'Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2' flawless
This sequel is so irresistible it's bound to make your grades suffer.
Published Nov. 17, 2009
"Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2," Infinity Ward's sequel to its 2007 masterpiece, is everything you could hope for in the game and in life. This game will complete you.
I'll say it outright: This is the biggest game of the next generation era. Nothing has been more hyped up to this point in the PS3 and 360's lifetime, and nothing has provided on that hype better than "MW2." I was at the midnight launch for the game, and I can say from personal experience it blew the "Halo 3" midnight line out of the water. That being said, let's move onto the actual game.
It's not often that a first-person shooter has just as good of story as it does a multiplayer experience, but "Modern Warfare" doesn't stop at that. It now offers an amazingly fun SpecOps mode, in which you and your buddy can be pitted against waves of enemies and fight alongside each other. You can play the beloved "CoD:4" level, "All Ghillied Up" with your friend. I don't think I've ever had more fun in a co-op game than with that level.
There's just too much good to talk about with this game within a word count. The updated graphics, the new AI, the amazing story with plot twists you'll never see coming — it's all wonderfully done and sucks you in for hours and hours at a time. Say goodbye to your good test grades for about a month after you buy this game.
The multiplayer has been overhauled in more than one way. There are thousands of gun and perk combinations to unlock and own now. There are new modifications to add to your guns. With a perk allowing you to have two modes on the same weapon, things can get very interesting.
Grab a sniper rifle with a silencer and a thermal scope and add in the perk to not be seen on radar, and you've got yourself a modern-day ninja. The perks are even upgradeable. Kill streaks are customizable. You could have an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle after three kills, while your friend gets a care package dropped next to him when he marks the spot.
The story is wonderful, as expected from Infinity Ward. It stays grounded in today's fears, while keeping from taking a particular. The whole airport sequence is handled very well in the game and ends up being one of the best psychological situations a video game has ever seen. I can't talk about it here without serious spoilers, but be ready for anything in that level.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with this game. Infinity Ward took its time and made sure every single aspect was polished. People who considers themselves a first-person shooter fan, a war game fan or heck, even a video game fan, have to get this game.
Comments (4)
3:02 p.m., Nov. 17, 2009
sgt slaughter said:
No dedicated servers on pc, no mods. nothing. Infinity Warts even removed features from Xbox live that we users pay an annual fee for. You obviously were paid for this review. That and you haven't actuallly played it or you would sing a different tune.
5:05 a.m., Nov. 21, 2009
Shadow-Keeper said:
On Multiplayer this game is lame. I decided to do a test. I played 10 games on this new version on Free-for-all and I lost almost every game. I went back to the original and played 10 games on free-for-all and I won the majority of the matches. Conclusion: You do not need skills to play the new version. As many have said, "Spray and prey!" The weapons no longer have a real distinction. Most of them even sound the same. The maps are detailed yet cartoonish and clarity is limited. The back lighting causes your eyes to wash-out and half the time you can't see the enemy until they are right up on you and that is with a 1080P image...sad! This was touted as a step above the original but it’s not even as good in reality. What they need to do is make new maps for the original and I bet the majority of the players go back even with the problems it had.
5 p.m., Nov. 26, 2009
Hasmedaoa said:
1. Shadow-Keeper: Your not winning of games doesn't tell us anything about the multi-player other than you aren't good at it. 2. sgt slaughter: He was obviously payed by infinity ward. Of course that must be the only answer he enjoyed this game. No one, and I mean no one, could have any opinion about anything that wasn't the same as yours unless they were payed. Now, yes this game in my opinion does suck but that is just because I haven't enjoyed a first-person shooter in something like 10 years, other than the amazing Team Fortress 2 (Obviously I must have been payed for saying that). Once again this is a review by someone that has an opinion. It is his opinion. You read what he thought about it and you take what you want out of it. Granted this whole review isn't going to win a pulitizer ("This is the biggest game of the next generation era. Nothing has been more hyped up to this point in the PS3 and 360's lifetime, and nothing has provided on that hype better than "MW2."" Seriously? Yuch.) but its just this guy's opinion and its from a student newspaper. Get over yourselves for christ's sake.
3 a.m., Nov. 17, 2009
59 Commando said:
Are we talking about the same game? Have you actually played this? seriously this review is about as far away from the truth as you can get. The multiplayer is seriously flawed on all platforms. This is nothing more than an expansion pack of MW1 and a lazy version at that.