"The dead are the only people to see the end of war." "Heroes are just as brave as the ordinary man, they are just braver for five minutes longer." If you are a veteran Call of Duty fan you might recognize some of those lines as things that come up on the screen after you have died. I picked those to because those are the ones that stuck with me the most. This game will stick with you forever. This game is a game that you will never forget that you played. This is one of those rare games that put you into the shoes of the person in the game and makes you feel like you were there. In addition, after finishing Call of Duty 2 I feel that this game should go down in history as the best and most immersive shooter ever made. I feel that this game does the best job telling the stories of the men who fought the Nazi's in World War Two. This is my review of Call of Duty 2.
The game Call of Duty 2 is the sequel to the game that redefined the World War Two genre by having the gamer play on the American, British, and Russian side of the war fighting the Nazis. That exact same premise has been brought back again with beautiful graphics, deep gameplay, and some of the greatest music that I have ever heard in a video game. World War Two shooter fans this game is for you. If you let this game pass on by then you will be missing out on one of the greatest gaming experiences both off line and on.
The game starts out with the Russian missions. These are the weakest of all the missions. They fun but they are just more of the same thing that you did in the Russian campaign in the first Call of Duty on the PC, minus the awesome sniper segments. I really felt like that I was playing the directors cut of the movie Enemy at the Gates. Which since I did not find it to be all that great of a movie kind of made me not enjoy the Russian missions as much as I wanted to and as much as I had in the first Call of Duty.
The second campaign in the game is the British missions. These are fun missions as they span from Africa to France. This part of the game is so much better than it was in the first Call of Duty. You meet and fight along some people that you have seen from the first one like Price. Another thing that I liked was since I am not a big fan of the British weapons especially the machine gun that looked like a old fashion movie reel is pretty much gone and you use the Thompson.
The third and final mission campaign in this game is you guessed it the US missions. These are the most fun but however the most short. The game starts out with you guessed D-Day, but this game shows you a side of D-Day that you have never played before. This time you go up the side of a mountain and come out on top of the beach and you clear the way. Remember the D-Day mission in Medal of Honor Allied Assault? Think that plus more and it's all in just one level. That's how intense this game it.
Graphics wise this is the best looking game out there in my opinion. I just don't get why a game that looks this great would have so much slowdown on a higher end machine like mine it just doesn't really make all that much sense to me. Anyway so on the D-Day level right; I am in the boat and the beginning to become chilce part where you fall to the ground and you get helped up part comes along. Almost bored by this I look around waiting for something to happen and then something did happen. I saw the face of the guy helping me up. I have never seen anything so real before in a game. I will complain about the water effects being very, very plain.
There it is, Call of Duty 2 the best shooter and World War Two shooter that you can play right now. With stellar online multiplayer and a great single player story that will leave you wanting more this game does it all. I have yet to play a game that gives me this much immersion into the game itself. Definitely the most realistic game that I have ever played and is most likely the more realistic game out there on the market. Call of Duty 2 I salute you, and to anyone who plans on making a World War Two first person shooter, you better look at Call of Duty 2 for such a great example. The AI is incredibly smart and will do pretty much anything you see an enemy in a movie do. Pick this game up.
Story: 24/25 Well the British and American missions bring something new to the table the Russian missions feel too much like the ones that were in the first Call of Duty game.
Graphics: 14/15 This is the most breathtaking game out there graphics wise. However there is some slowdown when you got mortar fire and the water effects need to be a lot better than they are.
Control: 10/10 Responsive and built for speed, these are some of the best controls out on the PC.
Sound: 15/15 Whether your squadmates are yelling or you have just completed a mission on the music plays this game sounds good either way.
Multiplayer: 15/15 The same formula as the first game with some new twists and levels.
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