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''Call of Duty 2: Big Red One'' is a 2005 first-person shooter video game set during World War II and released for the UsefulNotes/Playstation2, UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}} and UsefulNotes/NintendoGamecube. Unlike many of the other games in the series, which jump between American, British, and Soviet soldiers, this game centers around one soldier, an infantryman in the US Army's 1st Infantry Division named Roland Roger.

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''Call of Duty 2: Big Red One'' is a 2005 first-person shooter video game set during World War II and released for the UsefulNotes/Playstation2, UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}} Platform/Playstation2, Platform/{{Xbox}} and UsefulNotes/NintendoGamecube.Platform/NintendoGamecube. Unlike many of the other games in the series, which jump between American, British, and Soviet soldiers, this game centers around one soldier, an infantryman in the US Army's 1st Infantry Division named Roland Roger.
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** Oddly enough, there are no pistols in the game whatsoever.

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** Oddly enough, there are no pistols in the game whatsoever.whatsoever outside of multiplayer.
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* RankUp: The PlayerCharacter receives promotions as the game goes on, moving from private to corporal to sergeant. In the first mission, which is part of the HowWeGotHere structure of the plot, he's already a sergeant before flashing back to earlier in the war.

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* SelectiveHistoricalArmory: At least as far as Axis hardware is concerned, the game is one of the biggest aversion in a series that usually play this straight. You get to use period-appropriate French and Italian weapons for the levels set during the Operation Torch and Operation Husky landings.

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At least as far as Axis hardware is concerned, the game is one of the biggest aversion in a series that usually play this straight. You get to use period-appropriate French and Italian weapons for the levels set during the Operation Torch and Operation Husky landings.
** Oddly enough, there are no pistols in the game whatsoever.
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** And speaking in a broad sense, this game remains the only appearance of the army of [[LesCollaborateurs Vichy France]] in the entire series.

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''Call of Duty 2: Big Red One'' is a 2005 first-person shooter video game set during World War II. Unlike many of the other games in the series, which jump between American, British, and Soviet soldiers, this game centers around one soldier, an infantryman in the US Army's 1st Infantry Division named Roland Roger.

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''Call of Duty 2: Big Red One'' is a 2005 first-person shooter video game set during World War II. II and released for the UsefulNotes/Playstation2, UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}} and UsefulNotes/NintendoGamecube. Unlike many of the other games in the series, which jump between American, British, and Soviet soldiers, this game centers around one soldier, an infantryman in the US Army's 1st Infantry Division named Roland Roger.
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Despite its title, the game has nothing to do with Infinity Ward's ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty2'', having its own campaign and play mechanics. ''Big Red One'' was the first ''Call of Duty'' game to be developed by UsefulNotes/{{Treyarch}}, starting a prolific run on the franchise.


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* SelectiveHistoricalArmory: At least as far as Axis hardware is concerned, the game is one of the biggest aversion in a series that usually play this straight. You get to use period-appropriate French and Italian weapons for the levels set during the Operation Torch and Operation Husky landings.

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* InMediasRes: The first mission drops the squad somewhere in northern France in the summer of 1944, before the second mission returns them to Operation Torch in November 1942.

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* InMediasRes: The first mission drops the squad somewhere in northern France in the summer late summer/early autumn of 1944, before the second mission returns them to Operation Torch in November 1942.


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* StormingTheBeaches: "Operation Husky" and "The Great Crusade" have the 1st Infantry assault the beaches of Sicily and Northern France, respectively, taking out Axis machine gun and artillery positions as they move further inland.

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* UniqueEnemy: There is exactly one Focke Wulf Fw 190 fought in "Liberators", flown by a German AcePilot attempting to intercept the bomber formation Stretch's plane is part of.

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* UniqueEnemy: There is exactly one Focke Wulf Fw 190 fought in "Liberators", flown by a German AcePilot attempting to intercept the bomber formation Stretch's plane is part of. It is distinguishable from the Bf 109s also attacking the bombers thanks to its different engine cowling and silhouette.
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* UniqueEnemy: There is exactly one Focke Wulf Fw 190 fought in "Liberators", flown by a German AcePilot attempting to intercept the bomber formation Stretch's plane is part of.
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* WinterWarfare: The last two levels take place during the harsh winter, as the 1st Infantry are attempting to push through the Siegfried Line into Germany.
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* DesertWarfare: The first few levels take place during Operation ''Torch'' and the Tunisian Campaign, where the 1st Infantry fights against Vichy French and Afrika Korps units in the deserts of Algeria and Tunisia, respectively.

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Call of Duty 2: Big Red One is a 2005 first-person shooter video game set during World War II. Unlike many of the other games in the series, which jumped between American, British, and Soviet soldiers, this game centers around one soldier, an infantryman in the US Army's 1st Infantry Division named Roland Roger.

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* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler: Hawkins is shot several times at Mons and is last seen being attended to by several medics. He is never seen or mentioned in-game again, leaving it unclear if he succumbed to his wounds or if he survived and was repatriated home.]]

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* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler: Hawkins is shot several times at Mons and is last seen being attended to by several medics. He is never seen or mentioned in-game again, leaving it unclear if he succumbed to his wounds or if he survived and was repatriated home.]]]]
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* GuyInBack: "Stretch" Roger serves as the gunner onboard a B-24 Liberator, where he must help shoot down attacking German fighters later on.
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Call of Duty 2: Big Red One is a 2005 first-person shooter video game set during World War II. Unlike many of the other games in the series, which jumped between American, British, and Soviet soldiers, this game centers around one soldier, an unnamed infantryman in the US Army's 1st Infantry Division.

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Call of Duty 2: Big Red One is a 2005 first-person shooter video game set during World War II. Unlike many of the other games in the series, which jumped between American, British, and Soviet soldiers, this game centers around one soldier, an unnamed infantryman in the US Army's 1st Infantry Division.
Division named Roland Roger.


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* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: "Liberators" has you play as Roland's brother "Stretch", a crew member serving aboard a USAAF B-24 Liberator.
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* InMediaRes: The first mission drops the squad somewhere in northern France in the summer of 1944, before the second mission returns them to Operation Torch in November 1942.

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* TemptingFate: Cpl. Alvin Bloomfield (Brooklyn), while cutting through some barbed wire, comments in the final mission "I think I might just make it home from this lousy war." A mortar strike happens a few seconds later. [[spoiler: No points for guessing what happens next.]]
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* InMediaRes: The first mission drops the squad somewhere in northern France in the summer of 1944, before the second mission returns them to Operation Torch in November 1942.
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* NaiveNewcomer: Pvt. Allen in the prologue. All the men in the second in-game mission (which is the first chronologically).
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* CaptainSmoothAndSergeantRough: Cpt. Delaney is calm and soft-spoken, while Sgt. Hawkins, though beloved by the men, is gruffer and is not afraid to shout his men into action.
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--> '''Denley''': "Move! Now! Run! RUNNNN!"
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* OhCrap: The squad gets one near the end of the evacuation of Kasserine mission, when a German tank suddenly appears and forces the squad to run for their lives to escape.
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* TheBigGuy: Denley is a tall and stocky man, and usually carries a BFG BAR.

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* TheBigGuy: Denley is a tall and stocky man, and usually carries a [[BFG BAR.]]

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Call of Duty 2: Big Red One is a 2005 first-person shooter video game set during World War II. Unlike many of the other games in the series, which jumped between American, British, and Soviet soldiers, this game centers around one soldier, an unnamed infantryman in the US Army's 1st Infantry Division.

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* BadassBookworm: Bespectacled Kelly, who was studying literature at Yale before the war, starts off not even knowing how to aim a gun properly, but soon proves his mettle, and by the end of the game he has not only proven himself to be a capable fighter, but also risen to the rank of Sergeant and [[spoiler: effectively taken over leadership of the squad after Hawkins is seriously wounded and invalided.]]
* TheBigGuy: Denley is a tall and stocky man, and usually carries a [[BFG BAR.]]]
* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler: Hawkins is shot several times at Mons and is last seen being attended to by several medics. He is never seen or mentioned in-game again, leaving it unclear if he succumbed to his wounds or if he survived and was repatriated home.]]

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