Call of Duty: WWII review
WWII is a throwback to a time before developers felt the need to cram a raft of extra features into their game. Only, everything outside the gameplay is still very much adorned with the menus, unlocks, loot boxes, and Nazi zombies you’d expect from a modern CoD. Ultimately, CoD WWII is a game that wants to have its grizzled, back-to-basics cake and eat it too. For the most part, it gets away with walking this audacious tightrope. Underneath its ultra-visceral graphical polish is the thrilling spirit of arguably the series’ high point: Call of Duty 2. Clichés and marketing buzzwords be damned, but this really is boots-on-the-ground combat, and it’s terrific fun at that.
Feels great to get back to simpler combat; Looks amazing; Loads of modes to get stuck in with; War mode is fantastic;
Audio glitches on Xbox One X; Still an incredibly high skill ceiling online; Campaign sometimes fail to excite;