Customer Reviews

Call of Duty 2

5 star:		(16)
4 star:		(19)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

Call of Duty 2 was a lot of fun as a game, but there were a number of disapointing aspects to the implimentation that stopped it from being a 5 star experience.

First the gameplay:

I really enjoyed not needing to search for health packs all the time and the generous restart points. It made the gameplay much more fluid and helped to avoid getting frustrated.

The missions were about the right level of difficulty and were very clear about the goals. There were rarely points where I was confused about where I needed to go or what I needed to do. My favorite levels were the tank missions in the desert and the assault on Hill 400.

Sound was ok, but I didn't find it to be anything amazing. Graphics on the other hand were beautiful. I was able to play at 1050 x 1680 with anti-aliasing at 2x and only really experienced any slowdowns when I needed to run through smoke.

Implimentation problems:

The game trapped and ignored the Command-Tab keystroke so you couldn't pause the game, switch to a different application and come back. This became frustrating if I got an IM while playing and wanted to quickly see what it was. The only way to do this was to get to a known save point and quit.

It also took control of the second monitor, but would only allow it to be blacked out. Once again the ability to context switch would have been nice. The game should have either used the second monitor (e.g. expand the person locator, show ammunition status, or mission status) or it should have left it for the OS and allowed context switching.

Beyond that, I was quite satisified and am looking forward to CoD3!

My system was MacPro 2.6 with 2G RAM and 2 x Nvidia GeForce 7300 GT

I love this game. I got it 2 days ago and I have already gotten up to Hill 400 in the American Campaign. So I just started and I am so addicted to it I almost finished it in Regular Difficulty. Its great fun and great squad-based action. Not to mention terrific graphics. Much better than the old COD. 100X better than Medal of Honor.

Recently made the switch to Mac- played this on an intel imac 20. Its my first made-for-mac game. No technical/performance issues whatsoever (didn't use multiplayer features). Even tried setting all gfx options to highest possible settings- still no problems.

As far as gameplay- I don't typically play shooters, but enjoyed this game. Excellent gfx & sound. I liked the very quick restarts at the last auto-save point whenever you get killed. The length of each level within a mission is fairly short: minimizing the amount of do-overs.

Update: I have gotten the game working after hours of online research looking for a fix. The fix I found was buried in an online discussion board and is very simple. Basically just right-click the COD2 application icon and "Get Info". Click the option that says "Open with Rosetta".

I wasted hours to get the game to work as it should have from the start, so the 2 stars still remains appropriate. I don't intend to buy any Aspyr games in the future since I don't want to deal with this sort of hassle.

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Original Review:

To prospective buyers: if you have a relatively new Mac, don't expect the game to work.

I got about 5 hours into this game (D-Day), and then it would refuse to stay running for more than 5 minutes at a time. I had some minor issues with it crashing during the first five hours, but the crashes accelerated so much that it now crashes at the Main Menu before I can click anything. I uninstalled (including removing hidden files) and reinstalled to see if that would resolve the issue (at least temporarily). It didn't.

I am on a new MacBook Pro (2010). The computer's speed is more than adequate. However, the computer's video card isn't listed on the back of the case, so my guess is that this is the update that prevents the game from being playable on my Mac.

Five years ago -- while this game would still run on a new computer -- I'm sure it would have been great (I'd like to see the second half of the game). However, it apparently no longer works on the newest Macs, so buyer beware.

I owned the pc version of this before I purchased the Mac version. The Mac version seems to be smoother and with less problems than the PC version. So, if your a Mac user, don't be afraid to purchase it!
The simulation is great and very realistic. If your running surround sound, you will hear the sounds of gun fire off in the distance which adds to the realism of the game.
Not only is this a great simulation, it also seems to be historically accurate. The weapons, uniforms, and artilery are very accurately recreated.
I would definitely buy this again!

Great game. If you like first person shooters and like history then you have no choice but to buy this game. I do have a couple of quibbles though:

1. The game is too easy. There are four difficulty levels; if you play "Regular" this game is a cakewalk. Start with the second hardest and then play it again on its highest difficulty setting.
2. It's really nice that you're not running around picking up health packs, something I've always found completely asinine. Instead, if you are shot, you simply find some cover, stay out of the fight for a few seconds, and you'll recover. This is dumb. I guarantee if you are shot by an 8 mm Mauser round, ducking down in a trench for a couple secs ain't gonna make you feel any better.
3. I hate hate hate the compass in the lower left hand corner of the display. It shows the location of enemies, friendly soldiers and your current objective. If our soldiers had been equipped with such a device they would have been in Berlin before autumn 1944. I cover this thing with tape when I play.

But these are minor complaints so I only knocked off one star. This is easily the best FPS I have ever played. Love it.

Call of Duty 2 is a fun game. The weapons are not high tech but shows what was used in WWII. I enjoyed the different missions that the game posed. The only draw back is that I have a G4 and the game runs very choppy.

I had recently played COD and enjoyed the novice and veteran levels. COD2 has better graphics and a much more complex series of missions. I still feel that the game deliberately forces you to die, before "allowing" you to suddenly succeed in any particular situation.

Overall - very much worth it

G4 17" 1.67GHz is NOT really fast enough for super control!!! Get a faster Mac!!

Hi,
I was curious if anyone knew if CoD2 ran well on a powerbook 64 (1.67mhz, 1gig, Radeon9700); while i do not meet the specs on aspyr.com, the demo runs surprisingly well on my powerbook, so I was hoping the full version did too.

Thanks.

I'm not going to deny that if you are a CoD fan and have a Mac, you need this disc. With that in mind, however, note that this game is quite similar to its predecessor. If you are considering buying it, note that at this time, Call of Duty 4 is scheduled to come out in August for Mac, and is several times more amazing than this game, so think twice.