Its no Modern Warfare 2 but its the Best Call Of Duty Among 1, 2 & 3.......
It was a long while since i played one of the Best Shooters in recent years i.e. Call Of Duty 4.
As soon as Call Of Duty - World At War was slated to release, it was obvious. There was no excitement. Why? Simply because it wasn't Modern Warfare 2 or a proper Call Of Duty 5.
But i beg to differ. Now, I have played all of the CODs and can call myself a Call Of Duty Fan even though i finished all their games just recently last year.
If you read my Modern Warfare review i had summarized exactly what COD 1 & 2 were about (3 was some remastered thing).
If you have not read that review, then i repeat. COD 1 had a great start but got boring in the end. COD 2 had a boring start but a great end. COD 4 was unlike any other shooter leave alone COD, it had a great start and a great end.
But we are not here to talk about Modern Warfare, because Modern Warfare is Modern Warfare while the other CODs i.e. 1, 2 & World At War are World War 2 based games.
So what's exactly WAW?
YUP! You guessed it right. Its got the Great Start of COD 1 & Great End of COD 2. Probably because of the influence of COD 4. Ofcourse i know the engine used is same. I am not on that. I am on the Quality of the game which has rubbed on.
COD WAW offers you all the weapons that were used in World War 2. Why i say that its got the QUALITY of influence from COD 4, because the cutscenes are no longer boring and put you off to sleep like COD 1 & 2. Instead they are stylish. Even the enemies, missions etc. are so much improved that i would easily put this game over COD 1 & 2.
The story was really cool. Kinda a rip off from COD 4 with similar ending. But overall it was a great story. The Tank Mission and the Black Cats mission were excellent and easily pwned the missions of COD 1 & 2. The tank has a third person angle and the black cats mission...... is just indescribable.
This game has one thing which COD franchise never had....what? GORE......... Yes this game has real brutality and it really suits a game like Call Of Duty. They should retain this gore when they make COD 6 or Modern Warfare 2 whatever.
At the end of the game you unlock a Zombie level which is seriously more fun than Left 4 Dead. Yes, i am serious. Where L 4 D(Single Player not Multiplayer) gets monotonous, COD WAW has this rounds concept and really fun. Each round, more zombies and they are realistic and not like L 4 D where they run at the speed of Sound!!!
Overall, this game is far superior to COD 1 & 2 and easily and probably the Best War Game Ever.......
But this game should not be compared to Call Of Duty 4. Its very unfair as the Atmospheres of both games are different. COD 4 obviously has more High Tech weapons. But its because its not WW 2. One aspect i would rate WAW over Modern Warfare is the Fun and Challenge aspect. The newly introduced gore is awesome and not Overwhelming.
This game actually deserves a 9.5 (Gamespot gave COD 1 & 2 9 odd scores and this game is MILES BETTER).
The reason this game is 8.5 and low User Scores - Simple. COD 4 - Modern Warfare. Only fools would keep their expectations Sky High after played COD 4 and before playing WAW. So according to me this game deserves atleast a 9. I knew what i would get from this game - A remastered version of COD 1 & 2. But i got a LOT MORE. So if you loved COD 1 & 2 you will love this game. Only modern warfare fans. Ummm..... a bit doubtful. But you won't hate this game for Sure.
Finally, this game had the most sales according to some UK Charts.....which itself proves the greatness of this game & Franchise overall. Do buy this game.
GREAT GAME - 9.5 / 10