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We have done all this too many times before

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 8
Date: December 12, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Activision have never managed to recapture the magic that was call of duty, and they have fallen way short of the mark with big red one.
Graphically it is very poor, with water effects that would be more at home on a c64 than a state of the art console, the models are blocky and the graphics mapping is horrendous. Getting caught on bits of scenery that you are nowhere near is incredibly frustrating. The combat feels very old and second hand, and the sense of deja vu is overwhelming, especially the level when you fly as a b17 gunner. It is excactly the same level as the b17 gunner in the call of duty expansion pack. When you drive the tank, the turret no longer levels with the hull, you actually have to steer both hull and turret in the same direction to see where you are going.
But the worst feature of this game is the controller sensitivity, it is so badly mapped it makes even simple set piece combat a long and repetitive chore. To activisions hype they bombed on about the fact you would get to know your platoon as individuals and be upset when they died. Sadly they have even fallen way short on this simple task. I still have not a clue who is in my platoon or what they do, and I only know they have died because of the piece of sombre music that plays when they bite the bullet. Which leads to a useful tip - you can club soldiers on your own side to death and not lose the mission for friendly fire, as long as they are not soldiers from your platoon. This is handy as your own soldiers block your line of fire, or hem you in when trying to run from a german grenade, so one quick bash, and you can save yourself.
To be honest I really recommend that you avoid this game because it looks and plays a lot worse than the original call of duty, and it really does feel dated even tho it is a brand new release

There are better games...

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: January 23, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game is just a rehashing of the older World War II shooters. It is much like the first Call of Duty, but I think I liked that version better, as you are able to move freely around in an environment. This allows you to find alternative ways to attacking an enemy, thus you have options like flanking, instead of walking on the path they want you to go on. I would suggest instead of this game, Medal of Honor: European Assault, or if you've got the money to burn, buy an Xbox 360 and Call of Duty 2. This version (it is not the same as Big Red One) is much more successful. I'm not talking about graphics, or other petty things, just the way the game was laid out, with freedom to go where you want; it was much better and very cool. Why they could not have made that version for the older systems does not make sense to me.
So if you are really interested in Call of Duty: Big Red One, I'd suggest renting it first (and maybe with Medal of Honor European Assault to compare) to see what you think of it before spending $40 on it.

Not very good

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 8
Date: November 29, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Maybe I'm spoiled by Medal of Honor: European Assualt but I thought this game was pretty lame. Graphics don't stack up and movement is sometimes limited by "junk" in the way. Also, enemy soldiers are not set apart as well as they should be. In MOH, the weapon sights have a much better graphic where it turns red when an enemy is "scoped". Here, you just hope you've got him sighted and shoot away.

Bore

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: June 01, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Hey Listen this is a stupid game and killing just germans and if u really want a good game that doesnt bite u in the rear end like it did me rite after i bought it then get Medal Of Honor Frontline!!!!!

It's ok.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: November 27, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I think call of duty The big red one is an average game. It's good and all with the more things they added, but sucks that I beat it in six days. There's only 13 levels and a proloue and I played it only two hours a day.

Rent it. . .

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 15 / 18
Date: November 06, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game yesterday, today I got to the last chapter, I beat the game. I loved it, very, very good graphics, good storyline, good everything. But just knowing that I spent a lot of money on this game, and then beating the game in less than 8 hours, made me mad, I shouldn't have bought it. Save some money, and rent it. If you have a lot of money and don't mind spending it go ahead and buy it.
Enjoy the war.

Fun but very short

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: February 21, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This is one of the most enjoyable games I've ever played and the best loking WWII shooter for the Cube. In fact this is the best game about WWII, I played this with my grampa who served in this war and he said it brought back alot of memories. He wasn't in the Big Red One but he became friends with someone who did after the war. Anyways this game is very fun but is way to short even when you set the difficulty to hard. But there's absolutly no reason to rent this just by it, even if they've been making WWII shooters longer than the war even lasted.

Call of Duty II

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: March 03, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game was awsome! I really felt like I was in the game with the first person view. What I really liked was the the bonus material. If you love to learn about war then check it out because it gives you descriptions of the weapons and other war materials. There were a few glithes and they were major. Like when I had to destroy flak 88s in small pits at Mons. After I set the TNT when I tried to get out... I GOT STUCK!!! The explosion doesn't kill you so the only solution is to take a grenade and hold it in your hand and then you die from that explosion. Also, this only happened once and will probably happen in any other game is that at Piano Lupo (A Level)I fell through the solid ground and I couldn't even use a grenade to kill myself. And in a mission on a plane when you get to a certain point the game freezes and I have to restart it but don't fear it doesn't do that all the time. Other than that I loooooved the weapons. You get maybe over 20 different weapons and could pick up an enemy's gun and get ammo from other guns of the same type. I really enjoyed this game!

great game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: November 30, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Call of Duty 2: Big Red One is a great game. The graphics are a lot better than some of the Medal of Honor games, but vary from system to system. The graphics on GC are about 80% as good as on X-Box, but that's great for GC, as most games are not even 50% as good. I reccomend this game for anyone who loves shooters.

Fun, but dissapointed.................

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: January 16, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is a great game. I had an easy time beating it, for I use full-auto rifles throughout the game. The only dissapointment: the levels.There should have been more,even if the war ends by lvl.13, (The Bulge) they could have made more levels between them. Great for ages 8-12, though I recomend Medal of Honor, because you can play multi-player which I found fun.

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