My duties are calling.

Zephos · January 2007

So i'm itching for some WWII action on the xbox 360, and what i'm curious about here is the actual story content of the call of duty's on the 360.

I'd like to know the theaters of operation and units you are playing as specifically in refrence to the american campaign if anyone would be able to tell me.

i figure the gameplay between the 2 is identical for all intents and purposes, so can anyone help me out?

Woodroez · January 2007

Actually, for now I recommend that you hold out until Medal of Honor: Airborne comes out some time before March. If it delivers on it's promises it should be one heck of a game.

If you really need a fix now though, I believe CoD3 was supposed to have really good multiplayer...could be wrong. Personally, I guess I would get CoD3 out of a choice of the two.

Also, for the record, the CoD box arts since the first one have been pretty goddamn terrible, and they've managed to get worse with each release.

Pancake · January 2007

You're mainly concerned with the American campaigns?

Well, CoD2 has you playing as a member of the 2nd Rangers starting at Pointe u Hoc, then onto Bergstein and Hill 400, and finally to crossing the Rhine into Germany.

I've not played CoD3, but I know you play as a member of the 90th Infantry Division.

Zephos · January 2007

but no beach landing in COD2 right?

Woodroez · January 2007

Very sure it does not have anything of the sort, yeah.

Pancake · January 2007

Zephos wrote:

but no beach landing in COD2 right?

It's kind of a beach landing, but not really. There's a few feet of sand, but it's at least a great aesthetic departure from an Omaha Beach landing.

syndalis · January 2007

Umm, you do hit the ceaches in COD2... just at a different location, a few miles north. There are cliffes att his beach you have to scale, and the goal is to take the german guns out.

It's a different location on the beach, but its the same battle.

Zephos · January 2007

yeah, the 2nd ranger batallion landed at point Du Hoc, which i think is like right between utah and omaha, but i couldnt find a decent map. at anyrate, omaha was devesatingly defended, while utah was pretty lite, and Point Du Hoc was one of the more lightly defended areas. but the cliffs made it a bastard.

bah, now MOH:AA, there was a beach landing.

what is the new Brother in Arms covering?

Mattie · January 2007

Does CoD3 have you playing as Polish and Canadian troops? I Think I remember reading that somewhere.

Zephos · January 2007

heh, the canadians landed at sword beach i think it was, there is pictures of them literally riding up the beach on bicycles.

Edit: actually it was juno beach, with canadians and polish.

sabyul · January 2007

Man, COD3's multi on XBL reminds me so much of Castle Wolfenstein, and this is a very great thing. Pretty sure there are plenty of shooters available that have much better single player experiences though (especially in terms of AI).

Mattie · January 2007

Zephos wrote:

heh, the canadians landed at sword beach i think it was, there is pictures of them literally riding up the beach on bicycles.

Didn't they get Juno?

edit: Yep

Zephos · January 2007

Mattie wrote:

Zephos wrote:

heh, the canadians landed at sword beach i think it was, there is pictures of them literally riding up the beach on bicycles.

Didn't they get Juno?

yeah i just double checked it.

Backlash · January 2007

Defending Hill 400 on the highest difficulty in CoD2 was one of the most intense WW2 moments I've played. Right up there with Allied Assault's Omaha section.

Mattie · January 2007

The single-player in 2 is awesome. I can't wait to play #3.

shrouded · January 2007

Backlash wrote:

Defending Hill 400 on the highest difficulty in CoD2 was one of the most intense WW2 moments I've played. Right up there with Allied Assault's Omaha section.

This is the truth. I'm not sure about CoD3, but I've read more than once around here that it beats CoD2 hands-down for multiplay. The opposite is true for the single-player campaign. Surviving Hill 400 on veteran difficulty in CoD2 truly felt like an achievement. It was painfully difficult, but never felt like it cheated or got cheap. I reviewed it for eToychest, and although I don't think I can link the review (it hasn't been reposted after one of the many database reorganizations), I can say that I thought I gave it a fair review, and scored as high as I have anything. I still recommend CoD2 for the solo campaign if WWII shooters are your thing.

Note that all of this refers only to 360 versions. I haven't played it enough on other platforms to give advice.

LightReaper · January 2007

I can't give advice on the multiplayer or on the 360 version but playing it on the Wii would be mad fun without the control scheme.

On the Wii version at least though, there are alot of bugs like NPC's seeing/shooting through walls.

Woodroez · January 2007

LightReaper wrote:

I can't give advice on the multiplayer or on the 360 version but playing it on the Wii would be mad fun without the control scheme.

On the Wii version at least though, there are alot of bugs like NPC's seeing/shooting through walls.

I believe reviews have indicated they're in all versions.

Resident0 · January 2007

The Wii version is crazy good, my fiancee got it for xmas for me, it's really intense actually moving around to chuck grenades and stuff, and actually "looking out" around a corner (Yea i know you can just twist the Wii-mote but that doesn't feel very real).

There are a few bugs though, mostly tiny graphics glitches and a bit of clipping through stuff, but nothing that is game-breaking, obviously not the standard of the 360, but the smoke in the game looks REALLY good.

:shock:

Hybrid · January 2007

Actually, while I enjoyed COD3 on the wii, I keep getting a problem, once in most levels, for a few seconds when everything is hapening at once the input gets screwy.

that is too say, every now and then things go to hell and explosions and soldiers and shit, and the wiimote seems to freeze up, it will sort of lock in your last movement and freeze up for a few seconds. its not necesarily game-breaking, but it is annoying, but i havent heard about it elsewhere so im not sure if its the pal game or the wii game specifically, or maybe even the wiimote (i ran out of the first set of wiimote batteries just after getting this game and put in a new, different, slightly cheaper pair.)

but yeah, you do play as polish and other troops over the course of the game.

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