This Achievement in Call of Duty: WaW Earned Me 308 Purple Hearts 

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Ah, yes, COD WaW. A WWII game that realistically shows how often grenades were thrown in the real-life version of the war when you play on veteran difficulty.

WaW taught me 2 things: 1) There are some game designers/developers who just love to make their fanbase suffer for fun 2) The Germans had an unlimited supply of grenades, and had NFL QB’s throwing them with marksman levels of precision

You really have to appreciate the fact that Steiner was able to convert the Reichstag into a grenade factory the day before Dimitri got there. Truly one of the most dedicated soldiers of all time.

Downfall, heart of Reich, burn em out Years of life expectancy removed from my body because of these levels

As someone who has completed this, I feel your pain. Thankfully, I did when I was a teenager with literally nothing better to do.

"Burn em out" was the one that tested my patience & endurance on Veteran. Very long map and every grenade known to man is on that map with zero good cover.

What’s really worth thinking about is that within the next 5-10 years there won’t be anyone left who lived through it. My Grandpaw is 93 and he was 14 when it ended.

me and my friend played this so much as kids, all i remember from veteran mode was grenade spam was insane to the point it was just comical, you'd get chased away by one grenade only to walk into another retreat somewhere else just to have another 4 of them surround you on all sides lol

It's been over a decade since I went through WaW on Veteran. I had very clear memories of Heart of the Reich (for obvious reasons), but nothing else until now. This video brought back additional bad memories of Burn 'Em Out and Downfall but also good memories of Black Cats (that stage has such an epic soundtrack) and Blood & Iron (I love driving tanks!).

A Snamwich video is always a joy to watch.

I remember how brutal it was to get this achievement. The Russian mission before Seelow Heights is what broke me, as well as the USMC flame missions.

i remember telling my friends in school how punishing WaW is on veteran and no one believed me. the grenade spam is like nothing ive ever seen. also side note i feel bad for anyone who didnt experience WaW in its prime. easily a top 3 cod

I’ve played through all except Advanced warfare on veteran and I can confidently tell you that WaW is far and away the hardest on veteran. Payton Manning himself is cooking each grenade

I feel your pain with the final mortar on the mortar mission. It was atrociously hard

Dude this was the very first Platinum trophy I got back in my early gaming days. I just recently started watching you and you've inspired me to going back into Platinuming games. I'm fully supporting you and would love to become a streamer like you on similar challenging games!

WaW veteran was beyond frustrating, but I can say I saw it through.

Honestly respect to you for going through all these ridiculous achievements. I tried the Akumu one from TEW1 and I almost went insane and still haven't finished it

Been watching this channel since the Dead Space 2 video. It’s been wild to see how much the channel has grown. Your hard work and positive attitude is infectious, road to 1 million coming soon.

you've easily become one of my favorite RU-vidrs over the last month and you've helped me get way more into achievement hunting!!

Just FYI, I used to study coding for FPS game and work with some of them. The way player's hit box work in an older game like this one is when you crouch the code will simply reduce the size of your hit box and you will reduce back to smallest hit box when crawling on the ground. Basically player think they play as human but the code seen them as a literal box moving around. Developer usually balance this by just reduce your movement speed along with the hit box size. Well, I know that it actually work like that in real life too (Not all but most of it work). The lower your position is the less likely you will get shot.

I did this back in the day. I will never forget how frustrating some of these levels are . Kudos bud

Damn this just unlocked a memory I didn’t know I had. I need to see that prone only veteran run 👀

The image that pops in my mind when someone says “CoD World at World”, is a bottomless wicker basket filled with grenades

I’m the only Masochist in the world that actually enjoyed throwing back grenades constantly. Obviously some situations were impossible. But throwing it back and seeing enemies fly was actually satisfying. Like a baby version of today’s Parry obsession!

"you can see more dome then a blowjob convention" is genuinely one of the funniest sayings I've ever heard in my life. thank you for bringing this to my attention

This brings back memories of ten year old me playing through the campaign with a scratched disk that would crash at the first tank mission so it became a speedrun to get to that point.

Dang Snam, beating this game AGAIN on the hardest difficulty...JUST CUZ. Salute to your perseverance! Looking forward to the next achievement!

What a wonderful surprise to wake up to! Also congratulations on another sponsorship! It's been an absolute pleasure watching your channel grow.

I only found this channel about a week ago and already binged all the videos. They’re to good man.

Pure Gold!!! Thanx Snam!!! You have no idea how much I look forward to your videos and I always have your streams playing as a companion while I do my own Achievement hunting! Keep up the good work my friend!

Everytime I go back to play CoDWaW campaign I always play it on Veteran. I just get far more enjoyment out of it.

I miss the old days of simple but fun Call of Duty. I think this game was the one I put the most time in.

A fun fact: on last American mission, the enemies have terrible aim as it's implied the soldiers where regular civilians forced to fight. You can see it as some of them even have glasses on.

So glad I found your channel long ago - how you're not internally exploding doing some of these videos is far beyond me. Looking forward to the next one.

I honestly believe Relentless was a much harder mission than Heart of the Reich and Burn Em Out on veteran, had more trouble trying to pass that level with the broken checkpoints from start to finish and how brutally unforgiving the entire cave section is.

Beating Heart of the Reich on veteran is genuinely one of the most frustrating things I’ve ever done. It didn’t even feel satisfying to beat, totally understand the pain

People paid me to get them this achievement. Unreal.

I am so glad I found your channel. Your content is so entertaining and I really enjoy all of the effort you put into the videos with the editing. Also, the dedication to completing the achievements, despite all of your pain and suffering for hours on end, makes it THAT much better. Thank you Snam for the laughs ❤

Look at Snam BLOWING UP. 136K ALREADY?! Seems like you were at 6k when I subbed and I've blinked and here you are... well done man

I have played this game on veteran many times and I have also seen many people play this, but I have NEVER seen anyone kill the sniper in vendetta the way you did. GGs to that.

thank you for uploading snam, your videos really make my night. work has been horrendously stressful and the laughs really help 💕

Even though I only started watching you not that long ago, it’s crazy to see how much you’ve grown in that time. You’ve quickly become one of my faves on here and deserve every sub you get!

Snam, I discovered your channel at the start of the year and it's fast become my favourite subscription! WaW is my favourite CoD. I remember trying this when I was 15, and that's when I first truly experienced gamer rage. Keep it coming! Love the content!

I remember Veteran for this being awful and I feel like I'm suffering PTSD flashbacks to grenade spam watching this. I also remember Veteran in CoD2 being just as awful and bringing me to tears from frustration. On the very last level after hours of having a miserable time going through the level the game screwed me over horribly. One objective was you blow up a tank and then all I had to do was just walk to the end with my squadmates. Unfortunately I had blown the tank up on a section of road that had two metal fences on either side of it. That caused my dipshit squatmates to be unable to pathfind around the tank and reach the ending point. I was furious at this and the idea of having to redo the entire level so it caused me to cry in frustration which just pissed me off even more. I don't know how I did it but I managed to get those assholes passed the tank and I was able to finish the game and never have to deal with it again.

I haven’t seen anyone else notice the .935 second reference. That was god tier thank you snamwiches.

The sigh at 18:25 and the fact that beating the mission didn't even feel satisfying... they really wanted you to experience that war is hell hahaha

Swear whenever the day is really slow I watch your videos and my day flies because I really enjoy your videos Snam. Hope you make a million more

I have to be honest. Your positivity and attitude is what brought me here and even though I've been watching you for maybe 2-3 days, I'm watching everything you post and I'm having a blast! Keep at it, Mr. Positive ❤️

I still get so excited when one of your videos comes out. They definitely brighten the days haha.

Nice you got sponsored. Love to see you grow. Saw you since the first video. It is really rare that the quality from the start is ducking high and you still keep it up and improve. Look forward to every video. F I pay my respect to you.

"Can we go up this way?"...."Of course we can...". Fucking hilarious. And that moment was the real calm before the storm. Great content, bud. Brings me back to my "completionist" days.

This achievement was hell, But I love it ironically. Not only has this mode scarred me for life, now I can't play War at War on anything but Veteran.

Hey Snam! How about you do the "I CHOSE THE IMPOSSIBLE" achievement from Bioshock? You must end the game without dying on the ultimate hard mode.

I stopped this challenge when I got the infinitely spawning grenades on the final American mission. They'd hit the ground and immediately explode. Took it as a sign that the gods didn't want me to beat it lol

Love these vids man, glad to see your channel grow.

as someone who got this achievement i just want to say that this game on veteran is a nightmare that will haunt me for all time. Grenades, Grenades everywhere.

"Burn 'em out" reminds me of the "Takedown" in the original modern warfare 2...Militia members constantly spawning around every corner and being on roof tops...pain...just pain.

Snamwhiches, you are by favorite my favorite RU-vidr on the platform. Your challenges are so fun to watch! I’ve re watched all your videos at least 3 times. Also it’s fun to watch you suffer 😂

Did this in 08/09 when it came out and everypart of your video was still burned into my memory like it was yesterday. Has to be the hardest campaign

Did veteran for my first playthrough, I ended up finishing it, and became an amazing sigma male.

I hope you're feeling a little better knowing that this video is done ❤️

You got no idea how much I love these videos. Keep up thr good work man 👌🏾

I am proud to say I beat WAW on Veteran and "Keep your heads up and we'll get through this in three days."-Sgt.Roebuck

Oh god! This brings back memories! This was one of my first platinums as a kid. I felt so proud when I finally got it. Those grenades!

A hacker gave me maximum prestige 🥵

37:32 gave me War Flashbacks to my Veteren playthrough. Thank you for that.

Ahh yes, I remember my first and last try on veteran for WAW lolol it lasted up until them grenades started coming nonstop. Screen staying red etc. good video lol I hated this campaign but LOVED it at the same time.

I got rejected by my crush today but this video is here to comfort me

A bit of future advice: the more impossible challenges you do the more difficult a challenge needs to be to entertain you, so be careful with the challenges.

Good work on the play through! Vet on WaW is insane, I too remember my pain as if I was really there. Great Game. Great Video.

Hey man first time on your channel. What a great video filled with nostalgia of my childhood playing this game and mw2 for hours on end after school. Subbed!!

The Nein minutes cooking time joke got me real good.

I beat this on PC way back in the day. Two moments that I still remember is that cave in the Pacfic mission where you have to clear the mortars (same one he got stuck in for a bit) and the final causeway. In the end that causeway is just luck of not getting grenade-ed to oblivion.

Amazing, as always honestly, still can't believe how long the bet war went on for while you suffered with that trench gun, but it sure made great content!

Yessss! I've been waiting so long for this video to come out!!

27:49 You’re actually kinda on point. CoD WAW tried to portray towards the end of the war, the Axis started conscripting the disabled (or people that weren’t previously considered ‘fit’ to serve in the military) due to low man power. So them either being badly trained or having bad vision (you can see the soldiers starting to have glasses) is actually in the game. Just so we are clear. I loved this game before it was considered good. I still remember the time when everyone said that WaW was the worst CoD game there was - who’s laughing now.

Yessirrrrrrrr another video by the legendary Snams! Always appreciate the content and editing my guy

Great game and loved it online back in the day. Great video as always Snam!

so for some reason if i remember correctly is that in that mission at the 28:00 mark the AI was made to kill not just the player but specific soldiers in your troop, if you watch your soldiers they will die and respond to then die again to simulate war. but for some reason one of the NPCs that is on the AI target list is immortal and can't die similar to npcs like reznov specifically (character will never die but will get shot at sometimes but not as much as the killable ones.) so basically speaking, the AI targets the one "killable" ai you have only for it to be immortal and for some reason won't change targets until that one is dead, otherwise basically there is a infinite meat shield.

Letssss gooooo a rare Snamwiches video 😂 can’t believe you got all achievements on this game. Respect.

i completed on veteran when this game came out - decided many years later to show it to my son. i never made it past the first level on veteran - was not going to suffer through that again

I recently went back to platinum this game. It was crazy to see multiplayer still has players!

I do t usually look forward to gaming channel uploads but this man is just so top tier

Tremendous Snam, keep up the great work as always

Not sure how smart it is for me to admit this out loud but i used to accept Microsoft points to beat the campaign on veteran mode way back in thr day. After the 10th time you really develop a speed run and all the shortcuts. Activating the next wave and cut scenes are you best friend. 😅😅

you did it Mason! You did what I could not!

Veteran campaign achievements are a total pain, but honestly, the pain is kinda fun because at a certain point you just shrug. Death ceases to have meaning. I definitely hit that point in Black Ops in Khe Sanh going down the hill.

Your videos are always great and this one was amazing as well. Hopefully it gets the love it deserves

Beating this on veteran while achievement hunting some of the hardest achievements is still one my my biggest accomplishments as sad as it may sound but I felt proud when I shot that general with the pistol I restarted that checkpoint so many times over two days. The nade spam was so real

This was one of the biggest reliefs getting Vet done on this my god! That one trench hallway i will remember forever.

The one good thing about veteran difficulty is that it takes away the "you died from a grenade" text

great stuff as always, keep up the good work

I've played through and completed every COD from Call Of Duty II to Advanced Warfare on Veteran difficulty, and WaW was the hardest no contest.

Glad to see another vid snam keep up the hunting

I got stuck on the Burn em Out cave/3rd mortar pit for 2 months. Had memorized where the enemies spawned, how much ammo for every available gun, and what spots triggered enemies to spawn. Even the last 2 missions had nothing on the torture of pushing that last cave

Dude, I haven't even gotten off the first mission in COD MW3 and BO1 on veteran yet lol. I'm always impressed with how you do these runs. Mama didn't raise no quitter, but damn these levels make me rethink sometimes: "Mama should've raised someone who knows when to quit." Currently I'm training. Able to get to round 34 solo on MW3 Survival though.

I remember doing this a year or two after the game was released. I remember that I had to basically crawl through a lot of the levels and hope I could get to the next checkpoint. It took 2ish day, lots of deaths and grenades, but I finally finished.

getting that achievement is always fun to try

A deeply buried and nearly forgotten trauma was awakened from this absolute nightmare... A piece of my soul that died surfaced in horror as the agony it endured from this resurfaced....