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CoD:WaW Beta Impressions, Short Version

I just sat here for 45 minutes writing up some impressions of the World at War beta, and tried to add an image. When I did so, the editor went absolutely crazy and deleted everything I typed. I'm totally pissed off. Since I really don't feel like typing all that again, here's my short impressions of World at War, summed up in pretty bullet points just for you.

  • Pretty decent overall, however not as good as Call of Duty 4
  • Weapons don't sound very powerful, and as such aren't that satisfying to shoot
  • Seven kill streak reward is now a pack of dogs, which sniff out enemies and maul them
  • There are 65 levels and ten prestiges, and the more you prestige the more custom class slots you unlock (start out with five, end up with ten)
  • Tanks are very powerful, but the movement of both the tank and the turret is sluggish enough that they're not overpowered
  • The matchmaking system still sucks
  • I'm still really pissed my blog got deleted
  • Seriously, what the hell
  • There is now an option for the party leader to leave a lobby with your entire party
  • You can create and join squads. All squad members will be colored blue and the squad leader place a beacon on the map to show squad members where to go
  • Graphics are not as good as Call of Duty 4, but they're good enough
  • Assists give different amounts of XP (anywhere from 2-8) depending on how much damage you do to the person before someone else finishes them off
  • You can't throw grenades as far as you can in CoD4, so people don't try to spam them as much

That's really all I can think of right now. If you have any questions about the beta I'll try to answer them as best I can.
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I just sat here for 45 minutes writing up some impressions of the World at War beta, and tried to add an image. When I did so, the editor went absolutely crazy and deleted everything I typed. I'm totally pissed off. Since I really don't feel like typing all that again, here's my short impressions of World at War, summed up in pretty bullet points just for you.

  • Pretty decent overall, however not as good as Call of Duty 4
  • Weapons don't sound very powerful, and as such aren't that satisfying to shoot
  • Seven kill streak reward is now a pack of dogs, which sniff out enemies and maul them
  • There are 65 levels and ten prestiges, and the more you prestige the more custom class slots you unlock (start out with five, end up with ten)
  • Tanks are very powerful, but the movement of both the tank and the turret is sluggish enough that they're not overpowered
  • The matchmaking system still sucks
  • I'm still really pissed my blog got deleted
  • Seriously, what the hell
  • There is now an option for the party leader to leave a lobby with your entire party
  • You can create and join squads. All squad members will be colored blue and the squad leader place a beacon on the map to show squad members where to go
  • Graphics are not as good as Call of Duty 4, but they're good enough
  • Assists give different amounts of XP (anywhere from 2-8) depending on how much damage you do to the person before someone else finishes them off
  • You can't throw grenades as far as you can in CoD4, so people don't try to spam them as much

That's really all I can think of right now. If you have any questions about the beta I'll try to answer them as best I can.
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I think the most interesting thing in all you said is that of the Sniffing dog pack, LOL, and Re-Lol!

What the hell is that?

hahahahahahahahahaha, all the way sorry i Can't contain my laugh on Treyarch's efforts, they are ok, but this it too much,

Great Sum, at leas ti know what to look for in this release.

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Interesting, not sure if I will be picking this up right away, I am still burnt out on WWII games!

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Wow two new things I haven't heard of yet. 

The whole leave and take your party with you thing. This may seem useless to some, but I'm going to use it a lot. 

And the squad thing. Amazing. This will probably be the best addition of this game...and I didn't even know about it till know. Does it work well? 
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Cool i like the grenade bit, and the beacon sounds like a good idea

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@ Player1: I guess how well it works is really dependent on who your squadmates are. The feature technically works fine, but much use you can get out of it depends on how well the squad utilizes it.