“Two dumpsters and a piece of garbage,” according to Infinity Ward’s studio head Vince Zampella. “Cracks in the sidewalk” also rank among his favourite visual touches in the biggest game of the year.
Vince Zampella, studio head of Infinity Ward
“It’s just a matter of detail, little touches,” Zampella told us during a recent showing of Modern Warfare 2. “Transitions from wall to ground are now hand-touched by all the artists so that everything fits.
“If you see some of the Rio scenes from the trailers, there’s just like these uphill broken stairwells that are half-covered in dirt, weeds coming through – one of my favourite parts in the whole game is there’s a back alley there, and there’s just two dumpsters and a piece of garbage, some trash blowing in the wind and the weeds coming up through the cracks in the sidewalk.”
"Might I draw your attention, gentleman, to the exquisite brushwork on the tin can in bottom left..."
Cracks in the sidewalk. Not exactly “attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion”, is it? Next up, an in-engine showreel of Zampella’s favourite discarded shopping trolleys.
Check out our tongue-in-cheek “Quickfire Q&A” with Modern Warfare 2, and stay tuned for our full review. The game’s out for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 on 10th November, like you didn’t know already.
[...] coming up through the cracks in the sidewalk,” Infinity Ward studio boss Vince Zampella told VideoGamesDaily recently when asked what his favourite part of the game [...]
I love the Bladerunner reference in there! x
This game is going to be fucking awesome. My dads birthday is the 10th, I might get him this game just to be a dick