I thought it was a great game, I'm still playing the hell out of it online. The one thing Treyarch did was support it MUCH better than Infinity Ward supported Modern Warfare 1. They patched it's issues right away and are always tweaking it a little. IW took forever to introduce the first patch. Treyarch has also brought out 2 expansion/map packs in the same amount of time it took IW to bring out one of them. The main issue I have had with Call of Duty World at War since the beginning has been the weapon balance online. There is NO WAY that the MP40 should be the best gun in the game. In real life it was horribly inaccurate at distance but in the video game the thing is good from any range. Hell, I've sniped with it. They should have had better weapon balance. There is no point in running around with a single shot rifle because 50% of the people use Juggy and when you hit them with a rifle they have turned around and blasted you before you can relod. They should have made the single shot rifles a one shot kill if you hit anyone from the waist up even if they are using Juggy.
the weapon balance is exactly why I didn't buy it. I played the crap out of the beta but couldn't get over the weapon issues. CoD2 had the best weapon balance IMO. I could use the Kar98 against anyone.