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Call of Duty 2: Big Red One vs Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered (2017)

Call of Duty 2: Big Red One is an FPS game from Treyarch (2005) while Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered (2017) is an FPS game from Raven Software (2017).

Quick answer: Call of Duty 2: Big Red One and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered (2017) are too close, or too thinly reviewed, to separate on the numbers; the table below shows what each holds.

Call of Duty 2: Big Red One

2005 · Treyarch

78Metacritic

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered (2017)

2017 · Raven Software

5.3GamingPickz Score

$39.99

Steam: Mixed

What each one is

Call of Duty 2: Big Red One is filed under FPS. In contrast, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered (2017) under FPS.

Call of Duty 2: Big Red One

Call of Duty 2: Big Red One is a first-person shooter video game developed by Treyarch and published by Activision for GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox. It is a side-story of the original game Call of Duty 2, which was released on PC and Xbox 360. Both were released in 2005.

Description from Wikipedia

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered (2017)

One of the most critically-acclaimed games in history, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is back, remastered in true high-definition, featuring improved textures, physically based rendering, high-dynamic range lighting and much more.

Description from its Steam store page

Story, characters and reception

Call of Duty 2: Big Red One
Reception

Reception According to review aggregator Metacritic , the game received "generally favorable" reviews from critics. During the 9th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards , the Academy of Interactive Arts Sciences awarded Big Red One with the " Outstanding Achievement in Story and Character Development " award. The PlayStation 2 version of Big Red One received a "Platinum" sales award from the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association… (Wikipedia)

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered (2017)

No Wikipedia detail on file.

At a glance

Call of Duty 2: Big Red OneCall of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered (2017)
GamingPickz Score—5.3/10
Steam rating—Mixed (54%, 15,762)
Critic aggregate78/100No aggregate
PriceUnknown$39.99
Install size——
Steam DeckUntestedunsupported
Released20052017
DeveloperTreyarchRaven Software

Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.

Call of Duty 2: Big Red One vs Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered (2017), point by point

Each facet side by side. A round is marked won only where a figure settles it; feel and "which is better" carry no mark, because no number we hold decides them.

  1. Genre and premise

    Call of Duty 2: Big Red OneFPS game
    Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered (2017)FPS game

    What each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.

  2. How it plays

    Call of Duty 2: Big Red OneNo descriptive tags
    Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered (2017)FPS, Shooter, Action

    The tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.

  3. Content and scale

    Call of Duty 2: Big Red One—
    Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered (2017)15,762 reviews · 1 add-on

    Reach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.

  4. Price

    Call of Duty 2: Big Red OneUnknown
    Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered (2017)$39.99

    Read live from Steam and subject to change.

Across the rounds a number can settle, it is level at 0 each. Which one is "better" is the part no figure decides, so we leave it to what you want from the two.

Where they differ

Call of Duty 2: Big Red One is also

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered (2017) is also

FPSSingleplayerMultiplayerShooterActionWar

Tags players apply to one game and not the other.

Difficulty and who each is for

By the tags players apply, Call of Duty 2: Big Red One is middle-of-the-road on difficulty. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered (2017) is relaxed, easy to pick up.

Accessibility features

Steam store pages declare 0 accessibility features for Call of Duty 2: Big Red One and 0 for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered (2017). A declaration is a floor, not a review.

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Common questions

How different are Call of Duty 2: Big Red One and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered (2017) in scope?

Call of Duty 2: Big Red One lists little scope data. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered (2017) has drawn 15,762 Steam reviews and ships 1 add-on.

Is Call of Duty 2: Big Red One or Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered (2017) better?

Neither carries enough reviews for us to score it reliably, so we do not call a winner. The table above shows what each does have.

Which is cheaper, Call of Duty 2: Big Red One or Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered (2017)?

One or both do not have a current listed price, so a straight comparison is not possible. See the table above.

Should I get Call of Duty 2: Big Red One or Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered (2017)?

Call of Duty 2: Big Red One and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered (2017) are too close, or too thinly reviewed, to separate on the numbers; the table below shows what each holds. It also depends on what you want: the "which to pick" section above calls out which is cheaper, lighter on storage, better on a Steam Deck and the safer bet by weight of reviews.

Do you rank one above the other for a fee?

No. Neither game, nor anyone else, pays for placement or a verdict here. The order and every figure come out of the same public data the rest of the site uses.

All comparisons

How we compare, and what we will not do

The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment (adjusted for sample size), the critic aggregate and popularity, computed by the same code every ranked list on this site uses. The Steam rating label is Valve's own, reconstructed from the positive percentage and review count. Prices are read live. We do not write an opinion of which game is "better": we report the numbers and say which wins each measurable question above.

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