# Call of Duty WWII **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 6, 2019, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-of-duty-wwii/835113 "2019-06-06T11:32:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-of-duty-wwii/835113/1 "2019-06-06T11:32:37Z")
It is Eid and I am bored. I am playing Call of Duty World War II on my low-end PC. Despite the warning, I am using a video setting that taxes my computer. (As a result, dead Germans make strange stretchy figures.) I am doing Mission One, Omaha Beach. I am at the last of the five bunkers. When you enter this bunker, a German comes out of nowhere to do some hand-to-hand. I cannot beat him. Further, when I return to the previous checkpoint, I discover I am in the same place fighting the same crazed German. I have gone to various walkthoughs. They tell me to follow the prompts on the screen. Cool. I got this German with a bayonet coming at me. The screen has a small F in a circle. The symbol moves slowly on the screen. Hitting F does nothing obvious. Hitting Q for Close-Quarter Battle does nothing obvious. Moving my mouse does nothing obvious. Using my finger on the touch screen does nothing obvious. I die then it all starts again. When I go back to “Restart Mission,” I end up back on Omaha Beach. I suspect this is partially operator error and perhaps also a software problem. Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-of-duty-wwii/835113/2 "2019-06-06T12:06:38Z")
> [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](#): > > Any ideas? You said at the very beginning that you are playing on a low end PC. I would guess that the system is overtaxed and because of that your keyboard inputs are lagging. TBH, I would suggest shutting your PC down for maybe 30 minutes and let everything cooldown. Restart and go straight to that point in the game and see if the walkthrough helps. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-of-duty-wwii/835113/3 "2019-06-06T12:11:24Z")
Oh no! It could not be… Well, what do I know? Let me try that. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-of-duty-wwii/835113/4 "2019-06-06T12:48:00Z")
Turn Off Cool down for a while Run Windows update, by the way. Restart game Long loading sequence Goes right back to this German grunting and groaning on top of, and not in friendly way. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-of-duty-wwii/835113/5 "2019-06-06T13:10:55Z")
On another forum someone told me to just pound the F key like a madman. That seems to work. That is very odd game design. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-of-duty-wwii/835113/6 "2019-06-06T22:44:26Z")
On the XBox One it is a quick-time event and you are required to center the marker in a circle and then hit the indicated button to beat it. If I recall correctly there are three different events of that type in a row and several others throughout the game. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2019, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-of-duty-wwii/835113/7 "2019-06-07T03:18:02Z")
OK, I am through the first mission. Thank you. What is with the endless cut scenes? All in all, I do not like this game.