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A solid wii launch title

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: December 25, 2006
Author: Amazon User

PROS:
- realistic motion with the wii remote. Never before has it felt so much like I'm holding a gun. Also, the vibration when shooting is spot-on.
- Good strategy, and incremental improvement from COD2. Lots of good run-and-hide shooting.
- varied action. Lots of good on-fight firefights, but also some fun driving and tank scenes as well..but not too much!
- Perfect difficulty. This COD really nailed difficulty. It's easy enough not to get frustratingly stuck in any one location, but difficult enough that you feel like you're really earning your advancements.

CONS:
- Only decent graphics. Doesn't seem like an upgrade from the COD2 graphics that I had on my computer.
- motion-sensitivity takes getting used to. Be prepared to turn the motion sensitivity way down from its defaults. It took about an hour of playing for me to get really good at the controls, but then it's effortless.
- No multiplayer! This is not a deal-breaker for me, but a bit disappointing nonetheless.
- Amateurish cutscenes. While the voice-acting is decent, the script is pretty awful, and while they try to make you care about the different characters and squads I never got into that even though I really wanted to.
- Not a huge step up over call of duty 2 in any particular aspect except the unique wii controls.

COD 3 is quite a bit of fun, and also manages to take advantage of the motion-sensitive controls. If you are a fan of the COD series, this is a must-have if you own a Wii. For others, rent it first and see if you like it. Just make sure to give the motion sensitive controls a chance - it's definitely not as easy to pick up as Wii sports, but is very rewarding once you have it down!

A Must Have for the Wii

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: December 26, 2006
Author: Amazon User

As a Wii owner, I must say, this game is thrilling. It's just plain fun. I myself was taken aback by the graphics (this is the best looking Wii game I know of), the incredibly complex envionments, and how much I got into playing. With the Wii remote, you'll no doubt be jumping around the room shooting here and there.
The downside? Well let me elaborate a bit on the controls. People say they stink. Truth is, they don't. The basic controls are fantastic, and it makes playing that much more fun. However, there are moments (and I mean just moments) in the game where you have to, say, wrestle a gun away from an enemy. But the game couldn't make it easier by showing you exactly what to do with your hands. Don't underestimate, really do what they tell you to do. Get into it!
It's a fantastic war game, it's really well put together, and for the Wii, it looks great. Don't listen to people who say this doesn't look good, because it's one of the very few must-have Wii games around so far.

Just finished...and now I miss it...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: April 20, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is fun. The Wii is for fun. Its not always about graphics(though there nice to look at). If you have yet to play a FPS on the Wii let this be you first. This game is a good game and add in the Wii's new control scheme and you have awesome. I will admit it takes a litle to get use to, but once you learn it sniping has never been so easy. At time thing get very intense and you feel as if your there. So of coure there are drawbacks...no multiplayer:(. I found things like throwing back a gernade difficult because of the buttons you have to push and how spred out they are...then again its probably not easy in real life. So in closing...

Game(out of 5)
graphics - 3(but its the Wii)
sound - 5
replay - 2
gameplay - 5
FUN FACTOR - 5

Overall : 4 1/2 of 5

#1 Best Game on the Wii Launch (Except Zelda)

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: November 24, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Call of Duty is the best game that you can get for the Wii with its launch titles. Except for Zelda TP, of course. The story line is incredibly well developed as you lead the ally forces in their liberation of France. The game utilizes all aspects of the systems capabilities as you use the unique motion sensing capabilities to drive a jeep, plant charges, aim a mortor, and even fire your own weapon. The graphics are not quite comparable to those of the PS3's or the 360's, but it never becomes an issure. This game is incredibly fun and I would strongly reccomend it anyone.

Great game, but beatable in a week or two

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: December 07, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I haven't played many call of duty games, but since I decided to get a Wii i figured my style of gameplay would open up new horizons for me.

Call of Duty is a great game, tastefully done to represent WWII's invasion of Normandy Beach. The gameplay and shooting is spectacular with the Wii. Also, the interactive touch of getting the player involved past the point of "just shooting" with a conventional controller has evolved with the "Wiimote". They could have made it a little more interactive, however, I must say that when a German soldier surprises me behind a wall, I do like the fight sequences.

When a soldier surprises you, you have to fend him off with a series of motions (which do get a little old -- they should have just made random series of motions to make it a little more difficult to figure out). Shooting along with the soundtrack made it a stressful situation, and when I get butterflies in my stomach from a video game that is always a good thing.

I finished the game in a little under a week, with heavy to moderate gameplay between work and play. A 2-3 hour stint on the Wii was considered a very long one. I would recommend buying then selling the game, or renting it out for a prolonged time.

fun!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: February 07, 2007
Author: Amazon User

great controls that are very responsive, entertaining cut scenes and good game-play. graphics are not great

Intense, Hard and Fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: November 28, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This is the first game I played when I brought home the system. It starts off with a bang and is relentless in keeping you on the edge of your seat. Intense fighting and awesome driving experiences make this game a must have. I have nothing negative to say about it.

Underwhelming

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: January 22, 2007
Author: Amazon User

We've all seen world war II games. Call of duty 1 and 2 were amazing. Call of duty 3 was more of the same and it just got worse with the Wii version. Here's why:
-The Wii remote has been able to make even the most medicore game a hit. examples include dragon ball z and excite truck. However that's only because the controls were able to work right. The controls on this game are frustrating. The nunchuck controler is used as your look finder and more often then not the cursor goes way off screen. So you end up spinning everywhere. What fun is a game if it doesn't control right?
-The graphics are game cube quality at best. Realistically, it's more like N64. You can see the polygons all over the screen and you don't get the feel of crispness that the 360 and PS3 offer.
-There's no online support like the other systems. I've said enough.
-On the upside, The game does have intense firefights. Sadly the poor controls and lame graphics cause this one upside to be quite underwhelming. Plus the lack of Online multiplayer causes the firefights to lose their replay value.
IF you must play the next installment of the series. Play it on one of the other systems.

Better than Old Gen but With a Few Flaws

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: December 27, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Call of Duty 3 for the Wii requires you to aim your gun, throw your grenades, and interact with your controllers. This makes the game very challenging.

It's important to realize that the Wii has lower quality graphics than the PS3 and XBox 360 - they did this on purpose to keep the price down. It also means that normally the Wii aims towards cartooney games where it doesn't matter at all. With Call of Duty 3, the game is a much more realistic, WWII shooter. You need precise visuals to be able to see your camo-covered enemy in amongst the rubble. Where this was a challenge in the PS3 version, it was bordering on extremely difficult on the Wii because of the pixels.

We love Call of Duty 3 in general - the open gameplay, the realistic environments, the storyline. We were really looking forward to the Wii controllers letting us "live" the experience. While some actions were pretty straightforward and became second nature after playing for a while, others were never quite right because of the Wii remote design. Buttons weren't within easy reach.

The sound was exactly the same high quality as on other platforms - thundering gunfire, screams and shouts of your friends and enemies. You really get immersed into the fog of war.

I also wonder why they didn't offer a widescreen version, or multi-play. The Wii obviously supports both modes, we've seen multiplay in other games and widescreen in other games. To have black bars down the left and right of the screen didn't make a lot of sense, when the game was obviously done widescreen for other platforms. And part of the whole fantastic play-for-months feature of the Call of Duty series is that the single play mode is just training for the real challenge of multi-play. Is it really hard to kill off the enemy soldiers when they keep coming in, one after the other, through the same door that they just saw their friends die in? If you snipe someone out of a spot, a friend will leap into the exact same spot to take his place. I longed for real humans to challenge me.

Still, if you're a shooter fan and only have a Wii, this is definitely better than previous-generation games. It's a step up, a step in the right direction. And, with this being a launch title, I cut them some slack for not quite having figured out the best ways to use the joystick and to hone the graphics.

Call of Duty Quality with Wii Controls

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 8
Date: February 13, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game lives up to the CoD name. That alone should describe the depth of the story and the dramatic plot driven encounters. Any true CoD fan will enjoy it. That, however, is the end of the similarity.

The controls on the Wii are horrendus, not to mention tiring. To look, turn, and aim you had to point the Wiimote at the screen. I used the Wiimote to the capacity in Twilight Princess and it worked great, but that was only because it was used sparingly. In CoD 3 your are requried to keep your hand pointing there. If you prop your arm up its not to bad, but your arm will become quite fatigued.

I think what I didnt like the most was that there was very little forgiveness in the game. If I point at a guy and my hand moves or shakes, which my hands do constantly, you miss. It is near impossible to actually kill someone. I made it through the levels but it wasn't easy and it wasn't fun.

Basically, if you can hold your arms straight out for hours on in and you have hawk like percision then this game is def for you. But if you can't or you have the smallest tremor in your hands then do yourself a favor and pass it on by.

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