nVision 08: Call of Duty: World at War - Hands Off

Only 2 things will interest me in buying this game:

1 - it's groundbreakingly, shatteringly good (which I doubt)
2 - it lets you play as the Japanese (which I doubt)

I have no doubt they'll make a OK game, maybe even a good one. But it's the setting I'm just too tired of, for me WW2 is a no go zone, I've had too much of the way America is portrayed as the saviour and did nothing bad, too much of the same repackaged storylines. I liked Cod4 it was a deviation from the norm and it was a good game, however people are constantly complaining that the only games coming out now are space marines vs aliens or something along those lines at least with these games you can create new storylines and have different approaches and aliens. But WW2 as a subject is just so closed and is getting too stale for me.

Juxtah makes a good point about WWII becoming a bit stale, I agree with him there. WWII has been featured in a lot of first persons and does tend to get a bit samey.

Initially, i was disappointed that COD5 was going back to WWII and not sticking with modern warfare as COD4 has been such a hit. I personally find using modern weapons much better than the crappy old ones (Iron sights) but now im excited with the 4 player campaign co-op mode and playing (I hope) as the Japanese.

Looking at the screen shots.. they look pretty good :)

It sounds like you're just tired of bad WWII games Juxtah (or at least unimaginative ones). For me much the same comments apply to the 'modern warfare' theme - all the games seem to contain the M1 tank, the AK-47 and half a dozen generic black assult rifles.

I think WWII will continue to be used in PC games because the technology works well in games, it's both close range yet more exciting then WWI or older technology. We need need develops to cover some new scenarios, maybe entirely fictional ones (preferably without silly superweapons) or maybe some of the less-covered ones (The invasion of France/Poland?)