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Call Of Duty 3 (Xbox 360 - Also available on other consoles)

You would've thought after the millonth WW2 game, the genre would have been too washed up to make a decent game, however, Activision made a pretty good game this time around. The graphics are so much pettier this time. I was disappointed by CoD2s ugly textures (on 360), but they look much better this time.

System Tested on:
Xbox 360 (SDTV, via S-Video)

Gameplay (8/10):
The level designs are actually pretty decent, in other call of duties, they seemed to repeat a bit, however, the level designs in CoD3 can keep you interested.

It could have definently been better in some aspects, sometimes you seem to get stuck in some areas and you have to fight with the controller a bit to get out - this could be fixed in a future update, however. Also, there are some frame rate drops that make the game a bit unenjoyable at times.

There isn't really too much "original" about the game, because it is based of actual events. The story line seems a bit better than CoD2 however.

The AI in this game is pretty good -- sometimes a bit too good. You can sit back and watch your buddies take out all the enemies in some cases, which is kind of annoying.

Sound (8.5/10):
I used my cheap 5.1 sorround system, and it sounds pretty decent. You can hear people talking and shooting behind you, but its not nearly as good as the sound in Gears of War is. The voice acting seems kind of generic at times as well.

Graphics (8.9/10):
Like I said earlier, the graphics in this game are much improved over earlier call of duties, but the frame rate dips can get very annoying. I also notice some werid glitches occasionally. It looks amazing on my friends HDTV.

Replay value (7/10)
As decent as this game is, I don't see too much replay value, multiplayer got boring fast, and always seemed to have noticable lag. The multiplayer is pretty much your typical FPS type modes, so there isn't anything interesting there. The story line isn't quite good enough to have a lot of replay value.

Overall (8.1/10)
This is a decent game, not exactally mind blowing, but its better than some of the other WW2 games that have been released.


I only reccomend this game to you if you have enjoyed other CoD games, or you just love FPS games.,