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Call of duty 2!!!
I didn't even know they were making it, the first one is one of my favourite FPS games in history.
Here's a snippet from gamespy explaining some developments/improvements in the game

"To help bring these battles to life, the Infinity Ward team is pumping up a "battle chatter" system that kicks in when the shooting starts. According to Collier, this system came out of the research they'd been doing with military experts. "One of the things they brought up is the fact that, once the first shot is fired, people are talking," says Collier. "They're yelling to each other, 'I'm reloading,' 'There's enemies over there,' 'We're being flanked,' so we've brought in a context-sensitive battle chatter system." Sure enough, it seemed everyone was yelling out information to each other throughout the battle, and this extends to the enemies. "For anyone who can understand German, the enemies are doing the same thing,"

...So, more realism this time round...shit, the first one was hardcore, I'll say this game is gonna make my top 5 FPS list.
Oh yeah, and there's like a D-DAY: Take Two scene, described here:

"In one of the more memorable videogame moments we've seen in a while, dozens of soldiers began scaling the cliff via rope as bullets and bombs dropped around them. The "shellshock" effect returns from Call of Duty, with the color and sound draining for a few seconds as your character tries to recover from a nearby explosion. Finally, our character grabs a rifle begins to climb one of the ropes up the cliff as bodies drop around you. It's an epic scene, and yet turned out to be just the beginning of the mission."

Oh, and good news - FULL campaigns for American, British and Russian troops:

"Like the original Call of Duty, CoD2 will be broken up into three campaigns -- American, British and Russian -- but this time you'll be able to jump between campaigns freely. You'll start your training in 1941 as part of the Russian campaign, after which you can jump to the British campaign, and then to the American or back to the Russian campaign if you want. "Realistically, I think most people will play through the entire Russian campaign before moving on to the British," says Infinity Ward's Vince Zampella, "but if you get to a point where you're banging your head against the wall, it lets you take a step back and try something else."

ok, that's all I'll post about it for now...FULL info, and a few screenshots can be found over at gamespy.
It looks good, and very good.
I remember the first one, IMO the most impressive war related game I've EVER played, the music, atmosphere, the intense battles, the realistic sound, a fully immersive experience, I hope they can work the same magic the second time around...of course, there's yet another medal of honour game coming out right about the same time...I hope the competition boosts the quality of each respective title.


So, COD2....ANYONE else looking foward to this game?