1/30/2024 0 Comments Call of duty world at war 2 review![]() ![]() There’s a strong sense of disorientation that you’ll experience in later encounters, though it’s not always clear how deliberate that is. There’s a blockbuster sheen that means you don’t quite feel the dirt under your fingernails, but it’s the first of many battles that are staged with a shuddering intensity - and conducted at deafening volume. As a recreation of the Normandy landings, it predictably takes its cues from Saving Private Ryan, and establishes the tone for everything to come. ![]() It’s far removed from the bludgeoning impact of its opening sequence, though this is necessary force. ![]() Yet what could have been horribly crass is handled with a scarcely believable delicacy of touch: what it chooses to show doesn’t feel sanitised, neither is it gratuitous. So when, towards the end of Call of Duty: WW2's campaign, you realise that Sledgehammer Games is going to approach the Holocaust, it’s hard not to wince in anticipation. The text thunders onto the screen in all caps and a font size more commonly seen at the top of a Snellen chart. Indeed, an introductory reminder that World War II was the deadliest conflict in human history alongside the final death tally is presented with the sober calm of a Sky Sports promo. Never knowingly understated, Call of Duty is not a series renowned for its restraint. ![]()
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