After playing both demos for Call of Duty, I was considerably impressed. A great looking game that is actually playable on my machine always gets me excited, but the fact this one is fun too made me want to go out and buy the game. Upon finnaly playing the full game though, I just didn't have the fun I had with the demo.
The demo had me gripped right from the beginning, and didn't release me until I was back at the main menu screen after a sucessful mission. Unfortunantly that type of gameplay didn't carry over to the other missions throughout the game. Many of the missions annoyed me to no end, and the missions that could have been fun were ruined since I was annoyed with the previous mission.
One of the things I was mainly annoyed with was the lack of direction. The demo nearly dictated your actions so you always knew what you were doing and where to go. In the full game I spent most of my time trying to find the right path to a location marked on a map, or desperatly trying to find someone I'm supposed to talk to while I'm getting shot at from 3 or 4 directions, or waiting for the leader to start leading, etc...
Many of the missions had really good ideas behind them, but it stopped there. I can't quite put my finger on it, but many of the missions were just boring or tedious. The British Commando missions were the ones that really annoyed me. The team-based aspect is what truly makes this game fun, and was the reason why I absolutely hated those missions. Fortunantly, the last few levels of the game are actually pretty fun, so after you finish the game you're atleast satisfied.
The game could have been truly amazing for me, but many of the missions were just not up to par with others which REALLY detracted from my enjoyment of the game. In the end, I'd recommend getting it just because some of the missions are extremely fun.
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