A wasted Effort

It was a mistake for Activision to take the Call of Duty line away from its creators for the third installment. All the big hallmarks of the Call of Duty franchise seem to be here, linear story and cut scenes. But it doesn't seem to have the care and the excitement of the first two CoDs. And the third installment adds nothing to the game. For all intents it is just a poorly done expansion of the second game with no real improvements of polishing. It also seems that half of the game your character is being controlled by the computer or in a state of advanced shell shock. This seems to be a very heavy handed way of insuring the player appreciates all the scripted events throughout the game.

As just another FPS WW2 shooter it might be an alright game. But since it carries the Call of Duty name people should, and do, expect it to be better than average. It is unfortunate that CoD3 isn't. I would recommend this game as a weekend rental maybe but this title left me very disappointed. It is  more

COD2 was better for many reasons...but this is still ok

Ive played through COD3 on normal and hard, and i must say..its a fun game, but it would be alot more fun if it didnt skip so much..im gonna have to PRO/CON this review

PRO's

-you cant lie, the game is fun(when working properly). You get hooked on it and you dont want to stop playing

-the idea of having the enemy get right in your face and you got to get him off was pretty cool

-my personal favorite, you are able to catch and throw back any grenades thrown at you (except smoke). I thought that was a great add in.

CON's

-another WWII game. The story has been heard many of times in these games..so why must we be forced to watch several minute long cut scenes..EVERYTIME WE START A NEW SCENE/LEVEL?! very frustrating, you cant skip them.

-the game is VERY glitchy. You get stuck in ditches, stuck on objects, you will find yourself going back and forth trying to just walk threw a open door. if your being shot at alot, you wont be able to move sometimes, and, not being your fault, you will  more

Buggy and Frustrating

Call of Duty 3 is a huge step down from 2 in lots of ways. You would think that, because this is a second generation game, it would be polished and free of annoying bugs, but just try to get through a doorway when you are getting riddled with bullets and not have a flood of friendly AI block the door (to result in your death) or get hung up, and subsequently killed in a hail of fire, by some invisible barrier (an "obstacle" that is probably under 6" can totally cripple you) in the middle of an open area. There are so many little things like this that smack of a rush job(resulting in an inferior game). Checkpoints don't consistently work causing some levels, particularly on Veteran difficulty, amazingly frustrating and nearly impossible to get through. Enemies in the open can randomly become immune to gunfire and friendly AI sometimes ceases to support you. There are much better games out there for the 360, so don't waste your time if you expect your purchase to work like it should. If you  more