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Monday 10 November 2003

Call of Duty [lurks]

Yes it's WWII again, yes it's the Quake 3 engine again, yes it's by the same team that did MoH so it's fairly similar. You'd think it'd be yawn-worthy wouldn't you? It isn't though. Call of Duty is one of the best games this year - for me, probably 2nd behind Knights of the Old Republic on XBox. It's an astounding game. It has those simple elements so overlooked by 99% of game developers today; attention to detail, pride in their work and a sense of what is fun.
It's not a long game. I've not done it yet but I'm close to it and that's after just a few days. Yet it's a game that you instantly feel you could play through again - helped by the fact there's some different ways of doing each bit. Call of Duty provides the best feeling of being in a war that has ever been conveyed by a computer game in my opinion. You think the Omaha Beach landing was good in MoH? Well that's not a scratch on the Red Army counter-attack in Stalingrad. If you've seen Enemy at the Gates (which you should) then you'll know something of what to expect. I'd say the authors were heavily influenced by that film, there's even a direct quote.
The car levels are just insane fun. It's all completely on rails, you don't drive, you just gun. Yet it's blinding. The story also jumps around all over the place in a disjointed way, which is a big shame but it has meant they've been able to cherry pick the scenarios which are the most entertaining. In short, this is about as good a game as it's possible to make in a WWII FPS, Quake 3 style game.
It hits the shops on Friday, we're all going to need a copy to play online as that's supposed to be brilliant as well. Just do yourself a favor and pre-order it now, you wont regret it. Five out of Five.
You know, if these team got a more modern engine and did a modern-day war-game then that would be the best thing evar.

19 comments:

  1. Be interesting to see what they'd acheive with the RS engine! Fucking brilliant game though, so fast, chaotic, noisy and fun!

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  2. And too bloody short :(

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  3. Shame, but the MOH team have a bit of a history for churing out expansions too, so chin up!

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  4. It was just right to be honest. The last bit is a tad samey, all the best bits had run their course. It's just a fab game which you play through and can't leave alone so you finish it doubly quick. There's definately replay value there though, not to mention the multiplayer!

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  5. Just finished it. Utterly superb game. Stalingrad was fantastic. They have anything else in the pipeline that anyone knows about?

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  6. Fucking best game of the year without any competition whatsoever :)
    Its IS very short though, didnt take me the night to run through it...

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  7. It should also be pointed out that COD multiplayer is (in the words of [EED]Alfa) 'the best multiplayer game since Q2'. Therefore you will all be buying it, and we shall be playing it. Online. Together. You know, like a clan?
    Needless to say, all those attending i18 will have already obtained copies.

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  8. Errrrrrrrr, right, obtained copies, er, yes. Where's cheapest? :)

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  9. Good grief. £25.99 delivered from Play.com. Sort it out!

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  10. Best order it from someone who will ship it before Thursday garanteed?

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  11. how do you get into a vehicle?

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  12. Usually by opening the door. Preferably it should be yours.

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  13. Now, given the gushing in this thread you'd think we'd have played it on line by now. The multi is even better than the single player...sort yourselves out you bunch of girls.

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  14. I will soon but I was up to 3AM playing Rome Total War dammit.

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  15. CoD is just ferkin' awesome... I'd be up for some clan play if you decide to do this. I'm not a stroppy git anymore, honest!

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  16. Sorry, we're only interested in playing with stroppy gits, it makes the teamspeak session funnier.
    I saw the special edition of this (cod + expansion) in the Game sale I'm sure. If there's interest I'll pick it up.

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  17. Of course I'm still a stroppy git FFS!!! Don't believe my LIEZ surely?!

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  18. Headquarters (capture & hold the spawning radio) & Search & Destroy (WWII CS) seem to be the best & game types.

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  19. I've got my COD Deluxe Edition from Play. I'm up for some this weekend!

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