what's up guys this is M3RKMUS1C and today i wanted to talk about the future of call of duty
i'm actually really excited to talk about the state of call of duty because with the recent
announcements for halo and battlefield it has me wondering and i'm sure you guys are wondering as
well what the future of call of duty has in store for us because as it currently stands we don't
have that much official information about the next call of duty games the leaks and the rumors
have us thinking that the next call of duty game is going to be called call of duty world war ii
vanguard and i'm pretty sure you guys already know how i feel about that i just don't think it's the
smartest direction for the game to go in i've said this so many times before in the past that call
of duty is at its best when it's in the modern to near future kind of era i feel like those are the
most fun and interesting call of duty games that we get that's not to say that cod world war ii
vanguard would be a terrible game i mean we don't even know if that's gonna be the game we get but
now especially after seeing battlefield 2042 in halo infinite gameplay this game is going to have
some serious competition and even though warzone is the main focus right now we still need the
next call of duty game to have a solid campaign multiplayer in zombies but i do want to take a
little bit of a step back from cod 2021 because that's still quite a ways out and i don't think
we're gonna hear anything about the game quite yet until we see maybe a warzone event revealed in the
game aside from that we have the season 4 road map for cold war and war zone there's going to be a
lot of cool new stuff coming out the red doors for war zone where you can like teleport sound
pretty cool they're going to have a new score streak called the hand cannon it just looks like
a desert eagle but i'm pretty sure it's gonna work like the annihilator pistol i think i'm definitely
curious to check that out along with the nail gun the nail guns coming back tons of other guns
as well the c58 the mg82 the ots9 and the mace melee weapon the map's hijacked and rusher coming
back from black ops 2 that's actually going to be pretty neat i'll definitely check out one in the
chamber when that comes back and then for zombies there's going to be a new outbreak region and
we're finally going to get a brand new zombies map called mower their cotton how long has this game
been out and we've only gotten one new zombies map like oh my god it's definitely gonna be really
cool to check out the new zombies map i'm trying not to be too mean because i mean if you look at
all this content this is a lot of stuff to work on i know that some of this stuff is just rehashed
like getting hijacked or rushed but hey at least we are getting new content and a lot of this
stuff is actually gonna be free i know i'm not the biggest fan of black ops cold war but i am going
to check out all this content when it comes out and i don't want to sound too ungrateful because
i mean [ __ ] dude a lot of this stuff is free and the reality is that a lot of my frustrations with
the game come from the skill-based matchmaking and the types of players i'm matched up against
but yeah overall i'm looking forward to season four but putting the road map aside guys i've
got something even bigger to show you if i'm really gonna sit here and talk to you guys
about the future of call of duty then i have to show you guys this fellow glop and boopins of the
call of duty community i present to you sm2 or sm squared i'm pretty sure it's sm squared when
i made the rip call of duty online video a lot of you guys actually brought this to my attention in
the comment section so thank you guys very much for that this is currently a call of duty project
that's very early in the stages of development it's kind of similar to plutonium and iw4x but
it's gonna be different let's click the learn more button a hundred plus weapons on release with new
attachments camos perks and more new everything 40 plus fan favorite maps from across the call
of duty timeline and it's gonna have controller support with aim assist oh yeah they actually
have their first gameplay reveal which we're gonna check out in a second but if we go over the more
feature section on the website this is what really sets it apart from the other clients and i think
is gonna make it a really unique experience so the game is gonna have a credit system now
this is just in-game currency it's not paid for there's no micro transactions they've made that
very clear think of it more like cod points from black ops one where you can use it to unlock camos
and attachments stuff like that there's gonna be a one-click ping system for enemies and objectives
and other things like that the game's gonna have a full-blown progression system which makes this
very different from the other clients and i'll show you guys that in a sec and it's also gonna
have support for a party system you'll be able to use voice chat and invite your friends here's
the latest news for the game we'll start off on this one since i'm showing you guys this for the
first time the music player showcase i actually haven't seen this hold on hold on oh they've got
all the different music you can pick different menu music for the game too that's so cool
oh not black ops working that way just look at the menu too man i mean this actually looks so
good this alone is a really nice feature like if you want to be able to hear certain menu
music you can pick it yourself [ __ ] awesome what are our goals for sm squared our main goal
is to create our dream call do the game a mashup of the best cod experiences in one
place completely free and player friendly with ongoing updates and community feedback to help
make this project the best it can be does that sound familiar because it sounds familiar to me
we don't want to just make another modern warfare 2 we want to make a fresh experience while staying
true to cod traditions and giving sm squared its own identity like i mentioned before it's gonna
have controller support and aim assist as well this is not a w4x or plutonium they have a lot
of respect for them though and it's not possible without them they have a contribution section on
their discord i haven't checked out their discord yet but i mean i'm sure they're gonna have all
kinds of posted updates on that discord we're gonna take a look at this one now the progression
and unlocks the menu actually looks so good i don't know why the font kind of makes me think
of the master chief collection but this is such a nice clean looking menu i dig it when development
on sm squared was restarted earlier this year we shifted our focus from a traditional mod to
a complete multiplayer experience and as such we've added new progression systems and ways
to unlock gear for that reason there won't be any unlock all commands and we've implemented various
forms of stat protection to make sure players play the game as intended this definitely sets it apart
from the other clients because you're gonna have to actually play and progress which i think is
actually kind of refreshing it's just going to be really nice to have these different options like
if you want to just be able to play everything and have everything right at the beginning then iw4x
and plutonium got you back there but sm squared is going to be more like a traditional call of
duty game in the sense where you have to level up and progress and unlock things experience and
prestige so you're gonna have xp and stuff and okay there's prestige mode we've always loved
the original leveling journey present in the older cod games but it's a bit outdated and to update it
into a modern context we put our own spin on it while keeping the legacy prestige feeling you'll
start your journey at level 1 and work your way up to level 100 and once you reach level 100 you
have the option of staying or entering prestige mode when you enter prestige for the first time
all your stats will be reset and you'll start your road to grand master prestige at level 1 without
your previously purchased gear from here on you're on a journey straight to level 1000 after entering
prestige mode for the first time there are no more resets every 50 levels will reward you
with prestige tokens and credits your tokens can be spent in the prestige store where you can buy
custom class lots prestige icons and more once you hit level 1000 your player card will be gilded and
everything in the prestige store will be free to purchase oh here we go unlocking gear throughout
the history of call of duty we've seen many ways to unlock gear including cod points squad points
and more commonly unlocking weapons as you level up in smart we're introducing a new currency used
throughout the entire experience called credits and yeah as you can see here you've got the
credits and you can use it to unlock different guns you can use this to unlock different
attachments as well but you also have to level up your weapon too you unlock loadouts of level 4 you
have access to all the 100 plus weapons they have a fixed price depending on their class and once
you have bought it there's no refunds so pick them wisely you'll always have two attachment
slots in the camo slot from the start so you don't have to unlock that if you complete all the camo
challenges and max out your weapon level you can unlock gold camo and when you do that for all the
guns in a class you unlock chrome i'd be curious to see if they have like a secret dark matter camo
in the game too i mean that'd be sick rather than always being available to purchase you'll have
to reach the required level first to buy the perk equipment or points trick you want this make sure
you always have something to work towards as seen in ghosts being able to unlock whatever whenever
with squad points hurt the multiplayer progression and made leveling almost obsolete that's very true
we want to avoid that and give players more reasons to keep playing [ __ ] yes there's
also gonna be a reward store where you can spend your credits they're gonna have melee weapons
exclusive emblems calling cards and signature weapon variants that are cosmetic only they're
gonna have four different rarities like common rare ultra and exotic and the items won't be
reset if you prestige and like i mentioned earlier too credits are strictly earned in game and spent
in game there's no money no microtransactions involved it looks so good so far and they have a
confirmed weapons list of two i mean it's not like all the weapons but it's just some of them we got
guns from black ops 1 advanced warfare black ops 2 modern warfare 3 ghosts black ops 4 as well modern
warfare remastered i mean even guns from call of duty online that's insane i'm so [ __ ] hyped for
this all the pretty oh the predictor's coming back though uc panzer falls from ghost yeah and
for melee weapons they have like these different variants from modern warfare remastered i'm pretty
sure you'll be able to get those in the reward store but yeah they have a new gameplay reveal
so we could check that out as well disclaimer okay it's from an in development build every
element and aspect from the footage can be subject to change okay not a finalized version of the game
okay i got you look at the bet you do i want to play this it looks so cool oh we got dome for
modern warfare 3. yeah it says work in progress and development footage so i mean it could
improve things could change but i mean this looks really cool so far what the [ __ ] oh i can't wait
to see this whatever it takes they already had him at level 1000 these boys been practicing oh
i like the text and everything the kill feed looks good it's not moving too fast
quantity with every gun in sm squared if i'm not mistaken i think sm squared runs off of
modern warfare 2's engine so graphically it's going to be pretty similar to that
i like the hit markers too like the red hit marker for the kill but yeah i just really wanted to show
you guys this client because i think this has the potential to be huge when it comes out i have no
doubt that sm squared is gonna be free to download when it comes out so you guys should definitely
check it out when it's actually fully released i'm personally gonna do my best to stay on top of news
and updates for this game because i can't wait to play it and i would 100 be down to early test this
game if they ever have anything like that because this project just sounds so awesome and it looks
amazing so far too is that the magnum from ghost look at that headshot that's sick but that's
good for this video thank you guys very much for watching hope you guys enjoyed this little video
of me talking about the future of call of duty definitely leave a comment letting me know your
thoughts about cod 2021 season 4 and sm squared as well and with that being said i really hope
you guys enjoyed this video if you guys did and you want the future of call of duty to be awesome
make sure to drop a like i'll see you guys later i don't need it i don't need it i don't need to die
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