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Call of Duty: Finest Hour
- PlayStation 2, Xbox
- Price: $39.99
- Genre: First Person Shooter
Common Sense Media says
Violent WWII shooter provides unique perspective.
Parents say
QUALITY
Kids say
QUALITY
What parents need to know
Parents need to know that this game is presented as a serious treatment of the Allied foot soldiers who fought the Germans in World War II. And while players are presented with real and realistic photos and footage from World War II, it's not long before they enter an artificial representation of real places and events, but kill hundreds of fake enemies.
What's it about?
CALL OF DUTY: FINAL HOUR casts players as soldiers fighting with Allied powers against the growing Nazi threat. By presenting multiple views from the battlefront, Call of Duty: Final Hour liberates war video games from a strictly American perspective and casts it for what it really was: a world war. Players will find it a refreshing change of pace to control characters from three different Allied countries: a Russian solider defending his native Stalingrad, a British demolitions expert fighting German armor in the African desert, and an American infantryman fighting to capture a German city.
Is it any good?
Call of Duty: Final Hour sets itself apart from the pack by replicating, if only in flashes, the scary vulnerability and frantic rush for survival depicted in the opening scene of Steven Spielberg's "Saving Private Ryan." The sharply rendered environments leave players unable to easily identify threats or find safe positions to protect themselves. This war game delivers its share of fighting and killing, though the Teen rating means there is less blood or gore than in Mature-rated games. But that's little solace for a parent watching their child sit behind a mounted machine gun and mow down person after person as they jump a barricade.
Archival footage of the war and an authoritative voice over infuse a degree of gravitas to what is otherwise a relentless exercise in shooting and killing. If you're looking to mix a history lesson into you child's virtual pursuits, you could certainly do worse than Call of Duty: Final Hour. Just don't forget that history has delivered its share of violence.
What families can talk about
Families can talk about whether video games are an appropriate medium for learning about complex historical events. Does playing the game increase your kids' understanding of the war? Or does the game exploit and trivialize history?
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Kid, 12 years old
October 26, 2011
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Great Game
I'm 12 and my dad let me get this game recently and we beat the whole thing. It is a very fun game despite the violence. No matter what you hear, there is NO BLOOD. If there is, you would need a microscope to see it. It also teaches about World War II and The characters are very positive role models.
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fine for 11+
it is hard to play and worst call of duty game yet
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dont buy this
this game is pretty good but not not as good as call of duty 2
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Kid, 10 years old
January 4, 2011
AGE
call of duty finest hour
their is barley cursing they just say h*ll and no blood its fun and easy to play
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This game is perhaps one of the best shooters ever made. Period.
Now, for the parental aspect.
The violence is mediocre for these days. If you look at games like timeshift, it'll show violence at a 5 star scale.
The language is not too big of a deal, but it is heard
The good thing about this game, is it's educational value history wise, and it also gives good role models- (ie- the brave soldiers who fought WWII down to the bone.)
All in all, a good game, fine for teens.
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AGE
Great Game !
The violence is mild when you shoot people they just disappear , and language isn't used often and when it is it's not that strong .
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AGE
Not as good as others, but not bad
I would recommend something more like Black Ops, Or MW3, but not bad. Violence: not as bad as others, not much blood, but you are still killing people. Language: I only heard one H-word in the whole game. Educational: You learn about WW2.
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Kid, 12 years old
October 18, 2010
AGE
T rating is pretty good, but the game isnt
I'm just not feelin it like the other COD games. I guess its better a Dora game or something, but its the worst COD yet. There is only a speck of blood though, but it has some cussing like d--n (used alot) and b-st-rd
(once), but its the safest COD game.
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| Platforms: | PlayStation 2, Xbox |
| Available online? | Not available online |
| Genre: | First Person Shooter |
| Developer: | Activision |
| Release date: | November 17, 2004 |
| Price: | $39.99 |
| ESRB rating: | T |
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