Whats crazy to me is how this is most definitely very early, but so much of it is really polished. The weapon animations are bespoke, there's reasonably professional sounding voiceover, etc. Not a lot of this looks placeholder. Kind of makes me wish Neversoft was given a chance to take the reins for an entry.
Animations were borrowed from MW2 apparently, but they voiceover is definitely surprising. I guess they wanted a "vertical slice" so that could make sense
I don't recognize any of the voices. I'm almost certain it's just the devs doing voice-overs as placeholders like the early Cod builds that are out in the public hands.
@@IsaacPoopsAlot As the guy above you said, this is likely what is called a "Vertical Slice" in the gaming industry. A single level or section of a game that is prioritized to have gameplay, art assets, sound design, etc all polished off and presentable, for the purpose of showcasing to investors and to be used in gameplay demos and trailers. The rest of the game would look far less finished than this.
@@firewolf11567 Not sure if you're implying something or not. This game still had a long way to go by the looks of it in the video. It boggles my mind how we've gotten a Cod game that hasn't seen the light of day, but no zombie builds of Bo2/Bo3 or an earlier build of OG MW2.
@RubenShinodaBellamy Right? It kind of makes me wonder if this game is REALLY Cod Ghosts, just VERY early in development. It also wouldn't surprise me if this game is what inspired Cod Infinite Warfare.
@@asidAttack Just goes to show how fucking bad the industry is when the unfinished content is more interesting when it's not allowed to be seen, versus all the shit we actually get officially. This game is still just another Sci-Fi COD. The REAL Sci-Fi COD that could have been was TitanFall, which is why most of the real talent left COD after Modern Warfare 2 and no surprise the series was never any better than MW2 thereafter.
Man, wether this launch would have been a good choice or not... it's a shame to see all that work and effort, put by probably a lot of people, to just throw it in the trash.
@@thor1829 tbh its hard to tell because if you're looking at it from the perspective from someone who buys video games then yea it would probably feel sad that we wouldn't get this game but to the developers its just another job for them. Just cause they worked on it doesn't mean that they were very passionate about it. Like someone else said, they were paid for it and probably don't care what happens to the game after that.
This made me realize how much I miss the old style of Infinity ward COD. No long movie-like CGI cutscenes, no constant talking from the protagonist during gameplay, more floaty/slower gun animations that sort of flowed like a dance with the gun in your hand. Less of a focus on characters that can be repackaged and sold like toys in a item shop.. Man COD used to be something else. I miss those days.
Cod 4 felt like grounded action movie, that was followed by sequels made in Bay style- random explosions, over the top story, bombastic speeches etc.each mission in Cod 4 had unique vibe, MW 2 was packed with so much stuff going on it got dull after while.@@Hybred
When the original Infinity Ward left, so did the true essence of CoD. Now we get shitty cutscenes instead of the amazing real time ones that we used to get with OG IW. The quality of CoD has constantly just been an attempt of coasting on the original IW's works since MW2. That's why we haven't seen anything groundbreaking or revolutionary since 2009 within the series.
@@phil_matic and from 2013 to the end of 2017 IW for some reason they felt the need to compete with Respawn Entertainment, since most employees from Respawn were former IW employees. which meant making generic futuristic garbage in hopes that people would like it more than Titanfall.
The arcadey smoothness to aiming, how stiff your gun is on camera is great compared to the animations now. Everything has sway and feels like a bit too much. The older Cod engine feels better than 2019+
I cant understand you all. We used to have continuous Futuristic Warfare CODs over the previous years, such as; Black Ops 2, Advanced Warfare, Ghost and the infamous Infinite Warfare. Back then, the community keeps demanding a Modern Warfare series boots on the ground as well as WW2 games yet here we are now going circles aye? I rather Have COD Medieval Warfare at this point then.
@@HobeyDatorThere actually was supposed to be a medieval COD at one point. It was a COD game set in the Roman Empire (okay so not medieval but you get what i mean it was pre-industrial) and was in third person but it was scrapped in 2008. The idea was MW1 had just come out as an experiment to branch off from COD just being set in WWII and it was a smash hit so they experimented even further with the idea that COD could be ANY kind of warfare and that it didn't even have to exclusively be FPS. Ultimately they didn't go far on this idea though.
They mentioned this story in the infinite warfare campaign of how sato and sdf had a war prior to the events of infinite warfare and given the cod ghosts references in infinite warfare I think this is the first wars earth had with Mars aka the SDF this gives me the expanse vibes so much and this prob would have been better if they had this than ghosts
Yeah I remember there about first war between UNSA and SDF called "Secession Wars" is a conflict between the nations of Earth that became the United Nations Space Alliance and the Settlement Defense Front. The war took place 30 years prior to the events of COD Infinite Warfare.
The developers at least considered that optics on rifles would need to be offset to compensate for the bulkiness of spacesuit helmets...unlike Starfield ffs
IDK why u hate on starfield it's a great game it's exactly what everyone should have thought it was gonna be fallout in space but people had unrealistic expectations
@@trieper2023 We wanted a modern Fallout/Skyrim in space not a game that looks like it was released 15 years ago. Instead we got PS3 graphics and a 15-year-old game engine with mundane repetitive tasks.
@@trieper2023Bethesda can’t make half decent weapons designs without it look like a monstrosity. They’re better off making elder scrolls or fantasy games.
@@bUtMyRiGhTsnewsflash chief, skyrim is repetitive and boring. Vanilla skyrim is one of the most mediocre games on the planet, and mods barely fix its issues.
If rumours are to be believed and this was to be in place of ghosts then just imagine how much better this would've been. Not to mention this would've been before AW and infinite warfare so people wouldn't be tired of futuristic stuff yet. There is so much missed potential here.
@@Interlink.Agreed. This looks great but we have no idea how this game could have turned out so we can't say whether it would have been better. Ghosts had an insane amount of content and stuff to do it just didn't meet the expectations of the fans. Wasn't the right time or place for such a game and the maps being so large didn't help its case.
Vanguard didn't even had 0.0001% identity of its own😂😂 Laser guns, flashbangs, thermal optics, terminator and anime skins in ww2 😂😂😂 Movement and gunsmith was literal copy paste from mw201o 😂😂😂😂
@@amalo.vergaming4605It's just game after all, COD was never milsim anyway, nor it was ever historically accurate. I agree with you when it comes to historical accuracy, but the game itself isn't that bad, it's so smooth, on the good engine, so if someone wants to play something more milsim or historically accurate, they can try another franchise.
Can't remember if Neversoft even exists anymore, but if any remnants from that team get together, they could make their own legally distinct cod game with this.
iirc Neversoft became part of Infinity Ward around the Ghosts launch/cycle, so probably they reused and expanded this concept in Infinite Warfare/The space mission of Ghosts
@@Darkex115 Honestly, yeah that'd make sense considering the space suit designs in this build, I wouldn't be surprised if the idea came from there and used it as a reference.
I feel like If Future Warfare was released in 2013 instead of Ghosts it could get a better reception then IW. At the time the market was still overwhelmed by Modern Military shooters, and an unexpected space CoD could have been the most surprising switch of a setting akin to CoD4 moving from WW2 to the present era
@@Idkwhattoputhere5123 AW was way overhated. The movement was actually skill based unlike in later jetpack games and it was extremely fast paced so you needed to think and react quicker. All the maps were made with exo-suits in mind and it was damn fun to hop on platforms and play with verticality. However the balance was killed by damn supply drops. Campaign was pretty meh and zombies were terrible though
@@Mannimarco_King_of_Worms I dunno about AW being way overhated, but IW definitely was. People had every right to criticize how bad IW's multiplayer and zombies modes were, but IW's campaign was its saving grace... and CoD fans ignored it just to shit on the other aspects of the game. And then ABK stopped doing campaigns for CoD, and those same exact CoD fans were wondering why when one of the most well made campaigns since WaW and the first two MW's/BO's was completely ignored.
The IW4 engine was put to good use, creatively wise. Even if there's not much of a graphical uplift it can still immerse you into the world of this game. Just imagine if Neversoft was given time to polish it up and release it as their own game.
Would've been a day 1 buy for me. I liked the Infinite Warfare campaign, probably would've loved this one too. Man I miss great CoD single player campaigns.
4:15 this gun has nearly the same exact reload animation as the Vector in Ghosts. I wonder if maybe some of Ghosts animations were initially made for “Future Warfare”
The ABG-4L acts more like a handheld grenade launcher rather than a normal handgun; the crosshair is really odd, too. I wonder what kind of weapon it's meant to be.
My assumption going through these is that there's no "Energy Weapon" category only "Ballistic and Energy" Weapons that are in the same category style that Infinite Warfare uses
How I like that here the developers are not shy to show helmet visor (like in Republic Commando) and slowed dynamics due to weak gravity. That's really cool.
This game looks and plays better than 2023 MWIII and 2021’s Vanguard it’s a shame this game never came to be because it honestly would’ve been way better than what we ended up with
Being under fire in space in an era where space travel is still new and incredibly unsafe would be the most terrifying feeling ever as if being shot at regularly wasn't bad enough now the bullets make no sound.
Probably because a cod set mostly on the moon would get extremely stale after awhile. Which is why assets and concepts from this were repurposed in cod ghosts' space mission.
You'll pay $40 for this singular mission and you'll LIKE IT. Guns will be available in multiplayer too so all your friends will know your a space cowboy 🤠 Future Warfare: Moonfall DLC $39.99
Crazy so much work went into this game and it never was released or finished. It's different enough that if they did not want to make it a COD game, it could have been something entirely on it's own. I like how it's some where between Advance Warfare and Infinite Warfare. I would have definitely have at least tried this out if it had been released.
Imagine if they had made a futuristic Warfare game set within the same universe as the Modern Warfare trilogy instead of making two Black Ops 3 spin-offs that had nothing to do with the overall Call of Duty timeline
Our character have the US flag on the suit. While enemy have red flag and something yellow on top left. It might be soviet. This is timeline that they didn't collapse. Or China.
All I can say is WOW. Infinite Warfare is my favorite CoD after World at War so this looks unbelievable. Hopefully this will be leaked for the public to play because I really want to play it.
@@smokejumper749 It’s the ONLY call of duty that shows the inner workings of an actual military, in this case a fictional Space Navy comprised of all countries on Earth united as one. Also, Brian Bloom who plays the main character Nick Reyes, who has been a voice actor at Infinity Ward for years, wrote the game himself so all of the dialogue uses real world military lingo and abbreviations. Every character he created I cared for, wether they were black or white, male or female, they are all tastefully written and have unique personalities that made them feel like true people. The story has weight to it’s plot, characters aren’t safe and most importantly you as the protagonist go above and beyond the call of duty, a principal that the series was founded on with it’s WW2 roots. On top of that, you get to explore the entire solar system through not only the main story, but with side missions as well, which no other CoD campaign features. In terms of CoD production value it gets a 10/10 for me. It essentially feels like an updated version of 60’s Star Trek but with space M4A1’s, electromagnetic AK47’s and advanced A.I. mechs that act as armor support.
@@Tomofdahook17I agree fully IWs campaign is S-Tier. But everything else was just kinda meh imo. Multiplayer to me felt like a reskinned BO3 but in space.
@Tomofdahook17 I actually enjoyed IW for the opposite reason: the story is this big dumb space blockbuster with the emotional depth of a vanilla wafer. The mission design is very fun though, and I enjoyed the renewed versatility of the combat. The guns were cool, space combat was fun, and multiplayer had some cool maps. I still really enjoy the original Black Ops though.
@@lesleyguevarra5374im afraid that old COD is dead...hopefully the writers and higher-ups make better decisions after the absolute shitshow that new MWIII was..
Looks like the Modern Warfare 2 codebase adapted with space theme, running on a Xbox 360 build (code-name: xenon). Very interesting stuff right here. I miss this OG COD games.
Someone’s gotta be able to identify the voice actors and see if we can figure out what happened here. This game would’ve done NUMBERS and it would today too
The voice actors were us developers to make this demo. Source: I'm the first voice you hear "we've gotta get back inside!". The main character guiding the player through the level is now an animation director in the industry today. Surreal seeing this again after so much time.
@@robtmiller82I’d love to do an interview with you if it’s feasible without you breaking any NDA’s. Stuff like this has ALWAYS been fascinating especially this era of cod where it was arguably at its peak. Your voice acting is awesome man, legit passes as a final cut for the voice. Gives MW vibes.
@@zeetonblaster2319 No one can confirm our actual hands on this particular project only you can confirm who was employed by the development company at the time. It's just a story of ideas and time being pumped into one area and then the best ideas were split into different projects after our publisher told us what the public wanted. Apparently they wanted Kevin Spacey and dead son funerals.
@@picardsolo2471 how many devs am I going to talk to that got screwed out of a generational game. This would’ve been better as ghosts 2 or something else. I’m sorry your hard work got shelved sir/ma’am 🫡
Only thing I’m not a fan of is the slow movement speed, which makes me glad we at least got Infinite Warfare. All you that crapped on that game before you knew what was coming should feel pretty stupid.
@@thatemocat I’m not saying it shouldn’t. 😅 I’m just saying while the concept is really unique and I certainly would’ve bought it, it’s not my preference.
Of course you would say that now. But you won't say this if it was 2010s. Because I still clearly remember all the hate for Infinite Warfare when it was first released due they said... too HALO-ish.
@@erkenaralov9502 I know he's referring to MW2023. I agree it sucks. But that's the result when Activision ran out of ideas and it degenerated into the quality we had today. It still doesn't change the fact there was huge criticism on Ghosts and IW when it was first released. Go check out the old forums and you'll see what I mean.
So this is where the groundwork for futuristic cod sprouted (specifically ghosts and aw, maybe even iw). I'm curious what would've the franchise looked like if the devs decided to stop yearly releases and give titles like ghost a chance even with the bad receptions
@@Idkwhattoputhere5123 Thank you for the info mate. I should of rephrased it as, I wonder what concepts were re-used. I know IW had an assault on the moon mission that played out similarly ( also the breaking the glass segment can also be preformed in a near identical location on that moon mission )plus the introduction of zero- G gameplay in multiplayer. I've only seen this gameplay so i don't know if it goes any further than that to be fair?
No. This one foreshadows Ghosts (and later on Advanced Warfare) since Neversoft makes this cancelled project and the 2 COD series. Infinite Warfare took inspiration from Ghosts and AW when space conflict slowly became an acceptable gameplay for COD fanbase.
@@gavcom4060 Neversoft is not involved in Infinite Warfare. I agree it resembles a lot with this but credit still goes to Ghosts which is the first to introduce the space warfare concept, taking a lot of stuffs from here. Put simply: Without Ghosts or AW, there'll be no IW either.
I love the HERA-82 assaults rifle design so much. It still felt like a space gun with the black and white paint yet incorporates details like offset sights for use with astronaut helmet, radiators on the barrel to cool it because there is no air in space and even integrated ammo counter! Not to mention the giant release buttons because you have to use these things with very thick gloves.
I feel like this game would have taken place in like 2024 - 2030, it would have probably connected MW OG series to Ghosts, or a prequel to Ghosts and involving the Federation in some way, it wouldve been so cool to see this game released.
@@Enrique-wr9veyou got me until you did AW it was mad p2w and it had weapons lock behind lootboxs and samething with bo3 but at least the zombies were good doe
I can totally see why this wasn’t fully realized, especially with what it was meant to contest. But wow, from what little we got to see weapon wise I really wonder where those interesting designs went when they started IW
Whats crazy to me is how this is most definitely very early, but so much of it is really polished. The weapon animations are bespoke, there's reasonably professional sounding voiceover, etc. Not a lot of this looks placeholder. Kind of makes me wish Neversoft was given a chance to take the reins for an entry.
Animations were borrowed from MW2 apparently, but they voiceover is definitely surprising. I guess they wanted a "vertical slice" so that could make sense
back when they actually finished games...
@@IsaacPoopsAlot well they didn't finish this one...
I don't recognize any of the voices. I'm almost certain it's just the devs doing voice-overs as placeholders like the early Cod builds that are out in the public hands.
@@IsaacPoopsAlot As the guy above you said, this is likely what is called a "Vertical Slice" in the gaming industry. A single level or section of a game that is prioritized to have gameplay, art assets, sound design, etc all polished off and presentable, for the purpose of showcasing to investors and to be used in gameplay demos and trailers. The rest of the game would look far less finished than this.
This gives off a heavy Cod Ghosts feel with a hint of Infinite Warfare. Not really sure how to describe it. Hopefully we see Devil's Brigade someday.
Build is dated for 2011. So it was being developed before MW3 released.
@@firewolf11567 Not sure if you're implying something or not. This game still had a long way to go by the looks of it in the video.
It boggles my mind how we've gotten a Cod game that hasn't seen the light of day, but no zombie builds of Bo2/Bo3 or an earlier build of OG MW2.
@@firewolf11567*December 2011, MW3 was released in November. It’s very likely that the development was alongside MW3.
Also "Walker" is the surname of Ghosts' main character
@RubenShinodaBellamy Right? It kind of makes me wonder if this game is REALLY Cod Ghosts, just VERY early in development.
It also wouldn't surprise me if this game is what inspired Cod Infinite Warfare.
Fun fact: the acronym nx1 would be used for a wonder weapon in the cod ghosts extinction map exodus.
And theres also a gun and a grenade in Infinite Warfare called NX-1
@@Mannimarco_King_of_Worms that as well
It literally has the mw2 main menu and semtex logo would have been a lot earlier on
Infinite Warfare has tonnes of Ghosts reference in the Zombies mode even one DLC being directly themed as a tie in to Extinction.
@@foxbat203 indeed
why is the leak timed so perfectly right after 1900 devs were sacked by Microsoft. HMMMMM??
I like it
I wish there were more leaks like this, when there are mass layoffs in the industry
the HERA ar shown in this gameplay also sounds exactly like the Maverick from Ghosts
@@asidAttack Just goes to show how fucking bad the industry is when the unfinished content is more interesting when it's not allowed to be seen, versus all the shit we actually get officially. This game is still just another Sci-Fi COD.
The REAL Sci-Fi COD that could have been was TitanFall, which is why most of the real talent left COD after Modern Warfare 2 and no surprise the series was never any better than MW2 thereafter.
@@Hysteria98 ur dumb af black ops was good asf
Man, wether this launch would have been a good choice or not... it's a shame to see all that work and effort, put by probably a lot of people, to just throw it in the trash.
Happens a lot more in this industry than one might think, honestly.
@@Dylan-xx2tk Yeah. 😥
Yeah but they still got paid at least
@@chilbiyito Even then, I figure that a game dev would still feel sad to see their all this work 'for nothing'
@@thor1829 tbh its hard to tell because if you're looking at it from the perspective from someone who buys video games then yea it would probably feel sad that we wouldn't get this game but to the developers its just another job for them. Just cause they worked on it doesn't mean that they were very passionate about it. Like someone else said, they were paid for it and probably don't care what happens to the game after that.
This made me realize how much I miss the old style of Infinity ward COD. No long movie-like CGI cutscenes, no constant talking from the protagonist during gameplay, more floaty/slower gun animations that sort of flowed like a dance with the gun in your hand. Less of a focus on characters that can be repackaged and sold like toys in a item shop..
Man COD used to be something else. I miss those days.
Me too, in CoD4 they randomly killed your character off before you even finished the game. That's the kind of stuff I liked
Cod 4 felt like grounded action movie, that was followed by sequels made in Bay style- random explosions, over the top story, bombastic speeches etc.each mission in Cod 4 had unique vibe, MW 2 was packed with so much stuff going on it got dull after while.@@Hybred
When the original Infinity Ward left, so did the true essence of CoD. Now we get shitty cutscenes instead of the amazing real time ones that we used to get with OG IW. The quality of CoD has constantly just been an attempt of coasting on the original IW's works since MW2. That's why we haven't seen anything groundbreaking or revolutionary since 2009 within the series.
@@phil_matic and from 2013 to the end of 2017 IW for some reason they felt the need to compete with Respawn Entertainment, since most employees from Respawn were former IW employees. which meant making generic futuristic garbage in hopes that people would like it more than Titanfall.
The arcadey smoothness to aiming, how stiff your gun is on camera is great compared to the animations now. Everything has sway and feels like a bit too much. The older Cod engine feels better than 2019+
This is sick! Who would have thought the future of this series could have been so different.
Well this is basically what the future of the series became, for a while
People thought Activision went crazy when Infinite Warfare came out. I think they were going full mania at this point.
I cant understand you all. We used to have continuous Futuristic Warfare CODs over the previous years, such as; Black Ops 2, Advanced Warfare, Ghost and the infamous Infinite Warfare. Back then, the community keeps demanding a Modern Warfare series boots on the ground as well as WW2 games yet here we are now going circles aye?
I rather Have COD Medieval Warfare at this point then.
@YungAtzand??
@@HobeyDatorThere actually was supposed to be a medieval COD at one point.
It was a COD game set in the Roman Empire (okay so not medieval but you get what i mean it was pre-industrial) and was in third person but it was scrapped in 2008.
The idea was MW1 had just come out as an experiment to branch off from COD just being set in WWII and it was a smash hit so they experimented even further with the idea that COD could be ANY kind of warfare and that it didn't even have to exclusively be FPS. Ultimately they didn't go far on this idea though.
They mentioned this story in the infinite warfare campaign of how sato and sdf had a war prior to the events of infinite warfare and given the cod ghosts references in infinite warfare I think this is the first wars earth had with Mars aka the SDF this gives me the expanse vibes so much and this prob would have been better if they had this than ghosts
Yeah I remember there about first war between UNSA and SDF called "Secession Wars" is a conflict between the nations of Earth that became the United Nations Space Alliance and the Settlement Defense Front. The war took place 30 years prior to the events of COD Infinite Warfare.
The developers at least considered that optics on rifles would need to be offset to compensate for the bulkiness of spacesuit helmets...unlike Starfield ffs
IDK why u hate on starfield it's a great game it's exactly what everyone should have thought it was gonna be fallout in space but people had unrealistic expectations
@@trieper2023So you’re saying that everyone should’ve automatically expected a buggy, glitchy, unoptimized and boring experience?
@@trieper2023 We wanted a modern Fallout/Skyrim in space not a game that looks like it was released 15 years ago. Instead we got PS3 graphics and a 15-year-old game engine with mundane repetitive tasks.
@@trieper2023Bethesda can’t make half decent weapons designs without it look like a monstrosity. They’re better off making elder scrolls or fantasy games.
@@bUtMyRiGhTsnewsflash chief, skyrim is repetitive and boring. Vanilla skyrim is one of the most mediocre games on the planet, and mods barely fix its issues.
If rumours are to be believed and this was to be in place of ghosts then just imagine how much better this would've been. Not to mention this would've been before AW and infinite warfare so people wouldn't be tired of futuristic stuff yet. There is so much missed potential here.
Ghost was amazing especially the story
@@Interlink.Agreed. This looks great but we have no idea how this game could have turned out so we can't say whether it would have been better. Ghosts had an insane amount of content and stuff to do it just didn't meet the expectations of the fans. Wasn't the right time or place for such a game and the maps being so large didn't help its case.
@@Interlink. Ghosts was the boring leftovers of the MW trilogy tbh. Nothing about it was remarkable or memorable
It's nice to think that this might've been better than Ghosts, but it's honestly just as likely it could've been shit like Ghosts.
The co-op mode was a banger, I liked it much more than any iteration of Zombies@@LateNightHalo
Funny how this game has more Identitiy than Vanguard
Vanguard didn't even had 0.0001% identity of its own😂😂
Laser guns, flashbangs, thermal optics, terminator and anime skins in ww2 😂😂😂
Movement and gunsmith was literal copy paste from mw201o 😂😂😂😂
More identity than pretty much everything after MW2, while we're at it.
Sighs …. What could of been
@@amalo.vergaming4605 if you ever played vanguard or mw2019 then you should know the gunsmith are way different from each other
@@amalo.vergaming4605It's just game after all, COD was never milsim anyway, nor it was ever historically accurate. I agree with you when it comes to historical accuracy, but the game itself isn't that bad, it's so smooth, on the good engine, so if someone wants to play something more milsim or historically accurate, they can try another franchise.
Can't remember if Neversoft even exists anymore, but if any remnants from that team get together, they could make their own legally distinct cod game with this.
iirc Neversoft became part of Infinity Ward around the Ghosts launch/cycle, so probably they reused and expanded this concept in Infinite Warfare/The space mission of Ghosts
@@Darkex115 Honestly, yeah that'd make sense considering the space suit designs in this build, I wouldn't be surprised if the idea came from there and used it as a reference.
sounds like alternate Viagra
I feel like If Future Warfare was released in 2013 instead of Ghosts it could get a better reception then IW. At the time the market was still overwhelmed by Modern Military shooters, and an unexpected space CoD could have been the most surprising switch of a setting akin to CoD4 moving from WW2 to the present era
Tbh if it replaced advanced it’d still be really good. Nothing against advanced though, it’s really good.
@@Idkwhattoputhere5123 AW was way overhated. The movement was actually skill based unlike in later jetpack games and it was extremely fast paced so you needed to think and react quicker. All the maps were made with exo-suits in mind and it was damn fun to hop on platforms and play with verticality. However the balance was killed by damn supply drops.
Campaign was pretty meh and zombies were terrible though
@Mannimarco_King_of_Worms I only played the campaign, and I love it, can't get into a multiplayer match since nobody's on PS3
@Mannimarco_King_of_Worms Agreed with everything you said except the campaign. It wasn't og MW series or BO2 but it was fire.
@@Mannimarco_King_of_Worms I dunno about AW being way overhated, but IW definitely was. People had every right to criticize how bad IW's multiplayer and zombies modes were, but IW's campaign was its saving grace... and CoD fans ignored it just to shit on the other aspects of the game.
And then ABK stopped doing campaigns for CoD, and those same exact CoD fans were wondering why when one of the most well made campaigns since WaW and the first two MW's/BO's was completely ignored.
The IW4 engine was put to good use, creatively wise. Even if there's not much of a graphical uplift it can still immerse you into the world of this game. Just imagine if Neversoft was given time to polish it up and release it as their own game.
Imagine if they were never punished for the faults of another studio right after releasing a fuckin banger pve mode
@@klimaxkid what happened?
@@Nate_M_PCMRCall of Duty: Ghosts happened apparently
Would've been a day 1 buy for me. I liked the Infinite Warfare campaign, probably would've loved this one too. Man I miss great CoD single player campaigns.
I never really left them (I haven’t played any CoD games that aren’t on PS3)
@Idkwhattoputhere5123 that's one hell of a rock you've been under then... mind if I join you? 😂
4:15 this gun has nearly the same exact reload animation as the Vector in Ghosts. I wonder if maybe some of Ghosts animations were initially made for “Future Warfare”
Maybe if they were tweaked a bit.
You'd be very surprised on how many animation were reused or tweaked for the ps3 & ps4 era of cod.
Considering in ghosts there was a space mission probably inspired by this one
I wouldnt be surprised
@@programmingwithgreg7774you can say the same nowadays with the current mw games, just recycled anims
HERA-82: AR
ECR: AR
Type-104: AR/SMG(?)
Type-207: SMG
Pulse Rifle: DMR
Unnamed Machine Pistol (G18 possible placeholder weapon)
ABG-4L: Handgun/Launcher
The ABG-4L acts more like a handheld grenade launcher rather than a normal handgun; the crosshair is really odd, too. I wonder what kind of weapon it's meant to be.
My assumption going through these is that there's no "Energy Weapon" category only "Ballistic and Energy" Weapons that are in the same category style that Infinite Warfare uses
I like the helmet-compatible sights and health packs. Would be neat if the new Call of Duty went this direction.
How I like that here the developers are not shy to show helmet visor (like in Republic Commando) and slowed dynamics due to weak gravity. That's really cool.
This looks so cool. Love the COD4/mw1/2/BO gritty graphics and aesthetics.
Same
Yeah!!
THIS is what I think of when I think of COD in Space, It's such a shame this was never finished. This had so much potential
This is literally like an early version of infinite warfare
Crazy how much work can be put into something like this and then just scrapped lol
WHYS THIS SO GOOD, HOLY SHIT
I bet most of us wouldn't have said this had it released in 2016.
@@LilBurdJJsince its an Xbox 360 build it would’ve been well received if we got this during that life cycle.
@@LilBurdJJ this was being developed in 2012, and planned to be shipped in 2013. But it got cut and replaced with Ghosts
BRO ITS SPACE MEN ON THE MOON *OF COURSE EVERYONE WOULD HAVE LOVED IT ARE YOU KIDDING ME*
Playing this as a kid would've been an absolute core memory
Makes you wonder how many games never get to see the light of day
THANKS FOR POSTING WITHOUT TALKING THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE VIDEO LIKE ALL THE OTHERS DO
This game looks and plays better than 2023 MWIII and 2021’s Vanguard it’s a shame this game never came to be because it honestly would’ve been way better than what we ended up with
Being under fire in space in an era where space travel is still new and incredibly unsafe would be the most terrifying feeling ever as if being shot at regularly wasn't bad enough now the bullets make no sound.
Damn wish this was thr cod we got instead of ghosts. Definitely would've made COD have potentially the best year yet.
Ghosts was goated but this is a HUGE what if
Nah… I prefer Ghosts than this thing.
Nah… I prefer Ghosts than this thing.
Nah… I prefer Ghosts than this thing.
Nah… I prefer Ghosts than this thing.
So the entire stage is basically Rebirth
This on Veteran would've been *mind-numbing*
This is something I would definitely pre-order
I'd love to know the backstory to why it was cancelled like this this game looks so good idk why they'd cancel it?
It was simply the team learning the engine, they just went on to split into ghosts and (apparently) infinite warfare.
Probably because a cod set mostly on the moon would get extremely stale after awhile. Which is why assets and concepts from this were repurposed in cod ghosts' space mission.
Let's push Activision to finish and release this as a free bonus with the next installment of the game, just a few missions would be enough
"Remember; no Martian..."
I doubt they’d do that, tbh. They’re not one to release cancelled games.
It's too old
@@AK_AVFC never old for a free bonus, "concept"
You'll pay $40 for this singular mission and you'll LIKE IT. Guns will be available in multiplayer too so all your friends will know your a space cowboy 🤠
Future Warfare: Moonfall DLC $39.99
it’s got the star wars republic commando meets cod vibe that i didn’t know i needed.
This looks like a mission where you play as a throwaway character like Spc.Baker in CoD Ghost.
Big Boss? Is it really you?
Anyone else notice the mission labeled Operation Deadbolt? Same name for cod zombies in MWIII.
Both effectively cancelled
Crazy so much work went into this game and it never was released or finished. It's different enough that if they did not want to make it a COD game, it could have been something entirely on it's own. I like how it's some where between Advance Warfare and Infinite Warfare. I would have definitely have at least tried this out if it had been released.
Imagine if they had made a futuristic Warfare game set within the same universe as the Modern Warfare trilogy instead of making two Black Ops 3 spin-offs that had nothing to do with the overall Call of Duty timeline
Wdym by bo3 spin-offs?
Our character have the US flag on the suit. While enemy have red flag and something yellow on top left.
It might be soviet. This is timeline that they didn't collapse.
Or China.
Release the unfinished product. We want to try this!
Would still be more finished than MW3
Not likely.
@@Idkwhattoputhere5123 Your mother
All I can say is WOW. Infinite Warfare is my favorite CoD after World at War so this looks unbelievable. Hopefully this will be leaked for the public to play because I really want to play it.
May i ask why? Ive never played IW just curious
@@smokejumper749you need to its basically a polished futuristic OG mw2
@@smokejumper749 It’s the ONLY call of duty that shows the inner workings of an actual military, in this case a fictional Space Navy comprised of all countries on Earth united as one.
Also, Brian Bloom who plays the main character Nick Reyes, who has been a voice actor at Infinity Ward for years, wrote the game himself so all of the dialogue uses real world military lingo and abbreviations.
Every character he created I cared for, wether they were black or white, male or female, they are all tastefully written and have unique personalities that made them feel like true people.
The story has weight to it’s plot, characters aren’t safe and most importantly you as the protagonist go above and beyond the call of duty, a principal that the series was founded on with it’s WW2 roots.
On top of that, you get to explore the entire solar system through not only the main story, but with side missions as well, which no other CoD campaign features.
In terms of CoD production value it gets a 10/10 for me. It essentially feels like an updated version of 60’s Star Trek but with space M4A1’s, electromagnetic AK47’s and advanced A.I. mechs that act as armor support.
@@Tomofdahook17I agree fully IWs campaign is S-Tier. But everything else was just kinda meh imo. Multiplayer to me felt like a reskinned BO3 but in space.
@Tomofdahook17 I actually enjoyed IW for the opposite reason: the story is this big dumb space blockbuster with the emotional depth of a vanilla wafer. The mission design is very fun though, and I enjoyed the renewed versatility of the combat. The guns were cool, space combat was fun, and multiplayer had some cool maps. I still really enjoy the original Black Ops though.
5:30 The devs surely had a great laugh making this😂
This one mission is still better than the latest MW3 campaign 💀
It’s literally the same gameplay, like all cod games.
Yes@@matthewwilliams3827
But it's way more in depth, more action, less talk and no corny dramatism, NX1, is what we should have been given
@@FirstNameThirdName-gj3wm Get lost kiddo
@@lesleyguevarra5374im afraid that old COD is dead...hopefully the writers and higher-ups make better decisions after the absolute shitshow that new MWIII was..
Undeniably would've been one of the best COD games of all time.
Creative, too. It would still be boots-on-the-ground without being titanfall. The midway point between ghosts and advanced.
@@Idkwhattoputhere5123so like bo2 but little more future
@@funny-gv3ml yeah.
Settle down
Why? He’s right😭 this totally would’ve been insane at the time
The mw2 place holder sounds for selecting things will have a special place in my heart
Looks like the Modern Warfare 2 codebase adapted with space theme, running on a Xbox 360 build (code-name: xenon). Very interesting stuff right here. I miss this OG COD games.
It baffles me that Activision cancelled this and we got Ghosts instead. This could've been amazing.
They should come back to this. A classic COD with a futuristic theme
Wtf we're they thinking man this looks way better than ghosts
This was basically ghosts, many of the assets were reused.
Wtf was ghosts on the moon lol. jk 😂
This setting makes one hell of a difference. @Idkwhattoputhere5123
3:43 A classic halo 2 moment, they paid attention somewhere 😏
"343" well that's eerily well timed
@@cburn-YTthere is definitely a god lol
kinda got more of the "boarding the pillar of autumn" vibe from Halo CE
Classic Halo: Combat Evolved* moment, looks like someone forget to pay attention
“Field of fire on that bulkhead”
В наше время такие игры Активижн уже не выпускает. Одна треярч старается чтото сделать и показать, остальные студии работают на маркетинг.
Treyarch и Raven.
Looks so old, yet so new
Damn I would’ve loved this as a kid. Looks actually pretty cool.
Imagine animating an entire set peace and then having it caned by some studio exact.
thats the coporate world for ya
This looks like it would have been a good game and they got pretty far to waste the money and time already put into it what a shame
Someone’s gotta be able to identify the voice actors and see if we can figure out what happened here. This game would’ve done NUMBERS and it would today too
The voice actors were us developers to make this demo. Source: I'm the first voice you hear "we've gotta get back inside!". The main character guiding the player through the level is now an animation director in the industry today.
Surreal seeing this again after so much time.
@@robtmiller82I’d love to do an interview with you if it’s feasible without you breaking any NDA’s. Stuff like this has ALWAYS been fascinating especially this era of cod where it was arguably at its peak. Your voice acting is awesome man, legit passes as a final cut for the voice. Gives MW vibes.
@@zeetonblaster2319 No one can confirm our actual hands on this particular project only you can confirm who was employed by the development company at the time. It's just a story of ideas and time being pumped into one area and then the best ideas were split into different projects after our publisher told us what the public wanted. Apparently they wanted Kevin Spacey and dead son funerals.
@@picardsolo2471 how many devs am I going to talk to that got screwed out of a generational game. This would’ve been better as ghosts 2 or something else. I’m sorry your hard work got shelved sir/ma’am 🫡
This was really cool, they put a lot of effort in this
This feels like a mix of Infinite Warfare, Ghosts, and MW3. I hope someone can take what was lost and make something cool out of it
Only thing I’m not a fan of is the slow movement speed, which makes me glad we at least got Infinite Warfare. All you that crapped on that game before you knew what was coming should feel pretty stupid.
It’s literally on the moon, why wouldn’t it have slow movement?
@@thatemocat I’m not saying it shouldn’t. 😅 I’m just saying while the concept is really unique and I certainly would’ve bought it, it’s not my preference.
Neversoft? I think ur supposed to see a doctor if it stays that way for more than 4 hours…🙄
This is the cod game I always dreamed of when I was a kid
And we dont care about you being kid. Get LOST
The game is way Better than MW3’s Campaign
Of course you would say that now. But you won't say this if it was 2010s. Because I still clearly remember all the hate for Infinite Warfare when it was first released due they said... too HALO-ish.
@@ak47tohI think he mean about mw 3 2023. MW 3 2011 have good campaign
@@erkenaralov9502 I know he's referring to MW2023. I agree it sucks. But that's the result when Activision ran out of ideas and it degenerated into the quality we had today.
It still doesn't change the fact there was huge criticism on Ghosts and IW when it was first released. Go check out the old forums and you'll see what I mean.
@@ak47tohYes I’m referring to MW3 2023’s Campaign
@@ak47toh they killed soap that's why it sucked
So this is where the groundwork for futuristic cod sprouted (specifically ghosts and aw, maybe even iw). I'm curious what would've the franchise looked like if the devs decided to stop yearly releases and give titles like ghost a chance even with the bad receptions
Pretty dope. I actually enjoy the rifle design with offset sight. Makes me wonder if this cod would've had questionable designs like Starfield.
I wonder how much of this was re-used for Infinite warfare.
Probably not a lot, most of these assets and animations were reused for ghosts, while infinite warfare uses its own assets.
@@Idkwhattoputhere5123 Thank you for the info mate. I should of rephrased it as, I wonder what concepts were re-used. I know IW had an assault on the moon mission that played out similarly ( also the breaking the glass segment can also be preformed in a near identical location on that moon mission )plus the introduction of zero- G gameplay in multiplayer. I've only seen this gameplay so i don't know if it goes any further than that to be fair?
This must’ve been what eventually became Infinite Warfare
No. This one foreshadows Ghosts (and later on Advanced Warfare) since Neversoft makes this cancelled project and the 2 COD series. Infinite Warfare took inspiration from Ghosts and AW when space conflict slowly became an acceptable gameplay for COD fanbase.
@@ak47tohyeah but infinite warfare is the one closely resembles this game. there’s a very good chance the devs at IW used NX1 for some reference
@@gavcom4060 Neversoft is not involved in Infinite Warfare. I agree it resembles a lot with this but credit still goes to Ghosts which is the first to introduce the space warfare concept, taking a lot of stuffs from here.
Put simply: Without Ghosts or AW, there'll be no IW either.
Thanks for hosting this. You da real MVP.
In space no one can hear you scream, but you can hear gunfire…
Gotta love the idea of using chain-link fences... on the moon... where you know, you can just jump over them lmao
This is insane. Thanks for sharing 👍
I love the HERA-82 assaults rifle design so much. It still felt like a space gun with the black and white paint yet incorporates details like offset sights for use with astronaut helmet, radiators on the barrel to cool it because there is no air in space and even integrated ammo counter! Not to mention the giant release buttons because you have to use these things with very thick gloves.
The helmet hud is taken straight from republic commando and I love it
This unreleased game got me more hyped up than the past 4 Call of Duty games combined.
Walker was the last name for Logan and Hesh in Ghosts right?
This should be cod 2013-2014
Looks still better than scam war 3
Looks better than the last 4 years of COD
More like the last 10 years lol
Oh daaaammm
@@Bladez1992You dare make fun of my BO3 McDonald's zombies map experience?
The new modern warfare was very promising, but Activision decided to derail MWII and MWIII
Feels like a prequel to Doom, I was expecting demons to teleport in anytime.
Call of duty logic
Oxygen = Gravity
No Gravity = Slow motion
I feel like this game would have taken place in like 2024 - 2030, it would have probably connected MW OG series to Ghosts, or a prequel to Ghosts and involving the Federation in some way, it wouldve been so cool to see this game released.
A cod game where each map is dictated by the host Planet's gravuty would be amazing.
Do all the other missions work or is this the only one that does?
We need futuristic CoDs to come back, except maybe with the advanced movement relegated to just the campaign
Dear god if you real: make them suprise drop an advanced movement game today with no seasons or skins. Make all perks and upgrades unlockable. Amen
futuristic CoDs are trash, from campaign to multiplayer
@@thepunisher6596they really weren’t, AW infinite warfare and bo3 especially are all good games
@@Enrique-wr9veyou got me until you did AW it was mad p2w and it had weapons lock behind lootboxs and samething with bo3 but at least the zombies were good doe
Even with it being an unfinished project I would take this over the current slop any day, already had more effort put into it than what we get now
RIGGS NOOOOO
Fun facts. my speech is longer then this years call of duty campaign
I love this and come back to it time to time! So much chaos and actual consequences
Basically what inspired cod ghost first mission
neversoft helped make ghosts so im not surprised that this is similar, but honestly this is cooler than ghosts
It would probably be hated by the cod fanbase because it actually tries something new
That’s what cod 4 did.
@@Idkwhattoputhere5123Nah that’s what cod ghosts did and the fans hated it. I can definitely say that this game will be hated just as much.
@SpokeNyan1390 every game up to cod 4 was a ww2 game. Cod 4 was the first game in the series to go into modern times, and it was loved.
@@Idkwhattoputhere5123 Yeah but I’m talking about cod ghosts and how it was hated because it tries something new.
@SpokeNyan1390 It was hated because it added stuff that weren't liked (Such as leveloution, a feature taken from battlefield)
id do anything to be in the timeline where this launched
I can totally see why this wasn’t fully realized, especially with what it was meant to contest. But wow, from what little we got to see weapon wise I really wonder where those interesting designs went when they started IW
Please tell me there more working missions to see, this looks so much better than anything we've got in years
it's infinity warefare literally but cod 4
DUDE I NEED TO PLAY THIS IT LOOKS OUTSTANDING!
LET'S GOOOOO
0:01 Russian 'Proton'-style rocket in the picture there
so 🚀...
we just need build leak🛰️ 🌌👩🚀
asap
Walker and Riggs?, where have I heard brush before lmao
Hey bro, is there any possibility to play this game? How did you get it?
I'm guessing that this game became Infinite Warfare.
what could have been, i still come back from time to time to see this video