Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II wants to take the series to new heights

Sloane and Ellice, as professional actors, have now understood how much the world of video games is expanding and how much their role begins to become more and more in demand and important, almost like what happens in the cinema. Barry gave us his point of view about his experience with him call of Duty: “Now the gaming industry is booming and I am very proud to be a part of it. The beauty is that, although I have been working on this project for several years, until now I had not really realized its scope. It’s really huge and left me speechless “. Ideas also shared by Neil Ellice, who added: “I think we are now in the most interesting moment for the gaming world, as classic and interactive stories are converging in a single point. Just look at the polygonal models made for Modern Warfare II: when we see them in posters or on screen we fully recognize ourselves in those characters “.

The main difference in interpreting a character in a video game rather than in a film is mainly related to theinteractive element and the two actors realized this very early on, once they started working on the game. Neil explained to us what was his way of approaching this particular method of acting: “We have to put our ego aside, because we have to leave room for the player, who has to be the real protagonist. He is our star and we support his performance “. Opinion also shared by Barry, who added: “The emotional bond that the audience feels with the characters when watching a movie or a TV series in video games is expanded even more, because the player feels these feelings thanks to the interactivity and his role as the main character”.

The new Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II therefore, after the success of the previous chapter, he wants to place an emphasis on the narrative component, so much so that this will gradually extend, albeit to a lesser extent, also to other modes, including Warzone 2.0. The last question we asked Brian Bloom and Jeff Negus was about expanding the story even further, maybe with some spin off. They both replied that they have constantly new ideas on how to carry on the plot and the characters and obviously he would like this to happen in the future, but for the moment nothing is written on paper and there are no projects in the making. Who knows, however, if this too Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II managed to repeat the success of the first, we cannot aim to further expand the franchise, perhaps in less obvious directions.