Hour of Victory

by Midway

Product Features

• WWII Combat the way you want it - Play as a covert operative, Army Ranger, or British Commando depending on your style of play – sneaking, sniping, or guns blazing.
• Authentic WWII Vehicles – Yours for the Taking - Use any of the vehicles you find on the battlefield to accomplish your mission. Jeeps, the Opelblitz, Kubelwagon, Panzer, Tiger, T34 and Sherman Tanks all ready for your command.
• Not Just Another Grunt - You’re the Victor - Unlike other games where you’re just another cog in the war machine, you are the key to success on the battlefield – you are present at the Hour of Victory.
• Exclusive Xbox 360 Title - WWII brought to the Xbox 360 with Unreal Engine 3 generation graphical splendor and exhilarating Multiplayer action for Xbox Live.

Product Details

• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B000O5DPJE
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.2 x 0.8 inches ; 4 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: June 4, 2008
• Average Customer Review: 2.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,406 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #4 in Video Games > Xbox 360 > Action > Military & Espionage
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Hour of Victory allows you to play a key role in the pivotal and cinematic battles from the European and North African theaters of World War II, using the skills and gameplay style you choose. Sneak into enemy territory as a covert operative, storm the gates as a British Commando, or snipe from afar as an Army Ranger

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

25 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Hour of Victory is Not a Bad Game But Could Be Better., June 26, 2007

By 

T. Romano "Avid Gamer" (Salt Lake City, Utah) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Hour of Victory (Video Game)

I bought Hour of Victory today and I played through part of the first mission and so far I like the game up to a certain point. I noticed right away the game has some good points and it has some bad points.

First with the good points. The graphics are really good and the enemy soldiers acts just the way you would expect them to. They run and hide for cover whenever they can. It is not real easy to get past the enemy soldiers. The A.I. is not too bad. At the beginning of the game there are three different soldiers with different skills you can choose to play throughout the game. You can hit the enemy head on with one soldier who is expert at running and gunning. Or if you want you can choose another soldier who is a expert with a sniper rifle to climb up on a rope to a building roof top to shoot down below at the enemy. Or you can choose another soldier who is an expert at sneaking up on the enemy to cut through barb wire and pick the locks to open doors to buildings. Each soldier has special skills that is unique to that particular soldier. You decide before the beginning of each mission what soldier you want to be in the game. I also like the background music in the game. It really adds to the atmosphere.

Now for the bad points. The game is not perfect. The game developers need to come out with some patches to fix Hour of Victory not to be just a good game, but to be a great game. I hate how game developers show you screen shots and game videos of what the game is suppose to look like and then when you buy the game and start to play it you find out the game looks and acts totally different. The first thing the game developers need to do is do away with the gigantic weapon's crosshair circle that is permanently in front of you every where you go. You can't get rid of it. It is very annoying to have a gigantic crosshair circle in front of you everywhere you go. It ruins the game because the graphics are great and then you have this stupid huge crosshair circle that is constantly in front of you blocking your view. I didn't see this gigantic weapon's crosshair circle in any of the game's screenshots or videos. So why put it in the game? I don't get it. Second, give the player a choice on how to set up your Xbox 360 game controller. I don't like how the controls are set up now on the game controller and you can't change them. When I'm using a weapon, I like the aim button for using your iron cross sights in front of the controller. I don't like the way it is set up now by pressing the right stick down to try to aim a weapon. It is on the same side as the firing button on your controller. You can't change it. What is up with that? On the main menu in the game where options selection is, you can't really do anything to change the game. In fact there are hardly any choices at all to change the game settings. It almost feels like the game developer are saying your going to play the game the way we tell you to and you can't change anything. Hey we're not babies. Let us have the the options or choices on how to set up and play the game.

Game developers need to give a player choices on how to play a game. Let the player decide how they want to play the game. Don't force the player to be stuck playing a game one way and that is it. I recommend getting Hour of Victory only after the game has been fix with patches. Playing the game the way it is set up now is way too frustrating. I love World War II games as long as there done right by the game developer.

(Quick Update: I contacted the game publisher Midway to see if you can change anything in the game and they told me that you are stuck with the game the way it is. I am very disappointed. It is really sad. The game had so much potential. This will be another game that will be hitting the bargain bin in the near future.)

What this game does is give you a small taste of what is coming out later on this year when on August 28, 2007 Medal of Honor: Airborne comes out. Now there is a game that looks like it being done right by the game developers. That is definitely going to be one of top games of the year. I can't wait for Medal of Honor: Airborne to come out. Even though Hour of Victory has it faults, I guess it will just have carry me over until Medal of Honor: Airborne comes out later on this summer.

17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Hour of Victory, July 1, 2007

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W. Rose - See all my reviews
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= Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Hour of Victory (Video Game)

This game is terrible. I was looking forward to a new name in World War II shooters, but this is just more of the same done worse. The controls were a little annoying, but you'd get used to them. Graphics are no where near as good as they were saying they would be. Missions were boring and character specialties (Sniping, stealth etc.) were more a nuisance then a fun addition to the genre. I'd suggest picking up Call of Duty 2, its half the price and at least 5 times as good.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Save yourself while you still have a chance!, June 30, 2007

By 

Bee 1 (Naples, FL United States) - See all my reviews

= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Hour of Victory (Video Game)

No ammount of hoping and wishing for a new quality game in this genre can change the utter piece of cr*p this game is. After just a few minutes I realized what HOV was, but forced myself to play an entire hour, not to be sure, but because I so much didn't want to to have wasted $60!
In over a dozen years of gaming, this is the first time I asked for my money back because "this game bl*ws"(thanks EB). Next time I'll believe the online peer reviews .