Call of Duty: Finest Hour | |
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Developer(s) | Spark Unlimited |
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Publisher(s) | Activision |
Series | Call of Duty |
Release Date(s) | 16 November 2004 (North America) 3 December 2004 (PAL Region) |
Genre(s) | First-person shooter |
Mode(s) | Single-player, Multiplayer |
Platform(s) | Xbox |
Call of Duty: Finest Hour is a 2004 first-person shooter video game developed by Spark Unlimited and published by Activision for the original Xbox. It is the first console installment of the Call of Duty series.
It is based on the original Call of Duty game for Windows; however, it has a different storyline and acts as a side-story of the main game. It features six interconnected stories and battles based on real events from the perspectives on each side of the Allied campaign (U.S., British, and Soviet) during World War II.
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Finest Hour received mixed to positive reviews – the Xbox version received a 7.3 out of 10 on IGN and a 73 out of 100 on Metacritic. IGN stated that despite its portrayal of a good shooter, it is still stuck between realism and over-the-top antics, the graphics have been criticized as being very ordinary along with the effects being disappointing and the sound was also found to be out of place in some areas of the game.