Call of Duty: World at War Veteran Difficulty Guide

Well, since I've been taking a while off from writing to get the Platinum trophy on Call of Duty: World at War, I thought I should at least try to give back by writing a collection of observations and tips for tackling the dreaded Veteran difficulty. Here they are, in no particular order.

1. You will be spammed with grenades, constantly. You will have to know when you should attempt to run over and throw a grenade back, and when to simply run away. The number of grenades on top of you will eventually become sadly comedic, as they completely surround you and still challenge you to try and survive. This is especially true when you hide behind cover to try and heal.

2. Veteran difficulty is all about sprinting and going prone behind cover. If you aren't behind cover, you get about three seconds to get that way before you get shot and killed.

3. Unfortunately, several parts of the game require you to move ahead before they stop generating more and more enemies. You'll run yourself out of ammo if you stay at a safe spot in these occasions, and you just have to notice this and run forwards at some point. This is probably even more frustrating than the grenades.

4. In other cases, moving forward may not be necessary, but can still be very helpful, as your allies tend to follow and clean up everything that's behind you. Sometimes a good strategy is to charge forward to any safe spot you can find just behind enemy lines so that your allies can do the hard work for you.

5. When you're an American, smoke grenades are your friend. They can help a ton with points where you have to charge forward. You really miss the smoke grenades when you get to a Russian level, because the Molotov Cocktails just aren't that good of a replacement.

6. You should know this, but clearly enemy weapons are much easier to find ammo for, even if they're not quite as good as guns.

7. If you're looking for the "Throw a Six and a Half" trophy which requires that you beat a level on Hardened or Veteran without dying, do it on Black Cats. It's so much easier than any of the others, if you just focus on destroying the PT boats and you don't worry about picking up survivors.