Infinity Ward responds to GTA 5 mocking CoD - "it's pretty cool"

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There's an advert for "Righteous Slaughter VII: The Art of Contemporary Killing" to find on GTA 5's in-game internet. Created by "Misfire Games", it's described as "a first-person shooter like no other (except for the Righteous Slaughter 6 which was released 3 months ago)."

The blurb proceeds in fairly withering style. "Insurgents are killing orphans. They have nerve toxin and a nuke. You're flashing back a lot telling a dramatic story cobbled together from assorted generic multiplayer levels so we could get the game made in time." The multiplayer, meanwhile, allows you to "purchase upgrades so that you can destroy those with more skill and less money than you - just like in real life."

So what does Infinity Ward, developer of Modern Warfare 2 and the forthcoming Call of Duty: Ghosts, think of all this?

"I definitely laugh at it," community manager Tina Palacios told OXM at a preview event. "I think it's funny that they mentioned us - cheers to them, that's pretty cool."

She declined to comment at length on Rockstar's critique, observing that it's not Infinity Ward's lot to make decisions about how the Call of Duty franchise at large is sold or presented. "I've been in Europe these past two weeks so I've not got to play GTA 5 myself, but... From a development standpoint? We just enjoy games. And I know it's funny to have to say that, but we really do - it's our job to make them and we like playing them, so...

"We don't really see it from a publisher's perspective when we make a game, whether it's going to sell and so on, we just focus on whether we're having fun playing it, because if not we're going to change it. We just focus on the enjoyment factor rather than anything else."

The sniping should serve as a bit of additional publicity for Infinity Ward, if nothing else. "When I see the GTA shout-outs, it's kind of like seeing your game in South Park, it's pretty cool," said Palacios. "I got a call from my mom saying that on the news she heard that Call of Duty's mentioned in Grand Theft Auto, because she only knows Call of Duty, GTA and FIFA. So it's pretty cool!"



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-LHTG-Posted:

Mentalist
Gossip This game is nothing like COD so I don't see the connection.


Me neither, it's like comparing fruit to vegetables.


All I have to say is tomatos.

MentalistPosted:

That ad was pretty funny, I always see Jimmy play that game haha.

MentalistPosted:

Gossip This game is nothing like COD so I don't see the connection.


Me neither, it's like comparing fruit to vegetables.

OmittingCoderPosted:

Human "purchase upgrades so that you can destroy those with more skill and less money than you - just like in real life."

oh rockstar, forgot about the microtransactions?

Haha this. This right here.

BoobsonPosted:

aha I heard this, I have also heard a lot of other possible references IW.

not to sure about those though.

EvoVIIIPosted:

Dr-J
PCgamingFTWs
Pearity
Dr-J IW is a garbage studio. Rockstar will always be better


I agree Rockstar spend time on their game and IW yeah they may make $500million for their work thats because all the sheep carry on playing COD.


Its sad that people can only blame CoD sales on sheep.


But this is ttg, ignorance and immaturity is to be expected.
as pearity said but I'll add you're probably a cod fanboy,that's the only type of person that defends that game



From my point of view i think if you call someone a fanboy you are immature and jusde way to much, they should be able to like any game they want with out being called names, its sad what TTG is turning into. If someone is a fan of something they get called a fanboy for just liking the game. It can easily go the same way on another publisher.

MaggardoPosted:

I'm sorry, but IW is just a horrible studio, after MW3, I just lost all hope in IW, and CoD all together! :/

YinPosted:

Dr-J
PCgamingFTWs
Pearity
Dr-J IW is a garbage studio. Rockstar will always be better


I agree Rockstar spend time on their game and IW yeah they may make $500million for their work thats because all the sheep carry on playing COD.


Its sad that people can only blame CoD sales on sheep.

But this is ttg, ignorance and immaturity is to be expected.
as pearity said but I'll add you're probably a cod fanboy,that's the only type of person that defends that game


The same exact thing could be said about every other game (where only the fanboys would defend it.) I mean, if a person defends something, they are likely fans, no? Not sure why 'fanboy' is used as a type of insult nowadays (even if you claim you are not, many people still do it.) Battlefield, GTA, Halo, Killzone, etc., all have "fanboys" that defend them. I personal like Call of Duty. In my opinion, they consistently deliver an enjoyable experience. They always keep me entertained for months. No other game seems to do that for me anymore. Halo used to, but it's just not my style anymore. I don't mind people stating their opinion, but it gets to me when people state them like they are a fact (the sheep comment from Pearity.)

Dr-JPosted:

PCgamingFTWs
Pearity
Dr-J IW is a garbage studio. Rockstar will always be better


I agree Rockstar spend time on their game and IW yeah they may make $500million for their work thats because all the sheep carry on playing COD.


Its sad that people can only blame CoD sales on sheep.

But this is ttg, ignorance and immaturity is to be expected.
as pearity said but I'll add you're probably a cod fanboy,that's the only type of person that defends that game

Dr-PonyfilePosted:

PCgamingFTWs
Pearity
Dr-J IW is a garbage studio. Rockstar will always be better


I agree Rockstar spend time on their game and IW yeah they may make $500million for their work thats because all the sheep carry on playing COD.


Its sad that people can only blame CoD sales on sheep.

But this is ttg, ignorance and immaturity is to be expected.


Hahahaha ignorance and immaturity that is funny the cod sales are by people just following their friends your point is invalid. So why don't you carry on and quote something important instead of calling people immature and ignorant all I stated was my opinion.


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