Call Of Duty: World At War - Treyarch
PLOT
The game begins in Makin Island at night on August 17, 1942. Private Miller watches the torture and execution of a fellow marine by the Japanese. Miller is rescued by a rescue squad, led by Corporal Roebuck and Sergeant Sullivan just as they assault the island, replicating the Makin Island raid. The following mission then starts two years later at the beginning of the Battle of Peleliu. After breaking through the Japanese lines on the Peleliu beach, Miller destroys two Type 95 tanks with rocket strikes, allowing their tanks to advance. At the end of the mission, Sergeant Sullivan is killed by a Japanese soldier. Roebuck, now promoted to Sergeant, and his squad make their way through the Peleliu swamps to launch an assault on a Japanese held airfield to disable anti-aircraft guns. During the assault, Miller acquires a flamethrower and a bazooka.
The game then jumps to the Eastern Front on September 17, 1942 during the Battle of Stalingrad. Private Dimitri Petrenko regains consciousness in a fountain, just as German troops kill his comrades. When they leave, Dimitri meets Sergeant Reznov, another survivor, who tells him of his intention to kill General Heinrich Amsel, the man behind massacres all over Russia. After killing some German soldiers in their way, Dimitri follows Reznov through buildings and streets and they meet up with the remainder of Dimitri's unit, who are about to assault Amsel's communication post. During the assault, Dimitri snipes Amsel. He and Reznov escape and jump into the Volga River. The following mission starts three years later, during the Battle of the Seelow Heights, near Berlin. Dimitri has been captured by German soldiers in an old barn. He is saved when the Red Army attack the barn. Among them is Sergeant Reznov and his subordinate, Private Chernov. Together the Soviet troops advance through German lines and Dimitri aids them with a Panzerschreck until they reach a German camp.
The game returns to the Pacific Theater. On Peleliu, the Americans are pushing further inland. Miller and his unit take out enemy mortar crews, so their tanks can go inland. They then proceed through the Japanese underground tunnels to attack The Point, one of the major Japanese strongholds, allowing their ships to advance, and the island of Peleliu falls into American hands
The following mission campaign returns to Eastern Europe, where Dimitri and Reznov are at the controls of a T-34 tank and pushing through German lines. The Soviet troops then board a train to Berlin. Upon arrival, they engage German soldiers on the outskirts of Berlin, commencing the Battle of Berlin. They then advance through the streets, killing any soldiers who stand in their way and taking no prisoners and, eventually, the Soviet soldiers reach the entrance to the Berlin U-Bahn, where three German soldiers are attempting to capitulate. Reznov is unwilling to deny his men their revenge and gives Dimitri the choice of determining their method of death - he and Chernov can shoot them, or the soldiers can burn them alive with Molotov cocktails. They head into the U-Bahn and start fighting German soldiers around the platforms, until a surge of water fills the tunnel and Dimitri, unable to avoid the oncoming tidal wave, almost drowns.
The game then shifts back to the Pacific during the Battle of Okinawa, where the player takes control of Petty Officer Locke in a PBY Catalina flying boat, which takes part in a raid on three merchant ships. On their way back to base, the US fleet is assaulted and Locke's boat, which is the only surviving boat near enough to come to immediate aid, arrives. They are able to rescue American sailors in the sea, while Locke shoots at Japanese PT boats and kamikaze planes. With the flying boat almost completely destroyed, more US aircraft arrive. The following mission, Miller's squad makes a ground assault on Okinawa. They clear out the Japanese from machine gun bunkers, allowing American tanks to progress. With the battle almost won, the Americans storm Shuri Castle. Once they clear out the soldiers at the main entrance, they finally reach the centre of the castle. Once there, they encounter some Japanese soldiers surrendering. However, when Roebuck and Polonsky go to search them, they reveal concealed grenades under their clothes. Depending on who Miller rescues, either of the two is killed. The surviving soldiers attack the castle and, after Miller calls in air strikes on two buildings, the Americans finally take Shuri Castle.
The final mission starts as Reznov drags Dimitri out of the U-Bahn to regroup with Soviet infantry. Then Reznov takes Chernov's diary, criticizing him by remarking, "No one will ever read this!", and tasks Chernov with bearing the Soviet flag. The Red Army then advances towards the Reichstag. Dimitri destroys 88mm guns to allow their tanks to advance and take out the remaining German infantry defending the entrance to the Reichstag. During the battle, Chernov was killed by a German flamethrower. Before leaving, a devastated Reznov takes Chernov's diary with him and says "Dimitri, someone should read this." and it is revealed what Chernov's true opinion of Dimitri is - depending on how cold-blooded he has been, he will either declare him a savage, or a hero as Reznov says. They then clear the Reichstag of its defenders until they reach the rooftop. Before he can replace the Nazi flag Dimitri is shot by a German soldier. Reznov comes to his aid and kills the German before helping Dimitri up. Dimitri, although visibly wounded, manages to plant the Soviet flag, signalling Soviet victory, and Reznov proclaims Dimitri a hero. A final cutscene details the end of the European war, the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the peace accord signed as a result, including excerpts from General MacArthur's speech
OVERVIEW
Gritty, dark and violent, the 3 things that makes this game capture the essence of the true horror of WWII
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