Micro-review: COD:WAW MP3

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Micro-review: COD:WAW MP3

Pete_LeGrant

August 7, 2009

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I haven’t played zombie mode yet, but I need to round up 3 reliable shooters to do that. (I don’t like fighting zombies alone, but I will if I have to)

Quick verdict: Map Pack 3 is better than MP2.

My favorite map is “Breach,” and that’s because one of the sniping spots in it is pretty golden, provided you’re patient. I would have liked to see more bottlenecking through the central arches by cutting off the side routes. That would create another no-man’s land on the map. There already is one–and that’s the horizontal line that runs though the fountains. You don’t want to get caught out there.

“Revolution” is fun. It’s a big map, and there are a few little nooks to camp out. I get the sense that the MP40/STG/PPsh crowd likes to hang out in the central brewery (?) area, The snipers like to hang out on the perimeter, and there’s lots of countersniping going on. It’s a very complex map, and I had to keep pressing up on my d-pad to see where I was, especially on respawns.

“Battery” has a similar dynamic to “Revolution,” but I think snipers will have a tough time settling in. There are some good sniping spots, but it doesn’t seem that you can camp too long at one spot. The side towers seem like a sniper’s paradise when you first see them, but the doorways are very think and force you out into the open. (Those doorways can also be penetrated by deep impact shots; I don’t know about regular ones.) I did see a glitch on the tower–I saw a live enemy’s gun and limbs peeking though the walls, and he wasn’t in last stand. (Yes, I got him. You’ll just have to take my word for it.) Snipers have no real business in the central building. (But maybe I’m wrong.)