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| From: Activision Inc.
Category: Video Games
List Price: $59.99
Buy New: $12.99
You Save: $47.00 (78%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  38 reviews
Sales Rank: 1082
Platform: Playstation 3
ESRB: Teen
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 12 - 20 years
Operating System: Playstation 3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 81635
Model: 15782781
UPC: 047875816350
EAN: 0047875816350
ASIN: B000GA73O0
Release Date: November 17, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Average January 9, 2007
It's funny to me that this game is being glorified because of good graphics. It's the same tired game I have for PS2 (Call of Duty 2) with a serious graphic upgrade. Don't get me wrong, the graphics are fantastic, but the gameplay is tried and not true, and gets boring really fast. I didn't even finish it because like I said, it's the same old game.
 Great Game January 4, 2007
2 out of 9 found this review helpful
The graphics are good even on a standard tv and this game is a great buy!
Finished the PS3 game in one day!!! December 27, 2006
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
Yup! This game is so much fun it glued me to my seat! I like the story line, the first person shooting, audio effects, the choice of guns, and the graphics. My favorite WWII gun is the Thompson, and boy, combined with the Springfield or the Garand, one can mix up on close combat or pure sniping. Just remember you have grenades too. Other tools include bazookas, tanks, jeeps, machine guns, etc. You can feel like Audie Murphy in his movie-biography To Hell and Back. The graphics is totally awesome. I used Playstation 3 on Sony LCD TV, and I would suggest to turn up your speakers (gaming or home theater). I stayed away from first person shooting games when I got headaches ages ago with JB 007 N64 after 15 - 20 minutes of gaming. Since then, I only tried it last year with Socom Fireteam Bravo on the PSP. I was curious how the COD3 graphics on the PS3 will affect me, and to my surprise, it allowed me to physically (and mentally) play it continuously until the end.
The only thing I would like to see on a COD is a score of how many kills, statistics, etc. to allow you to get medals, ranks, etc. and progress through the game. I also don't think that the game is 1080p. My TV shows 720p for COD whereas it shows 1080p when I put NBA07.
Overall, my first COD experience was great and lots of fun!
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A Worthy Member of the Call of Duty Series December 25, 2006
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
Call of Duty 3 is the classic combat game of World War II. If you've seen Saving Private Ryan, you know what you're in for. Head-throbbing noise and death all around you.
The game goes for instant immersion. You're barely off on your first trip when shells are landing, guns are hammering in your ears and there is complete chaos. You have to be careful not to hit a friendly while you're blasting away at the bad guys. You can barely see what you're doing. Your friends drag you along when you're hurt, and the rain and smoke can blind you.
Call of Duty 3 does a great job of giving you a WWII environment with character. You're in destroyed homes with cans on the shelves and holes blown into bedroom walls. You can see the smoke drifting across the main street, the plunks of rain as it falls through the boards. Bodies collapse realistically. The PS3's high def graphics really shine here.
The controller also adds to the sense of immersion. When you want to whap someone in the head with your gun, you just give the controller a sharp twist. You also use the controller for other steering-related tasks as well.
How about the sound? Playing the Call of Duty series always gives me a headache after a while :) But that's the point - war wasn't fun. It's not about cool pop soundtracks while you blow away the enemies. It's about listening carefully for footsteps in the silence, and then having your eardrums shatter when the barrage rains down on you.
Gameplay is well done with multi-pathed missions that let you choose your objective, within the current mission's parameters. You can't just decide to turn around and head for Bermuda :). Your leaders tell you what your group needs to do - but then it's up to you how to get it done.
Even if you're an uber-soldier and whip through the main gameplay in a short period of time, there is still the online side, which can keep you going for *months*. The in-game play is only training for the real challenge, live human opponents. Of course, if you don't like online gameplay, there is certainly a wealth of gameplay to replay for quite a while before you start to get bored.
Highly recommended!
 A great place to start your PS3 experience December 18, 2006
9 out of 11 found this review helpful
Call of Duty 3 (CoD3) is the next episode in the CoD series. There is still great WWII action to be had. This one deals with the push towards Paris and has you playing as American, British and Polish troops. Your old favorite weapons are still there: M1, Thompson, Sten, and all the German ones (MP30, FG, etc).
The graphics are great IF you have a HDTV AND a digital connection. When I got my PS3 I had only the basic connectivity. After getting an HDMI cable to get the job done, I saw some great graphics. Smoke grenades produce volumetric smoke, you can see great facial expressions on the faces of your comrades, good stuff. With the basic video cables, eh, it was PS2 worthy. Also worth noting is that the game's max resolution is 720p. The box says that it will run at 1080i, but check Activision's web site. They claim it's a misprint. Huh...
The new wireless controller is pretty neat. As another reviewer said, the wrist flick for a rifle butt strike is pretty neat. You also end up using the controller to fight in hand to hand combat, drive a jeep, paddle a boat and plant explosives. All of these actions require varying degrees of tilting, rotating or otherwise flailing the controller. It really does add something to the game. Freaked out my dog too. :-)
The training mission is the weakest of any of the other CoDs I've played. Not much there. Realistically, you'll figure out the 12 odd buttons as you go. It only took me a few hours of gameplay not to chuck a grenade when I wanted to duck. :-)
All in all, it seems to be a good game. "I like it" although I miss it not being on PC. It did freeze up on me once during a save profile routing, but after restarting the console, it continued from exactly where I left off. No big loss, so no big deal.
If you like more WWII goodness, give it a go! You won't be disappointed!
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