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"i think W@W is worse than this than CoD4. I like sniping and sharpshooting with the rifles but its not effective since the enemies respawn. If I want to run-n-gun spraying my mp40 everywhere than i would play halo3. The flakk gun mission sucks btw"

Then hang back and pick them off, this is especially useful in the last mission but you could do it in most all of them.

1/14/2009 10:32:38 AM

The campaing sucks, you cant hang back because they will keep spawning until you rush forward and activate the "Stop spawning an assload of nazis" trigger.

Not only that, but the AI sucks hardcore, enemy and friendly soldiers standing out in the open, 5 feet from each other, not even shooting. If they do shoot its usually once a minute, and the shot goes into a rock or tree.

Veteran is a bit ridiculous, the human player is the ONLY target for the entire nazi/japanese army. Your fellow soldiers stand there with easy kills in their sights, but they just chill as 5 grenades are thrown at you from an impossible distance with impossible precision. Good times

1/14/2009 12:12:19 PM

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"the enemy DO NOT constantly respawn."

Definitly not true in the last two levels.

In that mission you have to kill the FLAK guns i have watched wave after wave of nazis attack. Unless of course i reach one of those "checkpoints"

The AI is shitty in regular and easy. I couldn't imagine Veteran but even Heroic has some rediculous shit. Like raining greandes and stuff. The worst is the 1st russian mission with the sniper. In heroic somehow the nazi sniper who is constantly changing windows can pop out and snipe you accuratly for a kill in a second. Completly unrealistic. Even if i guess a window (often die a few times before i'm right) once he pops up I can barely get the shot off which usually merely "wounds him" before he gets a kill shot.

[Edited on January 14, 2009 at 12:28 PM. Reason : a]

1/14/2009 12:25:25 PM

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"unless its a specific situation"

1/14/2009 4:20:14 PM

i finally beat the game. but yeah on that last mission, i literally spent about 30 straight minutes fighting nazi's outside the reichstag building until the column finally fell. i read on several sites that that part is somewhat bugged, and sgt. reznov gets stuck inside a building, because hes the one to trigger the column falling.

1/15/2009 10:48:41 AM

Yeah that part was not even enjoyable to play, or the one where you storm the final room.

WaW Campaign - I'm only in it for the zombies.

1/15/2009 11:34:15 AM

You can play Zombies without beating the campaign. You just can't host a game online or locally.

1/15/2009 12:00:15 PM

thoughts on which COD has the better multiplayer game?

Modern Warfare OR World at War?

debating on if its worth me picking this one up.... I am obsessed with COD4.

1/15/2009 12:36:38 PM

WaW without a doubt. You'd only be gimping yourself if you got MW, unless you really like it. MW is still agreat game, but WaW has imrpoved enough to say its better, maybe not a lot better, but better.

1/15/2009 12:38:21 PM

it's worth picking up. The multiplayer is still a little bugged, but i've moved past that. You get used to it pretty quick, and i think people are starting to move past the cheating and just play the game like normal although you'll still find the occasional dickhead out there. It doesn't feel quite as smooth as MW yet, but you have to remember that Infinity Ward made several patches to get it where it is today and i think Treyarch is working to do the same.

That being said, as awesome as being in contemporary times was with MW the single player campaign on WaW is much better IMO.

1/15/2009 12:47:46 PM

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"WaW without a doubt. You'd only be gimping yourself if you got MW, unless you really like it. MW is still agreat game, but WaW has imrpoved enough to say its better, maybe not a lot better, but better. "

I think you are 100% wrong. Mostly its up to prefrence. The games use the same graphics engine, same controller layout, and nearly the same mutliplayer interface. WaW merely adds a few new feature like blood spewing out of people you shoot, a more detailed post game report after multiplayer missions, and some other features. The only main big diffrences which is what makes the game worth it in my mind beyond just the enjoyment of a return to the WW2 theme is the zombie mode and the ability to CoOp missions with a friend on the same console. In my opinion the campaign in WaW blows away the MW one.

I think its a matter of prefrence
Do you like WW2 guns and theme v. Modern day guns
Personally i enjoy WaW multiplay also but i prefer the modern day guns. I also like the maps better on CoD4.
Also, I do like how u gain additional custom slots once you prestige.

[Edited on January 15, 2009 at 1:00 PM. Reason : a]

1/15/2009 12:59:12 PM

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"a more detailed post game report after multiplayer missions,"

this feature is completely useless on the ps3 version. It gives no detail and will not until the patch is released.

1/15/2009 1:04:51 PM

spawning seems a lot worse to me in WaW. at least once a match i get spawned right in somebody's line of fire. i've had enemies spawn in the crosshairs of my sniper scope. it's pretty ridiculous and can completely ruin the fun of a match.

1/15/2009 1:19:15 PM

i've noticed that the higher the level of play when you have people who know what they're doing running around and trying to flank the enemy the spawn system goes completely to hell

some of my matches are getting so intense i can barely stay alive after i've gotten one kill on smaller maps

i'll put my crosshairs on an enemy player and he'll already be dead from a teammate shooting him

1/15/2009 1:55:37 PM

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"but yeah on that last mission, i literally spent about 30 straight minutes fighting nazi's outside the reichstag building until the column finally fell."

Fuck, before I realized that there was a checkpoint to trigger I spent about that long fighting there. Then when I finally got up to the sandbags and triggered it the fucking column fell directly on me. Splat.

As far as CoD4 vs CoD5, I really just miss some of the assault rifles that would let you drop someone with minimal muzzle rise, allowing you to put 10 rounds through someones chest before you were off target. Obviously it would be anachronistic to include those in CoD5, so I really have nothing to bitch about there.

Oh and airstrike > artillery strike. They had close air support back then. I would prefer 3 planes make strafing runs instead of a long slow artillery barrage that often doesn't hit anyone on a large map.

1/15/2009 2:11:52 PM

yeah we had the artillery discussion on the last page, so no since in beating a dead horse but long gone are the days of getting a 5 kill streak and sitting back, calling in the strike, and watching yourself safely get a 7,8,9,10 kill streak and deploying the helicopter before you even stand up.

1/15/2009 2:22:13 PM

yea artillery is almost so worthless its not worth risking sitting still and calling it in might as well just try to get 2 quick kills and call in the dogs

i hate getting 6 kills and dying

1/15/2009 2:37:42 PM

^the thing I miss even more is in COD4, you could get a helicopter, die, then call it in to begin a new streak. I haven't seen that strategy work in this one.

1/15/2009 2:38:10 PM

Really? I'm pretty sure I've done that with the dogs.

1/15/2009 2:39:55 PM

i'm not exactly sure how this works it seems like when you call in the dogs then die and respawn you can't call in the dogs again if you get 7 kills - maybe i just suck and haven't gotten more than 7 back to back

1/15/2009 2:46:18 PM

you definitely can. I've gotten dogs twice in a round.

1/15/2009 2:48:55 PM

right, but did your first set of dogs earn you the second?

1/15/2009 2:51:53 PM

Not a new article, but I haven't seen it posted here.

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"Activision has plans to continue supporting it’s top-selling Call of Duty: World At War game with downloadable content (DLC) via paid packs like they did with Call of Duty 4. However World at War may not get only one pack, but up to three “when all is said and done” reports MTV. They also said that they will be doing DLC a little differently this time, stating that “It’s not going to be what we’ve done traditionally”, leaving us to speculate on what that could be. Which could be anything from new single-player content to new weapons and maps, but all of that seems pretty par for the course so we’ll have to wait and see what they have in the wings. Considering the fantastical “zombie Nazi” mode that unlocks once you’ve beaten the game, it wouldn’t be a surprise if they did some pretty wild things for the DLC. As far as release date, they haven’t given one, but Call of Duty 4 didn’t receive it’s first map pack until five months after it’s release."

http://www.videogamesblogger.com/2008/12/07/call-of-duty-world-at-war-downloadable-content-release-soon.htm

1/15/2009 2:53:38 PM

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"then die and respawn you can't call in the dogs again if you get 7 kills"

let me rephrase that when you die and respawn when your dogs are still fucking up the enemy you don't get artillery and dogs again - i don't think you do because that would just ass rape the enemy

i love those damn dogs its my favorite thing in the game watching the other players shoot at their feet while i shoot them in the head

1/15/2009 2:55:50 PM

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"right, but did your first set of dogs earn you the second?"

not sure, will have to pay more attention next time

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"However World at War may not get only one pack, but up to three “when all is said and done” reports MTV. "

not the source i want to see reporting this first, but good find. But I'm sure this is with the xbox in mind. ps3 users are going to be lucky to even get a patch to let the game work correctly

[Edited on January 15, 2009 at 3:16 PM. Reason : add]

1/15/2009 3:15:14 PM

If you go 7-0, call in dogs and die right afterwards, the kills your dogs get on your second life do not count towards anything. So if you call in dogs and die, then respawn and your dogs kill 3 people, you do not get a recon plane.

1/15/2009 5:05:22 PM

^truth

1/15/2009 5:12:53 PM

my roommate hates this game - everytime i play for the germans and he is eating dinner in the kitchen i can sense his aggravation

one time just as he walked in "Enemy Recon Plane" in that horrible german accent pumped through my speakers

it was glorious

1/15/2009 5:38:27 PM

Kyle doesn't like the game haha


how do you choose to play for the germans; i thought its random

1/15/2009 5:43:18 PM

it is random i wish i could choose i love the fucking germans

"THEY SEND THEIR HOUNDS, THEY TOO WILL FIND ONLY DEATH!!!"

1/15/2009 5:48:25 PM

GIVE YOUR LIVES

FOR THE PRESERVATION

OF THE REICH

Most forced german accent I have ever heard

1/16/2009 12:49:33 AM

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"If you go 7-0, call in dogs and die right afterwards, the kills your dogs get on your second life do not count towards anything. So if you call in dogs and die, then respawn and your dogs kill 3 people, you do not get a recon plane."

yeah this is how it is in retail. with the beta, when it first came out, the dogs counted towards your streak so basically getting the dogs once made your team win. I think I had a round where I called in dogs like, 3 times right after the other. they did something to fix it quickly though.

1/16/2009 1:53:26 PM

when playing zombies kill all but one, run around and fix everything/get weapons, then kill the last one and advance

profit

1/16/2009 1:59:53 PM

We got the memo the first week of the game.

1/16/2009 2:01:26 PM

ps3 guys, are you seeing wierd stuff in the lobby? player names, scrolling text etc? wtf?

1/16/2009 8:06:56 PM

double xp weekend

1/17/2009 3:40:13 PM

yea whats the deal - instead of getting 5 points for a kill in headquarters i get 10

but in the end the tally is normal - whatever clan is using rainbow colors RAIN or whatever that is fucking annoying

fags

1/17/2009 5:51:24 PM

haha

type "move" as your clantag and your name will bounce back and forth

"rain" gives you that rainbow colors

there's some other tags but I forgot them

[Edited on January 17, 2009 at 5:55 PM. Reason : yo]

1/17/2009 5:54:57 PM

pullin in like 900-1k points per HQ win

1/18/2009 12:00:27 AM

I wish the flame thrower didn't suck outside hardcore

I'm Big Business and i approved this message.

1/18/2009 12:43:21 PM

^^^check your ps3 invites. i added you.

1/18/2009 1:21:31 PM

my 360 keeps fucking freezing int he middle of the single player missions... and since this shit doesnt autosave, i have to go back and play the whole god damn thing over again...

1/20/2009 12:56:30 AM

I think I recruited a new wolf webber, ran into a guy with an ncsu clan tag on 360, he had no idea about t-dub, said he would check it out.

1/20/2009 5:02:10 AM

I am a COD WaW online n00b....I am playing with the wii online. can some of you vets maybe give some strategic pointers? I am constantly in the '6-8 kills with 8-9 deaths' bracket. Id like to step my game up. I notice lots of guys just chuck grenades all over the place. others are very good at creeping up on you.

I just kind of run around the screen lookin to bust caps. I have no strategery.

1/20/2009 9:17:32 AM

Post your two favorite outfits and gametypes then I can tell you a little more.

1/20/2009 9:19:25 AM

I am only a level 11 so I dont have a lot of experience.

I like to roll with the sniper rifle (cliffside) or the BAR at the Doom or Makin. once I unlock the M1 I will probably use that a bunch as well.

1/20/2009 9:30:07 AM

just keep playing - you need to really know each little corner of every map

after a while you kind of develop a 6th sense as to where the enemy is spawning and how to sneak up on them

sometimes i find myself looking up at the map in the corner while i'm running around

1/20/2009 10:21:07 AM

rifles like the m1 are only good if you can aim well. i started off with mostly SMG's till i started moving up the ranks. right now i use the type 100 on smaller levels like dome and maybe castle/courtyard. on bigger levels i'll use the (whatever the 2nd to last rifle is, its an automatic assault rifle) for longer range kills. if you're having difficulty staying alive, i recommend staying with other teammates whenever youre roaming around so you don't get picked off easily from behind or by campers if you don't know the levels well, you will.

1/20/2009 10:24:06 AM

so basically, just keep playing. there is no real magic strategy....

for an example of what I am talking about, in Halo I seem to remember a popular thing to do was to jump and shoot at your opponents.

1/20/2009 11:04:55 AM

what i like about this game is that it really is about strategy - specific perks / placing bouncing betties / when to use a tank and so on

back in my quake 3 days i spent forever learning how to aim the rail gun - on some maps i was way better just because i knew how to use that one weapon

it was about aiming instead of strategy

1/20/2009 12:42:45 PM