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Call of Duty: WWII and the Historical Injection

Call of Duty: WWII brings us the second great war for the first time in nine years.  Is it a gameplay improvement worth playing or a graphical overhaul? When will Call of Duty break back into using a subtitle Since Ye Old Call of Duty The first three CoD titles took place in World War 2, while the 5th game, CoD: World at War, was the first to tackle World War 2 in Japan.  Eight other games in the series were released between World at War and WWII.  A history of those eight games: Danger Close; Vietnam; World War 3; Target Finders; Aliens; Sledgehammer's first game; Bow and Arrows; Star Wars.  That's a lot I know, and it means those World War 2 enthusiasts have been waiting that long for the series to come back to its roots, as it advertised.  Of course, the gameplay is the main root of CoD, but the war it so prominently held onto must be attached in some secondary way.  The setting is part of the foundation for the original mechanics.  The se...