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First off, wanted to officially welcome our newest players (SemperFi and Squint) into the ranks. Semper is an old hand at online chaos from my Maxtor days and a current Seagate compadre of Gonz, while Squint is a former FFCer who's now back in action. Last night's game session was "most excellent" since we had enough members in there for effective play on the larger maps. Keep up the good work (...uhh...play)!
And here's some new news about the next version of "Call of Duty", taken from the COD4Forums newsletter:
Today the proverbial 'big bomb shell' dropped for COD fans. The setting of COD5 was announced, to what could best be called 'mixed reactions'.
Just in case you're a COD4Forums visitor and haven't heard the news, I'll divulge. Yesterday, it was announced that the next game in the series would be going back to WWII. Instead of taking place in Europe, COD5 will be set in the Pacific.
Here is a quote from Treyarch's President, Mark Lamir about COD5, "The direction for the team was to make the best game they could, and as they were doing this they created a grittiness that quite frankly made some people very uncomfortable...This is a scarier Call of Duty than we've ever seen."
The news was announced in the UK by way of Xbox 360: The Official Xbox Magazine. While the setting might discourage some players who grew to love the modern time frame, there is good news as well. A few new gameplay elements have been announced that definitely sound intriguing. First there will be the ability to swim underwater, flamethrower usage, and the addition of vehicles to commandeer. Co-op multiplayer is easily the biggest addition announced so far. There can be up to four-player co-op over Xbox Live. Split screen co-op is also going to be available to those who like to play co-op next to an actual person.
Hmmm...like many others out there I was hope'n more for something like a Vietnam or Desert Storm setting rather than the Pacific theater. Who know's if that "vehicles" addition (vehicles?...flame throwers?...can you say "UO"?) might include actually flying a plane or glider....I'll be very surprised if so, but both were key elements for that theater. And of course the only talk thus far is about the consoles...typical.
I'm sure it'll be another year or more before the release anyway, so we'll have lots of time for rumor-mongering and wish-listing.
Mamba, out
