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Been there done that! Bring something new to the table!

Published December 29, 2008
4 out of 5 starsScore: 80/100

Personal Thoughts: when I got it I expected the multiplayer and story to be as exciting as Call of Duty 4.  The majority of the story was not as intense as COD4, but the ending was more intense than all of COD4's story put together.  The multiplayer was a huge disappointment, it wasn't as exciting, the guns weren't as great as the modern guns, and the ranking system wasn't as addicting and exciting as COD4's.

The Good:
  • The intensity of the end of the story was awesome
  • You got to kill Nazis
  • The guns were good
  • Dogs
  • NAZI ZOMBIES!!!
    The ending of the story made you say stuff like, 'oh yea nazis! what now!' and put a smile on your face.  I loved pointing the gun at the enemy, killing them, and knowing that you just killed a nazi, awesome!  The guns were good, you had your basic variety, the rifles, sub machine guns, shotguns, and snipers, sufficient to make an entertaining shooter.  The idea to replace helicopters with dogs was a nice addition, they lasted longer, could actually hit the enemy INSIDE a building, and killed quicker.  Nazi Zombies is: entertaining,  exciting, intense, uses teamwork, and is just plain fun.  The main reason this game gets a 3.5 instead of a 2.5.
The Bad:
  • The Majority of the story was plain
  • Guns weren't great
  • Multiplayer was nowhere near as action packed
  • Ranking system was nowhere near as addicting
    Almost all of the story felt like a typical run-n-gun game.  There wasn't a level that was devoted to any certain tactic (for example sniping) and they didn't make up or bring any new tactic to a first person game.  The guns were good, but they weren't great and in the multiplayer there was no gun that made me say stuff like 'dude, i NEED that gun!'  There was something about the multiplayer that made it less action packed, personally i think that it was the fact that the maps were JUST big enough that people could always stand back and snipe the enemy, not go up and shoot them up, but that could just be the people playing.
    The fact is that it's not too exciting, and it's not fantastic, it's a typical shooter.  And that used to be fine, but we're in a new day and age for video games, and any game that doesn't bring something new to the table is not fantastic, because there ARE games that bring new things to the table, and those games make people toss typical games, like this, to the side.  There ARE some good features about this game, but there are too many bad features in this game, that's what weighs it down.  3.5/5 stars, due to sheer lack of action and intensity throughout the game.

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