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Congratulations Activision and Team Spark on an amazing game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 105 / 113
Date: November 25, 2004
Author: Amazon User

After being totaly immersed in Call of Duty and United Offensive on the PC I knew from Finest Hour's anouncment that I had to have it. First let me tell you that this is a completley new game. It's not a PC port but it does manage to incorporate familiar gameplay and levels into this jaw droping experience. In the first level you play as Alexander Solkovo, who is throw into the battle of Stalingrad with only a handful of ammo. Like the PC game, you eventualy get a rifle to use that ammo but in the begining of the level you have all that you can do to follow your sargent up the hill into machine gun fire. I would like to compare this to the D-Day scene in Medal of Honor Frontline, but that just wouldn't be fair. This game crushes Frontline and although I'll still play Frontline (an incredibly awesome game)This is what is owning my PS2 right now. After Stalingrad you will shift through roles, playing as a Russia female sniper, a Russian tank commander, a British PPA commando, a sargent with the Big Red 1, and a tank sargent in Belgium. The whole storyline is very cool and Finest Hour truely does capture the gritty cinimatic feel of WWII that most games don't. Some might need to remember that this game isn't trying to recreate the feel of the PC game. It's trying to recreate the feel of war and although I've never been in war, I'd say this game does a darn good job. Some people complain the controls are hard to get use to but I'm guessing thats because they are a bunch of hardcore PC gamers (nothing wrong with that) who aren't as good at adapting to a controller layout. Now like I said before, I own Frontline and many other FPS for PS2 and I caught on to these controls in no time. In fact, this game might have some of the best First Person Shooting controls I've ever used (well, next to Halo) With controls aside, lets move on to graphics. Thats always a fun part. They are simply amazing! Each character has around 1500 different animations thay can perform and trust me, they do perform. Really, graphics aren't an issue. The framerate in the game will make FPS fans happy. You can be mowing down twenty enemies and the frame rate doesn't drop at all. Which brings me to my next point. The arsenal rocks. It is smaller than the PC games but now you can run around firing MG42s and 30cal. machine guns without having to deploy them. This is truely awesome. But here is what Finest Hour is missing out on, the M1 carbine, the STG 44, a couple others and strangley, pistols aren't any where to be had. So when your two big guns run out, you must rely on melee attacks. The game, oddly enough, works well without pistols. Only after finishing the game did I realize, "Hey, I never used a pistol." but then I said "Hey, I never needed one!" Now, how about gameplay. The game has wide variety of ways to accomplish each mission (something Rising Sun promised but kind of failed with) And really, almost every time you play is different. With a mixture of funny and down right awesome cheat codes this game will keep you entertained for a long time. But do understand the replay value of this game doesn't relay on the cheats but they are great. What more can I say when it comes to performance and presentation... THIS GAME ROCKS!

Now, the not so good. What game doesn't have glitches? If some one can tell me one, their lying! So don't fear when I tell you this game has some minor glitches. Their nothing most FPS don't have (floating guns) But don't worry, more than likely you won't even notice it. The few glitches their are take place in the really big battles, so a couple of floating guns shouldn't bother you or even catch your eye. Another thing is that the British campaign seems a bit short lived but it is packed with action and the jeep chase more than compensates for a shorter campaign. Also a little more detail could have been paid to bullet holes in the walls. They aren't that good looking but like the floating guns, you probaly won't care. Also, Where is the multiplayer? Sure, you can go online with this game but what about split screen four player. Hopefully they will put it in the next game.

How about a quick recap.

Pros:
Great Graphics
Wonderful musical score
Intense gameplay that doesn't drop a frame
Lots of replay value

Cons:
A couple of tiny glitches that don't affect gameplay at all
The British Campaign is shorter than the others
No multiplayer with out online connection

So all in all Activision and Spark have done a wonderful job on Finest Hour and this in one game any FPS fan or World War II buff should not be without!

AWSOME but not too AWSOME

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 21 / 33
Date: November 26, 2004
Author: Amazon User

aww man were do i start, well ive been waiting for this game FOREVER and when i finnally got it i was so exited. Well let me start off by saying that the campains in this game are EPIC like the invasion of stalingrad the part on the boat with commissar talking to the soldiers as stukas bomb and strafe there boat sent a chill down my spine. And despite the fact that i beat the game the day before thanksgiving just a couple days after i got the thing this game is a real [...] to beat its like you make a wrong move and POW!!! your liyin dead on the ground. ShellShock in this game is also cool if you get in the path of a stray artillery shell when it hits everything goes slow. The British campain is too short with it having only 4 missions but its hard i loved the russian campain but the one that really pissed me off was the american missions. Well anyway i wouldint go without this game its fun,challenging, and full of special fetures so this game IS A MUST HAVE TITLE.

Nice game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 17 / 21
Date: December 19, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I am a big fan of MOH but when I heard about this game I had to get it. The first thing I did whene I got home was stick it in. When the game starts you are with a bunch of other Russian comarads in a boat. The two things that surprised me the most is that: You dont get a rifle untill half way through the first levle, and that you can lie on your stomach and crawl! As the game goes on you get to be a female sniper and a tank comander. In the British levles you stay the same person. Then last but not least you get to play as an american soldier named Chuck Walker and a blach tank comander named Sam Rivers for a levle. All in all it a fine game though some levles are a bit hard. I reccomend this gameand MEDAL OF HONOR to people who like war games and also for those who like strategy games.

An Excellent World War II Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 13 / 16
Date: May 15, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Call of Duty: Finest Hour is an excellent first-person shooter game. One excellent aspect about the game is that you play the game in three different perspectives: Russian, British, and American. In each campaign, you experience what is was like to fight the Germans in different settings (Stalingrad, North Africa, and Belgium). The individual missions usually have many soldiers (Axis and Allie) on the battlefield, which makes you fell like you are actually there. The controls in the game are really basic, which makes the game more enjoyable. The only major problem is the game can not be played in mulitplayer format without an internet connection. Overall, this is one of the best World War II first-person shooters available today. Anyone who has this game, on PS2 or Xbox, will eagerly await the sequel.

Call of Duty: Finest Hour is the best war game ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 10 / 18
Date: December 06, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Out of all the war games ever made, Call of Duty: Finest Hour is the best war game that no one could imagine how good it really is. It gives you real live war events from the past wars. I would put this on your Christmas list because you don't want to miss actin packed game. This game is so realistic, it would kill Medal of Honor and abd Ghost Recon. Those are good games but not even close as good as Call of Duty. People just by the game and you will thank me later.

Was looking forward to it

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 11
Date: December 01, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Ever since i saw the trailer, i couldn't get this game out of my head, because it actually is the only war game worth playing. No diss to Meadal of Honor or Battlefield, but Call of Duty: Finest Hour is a much more mature, authentic and all around great war experience. Nobody likes the blocky graphics seen everywhere these days, and this game hardly has it. The controls are easy to get over, and although this is a hard game, it still is more authentic.

This is the only war game you should think of buying, it's a guarantee you'll like this, and try playing it onlne.

crazy game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 11
Date: November 28, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is awsome. I was playing it for 3 hours last night and it is non stop action. I love it. Every time you turn some one is shooting at you. I love the guns and the way that you can just pick them up on the ground from dead soldiers. I also think snipin is very fun it is cool scoping in on people and just shooting them down. If you like first person shooters buy this game. Even if you have never played a war game you will still love the action. Get this game.

A Fantastic Game but very hard to beat

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 8
Date: January 09, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This is the best game i have ever played every single thing you can think of is in the game and is good the only thing wrong is it is a very hard game to beat i am still only on the 4th mission you need to be a total gamer to beat this game but you can still beat it if not you just need practice i recomened you buy this game it is the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Finally it's on the PS2

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 13
Date: November 25, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I just rented this yesterday and I'm already loving it. You can play as Russian, British, and American soldiers (note: The way I put it is the order you play as them). Here is the good and bads.

Good:
- Great Graphics
- Great Sound Effects
- Lots of Guns
- Time slows-down when you get shot or blown-up
- Great A.I.

Bad:
- No Blood
- No pistols in the beginning(maybe there are no pistols at all)
- Some missions are Easy, while others are Hard

You should try it out first to see if you like it, then go buy it. Well I'm going to play it right now so bye.

A lot of fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: November 23, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Call of Duty: Finest Hour is a really good game exept for a few things like You cant play multiplayer without being online, during a mission you cant save and the checkpoints are very hard to get to, too many of the missions wants you to guard something that is almost impossible to and your "comrades" are very bad at fighting and usally dont help you in a mission. The good things are the grafics are really good, you can fight as American, British and Russian soldiers, you can pick up weapons from dead soldiers, its a lot of fun, theres a lot of weapons and in some missions you can drive a tank. If you like Medal of Honor you should buy this game.

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