Call of Duty: Finest Hour

"Critique on these reviews"

I recently got Call of Duty: Finest Hour a few weeks ago. I've enjoyed the game so much that I have become a big fan of the series. While reading these reviews and freshly playing the game, I've noticed quite a few whiney issue from gamers. I'd like to bring you all back to the real world. Here are the complaints that need realizing:

"This game is too difficult."
This game is based from WWII. The largest and most diffucult war in history. You decided to play a game made to be as realistic as possible. That being said, why would you expect yourself, on the other end of a console controller to be able to go through the whole game without getting killed? Millions of people didn't get checkpoints and save points in real life. Yes, it is hard. But for once, we get a challenge. And challenges = fun

"There are limited weapons you can carry"
Being in the military, I know it would be difficult to carry as many weapons as other shooter games allow. I have a complaint here though. I'd like to watch a person in real life dodge bullets with a Browning .30cal around their shoulder and fire a PPSH. Realism. Be one with it.

"Whats the deal with the two button stand/crouch"
Um..the only other way to assume prone, crouch, and stand without two buttons would be a single button cycle feature. It sure would suck to have to cycle through all of them. Besides, it isnt hard to go from standing, flat on the ground, stand up and do a jump within a few seconds but a tap of a button or two.

"Some missions are impossible"
Lots of people in war find that their mission was impossible. We call those heros "Killed in Action" Lucky for you, its just a game and you get to try again and again and again until you throw your controller down in a mad craze. Also, I
beat the game, its not impossible.

"Online sucks."
There are A LOT of people that say this. Yet, there are A LOT of people online. Although, I -do- have a few complaints. The lag is here and there. It doesnt lag HORRIBLY. The only time it gets that way is when a lot of people are in the room and people have crappy connections.

As for the mic problem, yes you can hear people breathing on the open mics, but only those on your team, and even then the developers have nicely made it to where you can only hear people when you are near them. Someone steaming up your ear? Walk away. Neat!

This game is awesome. There is a lot of downtalk about the game for some reason. A lot of people saying this game is for those who don't have friends, however, they're the ones whining about the gameplay compared to other games and how difficult it is and how they need a codebreaker to beat the game. Some people don't like a challenge.

Bottom line, if you dont like a challenge, dont play the grown up games. This WWII game is for the men and kicks all other war games to the curb.

Reviewer's Score: 9/10, Originally Posted: 07/20/05