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Hour of Victory

Generally unfavorable reviews
Based on 33 critic reviews
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Game Info
Publisher: Midway
Developer: nFusion
Genre(s): First-Person Shooter
Players: 12
ESRB Rating: T (Teen)
Release Date: June 25, 2007
Summary
Hour of Victory allows you to play a key role in the pivotal and cinematic battles from the European and North African theaters of World War II, using the skills and gameplay style you choose. Sneak into enemy territory as a covert operative, storm the gates as a British Commando, or snipe from afar as an Army Ranger – each character's unique attributes will be needed for the fulfillment of the overall objective. Only with all these skills working closely together will you be able to say that you helped define the Hour of Victory. Three Unique POVs - Players can pick from a Covert Operative, specializing in stealth and sabotage; a British Commando specializing in the guns-blazing frontal assault; or an Army Ranger who specializes in sniping and demolitions. Full Use of Any Vehicle on the Battlefield - Use any of the vehicles you find on the battlefield to accomplish your mission. From Sherman Tanks to the Axis Tiger Tanks to the Kubelwagons, if you can see it, you can drive it in Hour of Victory. Cinematic Gameplay - Hour of Victory blends authentic details and realism of World War II with frenetic gameplay. From the JU-88 Bombers in the sky to the Panzers in the streets, Hour of Victory bombards you from all angles. [Midway]
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What The Critics Said
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Official Xbox Magazine UK
Tons of Nazis to shoot, but still mediocre. [Aug 2007, p.80]
ZTGameDomain
The game itself is a proficient attempt and honestly not as bad as everyone makes it out to be. While the multi-player is easily the most disappointing aspect of the game fans of the genre that simply cannot get enough World War II action will find enough here to warrant a weekend rental.
Read Full Review >Game Chronicles
While the game tries hard to deliver solid single player storyline and multiplayer gameplay, it just does not cut the mustard when it comes developing a truly engaging and enjoyable experience.
Read Full Review >My Gamer
In summation, all I can say is that, if you really want to get your hands on a WW2 FPS worth playing, get Call of Duty. Anything else will lead to, as the boys in Deep 13 used to say, “Deep hurting! Deep hurting!”
Read Full Review >Gaming Age
Not that the game does anything bad, it is as unoriginal as you can get in this land of competition.
Read Full Review >IGN
Nothing more than a poor knock-off of Call of Duty. It’s hardly worth your time. Though, if you don’t mind the weak AI and boring level design, you can probably get a few moments of joy from Hour of Victory. Like when you return it to EB for store credit. That sure put a smile on my face.
Read Full Review >Gamer's Hell
After all is said and done, this game is a step in the wrong direction and is a disappointment. For the sixty dollar price tag most 360 games retail for, I think there are much better ways to spend your money.
Read Full Review >GameZone
There’s a game somewhere among the bugs and glitches that make up Hour of Victory for the Xbox 360 but you’ll never find it seeing as the entire experience feels broken and rushed.
Read Full Review >TeamXbox
Technically unsound, with many glitches; some of them major. Playable characters with individualized skill sets is a cool concept. Multiplayer is, well, WWII multiplayer.
Read Full Review >Games Master UK
A joyless mess that would have looked dated five years ago. In 2007 there's no excuse. [Sept 2007, p.82]
Xbox World 360 Magazine UK
Could have done something really worthwhile with the genre, but... didn't. Nazi stuff.
Read Full Review >Cheat Code Central
Hour of Victory feels like a chore to play. The gameplay is anachronistic and doesn't bring anything new to the genre at all. It actually feels like a few steps backwards for both the FPS genre and the WWII shooter.
Read Full Review >Firing Squad
We know Midway has actually canceled games that didn't come up to their standards. This one should have qualified for such treatment.
Read Full Review >games(TM)
It’s a solid FPS, but its failure to provide a truly original take on an ever-tiring genre or something even vaguely resembling half-decent AI means that it could never be considered anything better than plain average. [Aug 2007, p.114]
VideoGamer
With this winter full of high profile shooters it's almost certain that Midway felt a summer release for Hour of Victory was essential, but what's been released is hugely disappointing - especially on a console that has been relatively dross free.
Read Full Review >Worth Playing
Sporting an uninspired story, severe clipping issues and boring gameplay, Hour of Victory is one to avoid, which is disappointing because they started out with such an incredible premise and just failed to make good on it.
Read Full Review >Armchair Empire
Hour of Victory could have been an average game, even a good game if some time had been taken to make sure everything works.
Read Full Review >MS Xbox World
Avoid this game unless you absolutely thrive on World War II FPS carnage, perhaps rent it just to laugh and giggle at how bad it really is, then realise you could have used that rental money for something else, enjoyable.
Read Full Review >1UP
From looking at it you'd probably never guess it was an Unreal Engine game. It lacks any real distinguishing features, struggles to run smoothly in places, and, aside from a few nice special effects, never remotely approaches the expected visual impact.
Read Full Review >X360 Magazine UK
Hilariously bad. [Issue #22, p.82]
Digital Entertainment News
Hour of Victory is simply too bad for anyone to spend their money on.
Read Full Review >Gamestyle
Overall, this is a hugely disappointing release from Midway who had seemed to be on an upward trend over the past few years. Hopefully Hour of Victory is the exception, as this should have been binned long before arriving exclusively on the Xbox 360.
Read Full Review >AceGamez
Given twice the time to work on this, nFusion Interactive could have delivered a solid Unreal-powered shooter, but everything from sound to AI seems to have been rushed for release.
Read Full Review >Game Informer
If the single-player campaign isn’t painful enough, Hour of Victory offers a multiplayer component so poorly constructed that just trying to shoot another person makes you feel as stupid and incompetent as the game’s AI. At the very most, Hour of Victory is deserving of Worst Game of the Year honors.
Read Full Review >Game Revolution
Seven hours of virtual failure. The end result is empty, hollow, and more like a free demo download than a solid retail seller.
Read Full Review >Official Xbox Magazine
A sea of generic combat - you face an endless meat train of brain-dead A.I. schmucks that can't shoot straight and leave behind guns and ammo that mysteriously disappear at random. [Sept 2007, p.77]
GameSpy
Hour of Victory does stage a mini-assualt on the typical genre formula by offering three different characters. That coup, unfortunately, is put down by the sheer force of mistakes found in every other aspect of the game. Dulled-down graphics, poor framerate issues, and undesirable online play nuke this one.
Read Full Review >GameSpot
Hour of Victory is practically broken and has no business being on shelves in its current state.
Read Full Review >Eurogamer
Every aspect - from concept to execution - is so sorely flawed as to make even "GoldenEye: Rogue Agent" blush and to find a game so virtually meritless in this day and age is a rare thing indeed.
Read Full Review >Thunderbolt
The gameplay is broken in countless ways and the A.I. is comical at best. It's an ugly, unoriginal, inadequately tested and terribly implemented mess that has no place in anyone's game collection.
Read Full Review >Edge Magazine
It’s not often that a war game captures almost perfectly the feel of walking drunk through a Las Vegas casino – that overpowering mix of randomness, mediocrity and nausea. [Sept 2007, p.94]
GameShark
Hour of Victory has so many problems that it is mind boggling. I could write another two-hundred words about how badly this game was put together but what's the point? The bottom line is that everything about this game feels unfinished.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this game is 2.9 (out of 10) based on 24 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Topo G gave it a2:
Too many times is idiot. I thing that enemy intelligence is based on abnormal soldier. If yuo shoot a person, it regenerates unrealistitically. Each level should having a limited number of enemies, strategically positioned.
Dan E. gave it an8:
1!? How pathetic. It always makes me laugh how people pretend they can distinguish between these FPS'. If it had "call of duty" on the front of the case, everybody would be banging on about how amazing it is when in reality take the sticker off and there the same. Bang, bang, your dead! Its not crap; there is nothing wrong with it. Its just more of the same, just as Halo is and just as Killzone is. (And its level are better designed than both of them actually)
Matthew G gave it a0:
This is seriously horrible. AI sucks, the npcs will use tommygun like a pistol. Your allies never shoot straight, the knife is the strongest weapon in the game, the sounds are horrible, the pistol sounds like a paintball gun... Bla bla bla. I could be talking the whole day about it, if you have Xbox Live, please, PLEASE, DON'T PLAY IT. I beg of you not to download it, you'll cry and try to kill yourself because you have downloaded the demo. PLEASE. Don't. It looks UNFINISHED! Like a beta or something. Not to forget the voice acting sucks and it seems there is a player talking on the mic. Note: I only played 20 MINUTES and I REFUSE myself to touch a CD of this game again. The last time I touched it was when I broke the CD into pieces.
John Doe gave it a0:
In my mind I made up so many insults to it...but really,it's just the worst game ever.Avoid,and may it be buried and forgotten.
Mateusz L gave it a7:
Respect for FPS Master for not being another mindless gamers who judge by the score. The game is quite fun. I played assassins creed and after three hours of repetitivnes (I know there's a story but this is going to be a trilogy and I don't want to see halo 2 style crappy cliffhanger end) I sold game. After that I finished Hov. And I've had fun.
Chris K. gave it a0:
Awful gameplay, buggy sounds, glitches, crashes, dumb AI, multiplayer is onriginal and still a WW II shooter. How did this game get into the market?
Gregg gave it a1:
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