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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This games campaign is absolutely amazing. It's beautifully made and the online co-op campaign is awesome! Unfortunately the AI in the game is a bit weak. You can come behind a group of enemies and knife them all (or shoot them all) and if the other soldiers are engaged in battle they won't notice you charging them.
The online multiplayer was told to me like this. "Mike, you are going to ABSOLUTELY HATE this game until you become level 24." This statement is completely true. For the first three days I played online all I did was curse at the TV, but if you are willing to stick it out and give it a chance, you start to level up and get better weapons and "perks". It just takes a little time to get settled in, but once you are it's an absolutely amazing game.
What's great about it: Graphics, gameplay, audio
What's not so great: AI, the tanks in multiplayer, the amount of time you lose trying to level up