Find yourself in the scariest World-War Environment up to date. Loss of Orientation and severe smoke inhalation included
I never played COD original before, i've only seen it once and it didnt appeal to me at all.. although i've got no prejudices at all against older game.
So i really didnt know what to expect from COD 2.
And thats what i got: The game is really compelling and sucks you into the whole world war feeling. Only the moments where your teammates wait for you to continue the story/fight or where suddenly a reinforcement of soldiers starts supporting you in your assaults look a bit strange..
But it's still implemented quite neatly and doesnt bother the player too much.
The smoke grenades mechanics surprised me; They also work great against Computer AI. As soon the Smoke expanded a bit the enemies wont fire through the smoke anymore.
The missions are entertaining and fun. You find yourself losing orientation completely from time to time as if you were in war yourself ;) Most of the time you dont feel very restricted, so the war feels wide-spread.. but there are also some invisible blockers, or minefields to direct you on a given path.
They managed to make a good game with all of the feats sticking together neatly. Only at the middle of the game i got a little bit bored, but the curve gets increasing when going to the last tertiary of the game progress. So i consider this still as a big plus.
The Health-System also reminds me a little bit of Guildwars and is very helpful regarding the flow of the game. As you can play continously, and still die often enough :D
I dont know how long i still find the singleplayer fun, but im looking forward to experience COD2's multiplayer qualities.
Good Evil Karma. ^_^