User blog comment:Deathmanstratos/Sledgehammer: 'Call of Duty: Vietnam was to be their next game'/@comment-2224625-20140514013844

Late for the party :P

Anyway, my two cents:

Though I would want another historical FPS, this seems hard to pull off. Mostly for the reasons already stated. The ground they were trying to cover is very...fragile.

There are many things I can see going wrong. The new playstyle might upset the current CoD playerbase, and the inevitable "players" in question that give CoD a bad name (however many or few there are). CoD recently is based around the FPS series. Many may not agree with how it's executed and it is the butt end of many a joke, but still, it's sort of a sudden transition.

Also what it's about. There was that argument earlier how Americans feel about that. I do know this: the opinion is very mixed. But one thing that is nearly guaranteed in my opinion is that there would be many people pissed about it. On one hand you have vets that still have issues dealing with the real war. On the other you have a lot of people who will protest the depiction of the war. Let's face it, the anti-war movement is so integral to the War in the U.S. you cannot forget it. the Opposition to the draft and draftees (Who didn't even want to be there in the first place) coming home scarred for life - physically and/or emotionally - or worse, in a box. They would need to be either real sensitive (which might water down the game) or be very very close to the truth. Either way, they can't water it down and they can't glorify the war. I know Cod has that kind of opposition in general but still, Vietnam is a REAL sore spot for Americans in particular.

tl;dr it would be very risky and the steps might not be worth it

Also, WWI FPS.