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Call of Duty 2 demo released
At long last, Aspyr has released a demo of the hugely popular sequel to Call of Duty, the aptly named Call of Duty 2. No matter how badly I wanted to run to the Apple store and pick up the retail version, I knew I would feel horribly foolish if I got the game home only to find that it wouldn't run on my PowerBook. I knew I had to wait for the demo. MacGameFiles has the 665MB file as either a direct download, or a deliciously communal bittorrent file (doesn't the sharing just make you want to hug someone!?). If you've been waiting to try the game before you buy it, there is no better time than the present to kick some virtual Axis butt. [Via The MacObserver]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Silver said 1:00PM on 7-01-2006
The demo runs fantastically on my 20" Intel iMac at full native resolution. Nice work Aspyr! I'll be picking up this game for sure.
Too bad UT2004 is still a tad sluggish on my iMac, compared to how the game ran on my 3-year-old PC. :(
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Mattias said 2:07PM on 7-01-2006
Downloading now, takes loooong time :) How can UT2004 run sluggish on your iMac, rund great on mine. Have you installed the UB update?
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Chris said 3:19PM on 7-01-2006
I was just wondering if this is the same game that the Playstation2 has that is "Call Of Duty 2 'The Big Red One'"
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Andy Burgess said 8:30PM on 7-01-2006
hi, this is a bit random, but...
when i clicked the link to macgamefiles, i noticed a banner mimicking nintendo's brain training game for the ds, then saying 'man i wanna shoot stuff', before advertising yet another no brain shooter game.
isn't it a bit ironic that they're trying to sell their game by suggesting that their customers aren't interested in innovation, but merely want to 'shoot stuff', which could be satisfied by buying 99.99% of videogames out there?
why go after a brilliant game like brain training to sell your product? ughh!
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P. said 5:03AM on 7-02-2006
I get an error 199 when trying to open the downloaded file, any idea how to fix this?
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mario said 7:16AM on 7-02-2006
anyone tried to install it on a MBP?? I have a 1.83ghz , 128mb video MBP and maybe this game will burn my lap-burning-top, damn u hot macbook pro!
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Kostas said 8:06AM on 7-02-2006
Has anyone tryed to play the full game in a G4? I installed the demo in a dual G4 1.5Ghz and it's quite playable... I wonder if it's the same with the full game...
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Tim said 11:48AM on 7-02-2006
I downloaded this onto my 2.16Ghz Macbook Pro and maxed out the settings. It's like having a portable XBOX 360, it looks so nice. I didn't play for an extended period of time so it didn't get that hot but I'm really impressed with the performance. You guys should seriously try out the demo.
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John Russell said 11:58AM on 7-02-2006
I played it on my Mac Mini, and it played way better than I thought it would. But then I go to play it a second time, and the entire thing crashes!
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eric f said 12:32PM on 7-02-2006
This demo plays pretty well on my 2.0 Macbook with 2GB RAM, even with the graphics settings turned up! I'm impressed. Of course it is awesome on my G5, but it's nice to know that I can play a game like this on my macbook!! sweet.
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Jonesy said 4:10PM on 7-02-2006
Bought it, finished it, loved (on dual 2ghz G5 rev a). If only us mac types could download new single player missions (not a fan of the multi player).
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Thomas Deliduka said 9:29AM on 7-03-2006
I bought it and have been playing it but I couldn't get the cheats to work. I followed the instructions on several sites including Apple's "Cheat if you must" page and I just can't get them to work!
I ended up getting through the part I was stuck on without cheating. So that's good. ;-)
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bryan said 12:55PM on 7-03-2006
#2, no, it's not "Big Red One". it's the same version that came out for the 360.
#5, try bittorrent?
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john said 6:24PM on 7-04-2006
Just played the first level and this thing cooks. maybe it's because i don't have the settings perfected on windows (running bootcamp) but this runs smoother and faster than Battlefield 2 or Doom 3.
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