Call of Duty: United Offensive Expansion Pack

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ASIN: B0002V3CPW
Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.5 x 1.5 inches ; 8.3 ounces
Media: CD-ROM
Release Date: September 14, 2004

Product Description

Platform: PC
In War no one fights alone!Product Information[Original Call of Duty Required to Play]Join the 101st Airborne for the climatic moments of the Battle of the Bulge.Fight as a British airman shooting down German Me-109's from the gunner positionof a B-17 bomber before transferring to Churchill's elite S.O.E. and clearingthe way for the invasion of Sicily. Finally follow your Russian comradesinto the Battle of Kursk one of the greatest tank battles of all time.The war that changed the world rages on. Fight in tanks jeepsmotorcycles even a bomber. Work with your squad through snow and rain usingnew weapons including flamethrowers and deployable machine guns or by callingin artillery strikes.Product HighlightsOn air land or sea one thing has remained constant throughout history - inwar no one fights alone. From the skies over Western Europe to therolling plain of Russia the Allies stood together against their common enemyand prevailed. In Call of Duty: United Offensive you will be immersed in some ofthe most decisive battles of World War II.Become Corporal Scott Riley as you and your brothers in the besieged 101stairborne hold out in Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge. Relive the careerof S.O.E. operative James Doyle from your last bombing run as a gunner with theR.A.F. to the invasion of Sicily in 1943. Assume the role of Conscript PrivateYuri Petrenko as you and your comrades take part in the events of the summer of1943 from the Battle of Kursk to the final battle for the city of Kharkov.Whether in a small unit sabotaging an enemy train in occupied Europe or part ofan entire tank division advancing across the Russian steppes one truth ringsthrough: success in battle cannot be realized by any one man. Adversity cannotbe overcome without unity and victory can only be achieved through a UnitedOffensive.Product Features Winner of over 80 Game of the Year Awards and 50 Editor's Choice Awards;n

Product Features

Expansion pack for Call of Duty features three new single-player campaigns and expanded multiplayer modes
Includes 12 new single-player levels and enhanced multiplayer experience with 10 new maps
Fight WWII through either American, British and Russian soldiers
Advanced weapons include flamethrowers and ability to "cook off" grenades before throwing
New ranking feature rewards objectives met

Customer Reviews

As I stated in an earlier review "Call Of Duty" is one of the best First Person Shooters I have ever played, and the unquestioned best in the World War II sub-genre of FPS's. So you could imagine my excitement when "United Offensive" was announced, a 13 mission single player expansion with revamped multiplayer features. I was sure to pick it up the day it came out, and I haven't stopped playing it since.
Let's start with the single player missions. Right off the bat it's clear this expansion's campaign was intended for those who played through the original and were looking for a more prominent challenge. Since I hate it when people reveal later missions in the game I wont tell you what to expect later on, I can however tell you this. In the first mission you find yourself on patrol with members of the American 101st Airborne in the woods of Bastogne. Bam, out of nowehre you're suddenly caught in the middle of a relentless German push foward, for those of you who may not be World War II buffs this is part of the infamous Battle Of The Bulge.
All of the original elements of the inthralling single player from the first one are still here, the AI still responds well, both enemy and friendly. You'll without a doubt find yourself barking out orders to your comrades as if they were standing right next to you, and your heart will race as you charge enemy positions in a bloody attempt to secure strategical areas. As with the original you play through three campaigns as the Americans, British and Russian forces in different theaters of operation. You may have seen previews in which you take control of a gun turret during a British bombing mission over Holand. I can tell you now, this is without a doubt one of the most intense moments of the game, and it provides a nice break from the squad based infantry combat. You'll also get to drive tanks in several missions as in the original, all of these missions are equally amazing as well, but as I promised I will reveal no more, you must find out for yourself.
Now to confront the issue of the completly revamped multiplay. I've been an online gamer for years, I've played everything from Warcraft II to mostly all of the Half Life modifications. The original Call Of Duty's multiplayer was fun at best, but didn't provide a lasting quality, it was something you played every once and a while. United Offensive is a much, much different story. For starters the developers made better levels, complete with jeeps and tanks at your disposal. This alone is amazing, I can't tell you how much fun I've playing with others in the short time this game has been out. Nothing beats a tank push with 4 or 5 of your teammates, while the rest of the team advances on the flanks with jeeps and infantry. All of the games new weapons, including the Flamethrower, are available for use, and this time around you can put the Bazooka to good use against an advancing enemy Panzer. For those of you concerned about balancing issues fear not, the game is easy enough for new players (noobs) to pick up and provides enough of challenge for veterans to more than enjoy. One of the key features is the ability to call in an airstrike on an enemy position with your binoculars, though to do this you must achieve a certain high score and also be one of the highest ranked members on your team. Another great addition is new modes of gameplay such as base defense and capture the flag, both multiplayer classics now brought to the COD universe. To call the multiplay for this game an improvement from the last would be an understatement, it almost feels like a different game.
To sum it up the Call Of Duty team has done it again, and then some. This expansion more than satisfied my hunger for a great expansion to an amazing game. Keep your fingers crossed that this trend will be kept up because if it is we're looking at even more dropping games...no, no, even more jaw dropping experiences in the future.

There are few games that give me a lasting impression. Doom, Quake, Unreal Tournament, Medal of Honor and Call of Duty: United Offensive. No, I didn't forget the original Call of Duty although it's a great game, I liked the whole MOH series better than COD. United Offensive on the other hand is a work of art! UO could have easily been a stand alone game and I think it should have been. For only $30 you get allot over the original. 11 new maps, new weapons, a new rank system in MP mode and last but certainly not least UO adds vehicles! We're talking tanks and Jeeps. You can also control flak cannons too.
That may not seem like much on the surface but adding those few elements completely changes the game. The part that really changes the game are the vehicles and the new ranking system. You start out as a private and have very little ammo and you "level up" by killing then you gain more ammo. That includes more grenades (frag and smoke) and even something called "Satchel Charge". A satchel charge is like having 3 or 4 grenades explode at one time. Finally when you reach the highest level which is a Platoon Sergeant. When you reach that rank, you can call in a artillery strike which will decimate everyone (friend or foe) within the blast radius which is considerable!
Driving the vehicles are very pleasant and easy to operate! A medium tank can handle two occupants. A drive which operates the main turret and a submachine gun within the tank and a secondary person to operate the main machinegun. A Jeep can handle 3 occupants. A driver, a passenger which operates the machinegun and another passenger riding shotgun who can fire is own weapon.
Let me just say that Call of Duty: United Offensive is the best multiplayer game out so far this year by far! The single player mode it excellent too of course but it's the MP that really shines.
The only real competition COD: UO has is Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault and Half-Life 2. If your a FPS fan then you definitely want UO! Just remember that you must have the original COD to play UO!
Update:
Since I wrote this review, I've had the chance to play Half-Life 2, Counter-Strike: Source and the MP demo to Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault.
UO is much much better than MOH: PA in oh so many ways. It has some high points but the point is that UO owns it in nearly every category!
Comparing it to Counter-Strike Source or CSS is a little bit more difficult because CSS looks SOOO good now that Valve has updated CSS to the Source engine. That said, COD: UO still beats it; albeit by a very slim margin. Of course a true FPS gamer would buy both ;).
If you like FPS games at all you need to buy Call of Duty: United Offensive. Again don't forget that you need to own the original Call of Duty in order to play United Offensive since UO is an expansion pack.