Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
About the Game
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare is the thirteenth primary installment in the annual first-person shooter series. It continues the futuristic direction of the previous games, now introducing combat in outer space along with fights in zero-gravity environments. As usual it combines a single-player campaign, a zombies game mode and a full multiplayer mode. The single-player campaign is set in a distant future where most of Earth's natural resources have been depleted.
Story & Setting
The protagonist is Tier 1 Special Operations pilot Captain Reyes, part of the military outfit Special Combat Air Recon (SCAR) tasked with defending UNSA. The campaign introduces two new difficulty modes: Specialist and #YOLO.
Gameplay & Core Systems
Different organizations attempt to control the colonies, most notably Solar Associated Treaty Organization (SATO) which is opposed by the hostile faction Settlement Defense Front (SDF). The game focuses on the moment when SDF attacks UNSA, severely weakening its defenses on Earth. Only two major warships survive the attack and Reyes is on one of them called Retribution. The different missions often stress a guerrilla approach with stealth elements against the much stronger SDF. In space this is done through sneaky light speed jumps.
Standout Features
- Tier: The protagonist is Tier 1 Special Operations pilot Captain Reyes, part of the military outfit Special Combat Air Recon (SCAR) tasked with defending UNSA.
- From the main ship's bridge both primary and optional missions can be started, with the latter called Ship Assaults unlocking new perks, weapons and gear.
- Reyes can use a grappling hook to navigate zero-gravity environments combined with boosts.
- Specialist: The campaign introduces two new difficulty modes: Specialist and #YOLO.
- Reyes: In the first Reyes' movement can be affected when he is shot in the legs, he can shoot weapons out of the hands of opponents and health regeneration is only possible through nano shots.
- Combat Rigs: This is apparent in the fast chain-based movement with slides, wallruns and boosts based on different Combat Rigs replacing the class system.
- Permanent perks called Traits can be used in addition.
- Defender: Two new ones are Defender and Frontline.
Modes & Ways to Play
The campaign introduces two new difficulty modes: Specialist and #YOLO. Online multiplayer continues many gameplay elements and mechanics introduced in the previous game Call of Duty: Black Ops III . Returning game modes are Domination, Hardpoint and Kill Confirmed. Frontline is a more traditional team deathmatch mode where double points are scored for kills outside the home base where an armour bonus is provided.
Player support includes Internet, Co-Op, Free-for-all / One-on-one (VS), and Team.
Presentation & Atmosphere
Reyes can use a grappling hook to navigate zero-gravity environments combined with boosts. The main ranked multiplayer is centered around the league play with a World League. The cooperative zombies game mode has a humourous 1980s setting based on the premise of four actors. New elements are a robot that can be helped to receive support troops and using the environment in creative ways to get rid of the zombies.
