Not just Call of Duty: How Vince Zampella changed first-person shooter video games
Zampella’s defining contribution was not graphical fidelity or technical ambition. It was mood. He understood that tension lives in restraint, that immersion deepens when players hesitate, and that fear is most effective when it feels earned rather than theatrical.
Zampella’s defining contribution was not graphical fidelity or technical ambition. It was mood. He understood that tension lives in restraint, that immersion deepens when players hesitate, and that fear is most effective when it feels earned rather than theatrical.
