Call of Duty 2: Big Red One on HARD

The CoD quest continues as we take on the Call of Duty: Big Red One campaign - the console half of Call of Duty 2. Like all these early CoDs, I've seen nothing about it; we're going in blind. Since the controls are much improved over Finest Hour, despite still being a bot, we're back to taking on the Veteran (Hard) difficulty...
Edited full game commentary playthrough.
Timestamps:
==Prologue==
0:00 - Intro
1:11 - We've Been Through Worse
7:34 - Broadcast cutscene 1
==North Africa==
9:34 - Baptism by Fire
19:04 - Tankers
23:24 - The Desert Fox
33:07 - Counterattack
41:43 - Liberators
53:04 - Broadcast cutscene 2
==Sicily==
55:10 - Operation Husky
1:07:53 - Piano Lupo
1:17:03 - Farewell to Friends
1:22:58 - Broadcast cutscene 3
==Western Europe==
1:24:56 - The Great Crusade
1:40:11 - An Easy Detail
1:53:36 - Crucifix Hill
2:13:31 - The Last Train
2:26:51 - The Dragon's Teeth
2:37:51 - Broadcast cutscene 4
2:39:30 - Thoughts wrap-up / credits
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[@drewster876]

This, this right here to this day is my favorite cod ever made I played this game beginning to end probably 60 times. I really wish one day they remaster this gem. Love the videos always a great watch

[@MazeMaker4Life]

They won't remaster it, but they'll Remonitize it if they do 🙊

[@234cartmanrules]

They have to remaster this, I remember cod 2 was my first but I preferred this game over it so much more

[@KevinMartinez-dq7bj]

YEAAAHHH I KNOWWW

[@Ahappysandwich]

i just wished i got to experience the multiplayer as a kid but back then the internet was a foreign concept to me

[@drewster876]

@@Elatenl everyone has a different favorite and don’t get me wrong I loved finest hour that was my first cod but big red one just hold a special place in my heart

[@shanewarner899]

Big Red One was my first and introductory Call of Duty game. Played it on repeat constantly, though Brooklyn's death was heartbreaking for a kid playing this game and enjoying his comedic relief. I can remember every mission, and I thought that the extra stuff like showing behind the scenes, incorporating the old Military Channel, and showing all of the art was the coolest thing a company could do for its players.

[@kennymccormick9973]

I 100% agree

[@therebelproduct3616]

This was such an amazing game, I was so sad when Bloomfield died.

[@metrofloof1214]

BROOKLYN

[@riverbedoverland]

Someone else remembers the behind the scenes explanations! This was the best part for me!

[@J.Wolf90]

Remember that weird mission you're fighting the French? Like wtf? Americans fought the French?

[@matthewsavic6789]

Beat thing about this game is the fact that the cast of ' Band of Brothers' are the voice actors. As a child I would watch that religiously so this was my favourite game as a child

[@rickwong9049]

I remember this COD was the first to introduce a very obscure faction like the Vichy French and also the Italians. Revolutionary for its time. Kelly is my favorite character for the squad.

[@pipn9090]

Very Obscure

[@giulianoilfilosofo7927]

​@@pipn9090I Hope his use of the term obscure was ironic

[@thekommunistkrusader3921]

@@giulianoilfilosofo7927 dawg how many cod games even bring up Vichy france much less actually ahve you fight them. Even had french guns and not just using German Equipment.

[@giulianoilfilosofo7927]

@@thekommunistkrusader3921 I was referring to the fact that in WW2 historiography Italy and France are not "obscure" players at all, they Always get mentioned One way or the other, I wasn't specifically referring to COD in this instance.

[@thekommunistkrusader3921]

@@giulianoilfilosofo7927 I will say as a generally historical sense france is not obscure and neither is Italy but Vichy France absolutely is obscure as they really didn't do a whole lot. But for pop culture and most media Germany and Japan are the only 2 nations the allies face very often

[@damienlee1165]

As a GameCube kid, this was my first call of duty. Still occupies prime real estate in the nostalgia portion of my brain to this day.

[@fitzgeraldfilmsMN]

I was so sad when there wasn't multiplayer. The main reason I bought it. I new nothing. But still a fun campaign.

[@cameronboyce4695]

Still my most favorite Call of Duty to this day. I replayed the Liberators mission more than any other just to see how many planes i could shoot down. The one thing i regret not doing was playing the multiplayer and getting to experience the Tunisia night map. In the bonus material for this game they had a video of the making of the multiplayer maps where the showed the night map off and it was absolutely beautiful for its time.

[@ImRoosevelt]

I remember when I got this for my PS2...absolutely amazing experience for my 14 year old gaming heart

[@J.Wolf90]

Lol I was 15 when this game came out. I loved it. And I had finest hour already too. Cod fan before cod was even a thing. But I feel like cod is still catering to that 14-18 year old demographic and now with all the flashy skins and shit cod just seems soulless and kiddy

[@astrofarmer9350]

Played this on game cube what a solid game

[@Obospeedo]

Loved how this game got several of the actors from Band of Brothers to voice characters throughout this game. Mark Hamill as narrator was also a nice touch. For being a secondary COD 2 release it sure felt as though it was a standalone game. Tbh it really is it’s own.

[@angusmitchell4026]

yea he was in the big red one movie back in 1980 so it was a cool reference to have

[@Doviss_]

This is like a dream come true i was wishing you would play this just a week ago. Thank you for playing my childhood's favorite cod

[@dskywalkerw]

I really appreciate this series. These games were my childhood.

[@captinrex119]

Fun fact for anyone that didn't know: Mark Hamil provided the voice for those black and white newsreels between campaigns :)

[@liammurphy2022]

This was my first cod back when I was 9-10 now I have a wife a kid on the way, wow how time fly's 😢

[@allwaysamanman]

Such vivid memories of playing this on ps2, specifically of the tank and B24 missions while my dad watched me play. Man I wish I still had my ps2 so many neat games besides the larger names.

[@aegis6485]

This made my day. This was not only my first Call of Duty but the first video game I ever finished when I was five years old. I don't know how I played it better than I did when I went to replay it but I'll admit, the first Italy mission onwards on hard is where it gets going.

[@L0rdskullz]

Hey that’s my PFP asshole *does spider man meme*

[@PotentTom]

Played this on my GameCube all the time it was the main cod I played all the time until cod4 on 360 changed the game good luck thanks for giving this a chance!

[@randalschultz7492]

This was my first call of duty game on the PS2. Watching this brought back to many memories. Thanks for the upload!

[@BWIENS789]

You fight the Vichy French for TWO MISSIONS yet they put in the effort to add their weapons and tanks! You fight French tanks in Tankers. Same thing with the Italians! You fight them for two missions yet they had their weapons and vehicles!

[@ackbarfan5556]

This is my favorite one in the whole series. These characters will stick with me forever.

[@richardtouchstone5508]

I got this on my PS2 (I still have a PS2) and I like show since you have parts where you’re a Sergeant they give you a Lieutenant so someone is still there to give you orders. Also this game was unique since you fight the Vichy French, the Italians, and the Germans. Not many WW2 games that I know of has you fight people other then Germans in Europe.

[@irawanfuad5089]

Damn you are right

[@brotherhogan6880]

First ever COD I played…. So freaking good

[@chevchelios8337]

This COD brings back so many memories. Game has a special place in my heart.

[@BLACKxOPxPRExTARGET]

i skipped school to play the Multiplayer

[@eggsandchips91]

This is the first game I remember that made you feel like part of a proper squad. And the cinematic nature, great writing, and acting, really blew my mind. It's a very underappreciated Call of Duty. And is miles better than what the series has become recently.

[@AjexSmith]

This was and always will be my favorite call of duty of all time. I played this for years on the ps2 strictly campaign alone until I got internet. So many good memories on this game. Virtually my entire childhood

[@ColetheFlame01]

I had this game on the GameCube of all things and I freaking loved it. Every mission felt tense and fun as well as horrifying. Farewell to Friends being my saddest cause I loved Vic as a character. He reminds me a lot of the Engineer from TF2, straight and to the point but with a side of humor you can appreciate. So sad he was one of the few killed off.

[@crayzcapper7036]

A couple fun facts: the narrator for the history sections was Mark Hamill. #2: Brooklyn was voiced by Frank Hughes, who plays Bill Guarnere in Band of Brothers alongside Michael Cudlitz, the voice of Sergeant Hawkins, who plays Bill Randleman.

[@insanedemon1414]

Richard Speight Jr who plays "Skip" Muck in B.O.B voices Kelly, and Rick Gomez (George Luz), Ross McCall (Joe Liebgott), James Madio (Frank Perconte) and a few others also lend their voices. Alot of them including Cudlitz also voiced the American soldiers in Call of Duty 2 aswell

[@crayzcapper7036]

@@insanedemon1414 After I posted this, I saw all of them as well. These guys were made for WWII stuff! 😂

[@insanedemon1414]

@crayzcapper7036 as a big fan of both Band of Brothers and Call of Duty campaigns I was very happy to learn they were in these games!

[@crayzcapper7036]

@@insanedemon1414 Both are fantastic in their own fields, I agree! And, as a side effect of this conversation, I started another watchthrough of BoB, I'm part way through "Currahee" right now! (Sobel just told Winters to make the guys spaghetti.) 😂

[@insanedemon1414]

@crayzcapper7036 haha nice one! I think it's time for me to start another watchthrough aswell! 😃

[@sse_weston4138]

My second Cod I've ever played, first being Cod 3, but Big Red One has a special place in my heart for the squad characters, and the place section was pretty cool for a game back then too.

[@andrewdevlin6587]

This was the best cod campaign and no one can convince me otherwise

[@poolwatertea8229]

Woooo, I'm so pumped for this! The older cod playthroughs are my current favorite series on KZbin

[@C-A-M--]

BEEN WAITING A LONG TIME ON THIS ONE, THANK YOU S0ur!! Helps me get through my work from home days!

[@MrPureMayhem]

People don’t realize how amazing this game was as a 12 year old playing on the ps2 after school back in 2005/6. I must have played some of these missions about 100 times to the point where I can recall every objective of every level. To this day one of my favorite games of all time and it still hits me hard watching Brooklyn go down. It’s great to see in the comments that so many people also appreciate that experience. Watching this vid really brought me back thank you for this

[@AvengeTheSic]

Let's go! Can't wait to watch this when I get off work

[@tvotupszz4577]

i watched these veteran call of duty series a lot of time. my favorite was united front. keep it up. and for some reason your voice and the gameplay help fell asleep lmao. so i just looped your videos all night

[@aTomatoRider]

Old COD games and you suffering are the best part of my KZbin algorithm rn. Keep it up!

[@lordchungas8882]

Let’s go! Another childhood favorite of mine alongside finest hour you did a few months back and it’s been fun watching you play through this one! Liberators is by far my favorite mission from this game and I’m Always trying to one up my record of how many planes I can shoot down in the span of the mission

[@geraldgreen1212]

Yes yes yes yes. Omg I've been waiting for you to do this game for so long. Thank you.

[@brycevo]

This was my absolute favorite of the classic CoDs

[@yufaokta7834]

One of my favorite cod series, i hope you continue to call of duty 3 i would love to see it

[@ki11atj49]

This is the best game of all the call of duties before call of Duty 4 and the campaign is up there with some of my favorites. I love that it's following one squad through the whole war

[@StrukeTheDuke1294]

Yesssssss. This is my cod. Growing up I had this game, Gun, and heros of the Pacific. I played the hell out of those games. Thank you for the video man

[@BruceSkagsteen]

I haven't played BR1 in like 17 years, but that goddamn scoped Kar98 bolt has lived rent free in my head since i first heard it. I hate it so much.

[@terpypanda7105]

This was my first call of duty. I started late, so I was in maybe 5th or 6th grade at the time. I’m so excited for Eder dam content in the next one. I’m glad you covered this fringe one! The Africa campaign brings back memories

[@generichuman2044]

I was checking the channel yesterday, desperately awaiting a new video. Great way to wind down on a Sunday evening

[@vertice2759]

i remember playing this when i was very young it was so cool to play in vehicles and to hear other soldiers like the war movies of the time, this brought me back to the time of 2005 pretty hard

[@1claydoe]

i’ve been waiting for you to play this since you started this series🙏🏽 absolutely loved this game on gamecube

[@qman5788]

I remember playing this all the time as a kid. It was my favorite for a long time. I played it with my Dad and I used to reenact the missions with my friends and nerf guns. The nostalgia is crazy. Thanks for making this.

[@koeh07]

Great video S0ur, I really had a good laugh at some of the jokes and been waiting to see you cover this one. Big Red One was the first game I ever owned and even without sentimental value is my favorite of all time. Theres so much revolutionary things about the game like being the first CoD/one of the first FPSes to focus on characters, the semi-scripted destruction in the Tankers level, to things like Vichy French and Italians being for the first time portrayed in a game... I'll be following you through the rest of the games, great watch!

[@stevenparent7886]

This is one of my favorite CODs, fun game, great story, and sometimes could even make you shed a few tears.

[@collectiontime7341]

This along with CoD United Offensive were staples of my childhood, ty for the nostalgia

[@Caelum_99]

This was my first ever CoD; got it for the GameCube. This will always be my favorite video game. So many memories come flooding back.

[@bryan-7997]

Ah, yes. One of my first Call of Duty from my childhood (the other is Finest Hour) when I had a PS2. I love that it follows the squad of US 1st Infantry Division’s journey from North Africa all the way to crossing the Siegfried Lind as well as featuring the VAs from Band of Brothers and voiceovers from Mark Hamill for the Military Channel footages. Plus the only CoD game that features Vichy France and Italians as an enemy of which you can use their weapons too. This greatly trumps CoD WW2 in terms of story and gameplay and they both have stories of a squad from the Big Red One. Hell, both Big Red One and Finest Hour trump over WW2 and Vanguard, respectively. Keep up the good work!

[@rattler8985]

I've been waiting for this moment my entire life.

[@JakeRoy98]

Probably my absolute favorite COD I played and beat this game over 20 times. I wish COD was as good these days.

[@thrashandburn10221]

This was my first COD. I was blown away when my little army lad lifted the sights to his eye.

[@Brennen2023]

I was 4 years old when I began playing this game, my Father didn’t enjoy letting me play a war game. But I loved it too much to not annoy him to the point where he would give in. He always made me play on Hard and told me to figure out how to beat the missions on my own if I wanted to play. I didn’t even know how to read, but looking back at it I learned problem solving and so much more things I wouldn’t have learned any other way as a 4 year old. Thank you for playing the Greatest COD of all time.

[@svenvcampen9022]

This game was my childhood

[@arthurmiranda3804]

So much fun

[@Hockeyhobo89]

Finally! From watching your playthroughs I’ve actually went and bought these early cods. After beating cod 1 on veteran, watching you beat it was like therapy. Screw that battleship and Pavlov’s house 😂

[@playfulgrizzly1871]

If I could only pick one original original COD to remake, it would definitely be this one thank you for playing this. It really brought me back.

[@Antwuantheone]

As somebody who's first time was playing this on hard after a few years i respect u for suffering like i did 😂 also cant wait for u too do my fav cod cod 3 ive played it 32 times😅

[@therebelproduct3616]

Cod 3 was amazing. I would love for the first three games to and the alternate version like finest hour and Big red one to get a HD treatment

[@Antwuantheone]

@@therebelproduct3616 yeah it would be amazing

[@Darthoblivion24]

21:20 "Is that a Mario star on the side of it?" Holy shit me and my friend Dominick used to say that ALL the time playing this game and seeing the tanks lmao

[@counterstrifekid]

The bomber scene was an iconic moment in my childhood. I replayed that mission a ridiculous amount of times.

[@mrrandomdude4291]

Love to see it, I’d just like to say I thank you for your suffering sour. Sometimes when I feel sad I re watch your struggle at Kharkov station for a good laugh. 😂

[@burgerpossum24]

seeing these different slightly older cod games made me remember my first cod i ever played: Road to Victory on the PSP.

[@mk4_mulac]

I played this so much when i was a kid. This brought back so many memories

[@TheFishman123]

first finest hour and now big red one. today is a good day

[@godfather5595]

This was my very first COD game I ever played when I was a wee lad. Just seeing the game makes me nostalgic

[@MarimbaBuddy]

Probably one of my favorite COD games. As much as I like the other games for their featuring of different fronts, I love how this game has you play as the same character throughout the game, allowing you to get to know your squad and experience the sad moments of someone dying. As far as difficulty is concerned, it's pretty reasonable, too. My least favorite level has always been "Crucifix Hill" because of the checkpoints being spaced out so much, but aside from that, it's a good game. Good playthrough as well. I was thoroughly entertained, almost as much as watching you try to complete "The Forest" on COD3.

[@alyssonscherer795]

I've been waiting for this playtrhough since Finest Hour!! This game gave me a real experience of war when I played in my childhood and has marked my gaming life as a game I really love

[@moon_cheese9333]

Ive been waiting for this moment!!!

[@porkchopproductions0314]

This, Finest Hour, Medal of Honor 1999, Medal of Honor Frontline, and Medal of Honor European Assault were and still are some of my favorite childhood games

[@GobanShodan]

Growing up I watched a lot of Band of Brothers so I always thought it was cool they got some of the same actors to voice the characters in this. Big Red One was the first game where I actually cared for and got attached to the characters and got upset when some of them died. It''ll always be my favorite Call of Duty game

[@LordSaladbar1]

I’ve been waiting for this moment.

[@vincentcaputo6644]

This was my first CoD, brings back tons of memories

[@matcorona4087]

I remember my dad pulling out the old Xbox and introducing this game to me after he played the first level and handed me the controller I never got up until I finished the game 3 hours later I have poptarts and orange soda everywhere good times

[@barbaracle72]

Just wanted to let you know you are one of my favorite KZbinrs! ❤

[@tubbs6937]

this game is the reason i love cod to this day, my first cod to own and god was it something i miss the nostalgia

[@brettbee6197]

Yeah this call of duty was the one that introduced me to the franchise and I'm so lucky that I was able to play these games growing up

[@zacharythomas3253]

I’m truly glad to see you bring this game back into action! ❤wow I miss this so much. Time really does fly by!!

[@JetGoldPirate]

Cool thing I noticed was the narrator for COD 2: Big Red One in the Military Channel Intros is Mark Hammil. Loved the playthrough S0ur!

[@shellshock96]

I'm so excited to watch this. These videos bring me back to a time we all seem to underappreciate while were living through it. Also, I played COD BRO, FH, & 3 Online on a FAT PS2 with the equally FAT ethernet adapter brick. I've never had and never will have more fun than I did in those servers. God Speed to all you beautiful bastards I played with. 😆

[@radioactiverat8751]

Your sanity dropping by the halfway point earned yourself a subscriber. For some reason your dry but frustrated cries of cheese had me in tears.

[@ATrueOttoman]

Man this game was my childhood would play it all the time on my PS2. Good memories.

[@silverwolf5643]

When i was a kid, idk anything about historical stuff and etc. now as adult i find it hilarious that a stuart took out a Tiger

[@blutm9520]

I love big red one, that was the 2nd cod I've played (played the original cod first) and duuuuude the transition was so good

[@xuxo009]

This is my first ever CoD game. I will enjoy this with pleasure and nostalgia.

[@Sauce_Sensei]

I’ve played this game Sooo many times on OG Xbox…this, COD 1-3, battlefront 1&2, mercenaries, halo 1&2, and the list goes on. Great times with great games, and this one was definitely one of my favorite cods of all

[@traceairsoft]

god i love you sour. another banger to watch on repeat. for the q&a : how long is the process of editing such a long masterpiece?

[@S0ur]

Thanks, a good while 😂 but in terms of complexity it's not like there are any crazy edits going on. I'll post a YT community message thing asking for questions in probably a week or so, if you happen to see it feel free to repost there as that's where I'll collect questions from.

[@nateking2024]

Man this is my favorite cod. When call of duty world war 2 came out it wasn’t as bad as people made it out to be. Classic world war 2 campaign with the iconic fireteam of guys you love fighting beside. Brought me straight back to this gem of a game so I had to go watch the campaign again. Also learned not too long ago my great grandfather was in the big red one. Now I’m in the army as an airborne infantryman. Crazy how much family and classic call of duty influenced me as a kid. I would play big red one, world at war final fronts, and finest hour for hours and then head straight outside with my toy guns and pretend I was storming the beaches of Normandy or freezing my ass off in December digging a foxhole in the snow for the battle of the bulge. Core memories right there.

[@Hunter_312]

Like many others here, this was my first CoD game. And I feel like you've done it justice. Is not as good as my rose tinted glasses may wish, but it's not as bad as some people seem to think.

[@Hunter_312]

Oh, and the Liberators mission was completely borked. There was an enourmous ammount of bloom, that is not there in the original game. Also, the ground was completely white, when it should be a sandy desert.

[@augustdenger8231]

@@Hunter_312That whole mission bugger me so much lmao, it also bugged me how he didn't use the machine gun to shoot the Stuka that was trying to take off

[@Hunter_312]

@@augustdenger8231 Yeah, that mission is one of the most memorable for me. It's a real shame it's all screwed up like that.

[@randomboxguy9320]

Hell yeah i was waiting for the big red one

[@waynek.8049]

Such a fantastic gem for what would typically be a cross-gen side game.

[@Who24331]

I’ve not seen this game in years, I’m glad you’ve finally got to play it s0ur ❤️

[@markalvarado4450]

dude i played through this game so much, oh my god this is amazing i miss this game lmao

[@dougler500]

This and Finest Hour were as good as it got on GameCube. Played the hell out of these levels... over and over and over.

[@ItzDylanM]

This and Cod 3 gave me some happy memories

[@marioalfonso9582]

The game that started it all for me !! I was waiting for you to play this so I can relive my childhood !! Legit know everyline !! #needtherapy 😂

[@i-firebrand-i5543]

This was my first COD game as well as the other game that got me into gaming. I love this game to death

[@ZPTV123]

This brings back so many memories, was my second cod game ever after the wii version of COD 3, probably played through the africa campaign over 100 times, maybe someday we can get a remake/remaster of this and finest hour

[@deathrow4183]

This is where it all began for me this COD and from there on

[@arcangel-9359]

so relaxing watching this . never played this one my first cod was Black ops I

[@Ironicwaffle9503]

Finest Hour, Big Red 1, COD 3 Absolute classics