Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare's game director has shared a powerful true story that helped shape the narrative of the upcoming shooter.

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“ People don’t want this and that, they want food, support, protection.

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Speaking to IGN, Sledgehammer Games co-founder Glen Schofield talked about how the experiences one of his friends went through led him to think about the socio-political nature of democracy, which was explored in Kevin Spacey's speech in the debut trailer."Hopefully we’ve said enough stuff to make you think," Schofield began when asked about the game's crucial themes. "There’s definitely politics from today wrapped up in there. There’s ideologies in there, but I think one of the main things is even stuff like the Arab Spring..."So they escaped and he stayed, this guy that was previously going to be put to death. He didn't want to leave. So that incident really made me think.”Last month we dived into Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare for IGN First. Check out our hub for all the map and mode reveals, gameplay videos, and interviews that you missed.

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