Call of Duty 2 is a heavily scripted first-person shooter that throws approachability out the window in favor of more stylized moment to moment wow scenes. These mostly work throughout the course of this meticulously planned title, but sometimes the feverish pacing and ridiculous sense of urgency all the well-meaning events create fall victim to a few old trappings. We believe that subject matter is of great importance in videogames and it seems that World War II in particular is being overused. While competing franchises are all vying for the most authentic and feature complete WWII crown, few have applied serious effort when it comes to telling actual stories. The War has, until now, been reserved to create a series of dramatic and familiar events players could participate in, but the connections between these events and the people that partook in them have thus far been unrecognized (again, this is in most cases).

To remedy this, the newly merged studio that was once and Gray Matter has attempted to create a more personable Call of Duty. To this end, the developers have focused exclusively on the unbelievable journey of America's famed 'Fighting First' infantry division, the Big Red One. Cover, Please Take It The focus gives Big Red One a good amount of appreciable consistency. Missions logically progress and are tied together via map screens that trace the route of the player's company. But even with a few 40s styled propaganda highlight reels designed to segue gamers into new theaters of war, there is no real sense of why the army is attacking certain places, how it plans to win, or even what that victory might accomplish. And so we must look to the soldiers of these actions on a more personal level to get some motivation to power us through the sequenced missions. Ubisoft's Brothers in Arms might draw a more obvious comparison to HBO's acclaimed Band of Brothers miniseries, but Call of Duty 2 is the game that enlists many of that show's talent to portray its soldiers.

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Download Kenge Per Femije. The actors are also used to provide some remarkable motion captured animation sequences to make in-game cutscenes more believable. And yet their roles take a backseat to the more conventional focus on the war itself. In this way, Call of Duty feels remarkably like every other WWII themed shooter in recent memory and it's a real shame, too. With such a talented cast and such a lively group of protagonists, the bigger Treyarch should have worked to develop the real relationships between these soldiers, especially since, according even to their own behind the scenes footage, all of the soldiers fought for the guy next to them and nothing else.

Why then is that not represented? This lack of a compelling narrative coupled with no real explanation of the benefits of success and the consequences of failure diminishes the drive to complete missions, and yet the game is still thrilling thanks only to the development team's uncanny ability to captivate with an endless stream of exhilarating sequences. Though Big Red One spreads its action across Africa, Sicily and central Europe, the Italian missions are the most interesting. Troina, Operation Husky and Piano Lupo are truly amazing. Each begins with a specific type of combat and then ends over 20 minutes later in a place that feels dozens of miles away.

Every one of these rides is utterly exhausting and filled with an unprecedented amount of scripted conflicts that use explosive set pieces, lively backgrounds, believable AI and lots of incredible audio and visual effects to heighten the impression of war. Most of the game also transitions remarkably well from open field combat to trench warfare to frantic raids to chopped shootouts behind broken pieces of cover, but the experience is hurt by a few funnels that force players into unwanted stationary shooting segments (like manning a turret for far too long, or playing gunner in a bomber and downing the umpteenth enemy).

These fits of boredom really don't melt into the otherwise outstanding game too well. Playing them is especially tiring since the usually furious gameplay prevalent throughout the rest of Call of Duty comes to a rather abrupt stop when segments of the sort begin.

But don't let the odd turret portion and a neglected storyline dissuade you from leaping into the fray and partaking in one of the most structured and nicely directed shooters on currently available consoles. Even if approachability is not present in any form, Call of Duty offers a terrific control scheme, tight shooting mechanics, and a dazzling array of lights and sounds that strip away the typically omnipresent sensation of 'gaming' and create a product that feels more like a film than an FPS.