If you thought modern warfare was fun, wait until you see World at War. It's being developed by Treyarch, rather than infinity ward, but don't worry, its in good hands. Singleplayer looks far more epic than modern warfare, not to mention the 4 player online co-op, and has finally included the Pacific Front. Although there still isn't a campaign from the opposite perspective, playing the americans and Russians is still going to be fun.
With multiplayer the look and feel is relatively the same, yet very much refreshed and far more ferocious. Customisation will be increased, with perks that change the physical look of your avatar from Shades (that negate flash bangs) or gas masks (that negate Tabun Nerve Gas). I can't wait to play this beast in November.
While the WW2 era is starting to get fairly overused and boring in the gaming industry, Call of Duty 5 is a stellar title to fill the gap.
Singleplayer wise, you will fighting as a US marine and Russian soldier in the Pacific theatre of war and the Eastern front, usually underused in the WW2 genre of shooter games, which is a good thing as the Japanese and germans offer a larger variety of enemies – snipers in trees and banzai charges just to name a few. The Storyline is engaging enough however not to the extent of Brother in Arms or Call of Duty 4's to have believable tangible characters. While the Singleplayer is fun, many of the levels have poor level design, for instance, running through a trench being killed at the same point by the same mounted machine gun is not fun, it is frustrating. The lack of flanking however does not give you any choice. Respawning enemies with invisible triggers can frustrate you more.
Multiplayer wise, World at war excels above Call of duty 4. World at war has kept all the best parts of cod4's multiplayer (killstreaks and perks) and replaced much of the aspects of it's predecessor with more enjoyable alternatives. Weapons feel more balanced and has all the substance of previous titles in the franchise that made the games fun.
Co-op is a nice feature to this game, the singleplayer campaign is playable co-operatively online with strangers or friends and the Nazi zombies mode, which puts you and 3 others against an endless horde of zombies is excellent fun
Graphics is a hit and miss, In parts it looks spectacular with brilliant lighting, explosive set pieces and some superb character models however there are times where the low res textures and animations will come in, but Generally the game looks and runs great with these graphics
Got this game for a pretty cheap price (thanks MA!), and even though its
considered an old game- its still AWESOME!
The gameplay design is excellent, the environment and the enemy AI makes it very
convincing you are in the boots of a soldier in WWII. Unlike some other FPS
games, this one requires constant attention especially on higher difficulty. It
is easy to be killed so you are encouraged to think about who to kill and to
which cover you run to.
The story line feels detached (except that everyones fighting to get to Berlin)
because you play as an American soldier and a Russian soldier, but I really
enjoy the small introductions to each level just to keep you updated on whats
happening. The missions are well thought out and the objectives are creative and
WWII inspired.
No major negative points, I did find the overall game rather short, and on very
rare occasions the AI are rather stupid (only rarely), these shouldnt be bother
though.
Overall, Brilliant. This game emerses players deeply into a world on hurt. A must have for Call of Duty fans, and a “must try out” for FPS and WWII game fanatics.
This game is like real warfare all over again awsome weapons graphics levels skills and best of all its pure intense action. It has got mean story line. This is the game you want to get more than any other game on the market.
Brilliant game,short campaign but what do you expect from a war game. But even though the campaign is short its good and replayable in co-op. Great online play as expected from a cod game . And Nazi Zombies will keep you going for hours Its that awesome.
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