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- Omaha Beach. It's brief compared to some of the other depictions in other WWII media, but it still shows just how lopsided the landing there was initially, with American troops being picked off effortlessly by machine-gun and artillery fire. Among some of the casualties are soldiers burned to death due to their landing craft taking a direct hit, or others drowning thanks to their heavy equipment sinking them in.
- The fear factor filters into the game-play as well, especially for players accustomed to how most of the other Call Of Duty games work. The Mg 42s that the Nazi gunners use (appropriately named "Hitler's Buzzsaw") will be targeted directly at you if you stay out of cover for long enough; where you will see them shred through your (non regenerative) health bar like wet tissue paper. It's especially jarring if you were used to having regenerating health in other Call Of Duty games only to very suddenly be shown that you don't have that luxury here.
- There are a lot of very graphic moments in this scene.
When the landing craft you are on reach the beach and the ramp is downed your squad is effortlessly gunned down, with one of them losing the upper part of the head, another one loses his arm. As soon as you reach cover with Lt. Turner you are greeted with the visual of a unfortunate engineer who got his arms blown off and left in a pool of his own blood.
- Liberation: where Rousseau disguises herself as an SS officer and sneaks into the German's HQ in Paris. Walking among armed Nazi guards is scary enough, but if they have even the slightest reason to believe you're doing something you aren't supposed to, they'll immediately demand your documents, where you must explain your reasoning which must match your cover story. Get it wrong and it's game over. Even if you do manage to get past them, there's the moment where you're trapped alone in the office of SS Polizeiführer Heinrich, aka the man responsible for killing Rousseau's parents, husband, and son note , who bursts in and demands to know why you're in his office without his permission. It's the weighted and deep soundtrack, along with the ambient lighting that make the scene impossibly tense. Then he reveals that he isn't fooled by your disguise.
- The Concentration and Labor camps in the epilogue. Unlike previous Call of Duty games set in World War II, this one shows just what exactly the Nazis did to anyone they considered as "undesirable". It's brief compared to most other examples of depictions of The Holocaust, but the implications are frightening, especially considering the state that the photographed Jewish prisoners are found in.
- Zussman's entire ordeal under the SS. From the moment he's captured, he and the other American prisoners are herded like cattle to a labor camp instead of a POW camp. He and the other American prisoners are then forced to work to death. When the Allies are close, Metz, the camp commandant, decides to force march the survivors into the forest. When it becomes clear to the SS NCO that marching them to the next camp is impossible, he begins executing the almost-dead prisoners one by one. When Daniels kills Metz and rescues Zussman, the latter's been reduced to nothing but skin and bones.
- Even worse, what Zussman went through was bad enough - but this was with him not being outed as Jewish, who Metz was trying to single out from the soldiers specifically for execution instead of just the labor camps. Had the Private not backtalked the officer to get him and his comrades put on the labor trains, either they would've been executed one by one or Zussman would've probably been dead within the week had he been fully compromised.
- Facing off against the King Tiger tank, especially if you're a Sherman tank commander. It's no wonder Allied soldiers and tankers treat it as The Dreaded, due to its massive size, armor, and gun. It's practically invulnerable to most anti-tank weapons and tank guns. The only reason it can even be destroyed is due to the Germans deploying them in few numbers and out of desperation when they appear.
- World War II Zombies:
- Let's just say this: The designs of our new
◊ undead friends are pretty horrifying.◊ They certainly look more visceral than they did in Treyarch's games OR Sledgehammer's own Exo Zombies and unlike IW Zombies it's not Played for Laughs - this new form of Zombies is going for hard horror once more. - Let's talk about the most notable "Undead" in this new game mode: The Wustling. Just look at it and you'll see as to why it's so nightmare inducing. Its jaw hangs unnaturally low, its flesh is stitched together like a failed science experiment and its hands have been replaced by grotesque looking mace hands. To think, this was once several human beings.
- Let's talk about the boss of the Final Reich, the Panzermorder. You thought that the Wustling was bad? This thing ramps up the nightmare fuel tenfold. To think, this is several human beings combined into one gigantic monstrosity.
- Not to mention that as a match goes on, the zombies start appearing in greater numbers, and with more health. Which makes getting the better guns and upgrading them practically mandatory. Not much can be scarier than having a horde of zombies running towards you and being stuck with a shotgun that’s about as effective as harsh language.
- With a new map comes a new monstrosity. Say hello to the Meuchler.
- The Shadowed Throne brought in one of the most agressive Zombie types in Zombie History. The name of this speedy abomination pulled straight from hell is the Gekocht.◊ Special attention should be brought to their screaming, which is high pitched and feral in nature. Oh, you also hear it no matter where you are on the map. Have fun sleeping!
- The boss of the Shadowed Throne is also nightmarish but not as much as the other ones. This mechanical abomination is called The Stadtjager. Note the car engine and the three heads.
- Not even the main characters are immune to the brutality of this world. The executions that they can potentially deal out are messy, violent and noisy. Standouts include: stabbing a zombie through the eye and into the brain, chopping into the shoulders of the undead menace and the cherry ontop of this rotten pie, violently popping off the head of a zombie with a shovel, flesh tearing and bone breaking sounds and all.
- Let's just say this: The designs of our new
- Melee Press X to Not Die events are back. You can end up re-enacting Pvt. Mellish's infamous death (being pinned down by a big German soldier and very slowly Impaled with Extreme Prejudice via a bayonet) from a first person perspective in the very first mission.
- Crawling around a dark basement, alone and separated from any help, trying to avoid patrolling German soldiers and get out without being caught and shot. Certainly a scary experience from the perspective of the defenseless young girl you're carrying, and a tense moment for a fair few adults as well.
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