Has anyone signed up for the CoD5:WW PC BETA demo yet?

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Nope and I don’t plan to right now.  I had my fun doing closed and open beta for Warhammer and I think that was enough for this year.  One thing I have noticed for this they are finally doing a master profile so that means I probably will not be Havoc anymore.  Some of the stuff for the profile system they are going to be doing is much like the Battlefield series which in many ways are nice.  But that probably means more unique names but finally will have a firends system in place so finding friends on other servers will be easy.  Probably alot more stat tracking also.

Yeah, I thought the master profile thing is kinda cool. Maybe I need to get in there early so I can grab the Mac name.

It’s coming out for the Wii, too. Maybe I rent it from Gamefly first

I will be getting it when it comes out.  They may or may not have the same profile servers for the different platforms.  I haven’t looked into it yet but wonder if they are going to have the ability to play across platforms.  I hope not since that doesn’t work well against the full blown PC’s.

Some info I dugup if people want to read

Call of Duty: World at War

General:

Developer: Treyarch
Publisher: Activision
Engine: Call of Duty 4 (parts from IW)
Platforms: Xbox 360, Playstation 3, PC, Wii, Nintendo DS, (will not be on PS2)
Releas Date: November 11th, 2008

Building on the Call of Duty 4 engine, Call of Duty: World at War thrusts players into the ruthless and gritty chaos of WWII combat like never been before, and challenges them to band together to survive the most harrowing and climactic battles of WWII that led to the demise of the Axis powers on the European and South Pacific fronts. The title re-defines WWII games by offering an uncensored experience with unique enemies and combat variety, including Kamikaze fighters, ambush attacks, Banzai charges and cunning cover tactics, as well as explosive on-screen action through all new cooperative gameplay.

Their will be online and single player achivements.

Single Player Campaign:

Makin Raid (Pacific Campaign)

This is what you all have gotten a glimpse of in the trailer that was on the Marketplace this past weekend. It starts with the cut-scene that you’ve heard of, you are on your knees while your buddy takes a cigarette to the eye, followed by a katana blade to the throat. His back is to you when this happens, blood hits the walls, and then the guy comes for you… At this point a fellow soldier comes in and stabs the aggressor to save your skin: Enter actual Gameplay.

From this point forward, you roll through a Japanese village on the shoreline with some comrades. Huts dot the shore with a jungle inland, you fight resistance and make it through the huts and into the jungle… this is where it gets intense. You’re strolling along and all of a sudden a flair goes up where the previous Japanese lying apparently dead, now spring to life – a frantic firefight ensues… followed by “To Be Continued…”
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Palelieu (Pacific Campaign)

Ok again you are fighting the Japanese, as the previous level introduced you to the “surprise tactics” of the enemy, this one expands on that concept – and the feel of COD:WW. This is where the flamethrower comes in handy, real handy as you walk through grasslands with trees around, you constantly need to sweep the area with your torch. The enemy lurks in unlikely spots and you need to flush them out. Hit a tree, and a sniper may drop that is tethered with a rope, sweep some grass, and a guy may spring up screaming while in flames.

This is an essential concept, leave no spot unchecked, slash and burn while keeping a weary eye. Light a fire and watch it travel, know wind direction, and plan where you want that inferno to go! Later in the level you fight for a complex and then participate in a ground battle where tanks are everywhere. Pick up a bazooka and get to work… oh, by the way… this works well while you have an Online Co-op friend sweeping the area with his flamethrower!
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Flying-Boat (unofficial name) (Pacific Campaign)

This level takes place in a sea-plane - the PDY Catalina. Treyarch Studios actually had a company make an exact model of the plane that was assembled at the motion capture studio which was used to replicate the Flying-Boat. They used the mo-cap technology to digitally design the skeleton on the plane, to an inch. With that, they were able to create the plane texturally and graphically, down to a roll of toilet paper in the aft of the plane.

They took it a step further in regards to the animation by hiring a Cirque Du Soleil performer to maneuver from the aft of the plane forward, and vice versa to replicate a soldier rotating from the 2 aft turrets, to the one under the cockpit. At first, the nimble performer did it so quickly that it wasn’t realistic, so they had him do it again to more accurately reflect a soldier lumbering through the plane.

With that, as with the plane, they used that geometry to make a digital model and of course the character you see in game. They showed us a split screen of the performer moving through the wooden skeleton of the plane, next to the video game soldier moving through the COD:WW flying-boat and it was a mirror image. Pretty cool.

Anyways, onto the level itself…

You are in the Pacific and engaging Japanese vessels… well… basically a fleet. Hey, it’s a video game, they have to make it fun, lol. Your Flying-Boat has 3 turrets, two of which are aft on either side, and the other is under the cockpit. Your job is to man the turrets while rotating between each depending on the target. Switching between the turrets is animated (mo-capped) by the Cirque Du Soleil performer and will occur with the press of the Action button.

So, basically you let loose on the turrets and wreak havoc on the opposition, but unlike other games, it isn’t simply getting enough bullets into a boat to sink it. You need to go for the spot lights on the boats first, as that will lessen the flack fire coming your way. Then, shoot at the hull or bridge and cripple it. Damage is specific to the area you target, so if you say… shoot the deck, floorboards will splinter up. It isn’t generic damage where you shoot the boat and different places blow up in sequence regardless of where you are shooting. It’s area specific, which is nice.

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While you’re shooting, you’ll realize that you need to lead your target depending on your vector in relation to the boat, it’s easy to see this by watching your bullet path splatter through the surf, which again, is really fun to watch. Targets are a-plenty, and you need to be on your game, the fellas at the Studio make it look easy… but dam, there’s a lot going on in that ocean with seemingly endless targets.

Eventually this level ends like the others with a faded screen and To Be Continued… scrolling across. It looks to be really unique and quite a bit of fun, as a result, is one that I am really looking forward to.
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Sniper (unofficial name) (Russian Campaign)

You enter the level as a Russian soldier dizzy and confused, the screen is shaking and everyone around you appears to be dead. Voices of German Infantry can be heard until they eventually appear; the enemy platoon walks past you apparently checking bodies to make sure they are dead. Once they move on, your senses set in and you come back to awareness. Across from you awakens a Russian sniper, who is apparently a higher rank because he guides the mission from here on out. Enter actual Gameplay.

The sniper instructs you to take his rifle since he is unable to wield it, due to a wound. You take the rifle from him and he teaches you how to snipe, waiting for the perfect moment, being the hunter. You hear and see German infantry walking about and he instructs you to wait as a tank rumbles by.

At this point you take aim for your first kill shot and wait until a soldier strafes behind a sitting German, pull the trigger – bang, down the two of them go with a single bullet. You waited and waited, only firing your kill-shot when the roar of planes overhead deafened your shot not to reveal your existence. A dog did take notice however and comes after you and your comrade. In the demo, a skilled hip-shot took down the mutt; perhaps a melee would be even more rewarding.

Your instructor (Russian Sniper) teaches you the art of being a sniper and the thrill of the hunt. How a sniper stalks and takes down his enemy, waiting until the precise moment, hunting your enemy… until… you become the hunted. A German sniper has spotted you while rattling off an ineffective shot. Your leader motions to you and makes a dart for a building; you follow and get in safely through a window.

Not sure of the exact sequence of events here, but you are in the house and spot the building that the German sniper is in. The Russian sniper is playing the role of spotter while you are watching the building intently, there are many windows and the enemy sniper never shows himself for more than an instant in the same window (Also mind you, the window the sniper appears in is totally random, so if you replay the level, it won’t be the same the next time). You have to be quick to the trigger with steady aim, as the enemy sniper is pretty darn difficult to spot and shoot before disappearing – also, because as he appears, he is shooting at you.

You take him down eventually and your shot is heard, bringing enemy infantry to your position. You can hear them outside and then MG fire rains in upon the two of you, among Molotov Cocktails which ignite your inhabitance into an inferno. The only way to go is Up since the enemy has surrounded you. So, you climb the stairs while following your leader, once up top you are on the run when the floor gives way and you fall through catching yourself. The screen starts to flash the trademark Call of Duty red damage pattern when your comrade comes back and pulls you up. You get out and run forward and that was it… To Be Continued scrolled across the screen.

This level which we will dub “Sniper” for the time being, was a real treat since we were the first people on the planet to see it outside of the teams at Treyarch and ATVI. When we arrived, it concluded a span of press weeks where this was not shown to them, it wasn’t ready. We were the first to experience it visually, and it reeked of the essence of the Call of Duty franchise, for those of you whom know what I am speaking

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Multiplayer:

There will not be a beta but their is still the possibility of a demo.

Players:
Consoles: 1-18
PC’s: 1-32
Co-op: 2-4

Some modes will have 2 players,8,12,and 18.

CoD: WaW will include four-player online co-op for the Xbox 360, PS3, and PC, while the console versions will also allow soldiers to pair up offline for local split-screen gameplay, with “a unique co-op mode for two players” reserved for soldiers waggling on the Wii. However, the game’s online focus won’t end with simply gunning down enemy soldiers and offering moral support to buddies trying to make it through the game’s “darker themes.” Activision notes that Call of Duty: World at War will shell out persistent experience points to players participating in both competitive and cooperative online battles, as well as a difficulty curve that will scale depending on a player’s experience rank and rank of the player’s friends.

Multiplayer looks a lot like COD4:MW, in regards to the Graphic User Interface and Gameplay. Those who love the predecessor, will feel right at home. Party lobby, load screens, map selection, etc., all look quite familiar.

Perks – Yes, they are indeed back. To answer the overwhelming concern, last I heard, yes, Martyrdom and Juggernaught will be making a return. They will be balanced by counter perks and it’s being discussed whether perks such as Martyrdom & Last Stand will be viable if you do not still have that perk’s tool in your arsenal (Realism v Gameplay).

XP – Experience points are back, you can earn them in MP as well as in Co-op in order to unlock new weapons, attachments, etc. Again, Challenges take the place of online Achievements and will add to your overall XP. Keep in mind, what your skill is in MP, will determine what the AI is in online Co-op. Since you earn XP in Co-op, the better you are, the harder the AI opposition will be!

Maps – The first SP map Maikin Raid was an MP map (not sure of the name). Kind of cool because if you are say… getting shot at in a hut, you can shoot out a wall, jump in the water, and flank your enemy. There was another map with a big building, good short-medium range, and another that was more urban warfare type in the streets. Names at the time were still TBD, so I’m not going to go into specifics on those. The urban street map, was in a night setting though.

Kill Streak Bonus - Yes, they are back. At 3 kills you can launch a spy drone (they did exist in WWII) analogous to the UAV, at 5 kills you can call in an artillery strike, at 7… No one knows what it’ll be but I’d bet something will be there to reward the gamer.

Attachments - They will be back but instead of a red dot sight, you can get an iron cross sight. On what guns and such, I’m not sure. This is the only one I saw. I’m sure many did indeed exist in WWII and will be present.

Their will be Vehicles in “Certain Gametypes.” Not all Gametypes will include vehicles, so those who like them can play them, and vice-versa.

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A flamethrower will be available in the game, and is apparently based off of the design and handling of the armament in Return to Castle Wolfenstein. This lethal weapon can burn the skin off of your enemies.

The player is able to shoot through cover, “with enough bullets, the player causes enough damage to one of the walls to create a hole big enough to walk through.”

The game allows you to swim for the first time in the series, although movement will be severely limited, with your character only capable of walking at half speed.

You can use all the nations weapons even if you are on the other nation, just like in COD4, if your playing as an American you can still have a Kar98k in one of your classes.

Their will be 65 levels(ranks) and will have prestige(number of prestiges unknown).

The Flamethrower is rumored of being a perk.

Private matches will be similar to COD4.

Their will be a party system similar to COD4’s, The highest amount of players in a party will be 9.

Their will not be a map editor for consoles but their will be one for PC’s.

Capture The Flag will be making a return in World at War.

Their will be online and single player achivements.

Their will be a create-a-class system similar to COD4’s.

Players will be able to climb up trees and snipe from them.

Weapons:

Americans:

M1A1 Thompson (Screenshot&Trailer;&Co;-op)
M1A1 Carbine (Screenshot)
M1 Garand (Screenshot&Trailer;&Co;-op)
Trench Shotgun (Screenshot)
Browning Automatic Rifle (B.A.R) (Co-op)
M1903 Springfield (Screenshot)
M1903 Springfield Scoped (Screenshot)
M2 Flamethrower (Screenshot&Trailer;&Co;-op)
M1911 (also known as Colt 45) (Co-op)
Bajonet (Screenshot&Trailer;&Co;-op)
M9 Bazooka (Co-op)
Browning M1919A6 (Screenshot)
M2 Machine Gun (Screenshot)

Explosives:

MK2 Frag Grenade (Screenshot&Trailer;&Co;-op)
Smoke Grenade (Trailer)
Satchel Charges (Screenshot)
Mines (Can’t be seen)

Russian Weapons:

TT-33 (Screenshot&Trailer;)
Mosin Nagant (Screenshot&Trailer;)
Mosin Nagant Scoped (Screenshot)
PPSH (71 round Drum Magazine) (Screenshot)
PPSH (31 round Banana Magazine) (Trailer)
Bajonet (Trailer&Screenshot;)

Explosives:

RGD-33 (Trailer&Screenshot;)

German Weapons:

P08 Luger (Screenshot)
Kar98 (Screenshot)
Kar98 scoped (Screenshot)
MP44 (Screenshot)
MP40 (Screenshot)
MG42 (Screenshot)
MG34 (Screenshot)
Knife (Screenshot)

Explosives:

Stielhandgranate (Screenshot)

Japanese Weapons:

Nambu 14 (Screenshot&Trailer;&Co;-op)
Arisaka Type 99 (Screenshot&Trailer;&Co;-op)
Type 100 Submachine gun (Screenshot&Trailer;&Co;-op)
Bajonet (Screenshot&Trailer;&Co;-op)
Katana (Screenshot&Trailer;)

Explosives:

Kiska Grenade (Screenshot)

British Weapons:

Sten (Screenshot)

None of the above is from my own experience just found it on a board.  Some of the information will be specific to consules and not the PC.  My thoughts on this.  This is like a large mod since this is using the CoD4 Engine so we know the gameplay should be good.  The MP maps will probably be of the same size since they are using the same ones for PC as as the consules.  This does return to an era which more of us are use to although I do like the Modern Day stuff alot.

Found a better list of weapons and perks.  Love the 7 kill streak one..... arf arf
Minimum PC system requirements.

Processor:
- AMD 64 3200+/Intel Pentium 4 3.0GHz or better
Memory:
- 8 GB free hard drive space
- 512MB RAM (XP)/1GB RAM (VISTA)
Graphics:
- Shader 3.0 or better
- 256MB Nvidia Geforce 6600GT/ATI Radeon 1600XT or better

Primary Weapon

Bolt Action Rifles

Springfield - American bolt action rifle with moderate accuracy and power. Effective at long range.
Ariska - Japenese bolt action rifle with a low rate of fire and moderate power. Effective at long range.
Mosin-Nagent Unlocked at Level 21
Kar98k Unlocked at Level 41
PTRS-41 Unlocked at Level 57

Rifles

SVT-40 - Russian semi-automatic rifle with moderate power. Effective at medium to long range.
Gewehr 43 - German semi-automatic rifle with high accuracy and moderate power. Effective at medium to long range.
M1 Garand Unlocked at Level 17
STG-44 Unlocked at Level 37
M1A1 Carbine Unlocked at Level 65

Submachine Guns

Thompson - American submachine gun with high accuracy and moderate power. effective at close to medium range.
MP-40 - German submachine gun wit hhigh power. Effective at close range.
Type 100 Unlocked at Level 25
PPSh-41 Unlocked at Level 53

Shotguns

M1897 Trench Gun - American pump action shotgun. Deadly at close range.
Double-Barreled Shotgun Unlocked at Level 29

Machine Guns

Type 99 - Japenese light machine gun with a high rate of fire. Effective at medium to long range.
BAR - American fully automatic machine gun with high power. Effective at medium to long range.
DP-28 Unlocked at Level 13
MG-42 Unlocked at Level 33
FG-42 Unlocked at Level 45
Browning M1919 Unlocked at Level 61

Side Arm

Colt M1911 - American semi-automatic pistol with a high capcity. Effective at close range.
Nambu - Japenese semi-automatic pistol with meduim capacity and power. Effective at close range.
Walther P38 - German semi-automatic pistol with a high rate fo fire. Effective at close range.
Tokarev TT-33 - Unlocked at Level 21
.357 Magnum - Unlocked at Level 49

Primary Grenade

Frag - Anti-personnal device that destroys the target with a burst of flying shrapnel.
No 74 ST - Device designed as an anti-tank grenade. Beware, very dangerous.
Molotov Cocktail - Incendiary device that harms the target with a radius of fire.

Special Grenade

Smoke - Device that creates a smoke screen when detonated.
Tabun Gas - Device that unleashes a poisonous smoke screen which blurs the vision and impairs movement.
Signal Flare - Device that produces an intense light, blinding and disorienting any targets that are in its field of view.

Perks

Perk 1

Special Grenades x 3 - Three special grenades. No smoke.
Satchel Charge x 2 - Two remote detonation explosives.
M9A1 Bazooka x 2 - M9A1 bazooka with two rockets
Bomb Squad - Unlocked at Level 16
Bouncing Betty x2 - Unlocked at Level 24
Bandolier - Unlocked at Level 40
Primary Grenades x 2 - Unlocked at Level 44
M2 Flamethrower - Unlocked at Level 65

Perk 2

Stopping Power - Increased bullet damage.
Fireworks - Higher explosive weapon damage.
Flak Jacket - Reduces explosive damage.
Gas Mask - Protects against Tuban Gas.
Juggernaut - Increased health.
Camouflage - Unlocked at Level 12
Sleight of Hand - Unlocked at Level 28
Shades - Unlocked at Level 32
Double Tap - Unlocked at Level 36
Overkill - Unlocked at Level 56

Perk 3

Deep Impact - Deeper bullet penetration.
Extreme Conditioning - Sprint for longer distances.
Steady Aim - Increased hip-fire accuracy.
Toss Back - Resets fuse of picked up grenades.
Second Chance - Revive downed allies.
Martyrdom - Unlocked at Level 20
Fireproof - Unlocked at Level 48
Dead Silence - Unlocked at Level 52
Iron Lungs - Unlocked at Level 60
Reconnaissance - Unlocked at Level 64

Vehicle Perk

Water Cooler - Decreases turret overheat.
Greased Bearing - Increases turret rotation speed.
Ordinance Training - Unlocked at Level 12
Lead Foot - Unlocked at Level 28
Coaxial Machine Gun - Unlocked at Level 40

Weapon Attachments

Bolt Action

Sniper Scope - Increases accuracy and range
Bayonet - Increases melee attack range.
Rifle Grenade - Grenade launcher attachment for rifles.

Rifles

Supressor - Invisible on radar when firing, reduced muzzle flash, but shorter range.
Aperture Sight - Replaces the default iron sights with a precision sight.
Telescopic Sight -
Rifle Grenade - Grenade launcher attachment for rifles.

Submachine Guns

Supressor - Invisible on radar when firing, reduced muzzle flash, but shorter range.
Aperture Sight - Replaces the default iron sights with a precision sight.
Dual Magazines - Increases ammunition capacity.

Shotguns

Grip - Vertical foregrip for reduced recoil.
Bayonet - Increases melee attack range.

Machine Guns

Bipod - When deployed, reduces motion to permit more accurate shooting.
Bayonet - Increases melee attack range.

Kill Streaks

3 Kills - Recon Plane

Kill three enemies without dying and you are given the ability to call in a recon plane to mark enemies temporarily on your radar map. The only enemies that won’t appear are ones using the Reconnaissance perk.

5 Kills - Artillery Strike

Kill five enemies without dying and you are given the ability to call in an artillery strike. This is very similar to the Airstrike command in COD4, however, instead of a line of bombs going off, the area in which you select for the drop is completely obliterated in a long series of cannon fire.

7 Kills - Unleash the dogs

Kill seven enemies without dying and you enable the ability to call in attack dogs, which will sniff out any enemies on the map. Unlike COD4, attack dogs will find you regardless of where you hide, making it exceedingly difficult to avoid them. Furthermore, killing the attack dogs will only save you temporarily as the hounds will respawn if killed until their time limit/ kill limit has expired.

Thanks for the info Havoc!

Man, that 7 Kill Streak perk is awesome.

I might go sign up for the demo now. WWII Pacific theater sounds good to me.

Mac - 25 October 2008 12:50 AM

Thanks for the info Havoc!

Man, that 7 Kill Streak perk is awesome.

I might go sign up for the demo now. WWII Pacific theater sounds good to me.

Dood, too bad you will probably never get to use the puppies

I’ll only get ‘em if you are opposite me

OK, I’ve signed up. Now I wait for the key.

I received my BETA key this evening.

Download comes in at ~850MB. Has 3 multi-player maps—Makin, Roundhouse and Castle.

Servers were easy to find—there were already 1500 CoD:WW servers online.

So, how does it play? Don’t know…

After spending an hour updating DirectX, updating my video card driver and then rebooting a few times (yay, Windows)… apparently my nVidia 7300GT is too weak to play the game unless I turn everything off and go to 640x480, which, unfortunately, looks really sucky on my 20-inch Cinema Display.

Since I couldn’t play, I spent my time following players through all three maps. I definitely enjoy and feel at home with the WWII setting and the bolt-action rifles. There’s something about the graphic textures that give it the old school Medal of Honor feel. Not sure what it is, since it’s built on the CoD4 engine.

There really didn’t seem to be anything new and out of the ordinary. Lots of shooting and respawning. WWII setting--Pacific theater this time. Could choose to be a Marine Raider or Imperial Army. Can choose to be a Rifleman or Machine Gunner. No one was using a flamethrower so I have nothing to report about that weapon. The dogs are pretty cool though. I really wanted to hop on and play, but it was so choppy that it felt like I was playing it over a VPN on a remote machine being viewed through VNC.

I guess I’ll have to contemplate a new video card for my Quad 2.6GHz Xeon Mac Pro. Or just get it for the Wii. Decisions, decisions.

COD5 download almost complete....I should have no issues playing with the dual nVidia 8600GTS running in SLI mode…