Review of Call of Duty 2

Call of Duty 2 is an immensely popular sequel to the widely acclaimed Call of Duty developed by Infinity Ward and has sold millions of copies world wide since its release in 2005 and is supported by the Xbox 360 variants. For Xbox 360 versions, a maximum of eight players can play the game. In fact statistics reveal that it was the Xbox 360 version which has recorded maximum sales.

This is a first person shooter game set in the backdrop of the Second World War and comprises of three campaigns. The game functions with the player who has to assume the character of the soldier of the British Army, the Red Army and the United States army while the Second World War is on and it is his duty to withstand all hardships and try and attain victory in the face of constant and formidable oppositions. It is a test of one’s strategy, intelligence and tactics as the player has very few options when it comes to the variety of weapons he can use to protect himself. There are grenades, explosives, machine gins and cannons and the player is always in the verge of life threatening situations when death is at hand’s distance. Moreover, the Call of Duty Radiant which was released later contains several mapping systems. There are various kinds of game modes included in this version which comprise of Team Deathmatch, Deathmatch, Search and Destroy, Headquarters and Capture the Flag.

The entire game is divided into three main parts and each art recounts a different anecdote. In the first part named Eastern Front, the player is a Red army soldier named Private Vasili Ivanovich Koslov, in the North African endeavor, he is Sergeant John Davis, a British soldier while in the Battle of Normandy he is Corporal Bill Taylor and the game concludes with the final crossing of the Rhine river.

On the negative side Call of Duty 2 has been critiqued for being unrealistic and also for its controversial advertisements.

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