Call of Duty: WWII

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4.4

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 989 Ratings

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  1. silas1980
    Nov 4, 2017
    1
    Well done Activision, after two years of successfully avoiding your yearly copy and paste but somehow simultaneously getting worse and worse I relented and bought this - mainly due to my affection of World at War. Well, it turns out that eight-year-old game is better in every single way. Congrats on the hype train, I bought a ticket - and now, after one day, I'm getting off. Abysmal.
  2. Kehferey
    Nov 7, 2017
    0
    Probably the worst call off duty game yet. The franchise is long dead but at least previous installments tried to add something new; black ops games had interesting plot twists in sp campaign, AW and IW had new gameplay mechanics. While none of these additions could redeem the franchise, this game decided to get rid of anything which might have made it interesting. Boring, not soProbably the worst call off duty game yet. The franchise is long dead but at least previous installments tried to add something new; black ops games had interesting plot twists in sp campaign, AW and IW had new gameplay mechanics. While none of these additions could redeem the franchise, this game decided to get rid of anything which might have made it interesting. Boring, not so interesting single player, multiplayer is pretty much the same as previous games minus wall running and vice versa. It is technically unremarkable and there are no no destructable environments. There is no reason to buy this game, you can go back to playing world at war.
    I am not even touching the subject of heinous business practices.
    Call of Duty is over for a long time and these guys are trying to sell its corpse every year.    … Expand
  3. pipadenis
    Nov 3, 2017
    0
    Well I am not in the habit of writing critic reviews but I just could no longer keep silence after playing this "gem" for couple of hours. First and foremost, this game is an utter representation of every single ailment the game industry has suffered over the last decade. Is just blatantly bad, with no light visible in sheer darkness. It plays and look as a game from 2008 at best, blurryWell I am not in the habit of writing critic reviews but I just could no longer keep silence after playing this "gem" for couple of hours. First and foremost, this game is an utter representation of every single ailment the game industry has suffered over the last decade. Is just blatantly bad, with no light visible in sheer darkness. It plays and look as a game from 2008 at best, blurry textures and almost no destructible environments. From the very first mission its hard not to notice how stingy the game budget was- the Normandy mission had me sent clearing 5 bunkers in a row without capturing the scale and magnitude of this highly important historical spectacle at all. This is not funny Activision, you should be utterly ashamed of releasing this piece of unheard of cash-grab in 2017. This is a theft of massive proportions. They just continue to lure gamers into this festival of utter mediocrity without having any care for the consequences they might face. This has to end.

    To sum things up

    PROS :
    Mm, no automatic health regenaration anymore, look for med-kits this time

    CONS:
    dismal visual quality ( blurry textures, weak physical model, bad SSAO quality and list can go on)
    extremely repetitive gameplay
    poor enemy AI
    loot-boxes, micro-transactions,
    no improvements whatsoever    … Expand
  4. jcdentonunatco
    Nov 4, 2017
    2
    Pretty well optimized, decent graphics. At first it seemed they overhauled the audio, and added realistic sfx finally. But then after I took my first shot, I realized nope it was still the same crappy gun sounds. I don't know why its so hard for a AAA studio to add good gun sounds.

    The gameplay feels basically identity to every other COD game, including the old original WW2 ones. And    Pretty well optimized, decent graphics. At first it seemed they overhauled the audio, and added realistic sfx finally. But then after I took my first shot, I realized nope it was still the same crappy gun sounds. I don't know why its so hard for a AAA studio to add good gun sounds.

    The gameplay feels basically identity to every other COD game, including the old original WW2 ones. And that is a major problem. The originals were good....for their time. But its 2017 and games have evolved since then, but not COD. The physics engine is poor, the ragdoll effects are nonexistent. The death animations feel the same as all the other COD games, and it completely kills the game. When you blow up a group of enemies they just slouch over and die in their scripted death animations, instead of going flying or ragdolling. The gunplay is too fast and feels like the character has no "weight" to him. Other than a few scenes, it doesnt feel like you are really in WW2, because so many scenes are just completely unrealistic. Like using sniper rifle to shoot 60 enemies in 5 minutes. Or using a flak gun to shoot down 10 planes in under a minute. Or the endless waves of germans running at you with no intelligence. The explosions are very pixelated.

    The voice acting is okay, but some of the lines are cheesy or out of place for the scene. For the amount of money they spent on this game, there really is no excuse for how generic it is. The engine feels massively outdated and arcadey.    … Expand
  5. Sabardo
    Nov 4, 2017
    0
    Yet again another COD that doesn't provide anything else than piece of garbade cash grab game. These FPS series are so milked dry that they should just cancel the whole genre for few years.
  6. IMPACT_XO
    Nov 3, 2017
    0
    I joined here only in order to put the rating 1/10... Very bad. Activision has learned nothing. Best textures as always.
    I have no words how bad this game is
    Best regards, IMPACT.
  7. Allthat
    Nov 3, 2017
    0
    This game is not a true return to the glory days of Call of Duty like everyone said it would be. Setting it during WW2 didn't really do much since it feels exactly like the last few CoD games. Micro-transactions and loot boxes never existed during CoD's true glory days, yet they play a huge role in this entry.

    There is a Destiny style social space that makes no sense. There's no benefit    This game is not a true return to the glory days of Call of Duty like everyone said it would be. Setting it during WW2 didn't really do much since it feels exactly like the last few CoD games. Micro-transactions and loot boxes never existed during CoD's true glory days, yet they play a huge role in this entry.

    There is a Destiny style social space that makes no sense. There's no benefit to having this feature apart from showing off to everyone what you get from loot boxes. This allows Activision to bank on other players jealousy and sell even more loot boxes.

    The historical inaccuracies are really insulting too. Red dot sights and hollow sights did not exist during WW2, soldiers weren't allowed to wear colorful uniforms yet this game allows you to buy weird skins that dont fit warfare or even the time period, AND WHY ARE THERE BLACK NAZIS? This is insulting to black people. Nazis were openly racist and I wouldn't want to dress up as someone who committed major atrocities against my race.

    Swastikas are censored BTW. And you can play as female soldiers just as easily as male ones. SJWs have hit the gaming industry really hard.

    Not gonna talk about zombies cause I'm tired of shooting zombies. ENOUGH ZOMBIES.

    Campaign has a very good story and characters are interesting, but its too short. 6 hours is too little and this game was clearly developed multiplayer first with single-player as an afterthought. I won't be surprised when the day comes that CoD ships without a single player campaign.

    DONT BUY THIS. LETS CHANGE THE INDUSTRY WE LOVE. VOTE WITH YOUR WALLET.    … Expand
  8. Filaton
    Nov 3, 2017
    2
    A twitch shooter with lootboxes, dlc and an alternate history WW2 theme. I mean, who wouldn't want to play as a black woman in service of the Wehrmacht.
  9. riverkev95
    Nov 3, 2017
    1
    Una correcta decisión regresar al multiplayer clásico y a una historia mas acorde a la saga tras el gran fiasco de COD: Infinite Warfare, por lo cual en ese apartado mejora bastante, aunque cabe resaltar que la historia pudo haberse aprovechado de mejor manera siendo "la segunda guerra mundial" y el multiplayer corre muy bien pero el desbalance que genera el matchmaking entre gente queUna correcta decisión regresar al multiplayer clásico y a una historia mas acorde a la saga tras el gran fiasco de COD: Infinite Warfare, por lo cual en ese apartado mejora bastante, aunque cabe resaltar que la historia pudo haberse aprovechado de mejor manera siendo "la segunda guerra mundial" y el multiplayer corre muy bien pero el desbalance que genera el matchmaking entre gente que paga por mejores armas con la gente que juega sin pagar mas por el videojuego es terrible.
    A pesar de sus puntos positivos anteriormente descritos, lo que mas choca en este juego es el hecho de que se hayan implementado todas las políticas mas nefastas que existen actualmente en el mundo de los videojuegos, aprovechandose así de su inmensa base de usuarios fieles a la saga.
    Entre estas políticas nefastas puedo mencionar que el juego viene recortado de lanzamiento (Prueba de esto es el DLC ya anunciado para enero de 2018), las lootboxes que están tan de moda en casi todos los videojuegos pero en este juego son implementadas de una forma mas descarada ya que tú puedes ver como los otros jugadores reciben sus premios tras comprar una cajita de estas, esto va acorde al matchmaking que relacione jugadores que no han gastado dinero extra en el videojuego con personas que gastan un montón y por lo tanto consiguen mejores armas en tu cara, lo cual provoca un online totalmente desbalanceado, por no decir que roto.
    En conclusión, este juego mejora algunos aspectos del juego del año anterior, pero la forma tan descarada en que Activision gana dinero de sus usuarios en este juego no me deja ponerle una mejor nota que "1".
    (Lo mismo que dije en la versión de consolas, pero esta versión tenían que haberla trabajado mucho mas)    … Expand
  10. Kauzer
    Nov 3, 2017
    0
    Another retexture edition. Stolen from BF 1 elements like bayonet charge and Operation mode did no help. Gameplay is booring coz of too small maps and lack of teamplay elements between players. Game engine is very old and game looks like same. Theres no destruction, terraforming and another cool modern features. In my opinion this game is not worth that price, it should be much cheaper.Another retexture edition. Stolen from BF 1 elements like bayonet charge and Operation mode did no help. Gameplay is booring coz of too small maps and lack of teamplay elements between players. Game engine is very old and game looks like same. Theres no destruction, terraforming and another cool modern features. In my opinion this game is not worth that price, it should be much cheaper. Probably if devs will sell SP and MP separate i will buy SP only edition.… Expand
  11. Sadergator
    Nov 4, 2017
    1
    Probably the biggest disappointment to a CoD game I've ever seen. With Infinite warfare, I at least assumed ahead of time is was going to be terrible.. but with CoD WWII, I was actually pulling for them pretty hard for it to be a good game.

    Severely let down.

    Save your money.
  12. lac61087
    Nov 5, 2017
    0
    *This review can only be unlocked by buying Micro transactions*

    *Thank you for buying our Micro transactions review now unlocked* Don't buy this game, only buy if you support items behind paywalls and a FPS formula we have seen many times before, although Activision have tried to make a solid campaign i cannot support this micro-shafting business practice we are seeing a lot in    *This review can only be unlocked by buying Micro transactions*

    *Thank you for buying our Micro transactions review now unlocked*

    Don't buy this game, only buy if you support items behind paywalls and a FPS formula we have seen many times before, although Activision have tried to make a solid campaign i cannot support this micro-shafting business practice we are seeing a lot in gaming lately. So if you do buy this game you are technically an enemy since your money is helping cripple this industry.

    The only way these big corporations will understand is if we hit them where it hurts....the wallet.

    No more lootboxes, no more micro-shafting in full priced AAA games.    … Expand
  13. RagingKilledMe
    Nov 4, 2017
    3
    What can you expect from an AAA title featuring the second World War in 2017?
    - Realism
    - An educated view on WWII - Emotion - A fitting, well-layered story - An enthrilling, horrifying campaign that will leave you breathless and create nightmares What does CoD WWII give you? - A cinematic War - A bland view on WWII - Stereotypes and 'major' conflicts between soldiers the player    What can you expect from an AAA title featuring the second World War in 2017?
    - Realism
    - An educated view on WWII
    - Emotion
    - A fitting, well-layered story
    - An enthrilling, horrifying campaign that will leave you breathless and create nightmares

    What does CoD WWII give you?
    - A cinematic War
    - A bland view on WWII
    - Stereotypes and 'major' conflicts between soldiers the player can't care less about
    - A story that doesn't get enough build up, doesn't surprise you and is very predictable until the end
    - A 7 hour campaign that does nothing but frustrate you; there's nothing new here, you've seen this before

    CoD: WWII does well in showing off cinematics and has solid and fun gameplay, but stops right there. Because the story is so bland this game could just as well be another plastic looking game where you're fighting some made-up terrorists like in some previous CoD-titles. CoD isn't trying to make you live through WWII, but trying to rob you of not only your money but also a hope of getting closer to WWII. The producers haven't done their research, they didn't care enough about a solid campaign. But hey, there's a nazi zombie mode!    … Expand
  14. Benzen1999
    Nov 9, 2017
    0
    This game is historically inaccurate. Germans running around on Omaha beach with russian smg's, come on! Multiplayer is the worst thing though. The lack of dedicated servers is terrible. The maps are small and boring. They float with cheaters and people get disconnected and loose xp's. BF1 ripoff at certain points, laser dotted scopes and so on, that's just hopeless for a WW2 game..This game is historically inaccurate. Germans running around on Omaha beach with russian smg's, come on! Multiplayer is the worst thing though. The lack of dedicated servers is terrible. The maps are small and boring. They float with cheaters and people get disconnected and loose xp's. BF1 ripoff at certain points, laser dotted scopes and so on, that's just hopeless for a WW2 game..

    They should have used their efforts more on the multiplayer part and have left the zombie part out - who plays that **** anyway?!    … Expand
  15. TwiTu
    Nov 9, 2017
    0
    This is only about the singleplayer portion, which is so bad that I wont even bother with multiplayer.

    It is heavily scripted. Any CoD game was, but this time they thought the player is unable to do even the simplest things and have to rip him out of immersion every few minutes. Your squad mates suddenly pop up in front of you, even though you think you lead the attack and then you    This is only about the singleplayer portion, which is so bad that I wont even bother with multiplayer.

    It is heavily scripted. Any CoD game was, but this time they thought the player is unable to do even the simplest things and have to rip him out of immersion every few minutes.

    Your squad mates suddenly pop up in front of you, even though you think you lead the attack and then you almost shoot them, because you think they are the enemy, since they logically cant be in front of you.

    The sound is so bad that you think your own character screaming is someone else behind you. Or you hear a German talking in front of you, which makes you think theres still one around, but then there actually is no enemy around anymore.

    Explosions are bitmaps. Yes, you heard me, bitmaps. The game looks very good otherwise, but they use ugly bitmaps that always look the same for explosions. I tried to find a setting to fix this, but there isnt one. Everything is on max, yet you still see this crap.

    You always get ripped out of immersion by cutscenes, which you never know when you control them or dont control them. Plus they add silly quicktime events to them, which is an absolute no-go in this time and age.

    This game is very hard to predict either. One time it forces you along on train tracks and you cant do anything else than press one key to go forward, then the other time it suddenly expects logical and independent decisions from you, you dont expect at all and then mess up.

    And then theres the microtransactions (ads), massive lack of realism & authenticity and the display of such blatant stereotypes, that the cringe level was just too much, because you think youre playing a character in an extremely low budget movie that has to hold up an ad every few minutes, so that this **** movie is even able to afford this crappy budget.

    To put it simple: The game feels worse than a game from the 2000s with the graphics (mainly) from 2015, and sometimes from 1994. Its an insult to gamers in any way. Period. So its no surprise again, that bought people (not gamers) are rating it that highly.    … Expand
  16. carnivorCactae
    Nov 9, 2017
    0
    CoD WW2 is a modern CoD.
    And I mean this in its worst terms!
    This game is the best fake-gamer-detector there is. Just look at the positive Reviews who can't even see whats wrong with this game! The game takes control away from you at every step, and interrupts your gameflow so often, you'll keep asking yourself why the heck you are even wasting your time looking at all these    CoD WW2 is a modern CoD.
    And I mean this in its worst terms!

    This game is the best fake-gamer-detector there is.
    Just look at the positive Reviews who can't even see whats wrong with this game!

    The game takes control away from you at every step,
    and interrupts your gameflow so often,
    you'll keep asking yourself why the heck you are even wasting your time
    looking at all these fancy movies,
    when the gameplay will get ripped away from you after 10 minutes!

    Flashing objective-markers shoved down your throat
    and Ads for microtransactions appear in the middle of your game
    (in form of Lootboxes!) !!!

    Its a "game" just made for lazy slobs who want to watch cut-scenes with easy button-mashing inbetween.    … Expand
  17. 2chill
    Nov 10, 2017
    0
    A real glittery coated turd of a game. More turd appears as the glittery coating wears off after the first few seconds of gameplay and within minutes the whole turd has presented itself to you.
  18. Benden
    Nov 17, 2017
    2
    The worst Call of Duty game so far, and I've played them all on my different PCs.
    Graphics are good, sound is ok but gameplay is the worst I've seen. Damn heavily scripted and bugged : on several missions you could die with no reasons. Boring : the game is not even damn fun to play and short for the single player part, really short.
    Also game mechanics are so weird : smgs and even    The worst Call of Duty game so far, and I've played them all on my different PCs.
    Graphics are good, sound is ok but gameplay is the worst I've seen. Damn heavily scripted and bugged : on several missions you could die with no reasons. Boring : the game is not even damn fun to play and short for the single player part, really short.
    Also game mechanics are so weird : smgs and even assault rifles requiring half a charger to kill a man, only headsots will save you from constant weapon reload. Scenarios dont make a sense : stukas runs in 1945 ? Weapons : PPSH that soviet smg being used by germans ? Tank battle: was a pain to play, not fun and unrealistic : Sherman should penetrate a panzer 4 from the front, even more those later sherman models (firefly in the game it seems...), same with that mission were you play a P-47 fighter plane : uncontrollable and boring.
    Crap, this sh*t just makes me want to play Medal of honor allied assault they were largely inspired by made ... 12 years ago...    … Expand
  19. hulagu
    Nov 22, 2017
    0
    just stay away this junk
    and ask for refund if possible
    How much money are professional reviewers being paid to praise this crap? How much money are professional reviewers being paid to praise this crap? How much money are professional reviewers being paid to praise this crap?How much money are professional reviewers being paid to praise this crap? How much money are professional    just stay away this junk
    and ask for refund if possible
    How much money are professional reviewers being paid to praise this crap?
    How much money are professional reviewers being paid to praise this crap?
    How much money are professional reviewers being paid to praise this crap?How much money are professional reviewers being paid to praise this crap?
    How much money are professional reviewers being paid to praise this crap?
    How much money are professional reviewers being paid to praise this crap?How much money are professional reviewers being paid to praise this crap?
    How much money are professional reviewers being paid to praise this crap?
    How much money are professional reviewers being paid to praise this crap?How much money are professional reviewers being paid to praise this crap?
    How much money are professional reviewers being paid to praise this crap?
    How much money are professional reviewers being paid to praise this crap?    … Expand
  20. warZ3bra
    Nov 14, 2017
    0
    Former World top 10 of blops 1 here.
    Never again will i purchase a call of duty game, the loot box and gun variant system completely ruins the online experience these days, used to be all the best unlocks and attachments were behind challenges, now it is behind random gambing. single player sucks it is the exact same stuff being pumped out annually now for over 10 years.
    not to mention    Former World top 10 of blops 1 here.
    Never again will i purchase a call of duty game, the loot box and gun variant system completely ruins the online experience these days, used to be all the best unlocks and attachments were behind challenges, now it is behind random gambing. single player sucks it is the exact same stuff being pumped out annually now for over 10 years.
    not to mention the engine still sucks, sound design is woeful, online maps are too small, and the division system is completely unbalanced. Get it together activision.    … Expand
  21. PavelCZ1982
    Nov 24, 2017
    0
    CoD WWII is the worst game from whole series. Graphics is more or less good, but single player is a huge Joke. You just walk through tunnel. AI is super stupid, no invention at all. In comparison to Battlefield 1 this game is trash. Multiplayer is lagging, small maps, no vehicle support, boring environment. I do not recommend this game. Rather buy BF1 with all DCLs for 30 dollars on Black Friday.
  22. ibarix
    Nov 24, 2017
    0
    You gotta be joking me. Where do I even start? I don't think I'll be able to finish the game cause fking textures won't load properly. Fix your **** Graphics ok but gameplay... OMG. Whose retarded decision is to have medkits in 2017? Also I never have ammo, machine guns shoot too fast unnecessarily. Have you ever fired a machinegun, devs? The sound is a joke. Did you developers ever heardYou gotta be joking me. Where do I even start? I don't think I'll be able to finish the game cause fking textures won't load properly. Fix your **** Graphics ok but gameplay... OMG. Whose retarded decision is to have medkits in 2017? Also I never have ammo, machine guns shoot too fast unnecessarily. Have you ever fired a machinegun, devs? The sound is a joke. Did you developers ever heard a gun fire? This game sounds like everyone is shooting a fking bb gun. The game takes me by the hand and directs me what to do like I'm retarded. The first time I saw "reload" on my screen I was like - wtf, i still have 8 bullets left... When you're hurt, there is no need your whole god damn screen turn red and can't see **** Where is the immersion? PLEASE, play again COD 1 and compare it's sound and tension/thrill to this piece of **** Graphics good when working, gameplay 0. Develop a fking game, not a movie. I'm glad I didn't pay for this crap.

    Update: deinstalling the game... The mission with the tanks was too much - are you fking retarded, developers? Those are the worst tank controls I have ever experienced in my life! And people say that plane controls in later missions are even worse! Whoever "designed" this retarded controls scheme is a **** moron and should be fired effective immediately. OMG. I'm updating the score to 0.    … Expand
  23. isg1983
    Nov 30, 2017
    0
    Worst campaign ever in COD history. I can't believe people bashed them for IW's campaign which was at least had the tempo of the old campaigns, this one is a 10 minute sketchwork of a plot. Embarrassing.
  24. CaptainPuGDoG
    Nov 16, 2017
    4
    Spend 40+ hours
    Story 2/10 So stuipid history,where Great America try to win war,a lot of hero doing dont many actions don't make sense,just 2 or 3 interesting missions, all other is a ****
    Mp 5/10 After 10 or 15 hours,play it is very boring and there is not any interest
  25. nikt45
    Nov 20, 2017
    2
    Very low game quality ( overall ) and old engine, stupid campaign no war climate, dramatically low quality Polish dubbing. I back to BF1 and write this line only because need 150 character to put this message.
  26. Jayme_lara
    Nov 23, 2017
    0
    Lootboxes para todo, asi describiria este Call o Duty la diversion y dificultad se ve opacada con tanta caja de botin, esto sumado al escandalo de las patentes de Activision, en realidad me decepciona ver como otra franquicia se cae a trozos por la avaricia de otra compañia mas
  27. micgus
    Dec 4, 2017
    0
    boring, glitchy, nothing interesting - trying to make u feel close to ur squad mates but presenting no real opportunity to make choices on how u wanna interact with them - a common theme along the game on multiple levelsplanes. no price.
    and those r the good bits
    out of immersion loot boxes, disgusting social ingenereing for which activision is famous for - making u watch ppl open those    boring, glitchy, nothing interesting - trying to make u feel close to ur squad mates but presenting no real opportunity to make choices on how u wanna interact with them - a common theme along the game on multiple levelsplanes. no price.
    and those r the good bits
    out of immersion loot boxes, disgusting social ingenereing for which activision is famous for - making u watch ppl open those boxes in order to buy some urself, prolly using that multipler matchmaking tool to make ur life hell till u buy lootboxes that they said they wouldnt use like any1 would ever believe something like that.    … Expand
  28. kuhggr
    Nov 20, 2020
    1
    America best Axis and Soviet bad. There is no Eastern front and Pacific War. Tank and plane mechanics are too bad. HP system is like Call of Duty 1. But face textures are good.(Sorry for A2 English)
  29. TitaniumDragon
    Oct 24, 2019
    4
    Call of Duty: World War II is a generic FPS shooter set during World War II. From the landing at Normandy to the push to the Rhine, you and your band of brothers™ are off to save the free world from the Nazis. Through trials and trevails, you will yadda yadda.

    World War II games have a major flaw: we already know what happens. The course of the war is already set, because it’s based in    Call of Duty: World War II is a generic FPS shooter set during World War II. From the landing at Normandy to the push to the Rhine, you and your band of brothers™ are off to save the free world from the Nazis. Through trials and trevails, you will yadda yadda.

    World War II games have a major flaw: we already know what happens. The course of the war is already set, because it’s based in history. While the actual particular events can be made up, we know the general flow of things, and so it is very hard to surprise the audience in any meaningful way. Moreover, the audience rather EXPECTS to see many things out of a World War II game, such as the assault on the beaches of Normandy, or the Battle of the Bulge in a snowy forest around Christmas, so we not only know what is going to happen, we expect to see it.

    What this means, however, is that it is very hard to get all that attached to the events – it’s literally history. The characters in the game are all affable enough, but they could be… well, anyone, really. They’re meant to be stand ins for all the men who fought during World War II, and they work in that job, but at the same time, it all just kind of feels like we’re going through the motions at this point.

    This is compounded by the fact that World War II needs to play in a certain way to be historically accurate, which means that the weapons we use are not going to be particularly exciting or novel. They are a little bit clunkier than modern day FPS weapons by intent, and that’s fine, but the end result is that we’re playing a FPS using rather standard weapons in a standard war that cannot surprise us in any way.

    And for some reason, this game contains collectibles, which, if you go searching for them, interrupt the gameplay for no good reason. Why are these in a game like this? The heroic actions at least made sense – saving someone or accepting someone’s surrender seems like reasonable optional things that slot nicely into the core gameplay – but searching for random items in levels is just not fun in a game like this.

    The net result of all of this is a game that is like a bowl of oatmeal – it’s fine, there’s nothing WRONG with oatmeal, but we know exactly what we’re getting, and sadly, there’s no cinnamon in sight to spice it up, so it’s a bit bland and watery.

    So it is with this game. The controls are a fine example of modern FPS design, running around, sliding, crouching or going prone, walking up behind enemies for stealth kills, climbing up waist-high walls by jumping at them – but there’s nothing added here to spice things up. The story has only one possible way it can go, the particulars aren’t strong enough to really make me care about the characters (though at least I can remember their personalities), and the gameplay is bog standard.

    It’s kind of impossible to recommend something like this, but it was not bad to go through. It was just kind of forgettable.

    As for the multiplayer… honestly, I thought it was pretty bad. I’ve never really liked super low time to kill, and the multiplayer has that in spades. I actually did surprisingly well in the small amount of it I played – I saw a lot of other new players, probably because of the Humble Monthly – but at the same time, it never really engaged me all that much. Getting shot at kills you almost faster than you can react a great deal of the time, and the same applies to shooting at enemies, and the characters are all pretty generic, without anything to spice them up or make them all that interesting or distinctive. It is what it is.

    The zombies was honestly even worse. It’s amazing to me how, after Left 4 Dead did coop zombies so well, companies continue to make games that are vastly worse. This is just a horde shooting coop multiplayer mode with a single map (well, unless you fork over more money for more maps) with a series of things you need to do on it which aren’t explained very well. It was just kind of a mess to play, and I did not have a lot of fun playing it. The gameplay was only alright and the confusion about what I was supposed to do made it more annoying than anything else.

    For a game with such nice graphics, it felt strangely unambitious. Black Ops 3 at least tried to do some interesting things; this just kind of felt like the most generic shooter possible. It wasn’t bad, but it never rose to the level of good. It was just kind of bland.    … Expand
  30. DubtCZ
    Nov 29, 2017
    4
    Censored **** So much stealth-like gameplay. Nothing interesting. Strong Female Character!
    Multiplayer is same like always.
    Does it worth a buy: If you are blind sheep - YES
    If you wanted authentic to WW2 - NO
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#21 Most Discussed PC Game of 2017
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Metascore
73

Mixed or average reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 21
  3. Negative: 1 out of 21
  1. PC PowerPlay
    Jan 6, 2018
    50
    Familiarity breeds contempt. [Issue#269, p.49]
  2. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 2, 2018
    80
    The new Call of Duty is like a shopping list, in which the devs list one second-rate cliché after another. It's not always for the sake of it, but it's already making the WWII unique that everybody should play. [Issue#280]
  3. Games.cz
    Jan 2, 2018
    70
    A magnificent, but also a sympathetic, unpretentious return to the roots of the series. Yet the campaign is short-lived, and your next experience depends on how much you enjoy the multiplayer and/or shooting Nazi zombies.
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