Extremely atmospheric. Felt like a horror movie at times with its aesthetic. To me, World at War is just a slightly downgraded COD4. The campaign isn't as gripping (I only cared about the Russian storyline) and feels like it took a step backwards with graphics a little bit (although it helps with the atmosphere), but other than that, they feel like the same game fundamentally, just with a different setting and weapons. It's not a bad thing though. I still had a blast with the campaign, thanks to most of the level design being superb. The multiplayer is also fun (despite it pretty much being COD4). Let's not forget that this game also introduced Zombies. Treyarch did a great job with this game. Going back to this after playing Black Ops 1 hits different. That's all I'm gonna say.

The following is a review of the New Light edition of Destiny 2, which includes the base game, Curse of Osiris, and Warmind.

The New Light release was the first time I played Destiny 2, and I had a blast. Plenty of content, solid campaigns (except Warmind), and very, very addictive. The Beyond Light expansion kind of killed the hype for me but it was fun while it lasted.

The Red War campaign was absolutely phenomenal. I always viewed D1's story as a missed opportunity. The lore and worlds you explored were incredible, but you never actually felt the weight of anything you were doing. This campaign changed that. Starting the game with an attack on the Tower to finding members of the Vanguard to fight back and restore hope when it all seems lost really heightens the stakes of the game. It wasn't a perfect story, but definitely got the job done and had some incredible moments, injecting some much-needed life into the world of Destiny. I was happy with all of the base game endgame content as well, as there was always plenty for me to do. Curse of Osiris' campaign was pretty filler but I still enjoyed my time with it. The lack of enemy variety with the Vex was a little disappointing but I enjoyed the ride start to finish. Outside of the Curse of Osiris campaign, however, was a disappointingly tiny world. Mercury is a sorry excuse of a map and not being able to revisit the Vex territories from the campaign was a huge mistake. Warmind, on the other hand, had a poorly written and dull campaign with decent amount of fun endgame content. Mars had more to do in it than Mercury, despite it not being a lot, and the secret exotic quest and strikes were all a blast. Overall, my experience with Destiny 2 was a mostly positive one until Beyond Light came out. That update pretty much killed any and all interest, with the amount of content vaulted outweighing the content we actually got, half of which were just D1 content repackaged to new players. And with the reception of Beyond Light also not being great, I found it to be the perfect opportunity to leave while I still could, as this game was ADDICTIVE. I haven't even touched on the PvP and Gambit, both of which were also very fun at the time.

Near-perfect experience that is only bogged down by a couple small immersion-breaking moments in the story and occasionally buggy gameplay. Survivor and Grounded difficulties are near impossible to play through due to how excessively glitchy the game can get at times. That being said, I still think this is the best version of the first game. 60FPS, with both the Left Behind DLC and Factions multiplayer (w/ all of its maps) included for free? Can't think of a better deal for $20.

The narrative of this game is phenomenal. One of the best stories in all of fiction, let alone all of gaming. The ending of this game has got to be one of my favorite endings in anything ever. Everything from the writing, characters, setting, combat, and mechanics are incredible. The stealth and combat was genre-defining and influenced many games today. It's very accessible to new and hardcore action-survival horror gamers alike. The overall gameplay loop only gets repetitive towards the end. The pacing is also consistent for the most part. Naughty Dog really created something special here and I would recommend this game to absolutely anyone. Despite its flaws, it's one of my favorite games of all time.