its a great game the filter makes it a great game for teens and online is less gory violent and you can mute the language(other people with mic's) so i recommend it for 13+
Call of Duty: World at War
(2008, Video Games - First Person Shooter, Rated M, Play it on: Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Windows, Xbox 360)Ratings at a Glance
| 73% | of parents say it has language their kids can't use |
| 67% | of parents say it's too violent |
| 60% | of parents say it's educational |
| 27% | of parents say kids find it easy to play |
| 27% | of parents say there are good role models |
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Parent & Educator Reviewers Say | Kid Reviewers Say
- I rate this title on for age 13 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
- My highlights are:
- Educational
good for teens with filter
- I rate this title on for age 13 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
- My highlights are:
- Educational
Great WW2 remake, must have for FPS fans since you can get it for FREE
This 5th Call of Duty game is fantastic, combining history battles in the pacific (which are almost always neglected in video games) with fast, intense, tactically challenging battles. I especially like the Veteren mode, where as little as 3 bullet hits can kill you, making every move count. The Achievments, veteren mode, and my favorite: Zombie Nazi mode, will keep you entertained for days! Ive had it for several months and Im still enjoying it! Very fun and challenging for any player, or simple for those new to shooters due to the adjustable difficulties that hit just the right chord of easy or hard depending on what you want. Definately a must have for any FPS fan! I LOVE this game, espcially becuase I got it free at www.rewards1.com/index.php?referrer_id=1231439 all you have to do is fill out a few surveys and thats it! Its so simple and fun! Everyone who loves action and adventure should get this game!
- I rate this title iffy for age 11 and give it
its OKAY FOR KIDS!
I guess it is kind of bad, but it is dumb my mom lets my brother plays and she says its okay!
- I rate this title iffy for age 14 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
- My highlights are:
- Educational
- Good role models
good for teens!
This game is brutal, gory, and explict. You start of with a brutal torture scene where a man has a ciggarete put in his eye and the killed with a knife, blood is shown with clear detail and the burn't eye is visble when the man is killed. This game has THEY MOST REALISTIC BLOOD AND GORE EFFECTS EVER IN A VIDEO GAME, EVER! you can blow peoples arms off, you can blow there legs off, there heads, and set them on fire. The gore is amazingly realestic, I have reconized bones and organs clearly visible on bodies. When an opponent is set on fire, there cloths and skin are burn't. But you kill enimies in a variey of ways, like stabbing there chest with bayonets and watch blood spew out of there wounds, or graphicly stab and enemie's neck and seeing blood spew out while the enemie's body is on top of you. But the game is great, I strongly recommend this to any kids. And if your studying WWII in school, this game fetures real names, real footage and real battles that include many weapons from the time.
- I rate this title iffy for age 14 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
- My highlights are:
- Easy to play
- I rate this title off for age 10 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
Great for teens and adults - not for kids.
My husband plays this after the kids are in bed. One time, my five year old say the zombie level; he still has fear issues about that...
- I rate this title off for age 15 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
- My highlights are:
- Educational
good historical view of ww2 with a little to much swearing
as i started this game, on the first level; "semper fi" i knew i was in for an amazing graphical experience. the graphics give a great persperctive of what war is like. its not a crap fakey like gears of war but a real amazing game. blood is extremely explicit and not for 15 or younger. with some machine guns if you look at the bodies when you are through with them an arm may be missing, with a horrible bloody stump, legs can be gone, and with shotguns, heads are blown off like nobodies business. plenty of gore that will disturb your kid like none other. swearing is over the top in the "bad" radar. i mean, it doesn't exactly disturb me and my son, because we hear it on his "green day" c-ds all the time but honestly the games better left alone by your young one.
- I rate this title iffy for age 15 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
Excellent game, but absolutely not for kids. Plenty of cursing and a very real depiction of war, gore, body parts, blood, people on fire, etc. Nazi and Imperial Zombie modes are incredible fun, but scare my wife out of the living room.
- I rate this title on for age 14 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
- My highlights are:
- Educational
- Safety isn't an issue
My son is a little young to play this because of the language but he knows not to listen to it.
Guilty pleasure shooting the bad guys and getting some graphic sights and sounds as a result. It definitely curses a bunch. Especially when Kieffer Sutherland chimes in at the end of the match with a few choice expletives about the teams victory. The graphics are really crisp though sometimes you wish you could go on top of places you can't. Cheaters with modded controllers can ruin the experience winning with an unfair advantage. There's a real lack of control over the way people play too. In Halo 2 the best feature they had was the right to boot someone from the lobby who was behaving badly. On the flip side this game kicks you if you accidently kill your own teammates in hardcore 3 times. I think it should be left up to the team to decide, not the computer. There are several new maps to buy to add to the experience. This makes it a game you'll come back to over and over again. Even though I just bought Halo 3: ODST I still prefer this game over that one.
- I rate this title iffy for age 13 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
- My highlights are:
- Educational
iffy for 12 and teens
The zombies are freaky, but the wars happened in history. The blode is all over the place though.
- I rate this title off for age 17 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
- My highlights are:
- Educational
- Good role models
- Easy to play
educational but very bloody and gory, zombies may be disturbing to kids
- I rate this title on for age 9 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate language
- I rate this title on for age 10 and give it
get this game free at http://www.rewards1.com/index.php?referrer_id=1043308 ! :D
- I rate this title on for age 13 and give it
- My highlights are:
- Educational
- Good role models
- Safety isn't an issue
- Easy to play
13+
Great game the only thing i worry about is the offensive language...if your kid goes to public school he/she would be hearing worse language than this game. Also spending ten minutes on an LA metro is MUCH MUCH MUCH worse than this. The violence is age appropriate. And for the ps3 version there is a content filter in which you can TOTALLY delete the the blood and gore/NO language at ALL. I play this game with my 13 year old son. I enjoy playing it with him and he enjoys playing it with me. Buy this game for your son trust me he'll love it!
- I rate this title on for age 14 and give it
- My highlights are:
- Educational
- Good role models
- Safety isn't an issue
- Easy to play
Awsome game
As far as im concerened, any game like this is very accepable to any any one above 12 or 13, kids know alot more than most people think, i know i did when i was younger, and games with this type of material is nothing new. Great game, no bad about it.
- I rate this title iffy for age 11 and give it
A Good Game
I love the game but cod4 is better but codwaw is a bloody game and there is some confusing parts. And there is a bonus mode to ullock it you have to beat camaign solo. the bonus mode is nazi zombies if you dont want your kids to know about zombies then be carful theres nothing bad about it though there are unlimited level and you get a mystery box to get a random weapons theres alot more of nazi zombies stuff. It's A great game!!!!!!!!!!
- I rate this title off for age 16 and give it
Fun but very violent
Call of Duty returns to world war 2 which was a little bit of a dissipointment for me, however the game is still fun but waaayyy more violent than 4. This time there is more blod and some graphic gore (It can be turned off but still the game is violent) there is also a torture scene and some real life images of dead bodies. I dont know why parents are letting there kids play this stuff when they really shouldnt be (i know im going to get bashed by a bunch of kids for writing this) but this is really a game for adults. If your an older teen i reccomend trying 4 and if your younger than 15 try 1-3. BTW there is a T rated version of the game for PS2
- I rate this title iffy for age 11 and give it
You can turn off gore mode, but still violent game..
Right or wrong, most of the 11+ kids in the neighborhood and in school play or have played this game. You can turn off gore mode, which removes certain questionable scenes and stop the gratuitous blood and flying limbs.
- I rate this title on for age 12 and give it
NOT BAD AT ALL
first of all the game has amazing grafics it seems like you're in the battle. Now about the bad things, it has lots of blood and bad language but you can turn it all off CSM doesn't know anything but the bad stuff
- I rate this title iffy for age 12 and give it
A surprise once played.
My 12 year old suggested this and its older brother modern warfare. At the begining i would have none of it because it was a Mature rated game. Just to det him of my back i rented this for the wii and the ps3 and was surprised. The wii version is different in some ways, the gore is toned down a ton and the language isnt as bad. But displays the horrors of war, but i like to teach him things that are true . he is very mature about these things and understands completly that some things are real and some are not. i let him watch the WWII movies and they are the equivalent to this game. There are filters that are great to take out the language and gore. there is a purticularly bloody sceen where your fellow marine gets his kneck cut in exicution but nothing extremly terrible. OVER ALL A GREAT GAME THAT A MATURE CHILD THAT YOU HAVE TALKED TO ABOUT NOT TAKING IT TO BAD CAN PLAY THIS GAME.
- I rate this title on for age 12 and give it
Call of Dudy!
I think this game is great and is fun online. Playing online is a blast and online is fun because you can level up and compete with your friends. I think being 12 to 13 is a good age to able to play this game because language is not that bad but violence is in the game. Violence is also not horrible because there is a lot of movies like this on tv. All out this is a fun challenging game that is worth the money.
- I rate this title on for age 13 and give it
Excellent game depicting a realistic WWII storyline with addicting online play as well.
Very fun game, almost as fun as its predecessor 'Call of Duty 4:Modern Warfare'. Very epic gameplay with interesting story lines. Intense violence shows the realistic side of the horrors of WWII. Online play offers a wide variety of game modes that will have you playing for hours at a time.
- I rate this title on for age 10 and give it
A awe-inspiring game
Call of Duty: World at War is probaly the best war game of 2009. It would have been better, if you could play as the Germans. I'm tired of the same old, same old. They should change perspectives. The men fighting for their Fatherland, were just as brave as the Russians and Americans.
- I rate this title iffy for age 14 and give it
is your kid mature?
this game is gore filled but not going to make your kid love to kill in video games(if they are older than 13 or 14).arms and legs will come of but not if you have a wii. you can block content on the wii also. no sex at all. language is very strong.(little f**ks lots of s**ts. people can cuss on headsets. the good thing is that this game does teach history.
- I rate this title iffy for age 13 and give it
Know your limits
OK, first of all you can turn off blood, language, ect. I own an Xbox 360 and you dont have to hear other people's language, comments, ect. just know what to turn on and off on this game.
Parent & Educator Reviewers Say | Kid Reviewers Say
- I rate this title on for age 13 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate language
- My highlights are:
- Educational
The truth behind COD 5
I'ver perosnally played the whole entire call of duty series and the violence has altered tremendously since the first one came out. Call of duty 5 is a violent and gruesome first person shooter. While in campaign and online play you'll encounter decapitated bodies, and you might even find an arm on the ground. There is an up side to this M rated game. In the options setting at the main menu there's a content filter which controls the blood level and the language during the game. Although this filter works extremely well during the campaign, when it comes to online play, you better fasten your seat belts because your going to be seeing arms being blown off again. I love this game because it has a content filter which alters the gameplay of the game in a very motivative way. It allows kids to play this game without seeing to much blood and gore. Hope this helped you in your decision whether or not to play World at War.
- I rate this title on for age 16 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
- My highlights are:
- Educational
- Good role models
- Easy to play
A truly excellent WW2 FPS
This is an awesome game! Its a lot of fun to play! It is however very violent, this is not the Classic T rated Call of Duty. EVERYTHING looks real, no joke. As you fight your way through the campaign you will see limbs blown off, guts spilling out of soldiers as they die, decapitations, charred bodies from the aftermath of a flamethrower assault, bayonet attacks are always very bloody usually with blood spurting from wounds and limbs being cut apart. This is truly a very realistic and grisly depiction of war. Many uses of F***, and S***. Players will encounter A TON more language online. However online there is the ability to mute the players and/or report them to PSN. This is a really good game regardless of all the previously mentioned, and is one of the best FPS's on the market.
- I rate this title on for age 17 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
- Negative role models
- My highlights are:
- Educational
- Easy to play
great shooter shows great perspective on ww2
While there isn't any real highlights for younger kids, there's a great amount of knowledge earned by playing the game. Large amounts of guts, blood, gore, is shown, and when viewing dead bodies, you encounter heads missing, arms gone, torso blown open, etc... i wouldn't recommend it for young teens. a large selection of f--k words, s--t, c--t, d----o and usual profanity is used by burning soldiers, and dead soldiers are strewn across the battle field. be careful when playing this game.
- I rate this title on for age 17 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
- Negative role models
- My highlights are:
- Educational
- Easy to play
great shooter shows great perspective on ww2
While there isn't any real highlights for younger kids, there's a great amount of knowledge earned by playing the game. Large amounts of guts, blood, gore, is shown, and when viewing dead bodies, you encounter heads missing, arms gone, torso blown open, etc... i wouldn't recommend it for young teens. a large selection of f--k words, s--t, c--t, d----o and usual profanity is used by burning soldiers, and dead soldiers are strewn across the battle field. be careful when playing this game.
- I rate this title on for age 13 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
- My highlights are:
- Educational
Worse than CoD4
goose1441 what are you talking about this one is worst than CoD4
- I rate this title on for age 13 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
- My highlights are:
- Good role models
not as bad as call of duty 4
this game is not as bad as its predecessor, cod 4. the only thing that is definitely worse is the dogs, which you get at either a 7 or 10 kill streak (cant rememeber), and the mini game nazi zombies. the dogs are basically demonized and try to kill the opposite team. the only way to get rid of them is to shoot or knife them. nazi zombies is a game where the nazi soldiers come back from the dead and try to climb through the windows to kill you. you have to shoot them multiple times to kill them, and losing a limb doesnt stop them.
- I rate this title on for age 15 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate language
- My highlights are:
- Educational
- Safety isn't an issue
- Easy to play
bloody game with good education
call of duty world at war is possibly the bloodiest COD at the moment unless ure kids like violent and harash games if dont. no WAY then
- I rate this title on for age 11 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate language
- My highlights are:
- Educational
amazing game very educational
I own this game and it is the best game I have ever played!
- I rate this title iffy for age 13 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
- My highlights are:
- Easy to play
Turn off the blood!
Although the blood is pretty bad it isn't too horrible as long as you turn off the blood and cuss words in the options its alot of fun. if you want a new zombie level get DER REISE..... SO AWESOME
- I rate this title on for age 8 and give it
it is the best game for 360
- I rate this title iffy for age 10 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
- My highlights are:
- Safety isn't an issue
- Easy to play
this game can be very violent slashing guys with knives so much blood so if ur kid cant stand blood aint for them theres lots of cursing and the burning alive part isnt bad pretty much it seems like they are turning completley black i know 2 kids an 11 year old and 9 year old who play it and its pretty violent this is a title u should think about BUT ALL TOGETHER THIS GAME IS SO AWESOME!!!!!!!!!
- I rate this title iffy for age 14 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
- My highlights are:
- Educational
- Safety isn't an issue
Slightly disturbing but a lot of action
There is an unnecessary amount of F-bombs dropped in the american side of the campaign. the Russians are more or less clean, preferring to cure in their native tongue, so if you don't understand Russian, its alright. Its kind of disturbing, hearing Japanese forces screaming as they are burned alive, but it teaches that was isnt just bang bang shoot em up; its real people, that feel real pain, just like you and me.
- I rate this title iffy for age 10 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
- My highlights are:
- Easy to play
turn off cursing and blood
Its has terrible cursing but you can turn it off. You go to options and put graphics off then it will turn off cursing and blood.
- I rate this title on for age 17 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
- My highlights are:
- Educational
VERY GOOD HISTORICAL world war 2 game
this game was very fun including the nazi zombie mode in the game parents and kids should know this is based on true events and shoes historical footage it even says before you start the actul game WARNING PLAYER DISCRESION ADVISED some footage was disturbing but it was ok it was history this is a very powerful world war 2 game really show how big this conflict really was.
- I rate this title iffy for age 12 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
- My highlights are:
- Educational
- Easy to play
this game is exstremily villent but puts you in the spot that the soldiers were in durring wourld war 2
- I rate this title iffy for age 15 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
Not for young children,
This game is one of the best WWII games you can buy, some things may not be age approprialte, but i think that if they are mature enought to handle it, its jusy fine
- I rate this title on for age 17 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- My highlights are:
- Educational
- Good role models
A great game...for 17 up.
Alright, let me start off with the gore. It's as realistic as it gets which includes, heads blowing off, rib cages ripped open, arms, hands, legs, and finaly, feet. Cussing matches that with what men back then would use, i'm guessing. Campaign is great but the gore! it's to over done for a game. At some points it felt like a war instead of a game, which made it very uncomfotable for me. My friend owns this game but, I would never buy in personaly.
- I rate this title on for age 12 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
- My highlights are:
- Easy to play
I think it is a pretty good game, and yes it is violent, but if you watch war movies like Saving Private Ryan, it is no worse.
- I rate this title iffy for age 13 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
Best Game Ever
Best game ever!!!!!!!! Also in cod6 nazi zombies is gone and is replaced by terrorists with no weapons.
- I rate this title iffy for age 12 and give it
This is a game which you can decide if its on or off by your kids.
(This review actually matters) I particularly don't like this game so this review is on polls I took. Kids love this game and really don't care if you rate it no kids. The main reason why they rated it M is the violence which mature kids can handle and language they all ready know even where I live in Dana Point,CA. plus you can block out blood and language which responsible kids will use. This is a game which you can decide if its on or off by your kids.
- I rate this title iffy for age 12 and give it
This is a game which you can decide if its on or off by your kids.
(This review actually matters) I particularly don't like this game so this review is on polls I took. Kids love this game and really don't care if you rate it no kids. The main reason why they rated it M is the violence which mature kids can handle and language they all ready know even where I live in Dana Point,CA. plus you can block out blood and language which responsible kids will use. This is a game which you can decide if its on or off by your kids.
- I rate this title iffy for age 10 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
Second worst CoD
I abusulutly hated this game. the only part about it thats good is nazi zombies. you can turn off blood and language for the 360.
- I rate this title iffy for age 14 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- My highlights are:
- Easy to play
Still the addictive CoD4 formula, put it feels like a copy/paste affair
This game doesn't feel so much like Call of Duty 5 as it does Call of Duty 4: World War 2 edition. If you read my review for CoD4, you'll know that it was certainly a great game from my perspective, but Treyarch does nearly nothing to make Infinity Ward's formula its own. The multiplayer still takes the addictive Create-a-Class and leveling sytem of its predecessor and while its still great fun, it doesn't feel as fun as CoD4. They have copied a ton of the perks CoD4 had. What it does add is basically for noobs. The second chance perk is basically CoD4's last stand perk, but now you can revive a downed teammate if you use it, which is really annoying for the guy who shot him down. Also, tanks have been added, but these aren't balanced like the ones in games like Battlefield. While they are slow and take awhile to reload, they deliver incredible amounts of punishment to anything they aim at. Since the explosion damage goes through a lot of cover, very few places are safe. Also, even if you're using the x2 bazooka perk and have anti-tank grenades, you still won't have enough firepower to take one down. You can weaken it or finish a weakened one off, but a lot of people are going to need to shoot at the thing. Also, after being noobs for 5 minutes, the drivers can hop out of the tank like cowards and run away if they're only way to get kills catches fire. They can usually be picked off, but if they want to kill in the tank, they should be killed in the tank. Now that my tank hate is out of the way, I can say that the rest of the experience is good. Not all maps use tanks and there are many high-quality maps here. Some are annoying to play on, but those same ones may be loved by others. It's all about your tastes. The kill streaks, challenges, and perks all carry over, but with the exception of a few challenges, perks, and the attacking dog reward for a 7-kill streak, everything is copied from CoD4. The single-player is enjoyable (unless you play on Veteran, where enemies chuck grenades into your pocket from 5,000,000 yards away with perfect accuracy CONSTANTLY) and is co-op, which is a big plus. You can see the developer's efforts on making the game tug on the emotions (particularly anger), it just doesn't hit as hard as CoD4's. Without the advanced technology of the modern age, a lot of things don't seem as interesting. Flying a seaplane and attempting to save drowning navymen is awesome, but storming Berlin for the 100th time isn't. There are some pretty good guns, but a lot of them feel the same. If you shoot an M1 Garand, you've basically shot 3 other weapons that function the same, albeit with slightly different stats. The one really new thing the game adds is nazy-zombies. A combination of Left 4 Dead and Gears 2's Horde mode, you take on wave after wave of increasingly problematic zombies. You can play with 4 people and it can be very hectic as you go, although its easy at first. You'll soon be frantically boarding up windows as they are being knocked down as you progress though. However, if you liked the fact that Horde and Left 4 Dead ended, you may not like this as much because it goes on forever until you die. It's still a very enjoyable mode. The violence has been upped now with limbs that blow off with explosives. The opening scene shows a Japanese soldier slitting open an American's throat after shoving a lit cigar into his face. The blood can be turned off, but this probably shouldn't be the first shooter a kid plays. Overall, you can still have a great time with this game, but it will either feel like a copy and paste of CoD4 or like one of the dozens upon dozens of WWII games that have been released over the years. It isn't original, but at the end of the day, it's fun.
- I rate this title on for age 11 and give it
- My highlights are:
- Educational
- Good role models
- Safety isn't an issue
- Easy to play
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This game has more Up's than down's about it , you should really think about what this game say's , before you flame.
- I rate this title on for age 14 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
- My highlights are:
- Educational
GOOD
THIS MIGHT SHOW THE BRUTALLITY OF WORLD WAR 2 BUT THERES 2 VERSIONS THE DS AND PS2 LESS BLOOD LESS VIOLENT BUT THE GAME SHOWS SOME IMPORTANT DETAILS OF WW2 DONT LET KIDS SEE THE ENDING IT SHOWS A SEEN LIKE 300 YELLOWISH AND THE MOST BLOODY POINTS OF THE GAME
