![]() ![]() They were known for using the land that they knew so well to their advantage, often using underground tunnels to ambush troops or booby-trapping routes. The Viet-Cong army was known for their guerrilla warfare tactics and would rarely be caught out in the open like in the first combat instance you come across. Whilst Treyarch seemingly did their research on Wikipedia, their facts are accurate, but many aspects of the mission are not. You are flooded with an array of historical facts which almost pulls the wool over your eyes for the actual gameplay. ![]() It is inaccurate to believe that there was a huge Nazi presence in the arctic, especially as Russia and the USA would have larger bases there too.īut in the most comparable mission to what we may see in Call of Duty 2020, Mason and Woods are sent to Vietnam, on a mission named after the country it’s set in. These bases were in fact much smaller and would normally be derelict. Whilst these did exist in reality, it was near impossible for German resources to make a base that big in the arctic, due to limitations of shipping, and their resources post-WWII. Not long after you are sent to the Arctic in a mission called ‘Project Nova’, which shows a humongous arctic base under German influence. This goes without saying, most of the Black Ops campaign is truthful, and you’re lured into the campaign with a brilliantly captivating rendition of the Bay of Pigs invasion. However, when looking at the campaign, you would assume it was based completely on wartime history, and for that, it should be 100% accurate. It was hardly truthful that after meetings between JFK and Fidel Castro that a zombie outbreak occurred within the Pentagon. Obviously there have to be aspects of truth-bending incorporated withing Call of Duty, especially Black Ops, as they brought us Zombies. Having actors such as Kiefer Sutherland (executive producer of counter-terrorist series ‘24’) voicing characters, it was clear that Treyarch had been influenced by cinema rather than sticking to facts. Having previously been a franchise that highlighted major historical wartime landmarks and retold the history books as accurately as possible, Treyarch had a history of working with Hollywood, and this was no different. ![]() Take Black Ops, for example, it was the first instance in Which Call of Duty broke from their historical meticulousness. But with the Black Ops campaign bending the truths of the Cold War to benefit their storytelling, is Treyarch about to teach children around the World the Vietnam War that they want, or the real version? ![]() In recent Call of Duty news, the next instalment of CoD is set to be based in Vietnam, heavily focused on the previous Black Ops Campaign, and possibly feature Alex Mason and Frank Woods. This was the first time I noticed the power of Call of Duty, in that it could teach millions of children across the globe a completely different story to the real version, and taint history. Rife with memories of me tearing through the Jungles of Vietnam with my French-made Famas that I’d looted from the Viet Cong enemies, I was in shock when she corrected my know-it-all-ness when I explained why I thought the French and Russians were working together. I must confess, although Mrs Jones was a bore, I loved history and knew more about the Vietnam War than she did, or so I thought on the basis of my night of gaming. Walking into school the next day I had a swagger nearly as big as the bags under my eyes, and I was about to unleash a whirlwind of spoilers. I spent the whole night trying to grind out the campaign so I could go to school the next day and accidentally spoil it for everyone. I apologise if you have just fallen down a wormhole of nostalgia, it’s a long climb out of here. It had me gripped from the first cutscene, an interrogation starting in the same chair you sit in for the loading screen ingenious. ![]()
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