Q&A: November 3rd, 2021

Juhana Asks
Double Double? Thats nasty dude. Get that sugar shit outta here. Also yes Daniel, give me a hug. Oh and I guess I need go ask something. Umm. Do you like frogs?

Frogs are cool. They hop.

Hopping is cool.

They also make weird noises.

Kizza Lee Asks
Ever played any of the Hitman games?

I've played Blood Money, Absolution (Abomination as I've heard it called), and Hitman 1's missions in Hitman 2. I honestly wasn't the biggest fan of Blood Money due to its sandbox while flexible, lacking the detail to really hold up today as an immersive game, but what I've played of Hitman 1's missions in Hitman 2 (the reboot, Christ, these name are horrible), it was extremely fun.

I gave myself the personal rule of not going to the next mission until I got at least three stars. It's not because the system's accurate (it's quite dumb in parts), it's just a good excuse to explore all the different ways to tackle stages. I last finished Sapienza which was fantastic, and I'm curious to see how the rest of this trilogy plays out when I eventually get back to it.

Odd Commercial Asks
one of your oldest videos "How Infinity Ward Became Treyarch" was criticizing infinite warfare for not innovating enough or just copying everything BO3 established gameplay-wise. 5 years later MW2019 renovated the series with a lot of features that Cold war copied to a lesser degree due to the major success of warzone, is it safe to say that infinity ward is back again being the top developer of the franchise?

I think so. Infinity Ward is definitely responsible for pushing the franchise and become its latest template. Call of Duty has a new identifiable look to it that's consistent across the various eras it depicts. I feel like, I'd appreciate this order of Modern, Cold War, and WWII games a lot more, if they weren't all connected to a single Battle Royale game for the purposes of monetization.

What I'm mainly curious to see is if Infinity Ward will finally break their own identified curse, of making sequels overly batshit insane, or learn genuine lessons from MW2019 to make a refined sequel rather than one that just doubles down on the excess.

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