Call of Duty

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8.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 1329 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 47 out of 1329
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  1. RTCWFAN
    Aug 29, 2023
    9
    You don't often get games, where everything is just right. The first COD is one of those games. No wonder, it became one of the most popular game series in history. Overall rating: 9.2.
  2. Richard_dias
    Aug 14, 2023
    9
    The OG Call of Duty. That one was hardcore, and I still have some good memories. One of the best early 2000s FPS (and there were a lot of good FPS back in the day)
  3. Sylictic
    Jul 8, 2023
    5
    Where it all began, and it plays like a completely different game.
    Much more of a medal of honor clone than a new take on the historical first person shooter, Activisions first attempt with call of duty falls flat amidst a sea of much better games of its own genre.
  4. Evraids
    Jun 26, 2023
    9
    Beginning of a legend. Brings back good old memories.King of fps games.The war experience it gives was immaculate
  5. armadonpower
    Jun 9, 2023
    10
    Original Call of Duty revolutionized WWII shooters with cinematic set-pieces, immersive gameplay, and stunning visuals. A genre-defining classic.
  6. CodaHensley
    May 12, 2023
    8
    An intensely fun game, even to this day. The missions are not as varied or as memorable, but the game set the standard for all of the sequels after, by making it entertaining through its animations, audio, and addictive gameplay loop. Its intensely fun to snipe, explode, and mow down patches of enemies, and the combination of loud, powerful sounding weapons and reactive enemy wounding andAn intensely fun game, even to this day. The missions are not as varied or as memorable, but the game set the standard for all of the sequels after, by making it entertaining through its animations, audio, and addictive gameplay loop. Its intensely fun to snipe, explode, and mow down patches of enemies, and the combination of loud, powerful sounding weapons and reactive enemy wounding and killing animations make it a short but sweet experience.… Expand
  7. LT_Gruber
    Mar 18, 2023
    9
    The true origins of the series, before becoming a cashflow.

    The first Call of Duty is where it all began and what inspired a series of good sequels, along with the cashflow milking cow that it has become today. The original game shined with excellent AI, a solid story and fluent mechanics. Call of Duty revolves around the events of the second world war. Although this concept is    The true origins of the series, before becoming a cashflow.

    The first Call of Duty is where it all began and what inspired a series of good sequels, along with the cashflow milking cow that it has become today. The original game shined with excellent AI, a solid story and fluent mechanics.

    Call of Duty revolves around the events of the second world war. Although this concept is nothing new and used many times before, it is one of the more stable, balanced and straightforward ones that was around at the time. The main difference with other WWII franchises is that you play as multiple countries that fought in the war like Russia, Great Brittan and the United States.

    You start as Private Martin, a paratrooper that has been sent behind enemy lines in the events of D-Day. His platoon is scattered badly and nowhere is were he should be. You mission is to disable Flak guns and artillery positions to grant the soldiers some slack that are fighting on the beaches.

    Then, the perspective switches over to Sergeant Evans, in the British army.
    After participating in Operation Tonga, you are transferred to the commando SAS unit, which is then tasked with sabotaging the Eder Dam. After that, you infiltrate the battleship Tirpitz with Sergeant Price and a small squad. You discover plans from the Germans in which they are about to launch their feared V-2 rockets. You destroy the rockets before joining your squad mates in the battles ahead.

    You also play as Corporal Alexei, starting at the battle for Stalingrad. Your heroic deeds get you promoted to Sergeant and after many battles with lots of lives lost, you enter Berlin and conquer the city with your fellow squad mates, ending the war.

    The first Call of Duty is the only game in the series that implements the health bar. Although opinions differ about what system is better, I preferred the search for health kits and keeping track of your current vitality. It is what makes an FPS interesting and challenging in my opinion. Medal of Honor is another franchise that shined in this mechanic, by finding soldier canteens.

    Call of Duty looked beautiful back then and, even to today, still does. Surely it aged and the graphics can be considered ancient, but the detail remains fair enough. The small blood effects and explosions are still great. The sound effects are still solid. All the sounds of guns firing and grenades that explode are still awesome. I like the Kar98 sound effects the most, it is just a solid blast when you fire your single bullet towards the enemy.

    What sets Call of Duty apart is its excellent AI, especially for the time. Enemies and squad mates “do their own thing” and are focused on the battles ahead. There is also a solid balance between the focus on you and the AI on each other. You can surprise an enemy from the side because he is busy fighting with another soldier and does not notice you yet.

    The expansion pack, United Offensive, I did not play. This was only because my PC back then, would not read the disc properly. This is something that I want to complete at least once in the future.

    Call of Duty will always remain a true classic and, even today, it is still played widely, although many servers are now fun and hack servers with some crazy sh!t going on. There are custom made maps in toy block landscapes, obstacle courses, you name it.

    It is a shame that the series nowadays is a business model in which the same crap is released every year and kids today do not know how great the series was back then, but before I turn into a complete grandpa again, that is all I will say about it.

    I definitely still recommend this true original classic.    … Expand
  8. shkipermann
    Feb 25, 2023
    8
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  9. DonldTrump_45Th
    Jan 26, 2023
    9
    Hello, this is a default review because i'm forced to use 75 characters. I'll edit this review in the future talking about the game, don't worry ;)

    My final rate is: 9
  10. 3ls0ul
    Jan 26, 2023
    8
    Es un excelente videojuego, mis felicitaciones al equipo detrás del desarrollo de esta grandiosa obra.
  11. faret
    Jan 11, 2023
    8
    Хорошая игра! Прошёл за недельку и почти не задушился, только к концу начинает немного надоедать, а в целом - отлично.
  12. Antontavrin
    Jan 11, 2023
    5
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  13. gautamkumar633
    Dec 7, 2022
    10
    One of the greatest fps games ever and one of the best WW2 games. Much better than the new ones honestly even though it's 20 years old.
  14. Soullex
    Nov 30, 2022
    4
    Bu oyunun can mantığı gerçekten çok kötü. Seriyi genel olarak sevmeyen biri olarak özellikle günümüz şartlarında eğerlendirince hiçbir şey kalmıyor geriye.
  15. qbangamer98
    Nov 20, 2022
    8
    the best cod game after all this years , the campaign is the best of all cod games not any other game has such a fun and epic campaign that is as immersive as this , you genuinely feel as a ww2 soldier on the allied side and you see and feel and struggles of the biggest war humanity has ever taken part of , while cod 4 is a great game and made a good transition from ww2 to modern warfarethe best cod game after all this years , the campaign is the best of all cod games not any other game has such a fun and epic campaign that is as immersive as this , you genuinely feel as a ww2 soldier on the allied side and you see and feel and struggles of the biggest war humanity has ever taken part of , while cod 4 is a great game and made a good transition from ww2 to modern warfare i still consider it inferior to the original game , while cod 2 , cod 3 and cod 5 waw also had ww2 as their main argument i dont think any of them did it as well as the original cod 1 game 9/10… Expand
  16. kjaroslaw
    Nov 17, 2022
    5
    Good CoD and that's all. Game had fine singleplayer. Nowaday playing in CoD1 is just ok, better play CoD2.
  17. MazenAsy
    Nov 3, 2022
    9
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  18. ZJLO
    Oct 7, 2022
    0
    i hate this f*cking game 1.nps they are CHEATERS! they have no recoil and this is especially evident on a machine gun when they shoot at you and you can’t even look out to kill him NO he will hit you 389 million times when you look out for 1 second 2. I don’t know why but sometimes I just have any NPCs stand in a T-pose and it looks miserable and spoils the atmosphere 3. it's veryi hate this f*cking game 1.nps they are CHEATERS! they have no recoil and this is especially evident on a machine gun when they shoot at you and you can’t even look out to kill him NO he will hit you 389 million times when you look out for 1 second 2. I don’t know why but sometimes I just have any NPCs stand in a T-pose and it looks miserable and spoils the atmosphere 3. it's very difficult especially in stalengrad where these damn machine guns are placed everywhere and it's infuriating, you will die in this place 10-20 times until you super neatly pass the moment and it's very infuriating!… Expand
  19. MaxieZeus
    Sep 20, 2022
    9
    Revolution for its time, but difficult to play today if you want to try it out.
  20. dr-kenobi
    Sep 6, 2022
    8
    The origins. It's pity to look at the franchise in 2022. Probably it's better for CoD to just die, so it can't get worse with each new release
  21. aecsuter
    Sep 6, 2022
    3
    My analysis takes into account that I played this game for the first time in 2022, I wanted to start playing from the first because it's something I like to do in the series.
    I believe that at the time it must have been very good, but playing it nowadays was very bearable.
    The campaign is focused on small historical moments and the controlled character has any name that is irrelevant to    My analysis takes into account that I played this game for the first time in 2022, I wanted to start playing from the first because it's something I like to do in the series.
    I believe that at the time it must have been very good, but playing it nowadays was very bearable.
    The campaign is focused on small historical moments and the controlled character has any name that is irrelevant to the story.
    The gameplay is difficult, a little strange to play nowadays.
    As the gameplay is locked it's even easy to finish the campaign on the hardest difficulty, but it's boring.

    For the price it is sold, I don't recommend it even on sale.    … Expand
  22. 1ndastreal
    Jul 30, 2022
    9
    est MP experience i have had in years. I have a feeling i will be playing this game for a veryest MP experience i have had in years. I have a feeling i will be playing this game for a veryest MP experience i have had in years. I have a feeling i will be playing this game for a veryest MP experience i have had in years. I have a feeling i will be playing this game for a veryest MPest MP experience i have had in years. I have a feeling i will be playing this game for a veryest MP experience i have had in years. I have a feeling i will be playing this game for a veryest MP experience i have had in years. I have a feeling i will be playing this game for a veryest MP experience i have had in years. I have a feeling i will be playing this game for a veryest MP experience i have had in years. I have a feeling i will be playing this game for a veryest MP experience i have had in years. I have a feeling i will be playing this game for a veryest MP experience i have had in years. I have a feeling i will be playing this game for a very… Expand
  23. KOJ71
    Jul 22, 2022
    4
    The game has a good story and good gameplay for the time. However, those times are long gone and this game cannot live up to modern standards. You get what you pay for and any reviews over 7 out of ten are most likely due to the individual’s nostalgia for it. This review does not take into account of nostalgia, the age of the game or the price but solely on quality.
  24. Relenea
    Jul 11, 2022
    8
    Call of Duty serisinin ilk oyunu, piyasaya sürülmesi üzerinden yıllar geçmiş olmasına rağmen, özellikle II. Dünya Savaşı konulu yapımlar arasında kaliteli, etkileyici ve oynanabilir bir oyun.
  25. Tonmai
    Jul 9, 2022
    10
    ผมชอบแนวบู๊แหลกอยู่แล้วเลยชอบมันมากๆ ผมว่าถ้ามัน remastered มันก็ซื้อมาเล่นแน่นอน
  26. KAHRAMANOV
    Jul 5, 2022
    9
    Действительно что моя рецензия сделает
    Это игра заслуживает большего чем о ней отзываются
    не буду ее хвалить потому что здесь может закончится место минусы это тупой местами ии и немного несоответствие с историей а так 9/10 PS3 порт просто ужасен не советую.    Действительно что моя рецензия сделает
    Это игра заслуживает большего чем о ней отзываются
    не буду ее хвалить потому что здесь может закончится место
    минусы это тупой местами ии и немного несоответствие с историей а так 9/10
    PS3 порт просто ужасен не советую.
  27. Demon2017
    Jun 19, 2022
    7
    Игра, давшая начало великой серии, которая сейчас на нереальном подъёме. Но сама игра типичный шутерок тех лет, хотя некоторые уровни в нём очень эпичные.
  28. Tomle1202
    Jun 18, 2022
    8
    Call of Duty is the memorable type of experience that despite its age, thrives even in comparison with newer titles.
  29. The_D4RknesS
    Jun 16, 2022
    10
    I was playing this pearl yesterday and what a game! It is impressive that in the middle of 2003 they had already put bullet marks on the wall and high number of bodies on the floor after killing
  30. Jackie_Jackson
    May 26, 2022
    7
    А что писать то Я же её почти не помню это было примерно двадцать лет назад лол
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Awards & Rankings

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#5 Best PC Game of 2003
5
#5 Most Discussed PC Game of 2003
13
#13 Most Shared PC Game of 2003

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Metascore
91

Universal acclaim - based on 44 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 41 out of 44
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 44
  3. Negative: 0 out of 44
  1. PC Arena
    90
    However, taking away all the glamour, polish and hype this title has, what you’ll be presented with is rather linear game with fairly limited replay ability. We did however find the single player campaigns surprisingly short.
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  2. Computer Games Magazine
    90
    Call of Duty is going to turn heads. It looks amazing, the action is fierce, and the multiplayer game is balanced, with plenty of diverse settings. [Jan 2004, p.58]
  3. GameBiz
    97
    The most intensive war action first person shooter combat title yet. I have not played a single-player experience that is as immersive and intense as the one in Call of Duty.
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