This review contains spoilers
This is the best Call of Duty game.
The Story is that during World War 2, the Americans are fighting against the Japanese after they attacked Pearl Harbor, while the Russians are fighting the Germans after they attacked them all the way to Stalingrad. The Story is basically a retelling of the events during the real war. But unlike the other World War 2 games in this series, this one is a reimagining of that timeline. Which is odd to do, but can work if it has a reason to exist, like being a better story than the previous ones, which it is. Not only is it more cinematic in it's direction, but the double storyline of the Americans giving mercy and suffering for it, while the Russians don't give mercy and suceed more because of it is extremely well crafted here. Many great moments include when you are captured by the Japanese, rescuing the swimming soldiers, the Japanese soldiers surrender, surviving a massacre in a fountain, watching German soldiers surrendering, and the fight in the Reichstag.
The Characters are great, all have enough personality to make us like them, and see how they play off of others, and feeling realistic. The best character in the game for he has to be Reznov, the absolute loyal soldier, who is almost blinded by his hatred of the Reich for what they did to the Russians.
The Graphics are even better than Modern Warfare, they look breathtaking, for a game of the time, and is still good enough to be taken away by the scenary without needing a remake.
The Gameplay has you first person shooting soldiers in Eastern Europe, and the Pacific Islands. This is awesome to play. The Japanese fight differently to all enemies before this game, and it gives off real, yet new interesting strategies for killing them. The new options of rescuing others, using a flamethrower, and choosing how what do to with some Nazi Soldiers really add to making this game stand out from other games from this franchise. The levels themselves have a variety of different interesting things to do, and/or have happen in them. The only bad thing I noticed about this game was that they removed the quotes after death entirely.
The Multiplayer is the same as Modern Warfare's, only with a few more ranks, and weapons are limited to World War 2 ones. So they both work perfectly for their timeline, and which one is better depends on wether you prefer to play in World War 2, or Modern Times. Now for the new type of multiplayer added "Zombies". This is an awesome side game where you and other online players have to kill zombies for more points to unlock more areas of the map, and/or on weapons to help fight them off, and keep playing until you all get killed, the mixture of the already great multiplayer gameplay, and this great idea make this is another reason to buy this game.
The Music is the best that it has been since the Michael Giacchino era, it makes us watch this game in ways that visuals alone couldn't do justice.
Call of Duty: World at War is a must play for any gamer who likes first person shooters, or who want to try out Call of Duty at it's best.
The Story is that during World War 2, the Americans are fighting against the Japanese after they attacked Pearl Harbor, while the Russians are fighting the Germans after they attacked them all the way to Stalingrad. The Story is basically a retelling of the events during the real war. But unlike the other World War 2 games in this series, this one is a reimagining of that timeline. Which is odd to do, but can work if it has a reason to exist, like being a better story than the previous ones, which it is. Not only is it more cinematic in it's direction, but the double storyline of the Americans giving mercy and suffering for it, while the Russians don't give mercy and suceed more because of it is extremely well crafted here. Many great moments include when you are captured by the Japanese, rescuing the swimming soldiers, the Japanese soldiers surrender, surviving a massacre in a fountain, watching German soldiers surrendering, and the fight in the Reichstag.
The Characters are great, all have enough personality to make us like them, and see how they play off of others, and feeling realistic. The best character in the game for he has to be Reznov, the absolute loyal soldier, who is almost blinded by his hatred of the Reich for what they did to the Russians.
The Graphics are even better than Modern Warfare, they look breathtaking, for a game of the time, and is still good enough to be taken away by the scenary without needing a remake.
The Gameplay has you first person shooting soldiers in Eastern Europe, and the Pacific Islands. This is awesome to play. The Japanese fight differently to all enemies before this game, and it gives off real, yet new interesting strategies for killing them. The new options of rescuing others, using a flamethrower, and choosing how what do to with some Nazi Soldiers really add to making this game stand out from other games from this franchise. The levels themselves have a variety of different interesting things to do, and/or have happen in them. The only bad thing I noticed about this game was that they removed the quotes after death entirely.
The Multiplayer is the same as Modern Warfare's, only with a few more ranks, and weapons are limited to World War 2 ones. So they both work perfectly for their timeline, and which one is better depends on wether you prefer to play in World War 2, or Modern Times. Now for the new type of multiplayer added "Zombies". This is an awesome side game where you and other online players have to kill zombies for more points to unlock more areas of the map, and/or on weapons to help fight them off, and keep playing until you all get killed, the mixture of the already great multiplayer gameplay, and this great idea make this is another reason to buy this game.
The Music is the best that it has been since the Michael Giacchino era, it makes us watch this game in ways that visuals alone couldn't do justice.
Call of Duty: World at War is a must play for any gamer who likes first person shooters, or who want to try out Call of Duty at it's best.