Making fun of yourself can be a sign of confidence and that’s precisely what Call of Duty: Vanguard has done with one of its trophies/achievements.
“Press F to Pay Respects” is a well-known meme that’s circulated for years now. Back when Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare came out in 2014, a now-infamous cutscene let players salute a fallen comrade with a keyboard prompt that said: “Press F to Pay Respects.” It was utterly absurd. Since then, gamers have said “F” while referring to something as dead or a failure.
All these years later, Call of Duty: Vanguard has an trophy/achievement called “F” that pops if someone accidentally dies by way of their own grenade — like a celebration of nincompoopery.
You can watch this happen to someone in real-time below.
Call of Duty®: Vanguard
F (SILVER)#PlayStationTrophy #PS5Share, #CallofDutyVanguard pic.twitter.com/Wyj8dyHhLl— Rush25 (@Rush2510) November 3, 2021
Call of Duty: Vanguard came out today, so there are many F-happenings all over social media. It may have taken Activision seven years to acknowledge that “Press F to Pay Respects” was pretty hokey, but hey, better late than never!
ForTheWin had the chance to speak with Call of Duty: Vanguard’s developers recently about its setting. Controversy recently struck the game over the revelation that zombies mode would not have its Main Quest.
Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.
