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I finished Call of Duty: Finest Hour last night. It took me quite a while actually, the first levels were quite easy but the difficulty really lifted a few notches in the second half of the game. Call of Duty: Finest Hour is a first person shooter set in World War 2, and unlike previous Call of Duty games I've played, this time around you play as Russian, British and US soldiers. The Russian missions were quite straight forward, with the main challenge coming from the sniper mission (took me a while to get the hang of the sniper rifle). The British missions, set in the desert, were all relatively easy, and were not all that long. The US missions, taking place during the charge toward Berlin, are the toughest and longest (particularly between checkpoints/save points).

This isn't one of those sort of first person shooters where you can just charge around like a mad man. Some care and strategy are required to get through. I made plenty of use of the crouch/lie down feature, which apparently makes you a harder target to hit, whilst also improving your aim.

The last two levels caused me some genuine frustration, but I got there in the end. One tip, when clearing the gun turret at the top of the left tower, do not assume that the "left machine gun turret neutralised" message means that there are no enemy soldiers still alive up there. I made this mistake the first time, got whacked and had to start the level all over again.
This was a fun game. Get it if you like first person shooters.