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Call Of Duty Grabs Honor And Medals

Posted by simoniker on from the like-conker-but-serious dept.

Thanks to Telefragged for their review of Activision's World War II-themed PC FPS, Call Of Duty, which they seem to approve of, commenting that "the action and pacing... is done just right", though they point out your enjoyment depends on "whether you still enjoy WWII shooters" after so many predecessors, notably Medal Of Honor: Allied Assault, which Call Of Duty developers Infinity Ward also developed. GameSpy are extremely impressed, hailing Call Of Duty as "one of the best games of 2003", with "tons of amazing missions", alongside"solid [Quake 3-enhanced] tech and lots of white-knuckle combat." Finally, GameSpot are also effusive, hailing the shipping-now title as "an all-around excellent game that confidently challenges, head-on, all the other WWII-themed shooters out there and comes out on top."

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  1. I agree, but... by TheRoachMan · · Score: 4, Insightful
    I agree that MoHaa was/is a great game. But I played the 2 Call of Duty demo's, and it just gives me an adrenaline rush. It's great to be in a team of privates, one commander who shouts commands, some really intense firefighting going on, it's just great. What I missed in MoHaa were the all-out full-throttle combat situations. Allright you had the landing on Omaha beach, and some other intense moments, but most of the time you were playing the one-man army like in Return to Castle Wolfenstein.
    In Call of Duty you are there, together with 10 other soldiers, belly in the dirt, getting shelled and shot at, really good sound effects, people shouting, getting blown 10ft in the air, it's just so great. It's hard to put it into words...sorry.
    And I can sum up alot of things that blow my mind:
    • Soldiers climbing on top of a tank, throwing in a grenade and then running like hell.
    • Taking over a mounted machine gun and then using it to blast away 15 or 20 enemies.
    • Lobbing grenades into a foxhole, seeing the enemy try to crawl out, and then boom, he flies away.
    • Crawling down a field full of dead cows, using them as cover
    • Getting your vision blurred and you ears ringing from a nearby shell impact.
    I could go on but you just have to see it for yourself. Although it's built in an old engine (Q3), the game's a great experience. You should try it.