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IF YOU ENJOY A FUN, AUTHENTIC DRIVING EXPERIENCE DO NOT BUY THIS GAME EVER!!!! This game is so bad it's not even funny. If you mess up at the beginning you can't restart. If you finish the game you can't restart. All the game saves are in the Ubisoft cloud and no one has access to delete them to restart. The controls are horrible and the entire game looks, feels, and controls like one of those cheap games you see at an arcade with the nasty steering wheel. I hope no one else ever buys this game for their sake and sanity. You could get a better driving experience from Mario Kart. I feel ripped off and I want my money back. I only have 108 minutes so I'm under the 2 hour mark therefore making me eligable for a refund that I will fight for.

Pros:
- The cars look amazing (good car models)
- Large map of the USA
- Lots of cars

Cons:
- FPS is capped at your choice of 30 or 60
- Your FOV is locked unless you have 3 monitors, and I'm assuming it wouldn't improve much (it's like looking through a pair of binoculars)
- If you pick the wrong character, mess up, or complete the game and want to restart the carrier/have a fresh start you can't (the game saves are stored in the Ubisoft cloud and players have no access to them whatsoever, even through customer support)
- The season pass litterally gets you nothing except early access to the same cars every other person can use 3 days later lol
- Handles like a cheap arcade game
- Terrible grinding system
- Can't bind clutch to anything other than a steering wheel
- Sound quality is poor
- Every texture other than cars is extremely low quality
- Automatic transmission is aids and WILL slow you down in a race
- Worst mistake I've ever made in my life (I've set my hand on fire before, lol this is still worse)

This isn't your average CoD.

Prologue:
When I heard that the next Call of Duty to be released was going take it back to WW2, its true roots, I was very pleased. "Finally a AAA title based on WW2 again," I thought to myself. Then I discovered that it would be led by Sledgehammer Games, a very reputable creator. I patiently waited for more information about to game to be released. At last, the first trailer was released. As soon as I heard that ping from the M1, I was locked in. I knew from then on that I would buy the game. Then they released the Nazi Zombies trailer. A flurry of nostalgia from WaW's Nazi Zombies came upon me and before I knew it I had preordered the Digital Deluxe Edition. Back to the waiting game. After waiting a few months, the multiplayer beta weekend was released. I played the beta for a solid 5-10 hours, and although multiplayer isn't exactly my cup of tea in the CoD franchise I found myself enjoying it. The weekend came to an end. Once again I had to wait, but this time for only a few weeks. Finally the game was released.

My experience with the "game":
I spent all of yesterday dying to go home just to find out what the game really had in store for me. When I jumped in I was shocked. For as long as I could remember, in CoD history, you were always just thrown into a frontline battle where your only goal was to push forward and get as many kills as you could. I immediately realized that this "game" was going to be drastically different from the ones before it. I was put on a ship where my platoon and squad were being human and just playing around as friends, as brothers. Finally, the action began and I was put directly into the beach sccene from Saving Private Ryan. I was astonished and I instantly realized a simple fact: this "game" didn't glorify war or its "heros" like its predecessors did. I won't go into any more detail, so as not to spoil it, but this "game" tackles emotional struggles seen on and off the battle field. I infact, found myself questioning my actions during many parts of the campaign or getting so immersed with in it that I would take the rage of loosing a fellow soldier out on the nearest enemies.

This game does not shy away from the horrors commited by either side of the battle, it puts them under bright light for you to see what truly happened in World War II. This not only is my new favorite CoD, but is possibly my new favorite singleplayer "game" of all time. All in all, this is a wonderful experience that I recommend to anyone that can stomach the absolute hell of war.

Rating*:
I easily find this "game" to be a stong 10/10 in every aspect: from the emotional stesses/drama; the acting and visual; and even down to the nitty gritty shoot 'em up aspect.

Sidenotes:
Although I'm not a CoD multiplayer guy by any aspect, I find the multiplayer to be the standard run-of-the-mill "run around like rambo" that it always has been, but there are a couple of original gamemodes that have been added to the mix that gave it a more interesting aspect and made it feel like a Battlefield-esque game. The new HQ mode was pretty cool to play around in as well. Many people complained about the SJW stunts sledgehammer pulled to make the game PC. I agree having black female Nazi soldiers is too far, but one of my favorite YouTubers (Rags) has a very informative video that I can get behind and agree with. I suggest that anyone who is concerned about this matter watches this video entirely.

When it comes to zombies I'm not a diehard player, but I enjoyed the new maps and mobs as much as the games. The zombies experience in BO3 I still feel is the best you can get, but the WW2's version of it adds a much creepier aspect to it and keeps it fresh with new guns, perks, and upgrades.

When I put quotation marks " around the word game I do this because it didn't feel like a game to me. It felt more like an experience or at least a movie.


*Rating of the base game/campaign mode only

Fun for when you just wanna have a quick game or two during like 5 minutes of free time.

8/10
TL;DR - Great game. Garbage campaign. Active, but toxic multiplayer community. Zombies are the best part of the game, but if you plan on really enjoying them you're gonna need the season pass.


Pros:
- BO3 takes zombies to the next level and focuses heavily on the story line. Words cannot describe how much I love the zombies mode in this game. When zombies came out in WaW people loved it and kind of caught onto the story. Then, when the OG BO came out it took zombies an entirely different level by focusing on the story and having good maps. For me and many others BO2 zombies was not very game changing and crazy new. It felt like BO2 was just zombies with a little story mixed in. BO3 has taken zombies to the next step like the OG BO did by focusing even more on the storyline of our heros and adding a new sytem of "Gobblegum". Now they are releasing one more DLC for the game that will take us back to the original maps with a full story reveal so that we can appreciate what our heros have been through from start to finish.

- Goes on sale often so it's quite easy to pick up around summer or holidays.

- Decent multiplayer experience, but leaves you wishing it could be a little better.

- Able to control all Graphics settings in the options menu, making it more compatible for people with lower-end hardware or just trying to boost FPS. Even comes in handy for people with powerhouse computers that want to run the highest settings, so that it looks pretty.

- Very active community with loads of people on at a time.

- Mods, mods, and loads of mods just waiting to be loaded up in the community workshop.

- Not just a garbage port from console to PC. It seems like they programmed from the ground up to be played on PC.

Cons:
- The season pass is a must if you plan on enjoying zombies at all.

- Although this is subjective, I find the multiplayer community to be "a little toxic" in chat.

- Campaign is garbage.

This is a game changer. Absolutely necessary. Don't buy the game if you don't buy this. This is the most important DLC and completely makes Arma 3 Arma 3.

Wonderful game! VERY immersive.
Pros:
- Free
- After a short, but detailed tutorial you get deplouyed straight into the action
- Great community
- Extremely epic large scale warfare across miles and miles of land

Cons:
- Little bit of a learing curve, but after you set your keybinds it's pretty simple
- The older community makes the people that have played for 2 - 3 years gods among newer players
- They ask for you to purchase credits and memberships a lot because this is an older game and they need the community to help keep it up and running

So immersive, honestly the best game you can find in military/strategy genre! Major part of this game is teamwork and listening to your squad leader, if you listen to him/her and stick with your other squadmates you will prosper as a team and conquer many points. If you choose to go solo or ignore your team, well you can write yourself off as dead. 9.5/10

Awesome game! Perfect for anyone looking into an imersive, dynamic game on a budget!

Yes 11/10 buy it now best decision ever. Take CS:S and times it by 100.

This game is amazing! The vannila sandbox isn't that great(unless in multiplayer with a friend), but with all of the amazing addons and gamemodes this game can do just about anything at all! So fun and addicting! 400 hours and still going!