Xbox 360

Hour of Victory

"Hour of Victory" ist nach den eigentlich recht hohen Erwartungen leider nur ein weiterer WWII Ego-Shooter geworden. Technisch sowie inhaltlich kann der Titel einfach nicht vollends überzeugen und so wird man zwar für ein paar Stunden ganz nett unterhalten, wenn man sich ohne nachdenken zu müssen durch die gegnerischen Horden ballert, danach jedoch wird das Spiel wohl in eurem Regal verstauben.

Hour of Victory would have been a great Xbox game if released a few years back. But we’re on the next generation of consoles now. That means we expect AI that is at least competent and textures that aren’t just brown smudges. Hour of Victory is nothing more than a poor knock-off of Call of Duty. It’s hardly worth your time. Though, if you don’t mind the weak AI and boring level design, you can probably get a few moments of joy from Hour of Victory. Like when you return it to EB for store credit. That sure put a smile on my face.

After all is said and done, this game is a step in the wrong direction and is a disappointment. For the sixty dollar price tag most 360 games retail for, I think there are much better ways to spend your money. You could probably find a used Xbox and copy of Call of Duty and have a much more satisfying experience blowing up Nazis. What's more fun than that?

It's a solid FPS, but its failure to provide either a truly original take on an ever-tiring genre or something even vaguely resembling half-decent AI means that it could never be considered anything better than plain average. As a result, only diehard WWII shooter fans will want to conscribe.

Hour Of Victory cherchait à offrir quelques chose de nouveau, une nouvelle façon d'aborder les FPS basés sur la Seconde Guerre mondiale, mais il ne se contente finalement que de recycler des mécanismes de jeu anciens et depuis longtemps dépassés par une concurrence de plus en plus farouche. Le jeu est plombé par de trop nombreux défauts, autant en terme de structure et de jouabilité que de réalisation. Peut-être serait-il plus avisé de vous en tenir à votre exemplaire de Call Of Duty...

Hour of Victory follows in the mud-caked jump boots of its forerunners, taking cover in familiar areas and hoping the buyer hasn’t already noticed the plentitude of like-minded titles already on the market. You’ve seen this before, and you’ve certainly done this before — and no amount of convincing should urge you to enlist in this war.

Again, Midway has released far better games than Hour of Victory which makes the fact that this game was even allowed to be released far more puzzling. We know Midway has actually canceled games that didn't come up to their standards. This one should have qualified for such treatment. We hope that if they are faced with a similar situation in the future they will bite the bullet and just keep games as poorly created as this one off store shelves.

Now what can we conclude after this? Avoid this game at all cost or buy it and give it to people you hate or just want to have some free gamerpoints. All other gamers should wait for another World War 2 shooter.

Overall, this is a hugely disappointing release from Midway who had seemed to be on an upward trend over the past few years. Hopefully Hour of Victory is the exception, as this should have been binned long before arriving exclusively on the Xbox 360. Can we suggest if you are in need of a new 360 game, then you consider Overlord instead?

If the single player campaign isn't painful enough, Hour of Victory offers a multiplayer component so poorly constructed that just trying to shoot another person makes you feel as stupid and incompetent as the game's AI. At the very most, Hour of Victory is deserving of Worst Game of the Year honors.

Hour of Victory is seven hours of virtual failure. The end result is empty, hollow, and more like a free demo download than a solid retail seller. Appearing as a no-cost or even a five-dollar download would’ve saved Midway much money and much scathing from game editors. Dismissed!

If you toss in an array of sound bugs and extremely ugly graphics, you've got an absolutely terrible game on your hands. It's sort of disgusting that Hour of Victory managed to make it through both Midway's QA department and Microsoft's approval process because garbage like this belongs in the gutter--not on shelves.