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A jarring, but good console version of the PC smash.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: May 21, 2005
Author: Amazon User

When I first started this game, it took me a little by surprise, not because of the title music(even though it IS not very Call of Duty-ish), but the sights and sounds. Unlike the original, the Red Army dudes in your ride to the pile of bricks and fire, Stalingrad, are sitting in a shrimpy little rowboat instead of the motorboat in CoD. But after you get off your shrimp-boat, it's very similar to CoD. You get paired up with a sergeant again, and those mean little Commissar jerks are back, with their TT33 pistol loaded for traitors. This is about the only in-game pistol you will see that actually fires. There is a loading screen 45. and a revolver, but no sidearms. The charge is a lot like the first one, with poor guys getting mowed down by the Wehrmacht MG42's facing them. There is some hilarious moments in this, though. Once there was a bug that had an artillery shell blast some poor Russian into the city.
Contrary to many people's reviews, this is a very good game. some people complain about the smudgy and blotched graphics. Well, why don't you go and charge up a riverbank with dirt getting thrown around? The missions are based around the Soviets in Stalingrad and Takushya airfield, British PPA commandoes in Africa, (much better than the sabotage missions in CoD), and then the Big Red 1 in the USA capture of Aachen, then a short detour to the all-black 761st Black Panthers tank battalion in the Battle of the Buldge. The big finale, well you'll have to find out. The variety of characters is huge. There's female sniper Tanya Pavlovna, who's bent on revenge on the Germans for her home and family, ACDC singer-voiced nice guy Edward Carlyle, and grizzled vetrean Chuck Walker, who was in North Africa, Sicily, and D-Day. That is just three of 6 characters, who have also givin a LOT more personality. I hate the "Your character doesn't have a body and can't speak" thing.
The sound is great. The voice-overs are well done (except for "MY BOOTS ARE LEAKING" Benny Church). The music is unforgettable, it will seriously throw "Oops I Did it Again" out of your mind. Very well done choir and orchestra with the composer who does MoH and The Incredibles. The weapon sounds are very satisfying. Among the best are the Lee-Enfield and "Oh wait I need to hear that again" MG42. Very good game bashed because it's so different.

Though it's short, Call of Duty's realistic in-the-war feel and sheer challenge will appeal to WWII fans and veterans.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: December 26, 2006
Author: Amazon User

So, what is Call of Duty?
Call of Duty is a game based on World War 2.

What do you do in the game?
The gameplay is very fun. You can use plenty of weapons which are all different, but equal. You can snipe, man turrets, search buildings, crouch, aim, jump. But the presentation ties it together nicely. Sometimes you may get stuck due to lousy instruction, but most of the time, you should be on key.

How hard is this game?
You can play on 3 different difficulties. Easy. Medium. Hard. Even on easy, the game can get somewhat difficult. The challenge is what keeps the player playing this game and it doesn't frustrate you like in other games.

How are the graphics?
Amazing. They aren't that high def, but the graphics create surroundings that make it feel like you are actually in the war. And that is what seperates it from most games.

How is the sound?
Great. It uses Dolby Pro Logic II. Everything on key. Without sound, it wouldn't be a war.

How long is it?
Short, I admit. It is only a couple hours long. But it's difficulty and fun gameplay will leave you coming back for more. Too bad Gamecube didn't give this online play.

Any unlockables?
Some cheats. Movies. Photos. The small stuff.

Who do you reccomend owning the game?
WWII veterans who want to look back at the wars. FPS fans who want a tense experience.
War/weapon fanatics.

Pros: Realistic in-the-war presentation ; enjoyable gameplay ; plenty of weapons to choose from and use ; Challenging game.

Cons: Slow motion moments are annoying ; No multiplayer or online play ; Short single player.

AWESOME

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 9
Date: November 09, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game was the best game. The Nazies are pretty challenging. The level that is one of my favorites is when you are trying to take back the Red Square. THe sounds and graphics are great. The guns are great and my favorite is PPSH or the MG42 I dont know, but they are both great.The best part of the game is when you are Soviet and you are in a tank. I highly recomened this game.

The Germans had the best gear....

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 8 / 11
Date: March 18, 2006
Author: Amazon User

If you can get past the mediocre looking first levels in Russia, then you will be rewarded as Call Of Duty actually IMPROVES the graphica as you play. The first few levels as the Russian sniper looked fair at best, but the game eventually brightens up and begins to tax the old Gamecube engine. Sounds are great as is the enemy AI. You gotta love the detail in these games. From German camouflage to the weapons, the designers really did their research. The German Army had 4 or so different camouflage patterns in WW2 (from the elite SS Oakleaf to the Splinter camo of the paratroopers)and you will see all of them in this game. Very detailed. The bodies do disappear about 5 seconds after being shot due to Gamecube memory limitations, but this is corrected in the new Call Of Duty Big Red One as the enemies now stay where they lay. Worth a purchase for 20 bucks!

Best WWII FPS ive ever played!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: March 11, 2005
Author: Amazon User

So im a WWII fanatic, i have 5 medal of honors, they were pretty good, i liked them. The graphics could use a lot of help, and its not realistic.
So for Chrismas i get Call of Duty: Finest Hour for G-cube, The first level i played, u r in Stalingrad, u r a Russian soldier (a first for WWII games, it was cool) with authentic russian weapons. The begining of this level, i got goose bumps ALL OVER!! I was in awe! It is a very realistic game compared to Medal of Honor (wich was realy fun) and im sure there will be much better games than this(the new game Brothers in arms looks promising)but it was still a REMARCABLE STEP from medal of honor and the other WWII games. In this game, you get to play as many people, you start out as a Russian, play 2 levels as this one guy then 2 levels as someone else, and so on. Until u become a British solder, then you go through the same prosses until ur American, then thats it.
They do have some cool anima. reels, and making of bonuses for when u beat campeign mode.
Over all, the sound is great, with realistic weapon sounds, and good music. The graphics are a big leap compared to medal of honor,and other ww2 games.
Gameplay is good, lots of weapons including German, Russian, British and American wepeons at ur disposal.

I would have liked for the game to have smarter A.I., your comrades are pretty dumb, they arent to good to rely on, but its easy enough to do it alone, and hard enough that its enjoyable.The game could have had a better ending but it was still good. There could have been a multi player, that was a downside, i thought it would be great 4 player with your friends kind of game, but the 1 player campeign makes up for that. There isnt too much else that needs improvement, its a great all around game.

My overal rating,*****10*****!!!!

Lost in translation...

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 9 / 16
Date: November 26, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Ironically, I had preordered the console version of Call of Duty long before I had played the PC version. Yet with the release date oh so far away, I decided to take advantage of the recent price drop of the Call of Duty PC game hoping that it would tide me over. However, after playing countless hours of the game on my PC, I'd have to say that Call of Duty: Finest Hour is a bit of a disappointment. I understand that a console has nowhere near the processing power of a PC, yet I couldn't help but feel underwhelmed by FH's graphics which were simple and bland at best. However, I was mostly disappointed in the lack of save points throughout a level. That meant after spending ten minutes or so blasting your way through a difficult level, you would have to start the campaign all over again from start to finish if your player is killed. I always appreciate a challenge, yet not when the odds are overwhelmingly stacked against me. The one aspect that the console version did translate well was the "war is hell" theme. The beginning level featuring you as a Russian soldier taking back Stalingrad from the "steeking Germans" was intense with gunfire raining all around you and enemy soldiers around every corner. The death animations are overly exaggerated which made in difficult to distinguish whether or not an enemy was either wounded or dead only to have them shoot you in the back. I played this game for only an hour before I filed it away with my other games. I imagine that I will someday go back, but in the meantime, I'm having too much fun with the PC version.

Great Game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: December 27, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is very realistic, making you feel like you are really there on the battle field. Graphics are amazing. The game gets a little frusturating after a while, but if you are patient you will succeed. I highly reccomend this game, especially if you like action packed adventure!

spectacular war game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: March 01, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Call of duty:Finest hour is an excellent game that I played 2 times. The little movies shown before each battle front are so amazing you wouldn't want to miss them. The battle scenes are awesome and the music ties in so well that youd think thats what the actual battles sounded like! With great gamelay,huge array of weaponry(tanks included), good music, and in-depth stories for every character you play as. This game gets 5 stars easily.

Overally Hyped

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 5 / 8
Date: November 04, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is definitely not the best WWII shooter out there.

First, the good. The games in game graphics are pretty well done, although some of the environments are kind of drab. The sound production is also pretty good and does draw your attention when you come to a critical point in the level. Also some of the levels are extremely fun, like the "Ride through the Desert" level.

The bad is a little lopsided compared to the good. First off, the enemy AI(artificial intelligence) is really bad. In one of the tank missions, I zoomed in to one of the fields, and there guys just in there running around in circles. They will also just run at you giving you easy targets. This would make the game easy except it isn't. First off, there's like a million of them, each with what seems like a million grenades. So just when your health bar reaches critical, they'll through a cheap grenade and finish you off. Not very fun. Also, there is a few collision and hit detection problems that prevent you from actually taking those stinkin' Nazis out. IGN also stated this, and I agree: the game practically forces you to play this game Rambo style, and its not very fun. If your allies were actually useful, then this wouldn't so much of a problem. But they aren't, so its you versus a million Germans, each of them hiding behind a machine gun nest.

This game does not carry over from the PC very well, and so many things keep it from being fun. So I can't recommend it. Hopefully Big Red One is a lot better.

Call of Duty Finest Hour review

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: January 03, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Call of Duty Finest Hour is a fun but challenging game. My favorite campaign is the Russian campaign because of the sniper levels, and because it isn't near as hard as the American campaign. A frustrating thing about this game is in the rulebook, it says the the Thompson machine gun is a high damage weapon. 3 enemies came out of a sewer once and it took a little over a whole clip to take them out. The Thompson has a 30 round clip. The tank driving in this game I found hard. German anti-tank soldiers constantly shoot your tank and the Russian tank is hard to manuever.
The British campaign is short, but challenging. The first 2 levels are hard because you have to take out 2 tanks with sticky grenades. I found that to be a challenge because the tanks constantly shoot you before you can throw a grenade at them.

Another drawback is your health bar is small and runs out fast. This game is fun but can be very challenging.

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