Aiming of weapons is also unnecessarily difficult. It's a trying challenge to maneuver using strictly the first-person point of view of Patterson, hindering both enjoyment of the impressive graphics and the ability to properly make your way through difficult training. Criticism of such games remains exhaustingly similar. Even to ardent fans of that genre, it's not necessarily a good thing.
Yet the same tried-and-true shooter style remains at the centre of the action. Sure, Patterson is given a range of authentic WW2 weapons, such as rifles and grenades, to kill his foes. The introduction certainly provokes an emotional reaction in an impressive fashion. The Second World War provides the title with a unique twist and certainly a recognizable and dastardly enemy in the Nazis. Romeo and Juliet from Leonardo DiCaprio during my needlessly extended stint in university (to embarrassing consequences), I must offer a simple warning to enterprising youngsters out there: Don't throw away your history textbooks in favour of this game.
Historical fact takes a back seat to virtual blood and violence from this point on. Upon landing on the beach, which is surrounded by German bunkers, the goal becomes simple: Survive and go on to capture the HO-IX flying wing (an experimental Nazi jet fighter). Floating toward the shores of Normandy's Omaha Beach on D-Day, his Higgins landing boat is hit by a Nazi shell and he is thrust overboard into the water. But this Electronic Arts' title distinguishes itself in one simple manner: the ability to twist and mangle history just enough to induce a personal reaction.
All the archaic elements are there - weapons, enemies, obstacles. However, if you dull your brain suitably to forget the title of the game you're playing just for a moment, it's simply impossible to tell them apart.ĭon't get me wrong, this is not a ground-breaking release. Sure, the graphics have improved, and the plot lines altered just enough to intrigue the cult following these games attract. The formula is always bland: Take a stockpile of impressive weapons, follow a maze of obstacle-filled trails and kill an array of imposing enemies (who, for some reason, are always a much more intimidating and daunting a foe than you are in terms of sheer numbers, but who are always as clumsy as a teenager after his or her first six pack). Much like Britney Spears, Tom Green and the entire cast of Friends, first-person shooter games just won't disappear no matter how much you will them to. Others may go ballistic with frustration.
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