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Call of Duty 2

so freaking awesome

Written by KW from Grand Rapids

Aug 13, 2006

i just bought a new intel imac and i have windows running and os x. i use the windows for my gaming and my mac for everything else. i played the demo on os x and its pretty good. it was nearly perfect on windows due to apple being amazing. i only wish there were more levels. i beat al 26/27 missions in a week.

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Call of Duty 2

BEST GAME ON INTEL MAC

Written by CA from Wilmette

Aug 13, 2006

I have played the demo and the demo is really good and im about to buy the game for my imac, and all of this stuff about how the macs aren't good for gaming and how people say that it only lags, that is not true because this computer has better graphics then any pc that ive played on, and this computer does not lag at all only pc's are the crapy computers that always freeze.

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Call of Duty 2

Nice WW2 Shooter

Written by JS from Bakersfield

Aug 2, 2006

Good:
Universal Binary, runs on 1440x900 with maxed settings on MBP 2GHz without hickups
Good graphics, nice effects, has a slight "console look" to it.
Good voices, brits have the according accent, Germans speak german ;-).......good varity in spoken words, does not get annoying.
Controls are standard FPS
I encountered no crashes, hickups, bugs, runs smooth and stable with no patches to install, straight of the dvd.
Its not BF1942, but you have 2 missions where you can drive a tank, no flying althou, or jeep driving. In a couple of missions you can shoot some cannons, flaks....
There are no "jump'n run" sections with frustrating skill level required, but thats probably a matter of personal taste, I can do without them.

Bad:
Playtime is fairly short, did the whole thing in about 5h.
Freedom of movement is pretty restricted, objectives have to be completed in a certain order on a given path, with 2 or 3 exceptions, where you can choose the order. So there is no exploring, looking for alternative routes, doing things your way. The good thing about that is that there are almost no chances to get "stuck" and run around for hours in a level to look for some switch that triggers a door someplace else.......
When moving, the crosshair dissaperas, what makes aiming a little hard ;-)

Ugly:
If you want to play online, get yourself bootcamp and BF1942. It plainly sucks.

General:
Its a nice shooter, runs nativly on Intel, but nothing to write home about. Its miles away from games like halflife, counterstrike....
I bought it from amazon for 50 bucks, and it is not worth that kind of money. In my personal rating where Halflife is worth the 50$, I would consider a fair price is about 30$

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Call of Duty 2

Dont waste your money

Written by DI from Olympia

Jul 30, 2006

Actually worse than COD United Offensive. Multiplayer is full of cheaters and hackers and the graphics are lousy, pixels galore... gameplay is laggy even with broadband. You can download shareware games for free that are better.
Single player's fun for the 30 minutes it takes to play it through, but that's it.

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Call of Duty 2

Awesome single and multi play

Written by KB from Bedford

Jul 30, 2006

This game is about 20 times better than the demo but i would still suggest buyin gthe original (its goood) the ai is really smart, high replay value, although even the highest difficulty is pretty easy. The single player is amazingly expansive but the multiplayer absolutely shines. One of the best multiplayer games (up there with halo and hl2dm) and i wish there was a way to turn bump mapping off (i got a g5 quad running at 1920*1200 res and i notice the bump mapping. also, the guns are unrealistically accurate (i can snipe germans 300 yards away with a thompson) but if you like fps's this is a must buy.!!!

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Call of Duty 2

Great game

Written by IT from McLean

Jul 27, 2006

this game is a very Action packed game, full of blood and violance it is better on ibook but when you start go to options and cange the screen sie to as big as possible as it can for the best graphics in the ame that you can get but it will lag a little bitt

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Call of Duty 2

A very fun game.

Written by JR from Short Hills

Jul 26, 2006

This game is definetely a lot of fun. There is a lot of single player content available in 4 difficulty levels (although there is not much replay value) and the AI on both sides is very good. In some other games that I have played recently (starwars battlefront II) I would be the only person on my team taking down swarms of enemies, but here your computerized allies are actually helpful. The missions get somewhat repetitive at times (take this building...now defend until reinforcements arrive) but some of them are unique (even those repetitive ones are fun). The multiplayer is fun and runs well on my 2.16 ghz Macbook Pro, although it gets very hot and lags occasionally.

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Call of Duty 2

THIS GAME...........................RRRRROOOOOCCCCKKKKSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!

Written by KW

Jul 7, 2006

I I I I I I I I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS THIS THIS THIS GAME GAME GAME GAME GAME ! ! ! ! ! ! !

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Call of Duty 2

great!

Written by BH from Orlando

Jul 7, 2006

i've only played the demo on my imacG5 with 512mbyte ram and radeon 9600 and i have to say if the demo is anything to go by, then i'm giving this game 5 stars.

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Call of Duty 2

Great game on Mac!

Written by BP from San Diego

Jun 7, 2006

Worth the wait I've played this game on pc and it plays just as well on mac if you meet system requirements. I've played some single player and multi player and its all good but the multi player is currently at v1.0 on release and pc was just updated to 1.2. I've contacted aspyr regarding this and there currently working on the patch to bring us current with pc users. Having said all that there are still many multi player servers to play in. I was tempted to give 4 stars because of this but its a great game and I might have had to wait even longer for release if it came patched. All in all if your mac can play this game and you like fps shooters this in my opinion is the best out for mac. Happy hunting!

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Call of Duty 2

unbelievable experience playin this game!!!

Written by FS from East Elmhurst

Jun 6, 2006

i ordered this game the minute it became available! i never stopped playin this game once i got it..i completed all the missions and the end movie is always worth a watch when the credits roll! the graphics were superb since i got a macbook pro! the gameplay was very nice and this is the first time that the computer programmed teammates were smart! the AI in this game is arguably the best out there! recommended to all!!!!!!!!!!1

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Call of Duty 2

Awesome!!!

Written by AT from Los Angeles

Jun 5, 2006

Way better than any FPS on the Mac. Great graphics (dual 1.8 G5, Ati 9650... going to upgrade the card), amazing sound, amazing experience and the multi-player is great (you can play on-line with PC users, which is something that Quake 4 needs). Hopefully we'll keep getting more "A" quality titles... hopefully Apple can get its game on and help out developers. Buy it NOW!

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Call of Duty 2

Worth the wait

Written by AJ from Rockville

Jun 4, 2006

As often as not the sequel to a breakthrough game is a big let down but this release improves on the first Callof Duty. The battles are much more intense, you really have to keep on your toes. The Germans are smarter than before and counter your moves all of the time. The game feels different as well, the graphics are richer and there are more places to move and hide. Some of the levels are a bit tediuos but all in all It's incredibly addictive and will lead to a lot of replay. One warning, the game recommends a machine with Dual 2.0ghz or more, I'm on a Dual 1.8ghz and it struggles at times.

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Call of Duty 2

I never thought it would happen...

Written by PD from Mesa

May 31, 2006

...but my Intel iMac has become the primary gaming machine in the house. I have other first person shooters for it including Doom 3 and Unreal Tournament 2004, but when I picked up Call of Duty 2, it's been bullet shells and explosions in my apartment since. I have the 20-inch iMac with the 256 VRAM + 1 GB Memory and this thing SCREAMS at the highest settings. My only complaint out of the box is that I'm finally going to need to change my Mighty Mouse.

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