Finally, an improved version named Call of Duty Classic was released on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in 2009. It also received an expansion titled Call of Duty: United Offensive in 2004, which focused mostly on multiplayer features.
In contrast to the sci-fi/fantasy-inspired worlds of many FPS games of that time, Call of Duty opted for a grittier World War II setting, putting the player in the shoes of three different soldiers throughout three single-player campaigns - an American, a British and a Soviet one.Ĭall of Duty was developed primarily for Windows but was also ported to OS X several months after its initial release. Mechanics aside, the setting itself was more realistic, too. Namely, it limited the player’s arsenal to only two weapons, removed all pickups aside from health and ammo, and it made the player less mobile, as well as more vulnerable to damage. The original Call of Duty was quite different from other first-person shooters of its time, mainly because it was grounded in a more realistic setting and featured more realistic gameplay mechanics.
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows, OS X
