Call of Duty: Vanguard

Overview

Call of Duty: Vanguard is a 2021 first-person shooter game developed by Sledgehammer Games and published by Activision. It was released on November 5 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. It serves as the 18th installment in the overall Call of Duty series. Vanguard establishes a storyline featuring the birth of the special forces to face an emerging threat at the end of the war during various theatres of World War II.

The game received mixed reviews from critics, with praise towards the entertainment value of the campaign and multiplayer, and the graphics, but criticism for its writing, Zombies mode, and lack of innovation. It failed to meet the sales expectations of Activision.

Official trailer

Trailer. Watch on YouTube

Gameplay

Call of Duty: Vanguard - Official Stalingrad Gameplay Demo | gamescom 2021, IGN. Watch on YouTube

Screenshots

Game details

Genres

Shooter

Developer

Sledgehammer Games

Publisher

Activision

Series

Call of Duty

Engine

IW Engine

Platforms

Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox One

Age rating

ESRB M

Modes

Single player

Yes

Local multiplayer

Yes

Online multiplayer

Yes

Co op

Yes

Age ratings

ACB

MA 15+

PEGI

18

USK

18

CERO

Z

GRAC

19+

CLASS IND

18

ESRB

M

Release dates

Trophies

Trophies45

Platinum possibleYes

Platinum

1

Gold

2

Silver

10

Bronze

32

Total

45

Points

1260

Platinum time

30 to 40 hours

Difficulty

4 out of 10

Playthroughs for platinum

1

Online trophies

5

• The Birth Of Special Forces
• Phoenix Extinguished
• The Tip Of The Spear
• Did I Get 'em? In Campaign, get 15 kills using Blind Fire
• Munition Magpie In Campaign, scavenge ammo from 15 enemy corpses within 3 seconds of killing them
• Gotta Try Them All! In Campaign, kill enemies with 15 different weapons throughout the game
• OH YEAH! In Campaign, Tactical Sprint through 5 Destructible walls
• F
• Not Your Fairy Godmother
• Couldn't Have Done It Without You
• Shot Caller As Arthur, give 15 different commands to your allies
• Pop Goes The Nightingale As Polina, kill 15 enemies immediately after emerging from a crawlspace
• Heightened Senses As Wade, kill 15 enemies using his focus ability
• Pocket Full Of Fun As Lucas, use 4 types of lethal equipment, getting 3 kills with each
• Ticket Please In Phoenix, kill 15 enemies while standing atop a train car roof
• Beware Of Trains In Phoenix, shoot a truck driver with a vehicle full of soldiers
• Actions Speak Louder Than Words In Operation Tonga, protect Evans with quick reflexes
• Only You Can Prevent Friendly Casualties In Operation Tonga, throw smoke from the anti-tank ditch to provide cover for the charge
• Legend In The Making In Stalingrad, protect the Partisans without missing a shot
• Rain Of Fire In Stalingrad, hit a halftrack with a Molotov Cocktail
• Slow But Deadly In The Battle of Midway, help 5 threatened Allies during a dogfight
• Duck And Dive In The Battle of Midway, avoid getting hit by bullets during the first Dive-Bomb
• Untouchable In Numa Numa Trail, avoid getting hit by the sniper
• Survivalist In Numa Numa Trail, find Mateo without firing a bullet
• Bird Of Prey In Lady Nightingale, kill 5 snipers across the open field without getting hit by them
• Behind You In Lady Nightingale, take out all of Steiner's troops in the department store using only takedowns
• That's Definitely Not A Knife In the Rats of Tobruk, bring down the Stuka with a pistol, grenade, or rocket
• Pied Piper In The Rats of Tobruk, lead the Rats through the desert without getting detected
• Leaving An Impression In the battle of El Alamein, get run over by a tank
• She'll Be Right Mate In the battle of El Alamein, get twice as many kills as Des during the final defend
• Allies Together, Strong In The Fourth Reich, use Leadership to help takedown a Jäger Mörder
• Order In Chaos In The Fourth Reich, go through the level without any instances of friendly fire
• Leet Skills
• Top Of The Mountain
• Bling Pro 2.0
• Hello There Join a clan in Multiplayer
• Deal With The Devil Equip 3 Covenants
• Baker's Dozen Sacrifice 13 Hearts
• Thirst Quencher
• As Cold As Ice
• Shocking Behavior Eliminate 10 zombies that were damaged by the Energy Mine Artifact
• Escape Artist While using the Aether Shroud Artifact, enter the Aether Shroud 5 times with less than 25% health
• Hot Tempered Eliminate 10 zombies while your damage is increased by the Ring of Fire Artifact
• Death Dealer
• Grim Reaper

Playable today

Credits

Publisher

Activision

Developer

Sledgehammer Games

Released

2021-11-05

Age rating

ESRB M

Region

US

Time to beat

about 6.9 hours