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[Sn4ke_911]

"Everybody thinks we're going to kill the dog," Rubin told the Associated Press. "Maybe that's the expected thing we would do, so maybe it's not what we'll do? We'll see. People around here didn't know, and they had that same sentiment: 'We better not kill the dog.' The emotional investment for the dog here has been just as strong as what's happening out in the public."

In June, Infinity Ward community manager Tina Palacios said "it's a constant debate" at the studio about whether Riley will die or not. "But we do have an answer," she said at the time.

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/in...nks-we-re-going-to-kill-the-dog/1100-6415667/

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

They're gonna kill the dog.

 

[Goon Boon]

I'm predicting a scene where you think the dog is dead, but they come back at the end of the game with like cyborg parts.

 

[Prelude.]

They're keeping it alive until Ghosts 4.

 

[x-Lundz-x]

They're gonna kill the dog.

Haha yup.

 

[Begaria]

They'll make us think the dog dies. It'll probably just fall down a large crevasse somewhere, only to show during the ending credits limping on one foot.

 

[Shining Sunshine]

Everyone dies but the dog.

 

[HariKari]

I'm predicting a scene where you think the dog is dead, but they come back at the end of the game with like cyborg parts.

So... basically the end of MW2, but with the dog instead?

 

[Dance Inferno]

So the news is, they may or may not kill the dog.

 

[SEGAvangelist]

They're gonna kill the dog.

No. The dog will be the only character that lives through the Ghosts storyline over the next 3 games. My guess.

 

[Guevara]

Dogs shouldn't be vulnerable in games for the same reason kids shouldn't; it's emotionally manipulative.

 

[RealMeat]

The dog kills you.

 

[Sheroking]

I'd bet my PS4 money that they originally wanted to kill the dog for cheap emotional punch, saw that the entire internet immediately counted on it happening, and rushed to change that bit.

Dogs shouldn't be vulnerable in games for the same reason kids shouldn't; it's emotionally manipulative.

So?

There's 'cheap' and then there's 'earned'.

 

[myca77]

FInal twist of the game,

Spoiler

the dog doesn't die, the dog turns traitor and kills you and your team. Spy dog!

Damn, ninja'd

 

[RedAssedApe]

Where's that BF4 dog punching gif?

 

[Raide]

In the end, the dog wakes up....it was all a dream!

 

[Can Crusher]

Really? People are actually thinking about the implications of the dog in fucking COD?

 

[Taker34]

Who cares about the dog?! I feel like they make it a bigger thing than it actually is. I cared more about the space hamster in Mass Effect than about that random German Shepherd dog.

 

[kudoboi]

yep.

 

[AHA-Lambda]

So now they'll make it look like they kill off the dog and then show he isn't actually dead.

The dog is now Captain Price.

 

[darkside31337]

The dog kills everybody else in the game. He's actually working for the bad guys.

 

[Chinner]

the dog is actually a ghost.

thats y its called call of duty : ghosts. its the big twist.

2 spooky 4 u

 

[Heyt]

Dog's a double agent, player kills the dog.

 

[Off-Kilter]

The dog started the next world war

 

[jediyoshi]

I'm predicting a scene where you think the dog is dead, but they come back at the end of the game with like cyborg parts.

My body is ready

 

[JDSN]

I love how they decide to perceive it as an emotional investment on the dog and not a justified cynicism towards the boring, insipid and fabricated attempts to create controversy.

 

[Dictator93]

THE DOG WAS THE PRESIDENT ALL ALONG.

 

[Deleted member 80556]

They're gonna kill the dog.

Yep. Or the dog saves the last living guy of the squad who is terribly injured after he kills the big bad South American (I always chuckle at this one) guy. THE END.

 

[dark_inferno]

Dog defuses the Bomb, saves the world, Bad guy shots dog. End

 

[StuBurns]

In the Ueda ending, the dog pulls you from a burning fire at the end, as you wake, you see the dog disappear...

 

[fallagin]

My prediction: the dog will die of old age.

 

[funkystudent]

Oh god I hope the playable character dies then it does the big dramatic COD character switch and you have to play as the dog for a few levels.

 

[Raide]

Going by the past CoD games, you will get some slow motion choice to kill the bad guy and the dog dives in to save you and takes the bullet.

 

[Leb]

I think the most likely scenario, based on the launch trailer, is that the dog receives a grievous wound and the camera switches to his perspective as all the soldiers gather around him... and then the dog's eyes close for the final time and you see a scene from the dog's youth where he's carefree and happy, bounding through the luscious green grass in a yard with a white picket fence.

Then there's the post-credits scene and we see the dog, looking at out at us through a peculiar round window... and the camera zooms back and BLAMMO the dog is on the space station with the female astronaut who became your love interest...

But then suddenly, back on Earth...!

And cue Ghosts 2.

 

[Sn4ke_911]

Oh god I hope the playable character dies then it does the big dramatic COD character switch and you have to play as the dog for a few levels.

 

[Alpende]

The dog's dead.

That brings those 'emotions' they talked about.

 

[jediyoshi]

Who cares about the dog?! I feel like they make it a bigger thing than it actually is.

It's pulled from an entire article AP did on it. Another case of taking quotes out of their larger context to make it seem like the person was putting more weight on it.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/dog-war-meet-call-dutys-new-barkout-star

 

[mephixto]

yep.

They already revelead the scene. RIP.

 

[Dr Dogg]

They're gonna kill the dog.

Hahaha yeah that sounded like guilt to me. Some how I don't think I'm going to have the same emotional attachment. Well unless they're trying and out Molyneux, Molyneux with the build up.

 

[YouEnjoyMySelf]

My body is ready

Will definitely be the same kind of thing here. Lol @ that punching gif, oh my god.

 

[NeptunePirate]

I'd be afraid to play through the story mode. I'm a huge dog person and I will not invest 4 hours of story to have my dog die in the end. I'd be devestated.

 

[Professor Lich]

I bet there will be a dog/dog love scene. Then the main dog dies to save his puppy.

Then in Ghosts 2 the puppy is back and hunting for revenge!

 

[Sethos]

The dog dies whether by my hand or the enemies.

 

[OnPoint]

THE DOG WAS THE PRESIDENT ALL ALONG.

Call of Duty Ghosts was really the sequel to Clone High?

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

Dogs have been in the MP for years as a killstreak and you can kill the shit out of them.

Tank blast? Dead dog.
Grenade? Dead dog.
Shoot the dog.
Knife the dog.
C4 the dog.
Claymore the dog.

Most people are not going to give a shit about the dog dying, which it probably will.

 

[Metalmurphy]

Ofc not, that would be too obvious, they're going for the still very obvious option where the main dude sacrifices himself to save the dog.

 

[Kacho]

That looked like ADD (aim down dog) for a sec.

I'm predicting a scene where you think the dog is dead, but they come back at the end of the game with like cyborg parts.

I agree with this post except for the cyborg stuff. lol

 

[LQX]

What a world we live in that in a game where the main objective is to kill humans most of the outrage would come from killing a dog.

 

[Bookoo]

I like how they are calling it "emotional investment" when really it is because it would be cliche.

My prediction either dog dies (which seems less likely now) or one of the main characters dies saving the dog.

 

[Pbae]

My body is ready

O_O

That looks like Liger Zero from Zoids.