Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2's Photorealistic Amsterdam Goes Viral

Dutch courage.

 

You can’t beat a bit of video game virtual tourism, can you? And Call of Duty, for all the criticism it gets, has been particularly good at it over the years. Infinity Ward may well have outdone itself with Modern Warfare 2’s frighteningly photorealistic rendition of Amsterdam, however – just take a look at this:

oh my god amsterdam looks *incredibly* realistic in the new call of duty — almost can’t believe this is a video game pic.twitter.com/KVI9Ay5dIk

— juan (@juanbuis) October 21, 2022

 

Of course, it didn’t take long for a Netherlands native to head down to the exact same spot and film a real-world comparison – it’s startling how accurate the video game version is:

amazing — @korkmazmelih went to the same spot and recreated the video!

it’s just stunning how much they managed to make the game look like real life ? pic.twitter.com/ecKkJGtRFK

— juan (@juanbuis) October 23, 2022

Activision will, of course, have sent its team over to the Dutch capital to gather plenty of reference materials, but it’s startling just how closely the company’s managed to recreate it in-game.

 

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