Another Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack

This time it’s been imaginatively titled Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack 2, and from the video I’ve seen it actually looks quite thrilling. But has anyone noticed that people are obsessed with this Zombie thing? Sometimes I think CoD has turned into Doom or something.

Maybe they should just develop an entire game, and call it Nacht Der Untoten or All Nachtmare Long, and just have a story about survivors of World War 2 battling zombies- undead soldiers come back from the grave to consume the living so that nobody wins the war. Left 4 Dead was just like that, in a way- released as a multiplayer game right from the start. I think if they ever did, Nacht Der Untoten or All Nachtmare Long should definitely have a singleplayer too, and not just multipayer.

Another Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack

The Atomic Oracle: Nacht Der Untoten 2

If you’ve read it, you’ll see that I made a prediction about a map pack being released for Nacht Der Untoten, a mini-game of sorts contained within Call of Duty: World at War.

Just when the whole Nacht Der Untoten thing seemed to be fading somewhat, Treyarch is going to release a map pack for the game on March 9 that will add three new multi-player maps, and a new map for the Nacht Der Untoten enthusiasts, called Zombie Asylum.

Okay, so there’s only one map, and the name I suggested, ‘Tag Der Untoten’, was a little off, but that was a joke anyway…

The Atomic Oracle: Nacht Der Untoten 2

Current Gaming Trends: Nacht Der Untoten

What the hell is this Nacht Der Untoten that people are going on about lately?

Well, Call of Duty: World at War, the latest title in the COD WW II shooter series, features a bonus level that has this name, which translates from German into ‘Night of the Living Dead’. The level is unlocked once you finish the main campaign as far as I know, since I’ve played the game.

It can be played in both single-player and multi-player mode, and it entails human players as soldiers taking on German zombies. It’s only one map though, and yet so much fuss is being made over it. It plays similarly to Counter-strike, with money being awarded for doing certain tasks and you are able to open up certain areas of the level and buy weapons and other equipment with your hard-fought-over cash. It could also be compared to Left 4 Dead, another game with zombies released lately.

You progress through rounds that get harder as you go, with stronger zombies that also grow in number and are faster.

NAG magazine has really taken to this map lately, even producing a strategy guide and a custom made wallpaper. It seems to obviously be an office favourite when they’re slacking off as usual, and nearly missing deadlines.

Oh well, we’ll see how long it lasts, unless there’s a map pack full of zombie missions released. Perhaps an original title like 'Tag Der Untoten' would be fitting.

Current Gaming Trends: Nacht Der Untoten