On a warm summer’s day in Dawnville, only a split second remained to enjoy the scenic French village before a flock of grenades appeared in the sky, thrown from halfway across the map. Side-stepping the American frags, you took the best option and ran for the church.
Yankees were advancing in the graveyard, and letting them breach the lines would have been devastating. Not today, you thought. The sharp snap of your Kar98 rifle answered the charge, echoing from the once-holy church walls, as a US Army helmet flew 15 feet from it’s executed owner, now resting in graveyard. Ah, sweet irony.
You jumped on the mounted machine gun and mowed down a slew of American soldiers. Peering over the crumbled wall for survivors, you spit off hundreds of piercing rounds, and hit nothing more than an aging gravestone. Just as the puzzled look on your face settled in, the butt of an M1 Garand smashed into the rear of your skull.
Bashed.
Infinity Ward, created by a bunch of guys that hate EA as much as we do, created one of the most thrilling series of titles today: Call of Duty. While, other developers have worked on other CoD products, none have ever genuinely reached the style and gameplay that the ‘true’ games brought to the table. Pretending these titles never existed is the best way to relieve mental anguish, but it does leave a giant hole from COD2 to COD4.
Call of Duty (2003)
PC Elitists in the House
You know why I didn’t get into Harvard, Mom? Blame Call of Duty, which single-handedly lowered my high school GPA a full point.
PC gaming was in desperate need of a balanced shooter; one that appealed to FPS players of all different backgrounds. Call of Duty earned my cash and respect as soon since the original single player demo graced my computer. That 10 minute level seemed more polished than MoH: Allied Assault and Soldier of Fortune 2 combined, both of which sat idle on my hard drive until uninstallation.
The press was in awe of the single player. MOHAA’s Omaha Beach was paved over with COD’s powerful opening Ruski Stalingrad scene, where your character crosses the Volga River in a run-down military boat. Planes roar past the hull, forcing you to duck away from their rattling machine gun fire. Upon landing, you’re handed a clip of ammo, and sent into battle without a weapon, running from cover to cover.
The central selling point for the series started right here. Throughout most of the campaign, you would have friendly allied soldiers fighting right along side you. Moving away from previous WWII games and shooters that featured a ‘lone wolf’ style of play, COD put its eggs in the right basket, and decided that it took two to tango, and ten to a squad.
The multiplayer was fast paced for the twitch gamers, but had a lot of tactical points and teamwork opportunities for the Tom Clancy crowd. Wrapped up in a gooey Hot Pocket crust of strong basic shooter elements, and out came the Game of the Year, plus a solid foundation for a money-grubbing sequel and/or expansion pack.
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13 responses so far ↓
1 the 6th degree // Apr 24, 2008 at 9:18 am
These words are now scripture.
If anyone ever requires information regarding COD, I will send them here.
Or to your friend’s sister’s boyfrend’s, therapist’s butcher’s stepmother…
2 kman571 // Apr 24, 2008 at 9:27 am
Somehow Volkov I don’t think Call of Duty is the sole reason you didn’t get into Harvard.
3 sky » Blog Archive » Call of Duty - A Timeline from Vanilla to Modern Chocolate // Apr 24, 2008 at 9:28 am
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4 Animathias // Apr 24, 2008 at 10:40 am
I’ll agree that CoD3’s single player was horrible to just about every extent, but the multiplayer is what got my hooked on CoD, and I played it for a good year.
5 JakubK666 // Apr 24, 2008 at 11:21 am
Well, while a lot of people bash CoD3, you must admit it had a better story than 5 other CoD games combined.
6 noobfinder // Apr 24, 2008 at 12:01 pm
@jakubk666 ummmmm no i cant 4 was and awsome story very movie like intense with cock slap at the end (spoiler) but i still loved it (:
7 Jagz // Apr 24, 2008 at 12:19 pm
You missed out the PSP COD
8 IncredibleBulk9 // Apr 24, 2008 at 1:09 pm
“The last WWII FPS gamers will ever care about”
Sorry man, I think you’ve forgotten about Brothers in Arms, that game looks amazing. It really seems like developers are begining to push these systems. Now THAT will be the last WWII FPS anybody will care about!
9 JakubK666 // Apr 24, 2008 at 1:31 pm
@ noobfinder
No it wasn’t.The whole plot was pretty much:
Brits are trying to kill one guy then kill another one,as well as save the world.
Yanks attack another country(to steal their oil) and then set off a huge nuke(bunch of retards they are!).
CoD3 had character development and different point of views.CoD4 lacks either.
10 Stackhouse // Apr 24, 2008 at 9:27 pm
Exactly…I started like most gamers, I was a PC FPS Junkie straight out of Wolfenstein 3d world. As games got better and better somewhere in there Call of Duty rolled in. I have recently been playing a lot of COD4 online and I am very disappointed at how many people don’t know what the heck I am talking about when I refer to things like “dawnville” or “KAR 98″. It saddens me to see that those games have been forgotten. Call of Duty has set the FPS precedent on quality of gameplay. How can we not remember our roots?
11 Orange // Apr 24, 2008 at 11:50 pm
Cod2 : Big Red One, was a good game. It was basically a clone with a fancy name slapped on it though, it did have it moments with the plane flying and arty strikes though.
12 Dez // Apr 25, 2008 at 10:33 am
vCoD for me, is still the best online game of all time. I played that pretty much daily from when it came out till CoD2’s release and beyond.
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