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This is an even better World War 2 game than the original.
The Story is that you once again, play as different soldiers in different campaigns during World War 2. This is the same simple, but works strategy from before and it works again here. In fact it works more here, thanks it feeling more cinematic in a lot of the scripted moments that will definately stick with you. Especially the Tutorial level, the last Russian level, the last two british levels, both Omaha beach levels, and Hill 400. Even the end credits have great clips of World War 2 fights in the style of this game. The only problem I have with the story, and I believe to be the worst thing in the game is that the ending doesn't have a satisfying ending feel to it. The games before it ended with three armies coming together to stop war changing rockets, and actually taking Berlin. Finest Hour's ending to the final campaign has you cross the reine on a fortres of a mighty bridge. This game's final mission has you take over a small village, and that's it, no grand feel to it at all.
The Characters stand out slightly more than the previous games, but not enough to be called developed though. Also the game doesn't follow the Finest Hour game of introducing the protagonists, but Captain Price is back from the first game, so that is good.
The Graphics are way better than ever before. The detail, on everything is more clear, including small bullet holes, and snow coming off of shot places, and cold air blowing around. It also holds up way better than a lot of other first person shooters of the time.
The Gameplay has you first person shooting through Russian winter, North Africa, and Western Europe shooting at Nazi soldiers. This gameplay is way better improved over it's predesessors. Thanks to it taking all the good things of the first game, and adding the mechanics of regenerating health, smoke grenades, a grenade detector "which you will need in this game" soldiers from both sides shouting what to do more often adds to the realism, you can choose to do certain missions before others, and multiplayer carrys all this over from the campaign making is blow the previous game's ones out of the water. But a few problems I found while playing includes, not being warned of which direction the stukas are in again, the AI of allies are less accurate than before, and there were certain points when granades came out of places without any german soldiers in them.
The Music is also great again, despite it not being by Michael Giacchino this time, but it is still epic.
Call of Duty 2 is an awesome war game that will should give you the call of duty to play it.
The Story is that you once again, play as different soldiers in different campaigns during World War 2. This is the same simple, but works strategy from before and it works again here. In fact it works more here, thanks it feeling more cinematic in a lot of the scripted moments that will definately stick with you. Especially the Tutorial level, the last Russian level, the last two british levels, both Omaha beach levels, and Hill 400. Even the end credits have great clips of World War 2 fights in the style of this game. The only problem I have with the story, and I believe to be the worst thing in the game is that the ending doesn't have a satisfying ending feel to it. The games before it ended with three armies coming together to stop war changing rockets, and actually taking Berlin. Finest Hour's ending to the final campaign has you cross the reine on a fortres of a mighty bridge. This game's final mission has you take over a small village, and that's it, no grand feel to it at all.
The Characters stand out slightly more than the previous games, but not enough to be called developed though. Also the game doesn't follow the Finest Hour game of introducing the protagonists, but Captain Price is back from the first game, so that is good.
The Graphics are way better than ever before. The detail, on everything is more clear, including small bullet holes, and snow coming off of shot places, and cold air blowing around. It also holds up way better than a lot of other first person shooters of the time.
The Gameplay has you first person shooting through Russian winter, North Africa, and Western Europe shooting at Nazi soldiers. This gameplay is way better improved over it's predesessors. Thanks to it taking all the good things of the first game, and adding the mechanics of regenerating health, smoke grenades, a grenade detector "which you will need in this game" soldiers from both sides shouting what to do more often adds to the realism, you can choose to do certain missions before others, and multiplayer carrys all this over from the campaign making is blow the previous game's ones out of the water. But a few problems I found while playing includes, not being warned of which direction the stukas are in again, the AI of allies are less accurate than before, and there were certain points when granades came out of places without any german soldiers in them.
The Music is also great again, despite it not being by Michael Giacchino this time, but it is still epic.
Call of Duty 2 is an awesome war game that will should give you the call of duty to play it.