Correcting Every Historical Inaccuracy in 'Call of Duty 2'

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  @TheFrosty_1 · 3 years ago (edited) · pinned

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  @Supreme_dessert · 3 years ago

  I would argue that the way vasili holds the mp40 can be attributed to him not having had training with it

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  @deixos2224 · 3 years ago (edited)

  i have a theory for the inaccuracies that start in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZXNiICQ8mc&amp;t=320">5:20</a>, maybe 20 years after the war ended Vasili is looking though his old war stuff? and everytime a mission starts he&apos;s just remisnicing his old memories, he never dies in game anyways.

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  @michel4rthur · 3 years ago (edited)

  What I like about Cod 1-3 and WAW is the fact that despite the historical inaccuracies (mostly due to the studio&apos;s limited budget, technology graphics and resources at the time to develop said games), it still respected the time period it was portraying, and it remained authentic (especially WAW).

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  @kimtongun3663 · 2 years ago (edited)

  It&apos;s kinda funny seeing a video about the historical inaccuracies of COD 2 while claiming that World of Tanks is historically accurate

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  @alekseylibernikel7606 · 2 years ago (edited)

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZXNiICQ8mc&amp;t=800">13:20</a> Fun fact. Russian called german grenades &quot;Kolotushka&quot; witch can be translated as &quot;potato masher&quot;

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  @Schönhausen · 3 years ago

  The loading screens with the journals may have some anachronistic items in the background, but i always imagined it was because the protagonist is looking back at their own journal of the war many years later, thus having all of the relics and trophies in the background. Fair point anyway though and good video!

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  @josephhelgersonjoseph6115 · 3 years ago (edited)

  As a change of pace: perhaps you should look at every historical inaccuracy in Battlefield 1. Especially since that game shares a lot of similarities with COD WAW in that while it does contain a fair amount of historical inaccuracies, it makes up for it by giving a very faithful and authentic portrayal of WW1.

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  @nikik5567 · 3 years ago

  So I just wanna say, that at least for the American levels, they did actually have a ranger from the period consulting on the game. Which may be why it has less in accuracies than the other levels? Also some are just asset reusing, which I can’t really count against them at this point in the franchise.

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  @ernestw2474 · 2 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZXNiICQ8mc&amp;t=1964">32:44</a>, That phrase, &quot;Retreat? We&apos;re Advancing In Another Direction&quot;, is similar to General Oliver P. Smith&apos;s quote during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir during Korean War in 1950, “Retreat, hell! We&apos;re not retreating, we&apos;re just advancing in a different direction.”

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  @ZeFluffyKnight · 2 years ago

  It&apos;s kinda funny how many of these can just boil down to resource and engine limitations of the time. Then how depressing it is when you look at the later games that don&apos;t have these limitations and all info they need can be instantly obtained.

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  @revbladez5773 · 2 years ago

  Probably the three most common problems with WW2 games:<br><br>1. Almost always set in late war<br><br>2. If it is set early in the war, it is unwilling to commit, featuring plenty of late war equipment<br><br>3. No featuring any countries aside from the big five, especially for the Axis

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