I finished up Call of Duty WWII today. On my first playthrough i never ended up finishing it, but i really enjoyed finishing it in this playthrough. I think i am happy that i waited this long to finish it though. I think younger me would have had a bit more of a harder time understanding exactly how horrible the war is, and by association understanding how horrible this game is. It’s one of those things were when you’re little and you hear about it, you go “oh, that’s really fucked up”, but when you’re older and think back on it you really start to understand exactly how it’s fucked up, though part of that just may have been information i wasn’t told about at that age while in school.

Moving away from that though, The game features some really pretty landscapes that honestly are some of my favorites. I don’t ever really associate COD with amazing graphics, but i’m more than happy to be proven wrong. I don’t know if the lighting is baked either or if it’s really fucking optimized, but the whole game runs so smoothly for how good lighting and shadows are. I’m pushing a solid 60 FPS (the max my monitor can do) at 120% of 4K and it’s not even breaking a sweat.

There was another Stealth section i had to do like yesterday where i had to sneak into a camp to provide overwatch to the platoon while they tried to steal a truck full of explosives. The stealth sections in this game were one of my favorite parts. I wish it had more almost.

The game ended with an epilogue where you’re walking through an internment camp that had been abandoned after the Nazis were pushed out looking for one of your squadmates that was captured in an earlier mission. This part i have a bit of mixed feelings on. i think it handled the subject respectfully, for example the above screenshot was one of the Barracks, and the entire time you’re shown photos that highlight just how horrible this was. But it kind of felt rushed too. The section was basically a 5 minute walk through a barrack and two courtyard and then you’re running through the woods after your friend (though, the walk through the camp you are locked out of running which i personally like, it makes it where you can’t just speed your way through the entire thing and brush it off). I personally feel like the game should have shown more of the camp though because up until that point the game never really acknowledged anything to do with the camp besides one line and a quick cutscene, at least that i can remember.

Overall though I appreciate that the epilogue didn’t try to be some grand thing of epic heroics. They very easily i feel could have made you fight your way through the camp, and to be honest I feel that would have been disrespectful, especially given the location. At least that’s how personally i see it.