Call of Duty 2 - In Stores

[Evil Avatar]

Activision sends along word that Call of Duty 2 for the PC is now available at retail stores.

Soldiers…strap up those boots, tighten that buckle and grab your helmet, it’s time to return to battle as Activision, Inc. has shipped Call of Duty 2 to retail outlets nationwide. Powered by Infinity Ward’s proprietary new engine, the sequel delivers an unparalleled portrayal of the chaos and intensity of war with life-like authenticity, amazing special effects, advanced A.I. technology, the most realistic squad combat and explosive action. Call of Duty 2 for Windows PC is rated “T” (TEEN – blood, mild language and violence) by the ESRB and carries a suggested retail price of $49.99.

A limited Collector’s Edition of Call of Duty 2 is also now available on DVD for $59.99. Offered in a specially-designed premium metallic package, the Collector’s Edition features a bonus DVD loaded with historic interviews and commentaries, a special making of the game feature, mission walkthroughs from the developers at Infinity Ward and more. Call of Duty 2 is also in development for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and is slated for release on Nov. 15.

[The Iron Weasel]

Son of a whore, they keep bringing out these DVD versions and i dont have the money for all of them....F.E.A.R. costed $79.99 for the god damn collectors edition (I was shocked, when he said the price, I thought it was soposed to be $69.99) Oh well, I'll get this DVD edition aswell. Looks like Quake 4 will have to wait. (COD2 > Quake 4)

[goc_sin]

I can't wait to get some multiplayer of this going on Friday. Should be good times!

[The Iron Weasel]

I hear its only 8 players online. :(

[StoneGut]

I'm picking my up Thursday ... can't wiat!

I hate it though that the only way you can get a DVD version of a game is to buy the "Special Edition" of it! Pisses me off to no end!

I thoguht that it would be way cheaper for a publisher to put a game on one DVD compared to 5 or 6 cd's. So why can I only get it by spending $10 or $20 more?

Bitches!

[The Iron Weasel]

I'm picking my up Thursday ... can't wiat!

I hate it though that the only way you can get a DVD version of a game is to buy the "Special Edition" of it! Pisses me off to no end!

I thoguht that it would be way cheaper for a publisher to put a game on one DVD compared to 5 or 6 cd's. So why can I only get it by spending $10 or $20 more?

Bitches!

So its release day is Thursday on, "The Rock", aswell? Sucks to have to wait 2 extra days don't it, at least Thursday is my day off. And your Canadian so you feel my pain about shelling out $69.99 for a DVD version of a game. Well at least the case is metal....

[goc_sin]

I hear its only 8 players online. :(

Are talking about the PC or xbox version? Cause for the PC to be only 8... that would really suck.

[The Iron Weasel]

Are talking about the PC or xbox version? Cause for the PC to be only 8... that would really suck.

Well considering that the Xbox 360 version runs better than the PC version (from what I hear). I'm thinking both.

[Lactose]

PC version is not limited to 8, no. It's only limited to the bandwidth of the server.

[ÜberJumper]

What the hell.

Note to all publishers. Put your product on DVD or don't release it at all.

I'm sure you could finagle some bundle deals with major retailers for DVDRom Expansion kits when you purchase DVD only games. Do that for a couple release cycles, and you're good to go.

[GrinR]

""Jesus was Black, Ronald Reagan was the devil and the government is lying about 9/11."
-The Boondocks"

e tu, EA?

[Bumbuliuz]

Cant understand the love of American publishers for the aging Cd-rom format. In Europe most games come out on Dvd only. For example F.E.A.R came out on Dvd with all the stuff from the Special Ed, except the comic and at a regular price :) Come on stop living in the past. Cd-rom is long dead like the floppy drive. Long live Dvd

[Worldcrafter]

Son of a whore, they keep bringing out these DVD versions and i dont have the money for all of them....F.E.A.R. costed $79.99 for the god damn collectors edition (I was shocked, when he said the price, I thought it was soposed to be $69.99)

Sorry that this has nothing to do with COD2, but Holy crap man! Which edition did you buy exactly? I got my directory edition DVD for under $50, and that was with 2 day shipping. That came with the silly little comic book and all. Surely your copy didn't have anything worth the extra $30.

[The Iron Weasel]

Sorry that this has nothing to do with COD2, but Holy crap man! Which edition did you buy exactly? I got my directory edition DVD for under $50, and that was with 2 day shipping. That came with the silly little comic book and all. Surely your copy didn't have anything worth the extra $30.

Well first off, hell no was the stuff that came with it worth the extra 20 bucks. Secondly Its $79.99 Canadian, that should have been $69.99. But it was almost worth it not to have to swap CDs.

[Chagrinful]

Gaylo'd WW2 FPS? SOUNDS GREAT TO ME.

[goc_sin]

Well considering that the Xbox 360 version runs better than the PC version (from what I hear). I'm thinking both.

Man you had me worried for a sec, but it looks like it's the xbox360 that can't handle that many players, while the PC will support on 32 players this time. Thanks god. PC wins! Here's the quote

"The game featured a hefty multiplayer component on both PC and Xbox 360. On PC, up to 32 players can vie in combat in as many as 12 maps, about three of which have returned from Call of Duty 1 (same on X360). The PC version ran smoothly; it's intense, loud, and crazily fast. If yuo think the speed and intensity of the single-player game is insane, the multiplayer will rock you. The X360 version's multiplayer is still being tweaked, and about eight can fight online, but Activision believes it might be able to reach 16 with more fine-tuning. A total of 16 X360 users can also hook up using SysLink, or they can vie in four-player split-screen, which runs smoothly at 30 FPS, and looks incredibly sweet."

[absolut taco]

First of all, since it's a PC game, it will come down in price very soon. I bought Splinter Cell 3 on DVD for $30 a week after release.

Second, even though I've preordered an X360, I'm getting this on the PC. Mouse/Keyboard rules! I played the demo and it ran smooth as butter in 800x600 (direct x 7 setting). I have a 3GHz machine but only a 128MB ATI 9600XT.

[Pluvious]

How many freakin war games can one play?.. I mean seriously.. yeah this one looks gorgous but its the same damn thing everytime. Cod, Metal of Honor.. been there done that.

[goc_sin]

How many freakin war games can one play?.. I mean seriously.. yeah this one looks gorgous but its the same damn thing everytime. Cod, Metal of Honor.. been there done that.

I am actually one of the people that love these WWII FPS's... I say keep bringing them on! It's not like there is a shortage of non WWII shooters, look at F.E.A.R, Quake 4, Serious Sam II, SW Battlefront II. There is a niche group of people who love the WWII theme and I hope it stays that way.

[Achilles]

The X360 version's multiplayer is still being tweaked, and about eight can fight online, but Activision believes it might be able to reach 16 with more fine-tuning. A total of 16 X360 users can also hook up using SysLink, or they can vie in four-player split-screen, which runs smoothly at 30 FPS, and looks incredibly sweet."It's the voice. The game has to run even if everyone’s talking all at once, firing their weapons into the air and popping smoke grenades all in the same tiny space. The PC doesn’t have such certifications, so you get your crashes, latency, and other stuff, but under normal conditions you can have more people playing at once. Though Halo 2 has more than 16, so for CoD2 to be limited, that’s just strange, 16’s fine, but 8’s too small. The unsourced quote that you had said it’s not final yet, and that’s just how many they’ve got running right now.

[UnderHero5]

It's all about bandwidth.
With PC games you can have dedicated servers and with as much bandwidth as you're willing to pay for.
With consoles games, every game is hosted on someone's console, using their home connection... which, for most people, is extremely limited compared to a dedicated PC server with a huge upstream.

That's where console multiplayer will fail, if they don't do something about it (ahem, allow dedicated PC servers to host console games)... People just don't have the bandwidth to support more than 16 players.
Hell, most people don't have enough to support 8.

I have a cable connection and when I run a Half Life server I'm lucky to host a 12 man game without lagging too much. Home users just don't have the bandwidth. (Hence, I do my multiplayer gaming on PC)... I'll take a 64 - 128 man server over a 8 - 16 man server any day.

[kid cabelgo]

I'm all for large number matches, but smaller groups is not always worse. Look at the multiplayer in chaos theory. It was GREAT. But only 4 players max!

Granted, this is a WWII game, and i'm fairly sure that some of the battles involved more than 8 soldiers at a time

[Magnanimous Gnome]

So a war game filled to the brim with violence is rated T, yet Grand Theft Auto had some shitty sex minigame that didn't really show anything (that I know of) and it got a huge scandel, a Congressional Review, and a rating change to AO?

What the fuck?

[The Iron Weasel]

So a war game filled to the brim with violence is rated T, yet Grand Theft Auto had some shitty sex minigame that didn't really show anything (that I know of) and it got a huge scandel, a Congressional Review, and a rating change to AO?

What the fuck?

Yes but its bloodless gritty violence. Thats the difference.

[Magnanimous Gnome]

Yes but its bloodless gritty violence. Thats the difference.

Ah, yes. Those little red sprays make all the difference. :rolleyes:


(That wasn't directed at you btw, just at the silliness of this world.)

[Achilles]

Ah, yes. Those little red sprays make all the difference. :rolleyes:


(That wasn't directed at you btw, just at the silliness of this world.)Actually CoD 2 has blood, it puffs out when you shoot people like red mist. At least it does when you're pumping rounds into someone at close range with an MP40. It's just the context and the lack of gore (no ripping of spines out through someone's neck) that gives it a T instead of an M.

[Magnanimous Gnome]

Actually CoD 2 has blood, it puffs out when you shoot people like red mist. At least it does when you're pumping rounds into someone at close range with an MP40. It's just the context and the lack of gore (no ripping of spines out through someone's neck) that gives it a T instead of an M.


Ah, thanks for the clarification.

I still think that if sex is going to get an A rating, all violence that isn't really cartoony (such as Mario) should get an M.

[Achilles]

Ah, thanks for the clarification.

I still think that if sex is going to get an A rating, all violence that isn't really cartoony (such as Mario) should get an M.Sims has sex and it's not rated AO, though it wasn't graphic either, it was more implied. I think it's how it's done. Keep in mind that you can have nudity in an M rated game, and implied sex mini-games like in God of War. I think it was the fact that the GTA thing was hidden and it ended up getting attention from the senate that got it the AO.

[Magnanimous Gnome]

Sims has sex and it's not rated AO, though it wasn't graphic either, it was more implied. I think it's how it's done. Keep in mind that you can have nudity in an M rated game, and implied sex mini-games like in God of War. I think it was the fact that the GTA thing was hidden and it ended up getting attention from the senate that got it the AO.


Yeah, those are good points. The sex in the Sims is fairly implied, though I honestly wonder if there are younger/clueless types out there who see them making "woohoo" and honestly do not know what's going on. They probably exist I guess.