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Call of Duty 2: Big Red One

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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.

Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA, read 5 September 2026.

First-Person Shooter

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Released
2005
Developer
Treyarch
Platforms
2 systems
Critics
Not scored
Steam Deck
Unknown
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Catalogue facts
First released1 November 2005
DeveloperTreyarch
PublisherKonami
PlatformsNintendo GameCube, Xbox
GenresFirst-Person Shooter

Source. Catalogue facts from Wikidata Q784143, seeded 30 August 2026.

How long is Call of Duty 2: Big Red One? How long to beat it

Total play time for Call of Duty 2: Big Red One is about 10 hours to do everything, and around 6.9 hours to reach the end of the main story. These are player-submitted times from HowLongToBeat, not our own, shown with the number of players behind each.

Call of Duty 2: Big Red One length by how much you play
How you playHoursPlayers logged
Just the main story: straight through the critical path6.9h91
Main + the extras: story plus the side content most people do8.3h5
Completionist: everything: 100% the game10h10

Source: HowLongToBeat community submissions, read 2026-10-19.

Where Call of Duty 2: Big Red One sits on the grid

The grid places every game in the catalogue on measured axes rather than on an opinion. This is where Call of Duty 2: Big Red One lands on each map it has the data for, with the share of the catalogue it beats on each axis.

The whole catalogueLargely forgotten
Year
67ahead of 19% of the catalogue
Reach
38ahead of 79% of the catalogue

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Part of the Call of series

Call of Duty 2: Big Red One is one of 24 Call of games we track. See the whole series ranked by the GamingPickz Score, plotted on the grid, and listed in release order:

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Call of Duty 2: Big Red One head to head

See Call of Duty 2: Big Red One compared side by side, on score, price, specs and more:

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Common questions about Call of Duty 2: Big Red One

What platforms is Call of Duty 2: Big Red One on?

Call of Duty 2: Big Red One is available on Nintendo GameCube, Xbox. It first released in 2005.

Who made Call of Duty 2: Big Red One?

Call of Duty 2: Big Red One was developed by Treyarch and published by Konami.

How long does it take to beat Call of Duty 2: Big Red One?

about 6.9 hours for the main story, 8.3 hours with the main extras, 10 hours to complete everything, from HowLongToBeat's player-submitted times. These are community medians, so your own run may be shorter or longer.