Product Description

Call of Duty 2 lets players experience four individual soldier stories as they overcome insurmountable odds in multiple campaigns. Players have the freedom to follow each of the four storylines through for the ultimate character-driven experience, or they can engage in the historic battles chronologically for quick hitting action.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1152 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: ACTIVISION
• Released on: 2005-11-04
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• ESRB Rating: Mature
• Platform: Windows XP
• Number of items: 1

Manufacturer's Description
The sequel to Infinity Ward's 2003 Game of the Year, Call of Duty 2 delivers an unparalleled portrayal of the cinematic intensity and chaos of battle as seen through the eyes of ordinary soldiers fighting together in epic WWII conflicts. Call of Duty 2 is powered by a proprietary new engine featuring striking new visuals, advanced A.I. technology, the most authentic squad combat and astonishing action in new historic campaigns. The sequel offers more immense, more intense and more realistic battles than ever, as players experience four individual soldier stories to overcome insurmountable odds in multiple campaigns.

Customer Reviews

Astonishing!
I have only had this game since 15th of March, and already i can tell you that this is one hell of a game.

Graphics wise EVERYTHING, from buildings, snow, gun design and characters look so amazing, even at low specs. If you zoom into walls, you can see very fine textures. wrinkles, and facial hair can be seen clearly.

Gameplay wise, so far it seems pretty long. Many tactics can be used here. Enemies frequently use grenades which is very realistic, and even on the 2nd difficulty, it is still a challenge. In this game, theres no such thing as 'running and gunning,' not only will you look like a fool out there, but you will get taken pretty easily. Every move has to be planned out, and enemies are quite accurate. Enemies will always try to kill you. When they are fired at, they get downed still trying to draw a pistol to take you out. They are very dedicated, which seems the more like a real war.

The only problem i have with this game is the multiplayer. I didnt find anyone there, no online community, which is a letdown to intense online gamers. But, after having much fun on single-player, it will all just slip past you like a shadow. The other problem that i have is that enemies can take quite a bit of gunfire. It can take up to 4 - 6 shots with a machine-gun to the body to kill one enemy. More of a chance to practice killing using headshota.

All in all, a very great game with great graphics and gameplay, but due to a few flaws, stops this game reaching its full-potential. Will not be enjoyable to hard-core online gamers.

Intense WWII Shooter
The combat FPS is a fairly popular genre right now, though I have to admit to only recently catching up with COD2.

It's an atmospheric WWII shooter set across a variety of different scenarios, from Stalingrad on the Russian Front, to desert warfare in North Africa, the D-Day landings and their immediate aftermath. For each scenario you take on the persona of a particular character and follow through to the end of that campaign.

Graphics and sound are excellent - in particular the missions set around the D-Day Normandy landings. The landscape really looks the part, i.e. like something out of Hell - ditches and trenches linking bunkers amid a shell cratered wasteland.

Gameplay is generally very good, though it has to be said probably 80% of the missions focus on urban warfare - clearing or defending houses and buildings before moving on. There is some variety in the shape of a tank battle where you act as driver/gunner and a couple of rail shooter sections where you are gunner on the back of a vehicle. Combat is intense, sometimes almost too much so. I did find the frequency with which the enemy assault you with grenades a bit wearisome as these represent an instant kill even just in range (it does seem this is a ploy to keep you moving). The AI is particularly good at singling you out when the field of battle is crawling with plenty of fellow Allied troops. I don't have a problem with the damage/health model but I do think there should be an Instant Save facility. The Autosave seems to trigger at random and nthing more frustrating than to spend 10 minutes pushing forward than to be taken out by a grenade or squashed by a tank you have been told to mine and have to do it all again.

The campaigns are linear, you have to fulfill your objectives before moving on to the next. A little flexibility or a dynamic campaign engine would add to replay value as, other than getting stuck occasionally you need to follow a set path through each mission. Indeed some of the town levels barricade your route such that you can only follow a pre-defined route. Although you generally have a team of fellow soldiers you cannot give them orders or vary tactics e.g. set up flanking moves. Most of the time you as the player are on point and must push forward before they will follow.

There are a few tactical inaccuracies. For example on the D-Day missions, you are tasked with clearing enemy bunkers. Now while not a particularly pleasant weapon to employ, historically considerable use was made of the flamethrower to achieve this. However the flamethrower is for whatever reason not available either as a player or AI weapon in COD2. This results in you effectively walking up to the front door and knocking - a tactic which usually results in your character getting perforated by machine gun fire or fragged by grenades, as indeed would have been the case in real life had you attempted this course of action! So if, as rumoured, WWII is back on the agenda for COD5 please give us back our flamethrowers!

In conclusion an excellent game, unfortunately with a few niggles which prevent a 5 star rating.

best pc game ever
good sequenced single player that switches from russian, british and american levels, good fun and well expanded from cod 1, multiplayer is simply amazing and is more like a career than a game. The multiplayer mode has kept me playing for since it was first out. recomended for all ww2 fighting fans