Call of Duty 2 on Veteran is the most intense video game experience ive had!
You may be thinking, " Its probably just like every other WW2 FPS", well, its really not. Call of Duty 2 is heads and shoulders above its opponents. When cranked up to the Veteran Difficulty the game becomes very intense, you'll find yourself praying for cover.
Call of Duty 2's visuals don't disappoint either, there some of the nicest visuals seen on the 360 and really show the systems potential. The weapon models are very nice and very well textured, with the bump/normal map really being shown of with the great lighting. One thing i found annoying about Call of Duty 2 was your team mates, maybe its because i needed the help, but they often leave you to clear a bunker of German soldiers on your own, and when on veteran this can become a very difficult and frustrating task. However your team mates often help you out a lot, especially in some of the more open levels like El Alamein. The games health system makes the game very simple on the easiest setting, with your health regenerating you'll find it hard to die, but as i have mentioned many times on Veteran or even hard you'll have around 3-5 shots depending on where your shot and with what gun.
Call of Duty 2's multi player however doesn't deliver as well. The split screen action is mediocre and got very boring after a bit. However i can't put down the map size as i was very impressed with it. Playing the game with more players could turn out to be quite fun. The Live experience ive heard not so good things about. There's been alot of complaints about lag really ruining the game. However i cant comment on this from my own experience as i don't own Live yet.
So i have come to my conclusion, Call of Duty 2 should be bought by all fans of WW2 or FPS's, even people looking for a new and exciting experience. The mutli player lets it down but the single player makes up for that.
I selected the Very Hard Difficulty Setting as ive been playing it on Veteran.