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Tech Olive: Call of Duty: World at War Review

When Treyarch announced that their newest Call of Duty game would once again be set in World War II time period, people where skeptical and upset to say the least. Call of Duty 4 had been such an amazing hit. Why would they go back to a battle too often done? Personally, I didn't have much of a problem with the return to WWII. Yes, it may have already been done, but I think it's still has a little more to give, and so did Treyarch, it would seem.

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Spike475682d ago

to see if COD5 can beat R2 in average score. No fanboyism here, just curious really.

BattleAxe5682d ago

I don't see why not, the media is biased against the PS3.

Bladestar5682d ago (Edited 5682d ago )

@BattleAxe - lol! if you believe that COD4 destroyed Resistance 1 in terms of review score and sells because, "the media is biased against the PS3"... then your love for Sony is blinding you my friend.

La Chance5682d ago (Edited 5682d ago )

you guys are disapointed by the hope you created yourself.

or maybe Res 2 isnt a perfect game.

or maybe it actually deserves the scores it got.

or just maybe people arent obligated to thing like the couple of diehards on this site who think Res 2 is a 9.9/10

By the way how come the media wasnt biaised when MGS4 came out ? And how come they werent biaised with LBP ?

I dont understand you guys...

Nowhere on the entire world wide web will you see 360 fans say stuff like "the media is biased" even when NG2 wasnt getting perfect scores.

Even when Fable 2 gets 8/10's you dont see 360 fans speaking about conspiracy.

Games like LBP or MGS4 got the scores they got simply because they deserve it.

Res 2 got the scores it got because it deserves it.

Why cant you just accept it ?

chanto235682d ago (Edited 5682d ago )

just go and try to join an online match on Gears 2 (if you can) and stop trolling bashing the PS3. Resistance 1 was a launch title that blew Perfect Dark Zero out of the water, Call of Duty 4 came a year later.

@La chance: R2 deserves a 9.0 and Gears 2 a 9.3 IMO Gears has better graphics, they start showing about midway through the campaign but Resistance has a better multiplayer...

@Panthers: the SP its getting bashed cause it's hard for the casual player, Gears 2 felt easier than Gears 1 on hardcore

Panthers5682d ago

Resistance 2 probably wont get as high because graphics are so important. But I dont understand why everyone is bashing the singleplayer of R2. I loved it. It was so fun.

La Chance5682d ago (Edited 5682d ago )

it and stuff but you guys are bitter because Gears 2 is killing Res 2 in almost every domain possible.From sales to the critics and to the game itself.

Just have a look at the "Gears online needs fix" thread.

Get over it guys the only people who actually thought Res 2 had a chance against Gears 2 were Sony fanboys themselves.

Nobody else.Stop living in your little dream world and wake up.

If Gears 2 had got lower scores than Res 2 nobody would be complaining about "the biased media".

original seed5682d ago

WTF are you talking about? Join a game of gears "if you can'. There is nothing wrong with Gears online. You only think that R2 is better online because you're either blind or a fanboy.

I_LOVE_MYSELF5682d ago

"Res 2 got the scores it got because it deserves it.

Why cant you just accept it ?"

I can accept it... 9.5 from IGN and a 9.1 from GT seems pretty fair to me... I guess it did get the scores it "deserved"

buy a ps35682d ago (Edited 5682d ago )

wtf R2 got a .1 lower avg then gears2 that is 1%. I've played the single player gear2 and r2 and i would say that r2 is better in that and online. the coop in R2 is gold and over 50% of the people playing have mics. both games deserve a 10/10 avg but I enjoyed R2 more. the graphics difference is not noticeable

La Chance5682d ago

Oh let me guess , IGN and GT arent biased wheras all the other sites are biased right?

Danja5682d ago

yeah sure R2 got the score it deserves from all the important sites that actually count and do unbiased reviews..

I still dont see why ppl think they still need to defend R2 it's one of the best games etc...

and ppl need to stop comparing R2 graphics to Gears 2 grahics...2 different art direction...and R2 wasn't made to look realistic...R2 blows Gears out the water technically with everything that's happening all at once on screen...

both are great games lets leave it there.

buy a ps35682d ago (Edited 5682d ago )

Danja
you haven't played resistance 2 have you

FadeToBlack5682d ago

Both Resistance 2 and Gears of War 2 are great games.
I am so sick of reading back and forth fanboy ranting.
Give it a rest and enjoy both games for how awesome they are!

Danja5682d ago

Actually I have played R2 dude..finished the Story Mode also...Have you ?

i've also played Gears Co-op over at a friends house and I can say that R2 is a more technical impressive game....thats my opinions ...

BattleAxe5682d ago (Edited 5682d ago )

@ Bladestar

1. I'm not talking about Resistance: Fall of Man, I'm talking about Resistance 2 which is a huge improvement over the first game and is probably in the top 20 best FPS games ever made.

2. I do indeed think that CoD 4 is a far better game then Resistance: Fall of Man, but Resistance:FoM was still good.

3. The media is extremely biased, which is fine because it wont change my mind as to which console is better or what games I like.

@ LaChance

Play the game before you trash talk. I don't think you've played half of the games you pretend to know so much about. I'm a Sony Fanboy but I give props to games that deserve it, even if its on XBOX 360.

I would love to play Gears 2, but unfortunately its the only game on the XBOX that I'm interested in. Combine that with the crappy quality console and I'm not buying it.

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DA_SHREDDER5682d ago

The beta is better then a 8/10. The online coop and zombie mode puts it up there with gears and resistance.

joebahrjoebahr5682d ago

bad review!!

PS why did fanboys turn from " ps3 is gonna rule this holiday season and home will be otu in october". to
" reviewers and the media are biased against ps3"?

Spike475682d ago

I guess so. A PS3 "exclusive" kind of rings a bell in the mind of a biased critic, a multiplatform not as much...at all

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Looking Back At 2008, An Unbelievably Incredible Year Of Video Game Releases

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."

ChasterMies37d ago

Some of these low paid video game “news” writers weren’t born before 2007.

just_looken37d ago

Here here

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

CrimsonWing6938d ago

I don’t think anything can compare to 2023

lucasnooker38d ago

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!

KyRo38d ago (Edited 38d ago )

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.

CrimsonWing6938d ago (Edited 38d ago )

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.

Profchaos38d ago (Edited 38d ago )

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.

Gameseeker_Frampt37d ago

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.

just_looken37d ago

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.

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65 Year Old Gamer Racks Up Ridiculous Stats After Playing 1 Game for 15 Years

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.

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franwex332d ago

Well, he definitely got his money’s worth.

Abnor_Mal332d ago

Same as Shirley Curry playing Skyrim for years. In the next Elders Scrolls game they should have her in the game as some form of npc.

andy85332d ago

She is, I read she will be a character. Not a dig in any form but I hope she's alive when it releases

Relientk77332d ago

That's over 7,000 hours geez. What crazy stats

nitus10332d ago

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.

boing1332d ago

What? So the game is still runinng when you put it to sleep? What?

EvertonFC332d ago

It's actually sad not an achievement but hey we need the full story details.

Knushwood Butt332d ago

There's someone on my friend list that has more than 6200 hours on Uncharted 4.

vTuro24332d ago

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.

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anast332d ago

And then you got people that want to finish a game every week.

Rhythmattic332d ago

Nailed what is the Spectrum... For good and bad, Quality or Quantity..Or the unreasonable to reason for. ;)

jznrpg332d ago

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.

EvertonFC332d ago

500 days in 6 years is nothing lol, you do realise how many days in a year right ?

poppatron332d ago

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

EvertonFC332d ago

Edit: wrote this early this morning, I understand it's lots of hours now lol at myself 😂🤣😜

RedDevils332d ago

The only way to achieve this, is by having no life outside of video game lol.

Outlawzz332d ago

Strange choice of game but hey that's some devotion. Congrats to them!

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Call of Duty: Vanguard VS World at War Map Comparison

Gamespot : Call of Duty: Vanguard launches with 20 multiplayer maps, three of which are actually remakes from 2008's Call of Duty: World at War. Let's take a look at how the maps have changed with this side-by-side comparison.

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RebDomine2935d ago

waw is the best with no feminism or black. it's a real ww2 game