Final Verdict

It should come as little surprise that Call of Duty: United Offensive has earned FiringSquad’s prestigious Editor’s Choice Award like the original game, but while multiplayer is what ultimately decided in its favor, we almost held off.


Featuring the same thrilling ride through three theaters of World War II, including a new and a little too over-the-top B-17 gunner mission, United Offensive is everything that Call of Duty was. That, alone, wouldn’t have gotten it an award. Fortunately, Gray Matter put a ton of work into the multiplayer aspect, including tanks, almost a dozen huge new maps, and a rank system. The new modes of play are easier to get into though they’re likely to turn off some of the hardcore CoD players.


On the one hand, United Offensive will split the community and cannibalize players from the original because it’s an add-on, rather than stand-alone. The multiplayer in UO is revolutionary compared to CoD, and while we might wish Activision released this as a stand-alone for the sake of the community, we’re not about to punish an excellent expansion pack for adding so much to the original.

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