Did I just rhyme that title? Wow. Anyways, as some of you may already know (and those who don't) Call of Duty WAW has a built in zombie mode that can only be accessed 1 of 2 ways; either by completing the single player on Veterans difficulty or to enter a code thru the console. You can also enjoy zombie mode if a friend has already unlocked it and invites you to try the co-oped mode of the game.
Before Call of Duty WAW, I had played the zombie mode created for Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare where basically everyone started off as a soldier and after a couple of minutes the computer would randomly select one player and automatically make him/her the first zombie in the game, his role? To add more zombies to his horde by killing the remaining soldiers. One by one the soldiers fall and turn zombies with limited attack abilities (no guns for zombies). There are only 3 ways to win, as a soldier you either beat the time clock and those still alive win, you are the last man standing and you get an awesome ray gun and beat the clock or all the soldiers die and the zombies win. All in all its a fun game, so long as you are a soldier, being a zombie sucks. LOL. Call of Duty 2 also has a zombie mode like the one on Call of Duty 4, they are pretty similar.
The zombie mode in Call of Duty WAW, however, is a bit different from those on COD 4 and COD2. Apart from being part of the game, zombie mode on COD WAW is not about soldiers turning into zombies but about a soldier or a group of soldiers in co-op mode (up to 4 players) inside a building doing everything within their power to keep Nazi Zombies from entering the building and killing them. The point is to survive as many rounds as possible will the zombies becoming faster, harder to kill and growing in numbers. Weapons and ammo can be found thru out the maps, on walls or inside boxes, for a price of course. Kill zombies pays in this game. The more you kill the better the chances of buying the better guns, including the desperately wanted ray gun which can mean the difference between dying within the first 15 rounds and going beyond round 30.
Recently a new set of zombie maps were released to add more fun to the game. Installing them was not exactly a piece of cake for one had to create a folder within a folder that was hidden and on top of that the maps were not set up properly on the zip file and many did not work right off the back. Then there was playing them, before playing each map, one had to run the mod for each map first and then you could either host it or play single player thru the options I mentioned above. Keep in mind that if you play as co-op, the other players must also run the mod for the same map or they will simply crash the game. Lousy concept but once you get use to it, it's no big deal.
The new maps are really cool, in many of them, rather than trying your luck at the "random weapon box" with the ? on them in the hopes of getting a good gun, some of the maps have the guns on the walls all over the map ready to be purchased, including the infamous ray gun which will set you back a mere $10,000 dollars . If you're lucky you wont spend nearly 1/4 as much on the random gun box but chances are you will so you may as well go straight to it.
So, for those of you who have not tried zombie mode yet, I recommend it. It gets you away from the normal and repetitive (but still great) Free-For-All, Team-Death-Match and Capture-The-Flag routine of the Call Of Duty series. And for those who have yet to try the new maps out, go to fileplanet.com and search for them. If you need help setting up the maps, feel free to visit my Clans forums http://www.brotherhood-clan.com/forums and get to know some really great people and awesome players. Ask for help, BraveStarr (which is me) can help out.
I highly recommend the zombie mode and the new maps. They are fun.