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Call of Duty Multiplayer Review

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: December 23, 2003
Author: Amazon User

The best WWII FPS you will see this year. Comments on COD Multiplayer:

Call of Duty multiplayer is the most fun you can have in front of your computer this year. Graphics/code/gameplay is like a supercharged Medal of Honor... much more realistic fighting. C.O.D. is actually more like a killer combat sim than a game.

The game's graphics are much improved over the MOH series, and the frame rate and smoothness of character movement are hugely improved, even though the Quake III engine is no longer cutting edge technology. There is no shortage of servers out there running Call of Duty, and plenty of them have excellent ping rates. Even in MP games with 50 (!) players, we experienced no lag or choppiness, running a 1.47Ghz Athlon with a 128MB G4. The game runs nearly flawlessly, with no crashes or dropouts (yet, anyway).

Environments are huge and wonderfully detailed, although there are still some glitches with clipping that, while not nearly as bad as Medal of Honor, could have been improved. There are about a dozen maps for multiplayer, from the expansive sniper hell of the Huertgen forest, to destroyed villages and of course the blasted winter cityscapes of the USSR.

In Multiplayer, the chaos of running street battle with dozens of players on both sides is just nuts. There is an uncanny feeling that while you aren't actually getting shot with real bullets, the game replicates the violence, confusion and chaos of actual combat. The "Kill Cam" is a devilishly entertaining feature, allowing a player to witness the last seconds of his online life through the viewpoint of the opponent who does him in. Death animations are a huge improvement over MOH, but not perfect...yet. Bullets slamming into concrete result in realistic geysers of dust, and kick up equally realistic rooster tails in the snow...Tracer rounds (including accurate rendition of trajectory) are satisfyingly real... Grenade explosions are bigger and better in every way. Panzerfausts cause large, impressive explosions, with lingering dust effects. Weapons of WWII are beautifully modelled in COD, from the M1 Garand and Moisin-Nagant sniper rifle to the BAR, MP40 and even the little-known FG42, a German automatic rifle similar to the BAR. Sounds in the game are incredibly well done - it's obvious the designers went to great lengths to model the sound environment accurately.

To say Call of Duty multiplayer is exciting is an incredible understatement. Trying desperately to gun down running Germans across the snowy streets of Stalingrad using a scoped Russian sniper rifle (all the while trying to avoid getting shot in return) has a thrilling quality that WWII FPS gamers will find absolutely addictive. Taking down running targets or other difficult shots (and succeeding) provides grim satisfaction of the first order. Unlike Medal of Honor, Call of Duty does integrate a red-mist effect when a bullet finds an enemy soldier, which is subtle yet at times almost sickeningly realistic.

Dislikes: Russian soldiers speak with accented English. This is puzzling, given the historical accuracy that was obviously given much attention in COD. Additionally, it would have been nice if the designers had programmed in some canned shouting/whistles/screaming of troops into the background noise -as it stands, much of the sound in Multiplayer is just constant shooting and grenade explosions (although that's probably most of what is heard in a real firefight anyway)- it would add to the realism to hear some of the other sounds of combat (i.e. soldiers)... That being said, preprogrammed vocal messages a la Medal of Honor are present and accounted for - it's just that most of the players in MP are too busy shooting or trying to avoid getting shot/blown up to spend much time talking. Another drawback - many COD online servers are infested with cheats. Let's hope that there is a fix for that in the making.

Other peeves: some of the bolt action rifles fire semi-automatically (??) and the view through the sniper scope is much restricted in COD, which was obviously done to more accurately simulate a real scope, but it is not as entertaining as the fuller-field scope view in MOH. A realistic touch is reticle wobble which improves as stance changes from standing, to crouching, to prone position.

We played Call of Duty multiplayer until 4 am the first night we had it. One can only imagine what the next generation of combat sims will be like if we can expect more and better games like Call of Duty. It looks gorgeous and gameplay is very, very good. Look forward to hour upon hour of totally enjoyable multiplayer action.

A word of advice for parents or younger players, this game is a pretty accurate simulation of WWII combat - it's violent in the extreme. (especially multiplayer) Just so you know that up front!

The best single player WWII experiance

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: December 31, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Call of Duty is like Medal of Honor except it is WAY better. No longer are you the only person doing the fighting, your teammates A.I. is excellent and the enemy's is aswell. The sounds in this game are incredibly good, this is most recognized in the Russian charge of Stalingrad which is an experiance much like Medal of Honors D-Day level. Online Multi-player is a little weak and if you are looking for mainly that you will probably want to play Battlefield 1942 instead.

Very Well Done

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: March 03, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game might just be the best first person shooter I have ever played. It is certainly up to the standards set by Medal of Honor. In fact, I would say that some of the levels are even more intense. In particular, the Russian campaign is not for the faint of heart.

I think it is fair to say that this game perfects the art of WW2 FPS games. There really isn't anything I would have done different if I made this game. Graphics are good. They have also paid attention to the sound, which makes the experience closer to a movie than it was in Medal of Honor. The scripting is great. So is the AI. In fact, this is the first game where I really thought that my squad-mates were of any help to me. Once or twice, one of them even picked up a hand granade that was thrown at us, and threw it back to the enemy before it exploded. Also, the save-game-system is great. You can save anywhere you want. Kudos to the developers.

On the downside, this is one of those games that makes you feel like you reached the end of the line. There certainly is a bit of a sense of sadness once you are through this game. It is just hard to imagine what's next. Better graphics? Maybe. But it isn't going to enhance gameplay very much. More intense battles? Hardly. Better scenarios? Not in a WW2 game, I don't think.

I am sure there will be better games, but I think as far as WW2 FPS games go, this is probably one of the last truely great ones that stand out. This is better than Medal of Honor, but not a huge leap forward. In fact, considering how old MOH is by now, then the improvement is surprisingly insignificant. Perhaps you might have even gotten more of a kick out of MOH when it originally released. I know I did.

Anyway: This is a great game. If you like first person shooters, you can not go wrong with this one.

Call of Duty is the difinitive WWII Game, period.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: August 01, 2004
Author: Amazon User

If Call of Duty was a person, it would be a king amongst men. What Call of Duty does so well, it does with style. There are 3 areas where Call of Duty truly shine.

1) Call of Duty is all about atmosphere - The game play of Call of Duty is well paced, the scripted events change the gameplay, the voice acting is top notch, the screen blur effect is perfect at capturing the high intensity moments, and the accuracy of the actual events allows a seemless tie in with WWII.

2) Call of Duty works well on most systems - Call of Duty has some nice graphics overall. Its not on the level of Far Cry or Splinter Cell, but it does push the dated Quake 3 engine to new heights. Even with all the graphical flare, I could still run this thing on a Geforce FX 5200 with no problems. As long as your computer is somewhat up to date, you'll have no problem getting it smooth as butter (ya hear that halo you chunky piece of junk!).

3) Call of Duty has smart AI - Now a days, gamers expect AI to run if being shot, duck behind cover, and make strategical menuvers and Call of Duty doesn't disappoint. Even your team mates work together.

With all the praise of Call of Duty, why not a 5 star rating? Call of duty is short. Like 4-8 hours short. Yeah, online makes up for it a little, but the modes are lacking. Also, the story shifts from the three different country perspectives without effectively moving the story. Its these short comming from making Call of Duty one of the best games ever. For now its still a must buy for anyone looking for THE WWII shooter. Metal of Honor, take a seat. Battle Field 1942, go away. The new King is Call of Duty!

One of the best games I have ever played.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: September 19, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Alot of other reviewers have used words such as incredible and amazing to describe Call Of Duty, and those words are well merrited. It's rare that a game comes along that is so well made, so engulfing, that you forget you're only playing a game. Not only has this game raised the bar for first person shooters, it's changed the way they're played completly.

While games such as "Medal Of Honor: Allied Assault" were well made and fun, they lacked the true experience of war. With Call Of Duty it's hard not to believe you're in the second world war. Whether you're leading a squad of American Paratroopers in an assault on a French town occupied by the Germans, a British SAS Commando attempting to hold the Pegasus Bridge, or leading Soviet Tanks in the blitz to Berlin you feel like you're living it. But what really makes the experience complete are your fellow soldiers, with some of the best friendly AI this gamer has ever seen. You wont have to babysit them because they can hold their own, but if you want to live you'd better work with them.

The multiplayer is good, while nothing earth shattering it can hold it's own and is a bit more on the realistic tip then Day Of Defeat or Battlefield 1942. However, with the recently released United Offensive expansion gamers will now be able to use tanks, jeeps and more in multiplayer modes, which will most likely change the gameplay for better.

You'll cringe as the bullets from a German MG-42 whiz past your head. Your hand will go numb from clutching your mouse too tight as you try to fend off dive-bombing Stukkas. Bust most of all, you'll have fun.

No one fights alone

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: June 20, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I'm admittedly not a huge PC game fan. And I'm even less of a first person shooter fan. The FPS genre of game seem to be inanely redundant. So naturally I was skeptical about Activision's Call of Duty. Fortunatley this is one game that not only breaks the some of the FPS shooter stigmas, it SHATTERS them.

In Call of Duty, you play as three different characters. Private Martin, a US Airborne Ranger, Private Evans with the British Special Air Services, and a Russian conscript named Alexi. Each character has thier own individual weapons according to thier nation of origin. You can also pick up weapons of fallen commrades and German soldiers so there's no shortage of firepower. You can also control such weapons as anti-tank rifles, machine guns, and anti-aircraft flak guns. Aside from the weapons, the thing that makes Call of Duty standout among games that it places you in the middle of some large scale battles. Activision and Infinity Ward have captured the chaos and the gritty realism that soldiers must have endured during the second World War. You'll have A.I. squad mates who will fight along your side and are an integral part of the action. There are various missions that do resemble most of what people would recognise from a standard first person shooter (walking around and arbitrarily blowing away random non-descript bad guys, reloading, picking up the occasional item and flipping a lever here and there). But those missions aren't the main focus. Also the controls are pretty much the same as any first person shooter out there. They can also be customised to fit the player's preferences.

The graphics on this game are very good. You really get the feeling that you are in war torn Europe. Bombed out buildings, trees, and burned out cars line dot the landscape. There was some doubt whether or not my computer would run it. But given my specs;

800mhz AMD Athlon processor
256 SDRAM
64mb Nvidia GeForce2/MX400 video card

I was able to run the game at pretty much it's default settings of 800x600 screen resolution with minimal slowdown. One thing I would recomend is updating your video card's drivers before installing the game. NVidia has a special setting in it's newest drivers specifically for Call of Duty, though I have not had to make any adjustments. The game is pretty big in size. You'll need 1.4 gigs of disc drive space over two discs and DirectX 9 which is included.

So why does Call of Duty get 4 stars and not 5 out of 5? Well it does lose a point for being a first person shooter. Albiet a VERY good first shooter.

Call of Duty should serve as a benchmark in the PC gaming world. It's been able to take a genre that has been essentially unchanged for the last few years and has managed to breathe new life into it. This game definitley falls into the "must play" column.

A Great Game to Get a Kid Interested in History

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: November 03, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I bought the game for my son because he was interested in the shooting and war aspects of the game. Soon, however, it became apparent that there was a lot more to Call of Duty. He played as an actual soldier in the American army, the British RAF, and in the Russian Army. He learned about various battles in WWII, as well as how to identify ships, planes, and tanks from the era. He also learned that war wasn't always glamourous and cool. The best thing that happened during the time he played this game was that he became motivated to go and look up the history behind the battles he simulated.

I'm sure not all kids will have this sort of motivation after playing this game, but the fact that he did impresses me. This is not just another shoot-the-enemy-for-points game. This is a game that allows people to get a taste of what the "greatest generation" experienced on the battle fields of Europe.

A New Look at an Old War

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: December 03, 2003
Author: Amazon User

With all of the WWII games afoot, I was hesitant to buy yet another WWII game. I was fully expecting a Medal of Honor clone and was pleasantly proven wrong. Call of Duty allows the player to dive into three different roles - US, British, and Soviet soldiers. Each country's segment has its own style, look, and rules of engagement (for example, Soviet soldiers who retreat are shot on sight!). What is great for hardened gamers like myself is that I could kick up the game to a more difficult and more appropriate level for my gaming ability. The accuracy of the settings and battles is amazing. The first Soviet mission environment looks like the computer graphic version of the film Enemy at the Gates. All the missions are varied and innovative. You'll never find yourself on a tedious mission, rushing through to get it over with. I experienced no bugs or crashes in the game, which is rare these days! Having other soldiers with you who actually contribute to the gameplay and watch your back was great! The only annoying thing was when my fellow soldiers would stand too close and I'd get killed because I couldn't duck out of the way. Move it, Elder! The only flaw I found with the game was that there wasn't an opportunity to really explore the environment. Also, I never came across any civilians. I suppose only a WWII historian would know how accurate that is. All in all, Call of Duty was amazing, refreshing, and fun.

Awesome

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: December 14, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Ok, first off, I would just like to say that this is probably the best and most realistic World War 2 game on the market today. Activision has had some hits and misses in the industry, but they have come through with flying colors on this one with the help of Infinity Ward. The single player game play is phenomenal; it's the best that I have ever played.

You start off with the 101st Airborne Division of the US Army. You drop in ahead of the main D-Day parachuting force to lay out a drop zone. The sight of the entire 101st Division dropping from above right next to you is absolutely exhilarating. You fight through many buildings until you come to the village of St. Mere Eglise. You and your squad must capture this village. For anyone who has ever seen Band of Brothers Part 2, you will love the Brecourt level. It is almost identical to the one in BoB and it looks incredibly awesome. After a few more missions, the United States part of the game is over.

The next campaign you are on involves the British 6th Airborne Division. The highlight of this stage is the defense of Pegasus Bridge. You and a handful of other British Special Forces must protect Pegasus Bridge at all costs. You encounter many enemy troops and about a half dozen Panzer tanks. Other noteworthy missions are the Eder Dam level and the sabotaging of the battleship Tirpitz, in which you and one other man have to take down many men in order to disable anti-radar mechanisms and doom it for allied destruction.

The last campaign for the game is one where you are a Russian conscript who is drafted for the battle of Stalingrad. That battle is truly amazing. You work your way up in the ranks by surviving missions and soon you are commander of a tank. The tank level gives you a Battlefield 1942 style tank war in which you fight off, with the help of very few other tanks, at least 20 other Nazi Panzer tanks. That mission was extremely exciting.

After you have completed the Russian campaign, you have 1 more mini-campaign to complete. Through this, you are given one more mission with each of the Allied countries. In the final mission of the game, you take the final Russian assault on Berlin and help carry a Russian flag up to the top of the capital building, which is a truly amazing experience.

This leaves us at the end of the single player game. I would just like to say that this game is just awesome; it makes you feel as though you are actually fighting the war alongside your comrades.

There are also intense multiplayer battles with up to 32 players and many hours of extended fun. The Dawnville map is so realistic and fun to play. This is now the only game I play, and with every word I write in this review makes me want to go play it.

Bottom line: This is, in my opinion, the best and most realistic WWII game out there, definitely not a waste of your money.

Much better than Medal of Honor

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: May 05, 2006
Author: Amazon User

When people got Medal of Honor Allied Assualt, they really got into the game and realized how good it was. Call of Duty is much better. You play as the Americans, British, and Russians. I have had this game for over a year, and I am still playing it. When I got it, I beat it on the second day, and started on the next dificulty level. I worked my way up to the hardest one, and it is an enirely diferent experience. It's replay value is incredible. On the hardest dificulty level, you die after only two or three shots, so you get more into the game than ever before. This is the best first person shooter that I have ever played.

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