Yeah i just finished COD2 and it is totally amazing!! Ive finished all three now, call of duty 1 & call of duty:United Offensive and now COD2.
By the way it uses its own engine, not the Quake3 engine.
Lezzer
I remember the game your talking about I had it, it was called "eternal something", im not sure what but im pretty certain eternal was in the title! It was like mortal combat with the stage fatalities, there was one level where you could throw your enemies into a fire.
Anyway hope this jogs your memory a little!
Lezzer