Call of Duty 3

With so many installments into the storied Call of Duty franchise, it's easy to overlook older games, perhaps most especially Call of Duty 3. Despite this, it remains one of my personal favorites. The story was very good and took on a major battle of the Second World War that isn't always explored. The diversity in the campaign was the real strength: you play as an American infantryman and also a Canadian one, but also an SAS operative working with the French and a Polish tanker. The story isn't perfect and with four different storylines isn't properly fleshed out, but it's full of memorable characters and so many different things to do while giving you a great historical insight into the Battle of St. Lô. The weakest part of the game is the gameplay - this usually warrants a larger punishment but it's not bad gameplay at all, just clunky and doesn't age well.

Here are my pros and cons for this game

Pros 1. Still fun and enjoyful 2. Music is LIT 3. Strategic and amazing missions based in WW2 4. Better graphics released in PS3 5. Best characters 6. Different armies in this game (american, british, polish and canadian armies) 7. Multiplayer mode it's fun 8. It never gets boring

Cons 1. Gunshot sounds aren't realistic 2. Some guns aren't controllable, poor damage and low accuracy P.S MP40, KAR98K, STG44, etc etc

My conclusion for this game: Still playable and enjoyful, it never gets boring.

I've always liked the Call of duty games. But I totally raised my expectations after Call of duty 2. It was realistic in every matter. But the usual way it worked was one game on Pc, one on console. and the one on PC rocked and console was bad to Okay. Then COD 2 came out for Xbox 360 and it became one crappy game for current and one awesome for next gen. But then--then they had to go and release COD 3 for all consoles. The same stupid game. This game is a lot worse than COD 2. Guns aren't realistic and AI is scripted. This game is like a cheap downsize for the COd series. It is still a moderately fun thrill ride with decent current gen graphics and great next gen graphics but my expectations are too high for this cheap add on to the COD series. I believe this was nothing more than a rushed pay off to make some cash. It's fun but not good enough for me. Good: Fun thrill ride story, Great graphic (XB360 & PS3) Bad: Cheap rush, infinity ward didn't make it, activision did.... Same: All the Ps2, Xbox and now current gen call of duties. Stick to The Pc games and the Call of duty 2 for XB360. 5/10 for low upgrade. This is supposed to be a sequel. The only new thing is the interactiveness ingame fighting and etc. Enjoy! I didn't....

This was the very first game I bought for my PS2, costing an outrageous 70 dollars, it's a good thing they don't cost that much anymore. Is it just me or was Call of Duty games fairly enjoyable on the PS2, they may of not been the greatest, but they had a certain charm to them.

The PS2: The game-play was much better than previous entries on the system. The game goes by much faster than the PC counterparts, and get's completely ridiculous with nonstop explosions and gun fights, this would latter become the standard format for the series. You get the regular WW2 guns that you know and love, the only new gun would be the trench gun, but you barely get to use it. The close courter battles were a nice edition, the best one is when you fight an enemy solider with a knife and grenade. There was a mission where you have to drive to your checkpoints, there is a few mini games where you have to set up some explosive charges, a little more variety here. The game is pretty good, but this feels less realistic, and more for young kids that could care less for what happened during WW2 and more about nonstop action.

The PS3: Since I only had it for a short time, this is going to be brief. It's just a better looking and more enhanced version of the game. There was one notable problem, the game glitched out at the start of a mission and you could walk beyond the boundaries and invisible walls, thats the first time I have ever got out of the map in CoD single player.

I have grown to like this game as time passes, it reminds me of a simpler time during the series, back when I used to care for the single player campaign. Check it out if you are interested.

Call of Duty 3 was a very eagerly awaited game - I wanted it from the moment it came out. And though I wasn't disappointed with it when I got it, I couldn't help feeling that it wasn't exactly top notch. This may be down to the rather weakly-scripted cut scenes - the French, Scottish and British accents were a bit too thick and fake sounding and kind of made fun. And you couldn't help feeling that it was a bit unrealistic with jeeps flying through the air and elite Wehrmacht troops being slaughtered by peasants without armour. The maps are huge and the graphics are more impressive this time round, but the missions aren't hugely varied - what happened to the air and sea missions? (Although I haven't completed it yet, so I could be proved wrong.) The Germans are more aggressive this time round and the game does have a few different scenarios - as testified to by the occasional hand-to-hand fight with German soldiers and smoke grenades in your weapon arsenal. The game is also improved by the lack of health bar - in a sense, you have infinite health, but this must be utilised to the best of your ability. But this also makes the game a bit easier and less of a challenge. CoD 3 is a fun game and worthy to be called a Call Of Duty addition - but it's not perfect. They'll probably make a Call of Duty 4 before long - this could involve some fighting from the Axis perspective, but we'll have to make the most of this before then... 7/10