Call of Duty 2 is a first-person shooter video game and sequel to the critically acclaimed game, Call of Duty. Call of Duty 2 was designed with the intent to be less linear than its predecessor, with notably more open-ended environments and fewer scripted events that were a prominent aspect in Call of Duty. For this, a new advanced AI-system was developed, called "Battle Chatter System" that consists of more than 20,000 lines of dialogue that the player's comrades and enemies use. These lines aren't activated by scripted sequences: instead, the soldiers react to the environment and use the Battle Chatter System to communicate with each other. The player will also have to cope with problems in many different ways such as flanking an enemy position. Usually fellow soldiers follow the player and thus he must advance to make his teammates advance, too. The gameplay is also more varied. The player must take on unique tasks, such as repairing severed communication cables in the city of Stalingrad. The game features several key vehicles and fifteen new weapons. In addition, the standard health meter in a first-person shooter was removed and replaced with a "shock" system. The new system allows the player to take a hit or two before blood seeps onto the screen. If the player manages to find cover and stay safe for a short amount of time, the player will begin to heal. The amount of hits that can be taken before blood seeps on the screen varies by difficulty level. The game engine is based on the modified Quake III engine used in Call of Duty, with a new renderer written from scratch by Infinity Ward. This replaces the Quake 3 engine's standard OpenGL renderer with support for Direct3D 7.0 and 9.0 paths. The latter features pixel shader effects such as bump mapping, dynamic lighting and bloom. Note: Currently CrossOver only "officially" supports running Call of Duty 2 under Steam. The stand alone CD version is not supported due to CrossOver lacking support for CD copy protection.

1st Person Shooter

July 23, 2010, 2:22 am