by: Dakota Grabowski

November 18, 2005

Call of Duty originally ran on the Quake 3 engine when its roots were seeded in the PC community. I still remember the day when I first played Call of Duty in 2003. The passion and dedication of Infinity War certainly was clear. It was so clear that when one of my squad mates went down, I felt the need to get retribution on their behalf. Moments this gratifying were experienced all throughout Call of Duty was a one in a life time sensation when you compare it to the other World War II shooters.

Now it’s 2005 (a year after the expansion, United Offensive, released) and not only will there be a PC version of Call of Duty 2, but the Xbox 360 translation is being released only a month later. Some may be thinking, “Wait Call of Duty is already on the consoles, what’s the big deal?” I’ll tell you what the big deal is, the console iterations (Xbox, PS2, Cube) don’t pale in comparison to the PC and now Xbox 360 variants. What’s the difference? Just check the graphics, which should be the first indicator to prove the graphics overhaul.




Call of Duty 2 will pit you in the shoes of a few different uniforms all fighting for the Allies. You’ll start off as one of the lowest ranks (private) in the Russian Army. As the private, you’ll be entering and invading the battlefields of Moscow and Stalingrad. The enemy you ask? Of course, it’s those dang German Nazis again. After you take care of the Germans with the tough Russians, you’ll unlock the British campaign. The British campaign is a tad more difficult due to you’ll be in North Africa, somewhere no one wanted to be in the war. The last campaign you’ll unlock is of course the American campaign. The American campaign takes its course through the cliffs of Europe for the D-Day landing.

There are only ten missions to traverse through unfortunately. It could be more of a blessing than a curse. Who would want to play the similar missions over and over again in a setting that has been lived in several other FPS’s. What I recommend doing right off the bat is anteing up the difficulty. Not only will it create a better environment for the warfare, but it will increase how long the game takes to complete. On the regular difficulty, it will only last somewhere in the range of 8-12 hours.