Call of Duty 3 (PS3)

Read on to find out if CoD3 is still fun to play or has it become clich�d…

Even though I’m pretty sick of the whole World War II genre, Call of Duty (CoD) is one World War II franchise that doesn’t make me want to curl up and die. Introduced way back in 2003 on PCs, CoD single handedly managed to breathe some fresh air into this dying genre with cinematic battles, intense action, engrossing scripted sequences and sound that would make your ears bleed (in a good way). Last year, Infinity Ward gave us an even better Call of Duty 2 for the PC and the Xbox 360 and apparently, the 360 version did so well for itself, it even managed to boost console sales to a certain extent, or so I’ve read.

Unfortunately for the third iteration, development has been passed over from Infinity Ward to Treyarch (Call of Duty: Big Red One, Ultimate Spiderman) as a result of which this game lacks the punch, the first two packed and to make matters worse, it’s completely abandoned the platform that launched this franchise—the PC—making a bee line straight for consoles; current as well as next gen. So after all this change is it still as compelling and intense as the first two and more importantly, is it fun to play or has it become as clich

Written by Avinash Bali

Nash, as he prefers being called, woke up to the wonders of gaming rather late but don't bring that up around him. It's a touchy subject. A self confessed Battlefield veteran, Nash spent a good part of 2010 on the Steam Battlefield - with Bad Company (see what we did there?). He has a zero tolerance policy towards RTS games but is currently showing an interest by picking up and moving people - who he refers to as units - in the office. Thank God he's not that enthusiastic about Angry Birds or we'd be seeing women flying all over the place. Bali... Bali, put the receptionist down now. see more