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Call of Duty 3 is based around the battlefields in the
Normandy Breakout during World War II. Your Character fights as an
Allied Soldier amongst French, British, Canadian, Polish and
American Forces. As a successor to the Call Of Duty
traditions, it couldn’t be more formulaic. The game is.jpg)
split-up into Missions and Checkpoints where, if you die, you will
be sent back to the closest point.
The Game View aids you with a compass at the bottom left that shows
you where your destination is, where your allies are and where the
enemy is. The bottom right shows you how much ammunition you have
for your current choice in weapon and how many rounds you have
loaded. This helps as you are able to reload the weapon when it
suits you rather than when you run out, which could be bad when
standing in front of enemy troops. When you are hit by enemy fire
the display shows where the fire power is coming from with a red
section of circle with an arrow on it. When the arrow points to the
top of the screen, the enemy will be situated directly underneath
it.
As levels progress you get the opportunity to drive vehicles; a
Battle Tank and a Jeep. The Battle tank works very well, using your
left Analogue Stick to steer and the right to move the turret.
Missions in the tank involve tracking down Nazi Tanks and infantry
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whilst being aware where they are as they sneak up and destroy you
before you see them. The Jeep uses the left Analogue Stick to steer.
The Jeep aids you in getting to destinations quickly but adds no
real depth to the game.
Features available in some Missions are selecting targets for air
strikes and tanks to fire at. To use this feature access the
binoculars and click fire when a target is selected and they are
destroyed. It is very nice to see the target destroyed and realise
that you do not have to do it with a pea-shooter.
Multi-Player sets-up matches through XboxLIVE! and puts you
in a battlefield where you and team mates fight against another
team. You have the choice to be different characters from the game
giving you a variety of weapons. Multi-Player also contains vehicles
that can be commandeered. These are a Battle Tank, a Jeep and a
Motor Bike. They make the game very interesting. Each game will be
different as there are only human players and it will come as quite
a shock at first how much faster the game is. Persevere, as once you
get used to it you will go back again and again.
The Graphics are good and do the game justice up to a certain point.
When crawling on the floor through dead bodies your character sees
straight through them and some walls are also transparent if you
move the character in a certain way. There are also other problems
with the
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getting trapped between objects if there is a lot of action. The
only way to get out of this is to either restart from the last
Checkpoint or to overcook a Grenade until you die.
The sound effects work very well. The guns, shouting and explosions
will have you hanging on to the edge of your seat whereas the
calming classical music will inspire you. Some of the talking
characters between scenes are very stereo-typical, particularly the
Scotsman in the early Missions.
All-in-all, this is a very playable game that fills the desired gap
of a war game, if you have one when considering all the surrounding
competition. I very much doubt playing the entire game through
again-and-again but the Multi-Player function online could keep you
entertained for eternity.
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