[GameSpot] - CoD: Black Ops Cold War Brings Back Batman Writer; Story Isn't Trying To Be Political

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Treyarch's 2010 shooter Call of Duty: Black Ops was written in part by none other than Batman: The Dark Knight's David Goyer, and he came back to help with this year's new game, Black Ops Cold War. A direct sequel to the original game set in 1981, Cold War tells a story of international politics and turmoil as the US and the USSR faced off in what some feared might become World War III. But the game itself isn't attempting to be political, according to its developer.

Raven Software's Dan Vondrak told GameSpot that Goyer was enthusiastic about returning for Cold War, and that he challenged the developer's ideas about how to best tell a story.

"David Goyer is an incredible ball of energy," Vondrak said. "The very first phone call we had, he was pulling up every fact he could think of from Black Ops 1. And he was just ... his mind works in a different way. He was throwing out these different theories that we could try. And we were writing all these ideas down with him. He was great. He makes you question what you think can't be changed. He would come to us with these ideas and say, 'I know you think this is your story but what if the bad guy was doing this, what if one of your allies instead was doing this, why can't you make that happen?' He would just make you question everything you thought couldn't change, and that's what was so great about him."

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