Call of Duty: WW2: PC graphics analysis benchmark review - Plot and System Requirements

Call of Duty: WWII is an upcoming first-person shooter video game developed by Sledgehammer Games and published by Activision for Microsoft Windows. It is the fourteenth primary installment and first Call of Duty series game to be set primarily during World War II since Call of Duty: World at War in 2008. The game is set in the European theatre of the war. The campaign is centered around a squad in the 1st Infantry Division, and follows their battles in the Western Front, while the multiplayer expands on different fronts not seen in the campaign. 
 

The Plot

Call of Duty: WWII focuses on the actions of a 12-man squad of the American 1st Infantry Division from 1944 to 1945 in the European theater of conflict, at a time when the Allied forces were starting to gather strength on their march into Germany. The campaign will cover fighting in occupied France and Belgium, and across the Rhine river valley into the heart of Germany. Some of the iconic historical battles covered in the campaign will be the Invasion of Normandy (D-Day), Liberation of Paris, Battle of Aachen, Battle of Hürtgen Forest and Battle of the Bulge. Although the story is primarily set in 1944 and 1945, some parts of it will "touch on" events that happened from 1940 to 1944 to "help set the stage for the narrative and establish the characters." In the single-player campaign, players primarily play as two soldiers of the 16th Infantry Regiment: Private Ronald "Red" Daniels (Brett Zimmerman) and his best friend, Jewish American, Private First Class Robert Zussman (Jonathan Tucker). Additional playable characters include Rousseau, a female Maquis leader of the French Forces of the Interior, and Major Arthur Crowley, a British Special Operations Executive officer a RAF Pilot and Tank Commander. Daniels' and Zussman's platoon mates include Technical Sergeant William Pierson (Josh Duhamel), and platoon leader, 1st Lieutenant Joseph Turner (Jeffrey Pierce). Pittsburgh Steelers running back Le'Veon Bell and offensive tackle Alejandro Villanueva are set to make a cameo appearance in the game.

The Nazi Zombies story of WWII takes place in an alternate history, where the Nazis have conducted research on necromancy based on the legend of King Frederick Barbarossa's hidden treasure. The story is centered around Marie Fischer (Katheryn Winnick), a young German engineer working with the Office of Strategic Services. Marie's brother, Klaus, has taken part in the research of Barbarossa's treasure, working with Doctor Peter Straub (Udo Kier). Marie is joined by three companions: ex-art thief Drostan Hynd (David Tennant), ex-art historian and French Resistance fighter Olivia Durant (Élodie Yung), and military sergeant Jefferson Potts (Ving Rhames), as they attempt to conduct a covert operation to learn of the Nazis' plans, retrieve the stolen artifacts and rescue Klaus in the process.
 

PC System Requirements

	MINIMUM	RECOMMENDED
CPU: Intel	Intel Core i3-3255 3.5 GHz or  Intel Pentium G4560 3.5 GHz	Intel Core i5-2400 3.4 GHz or  i5 7400 3.5 GHz
CPU: AMD	AMD FX-4350 4.2 GHz	AMD Ryzen R5 1600X 3.6 GHz
GPU: NVidia	Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 2GB or  GTX 1050 2GB	Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 4GB or  GTX 1060 6GB
GPU: AMD	AMD Radeon HD 7850 2GB	AMD R9 390 8GB / RX 580
RAM:	8GB	12GB

According to Activision, the PC open beta of Call of Duty: WWII will support native 4K resolutions, frame rates up to 250fps, as well as controllers, G-Sync monitors, Ultra-Wide monitors and high-resolution mouse. Moreover, the PC build for Call of Duty: WWII will feature a FOV option, fully re-mappable keyboard/mouse, and advanced video settings. While the PC will support multi-monitors. Furthermore, the development team has been working to support HDR at launch.