Great launch title, aw heck just a great game period.
User Rating: 8.9 | Call of Duty 2 X360
I have never been a huge fan of war games in general. So when my local Gamestop recommended I picked up COD2 with my 360 I was a little hesitant; those feelings went away shortly after popping the disc in. First and foremost the thing that definitely blew me away was the sound. Keep in mind I am just playing on a standard TV and I'd swear that it sounded like I was personally being shot at. The sound is top-notch and feels very authentic. The look of the game is great, it really seems they put a lot of effort into making this feel like a real experience. Another huge plus to this game is the AI. Both the enemies as well as your allies execute perfectly. If you are holed up somewhere the Germans are going to come looking for you, decide to hide behind something and your going to get plenty of grenades thrown your way. Thankfully, your allies are just as smart and have saved my butt on more than one occasion. There is a nice variation of levels and objectives that keeps things fresh ( you will be fortunate, enough to drive a tank in a couple levels. ) Getting to play as Russia, Britain and America also is keeps things nice and new. The few gripes I have is that first the game feels too short, for the average gamer it will probably less than 10 hours to finish. I really wish there would have just been more missions to do. Secondly, the standard difficulty is WAY too easy. For a game that seems to stress staying with your allies for support, I found if I ever got annoyed I could just run into the fire Rambo-style and kill everything, no prob. On the other side if you set the difficulty to veteran you would swear Hitler himself was on the front line. All in all, a short but very enjoyable single player experience.
Multi-player was the true reason I bought this game. If you are looking for a game to just be able to jump in and play at anytime, you have come to the right place. COD2 has one of the biggest gaming communities, for the 360 right now. The lobbies are very easy to navigate and straight-forward. You'll be fragging some kid from Montana in no time. The game offers typical deathmatch, team deathmatch, capture the flag as well as an interesting game where both teams build and capture each others bases. I spend the majority of my time just getting it on in the DM or team DM. It does get kind old when 80% of the people like to snipe but thats pretty much the case in any FPS. The only other real downpoint is the fact that you can only have 8 people fragging it up in one game at a time, which can make some of the bigger levels feel a bit empty. Hopefully, this will be changed in the future, I know I'm crossing my fingers. All in all, if your looking for a fast-paced FPS with some good single and multiplayer action you can't go wrong with COD2. 
