The developer behind Call of Duty WW2 has revealed it’s squeezing as much horsepower out of the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One as possible for the highly anticipated first-person shooter.
Speaking with GamesMaster, Sledgehammer Games’ Michael Condrey said that the studio is hoping the World War II-based shooter will do for videogames what Saving Private Ryan did for movies, and the additional horsepower afforded by current consoles is key to that.
“It’s a new generation of console games,” said Condrey. “A horsepower we hadn’t had access to when we were last in WWII. So we can do things to immerse players. It’s pretty exciting for players who haven’t played Call of Duty WWII games as their first experience. We absolutely hope this is that iconic reference point in their minds. In some ways, if it becomes to gamers what Saving Private Ryan was for me that would be an amazing accomplishment. That’s what we’re striving for.”
“It’s a new lighting system, new audio system, new facial system, new destruction system,” he added. “It’s been a really great push for us. Now we really squeeze every ounce of horsepower out of these platforms, so we’re really proud of how it looks.”
“As far as videogames go, I don’t know if anything could capture the epic scope and nature of these battles as well as PlayStation 4 and Xbox One right now,” Sledgehammer’s Glen Schofield added. “We couldn’t have done it about five years ago, the way we wanted to do it now, and it’s pretty damn amazing… The truth of the matter is that some of those bombs they were dropping were gigantic. So in just seeing the way we did it, it feels more modern.”
“Since Saving Private Ryan and since Call of Duty: World at War, a lot of stuff has been declassified and we can go through a bunch of that information,” he added. “Just the power alone allows us to get a lot more in. We have a lot of proprietary tools that we use. We use photogrammetry to help get realism in a lot of objects…all the latest techniques we can get.”
Call of Duty WW2 is scheduled for release on PS4, PC, and Xbox One on November 3, 2017.
Source: GamingBolt