Call of Duty 2 Collector-s Edition (DVD) Description:

Call of Duty 2 Collector's Edition (DVD) review:
1 stars (Annoying Game) - I am an avid fan of the original Call of Duty. The game was developed by the MOHAA team and was a true work of art. when the United Offensive expansion pack came out. Infinity Ward handed the developement over to the Wolfenstien people. BIG MISTAKE!



Now Call of Duty 2 is out and guess what, it's the Wolfenstien crew again. BIG MISTAKE.



Instead of making the game more challenging on a tactical or strategic level they have gone for the arcade approach by simply throwing unending wave after wave of enemies at you. Afer the 50th time of playing the same 45 seconds of a mission & still not getting through it becaust there are countless enemies in every corner of your path I pretty much give up.



The russian missions arent too bad but get redundant after the first few maps. There is very little variation in gameplay.



Ditto with the British missions. You find yourself going through the same paces with only slightly different environmental differences. (The El Daba map is the exception to this rule. It was the best map in the game & played differently than most of the others. Not surprisingly this was the pre release Demo Map. A bit misleading if you ask me)

Although the British tank missions weren't nearly as annoying as the Russian tank missions in COD1



The American missions are just terrible. No strategy or tactics required. Just all out arcade shoot-em-up. (Even more annoying than shooting down the planes with the AA guns in COD1)



At 47 years old I'm probably not the demographic Infinity Ward was targeting. The game is obviously meant for a much younger player base. Still it would have been nice to see a game that required a bit more intelligence, and a bit less hand eye co-ordination



What they did manage to do right was to create a visually stunning environment with excellent effects. And yet the game is not a system resource hog. I am playing the game with a PCI graphics card & maintain a good frame rate with no lag of flutter. This is no small achievement in this day of games requiring high end system requirements.



I also like the new system of key assignments. I use an 8 button mouse & can pretty much assign most of what I need to the mouse without having to fumble with keystrokes.



Technically Infinity ward has done extremely well with this game. It's too bad the gameplay is FUBAR.
5 stars (Call of Duty 2 is the "PC Game of the Year") - First off, this review is based only on the Single Player version of Call of Duty 2. I only play Single Player. I don't play Multiplayer. I have played all the Single Player Missions in Call of Duty 2 all the way through. So what do I think after playing Calling of Duty 2? Only this is by far the best "First Person PC Shooter" game out there.



Before I played the full version of Call of Duty 2, I played the Single Player Call of Duty 2 Demo (You played one of the British soldiers against the Germans during the North African campaign in November 1942). I was disappointed in the demo. You can't jump over walls or enter most buildings in the demo. You can't fire the German 88mm guns (4 German artillery guns) in the demo. The Call of Duty 2 demo is linear. I thought the full version of Call of Duty 2 would be the same. Boy, was I wrong. Do not judge the full version of Call of Duty 2 by what is on the demo or how it is played. First of all, most of the Single Player missions in the full version of Call of Duty 2 are non-linear. Second, you can jump over walls and enter most buildings in the full version. Third, you can take over and fire the German 88mm guns in the full version. You can take different approaches to accomplish different objectives in different missions throughout the full version game. This makes the game very replayable so you can play different missions over and over again and try different approaches to win missions.



The Single Player Missions are divided up so that you play the Russian campaign first (1941-1943), the British campaign next (1942-1944), and the American campaign last (1944-1945). All the Single Player missions take place in either Europe or North Africa during World War II.



I am really impressed with this game. I just love the new damage/health system. No more looking for medical kits throughout the game. I always thought that in "First Person Shooters" games it was really stupid to waste time looking for a medical kit to try to stay alive. In real war, you don't find medical kits laying all over the ground.



The graphics are really good and the amount of detail in the missions are unbelievable. For example, the amount of detail put on the German tanks and the German halftracks are the best I have ever seen in a PC World War II game. The uniforms and weapons for both the Allied and German troops are very detailed. I have never seen more realistic fires burning from vehicles and buildings than in this game. This game has got the most realistic smoke I have ever seen.



Okay, you want realism. Check out all the dead animals (Especially all the dead cows and horses laying around on the ground with flies buzzing around the corpses) and all the dead German and Allied soldiers laying all over the ground.



The sounds in the game are great. The weapons sound real good and so does the voice acting. You can hear the sound of distant gunfire constantly throughout the whole game.



The AI is really good in this game. The German soldiers hide, attack, and retreat when they need to and so do the Allied soldiers. I remember when I threw a grenade at some German soldiers and one of the German soldiers actually picked up the grenade and tossed it back at me. I couldn't believe it.



I read a lot of books about all the actual missions that took place during World War II and guess what? The Single Player Missions in the game are the same as the missions that actually took place during World War II. The game developer (Infinity Ward) did a very good job recreating the actual missions from World War II. After playing Call of Duty 2, I would have to say this game deserves the "PC Game of the Year" award. This game shows what real war is about. World War II Veterans would be impressed with this game.



I can't wait until the Call of Duty 2 Expansion Pack or Call of Duty 3 comes out. I can honestly understand now why Call of Duty 2 is one of the main titles to come out for the Xbox 360. Call of Duty 2 is a totally awesome game which I would highly recommend to everyone to go out and buy. You won't regret it.
5 stars (Mind blowing graphic World War II First Person Action) - If you've seen COD and COD finest hour and if you've played online against others from around the world then you need to purchase COD 2. Many servers will now be running COD 2 and you'll want to be online when they do!



The graphics are intense the colors are bright and crisp, the details are in line with the scenerio and the new setups for the first person soldier go into better detail and give more info than the previous two versions of COD.



It's explosive right out of the box and if you don't have the latest graphics card with top of the line hardware then this game will help you to decide to go out and purchase the needed upgrades! Totally a blast to play and I highly recommend this game to all those that love first person WWII shootign scenerios!



So stop reading and start playing!



Master Chef