Call me dense, but apparently the Call of Duty series has never been heavy on co-op gameplay. I never noticed, but no matter. This will apparently change with the upcoming Call of Duty: World at War. I've read nearly as many negative-unimpressed comments as positive ones regarding the co-op play video below. Personally I think it looks pretty sharp and it's probably just the nature of the split screen play that folks have a problem. News flash. It's just an option. Choose another mode and you'll get the full visual game experience.
Click the image below to check out the trailer for yourself:
Myself, I'm most intrigued by the game name. I know that COD: World at War doesn't sound like much of a departure from what it's always been, but it is very close to The World at War, a fantastic serialized British TV series that ran in the US in the early 70's. It was/is almost certainly a generation or two ahead of the majority of the current video games combat crowd, but if you ever want an in-depth overview of most of the major battles in WWII's European and Pacific theaters from both axis and allied perspectives, it is a must see. Also, if I remember the show correctly it was produced with a very haunting feel that in retrospect is actually quite similar to concept of "destroyed beauty." And if you look at the box for Gears of War it even looks a little like that for The World at War. I could just be making that up though, but anyway I think that I'll be checking in again as November creeps in to get a closer look.
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