The Best Call of Duty Everyone Forgot

One quick thing!: There are sten guns and crosshairs in the VANILLA version of the game, which I was NOT playing. I was playing a gore mod, and I've had it for so long that I forgot that sten guns and sights ever even existed in the game to begin with. I don't think the gore mod changed anything except for a few small things related to weapons, so all the rest of the input in this video should still be accurate, if a bit subjective. Thanks to all the civilized commenters who pointed that out. 👌

People forget that cod used to be a very well made and innovative series. Biggest fall off in gaming

Fun fact: In the Soviet training mission, right after you leave the room with the German prisoner in it, you can hear a very distinct shot. If you then go back in the room, you can see that Letlev has shot the prisoner.

MY LIFE WILL BE COMPLETE WHEN THEY REMASTER THIS ONE DAY. I have been dreaming of this for YEARS. It’s my favorite COD. It’s my very first COD I’ve ever played.

Honestly the dynamic callout system was one of my favorite things about the game. Especially with the fact that the soldiers shout out each others names. It makes the soldiers I'm fighting with in the game feel much more real, hearing them shout something like "O'Brian, I'm reloading, cover me!" or "Matese, german soldiers by the lower wall, watch yourself!"

Call of Duty 2 was the first game I ever played. It will always hold a special place in my heart.

It's incredible to me that one of the best singleplayer mission structures ever was in a game as early COD 2 and almost never seens again, the Sniper defense mission in Stalingrad where any enemies that you can't kill from afar actually makes it into the house and you need to engage in close-quarters combat instead. Absolutely amazing game.

@22:50 "Sgt Randall, the guns are gone!" "WHAT?" "THE GUNS. AREN'T. HERE!" That line will forever be embedded in my memory

Usually there are crosshairs on the mounted weapons & tanks. Whatever mod you have installed which increases the gore (the base game doesn't have any dismemberment) seems to have changed a few things elsewhere which have contributed to your issues. The guns also don't usually lag as much behind your aim as they do in your version, some of the sounds are changed (like the assault on pointe du hoc scene where you're dismounting the boat), and in the british missions there are usually Sten guns, not sure what mod you have installed which is changing that. Still enjoyed the video, I tend to agree with most of your thoughts and also wish there were more missions. I think the main reason cod2 felt so good to shoot targets in was because all the rifles are what became sniper rifles in later games, just without the scope. The high damage means you have a very powerful weapon at most times, rather than having an assault rifle whose damage is similar to a submachine gun.

If you want something to really blow your mind.. Call of Duty 1 and 2 were released only 2 years apart but are VASTLY different in terms of visuals, sound design, 3D models, textures, etc. It's truly insane to look at. It shows how fast gaming tech advanced in the early 2000s. Call of Duty 2, 4 and WaW are the best CoD games and nothing after that has hit the spot.

The reason why you never had a cross hair for the tank portion, was due to the fact you weren't playing the vanilla version. You had some sort of realistic mod in place. Extra gore/blood splatter, more dynamic rifle manipulation, and some other improvements

I played Call of Duty 2 on the Xbox 360 and I was so shocked at how gripping and fun it was that I 100%'d it. I remember struggling with one particular mission in insane difficulty, trying to clear out a church filled with Germans. I'm probably going to grab it on Steam at some point and relive it. Truly a wild experience.

Call of Duty 2 feels like a game where you relive the memories of veterans. Wish future cod games could've kept in the same spirit as thay

There is a sort of "prequel" mod in cod 2 called the Spanish civil war mod. Apparently actual veterans were consulted in the making of it. Definitely recommend.

I first played the game when I was 9. I vividly remember the opening scene for D-Day and the name Taylor. Later that year around Halloween my mom got me a beautiful blonde German Shepard. I named him Taylor for reasons that should be obvious. He died last year at 13 years old. I miss you my boy.

Never ever forgot this gem. Still feel the same when I play it today. It got me so interested into the dark history of ww2 and that it was actually a real horrible event.

I adore the pre-COD4 games and how they played out more like a documentary, or a flashback from a veteran telling his tales. I even remember playing COD 3 and watching the bonus features you unlock, which were interviews with different veterans from the war. Really felt like a tribute to the people of that time, and some of the later ones like World at War and Black Ops still felt historical, in a way, like using real events and war footage. Even COD 4 had a lot of that same classic tone to it, even if that was a more story-driven game before MW2 cranked it up.

World at war always seems to overshadow 2. 2's really good though and I prefer it to waw as well

This game will always bring back memories for me and just pulled it out again after watching this. Had just gotten my first job working in a small supermarket, saved up my first month to buy a 360 in a package deal with this game only, couldn't afford the memory card so played the Russian campaign over and over the first week 😂 My friend brought his 32 inch absolute tank of a TV up to my box room and we somehow squeezed it in, split screen 4 player on Caen defending one of the houses in a game we completely made up 😂 These were the days 🙂

its refreshing for me to see this game shines again in Modern CoD Fanbase. And it surprise me that many folks here actually does the first ever game played with this masterpiece.