Good Shooter Made Better
posted by lazygamer (Northridge, CA) Nov 28, 2006
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Since Call of Duty is Activision's answer to EA's Medal of Honor, you can almost interchange them (aside from jumping from army to army as COD does). That being said, this is a pretty good shooter with little to few surprises. Yes, you shoot Nazis. Yes, the weapons are authentic (no WWII is complete without the M1 Garand). What sets this version apart is the promising control scheme, unique (of course) to the Wii.
Something I'm sure we'll see a lot of different versions of, is that the nunchuck is the body and the remote is the head. Tweaking these for sensitivity and functionality is where the challenge is. With COD, this is done fairly well. Aiming very accurate, allowing nice headshots (you view down the reticule by pressing "A"). At first, you may have a tendency to stop and aim. You will learn that you will be killed very quickly if you continue this. Being an urgent game, allot of your shooting will be cover fire, and sprays rather than the aforementioned headshots. But, that's how immersive it is and I think it works. However, throwing grenades with the nunchuck was sometimes unresponsive or the grenade ended-up at my feet (bad). Also, the melee attack seems less responsive than it should.
The graphics are quite nice, even on a standard setup. I was very pleasantly surprised!
If you have ProLogic sound, crank it up to get the "Saving Private Ryan" effect.
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