Sledgehammer's Call of Duty aiming for 'hyper-realism' - Report

call of duty..........push the limits, advanced graphics, i laugh at the crappy crappy graphics that the ps3 and xbox put out compared to a real gaming machine. its not like console games are known for their ports to pc, have not seen a good one yet between bad graphics, horribly clunky UI's and ass backwards control schemes, one would wonder if console developers ever played games on a PC before

cod is a great dual stick fps that i ever played since cod 4 because of it's controller and sensitivity. hope sledgehammer and treyarch don't mess it up in which they haven't yet.

i love it how BO2 isnt out yet and theyre already talking about the next one lol. sheesh EA doesnt even do that with their games

COD needs an entirely re-built or completely new gaming engine. They won't pull off any miracles (not even close) with their current engine. They might as well (probably will) dish out a couple more COD 4 clones until the new consoles arrive and try their luck with that.. They have a lot to compete for with Forstbite 2 and Cryengine 3, which are literally years ahead of COD's engine.

"create the most exceptional real-time effects with hyper-realism for [Sledgehammer's] next Call of Duty game."

In other words....different smoke effects.

No matter what they do it's never going to be enough to please COD fans.

oxymoron much? that position in a COD development team is like having a snow shoveler in hell .

Lol won't fix the broken multiplayer. :)

Oh sledgehammer and their silly little jokes!

I doubt it. That would destroy their fanbase. Me, I play COD because I love the singeplayer and think the multiplayer is alright. The hefty majority of casuals who buy COD would be able to handle a realistic shooter. Bullet drop, one bullet kills with every weapon, no perks, and the like would not compute for those people.

CoD and realism? I cannot compute.

Oh boy, nobody tell Tom McShea about this :D

Why to apply for a job i am sure to be fired from...... for stupid conspiracy accusations,enjoy :)

When I saw Hyper Realism I thought he wasn't talking about graphics. Dang.

que Tom McShea nerd rage

http://e3.gamespot.com/video/6381457/a-matter-of-authenticity

Realism in games would be very hard to achieve imo. So lets see what they'll manage to achieve.

I don't know how they can talk about wanting realism,i play Black Ops and MW3 and i never ever play real time on these games,i play with such a delay that i'm often dead before my killer has even appeared on my screen.

I have no gripe with graphics/perks/guns/maps etc,or indeed whatever else the gaming world nitpicks about whilst avoiding the real issue.I think going by CoD's past record that their next release will just be yet another title that will be dominated by those with superior broadband whilst those who aren't that fortunate to have superfast broadband will remain just making up the numbers.

It is so frustrating knowing you're really good at Call of Duty and still competing more often than not whilst suffering from crippling lag and getting killed by lower level,inferior gun,non pro-perk using noobs simply because they play real time which allows them to get their shots off first every time!

you want a hyper realsim game you need to combine 3 things Cry engine 3 , Euphoria for phisics and z-brush for models and static assets

@GamerMani actually the CoD engine is a modified version of unreal 3 the only thing they do is improve the, skins , textures and asset

Activision letting a studio try something new? Excuse me while I call Satan and make sure hell is frozen over.

I'll take the job. And then I'll show them Black Ops, and they'll be "Whoa! Wicked! This is exactly what we wanted!" :P

So they think they are going to turn it into ARMA or Operation Flashpoint? Yeah, I'm sure Activision would ever let them do this. In honesty though, this article really, really makes me laugh lol.

I think they confused ArmA with COD. As much as a change is needed, this would no longer be COD. Which may or may not be a bad thing depending on how you look at it.

Hyper Realism? so is it going to be one bullet kills you? or is it hyper realistic textures and animation of characters but still the same stylized action as usual?

It would be funny if they did go as realistic as Operation Flashpoint, one well placed bullet kills instantly, get too close to an explosion and you die outright, get shot in the leg and you can't run anymore or shot in the arm you lose the use of that arm......forget head shots one well placed chest shot can kill.....

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!

Realism?!?!?! NOOOOOO!!!! When someone finally decides to do something different with the CoD series they decide to make it even worse!

Gameplay is more important than graphics. The gameplay has been pretty much the same since CoD4. That's the problem. Every title from then on felt more like an expansion pack then proper sequels.

Surprise, Surprise. Activision is now has three studios pumping out COD games. It wasn't enough to get a COD every year, now we can get them every 9 months! COD9 : BO2 looks fun for some, but others are excited for COD10 : MW4, but don't forget that many are already discounting COD11 : BO3, that will be Treyarch's Opus!...but COD12 : MW5 will be IW's return to form after being gutted and destroyed by Activision after COD6 : MW2.

They should be careful using the word "realism". Tom McShea might get it wrong again and we'd have another "doesn't have to be fun" debate.

black ops 2 isnt even out yet and there working on the next cod, omg who buys these games ?

"hyper realism". A new term for great looking graphics. Well if that is what the people is it not better to start making this future release for the Xbox 720.

Hyper realism cannot refer to the Call of duty game play.

>Says they want hyper-realism

>Uses same engine

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just let me blow the back of someones head and see brain matter fly of let me rip a leg off with my shotgun

bring back Soldier of Fortune

Who are Sledgehammer? I thought MW3 was developed by Infinity Ward. I've been off the scene for too long clearly.

Realism to me is Rainbow Six and Rainbow Six Rouge Spear. I'm going to HIGHLY HIGHLY HIGHLY doubt that they would ever go that route with a Call Of Duty title. Mostly because of the fact that complete realism isn't "fun" it's difficult and very challenging. Not that realism isn't fun, it's just that a difficulty of that sort would get fanboys whining and complaining about how "hard" it is...

If you're aiming for hyper realism then start saying goodbye to your loyal fanbase.

>Call of Duty

>Realism

You can only pick one...