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Call of Duty 3 for PlayStation 2
Call of Duty 3 for PlayStation 2 is a first-person shooter about the Allied advance following the Normandy landings. You experience the fighting from American, British, Canadian and Polish perspectives. The different storylines belong to the same campaign in France. You move through villages, along roads and across open ground, working with other soldiers to break through enemy positions and secure important passages.
You look down the sights for accurate fire and change stance when cover or precision matters. Smoke grenades can obscure a crossing. A grenade landing nearby demands a quick reaction; when circumstances allow, you can throw it back. Combat combines movement with judging the right moment to reload or choose your next position.
Vehicles and more direct confrontations also feature between the infantry battles. Switching soldiers shows how different units contribute to the same advance. You play the story campaign alone, with computer-controlled allies fighting beside you and giving instructions. You can select unlocked chapters again to replay an assignment. This description concerns the original PS2 edition, with the campaign and controls belonging to that version.
Region and language
Our PlayStation 2 games are PAL editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
Manual
Call of Duty 3 for PlayStation 2 includes the manual unless the product title states otherwise. If the booklet is missing, the title says “No Manual”. This lets you see before ordering whether the game comes with a manual.
The manuals included with our games usually contain at least English and often around six European languages. The exact languages vary by edition, so Dutch is not always included. The booklet explains the controls and the main rules. You can use it to check how to control the game, which actions are available and how its different features work.
The history of Call of Duty 3
Call of Duty 3 was released by Activision in 2006 and developed by Treyarch. After Big Red One, the studio worked on a numbered entry released on several consoles, including PlayStation 2. The game arrived during the transition to PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The PS2 version therefore formed part of a release serving both existing and newer consoles, with differences between the technical versions.
For the story, Treyarch chose the Normandy Breakout: the advance from Normandy following the landings in 1944. American, British, Canadian and Polish soldiers each had a place in the whole. Creative director Rich Farrelly explained at the time that the stories were intended to intersect. An event or encounter in one storyline could thus gain meaning from another unit's perspective. The campaign connects those viewpoints within the same theatre of war.
Military adviser Hank Keirsey helped the developers with historical and tactical information during their research. Through him, the team also spoke to veterans of units represented in the game. The result remains a scripted action game, with constructed combat situations and fixed assignments. Within the series, Call of Duty 3 followed the separate console campaign Big Red One. This PS2 edition shows how Treyarch then brought several armies together in one continuous war story.
Similar games for PlayStation 2
Call of Duty 2: Big Red One stays with an American unit and follows it through different theatres of war. Call of Duty 3 chooses multiple Allied perspectives within the Normandy fighting. Both place you beside computer-controlled comrades. Big Red One's regular group receives more sustained attention, while Call of Duty 3 switches between units.
Call of Duty: Finest Hour also changes playable soldiers, but divides its story among the Russian, British and American fronts. Call of Duty 3 keeps its different viewpoints geographically closer together. The cinematic missions are a shared feature; the difference lies in the worldwide journey compared with the connected advance through France.
Call of Duty: World at War – Final Fronts contains a separate single-player campaign visiting Europe and the Pacific. The fixed objectives and use of cover resemble Call of Duty 3. Final Fronts spreads its events across more distant areas, while Call of Duty 3 connects the Allied contributions around Normandy.
Medal of Honor: Frontline follows Jimmy Patterson and combines large battles with sabotage and infiltration. The historical European setting and the perspective behind a rifle are recognisable similarities. Call of Duty 3 more often emphasises the combined advance of several units. Frontline keeps its story focused on one protagonist's assignments.
Medal of Honor: European Assault lets you give orders to a small squad and tackle extra objectives alongside shooting. Call of Duty 3 also uses allies and historical battles, but events follow a more tightly scripted campaign. You do not lead a squad through a comparable command system here; your own movements and combat actions remain central.
