They burned us out on WW2 in the late '90s, early '00s. It might actually be a breath of fresh air to have a massive shooter that wasn't based in the modern day/near future. Playing soldiers and terrorists is getting pretty stale, considering it's the kind of depressing crap we have to see on the news anyhow.

Everybody even mentioning WW1: you have to understand how uninteresting the battles of WW1 were. They were battles for maybe a mile of land at a time, almost all based out of trenches, with a lot of waiting, shooting over no man's land, and/or going over the trenches to risk what was almost certain death by machine gun fire. This wasn't a time of secret operations, big foot soldier invasions, or covert ops of any kind. It was a time of seeing just how good you were at sitting in a trench without your foot skin starting to rot off from being over exposed to moisture.

Couldn't agree more.  This would not be ideal for a game.

Only if its balanced in the story telling. Call of duty WaW was probably the most accurate one with historic facts. The rest are boring games with America > all story

This setting has been used in many movies and video games. Newer technology and a fresh new direction could possibly tell a good and more compelling story than previous titles centered around WW2. However, the setting is still too familiar.

What are you talking about? One of the things that defined WW I were trench raids, covert operations in which you faced the horror of a mile of battered hellscape with the omnipresent threat of machinegun and sniper fire hanging over you. All of this in order to infiltrate the enemy barracks to stealthily gather intel, sabotague supplies and slit the throats of the enemies while they slept. These raids often ended with men ruthlessly battling to the death with medieval style weapons. A WW I shooter could combine first person shooting with the best elements of horror and stealth games and maybe even some "tower defense" and beat 'em up sequences for good measure. You could use that setting to create a phenominal game with a bit of imagination.

Because we are restricted to settings where USA had a leading role, were the good guys and won without a shadow of doubt.

No. I'm tired of war shooters in general. I think they should ALL stop.

There have been quite a few WW2 shooters and they were actually fun. Considering we're getting so many shooters set in the present and future, I wouldn't mind some based on historical events.

Sci-fi is the shit now buddy. you gotta be able to jump super high and run on walls and shit.