Call of Duty 3 mini review

[Atari5200]

Well I went looking for a cheap game to get for my 360, liking COD 2, I decided to go with COD 3. Here is my brief review so far.

 

Call of Duty 3 is yet another WWII shooter, no surprise there. I have no clue how far I'm into the game, but it seems to be dragging on forever. From what I can tell, thank you shitty gamestop for no instructions, the main focus is on France and re-taking it from the Germans. You play through missions for different armies and as different people and I believe as you go you keep switching back and forth ultimately ending up at one focal location. Ok. Whatever, the entire concept is bland at best. I think it would've been better if every location didn't look exactly the same, which leads us to our first section.

 

GRAPHICS: They are good I guess for the 360. I didn't think they were that much better than COD2, but there details and touches that make it better, the weapons are better, the tanks look better, the background detail, but not enough to make a significant impact. I understand the game takes place in France, but still, why do all the locations look the same or very similar? The great thing about COD II was fighting the multi front war, you had Europe, Africa, Russia. Here you have one stagnant location with boring environments. Yes it was fun at first, but after a while, I sit here wondering when will it end??? Now don't get me wrong, you will go through some factories and stuff, there is a change of scenery from time to time, but not near enough to hold your attention. And what the crap is up with the soldier garb? Why does it look like some of the soldiers are wearing plastic, the light shouldn't be glaring off the uniforms??? I don't remember any history lesson learning about the flashy plastic uniforms.

 

SOUND: it's fine. When I game I focus mainly on the sound effects and they are good. I don't really need to go into detail here, it's basic war game sounds.

 

GAMEPLAY: it's standard COD gameplay with a couple extras thrown in. Like how the German guard and his multiple twins every once in a while will pop up and you play like a mini game hand to hand combat thing. It doesn't happen very often, which is good, but again, it would've been nice if the troops looked different from each other. They are very similar if not the same only in different outfits. Then there's the jeep driving and tank driving. Tank driving was very fun and cool, but short, I've only had 1 mission and I think that's it. Jeep driving on the other hand was also very fun. This game desperately needed something like this thrown in otherwise this game would be too repetitive to hold anybodies attention. Other than that, it's the normal COD run and gun, duck and heal. Playing on normal, I've died a couple times. And am I the only one that thinks it's much harder to shoot germans? I swear to god I'll be shooting at one, 50 rounds later, the guy is still alive but yet my aim marker is red. It's like you have to be 20 feet or closer away to register a hit some of the times. The only gun I didn't have this problem with was the sniper rifle.

 

OVERALL: I loved the game for maybe the first 30 minutes, then it went bland, then it was cool again driving the jeep, then it sucked, then it was fun driving the tank, then it went south again, but then it was cool driving the jeep again. Ok. The game is not what I expected especially after COD II. 3 doesn't seem like much of an upgrade or sequel at all, it seems almost like a step back, but added in driving sequences. I guess for $12 it's not that bad. But still, this isn't one of the best shooters I've played. Not terrible, but not that good either. It just all looks the same over and over again, if it wasn't for me wanting to see what happens next in the story, I probably would've stopped playing this game by now.

[Lord Helmet]

I preferred COD 2, thought 3 was still fun. I'm usually not to keen on fps, but I like the COD series.

[moycon]

I've heard COD 3 was the weakest of the bunch. I think folks were saying it was because a different company developed the game.

[Seob]

I liked it. One of the first new games i got that i played all the way. But then i love every wwii shooter. Waiting to get my hands on the new band of brothers, since it plays in my country and very near where i live.

Edited October 2, 2008 by Seob

[pixelated]

When you play the single player mode of COD3, it does feel like more of the same, just the same old Call of Duty 2 experience, with slightly more refined graphics. But once you go to play online, it's clear this is what makes COD3 so good. Rarely have I had more fun than playing games like Capture The Flag, War or Team Battle with up to 23 other players. People still rave about the fun to be had shooting other players over on Halo 3 online, but honestly, I find COD3 online to be even better because of the size of the games and the variety of games and player kits to play. And why don't most other FPS games have medics? It's great!

 

Maybe this is why I also really like Team Fortress 2 on the Orange Box, since they have a lot of variety of player types and have medics.

[MN12BIRD]

I still can't believe COD3 wasn't released on the PC like 1,3 and 4!

[Ryanw]

Maybe this is why I also really like Team Fortress 2 on the Orange Box, since they have a lot of variety of player types and have medics.

 

Yeah one of my friends had Call of Duty 3 and no one really liked it except me. Online was really fun. Moved on to TF2 though, that's really fun too