Call of Duty: Black Ops – Opération Papetoai
Setting:
The game is set in Papetoai, a small, sun-scorched village on the northwestern coast of Moorea, French Polynesia. Once a peaceful community known for its lagoon-front churches, lush mountains, and artisanal culture, Papetoai has become a strategic node in a brutal drug route trafficking crystal meth—locally known as ice—from Southeast Asia to the Pacific archipelagos.
Factions:
• Gendarmerie Nationale (Player): You play as Adjudant Toma Kahaia, a hardened, half-Tahitian gendarme with local roots and elite Parisian training. You’re sent back under the guise of community policing—but the real mission is to neutralise an escalating narco insurgency while navigating your own cultural ties and ethical dilemmas.
• “Ia Ora Syndicate”: A localised cartel blending displaced ex-military, rogue fishermen, and corrupt island officials. They operate out of hidden lagoon strongholds, repurposed pearl farms, and mountain hideouts.
• Civilians: Families caught in the crossfire, speaking in Reo Tahiti and French, unsure who to trust.
Gameplay Loop:
• Day Missions: Sweeps through ramshackle wooden homes, rusted boats by the waterline, and dense inland jungle trails; scorching sun, glinting water, civilians shouting in the distance.
• Night Raids: NVG-enabled stealth entries into derelict plantation homes; drone surveillance over the lagoon; sabotage of cartel-run “ice” labs hidden under tiki bars and eco-resorts.
• Tactical Morality System: Your actions influence local trust—planting evidence, collateral damage, or aligning with villagers can unlock intel or escalate the conflict.
Visual Aesthetic:
• Hyper-real lighting: the shimmer of heat on corrugated roofs, damp tank tops, buzzing insects.
• Mixed urban-rural: rusted scooters, broken Coca-Cola fridges, prayer altars, tattoos glowing under UV light.
• Realistic HUD: French Gendarmerie body cam overlays, comms in Tahitian-accented French, biometric readouts, heatstroke management.
Sound Design:
• Lagoon breeze mixed with low, tense strings and traditional pahu drums.
• NPC chatter in French and Tahitian—“’Ua ha’amana’o i te taime!” (“Remember the time!”) echoing as a warning.
• Occasional lofi radio hits from Raiatea or Noumea playing inside beach huts.