#Call of duty vanguard series

Everything else in between is just a sorry, uninspired attempt at forcing you to care about these one-note characters. In total, there are only two missions that take place outside the flashbacks – the first and the last. I did enjoy playing as the silent but deadly Soviet sniper, Polina Petrova though not by a wide margin. The other 20 is just you sitting inside a cell, waiting for the next cutscene where all the fun and innovative things happen. For the record, this is where 80 per cent of the war or gameplay segments take place. It’s nothing you haven’t seen before, and they practically serve as filler content. The events here are pretty cliché and follow the generic Call of Duty formula of large-scale dramatic moments and heavy plot armour, sprinkled with a tiny bit of stealth. (Image credit: Call of Duty: Vanguard)Īs part of these sequences, you step into four major war fronts, spread across Europe, the Pacific, and North Africa. As part of these flashback sequences, you step into four major war fronts, spread across Europe, the Pacific, and North Africa. The only issue is, as a player, you don’t care about them.

The point being, character development for a sequel.

#Call of duty vanguard series

Once our heroes are imprisoned, the game shifts focus from the situation at hand to a series of flashbacks where you play through your team members’ pasts. Instead of building suspense with the given characters and set pieces, it prefers to fiddle around with memories. For starters, the non-linear narrative in this game is flawed.