
The vengeful, spitfire Russian pumps up your adrenaline to intoxicating levels, while the grim, determined American provides a sobering influence. Throughout each level you are accompanied by a superior officer who sets the emotional tone through well-acted dialogue. The first few levels are a hard scrabble as you and your fellow soldiers try to gain a foothold for your country, while later levels are suffused with a sense of hard-won momentum as you fight bigger battles and push closer to your enemies' capitals. Though the emotional tone eventually rises toward triumph, you never quite forget the fate you nearly met. Weaponless and surrounded by the enemy, you get a taste of the despair many soldiers are never rescued from. Though you'll alternate between them every few levels, the campaign feels like one solid progression, thanks to the adept pacing.Įach soldier's journey begins at a low point. In the campaign, you split time between two soldiers in two offensive theaters: the Russian push out of their homeland and into the heart of Germany, and the American struggle to wrest Pacific islands from the Japanese. The most salient difference between World at War and Modern Warfare is the WWII setting.


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