Call Of Duty 2 (489 Words)

From the developers Infinity Ward and publishers Activision, Call of Duty 2 was the First Person Shooter to buy for the Xbox 360 on launch date. Set in the environment of World War 2, with the player experiencing the lifestyles of three nations during the war Russia, United Kingdom (UK), and United States of America (USA). Call of Duty 2 offers thrilling gameplay to all its players.

Being ported from the PC version, the game as always with console/PC games came under fire on what differences they would be between versions. Fortunately as Microsoft’s next generation console the Xbox 360 had the capabilities of a high end PC, this resulted in an almost perfect if not better gaming experience.

The game has well scripted sequences that help with the story of that particular campaign. With real events being mentioned by using old archives of video and photo with voice over explanations it helps and even informs the player of what actually happened on those days even created the right atmosphere for which the player is about to play.

The developers Infinity Ward have a long history of first person shooter as many of the staff was involved with successful first person shooter games such as Medal of Honour series and Terminator: Dawn of Fate among other titles in games as well as several film titles for certain members of staff in their field of expertise. Although mainly making games for the PC since the release of the Xbox 360 and the future release of other next generation consoles from Sony and Nintendo. The company seems to be putting resources into producing games for these computers as well.

The history of first person shooters can only really have been started from GoldenEye for the Nintendo 64 (Although it was really started with Wolfenstein 3D) as this was the only first person shooter game that was actually good. Although Doom and Quake were both good titles as well, GoldenEye opened the platform up to different game styles and storylines apart from the traditional Sci-Fi. As the years have past many games have been produced some bad and some good such as James Bond 007: Nightfire being bad and Unreal Tournament be superb.

Just recently we see the movie industry has recognised the first person shooter game with the movie release of Doom starting The Rock (The People’s Champion) in their ever increasing interest in game to movie port since the release of Resident Evil. Not to mention the future release of Unreal Tournament 2007 that has already caused a stir in the games industry.

As newer titles of games appear on our shelves we can only hope that we are kept on the edge of our seats with fantastic game play that puts us right in the game. With perhaps another Call of Duty focussing on a more recent war e.g. the Cold War or Gulf War to name a few.