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Call of Duty 3 - New Screens and Hi Def Video

Posted Jul 11, 2006 at 6:35AM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: Wii, PS3, Xbox 360 Tags: Treyarch, World War II

It seems like only yesterday we were knocking on the digital doors of the virtual Reichstag, or trudging through the snowy fields of Moscow, but it's once again time to suit up, sound off and fall in line, were only a short while away from our return to World War II.

The sequel to the best-selling Call of Duty 2, Call of Duty 3 offers some significant changes over the last entry in the series, including a new close quarters combat battle system that allows you to get in close (I mean real close) and fight hand-to-hand. You'll also have the ability to improvise explosive devices, disarm traps and execute a great number of other battlefield situations that demand quick thinking and quicker reflexes to survive. In addition, you'll be have the ability to chip away enemy soft cover, flushing them out into the open, but you'll have to be careful as they can do the same to you.

Multiplayer promises to be an absolute hoot as well with support for up to 24 players (a huge boost over the previous game's 8) and the ability to commandeer vehicles with a buddy, such as tanks, jeeps, and even those nifty motorcycles with side-cars as well.

Now here's a chance for you to compare the current visual state of the game across three platforms (we know you're going to do that). From the screenshots it's pretty obvious that the Wii will be getting the short end of the graphical stick, a development that must have been expected really, but look at how much fun those "kewl" looking models seem to be having with the Wii controller! Ok, so they look like idiots, but many have pointed out that the Wii controller could lend itself quite nicely to First Person Shooter control, and knowing Treyarch, they'll be planning to make full use of it's singular design.

From the looks of things shadowing has yet to be implemented in the PS3 build of the game, but rumor has it this version will feature a few more light sources and other graphical flourishes over the Xbox 360 iteration. Rumor also has it however, that both versions of the game will be just about indistinguishable to the naked eye... that would indeed seem to be the case judging by these screens.

Xbox 360

Call of Duty 3 - Image 1     Call of Duty 3 - Image 2     Call of Duty 3 - Image 3

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So there you have it folks, one of the first honest to goodness comparisons of what a next-gen multi-platform game will look like, it would appear that at least for now, the 360 and PS3 versions are just about on par with one another, it remains to be seen whether one console will gain a significant graphical lead over the other in the future. As for the Wii version, it seems to be moving along, minding it's own business, with an understandably less impressive graphical demonstration, it nonetheless hopes to make up for this shortcoming with unique control that offers a physical experience you won't be getting from the other two... I wonder if we'll see tilt sensor implementation in the PS3 version though.

Download: [Call of Duty - Gameplay Video - The Church Tower] - WMV - 50MB

Download: [Call of Duty - Gameplay Video - Close Quarters] - WMV - 63MB

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the wii version is obviously going to be graphically worst

but the wii controller is really good for fps games

the 360 version will have online(so will the wii and ps3 versions) and will be like a standard cod on the 360

the ps3 version will be the same as the 360 but 1 thing they might use the tilt controller somehow in the game.

# .. — Guest 2006-07-11 08:07

thanks #1 i dont think any of us could have thought of that on our own..

# LOL! — Guest 2006-07-11 08:13

Neo Follower2, you are a *****ing dumb ass. Thx for stating the obvious.

# The developers mention that they were going to add more graphical details on the PS3 — Guest 2006-07-11 08:25

This is not a rumor it's a fact. See IGNs interview for details.

Wii controller better for FPS? thats not what red steel showed. Most people complained that it was hard to aim with in all three games: Zelda, Metroid, Red Steel.

# ps3 pics — Guest 2006-07-11 08:26

are really the 360 pics

# Perhaps... — Guest 2006-07-11 08:28

They've probably fixed the Wii's problem at this point since, undoubtabley, Nintendo simply put out their control and games for E3 as a test run. As for the PS3 and XBOX360 versions being only slightly different, I'm getting the game either way. >.>

# Wtf — Guest 2006-07-11 08:32

Why does the guy driving the tank on the Wii look so........ GAY!??

# ...not impressed — Guest 2006-07-11 08:33

i'm not impressed with the graphics, looks the *****in same as cod 1 and 2.

# ifyour not vey impressed — Guest 2006-07-11 08:52

than your ganna be disapointed in the next gen. And btw look and see how similar the graphics on ps3 and 360 are.

# i think — Guest 2006-07-11 09:23

brothers in arms: HH will be a better game from what i've seen.

# to no. 9 — Guest 2006-07-11 10:02

If COD 2 for xbox360 was supposed to be "next-gen", then I truly truly am disappointed. Both COD2, and apparently (judging from the photos) COD3 have outdated, and very un-"next-gen"-like graphics if you ask me.

I mean goddamnit look at the wii's version - it looks like a ps2 game. say what you will about the wii's graphical prowess it ain't no ps2.

In Conclusion - Developer sucks graphicwise, whether it the wii's version or even the 360's and ps3's.

# . — Guest 2006-07-11 10:04

the more of them weird/stupid poses i see those people are making with the wii controller the more i crap my pants from laughing! lol really a dumb thing that controller is.

# #11 — Guest 2006-07-11 10:31

have you played COD 2 on high def?????

# #4 — Yaz 2006-07-11 10:34

"This is not a rumor it's a fact. See IGNs interview for details."

There's no mention of this on IGN's website (do you have a link?).

So right now, it is just a rumour. :|

I doubt there's any noticeable differences between the 360 and PS3 versions.

# cod graphics — PimpnPaul99 2006-07-11 10:45

cod graphics are really clear and sharp... but they do lack lots of the newer pixel shaders and all that other high tech crap that newer Next Gen games will have. The graphics in Brothers in Arms look much more smooth and lifelike.

CoD is more like a PC game.. and you can tell they didnt spend alot of time making it..if COD 2 just came out a year before this is planned to be released. Fun games... lots of action

# Very Nice! — Guest 2006-07-11 11:40

I think it looks like it has a lot of potential!

http://www.xboxdomain.com

# ps3 — Guest 2006-07-11 11:52

this game is going to be a luanch title im getting it for ps3 this game is nice

# #4 — MGSROCKS1 2006-07-11 12:01

In the July issue of Electronic gaming Monthly, it was written the PS3 version will have more light sources, and a so small graphical diffrence, no one would know which is better with their own eyes.

# Wii version most developed — ssj3fox 2006-07-11 12:16

http://www.thewiire.com/news/356/1/Call_of_Duty_3_Most_Developed_on_Wii

# about COD2 — Guest 2006-07-11 12:22

I played COD 2 on High quality settings.

IT DIDN'T LOOK REALISTIC

I don't get tricked by plastic dolls people...

the quality sucks man.

Don't tell me it looks awesome just because there's more polygons in there.

Do something like what Valve did.

STUDY the textures.

DO WHATEVER'S NECESSARY.

I am sick of people claiming it's next get when it looks worse than Half-Life 2

# it would take to much time — lansingone 2006-07-11 12:40

if thay made the PS3 one look better.if you look at the game it would look alot better if thay made it really use blu ray by making use of high res textures for everything, that would make all things from the rust on the back of the tank to the random stone such as the stone in the lower left corner of the second 360 screen look unmistakably better

. but to add high res textures it would cost more time and money

# #21 — Yaz 2006-07-11 12:55

Even if they had the time, Blu-ray will not add the detail you're suggesting lansingone. :|

If you look at ANY screenshot from any game, everything you see in that screenshot was in RAM at that particular time.

BOTH consoles have just 512MB of RAM, therefore for every frame, everything has to be in RAM as it's being rendered. So even if the developers wanted to, the PS3 version will not have higher resolution textures than the 360 version. If either console had more RAM however, say 1 GB, then that console could have higher resolution textures compared to the other.

Blu-ray will allow for more textures overall in a game (i.e. less repeated textures) or for larger game worlds in total, but you're right in saying that will cost in terms of time and money.

# lol — Guest 2006-07-11 13:39

I wanna have sex with a hot girl!!!:)

# lol — Guest 2006-07-11 13:40

I wanna have sex with a hot girl!!!:)

# hmm — hush404 2006-07-11 14:35

wow... I knew the wii was less powerful then ps3/360 graphically... but wow. COD3 on the wii looks worst then COD big red one did on teh PS2.

# Messed up — ssj3fox 2006-07-11 15:09

Wii is twice as powerful as the cube. COD: BR1 looks better on cube... Are these not final?

# eh — Guest 2006-07-11 15:14

i used to work at Activision, so i'm kind of a bitter employee, but the game doesn't really look that impressive to me, on any system. i'm also pretty sick of WWII shooters, so i think Brothers in Arms: HH (which sounds like a real next gen game from the features they're implementing) will probably be my last foray into the traditional WWII genre (Resistance has my interest, primarily because i love alternate histories). Activision suffers from a "me too" complex, and their games never seem to rise above mediocre. mainly because they refuse to spend the necessary money to make a game truly above the norm. if the budget of the game is $12 million, you better bet your ass they won't spend a penny over $12 million. and if they can spend *less*, all the better.

they're a huge company, and can afford to make some truly exceptional game (especially with the strong stable of licenses they have from X Men to Spider-Man), they just care more about their bottom line. of course, i'm just a bitter ex-employee, so i may have a bit of a bias.

# Hi Figboy. — Guest 2006-07-11 17:00

Haven't seen you around in a while, I'm curious as to what sort of work you had at Activision. Do tell :)

# No Difference — Guest 2006-07-11 17:01

CoD 3 doesn't look very much differenent from CoD2, I hope since its an "early" build they might be able to make some improvments.

Also ppl DON'T EXPECT AND DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PS3 AND X360 versions of ANY GAME jus yet. Its too early for devs to know the true limits of any system and further more today devs think more about costs and profits since the industry is so competitive.

They have no real reason to spend more time and money to IMPROVE one version over the other. Its just too expensive.

# PS3 vs X360 — Annony 2006-07-11 19:01

We'll never truely see 'which console is better' on a game that's ported to all 3 systems. I don't picture EA, Ubisoft, of whoever spending extra time and money making 3 different versions of the same game (even though you technically have to program 3 different games...)

The most we'll see will be similar to comparing Soul Calibur 2 on the PS2, Gamecube, and XBox: Maybe one console will have slightly better antialiasing, but you won't likely be able to tell with your bare eye.

We'll see differences in hardware with exclusive titles that are customized to the system.

# commet — Guest 2006-07-11 19:35

if this game was really next gen it would look lik the pre rendered trailer. That seems possible on the 360 and definitly the ps3.

# Comment — Guest 2006-07-11 20:59

Wrong, that is impossible on the 360 and PS3. We are still a looooong way from pre-rendered quality graphics in game, maybe in the next two future gens..

# holy crap — Guest 2006-07-12 05:02

try holding your arms like the guy in that second wii screenshot for 10 minutes. that would have to get uncomfortable after one or two hours of gaming. And the graphics look current gen.

# just wait... — Guest 2006-07-12 07:23

Wait until The unreal engine is implemented in the new Unreal and Gears of War and you will see great power in the next Gen...I don't think this particular game will bring us to that next level as other games on the 360 and PS3 already show us...

# the "PS3 pictures" are really X360.. — Guest 2006-07-12 08:05

the "PS3 pictures" are really X360..

# go to 1up — Guest 2006-07-12 08:15

their is an article were the developers said that the ps3/360 version will look alike but ps3 having more light source, but no major graphic difference between the two. aslo he said with the storage medium the ps3 has that there will be alternative ways to do things (like different routes and such), but he also said that they will do there best with the limited space they have with a normal dvd.

i'll be back with a qoute and link.

# here it is — Guest 2006-07-12 08:27

"Route chosen, you and your fellow soldiers break the German line. Walking across the rubble and ruin of Saint-L??, you see a group of your allies throw grenades into a building to clear the Germans inside -- they fall from the second story, burning. Smoke flows from them and the now-burning building even as the Germans die. Again, scripted, but to help maintain the illusion of WWII, not to force you down a path. Events like these are part of why creative director Rich Farrelly is so positive about the Blu-ray format -- "More room equals more stuff. It's a simple equation. Any time we're given less limitations, we're going to exploit that to its full."

i guess blu-ray really does make a difference.

# to Chris — Guest 2006-07-12 08:30

i was just a games tester, really. i tested Spide-Man 2, X Men Legends, I was the floor lead for the Gamecube version of Lemony Snicket, Madagascar, The Movies, Doom 3, Quake 4, i think that's it, really. it wasn't the best place to work for to be honest.

i'm at Obsidian Entertainment right now testing Neverwinter Nights 2, and working here is awesome. infinitely better than Activision. the CEO of the company isn't like most business execs, and he actually started out as a games tester, now he practically runs a game company (with others, of course). it's much different than the corporate mentality i experienced at Activision, where all they care about is maximizing profit from a mediocre product. over here, they'll actually delay a game if it isn't working right, fix it, then release it when it's ready, and something to be proud of. the developers come down everyday and talk to us, asking for feedback and what they can do to make the game better, so it's a very collaborative way of working. at larger companies, the testers are viewed as the cattle. the neccessary evil needed to make the game passable. here, they actually genuinely care what the testers think, and value their input. they get that if we didn't test the game, bugs would never get found, and the game would be weaker because of that. and for that they appreciate and respect us. it's a nice feeling, actually.

for the curious, Neverwinter Nights 2 is turning out very, very well. i can't wait to see what everyone thinks of it.

# kura are u kidding? — Guest 2006-07-12 09:30

the graphics are sweet in call of duty 2 i have yet to see smoke look so realistic in a game and the game looks amazing if running in 720p or 1080i on a dlp 50" ....trust me.. its insane my friends keep telling me how bad they want a 360 after i let them play cod2

# suck — Guest 2006-07-12 10:28

THESE GRAPHICS SUCK *****!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS NOT NEXT GEN. THIS IS CALL OF DUTY 1. I might as well sell my system and wait for XBOX 3 or PS4.

# To Curtis... — Guest 2006-07-12 11:18

I do in fact have a 48" Samsung DLP 1080i that I play my xbox 360 on; however...the COD2 wasn't as good looking as a game like PGR3, fight night, GRAW, or MotoGP... It is impressive for how many things are done at once, but its still not jaw dropping like the other titles I just mentioned..

# wii is gay — Guest 2006-07-12 17:19

that guy in that hat driving the tank was so gay looking. and that other guy looked stupid too. if this is how you look while playing the wii, count me out.

# better — Guest 2006-07-12 17:30

there are much better looking games graphics wise than those COD 3 pics like Resistance looks beautiful, Brothers in arms and dont get me started on FFXIII (they show gameplay footage and it looks just as good as CGI) so dont think that because this doesnt look next gen, that the systems themselves cant have next gen graphics.

# wtf — Guest 2006-07-12 18:46

omg nerds

# Calm down... — Guest 2006-07-12 23:55

Wow, It is very odvious that most of you have never witnessed the growth of a console in your time. If you did you would realise you have to wait 2 or 3 years before you start witnessing truly impressive graphical yeilds on the system, because devs have to get use to coding for the system. If a dev has been working with the final system for less than 6 months and know basically nothing about how to design for the system. The games are not gonna look as stunning in the first generation...

I do find it interesting that PS3 is so easily on par with 360, because the devs proably orginally started the game as PC and 360 only and then adapted it to ps3 and wii when the final kits started to become more availible. Also, it was sopesta be harder to dev for PS3's cell technology since no one has ever developed for 7 processors before.

Calm down and realise that Call of duty will never be the most stunning series. They focus on making the engine work well on line and you cant have Doom3 graphics or FEAR graphics and run perfectly over an internet connection...

# er.. — Guest 2006-07-13 01:35

"...and you cant have Doom3 graphics or FEAR graphics and run perfectly over an internet connection..."

Yes you can (just ask PC gamers). :|

UT2007 will run perfectly on the PS3 online, and it's graphics are easily on par with Doom3 and Fear.

# D Blaze i guess ur right — Guest 2006-07-13 09:15

ya i agree with u when u say fite nite and pgr3 look better but cod2 still looks pretty damn good for a launch title man

# UT2007 will run perfectly — Guest 2006-07-14 16:48

ha ha! ha ha ha!

Seriously though, they will all look the same on my 35" TV.

I'm not buying a new television just because HDTV is the latest buzzword.

The PS2 and Gamecube have a pretty good sized gap in the hardware numbers, but they both look and play exactly the same. Nintendo seems to do more with less. IOf you check out the graphics, ram and processor specs on these machine you will see what I mean.

Theat plus fact that the Wii is so cheap means it will be years until I bother to get a PS3.

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