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| From: Activision
Category: Video Games
List Price: £49.99
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Rating:  80 reviews
Platform: Playstation 3
Genre: military-action-games
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Media: Video Game
Operating System: Playstation 3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5030917057410
ASIN: B001BEJSQQ
Release Date: November 14, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Amazon.co.uk
Call of Duty returns, and to many people’s surprise, it’s going back to World War II. While original series creators Infinity Ward brought the series into the modern day, developer Treyarch are setting out to make the definitive historical first-person shooter.
 The Soviet attack on Berlin features intense street battles |  Take on the Japanese navy as you board a U.S. flying boat |  World at War features the most realistic fire effects ever |  The new ability to swim adds to both the story and multiplayer modes | The game is primarily set in the Pacific theatre and has a much more realistic, violent tone requiring less-linear game play than previous Call of Duty installments. You'll struggle to survive Japanese attacks without mastering new gaming skills, like swimming or how to use a flamethrower--a weapon that packs some punch in the fully destructable game world. Also featured is a campaign on the Eastern front, where you take control of a soldier in the Soviet Red Army during the attack on Berlin in the closing stages of the war. The game also includes the series’ first co-op mode, while the competitive multiplayer mode aims to build upon the achievements of Call of Duty 4 and add to the game’s longevity. Key Features - Dual campaigns: Fight in two very different World War II battles. Take on the Japanese Imperial army in the Pacific, and liberate Berlin as part of the Soviet Red Army.
- Grim realities: Experience the most bloody and realistic combat ever seen in the series, as you witness enemy atrocities and wield horrific new weapons such as the flamethrower.
- Job with benefits: Revamped competitive multiplayer mode features useable vehicles and an expanded perks system from Call of Duty 4.
- Brothers in arms: For the first time, a Call of Duty game features a four-player co-operative mode that’s playable online or via a split screen option on the same console.
- Modern graphics: The game uses an enhanced version of the Call of Duty 4 graphics engine, with wood that splinters realistically when shot and fires that spread organically.
About the Developer: Treyarch
One of publisher Activision’s biggest internal studios, Treyarch have worked on many of the company’s best known titles, from the Spider-Man movie tie-ins and spin-offs to several of the Call of Duty sequels and the new James Bond game, Quantum of Solace.
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 FULL GAME REVIEW! November 14, 2008
D. M. Steane (Kirkcaldy, Scotland)
51 out of 54 found this review helpful
It's a very difficult job following on from one of the greatest title's ever to grace the gaming world (Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare), but Treyarch and Activision have produced a master-class, which follows on proudly from it's predecceser.
CAMPAIGN:
The game's campaign splits time between two different fronts. For half the game, you'll play as an American Marine taking on Japanese forces as you push from their forward island bases all the way back to Okinawa. The other half puts you in Russian boots as you strike back against the Germans, pushing them out of the motherland and sieging Berlin. Like the previous game, the campaign jumps back and forth between the two perspectives.
The campaign provides a good amount of first-person shooter variety, but it excels when the levels are wide open and all hell is breaking loose around you. There are more than a few moments where you're charging against an entrenched enemy, and the game does a good job of making these moments feel appropriately chaotic. You'll also see the requisite vehicle sequence and some up-close indoor battles. Overall, a quality single-player campaign which will keep you going for hours.
MULTI-PLAYER:
Once again, the Call of Duty multi-player has the ability to leave you playing for hours on end without losing interest, and drooling for more action. In what feels like no time at all, you could check your score and find that you have played it for 5 hours or something!
Some of the major changes include:
- Rank 65 before Prestiging.
- Tanks available for some maps.
- 3 kills (Plane Recon), 5 kills (Artillery), 7 kills (Dogs).
- Different Perks and Guns.
- Different game modes/maps.
Overall, the World at War multi-player has stayed in touch with COD4, and is still very enjoyable to all who play it, resulting in hours on end of playtime. The new additions are very clever and there is just something about COD online. It can't be rivalled. There seems to be a touch of genius about World at War, and still you will find yourself desperately trying to climb up the ranks and get to Rank 65 on the 10th Prestige! It is just brilliant!
VISUAL/GRAPHICS:
Fire seems to be a big visual theme in World at War. Large portions of the campaign are devoted to running around with a flamethrower and burning as many Japanese soldiers as possible. You'll run through burning buildings. And if you play long enough, you'll be able to unlock that flamethrower for use in multiplayer. The fire effects, thankfully, are good enough to warrant their featured position. The flamethrower snakes around as you wave it and burns up most nearby grass and trees as you go. Creeping through dark, but still-burning buildings shows off the game's terrific lighting, as the soft glow of the flames reflects and flickers onto the nearby walls. All of the lighting, is done extremely well, and playing this on a HDTV will be truly stunning.
In conclusion, I think it's safe to say that everyone will agree on World at War being an extremely good FPS that had ticked all the right boxes. However, there will be divided opinion on whether or not it's better than last years masterpiece. My advice...buy World at War now, but keep COD4. World at War is extremely well made and should be bought by anyone who is as fan of the COD series, but COD4 is just too good to throw out or trade in and should still be kept for all the right reasons.
Hope my review was helpful and feel free to leave any comments.
 Hmm... October 13, 2008
Harrison Smith (Devon, England)
20 out of 52 found this review helpful
with all the posts on here suggesting that this game cannot be reviewed before it comes out,i have had the privilige of playing the beta version.
if i could sum up my experience in one word,itd be unsatisfying.why the developers felt the need to take it back to world war 2 is beyond me,how can you make the switch from the barrett 50.cal or dragunov to the springfield?while the graphics and overall atmosphere have been improved,it altogether feels like a step backward in a game which redefined the genre with its last outing,the superb call of duty 4.
i also understand that in not naming it call of duty 5 they are suggesting that they are branching out into a different game,at the end of the day its called call of duty for a reason,and in taking it back to world war 2 for me they are taking back the excellence of the last game and churning out another generic ww2 fps when they know the public are going to buy it.
hopefully the full version will change my mind,but at the present time it feels like a massive step in the wrong direction.
OK November 6, 2008
Gary Simmons (London, UK)
18 out of 32 found this review helpful
I got a bit tired of people here just saying "wow this game is awesome" with no actual evidence so I decided to attempt a more complete review. I played the beta test version yesterday for a couple of hours and these are my first impressions:
Firstly the gameplay is almost identical to COD 4, they have not changed the game engine much at all which may not be a bad thing but don't expect anything ground breaking in terms of gameplay.
The online stuff is virtually identical as well. More perks and new game modes go with the same XP systyem as last year to give an equally great online experience. Gone are the insanely frustrating helicopters but they've been replaced with suicidally frustrating dogs. They take a couple oif sghots to kill and will run around until they all die. Vehicles are OK but the problem is that they are very hard to destroy so you might need a bazooka as perk 1.
The real disappointment though is the weapons. Frankly they suck. Every one of them. They have to or they wouldn't be realistic. Its common sense that a gun made in the 1990's will be much better than one 50 years old. The fire rates are rubbish, there are no assault rifles and they are weaker too.
Overall this game is COD 4 with an online patch and set in WW2. I honestly don't know why they made another WW2 game as it makes things all seem old especially after using P90s and M16s. If you want to spend 40 on it go ahead. Its not a bad game its just not any better than COD 4. I think I will buy it, but I'm not nearly as excited about it as I was before playing the beta.
better than COD 4... November 15, 2008
Adam Graham (Renfrew, Scotland)
13 out of 17 found this review helpful
Although they say the game uses the same engine as call of duty: modern warfare, you can't help but feel that they must have updated the engine without telling anyone. The levels are even more immersive than before and more atmospheric.
Remember the "all ghillied up" mission in Modern Warfare? There have been comments that it was the favourite COD 4 level for many. Well, pretty much all of the missions in World at War have the same ingredients; good level design, waves of tension and a realistic mission plot. The missions are by their nature atmospheric period pieces due to their re-enactment purpose.
The weapons are more primitive than COD 4 for this reason. Many of them are rather antiquated one-shot rifles. This seems to have the effect of making battle seem more crude and visceral. By the same token, the flamethrower is satisfying.
From the outset the game is more violent in it's presentation than it's predecessor. I definitely saw more of the realistic pain, suffering and loss of war. I wasn't allowed to form a naive or distant view of conflict.
Only eight or so missions in, I feel that this is a better game overall than Modern Warfare and a more sophisticated one for sure.
WOW!!! September 24, 2008
Mr. Ma Lees (UK)
12 out of 93 found this review helpful
THIS GAME IS AMAZING AND THE GAMEPLAY IS FAB SO GLAD I GOT IT BEFORE ITS MAIN RELEASE DATE.BUY BUY BUY!
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