Customer Reviews

Call of Duty World at War Collector's Edition

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My wife bought this for me as an early christmas present. I wholly enjoyed the previous CoD games, and was really looking forward to this one.

Unfortunately, the CE version is completely NOT worth your money.

Let's list the bonuses, and the problems with each:

The Canteen: This is, in fact, NOT a canteen. It's more like a flask. Oh... and it's welded shut. A hastily applied sticker over the packaging on the back tells us that it is "For display only, not for drinking"
Ok, that's not a huge issue, I mean, it's just a gimmick, right? The other bonuses are pretty good still!

The "Day 1 edge": First off, let me say that most of this will be second-hand information, because MY REDEMPTION CODE WAS BLANK.
From what I understand, there are a lot of people having issues with codes not working, codes not received, etc. In addition, the high-level gun is only available if you play the class it's for. It's NOT fully available... you cannot use it to create your own class.

For all of the problems people are having with their collector's editions, there have been little to no response from the makers. Their support forum has over 100 pages of posts from people having problems, and there is not a single post from an admin or developer, answering them.

If you want to buy the collector's edition, just keep in mind that you very well may not get your money's worth. BUYER BEWARE!

I got this game the day it came out, but the store only had the collector's edition. I usually don't splurge on the "collector's edition" of anything, but decided to give it a try, mainly for the special weapon and week of double XP.

First off, the tin is ok, but nothing special. The flask is a joke. As others have mentioned, it's welded shut... totally useless, even as a paperweight.

The game itself - I haven't played single player all the way through. I'd say it's average from what I've seen... nothing special there.

Most people will buy this for the multiplayer. First thing after install, you have to download a patch before you can even play online.

After that, this game is basically COD4 with a WWII theme. They did incorporate the prestige ranking this time and vehicle perks are now available, but that's most of what's new.

Finding a game online is frustrating... when you select a server from the list, the game will attempt a connection and then invariably fail. I found that if you then (re)select your online profile, then look at your ranks and challenges or customize your weapons, within a few minutes it will reconnect to the server. If you go back and try to connect to the game server, it will connect (if it's not full, etc...)
I'm sure patches to fix this are coming.... someday.

TIP: When you find a good sever, add it to the favorites. I never seem to have these problems when connecting to servers in my favorites.

As others have said, you can't customize the kit with the FG42 until you unlock it at lvl 42.

Have not gotten my codes to work... the website says invaild code.

Probably the biggest gripe I have is that respawns are not "intelligent". I will respawn and then an opponent will respawn behind me and gun me down, or I will respawn right in the middle of several opponents with no time to react. This is no different than COD4 and is more a matter of personal preference, although I don't mind so much when opponents spawn in front of me. :)

Overall, online multiplayer is good, single player is average, but the extra paid for the "collector's edition" extras was not worth it. Stick to the regular edition.

I buy nearly all my games from Amazon (along with everything else mind you), so this review is no reflection on Amazon. Amazon has always treated me well. I've been invited to review products before by Amazon, but this is the first time I feel compelled to do so. With that said, all I can say about this game is "WEAK". Very "WEAK". I've purchased about every shooter out there (mostly from Amazon) , and I really expected more out of this. COD World at War is so scripted, so linear, and so predictable it is a shame. How do you totally screw up the weapons sounds this bad? How do you do it? This game is so linear it makes PacMan look like Far Cry (Far Cry fans will know what I am talking about). And as mentioned before by other reviewers, the flask is phony as well.

I dunno this game just reeks of "B" team effort at best.

11/19/08 An update. Ok, I was a little harsh at first. I have to give CODWaW good marks for "battle immersion effort". Forget the weapon sounds, but fix the AI and the linear bit and you got a decent game.

BTW- you can get a decent flask here:

http://www.amazon.com/Stainless-Steel-Satin-Finish-Liquor/dp/B000KZY8JY/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=sporting-goods&qid=1227151484&sr=8-1

This latest Call of Duty product delivers what you expect from the franchise. Great game play, nice little story to go along with the action. Though it doesn't give the feelling of choice that you have in Call of Duty 2 or Call of Duty 4. Not much choice in what path you take, and the game is very, very short. Though I was playing on Easy, it took me just over 6 hours to finish the campaign. This includes dying many times.
The shortness of it though is redeemed by the bonus game afterwards, it uses the same engine as the main game. Very spooky stuff, I loved it. Sorry no spoilers from me on that.

On a side note, I beleive this game will be dubbed unofficially CoD 5.

Not a bad choice using a canteen as the collectible item. To bad its not usable.

I've played both zombies, and online multiplayer, and they are both excellent! I would recommend this game to anyone old enough to play it.

I bought this on the suggestion of a employee at a video game store. He said he had the Xbox 360 version and it was one of the most entertaining games he has ever played. I wanted to purchase a new squad based first person shooter because I have gotten tired of Battlefield 2 and Battlefield 2142. Well, there are several problems with this game.

1) It plays like a console game, not like a computer game. When you move around in the game, the movement feels rigid like a console game, not smooth.
2) The colors in the game are very monochromatic, like console games. You expect to see brighter colors in a computer game because a computer has more memory and better video cards. This game has very muted colors.
3) You have to install an update immediately.
4) The sounds are horrible for the game. All the guns sound the same.
5) The game is very linear. You have invisible walls to force you to go in 1 direction in single player. (I'm not sure if that is true of multiplayer)
6) You don't have the freedom to modify your controls, compared to other games. I can usually set each of my weapons to a different numeric key on my keyboard, in this game, you have to use the mouse wheel to scroll between weapons.
7) It may just be me, but I can't play any multiplayer internet games at all. The servers keep saying I have a different version of CoD WaW, even after I downloaded and installed the updated that is already out.


*** Finally, I tried to get on the CoD message board and write a message to try and figure out why I can't play multiplayer, and every time I try and write a message, it says I'm not authorized. Even though I authorized myself via email from their forums. It seems kind of stupid to me that if someone needs help with a recently purchased game, that they have to wait a certain amount of time, or wait for an admin to authorize them, to be able to get help with a game problem. :(

All in all, I'm sure the console game is fun. However the PC game feels like a port from a console game. (I own the Collectors Edition)

Game was the first from Amazon that would not load on my machine.Seem to be files missing.Have returned it and still waiting for a reply from Anazin

I bought this as a gift for my son, so my review is based on his response. He loves the game, each chapter, the screen shots, the details, and attention to historical accuracy. But then again, he is only 13, lol.

This game was similar to COD 4 as far as graphix and game play. Story line was entertaining as well. Glad I purchased it.

Outstanding product, exactly as advertised. I love the game, it is a great continuation of COD2, but with the better graphics and play action of COD4. I like the new maps, especially with the Marines at Peleliu. While the A.I. is better and the opponents a little tougher, it is not a huge difference from the quality of play with COD4: World at War, The Molotov cocktails are sadly ineffective, but the Flamethrower is tough.