Then we mention the success of the Nintendo Switch, the lack of an online service, games coming to the switch in 2018, and hardware changes we wish the console gets. Here we talk about the pitfalls of being a Nintendo fan in India, particularly if you are a smartphone gamer. This includes recent announcements such as Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp and why this game will succeed. Next, we talk about the fun parts of the game industry, featuring Nintendo. Then we talk about the nasty surprise in the game and why it's an extremely bad precedent for the industry. We talk about how Activision can fix this situation. Then we move on to discuss Call of Duty: World War II and the nasty surprise in store for single-player mode players. Early retail copies have been available and Rishi talks about why Activision has failed to stop that from happening. Then Mikhail talks about Sucker Punch’s first game since InFamous: Second Son and Rishi wonders whether the Xbox One X launch influenced this show from Sony. We talk about games such as Guacamelee and Spelunky 2, and how some of these announcements were totally unexpected. We start by talking about Sony at Paris Games Week, where we discuss why there was no release dates for most games, indie game announcements, and lots of low-key announcements. In the second half of this episode, pop culture nerds Akhil Arora and Roydon Cerejo join in to talk about Thor: Ragnarok. Treyarch may not have changed the core gameplay much (and in some cases their level design leaves much to be desired – two or three times we found ourselves wandering aimlessly looking for the spot that triggered a new event), but the developer does know a thing or two about telling a compelling story.Podcast regulars Rishi Alwani and Mikhail Madnani join host Pranay Parab to talk about Sony at Paris Games Week, Call of Duty: World War II, Nintendo’s financials, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, and Ashes Cricket. In fact there were moments in the Russian campaign (watching a terrified German POW getting a hole shot through his skull in the Eviction stage stands out) when you’ll genuinely start to feel pity for your enemy. The Soviet campaign is especially harsh and you genuinely feel as if you and your comrades are fighting for vengeance instead of personal survival. Even the storyline, with its strong focus on hatred and revenge is brutal.
The environments you find yourself fighting in are brutal. Hosing trenches filled with Japanese soldiers is great to start with, but the lack of required skill gets to be a turn-off after a while. Our only issue with the flamethrower? Well, can get a little boring to use. Tiny embers will float through the air, and nearby grass and trees will curl up and singe. Enemies will desperately try to pat out fire on their clothes, or will flail their arms screaming before collapsing in a smoldering heap. Not only does it look and sound like you’re unleashing high-pressure propellant at your enemies, it also causes the world around you to react. Although it has plenty of competition we reckon WaW’s instrument-of-fiery-doom is far superior to the ones you’ll find in Gears of War 2, Far Cry 2 and Dead Space. Even the melee attack (which can either be a knife or a bayonet) seems meaty as you jab your pig-stick into the neck of any charging Japanese Banzai or Nazi soldier.Īnd that’s before you get your hands on a flamethrower. The weapons, for example, are mostly those you’d find in Call of Duty 1-3, but they feel more solid and lethal like the advanced weaponry of Modern Combat.
Yeah, that’s probably because the game runs on the same engine, but to try and alter such an awesome shooting formula would be nothing short of madness.Įven with the same equipment mistakes can be made (Quantum of Solace runs on the Call of Duty engine too), but the boys at Treyarch have done a fine job, adding sweet new effects here and there, making small modifications, and adapting the gunplay to work with all the authentic WWII ephemera. The tools of war may be different, the uniforms more old fashionned and the settings less current, but beneath the surface of World At War lies the oh-so-silky smooth gameplay we were treated to in CoD4. However, whereas it changes the setting from the last Call of Duty outing, Modern Warfare, one thing that hasn’t been altered is the core gameplay.
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