Video Games Reviews
CALL OF DUTY 2 - Video Game Review
by Andy Klynstra
 Infinity
Ward has selected to follow the same method for Call of
Duty 2 as they did for Call of Duty and focus on doing
what it does best, only this time they do it better. In
other words, expect to find a whole lot of enemy troops
down the sights of your rifle. And they'll be waiting
there on the front lines in three campaigns where you
will be playing as a soldier in of each of the allied
armies as a Russian, British or American trooper.
To really get the full effect you need a top of the line
computer system, including a decent sound card and upper
end video card. If you have that, what you get is an awesome
gaming experience. The excellent sound design brings together
the deafening explosions, sounds of gunfire, ricochet
echoes as bullets whiz by, and the shouts of your commander
as he screams orders directing you and your squad. It
really merits 5.1 surround sound and some decent speakers
to do it justice.
With all the latest and greatest hardware, Call of Duty
2 is one of the best looking games on the shelf. What
makes this game so incredible is the attention to detail,
the use of particle effects that blow snow and smoke or
clods of dirt from an artillery round's impact, and the
distorted vision when one of those goes off close to your
position in clouds of smoke. This also brings a strategic
element into the game. In the up close fighting, cover
was crucial to survival, and when you didn't have it,
obscuring the enemy's view with smoke was an excellent
option to create your own cover. Throughout the game your
squad's success will depend on your laying out smoke to
help cover your advancing troops.
With support for up to 32 players in online play, including
nine new maps and the excellent HQ mode, Call of Duty
2 should be on your playlist for a good while to come.
As for vehicles in online play (unlike the original Call
of Duty), there are none and that is really to bad as
there was nothing like jumping into a tank and taking
out a whole squad of enemy troops.
All in all, Call of Duty 2 is one of the best pc games
I have played to date, I only can hope to an expansion
pack or a Call of Duty 3 to follow this great game.
About the Author
Andy Klynstra is the webmaster for Oil-Net.Com |
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Max Shooter XBOX & PS2 Keyboard
& Mouse Adapter Review
by Jeromy
The third and latest XBOX/PS2 keyboard & mouse adapter
to hit the market is the Max Shooter. Before this adapter
was released there was a good chance that the guy destroying
you in Halo 2 was using a regular XBOX controller and
not one of the previously released keyboard & mouse
adapters. Enter Max Shooter stage right. Now you should
be afraid, very afraid, as the Max Shooter basically turns
the console FPS into a PC FPS with all the accuracy that
that entails. After spending a good few days playing Halo
2, Socom II, and Unreal Championship 2 there is little
doubt that FPS games were mostly made to be played with
a mouse and keyboard.
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