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For the Windows, Mac OS X, and Xbox 360 game, see Call of Duty 2.
Call of Duty 2: Big Red One
Developer(s)Gray Matter Interactive, Treyarch, Pi Studios
Publisher(s)Activision
Designer(s)Christian Busic
Richard Farrelly
Aaron Ginsburg
Wade McIntyre
Artist(s)Alex Bortoluzzi
Writer(s)Christian Busic
Composer(s)Graeme Revell
SeriesCall Of Duty
EngineTreyarch NGL
Platform(s)Nintendo GameCube, Sony PlayStation 2, Xbox
ReleasePlayStation 2
Genre(s)First-person shooter
Mode(s)Single-player, Multiplayer

Call of Duty 2: Big Red One is a World War II video game for the Gamecube, PlayStation 2, and Xbox. It was released on November 1, 2005, in Canada and the United States. While developed by Treyarch, personnel from Gray Matter Interactive, who created the Call of Duty: United Offensive expansion pack for the PC, also worked with them on the game. Pi Studios contributed as well.

Big Red One differs from other games in the Call of Duty franchise in that it focuses on a single Allied formation in the War: the US Army's 1st Infantry Division, which goes by the nickname Big Red One due to their patch which features a big red one. The game covers the division's part in the invasion and liberation of North Africa, the invasion into Sicily, the landing on Omaha Beach in Europe and moving east, eventually crossing the Siegfried Line into Germany. At the end of each chapter and the beginning of the first, period footage with voiceover (courtesy of Mark Hamill, who was also in the Sam Fuller film, The Big Red One) is seen from the "Military Channel", imitating a WW2 documentary.

The game features several actors from the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers, including Michael Cudlitz, James Madio, Frank John Hughes, Richard Speight, Jr., Ross McCall, Rick Gomez and Rene Morono.

The box cover features actor Stephen Saux. The story and characters were written by Aaron Ginsburg and Wade McIntyre.

Gameplay

The game follows the US Army's 1st Infantry Division (the "Big Red One") from the sands of Africa to the beaches of Normandy to the heart of Germany.

Multiplayer

Call of Duty 2: Big Red One features online play in both the PS2 and Xbox versions, with drivable tanks, character classes, and experience gain much like United Offensive. Multiplayer functionality is handled by highly modified netcode originally licensed from DemonWare. The GameCube version, however, does not have any multiplayer.

Reception

Big Red One received generally positive reviews, with most gaming magazines rating the game a 7 or 8/10.

References

  1. ^ "PlayStation 2 review at Gamespot".
  2. ^ "GameCube review at Gamespot".
  3. ^ "Xbox review at Gamespot".
  4. ^ "PlayStation 2 review at IGN".
  5. ^ "GameCube review at IGN".
  6. ^ "Xbox review at IGN".
  7. ^ "Xbox review at GameSpy".
  8. ^ "Xbox review on X-Play".
  9. ^ "Aggregate score for PlayStation 2 at Game Rankings".
  10. ^ "Aggregate score for GameCube at Game Rankings".
  11. ^ "Aggregate score for Xbox at Game Rankings".
  12. ^ "Aggregate score for Xbox at Metacritic".
  13. ^ "Aggregate score for PlayStation 2 at Metacritic".
  14. ^ "Aggregate score for GameCube at Metacritic".

External links

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