WW2: Normandy

Yeah, so I thought I was pretty cool when I started receiving free games to review. Not that it involved getting paid for it, but I would get to have fun playing a game and than whining about it. And mostly, it has been as expected, until I opened my latest package to find WW2: Normandy.

I have previously glorifyed certain games as the best in their specific genre. Never have I thrown anything down the pit, calling it the worst. Well, I don't know what else to do with this ridiculous piece of junk. This is absolutely the most boring game I have ever played, with no innovations or replay--or even play value for that matter--that is worth a penny. Therefore, I think this is probably going to be a horrible review for you to read. So, if you want to skip the agonizing details of a stomach turning game, skip reading and never mention this abomination of a product to anyone again. However, let us keep Normandy in our minds and heart just to reminisce one of the worst moments in gaming history.

I had the misconception that this was an online First Person Shooter (FPS) game. Nope. It was a singleplayer game based on operations done in Normandy. Well, nothing wrong with going back to 1940's to kick some Nazi butt. I mean, its ok that the third reich forcefully drafted young kids to join their army and sent them to the front lines. In fact, for some it was the choice between the concentration camp and the army. Given the same choice, you would most certainly choose the concentration camp, I am sure. Every german in the army against the allies was an evil bastard, whom we just absolutely have to kill over and over again in video games. Right?

Anyway, this game is a lot like wolfenstein revisited. You are given a knife, a pistol, and a couple of rifles as well as a bazooka. You can also plant mines and throw hand grenades, but its just as easy to use your ultra-accurate machine gun. This is a pretty good arsenal, if you haven't played an FPS since the first Bush passed the office. The weapons in this game are pretty basic, game play revolving around running from point a to point b laying waste to anything on your way. Nothing else, other than mindlessly shooting hordes of stupid Nazis that shoot you in bursts, run left and right, and shoot you some more in a continuous pattern.

It would be an understatement to call graphics and sound terrible. All germans look alike, with a couple of them wearing a different uniform. When you shoot them, they all make this strange arching motion with their backs and come right back into action. When they die, there is always 2 drops of blood on the ground or the wall behind them. Oh yeah, they also scream some junk in german when they see you, just so you conveniently know of their presence before they start shooting.

Wow, I am rather surprised that I could write so much about this amnesty. Anyway, if you didn't get the point yet, don't buy this game. In fact, when you receive a package from its publisher, mark it return to sender and change your address immediately. In fact, consider changing states or continents.