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Preview: Call of Duty 2: Big Red One

by on Sep.19, 2005, under The Rest

The PC’s Call of Duty was an astonishing first-person shooter, built with an orchestral majesty. It understood the crashing cymbals as well as it understood the quietest flutes. It’s a big act to follow. Especially if you’re performing that act on a group of consoles reaching the end of their lives, the bigger, more powerful machines only months away. And while Call of Duty 2 utilises the awesome potential powers of the PC’s multicore processors and the Xbox 360’s triple processing prowess, Call of Duty 2: Big Red One (confusing titles, we realise) would surely be a generation behind?

Call of Duty 2: Big Red One preview up on EG.

I’m pleased with this piece – it’s the longest preview I’ve written, and the interview with Busic produced some excellent comments.


8 Comments for this entry

  • KM
    September 19th, 2005 on 21:17

    I do think this is one of the best I’ve seen you write. Well done.

  • bodnotbod
    September 20th, 2005 on 02:01

    Will it be any good on the Gamecube?

    God, why did I buy a Gamecube?

  • Stu W
    September 20th, 2005 on 08:44

    Excuse my ignorance but i notice that this is just the console versions. Is the PC version the same but delayed or is it an entirely different beast?

    Stu W

    PS I thought the British defeated Rommel in Africa?

  • admin
    September 20th, 2005 on 09:25

    “Excuse my ignorance but i notice that this is just the console versions. Is the PC version the same but delayed or is it an entirely different beast?”

    The PC/Xbox 360 version is a completely different game. There’s supposed to be something about that on EG soon. Not sure when it’s going up.

  • admin
    September 20th, 2005 on 09:44

    I repeat here:

    The US 1st Infantry Division fought alongside the British against Rommel in N Africa. Are you aware what the word “Allied” means? And it was the British decision to split up the division amongst their own men that caused some of Rommel’s successes. Once the Big Red One were reunited, they then had their first great victory against Rommel’s panzer divisions at Kasserine.

    It’s funny how everyone assumes that any version of history in which the British don’t single-handedly win every single battle of the war must be some sort of re-written propaganda. There’s a simpler explanation for that phenomenon.

  • Andy Krouwel
    September 20th, 2005 on 14:44

    Oh Eurogamer, your accursed lack of sub-editing strikes again.

    Why allow the first ‘fuck’. but then make the next ‘f***’?

    Did he say ‘fump’ the second time, and you wanted to spare him the embarrassment?
    Or is there a one fuck per article limit?

    Like the article though, not ranting at you John.

  • admin
    September 20th, 2005 on 14:45

    He said “flip”. It’s way more than Eurogamer’s prepared to print.

    Actually, they missed the first one. I should probably say something, but it annoys me too much that they edit quotes.

  • Stu W
    September 20th, 2005 on 18:41

    I didnt assume – i just didnt know :-)

    Thanks for the info!

    Stu

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