Animation lead Zach Volker recently spoke to the Guardian about the story, stating that, “This is the best story that Infinity Ward has ever put out in a CoD title. It’s more character driven – previous titles have focused more on big events, and you just kind of experience them.

“What we’re trying to do this time is focus more on being a character with other characters, telling the story of how they experience the events. It’s still a Call of Duty title so don’t expect long cutscenes or anything like that – cinematic sequences are not our style…”

He also stated that Infinity Ward will still be relying on their style of “classy violence” for Ghosts. “We try to stay away from the over-the-top in your face violence… no one’s going to strangle someone and force you to watch it – that’s not our style.

“We wanted to make sure we use the level of fidelity for something that’s worth more than shock value. But are we getting closer to overcoming the uncanny valley? Absolutely”.

Volker has stated that there will be more interactivity in levels. However, “Don’t expect to blow through walls or anything like that – and all the maps will be very different, but you can expect to see earthquakes starting; certain levels will have switches that will change the layout; certain levels may have a satellite that comes crashing down, and the first team to get to it and activate it will get a UAV.

“It’s really a way of making the maps more asymmetrical – just giving players more ways to turn the tide.”

Of course, as to the more open world nature of some levels (we’ve seen some jungle levels, which could lend themselves well to this approach), Volker stated that, “It’s very level specific. We’re not trying to make it an open-world game, and some levels will be more scripted and corridor-like. But there are levels that have been purposefully designed to be very open.”

Call of Duty: Ghosts is slated to release on November 5th for current and next gen consoles.