The call of duty franchise It is one of the most successful and famous video games. Everyone has played its multiplayer and one of its many campaigns at least once in their life. He Captain Price He is a recognized action hero and the history of the video game will remember many of his most iconic scenes.
Here we are not going to judge the quality of the campaigns. I don’t think there’s much of a debate. there are better and worse, but they all have moments that are burned into memory. Whether it’s because they’re epic or dramatic, they’re often the reason we still clamor for these stories in every installment.
No Russian, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
I start with the obvious and we get it out of the way. If we’re talking about iconic Call of Duty moments, then the mission no russian of Modern Warfare 2 is an indispensable mention. While many young players got through it without much drama, those who could see the full implications of it threw their hands up.
The brutality and horror of Nada de Ruso is not free. This is a mission that was carefully created to provoke an extreme moral situation in the user: if you shoot, you are killing hundreds of innocent people… but if you don’t shoot, you run the risk of being discovered and the mission will be taken for granted. The outcome makes you think.
Broken Ties, Call of Duty Ghosts
Call of Duty Ghosts is a video game loved and hated in equal parts. His campaign is nothing to write home about, but the mission broken ties It boasts one of the most brutal and savage beginnings we’ve seen in the franchise. It is an attack on a military base in the middle of the desert.
What could be more epic and brutal than a tank falling from a low-flying military cargo plane (Boeing C-17 style) in the middle of the desert? Well, this is how this mission begins: we fall with our tank and star in a pure cavalry style attack against the base. It is interspersed with air support from helicopters and an infantry assault on the flight control tower.
I am unable to finish Call of Duty Ghost without mentioning the famous space scene. The franchise would continue to explore space combat in future installments, but at the time this was completely crazy and very exciting. He dropped a lot of jaws.
The Iron Lady, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
There is no monument in the world that cries out more to be destroyed in a video game. The Eiffel tower He starred in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 one of the most iconic moments in the saga by far. The mission Iron lady It takes us to a Paris (France) in the middle of the world war.
We arrived in the city in an AC-130 to bomb designated targets, but were soon forced to move through the city from building to building. The battle ends up concentrating at the foot of the Eiffel Tower. The situation becomes so chaotic and desperate that a US Air Force bomber ends up shooting it down and it falls at our feet. It’s just epic.
Once again, I can’t finish talking about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 without mentioning two missions as brutal as the one mentioned: black tuesday y Turbulencewhich correspond to the battle of new york and the Russian presidential plane. He plane shooting is one of the most iconic indoor encounters.
All Cloaked, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Talking about iconic Call of Duty moments and not mentioning the missions all camouflaged y One Shot, One Kill It should be punished with the withdrawal of any video game in the franchise. In case you don’t know their names, I’m sure it does if I tell you that they are the missions that take place in PripyatChernobyl exclusion zone in northern Ukraine.
We are facing one of the most iconic, loved and replayed moments in the entire history of Call of Duty. His fame can be compared to Nothing Russian. When many people think of Call of Duty, they do so with these missions in mind. It is a infiltration mission in which secrecy is mandatory, removal of a target and finally one withdrawal shots to the evacuation zone. It’s just perfect.
Doing Cleaning, Call of Duty Modern Warfare I
If I had to make a Top. 3 of the iconic Call of Duty moments (regardless of whether I like them more or less), so I would mention no russian, all camouflaged y Doing cleaning. The last one is the protagonist of this section. We find her in Call of Duty Modern Warfare I (2019), which has one of the best campaigns in the entire franchise… if not the best.
The simple mission, but very terrifying: CIA and SAS operatives storm a house in London after the Piccadilli Bombing (another mission as horrible as it is good). There are both terrorists and civilians, including mothers and babies. Once again, Call of Duty horrified and tightened the moral ropes of a lot of people.
Different experts have reacted to the mission and have commented that the development (done as it indicates to the game) is surprisingly faithful to what happens in reality. It is not exactly a fun moment for the most sensitive players, since everything takes place without music. Only shots, screams, crying babies and footsteps of people running are heard. And yes, you fail if you kill a civilian. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II repeated the move (without much impact) with the frontier mission.
Other iconic moments from the Call of Duty franchise
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered: explosion of a nuclear bomb during an offensive in IRAQ.
- Call of Duty: WWII: D-Day D-Day and Refugee Camps.
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Remastered: Task Force 141 operational force enters the Favelas of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Remastered: Loose Ends mission. I won’t say more to avoid spoilers. They know them, they understand.
What other iconic moments do you remember from Call of Duty campaigns? Which are your favorites and why? Do you think Call of Duty should continue to include campaigns? I read you in comments.
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