Big Red One was my first CoD, back on the PS2 Slim. At that point, I didn't really know what CoD was, just a cool WW2 game. I also had never heard of Xbox. It wasn't until 2007, I was at my cousin's house and he asked if I wanted to play World at War on Xbox. That changed the trajectory of gaming in my life completely.
Big Red One did character deaths better than WAW. Particularly because WAW didn't really have characters to begin with outside of Reznov and Chernov. On the American side there wasn't really anything that set Sullivan and Roebuck apart, not to mention that they killed Sullivan off before I realized that he was even supposed to be a character. And Polonsky was just kind of... there. BR1 did it best by letting the characters bake for the first half of the game, and then having them get killed at seemingly random unclimactic moments and replacing them with new people who you are stuck with for the rest of the game. Sometimes they didn't even kill the characters. Sgt. Hawkins was wounded and evacuated, which added to the realism since that would have been statistically more likely to happen. I do agree though that Finest Hour aged really poorly. Even at the time I could tell that the gameplay design was weak compared to other CoD games. The walking, turning, and aiming mechanics were so sluggish it felt like the player was always at a major disadvantage. And the "protect the M12" level was hell. I ended up using cheat codes to unlock all the missions because it was such bs.
Big Red One really set my teen years, me and my buddies would spend hours trying to beat it on all the difficulty levels. Glad I still have my OG Xbox copy. A timeless classic.
Im glad people still remember both big red one and finest hour. Finest hour was my first ever Fps and while it wasnt it perfect it was a great start! And Big red one was my golden goose, still a personal favorite and it was the first time next to cold war where you actually are playing as a random soldier compared to a name character
As someone whose first ever COD experience was unfortunately the ps2 world at war. Even though I may not sure that same feeling now, child me however absolutely loved it. Probably because it was my first ever FPS game and shooting guns blew my mind. Now that I have access to far superior technology. I picked up the first 2 black ops game, the first ever Modern Warfare.. And also close to touching Mw2 and 3. But oh boy did World at War make an impression on me. Playing the inferior ps2 version gave me a sort of nostalgia, as well as me experiencing a completely different game. So yeah... Old COD rules.. But not too old.
i could vouch for it too as well it's literally one of my first gaming experiences as a whole on PS2 (along with Gran Turismo 4, God of War 3, Medal of Honor Vanguard & a f*ing Mr Bean game by Blast) until i finally had a chance to play FPS games on PC (Counter Strike)
Finest Hour is great. It doesn't feel like CoD at all, but it's great as it's own game. Every campaign feels different, every new idea is actually used like long and awesome tank levels.
Big red one could use a remaster in my opinion. I was playing it way before i was a teen and Vic's death made me cry because he was my favorite character
Great video! Loved the narration! Brought back some childhood memories! WaW Final Fronts was my first CoD in 2009... A few months later i played MW2 and realized how trash it is lol keep up the great work!
Big Red One was the best spinoff but also marked Treyarch's entry into the series, COD 3 they had only months to develop but World At War they put more time and effort into it and felt awesome especially with it's gruesome nature and dark and creepy ambiance
Final Fronts was so weird but boy howdy did Activision tried to sell as this special thing. Even the box art did backflips to try and sound interesting.
Have to disagree hard with the Big Red One review, the characters are absolutely well done and everyone who I've met that played/shared their first experiences with the game mentions how they were caught off by the deaths. This was the first time in any call of duty game that you had permant characters through the campaign with their own little unique cinematics and dialogue, you usually only saw lead members like Sgt Moody and Cpt Foley do them so the mission could progress, rather than the story progress. As for the silent protag part, it's more of a Call of Duty tradition and in general the idea of letting the player self insert himself into the game. When CoD WW2 came out I saw alot of people complain about Daniels, it's mostly each to their own accord but I believe silent protags do a better job at inserting you into the story than a character whos already got a story that you can't relate to or experience.
Like I said in the video, I think the performances are great and I appreciate how it's more of a character piece, the problem was the characters didn't resonate with me like I thought I would.
Someone is finally talking about finest hour and big red one Everyone pretends they dont exist and treats Modern warfare and world at war as the first 2 call of duty games and its annoying because these games are great
Big Red One was the Goat
The best of the COD spinoffs by far that even COD WWII took heavy influence from that campaign
Big Red One was my first CoD, back on the PS2 Slim. At that point, I didn't really know what CoD was, just a cool WW2 game. I also had never heard of Xbox. It wasn't until 2007, I was at my cousin's house and he asked if I wanted to play World at War on Xbox. That changed the trajectory of gaming in my life completely.
Finally, someone acknowledges Big Red One, the BEST CoD game.
Big Red One did character deaths better than WAW. Particularly because WAW didn't really have characters to begin with outside of Reznov and Chernov. On the American side there wasn't really anything that set Sullivan and Roebuck apart, not to mention that they killed Sullivan off before I realized that he was even supposed to be a character. And Polonsky was just kind of... there.
BR1 did it best by letting the characters bake for the first half of the game, and then having them get killed at seemingly random unclimactic moments and replacing them with new people who you are stuck with for the rest of the game. Sometimes they didn't even kill the characters. Sgt. Hawkins was wounded and evacuated, which added to the realism since that would have been statistically more likely to happen.
I do agree though that Finest Hour aged really poorly. Even at the time I could tell that the gameplay design was weak compared to other CoD games. The walking, turning, and aiming mechanics were so sluggish it felt like the player was always at a major disadvantage. And the "protect the M12" level was hell. I ended up using cheat codes to unlock all the missions because it was such bs.
Big Red One really set my teen years, me and my buddies would spend hours trying to beat it on all the difficulty levels. Glad I still have my OG Xbox copy. A timeless classic.
Im glad people still remember both big red one and finest hour. Finest hour was my first ever Fps and while it wasnt it perfect it was a great start! And Big red one was my golden goose, still a personal favorite and it was the first time next to cold war where you actually are playing as a random soldier compared to a name character
As someone whose first ever COD experience was unfortunately the ps2 world at war.
Even though I may not sure that same feeling now, child me however absolutely loved it. Probably because it was my first ever FPS game and shooting guns blew my mind.
Now that I have access to far superior technology. I picked up the first 2 black ops game, the first ever Modern Warfare.. And also close to touching Mw2 and 3.
But oh boy did World at War make an impression on me. Playing the inferior ps2 version gave me a sort of nostalgia, as well as me experiencing a completely different game.
So yeah... Old COD rules.. But not too old.
i could vouch for it too as well
it's literally one of my first gaming experiences as a whole on PS2 (along with Gran Turismo 4, God of War 3, Medal of Honor Vanguard & a f*ing Mr Bean game by Blast) until i finally had a chance to play FPS games on PC (Counter Strike)
Finest Hour is great. It doesn't feel like CoD at all, but it's great as it's own game. Every campaign feels different, every new idea is actually used like long and awesome tank levels.
COD Big red one is the best ww2 game of all time, it covers generally unexplored fronts and enemies of ww2
There was definitely reused voice acting from Big Red One in WaW final frotns, Call of Duty 3 even reuses some.
Big red one could use a remaster in my opinion. I was playing it way before i was a teen and Vic's death made me cry because he was my favorite character
Great video! Loved the narration! Brought back some childhood memories! WaW Final Fronts was my first CoD in 2009... A few months later i played MW2 and realized how trash it is lol keep up the great work!
Big Red One was the best spinoff but also marked Treyarch's entry into the series, COD 3 they had only months to develop but World At War they put more time and effort into it and felt awesome especially with it's gruesome nature and dark and creepy ambiance
Final Fronts was so weird but boy howdy did Activision tried to sell as this special thing. Even the box art did backflips to try and sound interesting.
The first two are best played on the GameCube
Have to disagree hard with the Big Red One review, the characters are absolutely well done and everyone who I've met that played/shared their first experiences with the game mentions how they were caught off by the deaths.
This was the first time in any call of duty game that you had permant characters through the campaign with their own little unique cinematics and dialogue, you usually only saw lead members like Sgt Moody and Cpt Foley do them so the mission could progress, rather than the story progress.
As for the silent protag part, it's more of a Call of Duty tradition and in general the idea of letting the player self insert himself into the game. When CoD WW2 came out I saw alot of people complain about Daniels, it's mostly each to their own accord but I believe silent protags do a better job at inserting you into the story than a character whos already got a story that you can't relate to or experience.
Like I said in the video, I think the performances are great and I appreciate how it's more of a character piece, the problem was the characters didn't resonate with me like I thought I would.
GamerGuy's Reviews, nice video keep up the amazing content
Brian Johnson - Sergeant Starkey
Someone is finally talking about finest hour and big red one
Everyone pretends they dont exist and treats Modern warfare and world at war as the first 2 call of duty games and its annoying because these games are great
I used to have all the games but now, only final fronts
I'd honestly rather play World At War Final Fronts then play Vanguard again. And trust me I've played through most games so I know how bad both are.
*B24 bombing mission.
Man i hate to be that guy but that wasn't a K98 at 4:48 it was more then likely a M1891 (Mosin Nagant)
Either way love the content!
I think when I was editing I thought, "Is that a K98? Eh, looks close enough!"
@@GamerGuysReviews At 8:09, where you got the BO6 footage, please?
@@MrPolicekarim From the BO6 multiplayer trailer.
Final Fronts was way better than Finest Hour.
LMFAO my ass,it was a worse off version of World At War and you know it aswell as everyone else
@@DJPUPPETMASTER-RESURRECTED- Really? I enjoyed it more than Finest Hour.