The saving system is fully automated, autosaving at key points and after objectives have been accomplished. While I initially found this a bit disturbing, I learned to relax and found that it worked quite well. I ceased worrying about whether or not I'd saved recently and was able to concentrate more fully on the game itself.

The in-game interface is neat and compact. You have your standard info such as ammo, weapons, and map, but no health bar. That's right, Call Of Duty 2 gives you no health gauge. Instead, when taking damage the screen borders glow red, and when severely hurt you'll be told to find a place to recover.

It works to further bring a bit of realism into the game play, which is really what CoD2 is all about. It also gets rid of the rather ridiculous gaming tradition of running around finding health packs that instantly heal you.

Multiplayer is very quite fun, offering up the same modes that the original Call Of Duty featured (namely, Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, and Capture The Flag). This time around though, there's also a game type called Headquarters that's akin to a King Of The Hill type variation.

Oh, and you're not just limited to Mac v. Mac gaming sessions, Call Of Duty 2 features cross platform gaming, meaning you can go and teach Windows gamers a thing or two about how to really play.

The graphics are just as great as you would expect from this franchise, with some fantastic-looking smoke, dynamic weather, explosions, and lighting effects that highlight the game nicely. Everything ran very smoothly on my Dual 2.0 GHz PowerMac G5 with no noticeable choppiness.

That said, the system resources needed are pretty high, (Don't even bother if you have a G4) requiring at least 64MB of VRAM and 4GB of hard disk space. It ships as a Universal Binary, but only MacBook Pros and iMacs can take advantage of this right now, as the MacBook and Mac Mini's integrated graphics card isn't up to minimum requirements.

Also, a good sound system is recommended to take advantage of the great score and voice-acting.

Call Of Duty 2 is rated T (Teen) by the ESRB for Blood, Mild Language, Violence. This game can also be found on: PC, Xbox 360.