Call Of Duty: World At War Hit Different On The Nintendo DS
What was the first Call of Duty game that you ever played? Modern Warfare 2? Blops? Maybe you’re an OG CoD fan and started with the original. Maybe you’re so young your first was Vanguard or Warzone. If that’s the case, please never mention it to me or I will crumble into dust and retreat from this mortal coil.
My first Call of Duty game was World At War. It’s a historical classic, but my experience was different from most. I didn’t load up Activision’s WW2 title on an Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 – hell, I didn’t own a home console other than the Wii – I played on my Nintendo DS.
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While you weren’t shooting by tapping the stylus – the DS has perfectly good bumper buttons thank you very much – the lack of a second joystick meant that you did aim using your stylus. The touchscreen played a big part in the mechanics. There were minigames that involved firing artillery, moving the mechanical parts with stylus swipes and firing with aggressive taps. I tapped Morse Code messages, pulled on parachute strings, and sat in gun emplacements using the DS’s touchscreen, and loved every second. Defusing mines was particularly stressful, but I remember the sense of satisfaction being unparalleled if you pulled it off. Or tapped it off, I guess.
After all, I didn’t know any different. Having a DS as my primary console and only having owned a Wii and a Game Boy Advance before, I’d never played a first-person shooter before. Those consoles do have shooters, but I was happy whiling away the hours with Pikachu, Mario, and the cast of the Harry Potter licensed games. This was just what shooters were like, to my mind. Levels of blasting baddies followed by Morse Code
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