We all
knew it was coming and the Xbox gods didn't let us down, because a new
Hour of Victory demo is available for download off the XBLM. And before you get your hopes up, word on the street is that this WWII shooter isn't all that memorable. Actually, we're hearing it's the opposite of memorable and more along the lines of forgettable. But we haven't got our mitts on it yet, so we can't be certain. So, we recommend that you give the
Hour of Victory demo a download and base your opinion on your first hand experience. Or just wait a few hours until the masses weigh in with their critique.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
5-31-2007 @ 3:37AM
Matt said...
Only took about 10 minutes to download but i really wish i hadnt bothered. I spent the whole demo hoping that it was going to end. I dont play on a HD TV but the graphics still look poor compared to other 360 games. The Friendly AI is very annoying had one guy shouting the same speech over and over again at me. Ran into one of the Friendlys and he started saying im on your side??????? I mean even the tank combat was poorly presented. Id just replay Through CoD 3 instead of buying this tbh.
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5-31-2007 @ 4:36AM
Enon777 said...
I have to agree. When I saw the Unreal Engine, I though, "Man this is going to look amazing!" Unfortunately I was sadly mistaken. Come on COD 2 looks way better than this garbage. It looks like they got a bunch of interns together and said, "go for it. Make your own game kiddies" Controls feel very clunky and the friendly AI as stated above seem to be very annoying. Not even a rental in my opinion.
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5-31-2007 @ 4:43AM
Patrick said...
This game is trash, don't bother. Although the extremely overdone ragdoll physics in the game were cracking me up the whole time.
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5-31-2007 @ 5:15AM
Peter said...
I'm sure it will get better it's still only a demo. I'm DL'ing it now..
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5-31-2007 @ 6:01AM
jason said...
have you seen guitar hero 3's guitar well here you go its a bit offtopic but i think its cool
http://media.xbox360.ign.com/media/899/899096/img_4585768.html
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5-31-2007 @ 6:10AM
schwal said...
it wasn't worth the download, the graphics were ho hum, which is more than i can say for the gameplay. seriously, the only halfway decent elements were clearly stolen from cod, your given a metric shitload of grenades, which are about the only useful weapon they give you. and as far as i can tell there are 4 death animations, which are straight out of every war movie ever made. the shot to the head, clutching the chest, the legshot stumble, and the blown into the air with a grenade. dont even waste you time, this is gonna get 6.0 reviews if they have enough time to finish it in its current state.
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5-31-2007 @ 7:09AM
Peter said...
After playing it I can agree with everyone else here.. The game just sucks.. No saving it.
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5-31-2007 @ 7:13AM
ZenGaijin said...
Wow, I hate to jump on the bandwagon but after playing it I can say I was throughly unimpressed by everything.
It controls bad and as the sensitivity for left stick is too high and the right is far to low. This makes aiming a chore, couple that with enemies that blend into the bland brown backgrounds to well and you would have an annoying gameplay experience just waiting to happen.
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5-31-2007 @ 9:12AM
EC said...
Like everyone else...I was extremely unimpressed by this demo. Right from the start.
The controls are....terrible. Everything is in the wrong spot. The melee on right bumper feels really weird, and so does sprint on left thumbstick click and crouch on b. Nothing feels right. Also, looking around was a pain and didn't feel very responsive or natural compared to almost...every FPS out there.
Also, it was terrible in a demo sense. When you play as the sniper or covert ops...you don't actually use their skills, instead of have to go and use the tank because theres no other ways to take the enemy tanks out. I wanted to actually see what these characters would do but I could'nt. It didn't help that the AI was bad, either.
I'm sad that I wasted my time downloading this. :\
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5-31-2007 @ 9:23AM
ANt said...
The demo sucks big time, what a waste of time....back to Forza baby!!
We want DiRT!! COD4 too!!
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5-31-2007 @ 9:42AM
Rick said...
I saw this last night before heading to bed, so I downloaded it and gave it a shot. OH MAN, DOES THIS GAME SUCK! Everything seemed like a poorly cobbled together rehash of COD 2. Terrible graphics and visual effects that make no sense (why does everything get bright yellow/orange when there's an explosion nearby?). I shot one enemy and watched it spin around and twitch for 30 seconds...yeah, it just kept spinning around on the ground on it's own after I killed him. The map is terrible and unreadable (maybe on an HD display you can make out which white blur reads N, but not on a normal tv). The standing position icon is a direct rip out of COD. The friendly AI is terrible and annoying...after clearing the section before you have to defend the HQ, I wanted to look around at the environment a bit, but was incessantly barking at me to "come on, over here, come on, over here, get moving, over here, come on, come on, over here...". It didn't let up until I finally went to the checkpoint and it was audible no matter how far away I was from it, either. So stupid. I just about choked when I saw that this used UT for it's graphics. It looks like absolute garbage. It makes me wonder who at Midway needs to be fired for allowing this turd to squeak through quality control. They'll be lucky to sell 5000 copies. HORRIBLE.
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5-31-2007 @ 10:05AM
Rob said...
Terrible. Controls are awful, no idea why they strayed from the tried and tested control layout. Also very unresponsive, just doesn't feel fun to play.
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5-31-2007 @ 11:20AM
ridestowe said...
yeah this game sucks....and choosing my words carefully....it sucks big giant monkey balls.
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5-31-2007 @ 11:24AM
Stephen said...
I have an HDTV and, as it states in the beginning of the demo, it's an HD Game. Boy does the opening cinematic look good. Oh, you mean there was more? Just like that question the rest of the demo is a joke. Ugly. Sloppy controls. Wish I never saw it. Waste of my time.
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5-31-2007 @ 11:47AM
Spitkicker said...
yeah this game blows! I agree I would rather play through Call of Duty...2 before playing this steaming pile. Horrible A.I., actually it was just an all around horrible gaming experience..I quit the demo after 10 minutes of boredom. What a disapointment. Then again I wasn't expecting much.
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5-31-2007 @ 11:56AM
Maxi said...
Why did they make this game lol?
Plays awful and I really didn't like it but I was saved :O
I lobbed a grenade in there and well must have some problems with the code as the game froze (maybe physics error). Reminded me when you used to put loads of barrels etc on HL2 then blow it up and what the code explode with errors. O well probably sell atleast 2 copies.
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5-31-2007 @ 12:20PM
KineticOnline said...
Yea the controls need work, haven't tried tweaking the settings yet, but its not bad (which isnt really good enough) but i'll wait until later before i make a proper decision
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5-31-2007 @ 12:37PM
Jay said...
Pulled from marketplace
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5-31-2007 @ 1:39PM
xMUSICxMANx said...
Did they remove the Demo??
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5-31-2007 @ 1:55PM
Spitkicker said...
Wonder if they are gonna cancel or delay it now. If it is released like this it is doomed, probably is anyway. feels like a ps2 shooter or something.
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