Call of Duty Review (¤ βℓооđч ¤ Nico-Kun!)
Call of Duty. THE Call of Duty. The game that would go on to spawn one of the biggest gaming franchises in the world, which, quality or personal opinions aside, has become a staple of the gaming world, to the point that both Sony and Microsoft are fighting over it at the time of this review. Anyway, what's the first Call of Duty to ever Call of Duty like?
It's a first person shooter, that much is obvious. The second obvious detail, is that it's set in World War II. What's interesting about this game, though, is that you don't play a sort of super soldier who single-handedly takes down the Nazi regime (though at times it feels like that); rather, you get to play through three different perspectives in the campaign: as an American airborne soldier, a British SAS, and a Russian soldier. Each one of those characters gets their own "chapter" so to speak throughout the campaign, meaning you'll do a bunch of missions as one character before jumping to the next. It's a pretty decent campaign, although not very long, as by the end of my playthrough, I'd clocked a little under 5 hours.
Graphically, the game hasn't aged very well, and the gameplay, well, I'd say it's good, but nothing that stands out. Now, I'm not sure if this was the first game to do so, but when it comes to weapons, you can only carry two at the time, plus a handgun and grenades. The game even lampshades this, as during training you're told you have two hands, so you can't carry more than two weapons (plus handgun and grenades!) at once. However, that makes no damn sense, as you won't be wielding both weapons, since most weapons larger than a pistol, both in-game and in real life, are usually held with both hands. Anyway, I digress, there's some cool gameplay moments, like a late mission where you ride a tank, that was cool. Plus, you won't be going in alone for most of the missions, you get to feel as part of a squad, though the enemy has a tendency to start aiming at you the moment you show your head.
Finally, the soundtrack is nice, though it usually gets drowned out in all the explosions and gunfire going around. As for the multiplayer aspect of the game, I haven't tried it, so I can't really comment on it.
All things considered, though, I can say I recommend this Call of Duty, so if duty calls, answer its Call of Duty. (Yes, I really wanted to say Call of Duty a lot in this review, though I most likely said it less times than there are Call of Duty games.)