Written by Phil Iwaniuk on behalf of GLHF.The original Company Of Heroes, released all the way back in 2006, saw Relic Entertainment leave a significant mark on the RTS genre. Also, the guns feel amazing and explosions and stuff. And in the changes of perspective between U.S., British and Soviet campaigns, it finds a humanistic tone that’s hard to nail. There’s a desperation in the voices of your squadmates, whether they’re trying to convey orders or delivering incidental dialogue. The rattle of gunfire and artillery was unrelenting and agitates something primal when you play. Although Medal of Honor had shown the industry how to adapt an already fictionalized cinematic image of the war, Call of Duty found both design and technical breakthroughs that let it permeate on a deeper level.

More recently, Vanguard showed us an old CoD can learn a few new tricks.īut we have to go back to the 2003 Infinity Ward original to find the franchise depicting the historical conflict in its most startling, empathetic and memorable ways. World at War managed to live up to its title and at the same time laid multiplayer foundations that its modern descendants still employ. 2017’s Call Of Duty: WW2 told a touching tale. Not the most immersive or playable of the list today, Medal of Honor nonetheless deserves its mention for creating a template for interactive war experiences.įeel free to place your own personal CoD pick in this slot. As for its legacy, if you ever wondered why you seemed to spend 1999 to 2005 landing on various occupied beaches in shooters, look no further. The bombast and set-pieces throughout its campaign aren’t just exhilarating for the player, they also make clear the distinction between the fictionalized war we know from the big screen, and the real events we wisely keep at a respectful distance.

With a score by Academy Award-winning composer Michael Giacchino and consultation from Saving Private Ryan military advisor Dale Dye, it’s a staunchly cinematic slant on the war, and that’s important. With World War 2 firmly in the director’s head during the production of Saving Private Ryan, he set his Dreamworks Interactive Studio the task of creating one of those newfangled first-person shooters set in the conflict, and in doing so laid a template for the subgenre for decades to come. 1999’s Medal of Honor came about after Steven Spielberg watched his son playing GoldenEye on his N64.

We’re starting this list by paying our dues.

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