Call of Duty: Finest Hour

"The New King of WWII First Person Shooters"

Everyone go out now and buy this game. If you enjoyed the original Medal Of Honor series on PSone and MOH: Frontline on PS2, go out and buy this game. If you enjoyed the movies Saving Private Ryan and Enemy At The Gates, go out and buy this game. If you are a fan of games that far exceed your expectations.....go and buy this game. Call of Duty: Finest Hour is by far the best WWII FPS I have ever played. Better than that last turd (RISING SUN) that EA dropped on us. The reason behind this game being so good is the fact that it was made by the people that know how to make a WWII FPS.......original members of the Medal Of Honor Frontline Team that jumped ship to make their own game. I also guess this is the reason the last Medal Of Honor (Rising Sun) was sooooooo bad. So thank god for the mutiny on the EA Bounty, because this game rocks !!

GRAPHICS 10/10
The graphics and level design to this game are far beyond any expectations I could have had for this game. The presentation in this game might be the best of any PS2 game.....floating into a bombed out, blazing Stalingrad with smoke billowing and filling the sky, planes buzzing overhead, ships burning and sinking in the harbor, pipes from the factory at the top of the hill rolling down and hitting the troops, the wounded soldiers.......needless to say you get sucked into the war very quickly. All aspects from player models, gun models, reload animations, troop animations, planes overhead, particle effects, level design, water effects this game is on the mark.

SOUND 10/10
The reason you get immersed in the action. The sound effects, the ambient noises, the voice overs are all accurate as well as entertaining, and when mixed with a soundtrack that swells with teh action on screen you will find moments where your heart is pounding in your chest. My brother who is a Gulf War Vet told me that when he played this game it was the closest match to the actual chaos of combat he has ever seen or played in a video game. I believe that the music in this game has ALOT to do with that reaction in people.

GAMEPLAY 9/10
The gameplay in this game is flawless, the only reason I dropped a 9 instead of a 10 is because the game still follows a fairly linear path. It would have been nice to be able to deviate from the pre-determined path a little bit and explore the levels a bit more. But everything works well in this game and I had no problems and no glitches to report.

ONLINE 9/10
This was my biggest surprise by far with this title. The Online game is REALLY fun. After being a bit let down by KILLZONE's Online game, I didn't have much faith in Call of Duty's Online game being any fun. But I was DEAD WRONG. The online game is fun and immersive, and it's great to play a WWII shooter online finally for PS2. The game types are nice and it actually works out really well with little or no lag problems. The Online portion is serviced by GAMESPY.

REPLAY 10/10
With a solid one player campaign as well as a decent online game, Call of Duty delivers more than it's money worth in replay.

BUY or RENT ??
Go Buy this game now stupid !! GO, GO, GO !!!!

Reviewer's Score: 10/10, Originally Posted: 11/22/04