10 Times Video Games Got Science WRONG

3. Everything About Europa - Call Of Duty: Infinite Warfare

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The Call of Duty series' increasingly outlandish foray into silly sci-fi territory was already hugely divisive with the core fanbase without pissing off the science-loving crowd, but here we are.

One of Infinite Warfare's major settings is Europa, a moon of Jupiter which is represented with no authenticity whatsoever.

For starters, in reality Europa has an extremely thin atmosphere comprised entirely of oxygen, which would make the cloudy storm depicted in the game quite impossible.

Also, Jupiter appears far larger on the surface of Europa in the game than it actually should. Though in reality Jupiter should look 24 times larger than the Moon does on Earth, it's clearly many factors larger than that.

These are just some of the myriad issues sure to leave scientists raging, though at least there's a huge gun-totting spectacle to distract you from the sloppy, non-factual approach.

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