Finest Hour: Call of Duty's First Console Game

Changing your mindset a little just might change everything else.
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[@utubecop11]

Those Stalingrad missions near the beginning are some of my fondest early gaming memories. I remember getting killed by the gigantic rolling smokestack in the first level over and over until I realized what "crouch" was. I remember the epic Soviet choir music as you charge the machine gun nest in the railyard. I remember thinking that the sniper defense level in the factory was literally impossible, and remember how awe-struck I was when I finally got to drive the tank afterwards. The music still holds up today , too. Thanks for the memories, Kacey.

[@evenzeroescanbeheroes6875]

Yes man yes

[@milessample]

utubecop11 I’m not crying you are!

[@justinl1511]

I felt this in my soul

[@reillyinhd9908]

utubecop11 I could never pass the sniper factory mission lol 😆

[@julmdamaslefttoe3559]

i loved it

[@MyDogFulton]

Finest Hour was incredible. The first Stalingrad levels blew me away as a kid. It also had the best home screen music and intros that pumped you up before the mission.

[@bimmer8602]

This game was very tough for a call of duty campaign.

[@Stormtrooper-oc4vn]

Call of duty 2 as well

[@TheFranssiBrother]

What made this piece of shit game tough was your AI buds doing absolute shit. I got so fucking mad about it in the first american mission where you have to escort those shermans

[@NonsensicalSpudz]

@@TheFranssiBrother yeah, i decided to take a look at 1,2 on ps2 and holy fuck isn't it irritating to play

[@brycehawk8583]

I had a lot of trouble with it

[@kainhall]

ya, when i played it as a kid.... i got lost in the sewers and never played it again then like 5 years later.... i was old enough to "get gud" and beat it . a lot of it is RNG and shit..... and back then, COD was PC first . so instead of bad PC ports we got bad console ports....

[@Larry]

I had Finest Hour at launch on Xbox, I really liked enjoyed it, the gameplay felt far closer to Call of Duty 2 onwards than the PC Call of Duty, which feels like a clunky open map objective based '90s PC FPS in hindsight. But the Xbox 360 and definitely PS3 weren't out yet, infact the PS3 was so late, they skipped COD2 on it entirely.

[@HAUNTAHOLIC666]

I used to play it on the playstation 24/7 that game was my childhood.

[@SONGOKU02]

I never felt the ps3 was late. The wii didn't felt like a new next gen and microsoft wanted to be before sony. I mean, the 360 had serious problems because of this in the first renditions. About cod itself, you are totally right.

[@llHYS7ERIAll]

This game, COD Big Red One, Medal of Honor Frontline, MOH Rising Sun, MOH European Assault, Brothers in Arms Road to Hill 30 and Brothers in Arms Earned in Blood were my favorite games back in 2004-2006.

[@Larry]

Did you ever play Sniper Elite?

[@llHYS7ERIAll]

Larry Bundy Jr I did, it was really fun back in the day.

[@Larry]

@@llHYS7ERIAll Oh, and Return to Castle Wolfenstein.

[@llHYS7ERIAll]

@@Larry Played that one too! All this nostalgia is making me regret getting rid of my Xbox and PS2 when I got my 360.

[@benmallett4070]

You literally just listed my childhood right there, so much nostalgia.

[@JustcallmeGnarly22]

I love COD Finest Hour. I just want to touch on what you had said about The Sims for console. I remember back in 2001-2002 looking through Game Informer magazine just hoping The Sims would come to console. I never had a PC growing up and could never play The Sims even though I loved the concept. Finally, it happened The Sims for consoles and then Bustin' Out the next year. I loved those games! Still love them even to this very day. I actually have been playing Bustin Out on the original Xbox. I understand the PC version was better but this was all I had. If I'm honest the games were pretty good. I love the story mode in both games even though i will admit I never completed the first Sims on PS2 because of the insane difficulty.

[@DuckRotation]

How does one complete The Sims?

[@JustcallmeGnarly22]

@@DuckRotation- the console versions back then had a story mode.

[@giovannicervantes2053]

Also why is it that the ps2 had some of the most enjoyable soundtracks

[@pontiusporcius8430]

That is how my wife first played the sims, and the sims is the only major video game she still plays to this day.

[@trevordollinger6569]

My fam had The Sims on PC but we always liked Sims Bustin Out on Xbox anyways, lotta fun when you're a teenager since they did an awesome job of simulating moving out of your parents' house.

[@dylan8736]

I only played the Stalingrad missions. Shame for not finishing it before my ps2 broke

[@capralmarines4043]

F's in the chat for your PS2

[@LateToThaParty]

F

[@Komyeta]

I only get into Africa lol

[@BANTHAxFODDER]

A little late but if you haven't completed it already, wait until you get to the American missions

[@dylan8736]

7:15 Are you a fellow Kuru fan?

[@bann3d232]

Big up kuru

[@benbox47]

When I tell my friends that I played this game as a kid, they always think I’m getting the title wrong because none of them have ever heard of it

[@YungSeiji]

Great video, and looks like the algorithm has chosen you. Time for weekly uploads?

[@cakeboss4194]

To be entirely frank, I consider the Medal of Honor titles from that same era to be more worthy of attention.

[@jeffb-c]

Are you going to do a video of The Big Red One too? I loved that game as a kid

[@Kaceydotme]

at some point, probably. gonna take a break from ww2 stuff for a bit though.

[@defplayryalpfed]

Big red one is by far, the best story driven call of dutys ever made...

[@ackbarfan5556]

@@defplayryalpfed No lie man...

[@davis4613]

I am surprised how little attention your getting with such high quality content. I can tell your focusing on making videos for games and topics you enjoy or would enjoy talking about not just what would get you views. I have major respect for creators like you, I’m rootin for you to thrive brotha!

[@JHawke1]

I don't rightly think anyone should be surprised when decent content creators don't get a lot of attention. Making a KZbin video is like throwing a message in a bottle into an ocean of messages in bottles. The chances of that message getting read is slim to none.

[@kennethbowers2897]

I can't talk about this game without it spelling childhood.

[@Demon27248]

This was always my favourite Call of Duty campaign, played for the first time ~2015. The higher time to kill, more head-on combat, + effective hip firing better suited my taste than the plucking away at heads in cover of the main series. The multiplayer was alright, but there was some pretty inconsistent map design and poor weapon balancing. Big Red One was my perfect COD multiplayer. Enjoyed the video, keep it up.

[@austenfairbanks5604]

I remember I couldn't get past the second mission I think. It was a dark map with bunkers and hills and you go through trenches. I played it on the ps2 on a 15 inch box tv and the screen was literally too dark to see where I was 😅

[@PapaRPG]

I found this channel the other day and have been binge-watching your reviews non stop ever since. Really love the way you lay your videos out, and your brutal honesty. Keep it up, I know this channel will blow up sooner than later.

[@handsomemango8205]

I'm really glad I found a youtuber like you. I absolutely just love these retrospectives of older video games that is not talked much about today. I just find it so interesting.

[@drakesemancik9339]

Just discovered your channel 20 minutes ago I've been watching your videos and I was bummed that you didn't bring this game up so I just looked up cod finest hour and you popped up and the smile on my face was bigger than the cat in Alice in Wonderland. You just gained a new sub friend please never stop doing what you do. This is my favorite cod campaign.

[@GavVAyt]

Finest Hour was my first CoD back in the day and holy hell. This was a blast from the past as well as a good, updated view on it. Great video!

[@harrygloyn6327]

Dude you are killing it right now, only found your channel the other day and abslutely loving it

[@hxshi9987]

I hope your channel grows fast because the work and love you spend into your Videos are insane

[@ludicrousfool7953]

Call of Duty 2 also had a last-gen counterpart, in the form of Call of Duty 2: Big Red One.

[@myvisionisaugmented2984]

And I still consider it my favorite COD of all time

[@jktwice8235]

I hope you can keep uploading more. Your videos are fantastic!

[@ArwingDing]

Your channel is gonna blow up. You have a good structure and editing to your videos and you make these topics genuinely compelling. Just found your channel today and subscribed. Keep up the great work

[@baguiu252]

Just found out about your channel you deserve much more ;)

[@hfgfdcrdtred]

Found you recently thanks to the Ford Racing vid, really nice to see your channel growing like that!

[@VariableRecall]

I have a lot of great memories of Call of Duty Finest Hour. One thing that really made it stand out was its Soundrack, which was composed by Michael Giacchino, the same guy that did Medal of Honor’s original soundtrack. It’s pretty damn incredible for a lower budget PS2 game

[@alphaechothunder77]

Good video. I just found your channel a few hours ago and your videos are good.

[@aj-js5eg]

Keep it up your content is really entertaining and i can definitely see you become popular

[@MidnightClubStillCancelledSoz]

For a 2004 game, it was decent.

[@dylan8736]

Love seeing your comments everywhere.

[@TheOneTheyCallShandy]

it wasn't though .. cod1 and its expansion pack were in 2003 and 04 and they are 100% better than this trash ..

[@CosmicKangaroo]

I didn't upgrade to the 7th until 2010 when I got my PS3, up until then I was playing my PS2 religiously with the only 7th Gen game I played being Bioshock on PC. I actually remember spending an entire 4th of July Weekend in 2010 playing the Half-Life to death on PS2. While my classmates were talking about GTA IV and Gears of War, I was stuck playing GTA San Andreas every night, and that was some of the most memorable nights I had.

[@sgtchestshot]

This channel is really good. Hope you get some more traction!

[@JackPlayz44]

Just recently played this like 2 months ago, before that It was 8 years ago. Had revisit the good ol memories

[@DuckmanR10]

Playing this in 2019 is a chore. It feels sluggish and the lack of checkpoints is complete tedium. Big Red One on the other hand, has aged very well.

[@zanrak3922]

Wow this video came fast after the last one! Love it as always

[@ConsoleWarSucks]

Just discovered your channel. Love your videos!

[@phillipteano3385]

Finally a KZbin Channel that gives great information in game....THANK YOUUU KEEP IT UP!! Love from Philippines!

[@user-fj3gl8wc7s]

Oh yeah, this channel is very underrated

[@SWIFTclan807]

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[@zedopicolesantos6022]

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[@robuskers9252]

Great video bro, you just earned a subscriber. Keep it up🙌🏼

[@MrMosebysLobby]

Glad you are getting bigger. We need a tony hawks underground 2 remix, midnight club la remix, nascar from PSP to ps3, and roller coaster tycoon 1 & 2 perspective

[@GamingZoom]

The Stalingrad mission is one of my earliest gaming memories

[@nasc1333]

Just found your channel! Love the content

[@ManinTidyWhities]

The most memorable part of the campaign was the Soviet officer's speech during the boat ride at the very beginning

[@idiot_city5244]

It's absurdly over the top lol

[@5brags455]

Man I still have finest hour on the gamecube. It was our first 6th gen game along side metroid, both of which kind of scared me as a kid

[@brixitz9722]

my fondest early gaming memories were in this game. trying to get though the ruins of stalingrad, trying not to get shot and trying to figure out how to use a controller was extremely frustrating and fun at the same time. good times.. good times.

[@defecito]

Finest Hour was the first CoD game I played, and was my favorite ps2 shooter back then

[@delta1404]

This and CoD 3. And also SOCOM 3. Ahh childhood. Now I only have a pc and I've yet to come around to emulators. I've played many more fps games over the years on pc both old and new that are definitely better in some aspects or other (especially technical) , but I seem to have bad luck in having my nostalgia be so many console exclusives. I've played other CoD's, even the original pc one but it never really hit me the same.

[@mgsfanboy]

I feel like the jank is part of the charm of these older shooter games. Seeing that Dead to Rights clip brought me back to simpler days almost immediately.

[@IDoABitOfTrollin]

I played this much later when it came to xbox 360 and surprisingly I enjoyed it. It was very ahead of its time

[@katieb6074]

great video, you’re going places kid

[@Kaceydotme]

thank u worm

[@TheFanboyHater]

Ah yes, a new Kacey vid, dis gon b good

[@prestonwedding]

How tf dont u have so many more subs u are amzing and have great vid quality

[@Pseunolia]

That mission in which you had to defend a t-35 from a german attack was one of the toughest missions that I've ever played as kid. I vividly remember rushing from window to window, picking off germans with the sniper rifle while this amazing but unnerving soundtrack was blasting in the background

[@Reinboa]

I remember playing this on the original xbox. It was fun!

[@WA_Stokins]

A very fine video!

[@Stubbertville]

Great video!

[@Rangernewb5550]

Finest hour was my first WW2 game and first Call of Duty game. I've had that opening boat monologue memorized my entire life.

[@Farve4ever589]

This channel will blow up if you post consistently.

[@j.peters1222]

Even though it was difficult to play at times, I remember having a largely positive experience with Finest Hour. I can't tell you how many countless hours were spent in my youth between Finest Hour, Big Red One, and CoD 3 on the PS2.

[@8166PC1]

COD 3 was quite good and added the auto aiming that was desperately needed on a console shooter.

[@bubbleboi28]

This game was my very first FPS, and say what you will but that opening speech still moves me to this very day.

[@Housesider]

Your epilogue about the value and wonderment of downgraded ports hits home. It's been a small tradition of mine to willingly try out inferior ports just because I'm enough of a tech nerd that it's legit fascinating to see what the dev teams could pull off with the inferior hardware. I bought the ps3 version of Black Ops 3 last year but couldn't even play it because it requires a mandatory 4gb patch to even allow you past the title screen lol. I've got wifi now so im gonna download it and see just how abysmal it is.

[@NALTOdeluxe]

Due to lack of money, I’ve missed at least 10 years of major game releases save for a very select few. I’ve never played any COD from Modern Warfare 1 onward. The last I remember even seeing was World at War. Any experience I’ve had on my XBOX was an authentic new experience for me as my mindset is so 2000s and hasn’t really evolved beyond that. It’s what I’m comfortable with and it’s what I understand.

[@NonstopRam]

The first COD game I played and it lead to me playing COD 2 on 360 and eventually to MW4.

[@Bakamatsu-GojiFanArchive]

I have this game for Xbox and the clunky controls exist there too. Despite that I still enjoyed it. I didn't play it as a kid. I picked it up recently from a thrift store along with Big Red One. Its interesting to play old games you have zero nostalgia for yet can still enjoy and understand the sentiments for them. Not the best but a very important stepping stone.

[@srczm1]

How do you only have 9.5k subs? you deserve much more

[@footiecyclo]

Your channel is fucking high quality. Keep going man.

[@DescendentJ0]

Love that background NIN album 👌

[@revasgamer7793]

You should've mentioned the BRIDGE AT REMAGEN level from Finest Hour that Call of Duty re-did for WWII, to show case developments from a reference.

[@jvh191]

Just found the channel. Subbed good viddy

[@mrrandomdude4291]

Nostalgia OVERLOAD! First cod I ever played, it's funny I used to only play single player, because I had no internet, come the ps3 and internet and I didn't touch single player, only for me to come back around now to mostly playing single player, with a bit of multiplayer on the side. Wish I could still play this for just one day, free of life's many stresses.

[@anthonysofia6169]

This is actually one of the first COD games I played, had a PS2 up to the early 2010s so I was a little bit behind everyone else

[@JakeTheGhostYT]

i praise you for playing this on the ps2. Id have to emulate it for the framerate at least.

[@wallyb6051]

This was the first Cod I ever played and I loved the hell out of it

[@hussarzwei6223]

It would be nice if Finest Hour, Big Red One, and/or even Final Fronts received the MWR treatment.

[@TheKrieg45]

I remember this game being the first Call of Duty game I played as well as the first FPS game as well.

[@StickmanStrozzi]

hope you'll review big red one next

[@nicholsjoshua15]

I never was a fan of Finest Hour, but Big Red 1 still holds up. I love that game.

[@Lordmaciekp]

dude you should do big red one and 3 too, great games in my opinion

[@mannymejia4339]

Would you be willing to do a review of the Ace Combat series? I grew up with “the holy trinity” and I’d love to see your take on it. If you want something truly unique, I highly recommend taking a look at Ace Combat X, a PSP exclusive that I would argue is a hidden gem of a game

[@liliumdx]

Could you do reviews to the Medal Of Honor PS2 games? They were one of my favorite games back then, but I haven't played them for so long, I'm not sure if they still hold up.

[@zpbstudios9551]

4:30 Because he's TNT! He's dynamite! TNT! And he'll win the fight! TNT! He's a power load! TNT! Watch him explode!!

[@aceofhearts573]

Nice video. Hope you do one on COD 2 Big Red One

[@scotty1464]

The American missions in COD: Finest Hour are freaking hard. I spent days trying to beat the final bridge mission.

[@xatileofmorgon5095]

*Sees M12's Health Bar* *Has Flashbacks to how broken and infuriating that mission was*

[@UBR_MXMU]

Finest hour is very tough on medium gameplay. Fun but the only thing is the long trips for a checkpoint.

[@vale_recca]

Maybe do a COD 2 Big Red one Review/Retrospective ? I really like that game.

[@jefez75]

9:21 oh god i remembered played that game in my ps2 few months back out of nostalgia i searched for the game and discovered there was a pc version, and surprised it was completely different from the ps2 one

[@DgkYogi]

Kevin Akbar wait what is that

[@jefez75]

@@DgkYogi Quantum of Solace, a 007 game-from-movie

[@DgkYogi]

Kevin Akbar oh nvm I thought you were talking about the racing game

[@nicholaswildethethird]

This gane is nostalgic for me, had it for the PS2. The only problem is that its dark on my screen

[@chrisryze9854]

This guy is going places

[@joshperry7236]

I have this on the PS2. One of my favorite games of all time

[@retroshot9725]

Will you review big red one ? There's no reviews for it

[@CuteTransGirlxD]

this was my first cod.

[@philemon26]

Can you make a video like this about CoD 2 Big Red One?

[@aleksandarlipajic3841]

You should do a video on the call of duty black ops 3 failed xbox 360 and ps3 port

[@nyataliie]

ahh yes, this and world at war's wii port were my budget cod experience

[@chicken_tender2g855]

Good vid bro

[@dawnedeclipse]

Have you considered covering the Shadowrun FPS for Vista/360?

[@Kaceydotme]

Miles Hartman Yes. I haven’t gotten to play it yet, though.

[@skykid1522]

Hey could you review the Genki racing games? Sad that nobody seems to talk about them and the intro music was made by Daiki kasho, the same dude that made music for Gran Thurismo.

[@skykid1522]

And funny how Genki used to be really big back then, even having their own racing game division called Genki Racing Project and having professional drivers such as Nobuteru Taniguchi. And heck the HKS Genki Hyper Silvia from GT4 was also sponsored by Genki. It's just baffling to me that once a extremly powerfull thing can just poof, like in the world and people's minds. I really miss GRP and there has been a revival atempt in 2016 and they released a shutoku battle mobile game, which didn't last long and was shut down after less then half a year. And it seems like Genki despite being well and still operating has no intention to bring back GRP nor the beloved Shutoku battle series any time soon. What an shame..

[@Rexy_12369]

My first call of duty game when I was a kid

[@therealthirst8099]

Can you please make a video tearing that half-assed port of BO3 to last gen consoles. That game is such a meme.