If the first Call of Duty is the essence of "you're just another soldier in a war that's more than you'll ever be", Call of Duty 2 takes it to the limit by starting with the Soviet Union in the most improvised moments of Stalingrad, a Brit at El Alamein, and a gringo who miraculously survives Normandy, mechanically it's the same as the previous ones, and visually it's still good, not unnecessarily bombastic which is fine, it's a good game, but the formula is already set.