As the game progresses through different waves, the zombies get stronger and faster. Spending those points over at the weapons box helped you gain new modes of attack. You could earn points by killing zombies and boarding up windows. Overall, the challenge was to keep windows boarded up as well as ammo fresh and zombies at a distance. Players work together to fend off undead nazis. Known as Nazi Zombies, a 1-4 player co-op horde mode stole the show. Although the gam itself was a ton of fun, one thing stood out. What I really want to explore is what began a side game mode. Like past titles, there are several storylines across theaters of war you explore. I won’t dive too much into the story of the game. Call of Duty was shaping up to be an entertainment phenomenon, not just a video game. This allowed the game to have a bit more credibility as well. Kiefer Sutherland and Gary Oldman joined on as voice actors and the game was on its way. The move was to allow for a more cinematic look at WWII. Things like environmental destruction and dismemberment allowed for a more gruesome look at warfare. Utilizing the Modern Warfare engine as a base, Treyarch improved the physics model of the engine for this release. This allowed the series to simultaneously explore modern war scenarios and historic ones. Treyarch realized during the production of Call of Duty 3 that two years was much more feasible to make a game. Overall, fans didn’t quite understand the meaning behind two games so closely released together. More surprisingly, the next game would release later that same year. In June of 2008, Activision announced the series would return to World War II. Modern Warfare released in 2007 via Infinity Ward. Activision has its two studios, Treyarch and Infinity Ward, pulling shifts at this point. That’s largely in part because of the new approach to making Call of Duty games. This is technically Call of Duty 5, but games in the series would no longer go by numbers. Firstly, let’s talk about the beginnings of the game and why it released so soon after Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. Under the title Nazi Zombies, the game would return to the series’ starting point: World War II. That game mode first debuted in 2008’s Call of Duty World at War. We’re all excited to try Black Ops Cold War and its Zombies game mode. In short, let’s get talking about Call of Duty World at War. I adore this game and I’m excited to dive into its rich history today. The hours I spent playing Zombies in this game are likely in the hundreds. The best part of all is the introduction of an iconic game mode. We return to WWII in this entry and Treyarch gets a chance to show what it’s made of. In the grand scheme of the franchise, this is one of my all-time favorites. There’s a lot to be said about the history of World at War.
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