Activision has just revealed a new trailer for Modern Warfare 4 at the Tokyo Game Show. Towards the end of the short video, we learn that Mads Mikkelsen has a starring role in the game as an unnamed antagonist. From what it looks like, he’s working against Captain Price in some way, and he promises that everything the legendary SAS trooper loves will die.
This isn’t Mads Mikkelsen’s first brush with gaming, or as a villainous character. His role in Modern Warfare 4 is still pretty vague, and some could argue that introducing him as an important character in the narrative this late in the reboot cycle is a bit weird, but it’s still an impressive personality for Infinity Ward to land.
Mikkelsen Plays a Great Villain
Mads Mikkelsen’s most iconic role in video games is arguably as Clifford Unger in Hideo Kojima’s Death Stranding. Because of the nature of character scanning, the unnamed character he plays in Modern Warfare 4 is understandably identical, but that’s fine.
Towards the end of the new Modern Warfare 4 trailer, Mikkelsen’s first lines are uttered:
I’m going to make you cry for mercy.
When everything and everyone you care for dies in ways you can’t imagine.
The things you’re going to see…
You can see the new trailer below:
Captain Price is his usual stoic self, seemingly sitting opposite Mikkelsen’s character and simply saying, ‘I’ve seen a lot of things.’
Modern Warfare 4’s campaign seems to be a bit of a puzzler, for now. Captain Price has gone somewhat rogue and partnered with a cartel element, while the remnants of Task Force 141, led by Simon ‘Ghost’ Riley, hunt him down. But it seems everyone is aligned in pursuing Mads Mikkelsen’s character.
Oh, and there’s some huge conflict kicking off between North and South Korea, which kind of makes up the bulk of the campaign.
It has potential to be the most unique Call of Duty campaign in a while, as that’s a theatre of war that’s rarely visited in games. It might be reminiscent of Mercenaries, if you remember that game.
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