Our Score
8


Here it is, Call of Duty: World at War. A game, I think, will make or break the series. Since Call of Duty went all modern it has brought a lot of new fans to the series itself.
I went back and played Call of Duty 3 in preparation for the return of WWII to the Call of Duty series I’ve gotta tell you, this time round that war has got a whole lot better!! As this installment uses a version of the Call of Duty 4 engine the graphics are as good as you would expect. Either fighting as the US in the Pacific or the Russians in Europe the graphics are smooth, crisp and atmospheric.
The voice acting is pretty good this time round although I did actually think that it sounds more like Willem Defoe playing Roebuck!!
The level design is in some ways not as well thought out as I had hoped. sometimes I found myself walking around in circles trying to, well, trigger the next part of a mission. Maybe it’s a bug no-one in QA picked up on. That was the Pacific levels, the Russian ones were probably my favouite. Less Japanese soldiers throwing themselves at you!!
On LIVE this is a different game from Call of Duty 4, and it is not just the weapons. Well, they play a part. Without the features of modern weapons you really have to think more on multiplayer. No longer is it about firing you weopon and hoping on of your bullets kills the enemy. you have to think as some weapons need reloading after every shot. This means you are unarmed for a few seconds and open for a pot shot from someone else. A lot of gamers who play CoD 4 online might not find this trip to WWII as fun. When the beta was released a few months ago many said that the multiplayer wasn’t as good. My advice: give it a go. There is fun to be had from multiplayer. As with any game, you have to learn how to get the best out of the weapons at hand. Once you do it is a hell of a blast!!
Overall this is a great game and it should be judged in its own right and not compared to Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. If you are a fan of the whole Call of Duty series you will not be disappointed!!