One of the best FPS shooters of all time and the best CoD in the series.
CoD2 is another WWII FPS which I know some of you are like "not again!" with the numerous WWII games out there,what makes CoD2 different from the others? for once your actually part of a squad which most other army/war games your some john wayne soldier who can apparently take on Nazi Germany all by yourself which in my opinion can kill a game before you can even put it in your console,since having a squad with you it makes it feel more realistic since most of the time a battle is never in the hands of one person,its almost always more than one person whether it be a squad,platoon or a battalion.What I love about having a Squad or Platoon in CoD2 is not everyone makes it back,your team mates will die from gun fire,shrapnels,grenades or get beat down my the end of a German soldiers rifle.Your squad will try to cover fire for once and the golden goose you might say for having a squad/platoon is if a grenade is thrown in your direction and a squad mate is near you they will actually try and throw the grenade back at the enemy!.
Unlike half of the fps games CoD2 is almost always outside with snow effects that are still prolly one of the best I've seen ever,the rain effects are just wow,as a sample in one mission your playing as an american corporal and its night and dark,its raining you and your platoon are drenched to the bone,it looks like your actually wet from the rain which I've yet to see in a game whether its FPS or not.As for the smoke effects they are up there if not one of the best smoke effects I've seen,its insane how no matter how good your vision is you can not see through the smoke which at times can mask yourself and your squad from being gun downed by Germans or mask an upcoming frontal assault from German forces.
As for the sound very few games try and put you in the realism of war/battle and CoD2 does put you there,your fellow squad mates will taunt/insult the Germans same with the German soldiers insulting yourself and your squad mates,the sound of far off explosions will be almost constant in the all out war campaigns,the sounds of enemy tanks are actually telling you that a metal mammoth is coming in to destroy infantry and weaker armored vehicles.The best/most realistic part of the game in terms of sound is your squad will yell out "man down" if one of your squad mates gets hit,when a building is clear your squad will yell out "clear" or "so and so is clear".When your in a fire fight and germans are advancing from a spot a squad mate will yell "enemys coming from the North" or even go as far as "enemys advancing behind the broken wall to the south" which adds to the realism of being in a war with a platoon/squad.
If your into FPS games,a video game collector or just play games for causal fun I recommend CoD2 for every type of gamer out there and you will not be unimpressed by the sure awesomeness CoD2 delivers as a game.