Product Description

Call of Duty Finest Hour Xbox

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2583 in Video Games
• Brand: ACTIVISION
• Model: 80709
• Released on: 2004-11-16
• ESRB Rating: Teen
• Platform: Xbox
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .75" h x 5.50" w x 7.50" l, .25 pounds

Features

• View World War II through the eyes of American, British and Russian soldiers, as you take on the Nazi War Machine through 12 authentic combat missions
• Travel through four continents - From the Russian infantry charge at Stalingrad, to the British Commando raids in North Africa and the American-led tank charges in Belgium
• Become brothers in arms as your squad acts like a real military unit - Laying down suppressing fire, providing cover fire and coordinating attacks on enemy positions
• Fight it out with over 30 authentic WWII weapons from the Russian, British, American and German armories - Pistols, machine guns, sniper rifles and grenades
• Missions feature hundreds of soldiers to coordinated tactical assaults, sabotage, stealth, sniper and vehicle-based combat

Customer Reviews

Hard Hitting Fun
I was a Medal of Honor fan so my expectations were low, but Call of Duty Finest Hour has renewed my excitement for the WW2 FPS. From the Heart-pounding first moments entering the battle of Stalingrad to the triumphant crossing of the Rhine, the epic experience hooked me into an all night War to defeat the Nazis. The graphics are amazing and the sound is fantastic. What I really enjoyed, was playing different kinds of soldiers in diverse locations like Africa and Russia. The control was superior to the last Medal of Honor release and the characters were much more interesting. If this is the first game for Spark, I look forward to seeing what they come up with next! Tally Ho!

Superb Cinematic Background makes for great WWII game!
I would agree with other reviewerd that the pc-based game is far better. But I'm just here to give a review on the X-box game, I'll try to be objective.

The game has some of the same feel and style as the Medal of Honor games I have on X-box. The missions are challenging in some areas and fun. Here are some things I liked about it:

1) Commanding your squad: An icon appears when you get close to your comrades in certain situations that is a symbol of them running, when hitting the black button, this tells your comrade to advance in the forward direction of the enemy. I found this to be a great addition to the game as you're able to have some help and use some strategy, like when storming the hill's and assaulting the trenches on your way to take out some pillbox's and bunkers early in the game. It's also a GREAT feature to have when inside a warehouse or abandoned home, in that you can open the door and/or have your team move ahead of you to take out the initial front of attack.

The A.I. on your comrades is better than seen in any other game of thie genre to date. (as far as WWII games go, I've heard some Desert Storm games have excellent Squad and Platoon directive features) They don't get in your way all of the time, and they don't do the standard 2-shots (both missing) cover fire then hide behind something. The comrades that accompany you in your missions actually ATTACK the enemy with ferocious force and do inflict damage to them, so when you come to a clearing they are not dancing around like idiots as you find yourself having to take on every Nazi in the land single handedly. There was a moment on the hill below the pill-box's where I thought I had lost my squad, but when I turned around, they were behind me returning fire to a Nazi who was trying to take me out from a hidden position!

2) Cinematic: The game has a good backdrop of Stalingrad and other famous battles and such, but does not quite seem to capture the overall WWII feel as much as MOH games. It's still very good, and my opinion will differ from others of course. There is a lot of street fighting as well as being out in the dirt and trenches dodging machine gun fire and mortars.

3) Weapons: This game is excellent in this department. You have the ability to pick up any weapon that a Nazi has dropped after they are taken out.

4) Versatility: I found the level where your in the second story of the warehouse a bit needless. I'm not saying these things didn't happen, but it get's kind of old hat when your in the second story of a large building trying to be a sniper on various infantrymen that are in the town. I find it much more productive if your down on ground level fighting them. But at the same time it's probably more realistic story-line wise to have something like this, which reminds me of the movie "Enemy at the Gates".

5) Lighting and Contrast: I know in war you find yourself fighting at all hours of the day or night, but it seems like in many scenes, even in daytime, that it is to dark. Many shadows abound from nowhere and you often find yourself saved only because you fired at a muzzle flash in the background.

6) Overall the game is a blast, but if you've played medal of honor Frontline and Rising Sun, it starts to become old hat. I have played this game on PC and it is a bit more intense and pure on the PC. If you liked the MOH series and want a new wargame on X-box, try this out!

Makes You Think
I think this is a very fine game, its not an easy one and no cheat codes are up yet that I know about, so you,re on your own.
At that point basic combat tactics soon become obvious if you are to survive.
The graphics are very nice, play is active and exciting, its really a very good game, hope this company starts putting out more games, they did a really find job.
As far as EA games MOH, they are two different entities, EA games MOH you get a break, cheat codes, lots of on line info,but for a first time the makers of Call Of Duty did well.
Like others, I find the major irritation factor is getting almost finished and then getting killed and having to start the level all over again, these are not easy levels.
Being a stundent of WWII history, it seems that there was a lot of research put into this game, really shows.
So to briefly sum it up, its not perfect, but it still is excellent, I give this a 5+