I have loved the "Call of Duty" and so I have jumped to the expansion pack. Most unfortunately even at the Green level it is too tough for those looking merely for fun. You have to be almost a "pro" or have hours and hour to be in front of your computer to have a chance to win and jump to the next level. I can not say I have loved this one and I regret I bought it.

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I'm a little surprised to see some of the unqualified praise COD: United Offensive has received. I loved the original and enjoyed this expansion pack very much, but its not without its drawbacks. The AI is much worse than the original; for a game that boasts about never having to fight alone you sure do have some worthless squad mates. I cant tell you the number of times I burst into a room or area to have the rest of the squad bypass the enemies right in front of them to breeze onto the next room, or even stand around twiddling their thumbs with a Nazi in the room! The reason they probably are not reacting is that they are not being shot at; inevitably whenever you are in a group, the enemy AI will target and attack you, forgetting about your squadmates. This isnt a big deal, as it makes the game that much more challenging, but can still be annoying. Far worse, and to me shoddy game design, are the instant death artillery strikes. On a couple levels (The bridge at Ste. Foy being the worst) you will simply die if you veer away from where you are supposed to go. Take a wrong step or not move fast enough and *boom*, instant death from artillery or air strike. This became infuriating on the aforementioned Ste Foy level, where its not exactly clear what you are supposed to do. I mean, all you have to do is cross a bridge, right? Hardly, and you will be punished with instant death many times if you dont follow the exact (and unclear) steps the game designers wanted. There were several times I was so infuriated that I had to walk away and count to ten. Its pretty much a below the belt way of ramping up the difficulty. Look, I appreciate difficulty as much as the next guy, and will walk away from games that are too easy as well, but this game passed over the line from difficulty to sheer frustration on more than one occasion. One other point worth mentioning that was a change from the original is the never ending Nazi spawn point. In the original COD you could usually mop up the enemies and advance towards your objectives. In UO the enemy will spawn forever until you have advanced far enough to trigger the ending event. Not a big deal, but again, its a cheap way of ramping up the difficulty. You'll fight off or kill wave after wave of enemy until you figure out that you need to walk forward to trigger some even that stops the wave of Nazis from overwhelming you.

All that being said, this was still worthwhile and a whole lot of fun (I did give it 3 stars afterall), it was (perhaps inevitably) a let down from the original, and employs some questionable game design to ramp up the difficulty in order to mask an occasionally sub-par AI. I'd still recommend it, just temper your expectations.

When I got the original Call of Duty in early 2004, I played the single-player game through a few times, and it was great. Good graphics, smooth gameplay, and the good selection of guns made it my favorite PC game. The only problem was that the game was too short. After a a few weeks, I tried the online multiplayer game. The well designed maps and polished gameplay amazed me. I continued to play Call of Duty through the summer, and I had high hopes for the expansion pack coming out in October, even though it was being developed by a different studio. When I bought the game soon after it came out, I installed it immediately, but I didn't get to play it until the weekend. I went straight to the multiplayer and I was blown away. Improved graphics, bigger maps, 3 new multiplayer modes, vehicles, and more guns to balance the gameplay were all welcome additions to what was already great. The next day, I played through the single-player. 13 new missions were added to the 26 from the original game and the levels had more variety than Call of Duty. I took a hiatus from the game in December of 2004 after I bought the new Medal of Honor game, but I was soon back for more United Offensive, and it is still my favorite game. The expansion pack perfectly completes the first entry in what is sure to be a great series (Call of Duty 2 comes out fall of 2005).

I love played WW2 games, and I loved CoD. The expansion pack, however, fell pretty short of my expectations. Everything is too scripted, the AI is more like Artificial UnIntelligence, the campaigns are too short.
If you loved call of duty, you might like CoD:UO if you can deal with the same old stuff. Cool weapons, and a really nice mulitplayer make it barely worth buying.

This game features three campaigns like the original including two of the greatest battles in World War II, the Battle of the Bulge and the Battle of Kursk. The first level of each battle is absolutely amazing as you have to withstand an all out German offensive! There is also many other cool missions like the Invasion of Sicily, one in a B-17 bomber, and the liberation of Kharkov!!! The environment of this one is every bit as good and intense as Stalingrad in the first Call of Duty.

This game also has a ton of new weapons like a flamethrower, a machine gun that you can transport, a American and German bazooka, and several new semi-auto rifles. The multi-player is also greatly improved with tanks, jeeps, trucks, and new weapons added. This game is a awesome add on to the original Call of Duty do not pass it up!