Sets a high standard for FPS on the 360 with amazing graphics sound and gameplay but somewhat lacking in the online play
COD2 is a first person shooter that got released as a launch game for the xbox 360 and is also released for the PC. The most attractive point of the game is that you are going to need an amazing and expensive PC to play it on. The 360 version has solid framerates and graphics that match the PC without having to shell out on expensive components for your PC. With the exeption of the online play lacking due to lag and only 8 players allowed in one game in total the 360 version of the game is deffinetly the better of the two. The game sets a high standard for other first person shooters to come on the 360 and what is even more amazing is that its a launch game.
First off is the campaign mode. This is amazing fast paced and although it only offers the same thrills as the original its hard to stay mad at such an amazing first person shooter game. The first of the three campaigns all is the Russian one where you fight as a russian soldier defending Moscow from the invading German soldiers. The British campaign sets you off as a soldier fighting along the trenches and warswept ruins of north Africa where you fight against Field Marshal Rommel and his army. The British campaign also makes you go to France to the wartorn towns such as the famous Caen. Then lastly its the American campaign which prooves to be the most difficult and somewhat challenging of the bunch where you start off landing on the beaches of france (no not omaha) and climbing the coastal cliffs. Nearing the end you will realise there is not much difference between the Campaigns at all exept for the change in enviroment.
The game succedes in creating a relalistic war scene and gives the feeling of a war going on all around you and seems like there are hundreds of allies and enimies close by when there is only but a few. Tanks drive over the trenches whilst you are in it and you hear the battlecrys of opposing forces up ahead and the frightened soldiers screaming and the expresion on their faces even look like they are panicing and scared. The game is mainly made up of dog fights on foot and shooting Germans which is a slight downside as it would have been a great addition to the game if there had been the oppertunity to fly planes or something like that. Grenades play a big part in the game as you have to work with your various team mates and cant go running ahead , so sometimes you have to throw a grenade of two around the corner and watch out for opposing grenades. Also smoke grenades come inhandy for not getting seen by enimes with mg42's and such.
The xboxlive part of the game however is dissapointing and only offers the standard deathmatch and capture the flag modes although I am a fan of Capture the flag and also Headquarters which is a great new game mode that two different places on the map are able to be captured by one team and they can set up a Headquarters there and therefor it becomes harder for the other team to take over and the other team must take over the base before the team with the base's points go too high due to the fact that the team with a base gets points over time for doing so.
Excluding the buggy online mode COD2 is a solid launch title with exelent graphics , sound , gameplay and with many tricks up its sleeve. It sets a high standard for First person shooter on the 360 from now onwards and is a must for any fan of action or first person styled games.
Graphics 9/10
Sound 9/10
Gameplay 8/10
Value 7/10
Tilt 9/10
8.4