​Similarity / Context

​With these two maps at hand during gameplay, you start to hear echoes of screams and pain inflicted in the area. Small set pieces remind you of a haunting memory of what was done to humanity over war merging with sick minds. My favorite part about Shadowed Throne was always running into zombies eating soldiers after opening doors, which later returned in Black Ops 6; it gave a sense of world building rather than the usual "am I the only one alive" we are used to. It has always shown a sense of vulnerability that that also could be your fate.

​Mechanics

​With World at War being a very bare-bones experience, the two maps also share a mechanic of super sprinters that can even outrun you. This has always been my favorite way of doing anti-camping while pushing the player to be more on the move and paying attention. But that's, of course, before even getting the Sword of Barbarossa.