Single player campaign pretty good, but as always, too short
352857
I really enjoyed the more realist graphics and game play, especially during the Pacific portion of the campaign, and liked the professional voice over acting by Kiefer Sutherland. The Soviet campaign was also better than previous attempts by Call of Duty or Medal of Honor, though I would have preferred something like a Chinese or Italian campaign instead. Calling it World at War and then really only covering very small portions of just 2 theaters of the war was a bit weak. I haven't tried the multi-player yet, but if there is still a crowd out there playing it, and the game play is challenging, then I might feel like it was more worth it. On the single player campaigns, some parts felt much too easy, while other scenarios seemed over the top difficult to the point of it didn't feel realistic anymore. I'm stretching to give it 4 stars, but it could have been better though I did really enjoy it over all.
99626
SoM is a decent game. It's a little short and you don't get to play as a Dwarf, so it's got that working against it.
4370627
I only rated it 3/5 stars simply because the game is good but lacks some things. The graphics are great, and the gameplay is flawless (little to no bugs, no lag time, good connection, speedy and flawless moving etc.) My main issue with the game is the campaign and amount of things to unlock. Weapons don't have a large choice, titans are also lacking with choices and weapons mainly.

The campaign was also too short to enjoy mainly because it wasn't a single player campaign with a great story line but rather multi-player that included players that had already beaten the campaign playing on the opposite team/faction. I found this to be a jab because I had though that the campaign would have been longer and more immersed than what we were given.

All in all only *** is what I give this game only because I believe that could have added more but then again it probably will but only through season pass which players will obviously have to shell out an additional 50.00 to gain access to more weapons, maps, characters, etc.

Hopefully EA see's this as I am not the only one and develop a more hands on approach to the game where we have more choices to what we're playing because I don't see this game as a long term game I would play everyday compared to a game such as Halo or FIFA just as an example.
977860
I'm becoming a little more critical of XBox 360 games lately, since most seem to lean towards multiplayer online platforms and I prefer single player games. Battlestations Midway marks the latest in the trend. That being said, this game is fun, (relatively) easy to get the hang of with excellent tutorials, beautiful graphics, and good replayability. However the single player campaign is relatively short-lived. The variety of controlling different ships, planes, and subs (and jumping back and forth between them) seems more confusing than it is. You can assign orders to a particular unit and the AI does a pretty good job on its own, leaving you free to focus elsewhere and not having to micromanage unless you want to. The interfaces are pretty easy, although I found flying to be more difficult than usual to do efficiently.

Much like Gears of War, Star Trek Legacy, and others, this game really shines in XBox Live online play. As a single player game, it's still fun to play the campaign, and the scenarios are a good time killer, but you may want to just rent it for a week and you can play it out.
3609604
I really don't want to go into too much detail, but this game is very fun to play , with alot of action , and very intelligent AI , and if it sounds too good to be true that's because it is. although, it has those great components the game is relativly short, and that sucks so much from a great game like this.
1877198
The single player game was way too short. I spent maybe 3-4 hours on it on the hardest mode. For $60 I could have seen several movies and been entertained longer. Booooo.
2232765
I just loved this game. It's amazing graphics and cut scenes really draw you into the battle. It is easy to master, although at first it looks complicated.  It was too short for my liking and followed a very set path. This is my biggest fault with the game. I would have prefered to have had to take the land province by province. Would have made for a longer game and given the player choice.  There was no politics really either. It would have been nice to have been able to send emissaries to other lords. Or used ninja.  But for all it's short comings I still had a blast playing it. Destroying an enemy unit and watching it's leader ride away in disgrace is alot of fun.  Is it worth a buy? Probobly not. But rent it for sure and have a look at the ps2 graphical possibilities.
1375943
campaign is not as  bad as people say it is. tho a bit shorter than expected.
1982417
Halo 3 ODST is a good game by many standards, but falls short in some key areas. The campaign gives a unique perspective to the Halo story, but is far too short. Even on legendary, many gamers will beat it in an afternoon or so. But, that is not why many people buy Halo. Halo is great for its online presence. While there is no unique multiplayer for this game, it does include a disc with all the Halo 3 maps. Other than that, Firefight was first introduced in this game. And I can tell you from experience (long afternoons with the friends - hours that I will never get back :) that it has its addictiveness. Overall, I would recommend this game to other Halo fans, but for the random gamer - stick to Reach.
1020485
Good game, but it was a little shorter than expected. Once you get to endgame, playing any of the side missions is no longer fun because you no longer have the bad guys coming after you and makes it way too easy.  Story line was interesting, never played any of the other Mafia games, so can't compare to the older versions.
4231724
Well, first off, let me say the game can be fun if you're into creating armies of Aliens, Predators and Marines, pitting them against your enemies and spending an hour on dragging around bodies, picking up trophies and fixing Atmospheric Processors. I like that kind of stuff, so it was fun for me. But too short. There are many levels in the game that the second time through can be beaten in fifteen minutes. The graphics are okay, control scheme simple to learn, and overall gameplay addicting. But the major flaw is in the fact it's too simple and repetitive. The environments stick close to same for each playable races, aliens are usually in a dank cave or jungle, humans in a building or mine, and Predators in a jungle or Alien hive. The races don't stick to close to the films they appear in, most of the 'new' species of Aliens are infact non-canon, meaning they aren't officially real in the films, but most don't car about that. Another thing is on going back through, there should be some sort of upgrade or cheat allowing you for a more free-play like game. That's not there, which I was a bit disappointed in. But overall, it was fun the first time through, replay value is slim and it was good while it lasted.
4390621
I really liked having multiple of my own custom builds in the party while still being able to have a cohort minority in the party.  The game still has a biased protagonist leader (the character you loaded into the module) like Baldur's Gate II (you have to hack through multiplayer, join with a single client and take control of some or all the slots), but unlike Baldur's gate II, the the leading protagonist isn't treated as anything special in the plot and all party members get the most of the epithet feats.  The teamwork feats are cool and all current party members get those too upon grant.

The dungeons are much smaller, which is a bummer.  I generally like the random roaving overland encounters (Ultima Exodus was like this) but I know other people don't.  But it is your 2nd biggest source of experience (quest rewards are 1st).  Also the in-party dialog is a lot less, and the game doesn't have companion influence, and very few things alter your alignment like in the original campaign.  The Merchant company, if you really develop it, will make you filthy rich and you cannot even come up with a way to spend all the money.  This requires most or all caravan routes setup, fully upgraded, with you helping out with the security by 'joining' the battles at the wagon trains as you see them get attacked going from point a to b (caravans do not get attacked or suffer damage off-screen), which can get very tedious.  The new crafting system is much easier to use, but you have to have the recipe to craft.  Can't just look it up online and craft without a recipe like in the OC.

The plot is a lot less demonic (not in praising them or having them win, just in glorfying their strength, power, and numbers) than the OC or MoTB.  It is more like playing regular-old D&D.  There is still a lot of statue/idol worshipping and one statue-idol that actually does stuff, for the christians.  Also the Forgotten Realms god of commerce, Waukeen, appears to have taken over all religious worship within the game, which signals that the love of money is being promoted big-time.

The party conversation is a sinch to put in your own modules.  The player-creaed party system isn't too bad, just have to set up a campaign with the built-in toolset plugin.  Your own module scan have whatever party size limits you want, and there is a separate player-created party size limit (set through a campaign property), and a larger total party limit (set through script).  The overland map is not as easy as it requires a lot of scripting to get things to work right.
4507511
The single player is fantastic albeit a bit short (5-7 hrs for one play through.) Multiplayer is a blast as well. This game is geared toward playing with others online so if that's not your cup of tea my recommendation would be to wait for the price to drop drastically before giving this a go. The short length of the campaign makes the single player beatable in a weekend easily.
3698548
Very great game. I really enjoyed the story line. The graphics were amazing. The gameplay was pretty fluid. It was somewhat difficult to control the Trico at times. For the most part I loved it. I was disappointed how short it was.
3290582
I really like this game, however, I thought the storyline ended too quickly.  I think I completed the storyline while only having 50% of the game completed.  I would have liked for it to pace the storyline by making you complete a certain percentage before the next main mission became available. I also agree with some of the other reviews that many of the missions seem repetitive and require a lot of stalking and eaves dropping which is more annoying than fun.

Luckily, the non-mission portion of the game is fun and entertaining so I'm still enjoying the game.
936577
Campaign is really good, but SHORT. Online play is standard COD. Cool maps. If you like COD you'll like it.
3172591
Bought this because I was looking for a split-screen cooperative FPS.  Well, it's those things.

But the campaign seems like it's 50% cut scenes, and about half that can't be skipped.  It is, in a word, maddening.  Blah, blah, blah, blah... I just want to shoot stuff.

I like the weapon build-outs, and I appreciate games like this that don't allow you to carry a Serious Sam sized arsenal.  It requires planning ahead.