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"Call of Duty"

Come on then...it's obvious we all went out and bought it today (okay, or got it delivered smartarses), so what do we all think?

I'm playing it on the 3rd difficulty setting (i.e. the one before the hardest) and am steaming through it. Currently on mission 10 by my count - the second one as a member of the British forces.

Yank section was OK I 'spose - over way too quickly. Car chase section was nice but nothing yet compares to Omaha beach landings from Allied Assault.

Yes, I'm thinking this game isn't going to be as remarkable as Allied Assault at the mo - basically more of the same, without the kick-bottom memorable scenes. Still, I'm not yet half way through the game, so I shall reserve final judgement until I've finished it (which at this rate will be within the hour). :)

I would say that this is one of the best PC games of the year. Graphics are stunning and what is more stunning is the sound. In most war time games I remember theres a little pop and a little bang and then some music. But Call of Duty is just full of machine gun fire, mortar fire etc, throughout pretty much every level i've played so far. My friend showed me the Russian level at the start which was amazing, just like Omar beach on Medal of Honor. Think its quite short as its 27 levels which arent too big. But like other short games this is going to be fun for ages.

Nice to have proper team members that are actually part of the game and not just die at set points. Really nice to be hiding behind a wall and see one of your team mates get shot and killed right next to you.

I think they are saying it's short but that doesn't stop it from being a great game therefore it is worth full price.

So it is good but short ? Not worth full price then.

Having played, and become extremely annoyed/bored with the last Medal of Honor expansion pack, Breakthrough, a game where I actually had to stop myself from inserting my keyboard into the monitor it was so bloody frustrating, I find that Call of Duty not only succeeds Allied Assault in every possible way, but is sure in line for game of the year.

This is the best game I've played of 2003, not once was I annoyed or bored to death with the constant repetitive action, the level design is superb, set-pieces are amazing and team mates actually have decent A.I. so your not constantly suffering from Friendly Fire, it truly is an amazing game. Yes it's short, but Christ if you don't buy the game because of a flaw like that you'll denying yourself one of the best War based action games around.

EA are going to have to pull of something pretty damn spectacular to top this, and that actually means going back to the drawing board and doing something new as apposed to repackaging the same game they've been doing since the original MOH on the PSone. In the meantime I hope Infinity Ward get to work on a sequel, because this is one game I'd love to see turned into a franchise.

Just taking a break now- reached the first British level on Regular setting.

I take back what I said. Call Of Duty really impressed me the last two hours or so.

What really amazed me was the fact that i started to look out for my squad members. I was so used to the AA-style 'squad' missions (Read as: Squad all die at set time). But in COD you're allowed to keep them alive. And I think it's fantastic.

Also- the weapons are far more realistic than MOH- this is definately a good thing.

And finally- the automatic Sniper! Mmm.


That's it for now, more later.

They still haven't learnt from MOHAA in terms of game longetivity.. oh well.

Around how many hours is it?

Goddamn why can't they make it longer!!!!!!!!!!!!

Damn you Goatboy! You make the game sound so good, you're tempting me to leave my coursework and play COD, bah!

Bloody hell.

You guys show passion for this game. Immense passion.

*buys*