History Channel: Battle For the Pacific

History Channel: Battle for the Pacific PS3

Product Details

Amazon Sales Rank: #6686 in Video Games

Brand: ACTIVISION

Model: 15782781

Published on: 2008-02

Released on: 2008-02-20

ESRB Rating: Teen

Platform: PLAYSTATION 3

Number of items: 1

Dimensions: .50" h x 5.25" w x 6.75" l, .42 pounds

Features

Developed with The History Channel

Play through the eyes of an American GI

Authentic WWII missions and weapons

Cinematic war experience

Play online as an American or Japanese soldier

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Editorial Reviews

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The History Channel takes you to the Battle for the Pacific where you can experience history brought to life in one of the defining campaigns of World War II. Relive epic land battles fought on some of the most brutal and unforgiving battlefields in recorded history. Play through the eyes of an American GI as you experience first-hand battle against an opponent for which surrender isn't an option.

Features:

Fight from Guadalcanal through the Philippines to Iwo Jima as you retake captured territories

Experience battles where fighting is often hand-to-hand

Based on actual battles including storming the beaches in an amphibious assault, recapturing a strategic airfield, defending against an enemy assault, going on a search and destroy mission, fighting through fortified caves and scaling Mount Suribachi to plant the American flag

Play your favorite individual and team based modes on battlefields recreated from topographical maps and historical records

Fire authentic allied and axis weaponry including sub-machine guns, sniper rifles, anti-aircraft guns, pistols and grenades

Each level begins with a documentary video featuring actual battle footage, key facts and statistics, and the importance that the battle ultimately placed in the allied victory

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Customer Reviews

avoid at all cost
this game downright sucks. the gameplay is extremely poor, the graphics look like something straight out the ps2 and the sound is very basic. most frustrating aspect of this game apart from what i have already mentioned is the truly cheesy way all the soldier's speak to one another. very unrealistic and tough to believe. if you are looking for a great 1st person shooter i would highly reccommend you avoid this and go for titles like - COD4,MEDAL OF HONOR AIRBORNE,COD3 AND TIMESHIFT (in that order). when i think about the potential the ps3 has as a great gaming console and then play games like battle for the pacific it just makes me wanna throw the machine out the window. thank god for games like COD4 wich is in a class of it's own. this game in my opinion would's even get 1 star but it is compulsory to give a star. activision should hang up their gloves and call it a day. what were you guys thinking when you got this game together ?

Not Worth Reading Reviews
Every other review has hit the nail on the head. My friend and I played this game for 5 minutes and I have not touched it since. I will no longer be pre-ordering games of this caliber, opting instead to read others reviews first.

THIS GAME IS A TOTAL DUD! ZERO STARS FROM ME!
To start off, this game lacks any kind of structure at all. Maybe I'm just spoiled with Call of Duty 4 or Medal of Honor but I figured since Activision did such a grreat job with COD4, I would give it a try. Now I'm 40 dollars more poor and I wasted 2 hours of my life. I didn't even finish the game it was that bad. All you do is follow around the same guy that says the same thing. The controls are way off. The AI in the game is horrific. The Japanese do the same thing over and over again. If you play it in surround sound, you'll hear the same explosion over and over again behind you that gets ridiculously annoying. The one saving grace I thought this game would have would be the graphics but even then they are mediocre. If I could give it zero stars or less, I would.The History Channel, Activision, and whomever else were involved with this game should be ashamed. What a joke. Be smart, avoid this dud at all costs!

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