The new gameplay trailer from gamescom 2021 shows several minutes of continuous gameplay from CoD Vanguard for the first time. It features a mission with Polina Petrova, a Russian fighter who fights against the German invaders in Stalingrad. According to the developers, it is loosely based on the real-life Lyudmila Pavlichenko, who made history as the world’s most successful female sniper with 309 kills.
Polina is one of the four characters in Vanguard who together form one of the first Special Forces units and are tasked with stopping a secret Nazi project in Berlin. In addition to Stalingrad, North Africa, the Pacific and Normandy will also be locations in the story (and in multiplayer).
The scenes demonstrate some of the great strengths of the revamped IW engine that we know from Modern Warfare: Particle effects, smoke, sparks, fire and light look very atmospheric.
There is also a first taste of the new destructible level elements that are used in both the campaign and multiplayer: Doors, windows, wooden beams and other things break when fired upon.
