I mean, "we're the baddies" and all that. I think the CoD has kinda lost any semblance of resonability a long time ago (maybe it never really had any), but hell if this isn't going full villain mode into a remake (?) of a mainline game.
this post was submitted on 02 Jul 2026
33 points (97.1% liked)
Games
1927 readers
1 users here now
█▓▒░📀☭ g a m e s 💾⚧░▒▓█
Tag game recommendations with [rec]. Tag your critique or commentary threads with [discussion]. Both table-top and video game content is welcome! Original content or indie/DRM free material is encouraged!
Not a place for gamer gate talk or other reactionary behavior. TERFs and incels get the wall.
founded 6 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Once upon a time Call of Duty was just a Medal of Honor clone retreading on the territory of WWII. The games were okay but nothing spectacular. MoH did it better.
Then they decided to rebrand and became a naked propaganda mouthpiece with CoD4, getting boatloads of money from the Pentagon to boot. Now every game is just pro-U.S. revisionist history mixed with pro-imperialist geopolitics that oversimplify conflicts and paint whole countries in black and white. Even when they try to be more nuanced they can't stop being propagandists. Even when they try to go sci-fi they can't stop being propagandists. Even when they go back to their WWII roots they can't stop being propagandists.
Humanity has evolved beyond the need for Call of Duty.
I only played the first 2 back in the day, and frankly they already had their fair share of anti-soviet bullshit propaganda. Then, as you say, CoD4 hit... and you play Fox News Modern Warfare
Yeah they were very obviously inspired by Enemy at the Gates, unfortunately. But it didn't feel as malicious as CoD4 onwards felt; more like just general Yankee ignorance and bias.