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Call of Duty 3 for Xbox 360
Call of Duty 3 for Xbox 360 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 Xbox 360 edition, with the campaign and controls belonging to that version.
Region and language
Our Xbox 360 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 Xbox 360 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 for several consoles, including Xbox 360. The game arrived during the transition between two console generations. As a result, editions exist with different technical characteristics and multiplayer components. This product page describes the Xbox 360 game. The interwoven story campaign about the advance through France forms the foundation of that original release.
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 Xbox 360 edition shows how Treyarch then brought several armies together in one continuous war story.
Similar games for Xbox 360
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare also uses changing soldiers, fixed objectives and computer-controlled comrades on Xbox 360. It moves the fighting into a fictional modern conflict with different weapons and units. Call of Duty 3 stays with the Allied advance through Normandy. The shared feature is the immediate viewpoint behind the gun; the era and relationship between the armies differ.
Call of Duty: World at War also covers the Second World War through different soldiers on Xbox 360. It divides its campaign between the Soviet front and the Pacific fighting. Call of Duty 3 instead brings American, British, Canadian and Polish stories together around France. World at War also has a cooperative campaign, whereas the described Call of Duty 3 story is a solo adventure.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 likewise takes you through scripted action with different military units on Xbox 360. Its modern Task Force 141 and Rangers belong to a different conflict from the armies of 1944. Alongside its solo story, Modern Warfare 2 offers separate Special Ops challenges. Call of Duty 3 centres its described campaign on the interwoven Allied advance in France.
Medal of Honor from 2010 also uses a military solo campaign with teammates and changing viewpoints on Xbox 360. It takes place in Afghanistan with modern special forces and Rangers. Call of Duty 3 chooses the Second World War and brings four Allied contributions together. The presence of comrades is familiar, but the landscapes, equipment and historical context of the fighting are clearly different.
Battlefield: Bad Company also combines a soldier, squadmates and sections where vehicles change the fighting on Xbox 360. Its fictional modern war and destructible surroundings give you different ways to attack a position. Call of Duty 3 links more tightly scripted battles to the Normandy advance. Its campaign changes Allied units more often rather than following the same Bad Company squad.
