Treyarch's Response to Female Characters in CoD:WW

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  • Spawndemon
    Member
    • Oct 2005
    • 6015

    #1

    Treyarch's Response to Female Characters in CoD:WW

    FPSAdmin recently got in contact with Treyarch to pose the question to them "will we ever see a female character in game"? Take a look:
    I was wondering if Treyarch will be incorporating a little something for the females when WaW is released. Do you have any intentions to include 'as a first in the CoD series' female player models not only in single player but multiplayer too? We're not talking bikini clad (Lara Croft style) women either, full uniforms will suffice.

    It's a topic that female gamers mention quite a bit when it comes to war games and it would be very interesting to know what Treyarch's stance on this concept would be.

    Treyarch's Response

    Thanks for contacting me. It's an interesting topic you raise. I can say with absolute certainty that females have not been excluded from WWII shooters for the sake of excluding them; it has always been simply a matter of historical accuracy. Call of Duty has always been as authentic of a game as possible, and the fact is there were no American women on the front-lines in the military during these conflicts.

    To artificially place female characters in the game in places that historically it didn't happen would detract from that accuracy and level of authenticity for which the Call of Duty franchise is always striving to achieve.

    That said, I will definitely take this discussion to the design team and see what comes out the other end. Certainly the concept of customization particularly in the online world is a popular one within the gaming community, and as always with a video game it is a balance between realism and entertainment.

    To check out the original source, click here.
  • AllFoamNoBeer
    Member
    • Apr 2007
    • 4034

    #2
    Re: Treyarch's Response to Female Characters in CoD:WW

    Makes no difference. There will be debate if any of the two events occur.

    1. No women = on noes, sexists!
    2. Women in war = oh noes, sending them is abusing!

    Jesus.

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    • Kradath
      Member
      • May 2006
      • 1370

      #3
      Re: Treyarch's Response to Female Characters in CoD:WW

      The Russians were the first to include whole women battalions into their red army. In CoD2 I saw private Olga fighting with me, I would like to see something like that again.

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      • Polka
        Shitlord
        • Jul 2007
        • 2388

        #4
        Re: Treyarch's Response to Female Characters in CoD:WW

        They were excellent snipers as well.

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        • thejeran
          Member
          • Sep 2006
          • 420

          #5
          Re: Treyarch's Response to Female Characters in CoD:WW

          Whats wrong with multiplayer,? that doesnt have to be historically accurate.

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          • MrKLM
            Member
            • Apr 2006
            • 3146

            #6
            Re: Treyarch's Response to Female Characters in CoD:WW

            Medal of Honor Pacific Assault had female nurses in the Pearl Harbor mission, and if you beat the singleplayer you could unlock that skin and others for multiplayer.

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            • imported_Whiskey
              Member
              • May 2007
              • 3325

              #7
              Re: Treyarch's Response to Female Characters in CoD:WW

              I think "authenticity" can be relaxed a bit in MP, as the gameplay will often degenerate into something that isn't authentic anyway. It would be nice to have some sort of selectable female character skin(s) in MP, so that women who play the game can have that option (eg. Manon in MOH). More happy users = bigger player base.

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              • CptainCrunch
                I am the 1%
                • Oct 2007
                • 12976

                #8
                Re: Treyarch's Response to Female Characters in CoD:WW

                I know guys that would want the female characters just to humilate the people they pwn. That alone will probably cause more female characters being used than actual female gamers

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                • imported_youm0nt
                  Member
                  • Jul 2007
                  • 868

                  #9
                  Re: Treyarch's Response to Female Characters in CoD:WW

                  Call of Duty 2 had female soldiers in the Russian campaign.

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                  • Greasy_Mullet
                    Member
                    • Jan 2007
                    • 344

                    #10
                    Re: Treyarch's Response to Female Characters in CoD:WW

                    Originally posted by thejeran
                    Whats wrong with multiplayer,? that doesnt have to be historically accurate.
                    Thats my feelings as well. Allow players to semi customize their kits. For the SP game I see the obvious issue, but for Multiplayer it would be just fine.

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                    • CtrlAltDe1337
                      Member
                      • Feb 2007
                      • 1431

                      #11
                      Re: Treyarch's Response to Female Characters in CoD:WW

                      They could throw a few into the Russian army (esp. snipers) and for MP & it would be quite cool. Otherwise I think they should keep women out of WW2 since it would be inaccurate historically.

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                      • FallenMorgan
                        Member
                        • May 2007
                        • 218

                        #12
                        Re: Treyarch's Response to Female Characters in CoD:WW

                        I heard there were female snipers in the Russian army - there were one or two in earlier COD games. That'd be nice to have female soldiers.

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                        • thejeran
                          Member
                          • Sep 2006
                          • 420

                          #13
                          Re: Treyarch's Response to Female Characters in CoD:WW

                          Originally posted by CtrlAltDe1337
                          They could throw a few into the Russian army (esp. snipers) and for MP & it would be quite cool. Otherwise I think they should keep women out of WW2 since it would be inaccurate historically.
                          i saw a thing on the military channel how women are better snipers than men. And i dont remember which faction used em during WW2 (not russia i know that) but they werew excellent

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                          • AllFoamNoBeer
                            Member
                            • Apr 2007
                            • 4034

                            #14
                            Re: Treyarch's Response to Female Characters in CoD:WW

                            Knowing that the average male thinks about sex every 7 minutes (or 7 seconds?), that isn't good news for a male sniper...

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                            • Spik3d
                              Member
                              • Feb 2006
                              • 4890

                              #15
                              Re: Treyarch's Response to Female Characters in CoD:WW

                              Originally posted by thejeran
                              i saw a thing on the military channel how women are better snipers than men. And i dont remember which faction used em during WW2 (not russia i know that) but they werew excellent
                              Russia had female snipers...

                              [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AU0DJGidzpI[/media]

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