Call of Duty: Finest Hour doesn't suck...

ManaByte

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"OMFG. This isn't Halo 2....6.8! C-!"

Yeah, after two bad reviews I wasn't so sure. But MOH: Rising Sun feels like a budget FPS made by a modder, and I've played through the PC COD too many times to play through it again, so I snagged Finest Hour at Fry's while it's on sale for $37 (along with PoP2).

Just as the PC COD was the spiritual continuation of the MOH series, the console one feels like the same thing. It keeps the squad presentation and scripted events of the PC version, and they put in some interaction with your squad where you can pick up health packs that can be saved and used later or used to heal members of your squad to keep them alive.

Sure, it's not a revolutionary FPS or Halo 2. It's a WWII FPS where you play as American, British, and Russian troops as you get to kill Nazis. THATS ALL A WWII FPS FAN REALLY WANTS IN THE GENRE. The game shares the epic scale from the PC original and easily features the most impressive score yet in a console WWII FPS.

One thing I really like about the game, which I haven't really seen in a FPS since Goldeneye, is the hit detection on shots. Now, it's not 100% as perfect as in Goldeneye but if I'm looking down the scope of my sniper rifle and I see a Geman taking cover with only his hand exposed, I can shoot his hand and get him to react to move slightly out of cover for a kill shot. That was one of my favorite things in Goldeneye (shooting the gun hand of a guard or a knee shot to stop someone from running towards you), and that's here in Finest Duty and actually makes it more fun to me.

Been playing through the single player (the console one starts with the Russian story), so I haven't had a chance to try the multi yet.
 
please post some info on how the online play is, that's about all I care about.

I'm not in a rush to get this game though, with Brothers in Arms on the horizon... I can wait.
 
From what I can tell, its one of the better FPS games this year...

Of course when your up against a slew of crap, its not hard

*Looks Over At*
Vietcong
Shellshock
Conflic Vietnam
 
Suikoguy said:
From what I can tell, its one of the better FPS games this year...

Of course when your up against a slew of crap, its not hard

*Looks Over At*
Vietcong
Shellshock
Conflic Vietnam

WWII games >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Vietnam games
 
I was wondering about this game...

I had high hopes for it and was really bummed when I heard the bad reviews(along with the new GoldenEye game)

So you enjoyed it then?
 
It's pretty much genericville. They pack a nice amount of detail in though into the graphics which are buttery smooth, problem is, at console rez of 640...the russians 'n german outfits look awfully similar, which made the first levels a real pain in the arse.
 
i gotta put in my buck o'five:


this game sucks fucking balls. i rented it with a free pass from blockbuster, and i feel the free pass was wasted. here is what i dont like in my short play time (call me a bum for only playing it for a short time, but i refuse to go back):

- shitty graphics
- crappy controls
- crappy online play
- it may very well be the worst FPS i've played all year, and i think i've played 4 out of 5 of the vietnam games (although 1 was 3rd person)



dont buy this shit, even for under $10
 
FrenchMovieTheme said:
i gotta put in my buck o'five:


this game sucks fucking balls. i rented it with a free pass from blockbuster, and i feel the free pass was wasted. here is what i dont like in my short play time (call me a bum for only playing it for a short time, but i refuse to go back):

- shitty graphics
- crappy controls
- crappy online play
- it may very well be the worst FPS i've played all year, and i think i've played 4 out of 5 of the vietnam games (although 1 was 3rd person)



dont buy this shit, even for under $10

:lol

hardly the finest hour to quote IGN.
 
FrenchMovieTheme said:
i gotta put in my buck o'five:


this game sucks fucking balls. i rented it with a free pass from blockbuster, and i feel the free pass was wasted. here is what i dont like in my short play time (call me a bum for only playing it for a short time, but i refuse to go back):

- shitty graphics
- crappy controls
- crappy online play
- it may very well be the worst FPS i've played all year, and i think i've played 4 out of 5 of the vietnam games (although 1 was 3rd person)



dont buy this shit, even for under $10
ummm drama queen?
 
dramaqueen wtf? do you even know what that means? anyways, the game sucks and people need to realize that before they waste free rentals or (even worse) hard earned cash on this piece of crap game
 
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