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History Channel: Battle for the Pacific (PS3) |  | From: Activision
Category: Video Games
List Price: £49.99
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Rating:  6 reviews
Platform: PlayStation 3
Genre: military-action-games
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Media: Video Game
Edition: Normal
Operating System: Playstation 3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: BLES00194
EAN: 5030917053269
Release Date: April 10, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Product Description
- Relive History's most unforgiving battlefields!
- Fight from Guadalcanal to IWO Jima as you experience savage battles against an enemy for which surrender isn't an option!
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 You will follow me, and this is an order! August 1, 2009
Stevie G (Manchester, England)
History Channel: Battle for the Pacific is a generic World War 2 shooter. It uses TV footage to introduce missions in a similar style to early Call of Duty titles. Whilst the presentation here is good, gameplay is quite the opposite. It brings absolutely nothing new, with repetitive combat and abysmal graphics.
The general theme is the American campaign to take various Pacific islands. However, there's no plot development, with missions ending suddenly. Fellow soldiers have no personalities, repeating the same dialogue endlessly. Draw distance is embarrassingly bad, with objects randomly appearing. One example is a section requiring the defusal of landmines, which pop into view mere feet away.
Level design is also horrendous. The opening level, Wake Island, is a tedious trawl through identical looking trenches. And things don't improve throughout the games incredibly short length. Every mission requires you to follow someone, somewhere. What makes this so frustrating is any variation leads to immediate failure. It also means exploration is impossible. Combat lacks any sense of empowerment. Animation is a joke; enemies all look and move identically. In fact the whole presentation is appalling. Controls cannot be altered, with only one scheme available.
In the saturated market of WW2 shooters, Battle For The Pacific is arguably the most shameless. Using the History Channel as a template, it claims authenticity. With quotes like, `Experience history brought to life', and `Relive epic land battles fought on some of the most brutal and unforgiving battlefields in recorded history'.
Instead, its a shambles, with none of the scale or scope this flimsy marketing would have you believe. A terrible shooter.
ABSOLOUTE GARBAGE!!! August 23, 2008
Calvin Harris (England)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
The low price of this game draws you in because its so cheap, but it should be must cheaper. Luckly i Got red of mine in the second day i had it. I got 23 pounds back which still isn't enough. Biggest waste of two pounds ive ever spent! SERIOUSLY!!! This game is PANTS! Can be completed on hardest level in two hours! Online doesnt work (or its so bad no body wants to go online on it)! Graphics are ps1 standard! Game play is the worst in history of games. And the story line is rubbish. If i could use harsher language I would and if i could id give it a rating of -10. DONT GET THIS USELESS RUBBISH GAME!!!!!!!!DONT
battle for the pacific August 14, 2008
C.Bennett
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
the game is very easy and very boring. it could be completed in one day
POOR August 10, 2008
A. C. Middleton (RENFREW UK)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I LOVE FPS BUT THIS GAME IS POOR-THE REVIEWER WHO SAID HE IS 4-5 HOURS INTO THE GAME I DONT KNOW HOW THAT COULD BE BECAUSE THE GAME IS COMPLETED ON NORMAL ON ABOUT 3HOURS TOTAL GAMEPLAY-GRAPHICS NOT ANY BETTER THAN PS2-POOR ANIMATION TOO.IF THEY HAD MADE THE GAME LONGER IT WOULD GET A SLIGHTY HIGHER STAR BUT AS IT CAME OUT FOR 30 POUNDS RRP THE VALUE FOR MONEY IS AWFUL
 Loved this game! March 27, 2008
Mr. D. Joseph (UK)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I will keep this short as I am not too good at writing reviews, and I am only about 4-5 hours into the game.
I am really enjoying this game. I generally play rpgs, but I was looking for something different to play, so I picked this up. The game seemed a little slow at first, but as I am getting into it, it is turning out to be great fun. As soon as I get this finished I will post my full report.
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