2013 Call Of Duty Lifts Scene From 2009 Call Of Duty

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November 7, 2013 at 1:30 pm

2013 Call Of Duty Lifts Scene From 2009 Call Of Duty

Is it recycling? A homage? A cry for help? All of the above?
As you can see in the above video by YouTuber satantribal, parts of the prologue of Call of Duty: Ghosts, released yesterday, mirror the ending of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, released in 2009. (Ghosts is the one on the right.)

Activision’s annualized shooter series has something of a reputation, fairly or not, for rehashing mechanics and themes year after year. In this case, the animations are too similar for this to be a coincidence. It’s probably an Easter Egg — a homage designed for longtime fans of the series to pick out and enjoy. But I kind of want to believe that this is the work of a disgruntled animator or two who’d just had enough of the military shooting, and that this is their way of saying “we’re tired of this!”

We reached out to Activision this morning, and we’ll let you know if they want to comment.

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weresmurf

November 7, 2013 at 1:32 pm

Infinity Wards Call of Duty copies and pastes entire scenes/textures/levels/everything in order to skip development? Then again, when you’ve got a short window of development I guess this is bound to happen. Colour me not surprised at all. For all the shit Treyarch has copped over the years for their games (and some of it was deserved) I don’t honestly recall them ever doing anything like this. Infinity Ward truly sucks since Zampella, West and co. were fired. Well done Activision, smart move there… smart move. *slow clap*

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1. wagzy
  
  November 7, 2013 at 1:54 pm
  
  Treyarch “remade” maps from blops 1 as paid expansion, so is EA with battlefield 4. So this one little seen doesn’t seem to bad in my opinion.
  
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  1. screamface
    
    November 7, 2013 at 2:58 pm
    
    To be fair they completely remade the maps into new locations with new art design. One is originally set outside a hockey stadium. The remake is on a giant ocean platform which is a spaceport.
    
    Even the BF3 maps remade look pretty extensively altered. Caspian has a giant wall on the border. There’s a new tower, underground complexes and so forth. Points all rebuilt up and changed. More in line with BF4 maps, not just a direct port.
    
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2. aliasalpha
  
  November 7, 2013 at 1:57 pm
  
  The next one will feature a controversial airport massacre but it’ll be totally different because this time they’ll say “Remember, nein German”
  
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3. zetrox2k
  
  November 7, 2013 at 2:40 pm
  
  man you really dislike COD dont you? 😀
  
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  1. weresmurf
    
    November 7, 2013 at 3:03 pm
    
    Quite the opposite, I get a massive kick out of playing Nazi Zombies, I love COD4, I think Black Ops was a lot of fun and I have a special place in my heart for COD 1 and 2. I just think the last 2 – 3 games have been INCREDIBLY lazy in terms of production values. Especially those from Infinity Ward. Part of loving something, is being able to point out its weaknesses, not only its strengths, as Jim from Jimquisition likes to say.
    
    It’s part of why I’m conflicted about AC4. It’s a lot of fun to play, but it’s a massive rehash over again. But PIRATES! But it’s so much a retread… BUT PIRATES! But it’s retconning itself and ruining its own mythos to further Ubis business model BUT PIRATES!!!!
    
    Pirates are kind of winning at this point lol.
    
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    1. yumpy
      
      November 7, 2013 at 4:38 pm
      
      I know what you mean.
      
      I like to picture them having a big red “PIRATES!” button beneath safety glass, only to be pushed in the direst of emergencies, when it became obvious a franchise had worn out its welcome.
      
      I’m expecting Watch Dogs: Assault on Pirate Bay about 2016.
      
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    2. zetrox2k
      
      November 8, 2013 at 3:22 pm
      
      its best to think of each iteration as a “map pack” rather than a new entry… thats how i keep myself from losing my shit..
      
      ive only spent a bit of time with ghosts, waiiting for my ps4 to drop, but it does feel very different… like i said though, i havent spent enough time with it to see just how different. they have definitely improved a lot of things…
      
      visuals have also improved a fair bit; not drastically, but at least you can now tell if those jaggy pixels on the other end are another player or a prop…
      
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blackdahlianz

November 7, 2013 at 1:35 pm

I read a review which said it picks up from the ending of MW2? so maybe its intentional

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1. kermitron
  
  November 7, 2013 at 1:36 pm
  
  They already had a game that picked up from the ending of MW2, it was called MW3.
  
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  1. blackdahlianz
    
    November 7, 2013 at 1:45 pm
    
    never played it Infinity Ward is dead to me, they are now called Respawn
    
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    1. weresmurf
      
      November 7, 2013 at 2:09 pm
      
      Damn right.
      
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    2. transientmind
      
      November 7, 2013 at 2:56 pm
      
      I honestly didn’t notice much of a difference. But I only played the SP campaign.
      
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    3. kermitron
      
      November 7, 2013 at 4:28 pm
      
      MW3 started out ok but it just went to pieces in the middle. I know people say that about MW2 but MW2 was not complex at all, just riddled with a few holes in the logic that might make the story seem nonsensical if you can’t look past them.
      
      MW3 was just a mess though.
      
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hazboticus

November 7, 2013 at 1:37 pm

who gives a toss?

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gaz

November 7, 2013 at 1:38 pm

Does it really matter?
They are pretty generic movements and camera angles that could be applied to alot of situations in combat games.

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1. foggy
  
  November 7, 2013 at 2:09 pm
  
  It only matters as much as you care. It’s not like they did something illegal.
  
  This kind of thing is done in games all the time, but to me there’s a big difference between recycling a throw-in animation in FIFA and recycling a scene from an extremely linear 10 hour action game. It’s more akin to MGM stealing a generic chase scene from an old bond movie and reusing it in a new one.
  
  Personally given the ridiculous profit that these games turn over I think it’s amazingly lazy/ stupid/ disrespectful to the people that hand over their money. I’d be pissed off but then I’m not one of the people who queues up for a “new” COD game every year.
  
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2. weresmurf
  
  November 7, 2013 at 2:10 pm
  
  It’s motion for motion, shot for shot, word for word the exact same scene. It’s lazy pure and simple. But then, it does reflect IW’s mantra for their last 3 games since COD4 (the last great IW COD)
  
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owlix

November 7, 2013 at 1:57 pm

They know the game will sell no matter what they do so they cut corners hehe fair enough I guess. Easy money for them

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thats_mr_n00b

November 7, 2013 at 1:58 pm

i could swear i used a gun in mw2 as well, im not imaging it am i? there where guns right? that i shot? at people? yes? they copied the whole damn thing!!

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gibberishs

November 7, 2013 at 2:01 pm

It’s not the same thing repeated at all! If you look real close, u can tell one is heading toward a helicopter, and one is heading towards a ute. Massive diff. COD 4 lyf

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nexi

November 7, 2013 at 2:08 pm

adding further creedence to the belief that in 5 years, nothing has changed in the series

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neo_kaiser

November 7, 2013 at 2:21 pm

Honestly, is anybody surprised? This is the kind of stuff we joked about and said CoD was all about. It will be like if somebody uploads a video showing how EA is scamming their playerbase. Is it bad? Yeah. Are we surprised? No.

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azanode

November 7, 2013 at 2:24 pm

Maybe they’re just testing how much fans are willing to let them get away with. In a few years they might even be able to cut development costs all together and just have a guy take copies of the previous year’s game and change the name with a marker.

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1. foggy
  
  November 7, 2013 at 2:57 pm
  
  Well the fans have been recycling their racist/sexist/homophonic abuse for the past decade, I suppose the developers just figured they could do the same.
  
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disruptr

November 7, 2013 at 2:48 pm

Not even annoyed in the slightest about this. But I am annoyed about no fov options. Rage.

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funky_munky_aus

November 7, 2013 at 3:39 pm

Yup, yup, yup

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screamface

November 7, 2013 at 4:05 pm

I personally think they need to copy and paste more. To keep the games more consistent. And to get rid of launch options.

The fact they release the same game and it’s a broken, feature lacking MP experience on the PC. They then have to patch and add in a bunch of stuff that are basic and in the past number of games. WTF is up with that?

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shadow

November 7, 2013 at 4:44 pm

Eh, that was like, 4 years ago, that’s 12 COD years

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bigboss

November 7, 2013 at 6:12 pm

If your buying A CoD game you know your buying the same shit anyways

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hyperthx

November 7, 2013 at 7:04 pm

Scrapping the bucket to the very last drop…

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shadowstealer7

November 7, 2013 at 7:14 pm

Since this post is basically from Reddit, I may as well post a comment from Reddit

“Infinity Ward is the greenest game company! Over 80% of their games are recycled!”

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1. blood_apathy
  
  November 7, 2013 at 7:56 pm
  
  at least infinity ward copy paste their own stuff unlike some media outlets who copy paste other peoples work 😛 just kidding of course
  
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andrewvallis

November 8, 2013 at 2:08 am

Not that big a problem, loved MW2 🙂

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2013 Call Of Duty Lifts Scene From 2009 Call Of Duty

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