History VideoGame / CallOfDuty2

* AdvertisedExtra: The US Army Rangers. While they're featured heavily on the boxart as well as in promotional material and even on the main menu and loading screen, they only have about 7 missions total. The Allied faction with the most focus is in fact the British, with a total of 13 campaign missions.

* BadassDriver: ZigZaggedTrope for [=MacGregor=] in the two times you ride captured German vehicles with him. On one hand, he's terrible at handling German vehicles because he can't read the (German) controls, but he ''does'' manage to drive competently enough to actually get you and Price through German lines alive in one piece both times.

''Call of Duty 2'' is the second entry in the ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' series, developed by Infinity Ward and released on October 25, 2005 for UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows and UsefulNotes/Xbox360, the latter notable for being a launch title. It is a loose sequel to the first ''Call of Duty'', sharing little beyond the basic premise of fighting the Nazis across several fronts.

* ChummyCommies: Compared to the first game, which depicted the Red Army as a mix of this and DirtyCommunists, ''2'' depicts them in a much more positive light.

* SelectiveHistoricalArmoury: When coming up against German armored vehicles, you must either run up to them and attach a sticky bomb, or in some levels find a Panzershreck reusable rocket launcher [fewer than 300,000 made] lying about. You and your British or American AI teammates will never have [=PIAT=]s or M9 "Bazookas" available, nor will the opposition ever have any disposable Panzerfaust rockets [more than 6 million made] lying about. In the first ''Call of Duty'' the Panzerfaust was a common sight, but so many complained that it was a single use weapon that forced them to go back and grab a new one entirely after every shot. On the other side, the M1 Carbine is far more rare than it was in the first game, and while the M3 Grease Gun is actually included this time it can only be used in multiplayer. The only German machine gun seen is the MG 42, never the older and slightly more prolific MG 34.

* ForegoneConclusion: Anyone who's read up on the Battle of Caen will know that the city will only fall a month into the Normandy campaign, meaning that the actions of Price, Davis, and [=MacGregor=] will be ultimately for naught. In-universe, this also befalls Captain Price; on the one hand, he's not going to die in this game because all of the British missions take place before those of the first game, but on the other, he's not going to survive the whole war because we already saw him die late in the first game.

''Call of Duty 2'' is the second entry in the ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' series, developed by Infinity Ward and released on October 25, 2005 for UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows and UsefulNotes/Xbox360, the latter notable for being a launch title. It is a loose sequel to ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty1''.

!''Call Of Duty 2'' provides examples of:

* AntiArmor: The 88mm flak gun returns from the first game. And like before, it's placed where German tanks or armored vehicles are going to be used against you and your squad.
** Some levels give the player access to the German Panzershreck rocket launcher to destroy tanks and half-tracks.

* BadassDriver: ZigZaggedTrope for [=MacGregor=] in the two times you ride captured German vehicles with him. On one hand, he's terrible at handling German vehicles and reading their controls, but he ''does'' manage to drive competently enough to actually get you and Price through German lines alive in one piece both times.

** The British campaign ends with Price, Davis, [=MacGregor=], and the other British soldiers of the 7th Armored successful in holding back a German armored attack on their positions, but their attempts to push into Caen [[AllForNothing are for naught]], as the division has suffered heavy casualties and must regroup and reorganize.

* BottomlessMagazines: MG 42 turrets never run out of ammunition, overheat, or need to be reloaded.

** Averted with Welsh, where you can clearly hear other tank crew members doing their jobs over the radio.

** "Crossing the Rhine" for the American campaign. Taylor, Randall, and [=McCloskey=] capture an important German strongold in the town of Wallendar, Germany, and take out two German Tiger I Heavy tanks.
* ForegoneConclusion: Anyone who's read up on the Battle of Caen will know that the city will only fall a month into the Normandy campaign, meaning that the actions of Price, Davis, and [=MacGregor=] will be ultimately for naught.
* FragileSpeedster: The British Mk. VI Crusader tank is this. While capable of driving at extremely fast speeds in the North African desert, it achieves this thanks to having far less armor and a smaller gun compared to its German counterparts.

** Sgt. Davis gets a chance to shoot down Stukas with a ''[[AntiAir Flakvierling]]''.

** Defied in the British level "Prisoners of War", where one of your squadmates wanting to shoot at two surrendering Germans before Captain Price tells him to back down.

* PistolWhipping: Your QuickMelee attack takes the form of bashing the enemy with your weapon.

* SelectiveHistoricalArmoury: When coming up against German armored vehicles, you must either run up to them and attach a sticky bomb, or in some levels find a Panzershreck reusable rocket launcher [fewer than 300,000 made] lying about. You and your British or American AI teammates will never have [=PIAT=]s or M9 "Bazookas" available, nor will the opposition ever have any disposable Panzerfaust rockets [more than 6 million made] lying about. In the first Call of Duty the Panzerfaust was a common sight, but so many complained that it was a single use weapon that forced them to go back and grab a new one entirely after every shot. On the other side, the M1 Carbine is far more rare than it was in the first game, and while the M3 Grease Gun is actually included this time it can only be used in multiplayer. The only German machinegun seen is the MG 42 and never the older and slightly more prolific MG 34.

* SniperRifle: The Soviets have the scoped Mosin-Nagant, the Germans have the scoped Kar 98 k and the scoped Gewehr 43, the British the scoped Lee-Enfield, and finally the Americans get the Springfield.

''Call of Duty 2'' is the second entry in the ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' series, developed by Infinity Ward and released on October 25,2005 for UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows and UsefulNotes/Xbox360, the latter notable for being a launch title. It is a direct sequel to ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty1''.

* HoldTheLine: Several missions have you and your squad hold back massive German attacks and counterattacks, usually to buy time for friendly reinforcements to arrive.

* NonstandardGameOver: "FriendlyFire will not be tolerated!"

** During an American mission, a few German soldiers surrender, and Sgt. Randall orders his men to hold their fire. Failure to do so results in this.

* ProductPlacement: The documentary snippets for the start of each nation's campaign has the Military Channel (now known asthe American Heroes Channel) logo plastered on it. Makes sense, since they provided the footage and additional research for the game.

* ObligatoryWarCrimeScene: In the first level, no less, where Soviet soldiers torture a German prisoner for intel, and later, execute him on the spot.