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Call of Duty: World at War (Xbox 360) | 
| From: Activision
Category: Video Games
List Price: £49.99
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Rating:  reviews
Sales Rank: 77
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: military-action-games
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Edition: Normal
Operating System: Xbox 360
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5030917057014
ASIN: B001BEHQKG
Release Date: November 14, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Le nouveau Call of Duty débarque avec un nouveau moteur COD4 amélioré, un nouvel ennemi et de nouveaux environnements pour des missions encore plus intenses au coeur des combats !Affrontez un ennemi aux techniques de combats inédites : les soldats de la puissante armée japonaise sur les différents théâtres d'opérations du Pacifique !Call of Duty : World at War est le premier COD avec un mode campagne en coopération : jusqu'à 4 joueurs en ligne ou 2 joueurs en écran partagé !De plus, le mode mul | | • | tijoueur est encore plus abouti : de nouvelles classes de personnages, des armes évolutives et de nouveaux véhicules de combat ! | | • | ACTIVISION Call of Duty : World at War XBOX 360 Action XBOX 360 | | • | XBOX 360 Action |
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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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| Customer Reviews:
 Loving it so far! November 27, 2008
David Thompson (Newcastle, UK)
23 out of 26 found this review helpful
Call of Duty 4 was (and still is) one of my favourite games. I spent countless hours playing online and I loved the single player. COD4 was so good that even the Mrs found the multiplayer a 'good waste of time' and at times I had to fight to get a game! I'm happy to say that in many respects COD:WAW is just as good as its predecessor. Here's what I've found so far:
THE GOOD
- Controls and 'feel' to the menus is pretty much the same as COD4 so you can get strait into the action
- You can now play the campaign in co-op
- Veteran difficulty still offers a challenge for experienced gamers
- Online ranking up system updated, there's more categories to earn points, you prestige at 65 (rather than 55 in COD4)
- Tanks are available in the multiplayer! They aren't invincible however and I feel they don't unbalance the game at all.
- Online maps, so far I have found to be very good. Only 1 that I don't like (Makin)
- Game play is still very good both on and offline. Not exactly the same as COD4 but close enough.
- Graphics are excellent. Not better than COD4 but lets be honest that would have been very difficult
- Instead of UAV, Airstrike and Chopper you now have Recon Plane, Artillery Bombardment and Dogs. Love calling in the dogs.
- New perks and a new perk catogary for vehicles
- A boot camp option when playing online that you play from rank 1-8 for new players
THE BAD
- Still no online achievements
- Most of the single player achievements have to be completed as single player, you can't get them by playing co-op
- Online, rifles seem pretty useless (not sniper rifles). You hit people and it doesn't register and have to get a head shot to kill them!
- Have experienced some 'bullet lag' online that I didn't in COD4. Possible teething problem?
- Perks like juggernaut are still there. IMO with them adding a boot camp option they should have limited the 'noob' perks to the boot camp and make them unavailable once you start playing properly
- The multiplayer on this game will take up days and days of my life!.... wait is that such a bad thing?
The best way of describing it is think COD4, swap it over to WW2 and then tweak it a little bit. Its not better or worse, its different. I'd highly recommend this to any wanting a worth while online multiplayer experience. There are games (GOW2, Dead Space) that can offer better single player experiences but as GOW2 online seems to be a bit of a dud the COD:WAW looks like the new king of the multiplayer!
EDIT: A couple of months on I would just like to add that altough it is a worthy addition to the COD series, it frankly isnt as addictive or as good as COD4. The single player is pretty poor to be honest, gets worse as you go on. And there have been several glitches in the online play (hopefully to be patched soon). Still worth getting but doesn't hold a candle to COD4.
 You Need Live September 1, 2009
Ben (UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'm going to try not to compare this game to COD 4 as much as i can. This Should be helped by me only having played it once. So Onto COD 5...
The Singleplayer campaign begins well but then gets progessively worse as it goes on, the exceptions being the flamethrower missions and the last two. The Campaign gets Tiresome and is quite short, but thats when the fun Begins...
THe Multiplayer is Immense, the Modes include Team Deathmatch and Free-for-all, as well as Search & Destroy, Headquarters and Domination. There is a wide variety of maps which vary dramatically, One game you could be battling through the Reichstag, the next fighting through a Japanese Castle. It is so good, and Once you rank up high enough, you will have the good weapons and instead of getting bored by easily winning every game, you have the option to "prestige", go back to Level 1 with the bottom weapons but gain a new rank and custom character slot.
Overall COD World at War plays superbly, especially for someone who hasn't played COD 4. But You probably shouldn't get it if you don't have Xbox Live, Because the Multiplayer is truelly awesome!
cod 5 August 23, 2009
phil (london)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
before i start i just want to say get cod 4 before cod 5 because it is as good in every way as cod 5 and even better in some aspects.
the reason why most people buy the call of duty series is because of the great graphics and the good game play. In cod 5 you get the good graphics but not the game play. In the single player the enemys and your team mates will stand next to each other and not shoot waiting for you to shoot them. Regardless of how many enemies are left your team will stay behind cover until you proceed tripping an invisible wire making them come out of cover.When you die you will probably die from a grenade, if you stay in one place for too long grenades will be thrown right at your feet.
The story mode has a good setting and some missions are very exciting like the sniping mission. But the best bit of the call of duty series is the multiplayer, this is what keeps me playing the game. The maps are much bigger than in call of duty 4 but some maps are also small. The way you can choose your own gun and choose your own attachment to go with it is good. You unlock certain guns and perks at a certain level. No other fps (first person shooter) has this.
Something which has been added to the call of duty series is the co-op mode which you play online. you play the story mode with other people online normally 3 other players, i haven't played this much because i don't like the story mode but when i have played it, it seemed quite good. Also something which you may of heard of before is nazi-zombies! Nazi-zonbie is when 1-4 players are trapped in a place and nazi zombies attack you, you have to survive rounds and you can buy guns and perks with the points you get from shooting the zombies. it can become addicted playing it when your friend has beaten the round you went to.
The reason why i only gave this a four star is because the story mode let me down a bit but the multiplayer mode and the nazi-zombies made up for it.
add me on xbox live if you want my gamertag is superbanana24. Hope you thought my review was good.
 Good game, but online is a bit of a drawback... April 17, 2009
A gamer
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Seeing as everyone always comments on how amazing the online is, this will create some controversy; the online is good, but EXACTLY the same as the online in Call of Duty 4. New weapons, new maps, and a WW2 makeover. This game is like a full-priced expansion pack for its predecessor.
The campaign is good fun, with very good graphics and is generally impressive throughout. The reason I am a bit vague is because it isn't anything radically new: it's just like someone took an old Medal of Honour stroyline, put Japanese people in it, added flamethrowers, then put a £40 price tag on it.
As I've already said, the online is sadly very similar to CoD4, and although I have to admit it's good fun for a good amount of hours, if you have owned CoD4 you will eventually get bored and slip back to the old one.
The main point I want to make on the online though is how you can end up simply wanting to throw your disc out of the window simply because of the people you play online. I bought this game to have good time with my friends playing Team Deathmatch or Search and Destroy like we did on 4, not to be on the receiving end of a stream of insults and mindless whinings from a bunch of spoilt, bored Americans who are upset because we beat them 4 nil ON A GAME. THIS IS A GAME. Some people, whether American or British just take this game too seriously and way out of proportion, like it's life or death. I've given up on the online now and when I play online I do it on different games, because at least then people don't start crying because someone beat their kill streak.
So overall, a good game with a lot of hours of fun, but I would recommend Call of Duty 4 over it.
good and fun March 29, 2009
Sven the ben
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
this game may not be the best call of duty but there r many good aspects: a good campain, good graphics. good multiplayer but the best bit is nazi zombies minigame.
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