When I first heard that world at war was going to be in WWII, I thought it could be good because I, believe it or not, haven't played too many in that genre. What upset me was the developer. Treyarch's track record has been less than stellar and it had some large shoes to fill following the success of COD 4. Now, on the upside it does use the same engine as the aforementioned game, so what could go wrong? Well the answer is not much, but it also results in pretty much nothing getting better.
If you had issues with the fourth, then rest assured they will still be in here. Now, World at War is a pretty solid game, but the developers didn't put forth much effort. Its much more of a copy paste scenario following the success of COD 4. The single player is a pretty meek effort over the pacific and european campaigns with horrible AI, dumb characters, rip offs from COD 4, and a horrible vehicle segment. The CO OP is a pretty vanilla affair with meager split screen support, and levels that go by like a snap. The graphics also seem like a step down from COD 4 as they lack sharpness, and have pretty shoddy fire effects. But nit picking aside they are still pretty decent overall.
The one standout addition to the game is the addicting Nazi Zombie mode which I hope they support with some DLC as it is a blast to play through. Lastly, there is the online; the real legs of the game. It is like COD 4's, pretty much exactly. Differences are the kill streak bonuses (i.e. artillery and dogs) and tanks. The tanks are actually pretty well balanced, they can dish it out but have many weaknesses. The weapons included are good (granted if you have played WWII games before you have used much of the arsenal), but not as much of a standout as COD 4's array, with the exception of the satisfying flame-thrower and improvements to the shotguns.
Lastly, there are some good maps (I'm looking at you, castle) but alot seem far too large, and leave you scrambling to find action. Oh yeah, and the gore addition is nice and satisfying, but leads to more glitches such as "hey look, three of my legs just fell off!". All in all, it is too little effort too late. It should have been an expansion on the already solid game-play and introduce fresh ideas to all modes of the game. I can recommend this game to players who wanted more of good old fashioned COD4 fun, but skip it if you are looking for something more.
Huzaifa from eXputer: "2008 was home to the likes of Call of Duty: World at War, Dead Space, GTA 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, and many other hits, which is outright remarkable."
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Those that were around before 2000's i am sure are like me that think we entered a world of non readers or those that follow without question.
I can not wait to see fallout 3 a goty game even though it was about water with non content until you add the dlc/updates then you got the performance/crashing
1998 - the best year in gaming! Metal gear solid, crash bandicoot 3, medievil, half life, ocarina of time, thief, tenchu, resident evil 2, Spyro, tomb raider 3, oddworld abes exodus, banjo kazooie.
It was a different breed of a gaming era. You’ll never understand what it was like back then. The aura of gaming, it was different!
I second this. Gaming was a lot more varied and fun than it is today. I'm 35 so getting on compared to some here but I got to see all the changes from NES up to now but I've never felt so disappointed in any generation than I have this current gen. I was expecting more from this generation rather than prettier versions of games that came before it. Game mechanics have become so refined that alot of games feel the same and has done for a while now.
Maybe it's time to have a break for a while. I love gaming but I don't feel I get much fun in the traditional sense out of it anymore.
Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil 2, Abe’s Exodus, and Ocarina of Time are the only things from that list that I liked.
Here’s the 2023 game releases that I personally liked… and big releases that I didn’t care for:
- Dead Space Remake
- Wo Long Dynatsy
- Resident Evil 4 Remake
- Diablo 4
- Fire Emblem Engage
- Hogwarts Legcay
- Street Fighter 6
- Hi-Fi Rush
- Like a Dragon: Ishin
- Octopath Traveler 2
- Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters
- Final Fanatsy XVI (actually ended up not liking this, but it was still a big deal release)
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
- Lies of P
- Mortal Kombat 1
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Starfield (Ended up hating this one, but big release)
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (I’m an old-school Zelda fan, but didn’t really enjoy this game)
- Alan Wake 2
I mean, honestly I’ve never seen a year of major IP releases like that, ever.
Isn't it just a generational thing realistically.
I've been gaming since way back and I some of my favourite games go as far back as the late 80s for me each generation has a year or two of game changing releases one after another before an inevitable dry spell.
I kind of agree gaming had a different feel games hit different because we didn't have the internet nothing got spoiled and you really had to put in the effort to beat a puzzle which could set entire groups of people looking for a solution. But most importantly games were experimental and not as cookie cutter as today even basics like controls were not universal today r2 is shoot l2 is ads garunteed you can't deviate from that in a shooter back then it could of been square, R1 or R1 and circle nothing was standard.
But as time moves on a new generation picks up their controller they are going to be interested in different things that PS1 demo disc with the t Rex blew our primitive 16 bit brains back on launch but to kids today it's laughable.
The new gen of kids coming into to hobby seem to value different things to us there seems to be a huge focus on online play, streamers, gaming personalities, and social experiences, convience of digital downloads. To me I value none of that but that's ok like my parents not liking the band's I would listen to its just the natural cycle.
Just about every year in the 7th generation was great and something we most likely won't experience again.
2009 for example had Assassin's Creed 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dragon Age: Origins, Uncharted 2, Halo 3: ODST, Killzone 2, Borderlands, Bayonetta, and Demon's Souls to name a few.
It still amazes me we got over 7 rockstar games ps2/ps3 but 3 for the ps3/ps4/ps5
Dragon age 1-3 and mass effect 1-3 in 7ish years what a generation.
A very devoted fan of Call of Duty: World at War racks up incredible in-game stats while playing regularly for the past 15 years.
Actually it is very easy to up the number of hours you have been playing a game. Basically all you need to do (assuming you have a PS4 or 5) is to place the console into stand-by without exiting the game, so if you do this a one hour gameplay actually becomes a 24 gameplay or longer.
There's someone on my friend list that has more than 6200 hours on Uncharted 4.
7k hours over 15 years isn't that crazy. The fact that he's been playing the same game for 15 years is more impressive.
Nailed what is the Spectrum... For good and bad, Quality or Quantity..Or the unreasonable to reason for. ;)
Of course you will hit a ridiculous stat after 15 of anything.
My main character for Everquest had over 500 days played in the first 6 years of the game. I was young then and had a lot of time on my hands. I don’t think I could duplicate that again until I retire and not sure I could match it if I tried.
500 days in 6 years is nothing lol, you do realise how many days in a year right ?
I might be getting the maths wrong here, I think 500 days in 6 years works out at an average of just over 6 hours every single day. For 6 years. That’s pretty serious
Edit: wrote this early this morning, I understand it's lots of hours now lol at myself 😂🤣😜
Andrew says: "The intrinsic values of COD are the following: memorable campaigns, meticulous multiplayer marathons, and lobbies populated by screaming 12-year-old kids that think puberty is the evolved form of Jigglypuff."
i wish i would bought socum for the head set instead of this game with my extra cash. this game is just too old on everything. the graphics are closer to playstation2 then to next gen on certain parts. i would recommend rental first then buy later. COD2 GRAPHICS KICKS THIS GAME STRAIGHT IN THE FACE and it was made back in 2005. i have not heard one reviwer from any website say that these graphic are bad...??? they actually are. christmas is comming up so i can dump it off to one of my not so best friends! lol