Hour Of Victory

With this winter full of high profile shooters it's almost certain that Midway felt a summer release for Hour of Victory was essential, but what's been released is hugely disappointing - especially on a console that has been relatively dross free. By no means the worst game ever released, but certainly one of the poorer efforts on the Xbox 360.

There’s a game somewhere among the bugs and glitches that make up Hour of Victory for the Xbox 360 but you’ll never find it seeing as the entire experience feels broken and rushed. This is actually too bad since there are some good ideas here but they’re never implemented well and thus makes this a game you should avoid.

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.

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.

Overall, Hour of Victory feels like a chore to play. The gameplay is anachronistic and doesn't bring anything new to the genre at all. It actually feels like a few steps backwards for both the FPS genre and the WII shooter. I couldn't find anything about the game to recommend for enjoyment. Hour of Victory turns out feeling more like a few hours of lost time that I'd like to have back.

The easiest way to look at it is that Hour Of Victory simply isn't a finished product. Frequent crashes, scrappy fundamentals, all kinds of jaw-dropping glitches and rudimentary errors in missions conspire to make this one of the sloppiest and most embarrassing 360 releases to date.