Call of Duty 3 Xbox 360
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6.6 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 148 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 30 out of 148
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  1. mrogers0130
    Mar 31, 2012
    10
    An OK game. Brings little new to the table. Has some very fun objectives and has some interesting characters, but they were largely forgettable. Graphics are OK, nothing special, but the game still hold very smooth and fun gameplay that can be enjoyed for long periods of time
  2. AlejandroR.
    Jun 5, 2007
    9
    Call of Duty 3 is an excellent game. The single player mode with 14 levels is great, and the achievements to go along with it are entertaining to complete. This game probably has better graphics than any other XBOX 360 game. The reason why I did not give it a ten is because it doesnt have small levels for you and a friend to play split screen. I played my brother in this and it took about 10 minutes just to find him in the stage. But still, this game is one of the best XBOX 360 games yet.… Expand
  3. MikkoP.
    Nov 21, 2006
    9
    Easily the best online 360 game right now. The 7 classes are in perfect balance, 9 maps are all great. In a game mode called "WAR" the action gets VERY intense compared to other online games around, and people are forced in teamwork. Single player, not so good. It has great moments and graphics, and really annoying moments and ugly graphics here and there. (The magically glowing Lee Enfield, anyone) As a rule, civilian homes look like crap indoors, all outdoor locations look great. Also, it´s much more restricted than COD2, very corridor-like. Yes you can select routes occasionally: go via corridor 1 or corridor 2. Gameplay is not as polished as in COD2. You get sometimes stuck in small boxes on the floor, you cannot jump over fence, you try to shoot behind a tree, but hit a invisible tree and bulletholes float in the air. Sometimes it feels like the enemy can shoot you, even when they don´t see you. NPC´s animations and movements are twitchier than before. Plus, you cannot skip the long cutscenes, yes, you have to watch them every frickin time you get back to the game! For single player, I still prefer COD2, eventhough COD3 has some improved graphics. Online, it rocks and none of the crticism apply for online play.… Expand
  4. FraserD.
    Nov 5, 2006
    10
    Killer title. Cool touches in the single player gam,e - like the next gen grass and solid AI. Amazing mulitplay. You have to check out the new "War" mode in multiplay.!!
  5. TomG
    Nov 8, 2006
    10
    THE best game ever. Lifelife graphics, realism, intense, other words i dont know. Not getting this should be a felony of the highest degree.
  6. CarcasGalactic
    Aug 27, 2006
    9
    HELLO. you cares if the game isn't out. I went and reserved it the other day at game stop and got the demo disk. As far as i can tell its going to be asome. YOU GET TO BE CANADIANS!!! Is there anything that could be more fun!!! GO ACTIVITION!!! Your rigfht on top next to bungie as far as im concerned
  7. gingerman
    Jan 5, 2007
    10
    any person who gives this game a grade less than 10 is either blind, deaf or dumb or play viva pinata or something. how can you say anything bad about this game?...it is such a giant leap from COD2 that the idiotic reviews gave me a headache. how is this any similar to the past COD games if this is the only one that uses true physics?...rag doll effects?...dynamic lighting and weather effects?...are you people insane?...you spoiled, squirel brained scruffy nerf hurters!!!!!...show me a better war game, ever...i dare you. just the graphics alone can beat any game in its path, so go home idiots and play pinata if you dont agree.… Expand
  8. MarkT.
    Jun 18, 2007
    10
    I am giving this a 10 because I really enjoyed the single player, which was truly intense (I will happily take cinematic over sandbox for a change) and the multiplayer is still in my xbox 3 months after getting it. New multiplayer maps are great; and the miltiplayer gameply is still very active and very fun. Much better than GoW mp in my book.
  9. LeroyH.
    Nov 10, 2006
    10
    Graphics are off the freaking chain! Super intenese! Multiplayer is a blast!
  10. GeraldI.
    Nov 11, 2006
    10
    Truly Spectacular! Best in the series!
  11. JeffA.
    Nov 12, 2006
    10
    I bought Gears of war and now have a hunger for truly next gen graphics. Call of Duty 3 fills that hunger for lifelike next gen graphics. Every blade of grass is rendered, the rain coming down actually will give you a chill, the weapons have amazing detail as do the characters. The soft environment is totally destructable. A German soldier threw a grenade which landed by a tire sending it flying and killing me instantly. This game is total chaos. Treyarch totally captured vthe brutality of war. Call of Duty 3 is the WWII shooter you have been waiting for. A chaotic, gripping, suspenseful look at the life and death of a soldier in WWII.… Expand
  12. KeironG.
    Nov 13, 2006
    10
    WAR! its fantastic. And so is this game, can't recommend this game more, ten times better than call of duty 2 in multiplayer anyway, only grumble i have about the game is the fact you cant skip the movies, when you reload checkpoints you have to go through the opening movie for that section whether you like it or not! Aside from that its fantastic, the classes add no end to multiplayer, as does the fact the more you kill the more grenades/smoke grenades you get, not to mention the better your class based abilities become, try the air strike on 3 pips and watch your enemies fall lol.… Expand
  13. BrettS.
    Dec 30, 2006
    9
    Wow, finally a came worth buying. As I've mentioned in other reviews I've written, I only rent 360 games because the majority of them are a big dissapointment. But from the minute I turned on COD3 I was hooked and ran out the very next day and bought a copy. Online, this game is visually stunning with intense game play and for the player match option you are not strapped with having to wait in a lobby for some guy to stop chatting with his friends before you can play. Nothing is more aggrevating than listening to a buch of people yapping, when all you want to do is play. The online user interface is a lot like Battlefield 2, which is nice and easy. There are I think at least 10 maps to choose from and a huge variety of different types of games to play on each map. You also get 6 different characters to choose from. you also get to hear pre-recorderd comments from enemy players. I didn't find the game controls to be cumbersome. The campaign is fun, but keeping true to COD, it does get repetitive after awhile, but it is a first person shooter set in wwii. All in all I think Treyarch really out did themselves with the online games, and did a great job with the campagin.… Expand
  14. McBain17
    Jan 14, 2007
    9
    I love this game, it might be because I've always passed on the CoD games until now, but I'll admit I'm hooked. This game has great grahics, is intense, and delivers a realizim missing from most shooters. I think if you take into consideration that these battles took place it makes it that much more gripping. the game is deep in MP mode and has definite replay value. I highly suggest this for any FPS fans.… Expand
  15. WittleP.
    Apr 17, 2007
    9
    Awesome graphics.....The guns on both sides are not even. Online play is fun!
  16. Kramerllama
    Sep 26, 2010
    10
    Call of Duty 3 is probably the best COD game I have played, and still remains that way. MP was very well balanced, with some of the best maps in the series. Once COD 4 came out, the series seemed to take a dive for the worse. The class based system, and vehicular gameplay trumps the close quarter combat, run and gun style of the newer COD games.

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Metascore
82 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 71 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 59 out of 71
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 71
  3. Negative: 0 out of 71
  1. Official Xbox Magazine UK
    90
    While the [single-player] combat is still brilliant and it looks a lot better, the unskippable cutscenes, unvaried locations, irritating characters and mini-games all really grate. However, adding in the much improved multiplayer with a variety of cool vehicles, Treyarch has really rounded off Infinity Ward's vision. [Dec 2006, p.90]
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  2. Boomtown
    80
    The scope for large online battles and some great fun action in the single-player mode make this a worthwhile purchase. Fans of "Call of Duty 2" will really have a lot of fun with it. But Call of Duty 3 could have and should have, been better than this.
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  3. GamePro
    85
    Treyarch and Activision have done an great job with COD3 and created an experience that is at once much the same, but also better, than its predecessor.
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