MERCH!
Giant Bomb - a website about video games and the people that make them

The first in one the best series' ever

Published November 2, 2008
4 out of 5 starsScore: 80/100

World War II games have been around for a long time. It started with Medal of Honor and moved to battlefield. Then it was Call of Duty. Of course, the setting began to get overused and boring. But Call of Duty was around when WWII games were still great. The game puts you in as an American one campaign, a British the second, and of course, a Russian the third. The highlight of the game teamwork. The problem with Medal of Honor was it's "1 man army" missions (the great majority). In Call of Duty, almost all of the missions revolve around a small or large group of people. The friendly A.I. is very good and are quite useful in battle. The gunplay in top notch, created by the makers of Allied Assault. The is of good length, but a little short. The missions are very intense and are filled with awesome scripted sequences. All of the campaigns are really unique and less repetitiveness to the game. The other highlight is multiplayer which is OK. The gameplay and maps are find, but the community is much smaller than future CoD games. It can be hard to find a match. Also, the sniper has a very small and hard to use scope, which defeats the purpous of sniping. The graphics are good. It should run really well on older computers, so this is great for those guys. Of course it doesn't match today's standards. The sound is very well done. The music is very good and memorable. Voice acting is great. So overall, Call of Duty is a fantastic game with a few small flaws that bring it down a little. I highly recommend it.

The views here are this user’s only and are not representative of Giant Bomb's thoughts and opinions on the discussed video game. GB's official reviews reside at giantbomb.com/reviews.