In my review for this fine WWII action title, I justified a 2/5 rating due to a very annoying bug that caused my game save to be deleted. That, and the online multiplayer was inexcusably lacking.

In the near week since that review, I'm proud to announce that I have indeed beat Call of Duty 2. Fortunately, the bug didn't pop up again, so the whole process was pretty smooth. Still not quite sure what the problem was, exactly, but I have a few theories. According to the many forum discussions regarding the issue, one of the most common explanations is that the problem is with the Xbox 360's included hard drive. If this truly is the case, then the 2/5 certainly isn't an accurate representation of this, the leader of the WWII shooter genre.

However, I believe the problem has something to do with the game and its relationship with Xbox Live. I'm not sure to what extent, but 360 games use Live to keep your data. For instance, each game allows you to earn certain 'achievements' that grant you a higher score for your Live gamer-card. Apparently, Call of Duty 2 also used Live for other things because I found that when my save was deleted, I was not connected to Live.

My wireless network was rather unstable last week, and I couldn't keep a connection for more than a few minutes. But now this week, with a more stable connection, I had no problems with my save.

Anywho, long story short, I'm still not entirely sure what the problem is. Therefore, my review will go down as a 2/5 with a big ol' "*" to signify the potential bug.