History Channel: Battle For the Pacific

by ACTIVISION

Product Features

• Developed with The History Channel
• Play through the eyes of an American GI
• Authentic WWII missions and weapons
• Cinematic war experience
• Play online as an American or Japanese soldier

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000SFK0MU
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches ; 5 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: November 27, 2007
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #16,480 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #100 in Video Games > Xbox 360 > Action > Shooter
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: Xbox 360

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The History Channel takes you to the Battle for the Pacific where you can experience history brought to life in one of the defining campaigns of World War II. Relive epic land battles fought on some of the most brutal and unforgiving battlefields in recorded history. Play through the eyes of an American GI as you experience first-hand battle against an opponent for which surrender isn't an option.

Features:

• Fight from Guadalcanal through the Philippines to Iwo Jima as you retake captured territories
• Experience battles where fighting is often hand-to-hand
• Based on actual battles including storming the beaches in an amphibious assault, recapturing a strategic airfield, defending against an enemy assault, going on a search and destroy mission, fighting through fortified caves and scaling Mount Suribachi to plant the American flag
• Play your favorite individual and team based modes on battlefields recreated from topographical maps and historical records
• Fire authentic allied and axis weaponry including sub-machine guns, sniper rifles, anti-aircraft guns, pistols and grenades
• Each level begins with a documentary video featuring actual battle footage, key facts and statistics, and the importance that the battle ultimately placed in the allied victory

Product Description

History Channel: Battle for the Pacific X360

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

30 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This game is a joke, January 7, 2008

By 

Toby M. Edwards - See all my reviews
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= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: History Channel: Battle For the Pacific (Video Game)

As my title indicates...this game is a joke. There are five main scenarios: you run through the jungle...shooting Japanese, you run through the trenches...shooting Japanese, you run through the caves...shooting Japanese, you run through the beach...shooting Japanese, and finally you run up the mountain path...shooting Japanese.

You have to continually follow a guy that basically keeps saying the same 3 or four phrases (over and over). For the most part he shoots all the Japanese before you get there because he is faster than you. There is no real difficulty to this game and no strategy. Each mission ends and you feel you just got started. I think the designers of this game were on a low budget because each scenario is the same except for the scenery. They could extend the game by letting you run through the desert...shooting Japanese.

Sure it has good graphics if you like trenches, beaches, jungles, caves, and a single mountain path and you buy games for the graphics only. The guns are somewhat unrealistic and the sounds they make is poor. In one scenario there were three Japanese sharp shooters you had to eliminate...all you have to do is just stand there and shoot them. They are sitting together in plain view and my grandmother could do it.

If you have ever played games like Halo (1-3), Call to Duty (2-4), etc... you will find this game a waste of your money. I wish I could get my money back. Don't buy it if you are use to playing exciting games. I went through it in about 2 hours total in normal mode. I guess the vetran mode would have more Japanese for the guy who runs in front of you to shoot....woopee.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Certaintly not CoD5, June 22, 2009

By 

jt-3d - See all my reviews

= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: History Channel: Battle For the Pacific (Video Game)

This is a fairly short, simple game. And it's not that good, so short is good in this case. It might as well be called 'Follow the Sergeant' because that is your job: Follow the Sergeant, through one boring mission after another. And never, ever stray too far or take time to be careful. You'll get left behind and die because you lost your beloved sergeant, who's constant admonitions of 'You will follow orders' really makes you want to shoot him. Oh, savor the first few minutes, where you are actually free to wonder around the trenches a bit, because it's the last time you'll be allowed on your own.

Having said that, if you are a mediocre gamer, like myself, this is your chance for revenge. If you've had it handed to you over and over in MoH: Pacific Assault or CoD5, you can come here and reap your vengence. Difficulty settings apparantly meant nothing to the programmers. Hardcore gamers, however, will most likely find this game dull, though the last mission, Iwo Jima, is actually pretty good. It's hardly a deserving of the name but it is the best mission of the game. Hey I rhymed there.

You should probably only get this game if you're really, really curious what it is like. That's why I bought it. Youtube tried to warn me and I ignored the warning. It's worth a couple of playthroughs but I can't honestly say it's worth buying at the current $20 price.

In short, you're probably better off putting your money towards CoD5 if you want war in the Pacific. This one could probably be a Super Mario 3d game or something.

3.0 out of 5 stars Decent graphics, August 2, 2011

By 

Ramon Alvarez "Raymondcr" (Florida, USA and Costa Rica) - See all my reviews

= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: History Channel: Battle For the Pacific (Video Game)

Not much to say! Good item and good graphics... Im a WWII fan reader and gamer... So I like these games

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