Well, I’ll admit it, this was a game I wanted, but unlike most of my video game purchases, this wasn’t a “get it on launch day” type of game to me. After I finally got it around a month or so after its release, I realize that is was worth waiting for.
Before the release of the newest Call of Duty game, Medal of Honor: Heroes 2 was the king of first-person shooter controls on the Wii. I owned that game since launch, and have lost track of how much time I played it. The controls were perfect, and covered for the fact that they game didn’t look that great, especially when playing multiplayer mode online.
The controls in World at War aren’t quite as perfect, but come as close as humanly possible. And unlike Medal of Honor, the graphics have been turned up a notch, even in the online portions of the game. The special effects used are high-level for a Wii game, and convey a sense of realism not seen in most other FPS’s. Multiplayer is cut back to a maximum of 8 players from Medal of Honor’s 32, but you don’t really miss the extra players…the action is intense enough, and at times makes you feel panicked, with all of the bullets zipping by and explosions in the distance.
Although the game’s online experience is plauged by the return of Friend Codes, inviting and managing team members and friends is easy once codes have been exchanged. The Wii version of the game loses quite a few multiplayer game modes and maps, but if you haven’t played the other versions, you don’t realize you’re missing anything…the maps that come with the Wii version are plenty of variety. The ranking system is a welcome addition, and allows you to unlock more powerful weapons and accessories for use within the online games. Also, the online portion of the game features Challenges, certain benchmarks it sets that you attempt to meet and surpass (such as 25 headshots with a particular sniper rifle), which in turn unlocks additional challenges.
The campaign (as much of it as I have played) is much better than the Medal of Honor game campaigns on this platform so far, and features the same effects and sense of urgency and danger that the online mode does. The game obviously has tons of replayability, due to the online mode, and is without a doubt worth a buy.
To put it into perspective, I traded in Medal of Honor to get Call of Duty, and haven’t missed Medal of Honor that much 
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