COD2 is definitely one of the candidates of the game of the year award, but better action games have been released this year, namely F.E.A.R. This is not to say that COD2 is bad, but it is to say that FEAR is definitely better than COD2 and deserves to be the FPS of the year. People would argue that FEAR is a system killer, but COD2 is also a system killer. Read gamespot's take on COD2 FPS rates when changing different hardware and system settings.