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The first campaign puts you in the shoes of Pvt. Joey Martin of the U.S. 101st Airborne Division as he parachutes into France on the eve of D-Day, much like the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers. You continue on with assault on the town of Sainte-Mere-Eglise followed by the defense of the town against a counter attack by German Panzer units, a car chase through German lines, an assault on a Brecourt manor, and two missions where you rescue captured British soldiers.
You continue the game with the British campaign, with you playing as Sgt. Jack Evans of the British 6th Airborne division and the SAS, assisting in the capture of Pegasus bridge , the sabotage of a German battleship and lastly the sabotage of a V-2 vengeance missile base. You are also tasked with sabotaging anti-air defenses single-handedly around the Eder Dam, in preparation for the Dambusters Raid.
You start off the Soviet campaign with the Battle of Stalingrad, in an effort to recapture the authentic feeling of the battle, you start off with no weapons and only a handful of ammunition with instructions to pick up ammunition from the man ahead of you after he is dead. You then battle in an underground sewer system and take part in a recreation of the battle for Pavlov's house through the eyes of Pvt. (later promoted to Sgt.) Alexei Voronin in the 13th Guards Division and then later in the 150th Rifle Division. You then continue the Soviet campaign with the liberation of Poland, followed by a role as a tank commander as you take part in the opening stages on the battle of Kursk, which is incidentally the largest tank battle the world has ever seen. You end the Soviet campaign as an infantry soldier in Berlin with the raising of the Soviet flag above the ruins of the Reichstag. The game ends with a short video which chronicles the after effects in Berlin.
The game has generated notoriety for its technical shortcomings, such as its single digit framerate, three-frame reload animations, tight field of view, low draw distance and AI quirks in addition to interface oddities leading some reviewers to speculate that the game wasn't completely finished prior to shipping.
Missions
11 missions comprise the single player campaign and are split across three different countries (USA, Great Brittan and the Soviet Union). Additionally, there is one secret level only obtainable via the use of the level select code.
Reception
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The first entry in the critically acclaimed series of the same name, Call of Duty allows players to take control of your own choice,start your war adventure as a brit,russian,or american and move through Nazi Germany in WWII.
Plot
You play the game through three campaigns that place you in command of an American paratrooper, a British SAS operative and Russian infantry and tank soldiers. In addition to the infantry action, you also get to partake in a tank battle and a playable sequence where you must escape from the Germans in a car.
An American soldier in the campaign mode
You continue the game with the British campaign, with you playing as Sgt. Jack Evans of the British 6th Airborne division and the SAS, assisting in the capture of Pegasus bridge , the sabotage of a German battleship and lastly the sabotage of a V-2 vengeance missile base. You are also tasked with sabotaging anti-air defenses single-handedly around the Eder Dam, in preparation for the Dambusters Raid.
You start off the Soviet campaign with the Battle of Stalingrad, in an effort to recapture the authentic feeling of the battle, you start off with no weapons and only a handful of ammunition with instructions to pick up ammunition from the man ahead of you after he is dead. You then battle in an underground sewer system and take part in a recreation of the battle for Pavlov's house through the eyes of Pvt. (later promoted to Sgt.) Alexei Voronin in the 13th Guards Division and then later in the 150th Rifle Division. You then continue the Soviet campaign with the liberation of Poland, followed by a role as a tank commander as you take part in the opening stages on the battle of Kursk, which is incidentally the largest tank battle the world has ever seen. You end the Soviet campaign as an infantry soldier in Berlin with the raising of the Soviet flag above the ruins of the Reichstag. The game ends with a short video which chronicles the after effects in Berlin.
N-Gage Differences
Overview
Call of Duty for the Nokia N-Gage follows a similar story and mission path as the original Call of Duty for PC and Mac, but in a drastically reduced form. What levels have been ported over have been streamlined to force more straight-forward progression and to compensate for the limited field of view.The game has generated notoriety for its technical shortcomings, such as its single digit framerate, three-frame reload animations, tight field of view, low draw distance and AI quirks in addition to interface oddities leading some reviewers to speculate that the game wasn't completely finished prior to shipping.
Missions
11 missions comprise the single player campaign and are split across three different countries (USA, Great Brittan and the Soviet Union). Additionally, there is one secret level only obtainable via the use of the level select code.American
- Brecourt - Originally placed as the fifth mission in the PC version of Call of Duty, Brecourt has the player running along trenches of Brecourt Manor during Operation Overlord. Based on the Brecourt Manor Assault as depicted in Band of Brothers' second episode, "Day of Days".
- Burnville - Based on the second mission of the PC version of Call of Duty and takes place chronologically prior to the Brecourt Manor Assault, just after midnight June 6, 1944. The 101st parachutes into a field outside of of a small vilage and must make their way through the vilage and disable the anti-aircraft guns behind the church.
- Foy - An entirely original urban-based mission, Foy takes places in the Belgium city of the same name. The level must be cleared out of German troops through close quarters fighting and then their flak cannon must be destroyed.
- Bunkers
British
- Capture The Bridge
- The Dam
- Airport
- V2 Rockets
Russian
- Red Square
- Pezenskaia
- Reichstag
Hidden
- Tank Assault
Reception
Upon its release Call of Duty received universal critical acclaim and holds a 91% average at both Metacritic and GameRankings.
Call of Duty won several Game Of The Year awards in 2003. The game was nominated for "Best Game" at the Game Developers Choice Awards and even though it didn't win, Infinity Ward took home the award for "Rookie Studio Of The Year".
The N-Gage version, however, was met with harsher criticism, netting a composite score of 58 on Metacritic. PGNx Media showered the game with praise and awarded it with a 9.0/10, lauding the graphics and audio. Other reviewers weren't so kind and harshly criticized the game for its close draw distance, low frame rate, artificial intelligence and length.
Call of Duty Classic
A remake of Call of Duty that features full Online Multiplayer was released on XBLA and PSN. It was also released as a pack-in with both the Hardened and Prestige editions of Modern Warfare 2.
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