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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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