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   Whiterabbit-uk
   Games Guru

   Call of Duty:World at War arrived this morning. So I broke away from my ‘fave’ game of the moment Fallout 3, which has been played to death since getting it last week to see what Activision (the developer) had to offer and to see whether they had surpassed their previous offering from last year.

   Well, I played the first level and well into the second, taking several screen captures along the way. (see link below for the whole lot) So far I’m still playing at night time so can’t get a true feel for the graphics as game play visuals are always muted at night, however they look promising. The return to the Second World War was a surprise as I thought it had been done to death, with many different developers releasing FPS games based upon the Second World War. Something like the Korean conflict or even the First World War would have been a much better option in my opinion. Still, they have captured the feel of things quite well. I’ve not enjoyed playing a WWII shooter since Men of Honor: Pacific Assault, which this reminded me of a little. (I didn’t particularly like the last MoH title Airborne, and still have to complete that one).

   Anyway, here’s the link to my images:

   All on one page

   http://s109.photobucket.com/albums/n61/Whiterabbit_01/Call%20of%20Duty%20World%20at%20War/?albumview=grid

   As a slideshow

   http://s109.photobucket.com/albums/n61/Whiterabbit_01/Call%20of%20Duty%20World%20at%20War/?albumview=slideshow

   Graphically it's as good as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (COD4), but I think returning to WWII was a retrograde step. There are far too many WWII games around and are still being released (eg the Brothers in Arms: Hells Highway and Sniper: Art of Victory are two recent additions as well as other genres such as the excellent strategy game, Company of Heroes)

   I think it's too soon to say whether this is better - though my first impressions are that it is not. COD4, despite being linear, at least had a large area to explore at any point whereas this game seems to have returned to the true linearity we saw in the first Call of Duty games. Let’s hope the later levels prove me wrong; though I won’t be playing them for awhile as I think last weeks release of Fallout 3 is interesting me much more at this time.

   Regards

   Whiterabbit

   Hopefully there will be a demo in the next few days; though be prepared to download over a gigabyte to get it.

   If you're a FPS fan it's going to be a must have though. :)

   Posted 16 years ago #
2. 

   thewebmaster
   Member

   I can't download a gig!!!!!!!!
   I have dial-up. lol.
   Too bad, I'm left out.:)
   -Webmaster

   Posted 16 years ago #
3. 

   Whiterabbit-uk
   Games Guru

   That is a shame. If you don't have any Call of Duty games and was interested I'd go for the last version before thios one. It's much more realistic in my opinion. The price hasn't dropped that much since it's release last summer (07, but I'm sure once this one is released tomorrow, the price will drop for the older one. you can get the first one with expansion pack for less than $10 now and the second one is also around the $10 mark. Both are well worth having despite being between 3 to 5 years old.

   Posted 16 years ago #
4. 

   wizzard_of_ozz2004
   Games Master

   I too am disappointed that the franchise chose to move back to WWII. I wouldn't mind seeing a civil war era from them with two separate story lines, North and South. Even the Revolution wouldn't be a bad one. Also, perhaps they should build on the WW's and add different story lines with different country choices. What was it like to be a Japanese soldier? I think it's time that military shooters and tacticals move away from the WWII era.

   I wanted to check with you Whiterabbit and make sure it was okay that I post a list of freeware games. I'm working on a (hopefully) extensive list, but didn't want to interfere with your free game project. I know you take joy in keeping us on the edge of our seats every day, so I thought I should make sure before I possibly take away that pleasure.

   AH

   Posted 16 years ago #
5. 

   Whiterabbit-uk
   Games Guru

   Hi wizzard of oz; posting games is not the sole preserve of yours truly. I only started the thread because of the lack of a daily game giveaway, but that shouldn't stop others from doing the same thing.

   It doesn't matter if you end up posting games that I have earmarked for the daily freebies. Honestly, go ahead.

   I'll let you know if any of the games were part of the project when you post them, lol.

   Actually, I don't see why we couldn't collaborate on this project. Maybe you post a game one day and me the other. (Or better still you one week and me the next - that way it would keep us both fresh - we could share resources so as to ensure an even spread of games are posted each week) That way the seemingly unlimited supply of free games will take that much longer to fade away. The reason I suggest this is partly because I think posting them in one large list is counter productive. Firstly having such a large number of games to suddenly cope with can often be bewildering, but more importantly, some inevitably get missed because of the numbers suddenly made available. The other reason is that having all the games in a single list makes it more prone to getting buried in the forums. That’s the main reason I post only one or a few a day.

   I’ve tried to make the thread easily identifiable by keeping (more or less) to the same title format, which makes it easier to search out when perusing the forums, and less likely to get buried. (I also add the games to the sticky that lists all the free games) Still the two reasons mentioned above are just my opinion.

   There are actually only a finite number of really good freeware games that I'm personally aware of (not including multiplayer games). When deciding whether to include a game in the thread I've tried to select those games that I think have good game play. There are certainly many that really are not worth the bother (IMO). Anyway, whichever way you prefer to post the games you know about is fine by me. (Just don’t post my best games lol – only kidding)

   Regards

   Stephen

   p.s.

   You could even take over from me fully as the new Games Guru as I'm feeling like I need a rest from it all to be honest. The weekday postings and weekend reviews do take up a lot of time. I have many un-played games due to spending the time here and elsewhere (I admin for a Battlefield, Crysis and COD site as well as moderate elsewhere) - for example I preordered Armed Assault and it's sequel (released earlier this year), Stalker Shadow of Chernobyl (and its recently released sequel), and Silent Hunter 4 as well as many others (Battlefield 2142, the last two Need for Speed, Company of Heroes, all the Tom Clancy games, plus more) some going back over three years and apart from install them I've not actually played any of them yet because I spend more time doing other web related things - and I haven't even mentioned the hundreds of Arcade games that I've bought over the last few years. I think I'm addicted to buying but not playing computer games. I collect then like some people collect stamps, lol.

   Anyway, though it really isn't needed I give my blessing to anything you wish to post on these forums. (Really, who am I to dictate anyway......?)

   Posted 16 years ago #
6. 

   wizzard_of_ozz2004
   Games Master

   I don't think I could handle the title of Games Guru, however I would gladly collaborate with you on ideas for the new game. Now that you put it the way you did, I agree with you about the list being counter-productive. Besides, your project is the number one reason why I spend so much time here in the forums everyday. If you think you need a break, I could do the week on week off suggestion; or every other day; or just provide a review of your selected game.

   AH

   Posted 16 years ago #
7. 

   Whiterabbit-uk
   Games Guru

   Hi wizzard, (hope you don't mind the shorter version). I think if we do it a week on a weeek of it'll stop us both from getting fed up with it. I've already got next weeks games sorted, however for the first week we could do a day on and off, with me posting for Monday, you Tuesday me Wednesday you Thursday and both of us (as a special treat for the community) on Friday, then revert to a weekly basis. You can take the first watch. :)

   What do you think?

   A good thing that will come out of this collaboration is the different perspectives we will both bring to the games we post as we must both have different preferences.

   Regards

   Stephen

   p.s.

   I'm signing off for a few hours now as I want to watch the latest Rambo movie (which I finally bought yesterday).

   Posted 16 years ago #
8. 

   wizzard_of_ozz2004
   Games Master

   That sounds like a great idea to me. Count me in. However, we should compare our games to make sure one of us doesn't ruin the other's choices. I've already got several in mind. You could call me Alex, I don't mind. I will send a message to the admins asking them to pass along my e-mail so we can make this collaboration that much better.

   AH

   Posted 16 years ago #
9. 

   Whiterabbit-uk
   Games Guru

   Good idea.

   Posted 16 years ago #

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