Atlas Corporation | Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

On the battlefields of the near future, the greatest superpower was not any nation, but rather a corporation. Through the machinations of its CEO, Jonathan Irons, the Atlas Corporation redefined the nature of war and upended the geopolitical order.

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[TemplinInstitute]

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[Paul-A]

Going to literal war with your customers doesn't sound like a very smart business plan.

[Jayjay-qeum]

"Unlike the government, we don't keep secrets of our capabilities. We don't sell policy, we sell power. We are super power for hire" -- JONATHAN IRONS IN ATLAS

[daverage]

“Ideas don’t determine who is right, power determines who is right and I have the power...so I’m right” – Jonathon Irons

[lucksfools]

Say what you will with the call of duty franchise. At least they gave us this game, which I found to be very fun story wise and gameplay wise.

[nexuseagles]

I actually love Atlas as a faction and story-wise, wish we got advanced warfare 2.

[michaelramon]

I was a little disappointed that the writers went the "corporate army functions like a superpower" thing, because the way ATLAS was depicted in the game's early levels (as elite special forces for rent by countries that can't afford such technology and training) made a lot of sense in CoD world, where a squad of protagonists can tear through whole divisions of conventionally-equipped soldiers. I feel like that would have made a lot more worldbuilding sense.

[awesomehpt]

Kevin spacey really branched out from his acting career.

[Barbaroossa]

Troy Baker in an interview told us of the original ending for the Advanced Warfare, it was much better than the one we got. In the original ending Irons takes control of Mitchell's exoskeleton and forces Mitchell to shoot him, before he forces Mitchell to pull the trigger, Irons looks at him and said (I paraphrase it here): "I know what I have to do, Michell. Do you?"

[cisco]

I wouldn't be surprised if Amazon decided to go down this route one day, a lot can change in 50 years...

[jakespacepiratee]

The sad thing is that I actually found the idea of the Atlas Corporation really cool, I just had problems with Kevin Spacey's long-term goal, but the idea of them causing massive world events to seize the power vacuum left there was a cool idea. The problem I had was when they tried to comitt the ultimate act of hating their customers, and wiping out the world.

[bubbasbigblast]

*Grunt 1:* "Area sec-wait."

*Grunt 2:* "Wha-"

*Grunt 1:* "Shh. Listen."

_M-i-c_

*Grunt 1:* "..oh no."

_k-e-y_

*Grunt 2:* "RUN!"

_M-o-u-s-e!_

*Both Grunts begin to run, pursued by Drones with Mouse Ears firing machine guns.*

[KingZolem]

You know what I appreciate? They killed the evil leader....and the organization continued. Because killing the boss doesn't magically end the conflict that the enemy is winning. It just puts the next in line in charge of the war.

[louievelayo]

"People don't need freedom. They want rules, boundaries, protections from invaders and from themselves."
- Jonathan Irons

The man has a point, ya know...

[Kubinda]

Storywise a corporation that first develops advanced technology and then works at first as a supplier of the technology and then provides high tech merceneries for hire is a really cool idea. Using the terrorists in trying to get even more power is also a really good idea. Making Atlas part of the UN is also good. But I really didn't like that Atlas openly decided to take over the world. Personally I doubt that a corporation which uses mainly its wealth to gain influence and power would be able to gain such loyalty that so many people would betray their own countries.
If Atlas de facto took over the world over the course of decades if not centuries - in reality ruling but letting the old governments officially function - it would've been much more realistic.
PS: Naming a corporation Atlas must be quite popular since there's at least one other - in Borderlands games - that I know of. But I guess there are much worse things one can get inspired by then a guy carrying heavens upon his shoulders.

[logger]

One of Atlas’ biggest compounds is in Baghdad, Iraq. Gideon says “10 years ago, you couldn’t walk outside without being shot.” Meaning The War on Terror ended in a decade from Atlas than in half a century from the U.S. and Coalition occupation (the game’s current setting is in 2061). This shows how Atlas, being a private company, can focus 100% on their targets and priorities, going as far as to commit drastic measures, collateral damage, acceptable losses, and even war crimes, to achieve their objective. They do not have to worry about public opinion, sanctions, and restrictions from foreign policies.

[ISAF_Ace]

I really want a COD game where we play as the villain Atlas style

[blakjackal]

Disappointed they went down the typical storyline. Writers don't seem to realise that corporations are MUCH more powerful when they have nations hooked to them for every want and need. That's real power. Why would you murder your customer base?

[jimmyseaver]

For real, though, Irons nailed the failures of the War on Terror.

[IronVigilance]

That Atlas Creed in the beginning sounds so much like a modified US Army Infantryman's Creed.