Call of Duty 2 - Game Review
Infinity Ward has selected to follow the same method for Call of
Duty 2 as they did for Call of Duty and focus on doing what it
does best, only this time they do it better. In other words,
expect to find a whole lot of enemy troops down the sights of
your rifle. And they'll be waiting there on the front lines in
three campaigns where you will be playing as a soldier in of
each of the allied armies as a Russian, British or American
trooper.
To really get the full effect you need a top of the line
computer system, including a decent sound card and upper end
video card. If you have that, what you get is an awesome gaming
experience. The excellent sound design brings together the
deafening explosions, sounds of gunfire, ricochet echoes as
bullets whiz by, and the shouts of your commander as he screams
orders directing you and your squad. It really merits 5.1
surround sound and some decent speakers to do it justice.
With all the latest and greatest hardware, Call of Duty 2 is one
of the best looking games on the shelf. What makes this game so
incredible is the attention to detail, the use of particle
effects that blow snow and smoke or clods of dirt from an
artillery round's impact, and the distorted vision when one of
those goes off close to your position in clouds of smoke. This
also brings a strategic element into the game. In the up close
fighting, cover was crucial to survival, and when you didn't
have it, obscuring the enemy's view with smoke was an excellent
option to create your own cover. Throughout the game your
squad's success will depend on your laying out smoke to help
cover your advancing troops.
With support for up to 32 players in online play, including
nine new maps and the excellent HQ mode, Call of Duty 2 should
be on your playlist for a good while to come. As for vehicles in
online play (unlike the original Call of Duty), there are none
and that is really to bad as there was nothing like jumping into
a tank and taking out a whole squad of enemy troops.
All in all, Call of Duty 2 is one of the best pc games I have
played to date, I only can hope to an expansion pack or a Call
of Duty 3 to follow this great game.