8 Ways Call Of Duty Can Screw Up By Returning To Its Roots

We’re absurdly addicted to nostalgia though – which explains the re-release of the near-functionless Nokia 3310 (your mum will appreciate it).

But what’s the logical end-point? Buying yesterday’s jam because ‘those were the days’? I digress. We have a WWII nostalgia hard-on, and you can blame a steady stream of pop culture: The World at War, Saving Private Ryan, Band of Brothers - I’m getting all teary-eyed just thinking about The Great Escape.

You can throw the original Call of Duty games to that list, where tons of gamers were first introduced to the series. It’s all recognisable and comforting, just the way nostalgia should be.

And killing Nazis never gets old. Sort of. You can lazily tell which side are good guys, which side is horrifically evil just by checking 'if zey haf un aksent' and instantly know this dude deserves a bullet to the face. But Nazis have been done to death – very literally, it turns out.

So if German totalitarian rule is on the cards for the new COD, you’ll need a fresh spin. Just turning them into zombies doesn't count. You know, you play as a Nazi soldier discovering a genocide and trying to defect to the Allies. Now I’m playing a classic WWII COD game and I can still kill those Nazi cretins. Win-win. Unless you’re a Nazi.

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What lessons are you hoping Call of Duty’s learnt over the years? Sound off in the comments with your sagacious shooter thoughts.