History Channel: Battle for the Pacific for Xbox 360 Reviews by Gamers

There have been numerous titles that have come out historically and lately that feature the World War II theater. Unfortunately, gamers have to search through the garbage to get to the gems. This is not one of the gems. What hurts Battle for the Pacific is not only it's short single player (2 1/2 - 3 hours), but the predictable and mostly idiotic AI. You can shoot your companions with no consequence and they mostly just sit around waiting for you to do everything. The Japanese foes are mostly docile and will miss most of their shots at you, even on Hard.

The Multiplayer could have been great...if people actually bought this game. The maps are decent and most of the achievements are multiplayer based. However, no one is ever on so you have a heck of a time starting a game.

The GOOD:
-The little explanations they give at the beginning of a mission. History Channel games are notorious for this so I would expect nothing less.

-Historically accurate guns that were used in WWII. Always a nice thing to try to stick with realism, but one again, I expect nothing less from a History Channel game.

The BAD:
-Super-short multiplayer, which for some achievement lovers could be construed as a good thing.

-No multiplayer community. This is really too bad as some of the maps could have potentially great matches on them

The WTH:
-Shooting someone in the face and not dying....really?

-500 kills apiece for using both American and Japanese weapons. Argh...

Overall, I would not recommend this for someone who is looking for a great game to fill their time. I would recommend this to someone who is looking to bolster their achievement score by 1000. I finished this game in a week with all the achievements. If you really wanted to you could finish it in three days. Happy gaming!