Call of Duty: World at War

11 Nov 2008 · (17 years ago) · Full Release

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Call of Duty: World at War is a first-person shooter set during World War II, focusing on the Pacific and Eastern Front theaters. The single-player campaign follows two perspectives: U.S. Marine Private C. Miller fighting against the Imperial Japanese Army across islands in the Pacific, and Soviet Red Army Private Dimitri Petrenko advancing from Stalingrad to Berlin. The game features more graphic violence than previous entries in the series, including limb dismemberment and destructible environments. Multiplayer retains the leveling, perk, and killstreak systems from Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. The game also introduced the cooperative Nazi Zombies survival mode, in which up to four players fight increasingly difficult waves of undead while purchasing weapons and unlocking new areas.

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Developer: Treyarch Publisher: Activision

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Genres

Shooter Adventure Action

Themes

Action Horror Survival Historical Stealth Warfare

Game modes

Single player Multiplayer Co-operative Split screen Single-player Multi-player Co-op

Player perspectives

First person

Developers

Treyarch

Supporting developers

Publishers

Franchises

Game engine

Keywords

zombies world war ii - ww2 vehicular combat bloody 1940s fast paced death soldier military upgradable weapons run and gun chicken battleship war steam multiple protagonists bird achievements online capture the flag torture tank slavery economy silent protagonist playstation network airplane clan explosion death match digital distribution throwing weapons split-screen multiplayer platform exclusive playstation trophies pre-release public testing leveling up voice acting ranking system famous quotes cow bink video human polygonal 3d microtransaction motion control party system touch controls racial stereotypes original soundtrack release unlockables wasd movement non-player character profanity 4 player co-op sprinting mechanics sniping checkpoints falling damage moral decisions downloadable content xbox live melee kill feed real-time combat instant kill secret area betrayal difficulty level shaky camera asymmetric co-op liberation survival mode political thriller rpg elements respawning twin stick control mercenary squad communism leaderboard multiplayer scoreboard british accent level cap xbox one backwards compatibility invisible wall difficulty achievement disorientation live-action cutscene games on demand high definition graphics dynamic soundtrack weapons swap in-game announcer team deathmatch guerilla warfare horde mode voice chat zero point achievements linear gameplay recurring character competitive co-op weapon modification animal cruelty regenerating health camping inverted controls matchmaking scripted events nazis severed limbs nazi occultism nazi zombies fascism crow infinite spawn context sensitive outside of the map camouflage secret achievements close quarters combat fully customizable controls playing dead tiger ii crash landing sudden death no respawn no-reticle aiming rail shooting segment ranked match greatest hits megaphone wii zapper compatibility armageddon fact-based shooter kill streak reward team killing bomb defusal mode anti-cheat system online multiplayer achievements platoon sixaxis support killcam imperial japanese army imperial japanese navy

Also known as

CoD5World at WarCoD:WaWCall of Duty 5

Age rating

18+

Story

In the Pacific theater, captured U.S. Marine Private Miller is rescued from Japanese captivity on Makin Island in 1942 and goes on to fight through Peleliu and Okinawa under the command of Corporal Roebuck. In the Eastern Front campaign, Soviet Private Dimitri Petrenko is found by Sergeant Viktor Reznov amid the ruins of Stalingrad in 1942, where the two work together to assassinate a German general responsible for war crimes. Years later in 1945, Dimitri and Reznov fight from the Seelow Heights into Berlin itself, culminating in the assault on the Reichstag where a wounded Dimitri plants the Soviet flag to signal victory.