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Call of Duty 2: Big Red One

"Call of Duty 2: Big Red One" is a first-person shooter developed by Treyarch and published by Activision, tailored specifically for console gamers. Released in 2005, the game focuses on the experiences of the…

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Call of Duty 2: Big Red One is a shooter developed by Gray Matter Interactive, released 1 November 2005 on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox.

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What Call of Duty 2: Big Red One is

Call of Duty 2: Big Red One is a shooter game developed by Gray Matter Interactive and released in 2005. It was published by Activision. It is available on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox. It runs on Treyarch NGL.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Call of Duty 2: Big Red One is a first-person shooter video game developed by Treyarch and published by Activision for GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox. It is a side-story of the original game Call of Duty 2, which was released on PC and Xbox 360. Both were released in 2005.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, historical and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.

Where it sits in the Call of Duty series

Call of Duty 2: Big Red One is the tenth of 204 entries we hold in the Call of Duty series. The next entry was Call of Duty 2 in 2006. Its critic score of 80 is 7 points above the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - Collection 1 at 90.

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How it was received

Call of Duty 2: Big Red One holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 68% of the 3,306 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2005 averaged 67, so it scored 13 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 77, across 74 votes.

What it launched against

Call of Duty 2: Big Red One launched on 1 November 2005, within three weeks of Shadow of the Colossus, Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Call of Duty 2 and Sid Meier's Civilization IV. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Shadow of the Colossus, Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Call of Duty 2, Sid Meier's Civilization IV.

Cheats and codes

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Call of Duty 2: Big Red One was released on 1 November 2005 for Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox.

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