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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After becoming addicted to CoD 4, I was really looking forward to WaW's release but after playing it, I have to say that this game is one of the BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENTS this year. The Game feels and looks like CoD 2 with a new Map Pack (Even some of the Cut-scenes are similar.) Maybe we were spoiled with Modern Warfare's present-day (although fictional) storyline but the campaign could hold your interest and the on-line play was/is fantastic. The addition of a Co-op campaign was a great idea but it hardly makes up for WaW's downfalls (i.e. poor level design, repetitive AI and ever-respawning, checkpoint managed enemies.) Activision must have been overwhelmed with this project... It seems they were unable to capitalize on the phenom that Infinity Ward created and instead attempted a safe retreat to the game's roots.
What's great about it: It's good if your looking to just pass some time...