Call of Duty not representative of military life, says Ghosts producer

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The Call of Duty series has often prided itself on its realistic take on military warfare. However, as the years have gone on, they've veered away from a realism and moved more towards the Hollywood blockbuster territory seen in Call of Duty: Ghosts and its sci-fi elements. The reason for that, according to Activision CEO Eric Hirshberg and Infinity Ward executive producer Mark Rubin, is because they can't completely replicate the war stories told directly to them by military veterans.


"There an enormous amount of appreciation for what [veterans] do," Rubin told Game Informer. "In no way do we feel we are a representation of what their lives are like. We are trying to be a cinematic movie experience based on authentic equipment and authentic experience. A lot of the stuff that we show in the game has been done by someone, but it's not a representation of what they do or it's not an equivalent in any way of what they do. We're just trying to make a fun movie."

This is clearly a different approach than the one EA took with Medal of Honor.

Though it's a fictional experience, Hirshberg does note that veterans are included in the development process. "We try to make our games authentic, we try to get the feel right. And then, also, there are guys who come in and do our mo-cap for us and become actors in the game, do the stunts in our commercials, and certainly, there are some high-level consultants who have some harrowing stories that have been some of the inspiration for some of the missions and levels in our games."

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Source: http://www.shacknews.com/article/81393/call-of-duty-not-representative-of-military-life-says-ghosts

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Dr-JPosted:

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Dr-J
-Skillz I'm way more excited for bf4


Well I have both reserved with extras(premium+hardened) and I think I'll play them both equally


I didn't pre-order BF4 yet, I think I'm just going to buy it when I feel like playing it.

Yeah I might cancel it, maybe not. I'm still undecided. I could use the extra money for another exclusive and buy bf4 when it goes on sale


I don't really have the feel for Battlefield anymore.


I kinda feel the same, but since I'm getting Xbox one and ps4 I'm going to be tied up in exclusives and won't have time for BF4


Likewise the amount of games I have pre ordered my wallet is crying at the moment I don't think I will have much more of a life when these games come out haha.


Same here, week days I'll be up as much as I can and on the weekends there is no sleep


Sleep what is this thing you speak of ? Lol nah in all honesty all these games are pricey and will milk a lot of people it's good that there will be games available at launch but its gonna cost a bomb just for the games you like and if anybody is like me I like everything lol.


Yeah same, I have 2 consoles+ 10 games in total, and then there's the launch window of games.
I'm going to end up bankrupt. But I will be so excited between both consoles I don't think I'll sleep

Dr-PonyfilePosted:

Dr-J
Dr-Ponyfile
Dr-J
VPN
Dr-J
Mentalist
Dr-J
-Skillz I'm way more excited for bf4


Well I have both reserved with extras(premium+hardened) and I think I'll play them both equally


I didn't pre-order BF4 yet, I think I'm just going to buy it when I feel like playing it.

Yeah I might cancel it, maybe not. I'm still undecided. I could use the extra money for another exclusive and buy bf4 when it goes on sale


I don't really have the feel for Battlefield anymore.


I kinda feel the same, but since I'm getting Xbox one and ps4 I'm going to be tied up in exclusives and won't have time for BF4


Likewise the amount of games I have pre ordered my wallet is crying at the moment I don't think I will have much more of a life when these games come out haha.


Same here, week days I'll be up as much as I can and on the weekends there is no sleep


Sleep what is this thing you speak of ? Lol nah in all honesty all these games are pricey and will milk a lot of people it's good that there will be games available at launch but its gonna cost a bomb just for the games you like and if anybody is like me I like everything lol.

Dr-JPosted:

Dr-Ponyfile
Dr-J
VPN
Dr-J
Mentalist
Dr-J
-Skillz I'm way more excited for bf4


Well I have both reserved with extras(premium+hardened) and I think I'll play them both equally


I didn't pre-order BF4 yet, I think I'm just going to buy it when I feel like playing it.

Yeah I might cancel it, maybe not. I'm still undecided. I could use the extra money for another exclusive and buy bf4 when it goes on sale


I don't really have the feel for Battlefield anymore.


I kinda feel the same, but since I'm getting Xbox one and ps4 I'm going to be tied up in exclusives and won't have time for BF4


Likewise the amount of games I have pre ordered my wallet is crying at the moment I don't think I will have much more of a life when these games come out haha.


Same here, week days I'll be up as much as I can and on the weekends there is no sleep

Dr-PonyfilePosted:

Dr-J
VPN
Dr-J
Mentalist
Dr-J
-Skillz I'm way more excited for bf4


Well I have both reserved with extras(premium+hardened) and I think I'll play them both equally


I didn't pre-order BF4 yet, I think I'm just going to buy it when I feel like playing it.

Yeah I might cancel it, maybe not. I'm still undecided. I could use the extra money for another exclusive and buy bf4 when it goes on sale


I don't really have the feel for Battlefield anymore.


I kinda feel the same, but since I'm getting Xbox one and ps4 I'm going to be tied up in exclusives and won't have time for BF4


Likewise the amount of games I have pre ordered my wallet is crying at the moment I don't think I will have much more of a life when these games come out haha.

Corn_DogPosted:

Dr-J
VPN
Dr-J
Mentalist
Dr-J
-Skillz I'm way more excited for bf4


Well I have both reserved with extras(premium+hardened) and I think I'll play them both equally


I didn't pre-order BF4 yet, I think I'm just going to buy it when I feel like playing it.

Yeah I might cancel it, maybe not. I'm still undecided. I could use the extra money for another exclusive and buy bf4 when it goes on sale


I don't really have the feel for Battlefield anymore.


I kinda feel the same, but since I'm getting Xbox one and ps4 I'm going to be tied up in exclusives and won't have time for BF4


The only launch exclusive for ps4 im excited for is killzone. All the big exclusives i'm looking forward to are going to be in the launch window just not launch date. Games you should get for ps4 over x1 because of exclusive content are
Watchdogs
AC
Madmax
Destiny
Batman

Dr-JPosted:

VPN
Dr-J
Mentalist
Dr-J
-Skillz I'm way more excited for bf4


Well I have both reserved with extras(premium+hardened) and I think I'll play them both equally


I didn't pre-order BF4 yet, I think I'm just going to buy it when I feel like playing it.

Yeah I might cancel it, maybe not. I'm still undecided. I could use the extra money for another exclusive and buy bf4 when it goes on sale


I don't really have the feel for Battlefield anymore.


I kinda feel the same, but since I'm getting Xbox one and ps4 I'm going to be tied up in exclusives and won't have time for BF4

VPNPosted:

Dr-J
Mentalist
Dr-J
-Skillz I'm way more excited for bf4


Well I have both reserved with extras(premium+hardened) and I think I'll play them both equally


I didn't pre-order BF4 yet, I think I'm just going to buy it when I feel like playing it.

Yeah I might cancel it, maybe not. I'm still undecided. I could use the extra money for another exclusive and buy bf4 when it goes on sale


I don't really have the feel for Battlefield anymore.

Dr-JPosted:

Mentalist
Dr-J
-Skillz I'm way more excited for bf4


Well I have both reserved with extras(premium+hardened) and I think I'll play them both equally


I didn't pre-order BF4 yet, I think I'm just going to buy it when I feel like playing it.

Yeah I might cancel it, maybe not. I'm still undecided. I could use the extra money for another exclusive and buy bf4 when it goes on sale

Corn_DogPosted:

Mentalist
Dr-J
-Skillz I'm way more excited for bf4


Well I have both reserved with extras(premium+hardened) and I think I'll play them both equally


I didn't pre-order BF4 yet, I think I'm just going to buy it when I feel like playing it.


That's what I'm like to, I just don't know what I'll do with all these games coming out

MentalistPosted:

Dr-J
-Skillz I'm way more excited for bf4


Well I have both reserved with extras(premium+hardened) and I think I'll play them both equally


I didn't pre-order BF4 yet, I think I'm just going to buy it when I feel like playing it.