WW2 reviews, Call of Duty 2: Big Red One

[Patriarch of Constantinople]

Hello this is my first time in the arena and my first time making a review. So for now i will be making a series of WW2 game reviews. Today is for Call of Duty 2: Big Red One (for PS2, Xbox and gamecube). For me i like to think of it as a sequel to COD2 (even if it came out before COD2). Focusing on the conflicts of an unnamed squad of the First Infantry Division aka The Big Red One, the player takes control of an unnamed soldier who helps liberate towns and nations from Nazi tyranny.

gameplay- Gameplay is quite different from the other COD games. instead of focusing on Russia, Briton and America, it soley focuses on the american 1st infantry division. from defeating the afrika corps in tunisia, africa to storming the beaches on d day, the player is accomponied by a squad who can at times help you.
graphics- detailing graphics make you feel like your there. dirt exploding next to you as bullets wisp past and hit the bark of trees.
sound- sound makes you also fell like your there. the sound of a tank shooting its cannon at you while pieces of brick crumble sounds pretty good to me.
multiplayer- i have no time nor effort to play or pay 30 bucks a month for xboxlive. multiplayer is something you must expiereince yourself.
bugs- no bugs have been encountered by me.

So all in all i give Call of Duty 2: Big Red One a 4/5

Now go throw a grenade or two and watch the bodies fly...

[Patriarch of Constantinople]

can someone rate how good my review was?

[GiantMonkeyMan]

i like your review but i found it a little short, you could explain more why you feel the sound and graphics are important/not important to the gameplay and expand upon what you did find about the game
but what you've written is a good account of what the game is similar to and so explains the main points in why to buy, i have COD: BR1 myself and i can realate to what you have said, however there is much more that you could have said if you understand me

GMM

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

How is the replay value? Difficulty? I had COD Their Finest Hour or something for the Cube and it wasn't too hot. And I've heard negative review for BR1. Give me a little more meat in your review, like GMM suggested. Is this a one time rental or something for the collection?

And thanks for giving reviewing a go; it can be a valuable skill, certainly in the Arena.

[Geoffrey S]

Always dislike grades at the end of a review, always seems rather meaningless.

One thing I'd definitely advise is to go for a more flowing style. Don't break a review up into graphics/gameplay/whatever, describe how you feel about the game rather than going for a formulaic summary. If you feel the graphics are important enough to write about, go ahead, but not under a seperate graphics header; such a division is too inflexble to make for a particularly interesting review.

Keep writing and you'll certainly improve!