ust as Call of Duty 2 was a standout shooter for the Xbox 360 debut, Call of Duty 3 earns a Distinguished Service Medal as a must-play launch title for the PlayStation 3. Everything we loved about the Xbox 360 version – the ferocious single player experience, the awe-inspiring graphics, and the improved multiplayer – have reported for duty on the PS3.

The single-player mode may not offer anything new, but it benefits from a more focused campaign than the previous Call of Duty titles, which had you fighting on several different war fronts. You’ll still spill blood in the trenches from three different perspectives (this time as a Joe, Brit, and Pole), but COD 3 centers around one historical campaign: the Breakout of Normandy. The Allied forces are working with the French resistance to push back the Nazi invasion and save the cheese-eating surrender monkeys (Just joking, France.).

The only real difference between the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions is the Sixaxis motion-sensing controls. The standard gameplay remains intact, but motion-sensing is implemented for melee moves, navigating vehicles, shooting sniper rifles, and the annoying minigames scattered throughout that have you fighting Germans face-to-face and planting explosives on flak cannons. While smacking Nazis in the face with the butt of your rifle by aggressively rotating the controller can be satisfying, overall these controls don’t make or break the gameplay.

If you own both an Xbox 360 and a PS3, choosing which version of this accomplished WWII shooter to buy comes down to how much you like or dislike the motion-sensing elements.