There is a lot of stuff with CoD2 that could be better... The indicators and hints suck, the removal of the different vote options sucks (yknow when you could choose what people could and couldnt vote for), the removal of deployable mg's sucks, the balancing of weapons sucks, the removal of nade cooking sucks, etc... Saying that, the mapping potential for the game is looking realy good... Its just a real shame that so many mods are needed to get the game up to scratch & even with mods it falls way below expectation... The game was anticipated to be a serious rival to BiA in realism terms, and yet the only aspect it has realism in is historical accuracy (there are even mistakes made there)... In my opinion the only thing CoD2 does better than the original is graphics... Multiplayer is another area filled with dissapointment because it is where realism goes completely out of the window... Shotguns, people getting one shot kills with sniper rifles & not even aiming; no grenade cooking, radio site, death & bomb site indicators, a lack of punkbuster... Dont get me wrong... Its a good game and all but it falls way below expectation... I am just realy holding out for the mapping aspect, and I pray that people make some good, realistic, well scripted SP maps for it to make sure CoD2 dont go down the same "no replay" route as BiA...

Rant over...

edited on Nov. 15, 2005 03:38 pm by [DH]Tim451

Shotguns are unrealistic? One hit kill sniper rifles are unrealistic?

Shotguns were in WWII. They hurt.

Go into a battle and get hit by a sniper rifle bullet. If you can continue running and gunning, I'll accept that point. Until then, ALL HAIL THE ONESHOT KILL SNIPER RIFLES!

No, you misunderstand me... What I think is unrealistic is noobs who just run in and dont even aim, yet kill almost everybody... They just camp in one spot with a sniper rifle or a shotgun and get like the highest ammount of kills on the server... Thats what I find unrealistic... It was apparent in cod1 but the weapon balancing in cod2 and other changes have made it much much worse... Also, shotguns were by no means common in the battlefield... They lacked range and accuracy and were very rarely used...

In my opinion all weapons should be near enough one shot kill, or one shot should at least produce shellshock effects & knowck the player to the ground...

edited on Nov. 15, 2005 04:35 pm by [DH]Tim451

[DH]Tim451 writes...


In WWII, soldiers didnt run around spraying and praying. They camped in single spots, waiting for the enemy, ambushing, and rushing to another spot. Those who didnt - the attackers - often died. In fact, noobs camping in corners are very realistic. For an internet game however, it is not. Ive found plenty of these campers in servers. I adjusted by learning how to kill them. Its really not that hard. They camp in a corner. Throw a nade into their exit, and then one into their campign spot. Bam. Roast Noob for dinner.

I agree that soldiers didnt spray & pray but they didnt exactly sit in a corner & wait for the enemy to come to them... They advanced tactically, using cover, etc... That is not my point anyway... My point is that the small amount of realism that was in the singleplayer game is completely lost in multiplayer, and quite frankly id rather go & play CoD1 because it has far much more realism, which is a pity since CoD2 was hyped up to be such a realism orientated game...

edited on Nov. 15, 2005 04:48 pm by [DH]Tim451

I dont understand why everyone complains about cooked nades... its not that big of a deal, not to mention that a mod will be out soon enough im sure. also, punkbuster is on its way, no reason to complain about that... the realism? its a game, play it like one. and finally, if you would rather play cod1, then go do that and stop ranting about cod2

Good Day

I just got it the other day. Other than the pre-release demo, I haven't played much. I'll update my opinions later on as I get more time to play....

Pro's:

- Awesome look and feel.

- I believe that I heard 'echoing' sounds in enclosures. (Nice touch.)

- Unlike some, I do like the shotgun. (Although I wish it could be carried as a sidearm instead of a pistol. Better to use a shotgun to blow some campers brains out when you sneak up on them.)

--- more pro's to come I'm sure.

Con's:

- Nades. Don't like it. No sir!

- Weapons sound like drums, not gunfire. Very weird. Sorta like BF2.

- No vehicles?

- No MG's?

- I swear I haven't come across one panzerfaust, bazooka, or panzercheck anywhere. Are they there?

- Some scope crosshairs are terrible.

---More later. Hopefully not though. But after one night, I was starting to get the swing of the new version. I'll keep my fingers crossed.

Pro:
- I like the 'swaying' motion after reloading. It's sort of subtle but it adds an interesting twist.

- Most bullet impacts are sweet.

- Explosions are ok but it might just be my low vid card settings.

Con:

I want to clarify why I don't like the nades. I liked selecting, holding, and running with my nades in cod1. I don't like having just one option to select and throw regardless... No sir! Don't like it!

Some weapon fire animations seem kind of tacky, almost fake. Some hand and arm models seem weird and unbelievable when firing. There seem to be more noticable firing effects with cod1 and UO.

I'm just rambling on. I'm still in the beginning phase of this new version. I may like some of the thing that I don't like now. More later...

its week it sucks and iam goin to the pawn shop with it

Cod 2 online gameplay sucks!!!

The weapons are way out of balance

Any idiot that can press a button can now play this game and be considered pro.