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Binding: DVD-ROM
Brand: Aspyr
EAN: 0618870112404
ESRB Age Rating: Teen
Format: DVD-ROM
Label: Aspyr Media
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Manufacturer: Aspyr Media
Platform: Mac OS X
Publisher: Aspyr Media
Release Date: May 22, 2006
Sales Rank: 8244
Studio: Aspyr Media

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Product Description:
Call Of Duty 2 redefines the cinematic intensity and chaos of battle, as seen through the eyes of the ordinary soldiers who fought there together. The epic WWII conflict is a sequel to Call Of Duty and offers more immense, more intense and more realistic battles than ever before. All-new enhancements deliver stunning realism and gameplay, groundbreaking AI and choice-based gameplay innovations. Choice-based gameplay lets you play through missions your way - individualize your tactics and play missions in the order you see fit Multiplayer mayhem - Go online for intense Axis vs. Allies team-based multiplayer action

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When the original Call of Duty was first released, the had a big impact on both consumers and critics alike, and it quickly rose to become one the top games in its class. Call of Duty did this by having well-designed campaigns and an intuitive feel, complemented by immersive sound effects and an enjoyable multiplayer option. Call of Duty 2 not only stays true to these strengths but has improved upon many other aspects of gameplay as well. If the original Call of Duty left you wanting more, this sequel will more than satisfy your hunger.



Fight off waves of invading German troops and Panzer tanks in Moscow. View larger.


Race around in your own tank with others at your side in North Africa. View larger.


Scale the cliffs of Pointe du Hoc with the Army Rangers. View larger.
Just as in the original, Call of Duty 2 has you working your way through WWII across three interwoven campaigns. As a private in the Russian army, you will fight off waves of invading German troops and Panzer tanks in Moscow and Stalingrad. Once you finish the Russian campaign, you'll go up against Field Marshal Rommel's troops in the deserts of North Africa. As part of this campaign, you'll race around in your own tank with others at your side, and later you'll be tasked with calling in air strikes against enemy tanks. The final campaign has you in the role of an American corporal in Europe, but unlike most WWII games, you won't perform a D-Day landing on Omaha or Utah Beach. In Call of Duty 2, you have to scale the cliffs of Pointe du Hoc with the Army Rangers amidst a hail of artillery and machine gun fire, giving you a true appreciation of the time-honored saying, "War is Hell!"

Call of Duty 2 is a thinking-gamer's first-person shooter of medium difficulty. While there are many reflexive elements, the game quite often requires you to consider the tactics of the situation in order to survive. While you can probably blow through the game in 10 hours on the regular setting, the more difficult settings require you to be much more thoughtful about your approach to the different scenarios. Your teammates in battle neither finish your fight, nor simply provide enemy fodder, while the enemy AI (artificial intelligence) is quite clever. If you are too meek, you will find yourself pinned down by aggressive fire while the enemy lobs grenades at you until you're decimated.

Unlike the its predecessor, Call of Duty 2 doesn't give you a health bar. Instead, as you are hit by more and more fire, your screen grows increasingly red around the border, and your character begins to grunt and pant. This is your signal that it's time to find some cover in order to recuperate before you continue. Another major improvement is the enhanced smoke grenades, which not only look great but can be used effectively in battle to obscure your path from tanks or machine-gun nests as you make your way to an objective.

While Call of Duty 2 has received an ESRB T (teen) rating -- meaning there are no gratuitous blood and guts splashing all over the screen -- this is still war, and there are enemies that will try to drag themselves to safety after being hit, only to be bludgeoned to a screaming death by your fellow men-at-arms. And like its older brother, Call of Duty 2 offers the standard deathmatch, team deathmatch, capture-the-flag, and search-and-destroy multiplayer modes. However, this version offers a new option called "headquarters," which most closely resembles the "crazy king" version of king-of-the-hill in Halo 2. Shifting headquarter points appear and must be captured in order to start building points, only to be overrun by the other side in order to halt that point gain. This version of the multiplayer mode is not only extremely fun, but it requires teams to adapt on the fly.

Unlike the original, in this sequel you can skip forward from one mission to the next once you've cleared a campaign. The game also auto-detects 16:9 and 16:10 wide-screen ratios, as well as the sometimes tricky 5:4 ratio for LCD monitors. As the user, you can make use of a good set of performance tweaking functions, or you can allow the game to determine the optimal ratio, based on your system. With the addition of actual war footage as introductions to each campaign, and famous war quotes at the end of the scenes, Call of Duty 2 has everything you need to lose yourself in the middle of the biggest war in history of the world.



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Loads of fun !!
I don't play a lot of games and I am a new Mac user as well. This plays great on my new MacBook Pro, 2.6 GHz, 4 Gb RAM, 512 video RAM, 200 Gb 7200 rpm drive, 17 -inch glossy screen Hi-Res. Smooth video and action. No problems what so ever. I'm very pleased.


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Demo runs well; think full version will on my powerbook g4?
Hi,
I was curious if anyone knew if CoD2 ran well on a powerbook 64 (1.67mhz, 1gig, Radeon9700); while i do not meet the specs on aspyr.com, the demo runs surprisingly well on my powerbook, so I was hoping the full version did too.

Thanks.


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Call of Duty 1... with better graphics
I'm not going to deny that if you are a CoD fan and have a Mac, you need this disc. With that in mind, however, note that this game is quite similar to its predecessor. If you are considering buying it, note that at this time, Call of Duty 4 is scheduled to come out in August for Mac, and is several times more amazing than this game, so think twice.


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Not as good as the original
Call of Duty 2 is a good game, but trust me, the regular Call of Duty and the United Offensive is better.

If you've never played the original, you'll probably like this, but if you've played the original, it just won't be as good. They've improved some things, but left out others.

Improved:

better AI
better weapon sounds,(especially STG44),
more German death cries (Call of Duty had WAY too little)
better animation (some things are quite hilarious; for example, if you shoot a helmet off some enemy soldiers, they'll reach up, look startled, touch their head, and gesture wildly in bewilderment.)
no medic kits to search for; instead, if you get hit, you've got to stay in cover for a couple seconds (this can be good or bad; you may like not having to search for a health box, or you might like the challenge or searching for one, it really doesn't matter to me)

Left out:

Exciting missions! These ones are hardly exciting; the original had unpredictable ones and tons of "cool stuff". The Russian Campaign, which you play first, is really good; the British one is boring, except for a couple of missions, and as for the American one. . .eh. . .Pointe Du Hoc is great, and Hill 400 is alright, but really, they're nothing compared to the original. In most of the British missions, you basically do nothing but clear houses and knock out machine-guns.

Oh, and one thing I really hated on the British tank missions is the language. I realize all war games have this and I usually don't mind, but when it comes to a tank crew member shouting "Son of a----" every time a German tank hits yours, I do mind.

So again, if you haven't played the regular Call of Duty, you might like this, but if you have. . .you'll probably be disappointed.











Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - A better version than the PC version.
I owned the pc version of this before I purchased the Mac version. The Mac version seems to be smoother and with less problems than the PC version. So, if your a Mac user, don't be afraid to purchase it!
The simulation is great and very realistic. If your running surround sound, you will hear the sounds of gun fire off in the distance which adds to the realism of the game.
Not only is this a great simulation, it also seems to be historically accurate. The weapons, uniforms, and artilery are very accurately recreated.
I would definitely buy this again!

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