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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I've played every shooter released this year and COD World at War just isn't up to snuff when compared to the superior graphics and gameplay of games like FarCry 2 & Gears of War 2. COD 4 was great a year ago, but it's a year later now and with COD World at War staying with last year's technology and going with OLDER WW2 weapons, it's just not as exciting as other current shooters. It only took me 8 hours to make it through the campaign and it was a grind because it has scripted A.I. spawning in the same places doing the same thing. FarCry 2 has UNSCRIPTED A.I. which means you never know what they are going to do, for example one time I snuck up on a enemy going to the bathroom in the woods and knifed him in the back. With FarCry 2's map editor giving you unlimited maps to play on, an 80 HOUR CAMPAIGN WITH UNSCRIPTED A.I. and the best graphics on any console, I just can't recommend spending money on COD World at War when there are much better games on the market.
What's great about it: Zombie Mode
What's not so great: Bad graphics in multiplayer, repetitive single player, old WW2 weapons