Customer Reviews
Significantly improved
Good points:
-The graphics are good. The game is generally fun.
-The levels are bigger and more open than in COD 1.
-The long firefights are great.
-The intelligence of the enemies is much better than in the first game. In this one, they are somewhat less predictable, and they move around more, which makes it harder to shoot them.
-I am glad there are no medkits, but unfortunately I don't really like the recovery system this game uses either. Here, when you get shot but not enough to kill you, you just wait a few seconds, and you are magically healed. It would be better if when you got shot it impaired your movement until you died.
Bad points:
-While better than COD 1, the missions in COD 2 are still too choreographed for my taste. It shatters the illusion of realism when, time and again, bad guys pop up for no other reason than becuase you crossed an invisible line in the game. It would be better if the computer placed the bad guys in random places each time you played so you couldn't just learn where they are.
-At certain points in the game the Germans seem to have unlimited respawns until you complete some objective, so no matter how many you shoot it doesn't help you at all. Again, this makes it seem unreal.
-The voice acting is not very good, and the things they yell out are very dumb. It is stupid for the characters to constantly yell out "Germans!" in the middle of a long firefight.
-The multiplayer is forgettable. It is just a big free for all. It is so fast-moving that you generally win or lose based on fast reflexes, rather than based on strategy or teamwork. For a much better multiplayer experience in a realistic-type shooter, try Swat 4. I think part of the problem here is that the players simply move too fast. Also the maps are like swiss cheese--too many ways to get from point A to point B, and almost nowhere where you can get effective cover. Also, I don't like multiplayer games where you respawn so quickly. It is better whan a game makes you stay out for a longer time after being killed, since that gives you more of an incentive to be strategic and to actually worry more about dying.
Amazing
It's COD but improved. The graphics are amazing. Do you remember the jump from Medal of Honor to COD this first time you played COD. This is just as big of a jump.
I could play multiplayer for hours on end. Needless to say my wife does not like the game.
If you like 1st person games or anything WWII related it's a must buy.
Awesome
This game is awesome! We have not been able to stay away from it since we got it.
