IW Will Not Copy Anything from CoD:WaW

Collapse
X
 
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts
  • JoMaMaz
    Member
    • Jul 2007
    • 2305

    #1

    IW Will Not Copy Anything from CoD:WaW

    First off, good. In another interview on Gamerzines with Robert Bowling (fourzerotwo, IW's Community Manager), he stated that Infinity Ward will not be copying anything from CoD:WaW. Let me just say amen. I like CoD:Waw, but I think this 'two developer for CoD' is a great thing. Each developer should make their own experience each time they have the reigns of the CoD world. Hopefully, IW can deliver a unique CoD experience just as CoD:WaW did for fans. Read the full interview below:
    Remember Treyarch banging on about how Modern Warfare's multiplayer was so good that it influenced World at War? Well, Infinity Ward won't be returning the favour.

    "We're not taking any pages out of World at War's book," said Infinity Ward's Robert Bowling in an interview with GamerZines.

    "We're crafting a special and unique experience for Modern Warfare 2 players that I don't want to spoil too much."

    But will Infinity Ward outdo Treyarch's 65 rank cap? That's something Bowling isn't yet prepared to talk about.

    "Definitive numbers like max level cap, complete weapon lists, and number of new perks is something I don't want to ruin and save for when the player ranks up and sees they're constantly receiving new rewards for it, whether that's a new weapon, perk, killstreak unlock, or item for their callsign."

    The animosity between the two studios is no secret. Last year Bowling called out for the media to stop interviewing World at War's Senior Producer Noah Heller, asking them instead to talk to someone who "knows what the f**ck they're talking about", before calling him a "Senior Super Douche".

    "You didn't work on previous Call of Dutys," Bowling said publicly to Heller, "so don't talk as if you're down with how / why things were designed the way they were. Second, you're completely f*****g wrong."

    Ouch.

    Modern Warfare 2 launches worldwide on November 10th on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. It'll probably be better than Call of Duty: World at War.

    I hope IW can deliver as they say. However, I will never rest my case that fourzerotwo was a 'super douche' when he made that comment publicly like that. Sometimes with the world of technology and twitter, some people lose the ability to think before opening their mouth...or typing with their fingers.

    Source
  • Immortal_Joker
    Member
    • May 2009
    • 385

    #2
    Re: IW Will Not Copy Anything from CoD:WaW

    Im sorry but if fourzerotwo is going to completely act like an arse then a bit of respect for him an IW that I have dies a little.

    I mean what the hell? Treyarch showed alot of repsect for IW's Modern Warfare why cant they repay the favour?

    Comment

    • MarineNugem
      Member
      • Aug 2009
      • 48

      #3
      Re: IW Will Not Copy Anything from CoD:WaW

      Yeah, they dont like much themselves.

      Looks like a little rivality between the two studios.

      I prefer they split up they our game to not **** up the Call of Duty's name.

      A sugestion is:

      INFINITY WARD - MODERN WARFARE

      TREYARCH - WORLD AT WAR or ZOMBIE WAR --- whatever xD

      Comment

      • Spik3d
        Member
        • Feb 2006
        • 4890

        #4
        Re: IW Will Not Copy Anything from CoD:WaW

        A bit snobbish on IW's part.

        Comment

        • [Expletive Deleted]
          The Penetrator
          • Oct 2006
          • 2855

          #5
          Re: IW Will Not Copy Anything from CoD:WaW

          Well, they tried to get coop right and failed. So maybe it's for the best if they just stick to mindless console shootery and not strain themselves.

          I'm just waiting for them to come up with a peripheral that plugs into the USB port and requires a quarter per respawn and needs a special key that can only be opened by qualified Microsoft personnel, to be collected like Nottinghamshire taxes once a week.

          Comment

          • imported_Will
            Senior Member
            • Apr 2007
            • 1935

            #6
            Re: IW Will Not Copy Anything from CoD:WaW

            "Senior Super Douche".
            Win. Though he does have a point. Call of Duty 1,2 and 4 we're better then the 3rd. So I guess IW really does "know what the f**ck they're talking about"

            But imo, its no way for fourzerotwo to act.

            Comment

            • ChrisRiv91
              Member
              • Aug 2009
              • 20

              #7
              Re: IW Will Not Copy Anything from CoD:WaW

              IW has been so cocky lately... I want Call of Duty Modern Warefare 2 to be good, but at the same time I want it to be a complete failure because they think they are hot stuff after having one game that does really well.

              Comment

              • Stev0esque
                5t3v0 (I miss leetspeech)
                • Feb 2008
                • 6786

                #8
                Re: IW Will Not Copy Anything from CoD:WaW

                TBH I think that 402 shouldnt have reacted like that but I see where he is coming from.

                I hate it when I started/am interested in things first and then my friends go off, see what I am doing and then copy it and completely disrespect/think they know more than me. It happened with me and the music I listen to. I showed my friend some of it and he liked it, then he asks if he can take my brothers entire music playlist (in NZ money thats like $2000 for 12gb worth of music collected over the years), then he completely rips more music off my brother and then goes over to his other friends like "hey guys, look at this awesome music I found!"

                now, thats not really the same but I see what bowling is kind of going through.

                Comment

                • garandx
                  Member
                  • Aug 2007
                  • 594

                  #9
                  Re: IW Will Not Copy Anything from CoD:WaW

                  I believe 402 has now earned the title, Senior Super Douche.

                  Comment

                  • M0ldyM!LK
                    Member
                    • Apr 2006
                    • 126

                    #10
                    Re: IW Will Not Copy Anything from CoD:WaW

                    Work for IW, professionalism need not apply.

                    :shakehead:

                    Comment

                    • [GCA]Tim270

                      #11
                      Re: IW Will Not Copy Anything from CoD:WaW

                      So they say they are not going to copy anything, well WaW was pretty much the same as all the cod games that came before It and I doubt anything will change. Still, very childish thing to say that does not even deserve news. Nobody cares.

                      Comment

                      • Yukiism
                        Senior Member
                        • Nov 2006
                        • 1578

                        #12
                        Re: IW Will Not Copy Anything from CoD:WaW

                        I've been saying this from the start: Robert Bowling is a wanker!

                        Whoever put him in place of community manager must have been a blind and deaf.
                        I thought being a community manager is being the link between the developers and the community itself, but this guy is just being a regular Internet Tough Guy.

                        I think he cares more about how many friends he has on his MySpace for being ''internet famous'' than about the actual game.

                        I would LOVE to see someone else coming in his place, someone that isn't an a-hole...

                        ( I'm hoping someone will make a blog post or something about Mr. Bowling behaviour and gets featured on Kotaku or something )

                        Comment

                        • iQue
                          Member
                          • May 2007
                          • 4925

                          #13
                          Re: IW Will Not Copy Anything from CoD:WaW

                          402 has always been a douche. But at least he's honest. Call of Duty has always been their franchise, and if I had made a game series I love I wouldn't want another developer to come in and make a game that I personally wouldn't be proud to release.

                          Comment

                          • Kradath
                            Member
                            • May 2006
                            • 1370

                            #14
                            Re: IW Will Not Copy Anything from CoD:WaW

                            Simply sounds childish. Why shouldn't they look at what WaW did better or did good?

                            But wha do you expect from a game which will cost 20€ more because of the economy crisis (officially) while the activision blizzard boss earned 15 million last year. Those who are supporting this shouldn't be surprised if games will cost even 100€ in the future having no new features because of hardheadedness and being buggy as hell because they don't have to care as those games get bought anyway.

                            The only thing that counts for those titles is hype, not quality.

                            Comment

                            • Spik3d
                              Member
                              • Feb 2006
                              • 4890

                              #15
                              Re: IW Will Not Copy Anything from CoD:WaW

                              Just read the full article.

                              Bowling should have been fired. He's not good enough at his job to get away with saying all of that. Also, Bowling hasn't worked on any of the CoD's either, all he's done is sit around and babble about almost always useless information on his blog, twitter, and vlog.

                              Comment

                              Working...