When gamers think of other FPSs set in World War II, their response is usually lukewarm at best. When Call of Duty announced intentions to return to the era after the phenomenally successful Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, people took notice. However, since the wheel was turned over to developer Treyarch rather than Infinity Ward for this release, a startling amount of gamers believed the company couldn’t pull it off. Treyarch has gifted FPS fans with a followup worthy of the hallowed Call of Duty name, wholeheartedly atoning for their past transgressions. While it’s true that much of the praise should be credited to Infinity Ward for the game’s engine, Treyarch took what they were given and ran with it. The result is a visceral, yet admittedly strange experience that gets far more done right than it does wrong.
