Call of Duty: Finest Hour

 PlayStation 2
Metascore
76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 49 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 33 out of 49
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 49
  3. Negative: 0 out of 49
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  1. Inside Gamer Online
    74
    You're going to be feasting your eyes on some fantastic looking environments and some pretty good character models. The textures, aliasing, explosions, and the rest aren't so bad either.
  2. IGN
    73
    Finest Hour has been "consolized" and turned from a somewhat challenging and often intense PC first-person shooter into a bland, run-and-gun console pop-gun game.
  3. Total Video Games
    70
    It's more than equal to any of the console "Medal of Honor" titles, although we're desperately hoping that developers will now give it some time to truly shake up the genre a little and bring some new ideas to the table.
  5. Game Over Online
    70
    A lack of checkpoints, imperfect weapon design and control along with a lack of a story that players will care for makes this the low point for the impressive franchise.
  6. Yahoo!
    70
    There's an awful lot of linear, shooting-gallery tedium you have to plod through to get to the good stuff.
  7. PSM Magazine
    70
    It's not a bad game at all, but it doesn't offer anything really new or exciting to the already overrun WWII first-person shooter genre. [Jan 2005, p.78]
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  8. PALGN
    70
    It’s not worth the trouble when there’s greater wartime FPS out there or coming up.
  9. Boomtown
    70
    A wasted opportunity.
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  10. Warcry
    70
    It has a real "been there, done that” feel in every aspect, except the shell shock bit.
  11. Armchair Empire
    68
    Despite the constant companionship of allies, it still feels like you're the only person in the conflict.
  12. GameSpot
    67
    Had the feel of the weapons been a little better, and had the campaign been more consistently intense, Finest Hour could have been a much better game.
  13. TotalPlayStation
    65
    Finest Hour tries, but thanks to some jarring hiccups and repetivie animations, it can't live up to the series' pedigree.
  14. IncGamers
    60
    While it had the potential to be the best console war FPS game out, it is nothing more than a competent, but mediocre shooter.
  15. GamingTrend
    60
    This game has so many glaring graphical and AI glitches it borders on comical.
  16. GamePro
    60
    But playing this game live on the console systems lacks the finesse and speed to which you're accustomed. Lag is apparent everywhere, from watching other players float across the ground to empting an entire magazine into a foe at close range with no effect.
  17. games(TM)
    60
    The atmosphere is electric, the sense of making tiny in-roads to solve a great problem as satisfying as it is frustrating... Spark never allows you to forget that outside the restrictive confines of the first-person viewpoint there’s a much, much bigger fight going on involving thousands of men. [Jan 2005, p.110]
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Awards & Rankings

74
#74 Best PS2 Game of 2004
24
#24 Most Discussed PS2 Game of 2004
53
#53 Most Shared PS2 Game of 2004

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User Score
7.0

Mixed or average reviews- based on 122 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 63 out of 122
  2. Mixed: 37 out of 122
  3. Negative: 22 out of 122
  1. Dexterwait
    Apr 18, 2022
    4
    So the game starts off really well with the russian campaign and then it moves off to north africa followed by the american campaign The northSo the game starts off really well with the russian campaign and then it moves off to north africa followed by the american campaign The north African one is probably the worst part of this game
    Its dark as **** and you cant see **** have to go on the enemies gunfire alone to predict where they are.
    The last area in the african campaign is the most brutal area i have encountered in a COD game.Germans spawn nonstop and instead of placing the charge first, i decided to rescue the corporal or whatever his title is first before placing the charge Movement feels rather sluggish but i can forgive them for that because this was early ps2 COD.

    Your AI team mates cant do **** they run into open gunfire and die.If your considering playing this game on normal or hard then please dont give your AI team mates health boosts ( health packs ).Your only going to ruin your chances of survival.

    The only thing really holding this game together is the levels themselves ( some levels atleast, because there are levels that are complete dog shi%) and the story ( the russian campaign only )

    P.S
    Activision knew they had bad AI, thats why they gave your ai team mates action buttons so that you can just scoot them over because they will not move in a tight space on their own.So you have to press X to basically chase them out of the way

    Horrible save/checkpoint system

    The people who gave this game a 10/10 are really just people who either playes the pc version or people that are bought by Activision.
    This game is by no means a 10/10

    If you want a 10/10 WW2 game
    Go buy COD WAW    … Full Review »
  2. TheQuietGamer
    Mar 26, 2011
    5
    Call of Duty is a well known series of FPS games, while I'm still pretty new to the series (this being the forth one in the series I'veCall of Duty is a well known series of FPS games, while I'm still pretty new to the series (this being the forth one in the series I've played) I have to say this is the worst yet, the graphics are ugly even for a PS2 game, the sound is passable, and I have a problem with the feel of the controls, the main problems are that the checkpoints suck, which can make this frustratingly difficult, and it really doesn't do anything new, it's just a Medal of Honor: Frontline rip off, it does have some cool locations to fight in though and a lot of WWII weapons to use and a pretty good story, but the flaws I stated earlier and the fact that it no longer has online multiplayer makes this a game I can't recommend, but if your into the genre or are a huge Call of Duty fan you may find some enjoyment in it, but most others will hate this.… Full Review »
  3. BobD.
    Dec 29, 2005
    1
    This is the worst game ever. Call of Duty 2 is way better.
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