The War is not a place one would actually want to be. In this sense one could argue that Call of Duty 2В is morally reprehensible, but I also think that the modeВ of representation is important. The War as a theme park is a place to be, a place to experience, to hear and watch, to be taken through history. The player can still feel in control and feel like the outcome is totally dependent on their actions, yet still in a sense be lead through events as intended by design.Д¬all of Duty 2вЂs gamespace therefore has interestingВ repercussionsВ for representing the Second World War. These are вЂcannedвЂ™ events and will occur every time the player reaches a certain point in a level, but they all work.ДЄnd what works best about them, other than creating a cinematic ultra-real feel to events, is that the strategy allows a linearity for the developers to control.

Bullet holes appear in the pipeline you are creeping through you are dizzied by the blast of an explosion and as you move forward, an enemy tank drives over the top of your trench. In the back lot tour, Jaws only attacks when youвЂ™ve reached a certain point.Д¬all of Duty 2, like many first person shooters since Half Life 2В is functioning on the same principle.

In the Jurassic ParkВ ride at Universal Studios, aВ Tyrannosaurus Rex smashes through the roof of your enclosure just as you are about to вЂfallвЂ™ down its gigantic water slide. In the classic Pirates of theВ CaribbeanВ ride, for example, some of the animatronic characters are on constant loop for all to see, but others will perform specific actions only when a cart goes past. If youвЂ™ve ever been on a theme park ride worth its salt, youвЂ™ll know how story related events happen around you as you go past. The player becomes the cart to Call of DutyвЂs theme park ride. Not only are enemy waves triggered and silenced through movement, but so are events.

The вЂinvisible lineвЂ™ approach allows Call of Duty 2вЂsВ developers to pin the entire game to the playerвЂ™s movement. The third point, however, is the most interesting one. World War Two combat, according to Call of Duty 2, isnвЂ™t just about shooting itвЂ™s about shooting and moving. The player has to think strategically, to take out enemy soldiers before moving forward, but to move forward quickly enough to find cover before the next wave appears. It isnвЂ™t, as it is in so many games, simply about how quickly you can train your sights on the enemy. Two: importantly, this strategy also forces the player to think in spatial terms. No German encampment had the limitless supply of reinforcements IвЂ™ve mowed down, for example it also promotes a real Rambo complex, as it wonвЂ™t be your comrades who will move forward and save the day. One: often, this technique is cited as a drawback in generating realism. This is key in creating the mood of the game, and it has three important effects. Shooting enemies is therefore oftenВ only helpful in that they wonвЂ™t then be shooting at you as you stake your claim over the next area. This is because major sections of the game continue spawning enemy soldiers until an invisible line is crossed by the player. The further you make it, the more successful you are. The interesting gameplay element to Call of Duty 2В (and indeed, other games in the series) is that ownership of space is treated as paramount. IвЂ™m starting today with Call of Duty 2, and IвЂ™ll be continuing later on in the week with Brothers in Arms: HellвЂ™s Highway. I want to look at some World War Two videogames, overpopulated as the genre may be, and think about what their gamespace says about their approach to the period. In that spirit, then, IвЂ™ve decided to put my money where my mouth is, and instead of presenting Subject Navigator readers with another post on how one concept from one medium is like a different concept from another, IвЂ™d like to analyse a game or two. If you want things to change, just act that change out yourself.вЂќ JefferiesвЂ™ sentiment when he suggests that there comes a point when theorising is useless without practical implementation: вЂњTalk is cheap and in abundance on the internet, itвЂ™s actually doing something thatвЂ™s in such short supply. There is definitely a place for theory and lofty concepts.

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