Sunday, 2 September 2012

Review - Call of Robloxia 5: Roblox at War

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Visits at the time of review: 12,295,097
Creator: litozinnamon

-PREMISE-
The premise of CoR5 is to basically recreate Call of Duty: World at War on Roblox. And from what I've played, it's done that pretty well, minus some limitations (some of which can't be helped). First, Call of Duty is a FPS, and this game lets you play in 3rd person, which apparently can allow for some wallshooting, but I don't know if that was fixed or not. Second, the game can lag alot depending on what people are using, but that is Roblox's fault, too many moving parts immensely lags up the game, which in my opinion, should be fixed. I hear they're adding support for more blocks soon? Anyways, the guns and maps look nice, the menus are simple to use, and the overall package can equal a great amount of fun if you're okay with a little lag.

-EXECUTION-
One of the features that was recently added that I love is the fact that you can pick up weapons off the ground, just like you could in Call of Duty. This means that I don't have to worry about running out of ammo, if my gun is popular, I just run around and pick up the ammo. This game can get SUPER addicting if you are good at it. One time I found myself playing for like 2 hours, which doesn't normally happen to me.A couple worries I have with the game, though, are that the hit detection can be REALLY spotty if hitting anything at all and the game can lag alot, but as I said before, that's not really Litozinnamon's fault. I would have liked to see some actual World at War map recreations, though, considering its name suggests it is a World at War recreation.
Here are a couple things I would like to see from the game in the future:
- Attachments on the guns
- Better iron sights/ ability to move up and down as well as left and right
- Better hit detection (he's worked on that and many other things, which gives me faith in him)

-THE VERDICT-
Pros:
- Good recreation of CoD:WaW
- Addicting as heck
- Lots of guns
- Iron sights
- Perks actually do something
- Very few errors

Cons:
- Iron sights could use some work
- Laggy
- Hit detection is spotty, especially with sniper rifles
- No actual World at War maps

This is the 5th most visited game on Roblox for a reason. It is a stellar recreation of Call of Duty 5, even if it doesn't have the maps from the game. It lacks in some departments, but litozinnamon is pushing out updates often, so hopefully some of these issues can be fixed in the near future.

Premise: 5/5
Execution: 3/5
Overall Score: 8/10

This is a good game, and I really hope he continues down the path this game is on. Heck, with some bug fixes and additions, this could easily be a 9/10.