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stonespike · 07-02-2007, 02:32 PM

I wouldn't call my pick the worst game... but more of a let-down. Now please dont flame me either.

I rented Call of Duty 3 the other week, and I was a tad bit dissapointed. This is more of a rant than anything.

Quite possibly because of the new developer: Treyarch. I think they pretty tainted the series with their newest installment. You can totally tell its a different developer! I played CoD 1 on my computer, good graphics, good levels, and good programming. It was a solid game at the time. I got Call of Duty 2 with my 360, and I thought that was a good solid game too! But when I played Call of Duty 3... I was like yuck! The only thing that was good was the Multiplayer (which severely lacked in the first two games).

The graphics seemed bland, not nearly pushing the 360 towards any graphical achievements, or even using much of the power it has to push anything stunning or "next-gen". The explosions were cool, but quickly removed you from the experience by the generic cutscenes(In game-- not video cutscenes), crappy player animations, glitches!!, and overall just sub-par 360 game.

I understand you guys said "Worst Game" but i've only had my 360 for a couple weeks, so I can't really say. But from what I've played so far... CoD 3 was a dissapointment to me. Just seemed like it was more suiting of a original Xbox title. Not anything breakthrough that would make it special for the 360.

Of course, I could've been maybe expecting too much? I liked the 2nd Call of Duty. Was really looking forward to the 3rd, and then... bleh.

Good levels, neat little mini-games (cooking nades/throwing them back, setting explosives on flak88 guns) that break up some of the monotony of shooting and cover. But overall, just a very dull game graphically.

Verdict: The storyline was good. AI was good, although at times lacked. The situation was hectic (as a war tends to be) and seemed to imerse you pretty well with explosions, bullets flying, immersive theatre of war, etc. In its defense I did feel like I was helping my country out in the war, but it wasn't a very big participation like a main character in the game should feel like. Of course lets not forget the decent Multiplayer aspect. Decent MP.

The game dissapointed me with dull colors/graphics, bad character voicing/bad character model graphics, animations seemed cheap, very obvious step down from the previous CoD titles. I was just... dissapointed.

07-02-2007, 02:32 PM	#50 (permalink)
stonespike HAS LEFT Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 515	I wouldn't call my pick the worst game... but more of a let-down. Now please dont flame me either. I rented Call of Duty 3 the other week, and I was a tad bit dissapointed. This is more of a rant than anything. Quite possibly because of the new developer: Treyarch. I think they pretty tainted the series with their newest installment. You can totally tell its a different developer! I played CoD 1 on my computer, good graphics, good levels, and good programming. It was a solid game at the time. I got Call of Duty 2 with my 360, and I thought that was a good solid game too! But when I played Call of Duty 3... I was like yuck! The only thing that was good was the Multiplayer (which severely lacked in the first two games). The graphics seemed bland, not nearly pushing the 360 towards any graphical achievements, or even using much of the power it has to push anything stunning or "next-gen". The explosions were cool, but quickly removed you from the experience by the generic cutscenes(In game-- not video cutscenes), crappy player animations, glitches!!, and overall just sub-par 360 game. I understand you guys said "Worst Game" but i've only had my 360 for a couple weeks, so I can't really say. But from what I've played so far... CoD 3 was a dissapointment to me. Just seemed like it was more suiting of a original Xbox title. Not anything breakthrough that would make it special for the 360. Of course, I could've been maybe expecting too much? I liked the 2nd Call of Duty. Was really looking forward to the 3rd, and then... bleh. Good levels, neat little mini-games (cooking nades/throwing them back, setting explosives on flak88 guns) that break up some of the monotony of shooting and cover. But overall, just a very dull game graphically. Verdict: The storyline was good. AI was good, although at times lacked. The situation was hectic (as a war tends to be) and seemed to imerse you pretty well with explosions, bullets flying, immersive theatre of war, etc. In its defense I did feel like I was helping my country out in the war, but it wasn't a very big participation like a main character in the game should feel like. Of course lets not forget the decent Multiplayer aspect. Decent MP. The game dissapointed me with dull colors/graphics, bad character voicing/bad character model graphics, animations seemed cheap, very obvious step down from the previous CoD titles. I was just... dissapointed.