Call Of Duty: WWII - 5 Ways It Will Blow Battlefield Out The Water

5. A Richer Period Setting

All credit to Battlefield for exploring one of gaming's underrepresented conflicts in World War I, but Call of Duty: WWII promises to deliver a more explosive frontline experience against a setting the series has owned in the past.

During World War II, the stakes were higher, the battles were bigger and the weaponry was more advanced, varied and punch-packing.

Although Battlefield 1 succeeded in bringing us an authentic depiction of the bulky, clunky firearms of WWI, CoD's tools of the trade will be a welcome upgrade.

Obviously, WWI had its fair share of epic battles for the Battlefield development team to cherrypick from, but will any of it really compare to storming the beaches of Normandy with the power of current-generation console hardware behind you?

It's going to be Call of Duty's year, simply because the series is now playing on home turf following its return to the WWII backdrop.

This is where it cut its teeth, naturally belongs, and reshaped a genre all those years ago. Sure, we've been here before, but the time feels right to go back.