14 years ago I was mad into Call of Duty 2 multiplayer. It was back during the heyday of Xbox Live on the Xbox 360, when online multiplayer for home consoles felt like a relatively new thing. The amount of hours I sank into COD 2 multiplayer back then was probably bordering on the unhealthy, but time sure does fly when you’re having fun and all that.
Playing it nowadays, Call of Duty 2 multiplayer seems so basic and quaint, comprising of simple kill or be killed game modes with none of this modern jet-packing, reviving and loot crating malarky. Even with today’s advances in online multiplayer (I’m looking at you, lovely, lovely battle royale games) I often feel a twang of nostalgia for some old-school, WW2-based first person shooter action. That’s why Honor and Duty: D-Day caught my eye when it released on the Playstation Store earlier in the week.
The VR multiplayer matches in Honor and Duty: D-Day feel like they come straight out of the COD 2 playbook and you can watch me try it out in this week’s episode of Ian’s VR Corner, which you can find just below these very words.
Honor And Duty: D-Day brings old-school FPS action to PSVR! – Ian’s VR Corner Watch on YouTube
It turns out the amount of fun you can have with Honor and Duty: D-Day is proportionate to the time of day at which you’re playing it. In the video above, which I recorded at 11am GMT, I struggle to find a proper game thanks to only a couple of barely populated servers being available.