The History Channel: Battle for the Pacific PC
Metascore
42 out of 100

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 5 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 5 out of 5
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  1. IGN
    49
    The History Channel: Battle for the Pacific isn't necessarily an atrocious game, but it just isn't that fun and brings so very little to the table.
  2. Worth Playing
    48
    The gameplay is poorly ported from a console to the PC, which seems like the wrong way to do things.
  3. Cheat Code Central
    44
    Many of the A.I., both friendly and enemy, look the same. There are only a few different character models. They animate well, but at times they will get stuck in the scenery or just freeze.
  4. PC Gamer
    40
    You're better off buying DVD's of History Channel shows. [May 2008, p.59]
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  5. Game Revolution
    25
    Ultimately, though, the biggest blow against the game is its brevity. You shouldn't have trouble clearing its single-player mode in two or three hours.

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User Score
2.3 out of 10

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 8 Ratings

User score distribution:
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  3. Negative: 4 out of 4
  1. FrancescoM.
    1
    Never seen such a crap... 34,99 $ on steam for 3 hours of terribly stupid playing and killing idiots who don't look for a repair after being shot at...
    There are 7 weapons, and the M1 Garand Carabine was introduced in 1942, after wake...
    Iwo Jima had hidden pillboxes and tunnels, but no trenches on the beaches ( if there were, they disappeared after the incredible artillery and aerial bombardment of the island, there were no threes left on it... )
    The unique way to die is to trow a grenade under your feets... If this was the war on the pacific, americans would not have lost thousands of lives on those islands...
    Sry for the errors, i'm not english :P    … Full Review »
  2. SimonF.
    2
    Matches SOF Payback in 'Naffability' Boring, tedious and historically innacurate. If I was the Invading Japanese Forces...I would pack up and Go Home!!… Full Review »
  3. SeanW.
    0
    I used to believe that most things were relative, except of course the speed of light. That is an absolute because there is nothing faster. This piece of junk convinced me that bad can also be an absolute since there is nothing worse. It is not just the game play, which is miserable. One would think with a "History Channel" name there would be some redeeming educational value to it. There is not. Not only is this game bad to play, the history is atrocious. If the game narration is to be believed, the Phillipines fell AFTER the end of the war in Europe! Moreover, somehow the Japanese took Henderson Field and it is up to you to help get it back. The History Channel should be ashamed. So too the people at Activision who put this drivel on the market without pride or shame just to make a quick buck. Do yourself, and the rest of the world a favor - do not buy this game. If received as a present, do not play it. Most of all, do not trade it in so that some unsuspecting child is not exposed to it Boycott Activision and the History Channel for putting out such garbage!… Full Review »
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