Call of Great Games: United!
User Rating: 9.6 | Call of Duty: United Offensive PC
Too make things quick: Call of Duty: United Offensive is a great expansion and is worthy of the Call of Duty name. The original Call of Duty shook nations by storm with its highly addictive gameplay, fast, intense battles, and a game that makes you feel like you are part of the action! Now, Activision and (not Infinity Ward, unfortunately and fortunately) Gray Matter have made a expansion to the Game of the Year which we all know what it is titled: United Offensive. Gray Matter has added a lot of new things to the expansion, most noteably vehicles. You are able to drive jeeps with machine guns on the back, motorcycles, tanks, and even a bomber! This new mechanics make the single-player and multiplayer versions of United Offensive very addictive and fun. Well, speaking of the single-player, the game revolves around WWII (like so many FPS this year). You play as the three Allies: American, British, and Russian. Your enemy, just like the original Call of Duty, are the Germans. The story starts out as the Battle of Bulge, and goes on to feature how all three countries tried very hard to fight the war. Many weapons, old and new, are featured in United Offensive. Some new ones are the Bazooka, which is the American version of the Rocket Launcher. In Call of Duty, You only got control of Panzerfausts, which are the Germans version of the Rocket Launcher. Both are featured in United Offensive. Many old and favorite weapons are back such as the thompson, M1 Garand, MKII Sten, M1A1 Carbine, and more. One thing that takes United Offensive away from other WWII FPS is that you can pick up enemy weapons. Some games if you run out of ammo, you can only use melee attacks to kill your enemy, but United Offensive, just pick up the enemy's MP44 and you're on your way! Like I said above, melee attacks are present in United Offensive. Melee attacks are using the butt-end of your rifle or handle to just plain WHACK! your enemy. Which is most fun. One thing that made Call of Duty such a success is the intensity of combat. United Offensive makes no changes. Allied and Axis soldiers are running everywhere, trying to get cover. Many soldiers are running onscreen at once, which may make any computer, even if it is high-end, probably slow down to try and keep up with the action. The AI in the game is fantastic, just like in Call of Duty. Enemies run to cover, blindfire, use a vacant MG42. I put the difficulty 'Hard' in this game because if you're not smart, you'll end up dead. You will have to find cover and peek around corners to survive. Running around madly while firing everywhere will waste your ammo and most likely get you killed. Remember, you're teammates are around you and in war, no ones fights alone. The graphics in the game are an improvement over Call of Duty. Textures are more vibrant and run more smoothly. Character faces and the environment is way more detailed than in last years game. The levels, by the way, are huge! Seriously, the levels are way more bigger than Call of Duty and luckily you have vehicles helping you to cross your way around the huge maps. The game takes a Battlefield 1942 approach by making it just an all-out war! The sound reminds me of the Medal of Honor series: Always excellent! Gunshoots feel powerful and accurate, Rocket Launchers of any kind have the sound that they want to destroy whatever is in their path. This is one of the biggest things of United Offensive. Overall, Call of Duty: United Offensive is a great expansion but if you've played plenty of Battlefield 1942, Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising, or just any FPS game for way to long, this game might get stale. But, if this is your very first time playing, you'll be amazed. Simply amazed. 
