from savannah , Ga.

I dont know why people keep bashing this game , it plays just like COD 4 . the weapons are WW2 weapons but what did you expect with a WW2 game. there are plenty of weapons to choose from you just have to unlock them making it that more challenging. some people say that you start out with junk weapons but that is definately not true and you unlock the MP40 after being promoted after the first few promotions which is one of the best weapons , the next to unlock is the type 100 which is another fast shooting great weapon. people are also grumbling about the tanks because they say they are nearly indestructible which is of course not true. All you have to do is shoot it twice with a rocket launcher amd then a grenade and it is destroyed. this is true 99% of the time. I mean what did you expect ,it is a tank and its not supposed to be killed with a few shots from your gun or a grenade or two , it doesnt happen in real life why should it happen in the game. people also gripe about some of the boards being to dark and bad graphics. look all you have to do is go into the options in the game and go to brightness and turn it up all the way and it will be plenty bright enough ( I guarantee the people that say it is to dark never tried this). and talking about the graphics , the graphics on the game are great people that dont like the game are just trying to find more reasons to bash the game. the artillary strikes you get after 5 streight kills is just awsome much beltter than the air strikes on COD 4 , they are just devastating to an enemy if plced right. all you have to do is wait for one of your teamates to get a recon plane so you can see where the enemy is and then pumel them with your artillary strikes. after 7 streight kills you get to call the dogs to action and this is another great additive . call your dogs and follow them and they will lead you and your teamates to the enemy plus giving you extra kills like the helecopter on COD4. people also say the dogs are nearly indestructibe and this is also not true , you can either shoot them or if you don't want to give your position away kill them with your knife, its that simple , but learn to time your knife attack right or they will kill you , but it only takes a few times to get the hang of it. the boards are also just awsome, they are alot bigger than COD4 giving you more places to hide and move around in stealth to find the enemy. also in march treyarch the creator of the game is coming out with new map packs to download so you will have more boards to play on. ( I CAN'T HARDLY WAIT !!!!!!!!!!! ) . all I can say is that this is a great game and one that I can't wait to get home to play after I get home from work. I will not bash COD 4 because I own this one also and have enjoyed this game for many hours and still play it with my friends, we tend to alternate between the two but COD5 is my favorite. so if you buy this game and I
think you should dont give up on it after the first few minutes because the more you play the better it gets , and believe me it is great. for the people that keep posting negative junk they either are not any good at the game or dont have the patience to unlock the better weapons on the game and think it should be handed to them like on COD4 . so dont listen to the negative junk and try it yourself buy it or rent it it doesnt matter you wont be disappointed. what I have just said in this review is based mostly on the online multiplayer part of this game but dont get me wrong the campaign is also one of the best.

What's great about it: everything

What's not so great: nothing

I would recommend this to a friend!

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CoD 5

on October 11, 2008

Posted by: Chris730

from Omaha, NE

Look, for everyone bagging on the game before it's even come out, get a grip. Have you ever played any of the old school CoD games? Call of Duty 1 and it's expansion pack United Offensive laid the groundwork for what a CoD game should be. UO had vehicles, huge maps, and new weapons. Between UO and CoD2, UO had the better game engine as far as physics and hit detection. CoD2 was a good game, but it got rid of two things UO had gotten right: sprint and vehicles. CoD3 was alright, it was poorly implemented. CoD4 is probably the best game in the series to date. Best campaign I've played, most diverse multiplayer I've played. CoD5 is just going back to the roots of Call of Duty. How can you complain about being able to n00b it up with a flamethrower, or vehicle camp/spam like none other? It adds a new, challenging dimension to the game and I honestly can't believe why people are knocking on it. Since it's using the CoD4 engine, it's basically a full conversion mod for Modern Warfare. It also covers a theater of WWII CoD hasn't touched yet.
Bottom line: New perks + new weapons + 4 player co-op + new gameplay + new storyline + vehicles + game engine that's seen successful action = Game of the year shoo-in and NO reason to be complaining about it.

What's great about it: Built on the best Call of Duty engine for the 360, one of the best selling game franchises ever

What's not so great: People who whine about it

I would recommend this to a friend!

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CALL OF DUTY WORD AT WAR

on August 23, 2008

Posted by: XxKillaXDavidxX

from Chicago,Illinois

For the record Infinity Ward didn't make or have anything to do with call of duty world at war it was the people who made COD3 which in my case sucked.The good news is that activision is taking part in it and thats why it's call of duty world at war not COD5

What's great about it: EVERYTHING

What's not so great: NONE

I would recommend this to a friend!

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Way better than COD 4

on November 19, 2008

Posted by: Neener

from Ohio

It has a very fun, and difficult campaign, with good graphics.
Its online fixed a lot of things, a few of them are: now its "Juggernaut" is not as stupid. Instead of helicopters they have dogs that you can easily kill. Also, now when you get ripped off a kill, it doesn't just give you 2 points, now it gives you hoever many points you deserve from weakening the person
The only thing I don't like about the Online Play is the little bombs that replaced the claymores. Unless you have the enemy explosive seeing perk on, you can rarely see them.
So, overall it is a great game, and I give it a 9.4 out of 10

What's great about it: Campaign and Online

What's not so great: The USA Marines only got to go against the Japenese and not the Germans

I would recommend this to a friend!

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So-so, it's hard to explain

on December 17, 2008

Posted by: ziggybozbo

from Seattle

The multiplayer of this game is pretty cool, but if you've played COD4, you'll want to go back. The two worst things about this game by far are your AI teammates and the enemy grenade spam. I'm not kidding about either of these; it is the most annoying thing in any video game. The teammates are COMPLETELY useless. Okay, they do occasionally take out a guy, but I've had COUNTLESS times where I run up, then get shot by an enemy next to me or behind me; BUT the worst thing is that my teammate is standing RIGHT NEXT to the enemy, and doesn't do anything. Grenade spams in this game are like no other. You are prone (or crouched, doesn't matter) behind a box or trench, then one by one (or three by three,) grenades start POURING on top of you. If you're playing on veteran, you get shot if you try to run away; so you just start tappin' the right bumper as fast as you can, hoping to get every grenade out of your face. The enemies really don't care about your teammates (neither should you) and start chucking the grenades RIGHT at you (right is capitalized because they hit your face, then bounce to the ground because the enemies have such good arms) I decided to say i would reccomend this because, it still has good gameplay during multiplayer, but, i would reccomend it to them in the future, because this game is NOT worth $60. You don't feel immersed in the game; You feel like you're playing a video game (funny). If you want to hear about some bad stuff in multiplayer, there's a few topics. One of the good things is that they've fixed the spawning problems (MOST of the time) where you spawn next to an enemy a lot. But, i played an entire round with only two kills, because I couldn't find anybody. That's just boring, spending a whole round LOOKING for enemies, and not killing enemies. One of the worst aspects of CODWAW is the (multiplayer) tanks! they're so annoying! the bazooka is useless (it might be better if using the extra explosion damage perk, i dunno), because it takes about FIVE bazookas to kill one tank. Seriously. and you only spawn with two. So, in short, it might be a good game for christmas, but maybe next christmas when the price goes down. And you may think, "how could the mess up COD that bad? it cant be THAT bad." But it is that bad. If you don't have COD4, get it before you get this. You'll be happy you did.

What's great about it: graphics are fine, good rank system

What's not so great: Your teammates, enemy grenade spam

I would recommend this to a friend!

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Good solid game

on December 23, 2008

Posted by: kfown

from Boston, MA

Reader should know that I have played a very limited amount of COD 4, and have never played a WW II game. Up until now, my favorite shooting game is Gears 2.

Having said that, I was very pleasantly surprised by WAW. The graphics was amazing, the campaign really puts you in the middle of the action, you will feel like you are fighting more for yourself and your country. The AI are not as sharp as the ones in COD 4, but hey, that means more kills for me. One upside it has from COD 4 is that you can play co-op in the campaign (up to 4 players), that will definitely come in handy for the veteran level. However the weapon choice isn't as fancy as its predecessor, basically there is a rifle (one bullet at a time), a machine gun (multiple bullets with one click), and flamethrower. Perhaps there will be more selections later on in the game. I haven't explored the online play too much, so I cannot really give an opinion on it.

This game probably isn't worth $60, if you have that much to spend, I'll recommend Gears 2, but when you can buy it for $35, it's definitely a good deal! I would recommend this to anyone, and hope you can get it before the end of this week for the deep discount.

What's great about it: Graphics and smoothness in the game play

What's not so great: weapon selections

I would recommend this to a friend!

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Great... but not amazing

on January 18, 2009

Posted by: superduckflyneck

from Vegas

I absolutely LOVE CoD4...
so without a doubt i got this game the minute
it was shipped in!
I was dissapointed when I found out there are very FEW achievements
for co-op play, also not ALL levels are available on co-op.
Story still blows you away......the FIRST time you play it...
Multiplayer is basically garbage....weapons/perks are WAYYYY
too cheap....I swear the levels were made for players who have
to play cheaply! in other words before you buy it, ask a friend to borrow
it first, i still think CoD4 is better.

What's great about it: Achievements are fun, better story mode

What's not so great: online stages are built to support cheap online playing...

I would recommend this to a friend!

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Blows all first person shooters out of the water

on January 29, 2009

Posted by: oconnor22

from Boston, MA

Only one thing can be said that is not good about this game. That is the fact that you can't do split screen xbox live with a guest like you can in Halo 3. Other than that this game is amazing. If you loved Modern Warfare this is even better. Just keep in mind you are going from modern warfare to WW2. So the guns and everything are of that era. But the gameplay is flawless and online play is yet again amazing. If you are a fan of first person shooters than it would be foolish to not buy this game.

What's great about it: everything

What's not so great: still cant do split screen xbox live

I would recommend this to a friend!

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