CoD: Axis Assault!
Hey all, I just had to get this out, I think it may be of interest to you, maybe not. :original:
Anyways, I was thinking about the new Call of Duty coming out, Call of Duty World at War.
Then it hit me, wouldn't it be interesting to play with AXIS factions for once? To experience their side of the battlefield?
I'd love to play as Germans, Japanese, Finnish, Italians, etc. Would nobody else like to experience that?
It is getting ultimately repetitive to play as Americans, British, Russians, etc. I love all the game and I enjoy playing all these factions, but also, one must consider, would it not be a nice change of pace to switch sides for once?
I know your probably thinking, well, why would anyone want to play as the losers?
That's just is... It would be an entirely different perception of WW2. There were indeed numerous battles that were victorious for all the axis sides during the war. There could be different fronts, for example, The Finnish and the Russians during the Continuation War, and the initial Winter War. The Germans in North Africa and on the Eastern/Western European fronts. The Japanese in their conquest of Asia, etc.
I think it would make a great change for these WW2 FPS games, don't you?
I don't know, maybe it's just me, but there are numerous possibilities for making these successful. Such as, give them a few battles where they were successful so winners wouldn't feel like crap(pun there). But, I think it would be far more interesting to play losing battles, or stalemates. For example, the last few years of the war, you could be fighting along, all of a sudden you get called upon to retreat. You don't even necessarily have to take part in large battles in the war, it could be a bunch of small band skirmishes that end in ultimate victory for your squad or what not. You can also partake in battles like Stalingrad, Berlin, Paris, Tunis, Leningrad, etc. Where there were lots of casualties on both sides. You could be sucessful in the battle with your squad or whatever you were with, but it ends, ultimately in defeat.
Slowly, instead of starting in Stalingrad for the Russians and closing in on Berlin, you could start in Berlin with the Germans, and over the "German Campaign", you slowly withdraw back to Berlin, where the game will meet it's finale.
Or, in Finland, you could be the Finns fighting in Western Russia at Leningrad for instance and, slowly, you withdraw to Helsinki, etc. You could be both German and Italian in North Africa, after Tunisia, your pulled back to Sicily, then back to Mainland Italy, etc.
For Japan, you could be in Burma, China, the Philipines, etc, and slowly pull back out of there and island hop back to mainland Japan.
I think, this would be an absolutely amazing game idea for the next Call of Duty(preferably), Medal of Honor, or another big-game franchise. It would give you a look at what goes on in the German lines and barracks, the Japanese lines and barracks, the Finnish lines and barracks(Although, in respect to the Finns, they only sided with the Germans because the Russians were their archenemies, so it wasn't as if they were some fascist or imperialist regime). Even the last of the Italian battles, for example, fighting in Anzio or something. I would love that.
Anyways, what does everyone else think? Keep in mind, it's JUST A VIDEO GAME, there is no need for political debates.
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Originally Posted by Heinz Guderian
Perhaps you should read some different history books.
