Michael Myers (also known as Swamp Slasher) is a character from the Halloween film series. He was first included in Call of Duty: Ghosts as a Field Order reward that appears in the downloadable content pack Onslaught within the map Fog. Once obtained, the player will become "Michael Myers" himself, mask, costume, and everything, where they are then armed with an axe and the Halloween movie theme will play.
Michael returned in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III and Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 as a playable Operator of the KorTac faction. He was released with Season Six as part of the Battle Pass.
Biography[]
- "Born in the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois, the life of Michael Myers took a dark turn at the age of six when he inexplicably murdered his older sister on Halloween in 1963. Following this tragedy, Michael was institutionalized at Smith's Grove Sanitarium, where he remained for 15 years under the care of child psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis. During this time, Michael never spoke a word. Dr. Loomis, initially optimistic about Michael's treatment, grew to believe that his patient was pure evil, devoid of any humanity. Michael escaped from the sanitarium on October 30th, 1978, and on Halloween night began stalking a high school student named Laurie Strode. Wearing a pale, expressionless mask and blue coveralls Michael relentlessly pursued Laurie throughout the night, killing her friends and anyone who got in his way. Despite being injured multiple times by both Loomis and Laurie, Michael continued his pursuit, seemingly indestructible. The events of Halloween 1978 cemented Michael Myers' legacy as one of the most terrifying figures in Haddonfield's history. His silence, his apparent lack of motive beyond pure evil, and his unstoppable nature make him the embodiment of mindless, motiveless malignancy - a boogeyman come to life."
- — Modern Warfare III In-game biography
Overview[]
Call of Duty: Ghosts[]
In terms of gameplay, Michael has similar stats to the Juggernaut and the Maniac; he has the same amount of health with no health regeneration, however, he runs 10-15% faster. His axe kills faster than the knife as he can recover from attacking faster. He also has no lock-on animation with his axe, so this means that instead of grabbing his enemy and stabbing him/her, he will just "flick" his axe similar to past Call of Duty games.
This reward is essentially the same as the Maniac, but with a few differences; Michael' melee is as fast as the Tactical Knife attachment where just a single swing will kill when it hits, rather than grabbing the enemy before thrusting the knife into their bodies like the Maniac/regular knife melee. However, one note is that there is less lock-on, so the axe can miss more than the Combat Knife, like a Modern Warfare knife melee rather than a Ghosts knife melee. He runs 10-15% faster than the Maniac, and has no Throwing Knife. Victims' "souls" will disperse from the kill; when Myers is killed, his "red soul" will disperse with bats. His vision is completely clear, whereas the Maniac wears a gas mask and edges of their vision is obscured. His health regenerates slightly when killing an enemy, meaning that as he kills, he "harvests" their souls.
Notes and trivia[]
- Upon Michael' death, a nursery rhyme from the films will play to announce it to the players, in addition to the on-screen message "(Player) killed Michael Myers!"
- In the Halloween movies, he usually uses a kitchen knife rather than an axe.
- If the player chooses to play as a female character, as the Slasher takes damage, they breathe as a female.
- Michael Myers is the first horror-themed Guest Character to appear in the Call of Duty series, with the Predator later appearing in the Ghosts DLC map "Ruins", Leatherface (from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre) and Billy the Puppet (from SAW) later appearing as skins in Call of Duty Modern Warfare/Warzone. There is also rumored to be a Ghostface (Made famous from the Scream series) skin coming to Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War/Warzone.