Call Of Duty: WWII Will Focus On More Mature Themes, Holocaust And Civilian Casualties

While Call of Duty games do deal with serious topics like war, death, and loss, most of the games present these subjects with a more distanced approach. COD: WWII is expected to be a different title out of others in the series because it will actually zoom in on the gorier details of the events. Not only will it look at death in a much more intimate fashion, it will also showcase civilian deaths and will even touch on the Holocaust.

As Forbes points out, many of the mature themes that the upcoming Call of Duty game will feature are of the subtle variety than outright shock fest. For example, the title will be using the moniker “The Bloody First,” which pertains to the 1st Infantry Division. This is a departure from what the series used for Call of Duty 2’s “Big Red One,” which is arguably a much cleaner choice.

It would seem that the effects and consequences of war on civilians will also be highlighted with the game if the brief glimpses of arguments pertaining to civilian casualty are anything to go by. The footage that has been released so far also offer snippets of gore in HD detail, which is bound to make some of the more squeamish gamers uncomfortable.

On the matter of the Holocaust, which was a huge factor during World War II, the franchise will no longer tip-toe around the issue. COD: WWII will feature some scenes and themes related to the horrific crime committed by the Nazis as the gaming industry has rarely done before, Mashable reports.

The game’s senior creative director Bret Robbins confirmed this development himself during a recent interview, noting how he and his team didn’t want to deny what happened during those terrible times. Everyone already knows that there were anti-Semitic sentiments at the time, which led to the internment of Jews and their subsequent massacre.