Call of Duty 2 Collector's Edition (DVD) (PC)

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.

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Great graphics and game play. Activision contuines to improve the games they create. Very happy with this game.

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Call of Duty 2 is one of the very best PC games I have ever played on the PC. I have already played the Single Player portion of the game probably at least a hundred times already. Why have I played it so many times? Because Call of Duty 2 pulls you in like no other PC game can. Call of Duty 2 has all the makings of a great classic PC game. The realism and the graphics in this game are just unbelievable. The amount of detail in the maps is very good. This game has got one of the best AI's I've ever seen in a PC game. That applies to both Allied and Enemy soldiers throughout the game. World War II never looked better on the PC.

If all game developers out there would make PC games even half as good as Call of Duty 2, they would be set for life. The game developer of Call of Duty 2, Infinity Ward, is in my opinion one of the best game developer's out there right now.

There are already rumors out there that Infinity Ward is already working on a expansion pack for Call of Duty 2 that is supposed to be coming out later on this year and that they are also working on Call of Duty 3. Either the expansion pack for Call of Duty 2 or the new Call of Duty 3 game is supposed to be taking place in World War II with the Allies armies fighting the Japanese Imperial Army in the Pacific Theater of War. I wonder if the timing of one of these next Call of Duty games coming out has anything to do with Clint Eastwood's new movie coming out later on this year that has to do with the battle of Iwo Jima in the Pacific during World War II. It will be be real interesting to see what happens. I'm sure later on this year Infinity Ward will announce through a press release what there planning to do. No matter what Infinity Ward does, I will definitely be one of the first people standing in line waiting to buy the next PC game that they release.

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