User Reviews (1 - 11 of 38)

Show these reviews first:

Highest Rated
Lowest Rated Newest
Oldest Most Helpful
Least Helpful

Of Course You Realize This Means War

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 23 / 25
Date: February 16, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Call of Duty 3 is a really fun game with extremely realistic battle sequences. The downfall is that you can only play in single player mode unless you want to do/are set up for online play.

In single player mode, you're a first person shooter soldier on the frontline in WWII France. You arrive in camp, learn how to maneuver around, shoot your weapon & throw grenades (smoke and explosive). Then you're immediately strewn into various battle.

You start out as private Nichols (American) in the first chapter, but depending on which chapter you're in, you might also find yourself playing as Doyle (British), Cole (Canadian) or Boharter (Polish).

You fight you way through intense battle chapters (there are 14 chapters). You're mostly shooting whichever weapon you happen to have picked up (mostly from dead soldiers on the ground) along your objective route (a barrage of automatics and rifles). Your objectives that guide you along are updated regularly as you complete each task throughout each chapter. And some of those tasks are brutal.

No matter which chapter you're in you are mostly using your primary weapon (a rifle or machine gun), but you'll also need to engage in some exhilarating hand to hand combat, you'll need to guide tanks, fire mortars, row boats, drive jeeps, attach and arm explosives to enemy weapons, disarm booby traps and man other stationary weapons.

To me, all of the chapters are equally difficult. So if you figure out how to unlock them all like we did, there's no reason to play them chronologically (perhaps at least for consistency chapters 1 & 14 should be played respectively first and last).

So all in all Call of Duty 3 is intensely fun, but like I said earlier, the biggest drawback to this awesome game is that multiplayer mode is only available with online play. I'm sure that online play is spectacular for advanced players, but my kids and I 1) are not advanced, and 2) we'd rather just play amongst ourselves for now. I'm no software expert, but if multiplayer capability works online, some genius should have figured out that multiplayer would be equally fun with friends/family at the same console. Hence, that is the only reason why I've deducted a star from the overall rating.

A Worthy Member of the Call of Duty Series

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 11 / 11
Date: December 25, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Call of Duty 3 is the classic combat game of World War II. If you've seen Saving Private Ryan, you know what you're in for. Head-throbbing noise and death all around you.

The game goes for instant immersion. You're barely off on your first trip when shells are landing, guns are hammering in your ears and there is complete chaos. You have to be careful not to hit a friendly while you're blasting away at the bad guys. You can barely see what you're doing. Your friends drag you along when you're hurt, and the rain and smoke can blind you.

Call of Duty 3 does a great job of giving you a WWII environment with character. You're in destroyed homes with cans on the shelves and holes blown into bedroom walls. You can see the smoke drifting across the main street, the plunks of rain as it falls through the boards. Bodies collapse realistically. The PS3's high def graphics really shine here.

The controller also adds to the sense of immersion. When you want to whap someone in the head with your gun, you just give the controller a sharp twist. You also use the controller for other steering-related tasks as well.

How about the sound? Playing the Call of Duty series always gives me a headache after a while :) But that's the point - war wasn't fun. It's not about cool pop soundtracks while you blow away the enemies. It's about listening carefully for footsteps in the silence, and then having your eardrums shatter when the barrage rains down on you.

Gameplay is well done with multi-pathed missions that let you choose your objective, within the current mission's parameters. You can't just decide to turn around and head for Bermuda :). Your leaders tell you what your group needs to do - but then it's up to you how to get it done.

Even if you're an uber-soldier and whip through the main gameplay in a short period of time, there is still the online side, which can keep you going for *months*. The in-game play is only training for the real challenge, live human opponents. Of course, if you don't like online gameplay, there is certainly a wealth of gameplay to replay for quite a while before you start to get bored.

Highly recommended!

Finished the PS3 game in one day!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 10
Date: December 27, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Yup! This game is so much fun it glued me to my seat! I like the story line, the first person shooting, audio effects, the choice of guns, and the graphics. My favorite WWII gun is the Thompson, and boy, combined with the Springfield or the Garand, one can mix up on close combat or pure sniping. Just remember you have grenades too. Other tools include bazookas, tanks, jeeps, machine guns, etc. You can feel like Audie Murphy in his movie-biography To Hell and Back. The graphics is totally awesome. I used Playstation 3 on Sony LCD TV, and I would suggest to turn up your speakers (gaming or home theater). I stayed away from first person shooting games when I got headaches ages ago with JB 007 N64 after 15 - 20 minutes of gaming. Since then, I only tried it last year with Socom Fireteam Bravo on the PSP. I was curious how the COD3 graphics on the PS3 will affect me, and to my surprise, it allowed me to physically (and mentally) play it continuously until the end.

The only thing I would like to see on a COD is a score of how many kills, statistics, etc. to allow you to get medals, ranks, etc. and progress through the game. I also don't think that the game is 1080p. My TV shows 720p for COD whereas it shows 1080p when I put NBA07.

Overall, my first COD experience was great and lots of fun!

SC

Call of Duty 3: The Quest for Amazing Graphics

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 12 / 16
Date: November 29, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Anyone who has played and enjoyed previous installments of CofD will love this version as well. The graphics are probably the best on the PS3 out of the launch games (even got some updates over the 360 version). And the online modes are fun as well.

For those who might not be familiar with CofD games though, be warned. It can feel a bit too linear in places. I know they tried to open up the levels a bit more with this version, and they have succeded, but still feels a bit "on-rail" to me.

If you have a choice between the 360, PS3, and Wii versions this is definitely the one to get. Slightly improved graphics over the 360 version, and the Wii version omits online play for some reason.

A great place to start your PS3 experience

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 9 / 11
Date: December 18, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Call of Duty 3 (CoD3) is the next episode in the CoD series. There is still great WWII action to be had. This one deals with the push towards Paris and has you playing as American, British and Polish troops. Your old favorite weapons are still there: M1, Thompson, Sten, and all the German ones (MP30, FG, etc).

The graphics are great IF you have a HDTV AND a digital connection. When I got my PS3 I had only the basic connectivity. After getting an HDMI cable to get the job done, I saw some great graphics. Smoke grenades produce volumetric smoke, you can see great facial expressions on the faces of your comrades, good stuff. With the basic video cables, eh, it was PS2 worthy. Also worth noting is that the game's max resolution is 720p. The box says that it will run at 1080i, but check Activision's web site. They claim it's a misprint. Huh...

The new wireless controller is pretty neat. As another reviewer said, the wrist flick for a rifle butt strike is pretty neat. You also end up using the controller to fight in hand to hand combat, drive a jeep, paddle a boat and plant explosives. All of these actions require varying degrees of tilting, rotating or otherwise flailing the controller. It really does add something to the game. Freaked out my dog too. :-)

The training mission is the weakest of any of the other CoDs I've played. Not much there. Realistically, you'll figure out the 12 odd buttons as you go. It only took me a few hours of gameplay not to chuck a grenade when I wanted to duck. :-)

All in all, it seems to be a good game. "I like it" although I miss it not being on PC. It did freeze up on me once during a save profile routing, but after restarting the console, it continued from exactly where I left off. No big loss, so no big deal.

If you like more WWII goodness, give it a go! You won't be disappointed!

A word of warning

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: May 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The single player isn't bad, but it was the chance to go war with other gamers online that convinced me to buy this game. It was a big disappointment then when I found it nearly impossible to connect to an online game of any kind. Motorstorm, Resistance, both work fine with my internet connect and router, but this game had some major compatibility issues.

It doesn't affect everyone, but there are quite a few people with these problems, if the Playstation forums are any indication. Fixing it may require tinkering with a number of router settings, or there may be no fix at all, depending on which version of the PS3 you have.

Personally, I'll be exchanging this game as soon as I've beat the single player. I could probably get it working with some time and effort, but really with several other high quality multiplayer games out there that don't have these issues, why bother? If I have the urge for some online FPS carnage, guess I'll be going with Resistance for a while.

And the next time an Activision game comes out, I'll definately be renting instead of buying first.

Great Visuals for a first Gen Game on a new Platform

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: December 05, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Call of Duty 3 has some amazing visuals for being one of the first released games on the PS3. Each blade of grass blows individually in the wind...The gameplay is pretty much what you expect, different weapons to use, first person shooter with reconnaissance missions galore. This game does take advantage of the new motion sensing controller. You can steer your controller like a steering wheel to control a jeep, you can hit people with the butt of your gun with a quick flip of the wrist. All in all I would highly recommend this game.

Does not support 1080i

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 12 / 23
Date: January 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game specifically for 1080i resolution. The back of the game lists all the video modes it supports and 1080i is one of the modes listed for this game. My TV does not do 720p or 1080p but it does do 1080i, so I wanted a game that supports 1080i. (These are High-Defintion TV modes, for anyone confused.) So, I opened the game, loaded it into the ps3, and could not figure out how to get it to run in 1080i. It insisted on running in 480p mode (ps2 quality resolution!) So, I went to Activision's website and found this:

"Question
My TV only supports a 1080i HD resolution and the game keeps going back to 480p. Shouldn't the game run in 1080i?

Answer
Please be advised that a limited number of Call of Duty 3 game packages contain a misprint regarding support for 1080i resolution - it should state that Call of Duty 3 supports 720p. Future game packaging has been updated to reflect support for 720p resolution."

I would say that its much more than "a limited number." Every copy of this game that I've looked at lists this mode. I think that is pretty sleazy! Plus they don't offer anything for those of us that bought the game under the assumption that what they said is true, but is in fact false. Also, this is not the first time I've been disqusted by Activision.

Buy "Resistance, Fall of Man" instead...a much, much better game.

"Call of Duty 3" is just lame and does not measure-up to the next generation gaming console standards.

so good

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: March 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Finally, an awesome Playstation 3 game! Of course, you can probably find the same thing on other consoles, but this version is really good. The controls work great, the graphics are simply a delight to watch, and finding the best strategies to complete missions is always a lot of fun and contains a lot of replay value. If you happen to be one of the lucky people who owns a Playstation 3, this is the game you need to own to help take your mind off the fact you paid 500+ dollars for a video game console.

Good example of a Bad Port

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: June 16, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The game is not RFOM. It has many weird graphical glitches like heat waves running over the part of someone's arm. The missions rely on an endless supply of respawning enemy. There are cutscenes that are really just bs and cannot be avoided. Gameplay isn't all that great. It is a touchy bit of control mechanics. I've seen better with older Medal of honor titles. In fact, this one reminds me of that series with some stepped up graphics and many inherent flaws in the game. However, many times I feel I am playing a MOH level of graphics. Oh, the next generation stuff: I remember getting shot in a room with nobody in it. Apparently, the AI can see and shoot through walls.

People who point to this and say that the 360 is better is laughable because the porting just shows how bad a job they did. None of the problems inherent here are present with ROFM. It is clean and has none of the graphical weirdness that resulted here. So, people should not be pointing to ports and saying that one system is better than another.

What could be said for a game that is mass-produced/mass-targeted and hits every single console out there: Ps3, 360, Wii, Ps2. Is it on the DS and PSP also? It is reminiscent of a poor Hollywood sequel.

Review Page: 1 2 3 4 Next 

Actions