Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare is set in the future, the year 2054. But the world you will see is not science fiction! You say how? That’s because developer Sledgehammer Games believes the Call of Duty series is strongest when it’s grounded in relatable and believable experiences and situations.

“I think Call of Duty resonates because it’s believable and relatable. It’s always been one of the strengths of the franchise,” Sledgehammer Games cofounder Michael Condrey told Game Informer in a new interview. The future that Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare will offer is a future that “we can relate to, that can strike sort of a zeitgeist,” he added.

When researching for Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Condrey said what they discovered was happening in the real world was actually “more fantastic than even the things that we were coming up with.” He stressed that Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, even though it has superhuman EXO suits and mechs, is grounded in reality. “It’s not that fictional leap to a science fiction world you can’t relate to,” Condrey said.

Also in the interview, the reporter asks if a potential Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare 2 might include more sci-fi elements. Condrey and Sledgehammer Games’ other founder Glen Schofield said their focus right now is on the first game, but, “We’re keeping [the game world] in a place where another game can exist.”

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare launches November 4 for Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and PC. This installment of COD will be awesome with it’s photo realistic graphics and next gen gameplay! So buckle up for the fight in the future!