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.
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.
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
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.
Played big red one on my cousins Xbox whenever I would visit. Completing the game really felt like I just watched a movie, although the ending was quite underwhelming, I was expecting at least another round. Still it was my first COD and I’ll never forget it
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 actually was my first Call of Duty game. My uncle bought it for me as a freebie gift. The first thing I noticed when playing the game was that I would end up playing as different characters in the campaign, rather than playing as one protagonist for the entire journey. While the British and American campaigns didn't really do much with this idea, the Russian campaign invoked the whole "decoy protagonist" idea by demoting the first character you play as to a supporting extra and then subsequently forgetting he exists. No fatalities, but the idea of the first playable character in a campaign not being the central one got introduced here far before the Modern Warfare games made it much more well-known.
I still see people when talking about the big red one about certain characters deaths so I know for a fact people cared about the characters I cared about their deaths way more than anybody from world of war.
If my memory serves me correctly, Finest Hour was surprisingly difficult even on easy mode. I haven't played it since i was a kid, but i remember a significant difficulty spike by the time you get to the American missions. Big Red One was amazing, and i remember it fondly. WAWFF sucked hind bitty and was noticeably lesser quality compared to CoD 3 and Big Red One.
COD Finest Hour was my first COD, every now and then I boot it up on my PS2 the game is super clunky but I love the soundtrack and as a kid I really loved the animation reel
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
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
Finest Hour was really tough for me as a kid… I feel it’s aged the worst. However these are all good games, Big Red One is one of my favorite shooters ever, the campaign is great! Final Fronts was rated unfairly when it launched in the shadow of its 7th gen version. It’s a good game though and I like its pacific campaign a lot
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 Res One was my first COD back when Band of Brothers was on repeat on the History Channel. BRO then COD3 and other WW2 games fueled my interest in the conflict and later love of COD until Activision killed it
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.
They are talking about World at War Final Fronts. Which was the console exclusive version of world at war. It's a different game which is why it's featured.
I got Finest Hour & Big Red One as part of a double pack for the PS2 in the early 2010s. At the time, I knew there was something not right with how both games played a bit differently from one another. Of course, it wouldn't be years later that I found out that they were made by different developers. I will say that by the time I played World At War Final Fronts, I had already played some of the 7th generation entries, and going back to PS2 era gameplay made me wish I was playing the newer games. In my opinion it's the worst Call of Duty game that I've ever played, which is saying a lot since a lot of people are saying the campaign in MW3 (2023)is the absolute worst.
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 best Call of Duty up until Infinite Warfare. I hope they release it on Gamepass soon! Yes, I said it, IW and BRO is better than CoD 4!
Sony ps2 was fun but man lobby’s online were empty all hell n64 was stil The goat and you all KNOW IT AND don’t get me started on the Atari system Jesus fucking Christ.
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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.
Agreed most probably the best of ww2 old era.
@@PotatoeJoe69WAW was 2008, COD4 was 2007 👆🤓
@@AlfimAlves AAAAAAAAHKCHYUALLY
Yeah no you're right. I got the dates mixed up. It was in '08 then.
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 is my favorite call of duty game. The main menu theme song still hits me just right.
Finally, someone acknowledges Big Red One, the BEST CoD game.
Finest hour is absolutely fantastic with a stellar soundtrack as well
I loved it too
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
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
Big Red One is what WWII wishes to be like.
Big Red One was my introduction to COD, my uncle bought it for me for Christmas many years ago.
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.
Big Red One is one of the best games I’ve ever played, wish we could get a remaster, but I know that will never happen.
There was definitely reused voice acting from Big Red One in WaW final frotns, Call of Duty 3 even reuses some.
Brooklyn dying is ingrained into my childhood !
Big Red One was my first CoD and I have it on GameCube.
Mark Hamill was in the Samuel fuller film The Big Redone. It’s also about the 1st infantry division, cool film.
Played big red one on my cousins Xbox whenever I would visit. Completing the game really felt like I just watched a movie, although the ending was quite underwhelming, I was expecting at least another round. Still it was my first COD and I’ll never forget it
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)
Big red one was my 1st cod too. I cared when vic and Brooklyn died
Finest Hour actually was my first Call of Duty game. My uncle bought it for me as a freebie gift. The first thing I noticed when playing the game was that I would end up playing as different characters in the campaign, rather than playing as one protagonist for the entire journey. While the British and American campaigns didn't really do much with this idea, the Russian campaign invoked the whole "decoy protagonist" idea by demoting the first character you play as to a supporting extra and then subsequently forgetting he exists. No fatalities, but the idea of the first playable character in a campaign not being the central one got introduced here far before the Modern Warfare games made it much more well-known.
I have been told that COD : WAW - Final Fronts is a prequel/canon game to The Main One
I still see people when talking about the big red one about certain characters deaths so I know for a fact people cared about the characters
I cared about their deaths way more than anybody from world of war.
If my memory serves me correctly, Finest Hour was surprisingly difficult even on easy mode. I haven't played it since i was a kid, but i remember a significant difficulty spike by the time you get to the American missions.
Big Red One was amazing, and i remember it fondly.
WAWFF sucked hind bitty and was noticeably lesser quality compared to CoD 3 and Big Red One.
Finest hour was the first COD game i got on PS2. Made me interested in history
COD Finest Hour was my first COD, every now and then I boot it up on my PS2 the game is super clunky but I love the soundtrack and as a kid I really loved the animation reel
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
Amazing vid mate!
Mark Hamill played “Griff” in the movie BIG RED ONE in 1980 with Lee Marvin
Big Red One was one of the best WW2 campaigns I've ever played
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
Finest hour was my first call of duty
I never knew cod one and big red one were spin offs
Finest Hour was really tough for me as a kid… I feel it’s aged the worst. However these are all good games, Big Red One is one of my favorite shooters ever, the campaign is great! Final Fronts was rated unfairly when it launched in the shadow of its 7th gen version. It’s a good game though and I like its pacific campaign a lot
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 Res One was my first COD back when Band of Brothers was on repeat on the History Channel. BRO then COD3 and other WW2 games fueled my interest in the conflict and later love of COD until Activision killed it
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.
GamerGuy's Reviews, nice video keep up the amazing content
World at War was also on PC, Call of Duty 3 was the last console exclusive.
They are talking about World at War Final Fronts. Which was the console exclusive version of world at war. It's a different game which is why it's featured.
I got Finest Hour & Big Red One as part of a double pack for the PS2 in the early 2010s. At the time, I knew there was something not right with how both games played a bit differently from one another. Of course, it wouldn't be years later that I found out that they were made by different developers. I will say that by the time I played World At War Final Fronts, I had already played some of the 7th generation entries, and going back to PS2 era gameplay made me wish I was playing the newer games. In my opinion it's the worst Call of Duty game that I've ever played, which is saying a lot since a lot of people are saying the campaign in MW3 (2023)is the absolute worst.
Big Red One was amazing. This guy just doesnt fet it :P
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 best Call of Duty up until Infinite Warfare. I hope they release it on Gamepass soon!
Yes, I said it, IW and BRO is better than CoD 4!
I used to have all the games but now, only final fronts
Brian Johnson - Sergeant Starkey
Finest hour n big red 1 were my firsts
big red one needs a remake
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.
Need a port or reboot of these on PC
*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.
The first two are best played on the GameCube
Finest Hour is perfection 💯
Sony ps2 was fun but man lobby’s online were empty all hell n64 was stil
The goat and you all KNOW IT AND don’t get me started on the Atari system Jesus fucking Christ.
If I had a word for all
These games except big red one was the GOAT THE FIRST GOAT.
Everything else is censored cringe and gay as all hell can be.😂😂
Finest hour was way worse than ps2 waw
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.