Continents erupt in flames and hails of gunfire as war breaks out on an unprecedented scale. This is World War II, where a massive conflict rages on two fronts: Europe and the South Pacific. Answer your nation's call and travel to distant lands where you'll take part in devastating battles that gripped a generation and laid the foundation for the world as we know it today. Do you have the courage, the cunning and the commitment to fulfill your duties and see the war through to its harrowing end?Prepare for global conflict presented in all its terrible grit and immediacy. In Call of Duty: World at War, you assume the role of a U.S. Marine or a Russian soldier in the waning days of the Second World War. Travel to the far reaches of the conflict, from war-plagued Berlin to the dense jungles of the Pacific theater, as you confront enemies who refuse to contemplate surrender or retreat and who fight all the more desperately ~ and more dangerously ~ knowing the end is near. Employ the weapons at your disposal, including a flamethrower and other new infantry and vehicle-based weapons, and fight to complete your mission as battles explode around you with all the terrible chaos of real war.
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COD:WaW is a great next release for the COD series. It is almost exactly like COD4 since it is built on that engine. So, the controls are exactly the same. The awesome responsivness you are used to in COD4 is there.
The weapons are older since it is a throw back to WW2, but they meet the needs of silenced weapons, land mines and multiple perk combinations.
If you loved COD4 as much as I did and you fine with a WW2 game, then you'll love COD: WaW.
What's great about it: The action is great, controls are smooth and graphics are great
What's not so great: Maps in beta are a little dark, but still very details and realistic