Call of Duty needed an encore so this is one good encore. From looking at the back of the box, United Offensive (UO) seems like a really short campaign - 13 missions. However, each of those missions are very long but not drawn out. There is always a good pacing of intensity that you'll never get sick of it. UO also changes in scenery and in scale. CoD does what it does best in the original campaign, bring a good intimate WWII experience but UO takes it to the next level and makes the whole campaign seem much more grand in scale. Right when it seems like the mission has ended, the game keeps moving on and the next objective is much crazier than just blowing up the bridge. UO also takes the player to the air. Without giving too much away, the game doesn't sit you down in a bomber's turret the whole time. You'll find yourself feeling like you're a part of the family on that plane by physically moving from turret to turret and extinguishing engine fire. You'll even get a chance to open the bombing bays. Very cool stuff. UO is one of those games that are a blast to experience. It doesn't have crazy physics that most games have nowadays but it is sure damn fun taking out soldiers by the droves. Body count is at an all time high in this campaign. There are sequences in the game where hundreds of soldiers traverse across the battlefield. It can leave you in awe long enough to get shot in the face which brings me to another aspect of the game - difficulty. Call of Duty's 1st campaign had a comfortable range of difficulty but UO makes the assumption that you have finished CoD. UO doesn't hold back when it comes to throwing endless waves of soldiers through your door and these soldiers aren't bad shooters either. F5 (quick save) and headshots will be your best friend in UO since pretty much every enemy is a sharp shooter. UO ups the ante in graphics as well. You'll see pretty textured trees, and mountain sides but probably the most impressive I've seen from this expansion has to be the lighthouse stage sneaking mission where you'll be able to see a whole side of an island from high ground. The sound hasn't changed from CoD but hey, it's an expansion not a new game. UO is a great expansion that will hopefully demonstrate that expansions can really improve the experience of the game rather than just giving more of the same. radcastro.com
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