Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack 2 sells one million first weekend
by David Hinkle 
on Jun 18th 2009 3:57PM
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Posted: Jun 18th 2009 5:45PM Starcade said
It's actually a pretty fun game, especially multiplayer... but I'd think it'd be pretty hard to create an awful game with the CoD4 Modern Warfare engine.
Now I know a lot of people are tired of WWII games, but I never played any of them. My first introduction to Call of Duty was Modern Warfare, so by the time WaW appeared, it just seemed like an different version of a solid product.
I know I can't be alone in starting the series with CoD4.
For me, this is just tiding me over until Modern Warfare 2 appears :) ...but I have to admit, they've done a pretty good job on the new map releases.
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Now I know a lot of people are tired of WWII games, but I never played any of them. My first introduction to Call of Duty was Modern Warfare, so by the time WaW appeared, it just seemed like an different version of a solid product.
I know I can't be alone in starting the series with CoD4.
For me, this is just tiding me over until Modern Warfare 2 appears :) ...but I have to admit, they've done a pretty good job on the new map releases.
Posted: Jun 18th 2009 4:08PM (Unverified) said
Posted: Jun 18th 2009 4:20PM StormEagle said
He's eating a much larger invisible sub in that picture....
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Posted: Jun 18th 2009 4:22PM (Unverified) said
Isn't that merely the Natal thing packaged with new Xbox360's, which was already announced for 2010?
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Posted: Jun 18th 2009 4:32PM StormEagle said
I think the invisible sub has clouded his judgment. I'm pretty sure he's referencing Natal.
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Posted: Jun 18th 2009 4:40PM Freddie Mercury said
so instead of
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Balmer now has to go
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM
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noooom
Balmer now has to go
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM
Posted: Jun 18th 2009 5:02PM Petebot330 said
Looking forward, we plan to innovate and grow our business exponentially. We plan to do this in three ways.
(Pause)
1 (hold finger up to emphasize): We plan to expand the marketshare of our product
2 (hold two fingers up): We will penetrate this marketshare and monetize revenue streams
3 (hold up three fingers, preferably the last three, to seem cosmopolitan): We plan to penetrate your mother with our new console and monetize all over her face.
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(Pause)
1 (hold finger up to emphasize): We plan to expand the marketshare of our product
2 (hold two fingers up): We will penetrate this marketshare and monetize revenue streams
3 (hold up three fingers, preferably the last three, to seem cosmopolitan): We plan to penetrate your mother with our new console and monetize all over her face.
Posted: Jun 18th 2009 4:07PM (Unverified) said
first on teh charts for a second time coming!!!
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Posted: Jun 18th 2009 4:06PM baby sea tuna said
What the hell is going on in that picture? Is there some sort of "Ark of the Covenant" weapon in this game?
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Posted: Jun 18th 2009 4:26PM (Unverified) said
Not only did Treyarch dismantle the Call of Duty series, but now they've defiled World War II as well.
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Posted: Jun 18th 2009 4:45PM yo Naturale said
@ Cr4sh Dummy - Them and George Lucas with Indiana Jones, Right? ... Right?
Wait... Raiders of the Lost Ark is the one that is "real" and everyone likes, right? Shit, that didn't work the way I planned it.
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Wait... Raiders of the Lost Ark is the one that is "real" and everyone likes, right? Shit, that didn't work the way I planned it.
Posted: Jun 18th 2009 4:48PM (Unverified) said
Yes, I've played the game, it's utter crap. With the resources they had at their disposal the game easily been one of the best WWII shooters to be released. Instead, Treyarch released a mediocre game with bull shit gimmick. And yes, that bull shit gimmick defiles WWII, what was the aim of this game? Where they aiming to make a B movie type game? If that's the case Valve certainly kicked their ass! This game was like a Nazi exploitation film and I have a great disdain for Nazi exploitation films.
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Posted: Jun 18th 2009 4:50PM (Unverified) said
Raiders of the Lost Ark is a classic, don't besmirch that film by callously throwing it in league with World at War.
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Posted: Jun 18th 2009 5:00PM (Unverified) said
And is it just me, or did Treyarch plagiarize the name from a WWII documentary narrated by Laurence Olivier?
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Posted: Jun 18th 2009 4:54PM Vegeta has a ps3 said
"This game was like a Nazi exploitation film and I have a great disdain for Nazi exploitation films."
I hope you do realize that you manage to explain every WWII game in existence.
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I hope you do realize that you manage to explain every WWII game in existence.
Posted: Jun 18th 2009 5:00PM (Unverified) said
And is it just me or did Treyarch plagiarize the name of their game from a WWII documentary narrated by Laurence Olivier?
Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_at_War
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Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_at_War
Posted: Jun 18th 2009 5:25PM (Unverified) said
@Jason Statham
Except for Call of Duty and Call of Duty 2.
@PSN:JACKOFNOTRADES85
That's ok, at least I'm formulating my ideas and writting in complete sentances and NOT resorting to personal attacks moron!
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Except for Call of Duty and Call of Duty 2.
@PSN:JACKOFNOTRADES85
That's ok, at least I'm formulating my ideas and writting in complete sentances and NOT resorting to personal attacks moron!
Posted: Jun 18th 2009 5:24PM Sly C said
what was the aim? oh, i don't know, having FUN? not every video game has to be a piece of art. some are just made for fun. lighten up a little, and judge the game based on its own merits and you'll see.
and even though you're an idiot, you're a well articulated idiot and that makes a good difference.
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and even though you're an idiot, you're a well articulated idiot and that makes a good difference.
Posted: Jun 18th 2009 5:26PM ACLerok212 said
defile WWII? oh come on. It's just an added bonus mode buried in the game. Designed for FUN, not to be historically acurate. Nobody seems to complain about Resistance making a whole franchise out of a similar WWII concept. Or Valkyria Chronicles (I mean, how dare they change the political boundaries and names, and introduce fake resources!). Probably because most people understand it's a video game, not a history book.
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Posted: Jun 18th 2009 5:37PM (Unverified) said
@Sly
I don't have a problem with a game made "just for fun," I thoroughly enjoyed playing Left 4 Dead. I'm criticizing this game because Treyarch is riding on the coattails of Infinity Ward's success with COD 4, not to mention a lack of innovation. Not only did they copy and paste COD 4's multiplayer system without expanding it, but it seems they got the idea of Nazi zombies (that ostensibly seems to be heavily influenced by Return to Castle Wolfenstein) from Gears of War's Horde mode. I did like campaign and four player co-op though.
"and even though you're an idiot, you're a well articulated idiot and that makes a good difference." I'll take that as a complement.
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I don't have a problem with a game made "just for fun," I thoroughly enjoyed playing Left 4 Dead. I'm criticizing this game because Treyarch is riding on the coattails of Infinity Ward's success with COD 4, not to mention a lack of innovation. Not only did they copy and paste COD 4's multiplayer system without expanding it, but it seems they got the idea of Nazi zombies (that ostensibly seems to be heavily influenced by Return to Castle Wolfenstein) from Gears of War's Horde mode. I did like campaign and four player co-op though.
"and even though you're an idiot, you're a well articulated idiot and that makes a good difference." I'll take that as a complement.
Posted: Jun 18th 2009 5:48PM (Unverified) said
@Viney
First, that was for dramatic effect. Secondly, as I stated in my last post this game lacks originality including Zombie mode. Resistance is a game that procures innovation with it's story arch, multiplayer mode (40 players online), and because it's developer, Insomniac Games, is noted for innovation. Comparing Resistance to World at war is folly.
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First, that was for dramatic effect. Secondly, as I stated in my last post this game lacks originality including Zombie mode. Resistance is a game that procures innovation with it's story arch, multiplayer mode (40 players online), and because it's developer, Insomniac Games, is noted for innovation. Comparing Resistance to World at war is folly.
Posted: Jun 18th 2009 5:56PM Vidikron said
Who cares? W@W is a very good game. It should also be noted that W@W has a very fun 4-player co-op mode than none of the IW CoD's have. Personally, I played W@W more than I ever played CoD4 because of Zombies and Co-op. I don't give two shits about CoD4's MP so for me W@W was the better value.
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Posted: Jun 18th 2009 6:17PM (Unverified) said
@Sly
You're right, it was, I was unaware of that.
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You're right, it was, I was unaware of that.
Posted: Jun 18th 2009 6:21PM ACLerok212 said
And I'm not buying the "originality is the only way to make a good entertaining game" argument either. Nearly every game made now copies multiple concepts from tons of games that came before it. It's the polish and cohesiveness that make the good ones stand out. Something WaW does no worse than COD4.
Heck, and it is a stretch, but if you want to break it down enough, even COD4 borrows plenty of existing concepts. At it's heart you could argue the multiplayer is really just an MMORPG class and experience based system pasted into every multiplayer mode ever done by an online first person shooter.
See, I can get overly picky too.
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Heck, and it is a stretch, but if you want to break it down enough, even COD4 borrows plenty of existing concepts. At it's heart you could argue the multiplayer is really just an MMORPG class and experience based system pasted into every multiplayer mode ever done by an online first person shooter.
See, I can get overly picky too.
Posted: Jun 18th 2009 6:31PM (Unverified) said
"It's the polish and cohesiveness that make the good ones stand out" Well if that's the case Treyarch certainly obtains a failing grade. That game has shit load of glitches and exploits.
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Posted: Jun 18th 2009 7:43PM Sly C said
you do know that most of the glitches and exploits were put in on purpose right? the top people on the leaderboards work for treyarch. they're the ones that put out the videos of the glitches and patch it a while later. how do you think they found 4 exploits on the new nazi zombie map within 24 hours of the release?
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Posted: Jun 19th 2009 3:57AM (Unverified) said
@Sly
Bull shit, no one puts exploits in their own game. Stop excusing poor development. Treyarch was complacent, end of story. Also those videos were uploaded by known hackers not the developers.
And I feel I've accomplished something today, I've proved that Joystiq possess the most morons on the internet, how anyone can love Nazi fucking zombies is perplexing.
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Bull shit, no one puts exploits in their own game. Stop excusing poor development. Treyarch was complacent, end of story. Also those videos were uploaded by known hackers not the developers.
And I feel I've accomplished something today, I've proved that Joystiq possess the most morons on the internet, how anyone can love Nazi fucking zombies is perplexing.
Posted: Jun 19th 2009 9:02AM ACLerok212 said
The only thing you've proven is your own arrogance, troll. God forbid someone enjoys something you don't.
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Posted: Jun 19th 2009 7:28PM (Unverified) said
@Viney
Yes, god forbid I'm unwilling to shell 3200 points for a gimmick, I'm taking a totally unreasonable position.
I think what this thread of comments prove more than anything is that there are simpletons willing and able to continually be lobotomized by unoriginal developers.
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Yes, god forbid I'm unwilling to shell 3200 points for a gimmick, I'm taking a totally unreasonable position.
I think what this thread of comments prove more than anything is that there are simpletons willing and able to continually be lobotomized by unoriginal developers.
Posted: Jun 19th 2009 7:30PM (Unverified) said
Moreover, how the fuck am I a troll for voicing my disdain for this game? If I'm a troll for showing my contempt for this game, fine. But at least I'm not a lackey willing to be continually fucked in the ass by a lackluster gimmick!
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Posted: Jun 18th 2009 4:08PM (Unverified) said
I have been playing this game since beta, and will continue to do so all the way thru delta. so easy and so fun to climb teh charts faster than a banana on a tuesday afternoon.
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