyone was racist back then, but the Americans didn't engage in genocide on a massive scale. They definitely weren't anywhere near as bad as the Nazis in that regard.
@@DWTerminator True.
Vanguard multiplayer is great
First.
Lol weapon nerd who cares about that lmao the animations and s stuff
There are historians that talk about this too.