Best FPS since Goldeneye 64
All of the people saying that there's too many campers, and easy kill streaks are stupid.
Multiplayer:
The multiplayer in Modern Warfare 1 was awesome, but this is amazing!!!
There are about 6 new game modes including 3rd Person Cage Match, 3rd Person Team Tactical, HQ Pro, Hardcore Ricochet SD, Hardcore Ricochet HQ Pro
There is only about...
A very big letdown
All of the reviews I read about this game from the major reviewers saying that it was the 'best thing ever' this however is not the truth. The main campaign is very short and very linear, even on the highest difficulty setting its way too short.
The special ops mode is a tacked on extra that is like an inferior version of the terrorist hunt gametype present...
I geuss it is time i reviewed this game, with 20 days of playtime, i think i have most likely enough experiance to come to a judgement on the most anticipated game of all time.
To begin with, any chance for serious competetive play has been absolutely destroyed, Infinity Ward noticed the community hated things like martyrdom and last stand, so what did they do? they brought them back, and made them obligatory, now with the option of having both last stand and martyrdom, joy of joys.
The only problem with COD4 was the spawn system...did they fix it? no, and combined with the deathstreaks system, it can completely destroy games.
Killstreaks are massively overpowered, and assault rifles have a far too fast kill time, with too little recoil.
Hit detection is pathetic, and the game deals with lag by balancing it for all players, so a player with a 10ms ping can be killed unfairly due to a player with a 1000ms ping, a ping as high as 1000ms is infact quite common due to the lack of local search, which will make the game almost impossible to play if you come from a country such as Australia.
Weapons which were slammed by the community return, and the game feels poorly made.
The game is horrifically weak when it comes to security, IW refused to pay attention to virusses in cod4, and as a result, hacked games are common, these hacks work by exploiting the peer to peer system, infecting all players within the game with the virus, which remains on the console until powered off.
Leaderboards are shoddy and completely hacked, players at the top have over 100,000,000 days of playtime, which is rather impossible.
The perk system from COD4 has been destroyed by perks such as lightweight which give the player super speed, and commando, increasing the already ridiculous knife range.
It is clear as day this game went through no testing whatsoever, why no beta like cod4?
Do you want to know why?
COD4 left this game so massively hyped up, that infinity ward didn't want to run a beta, because it would put people off, and cut the buying rush at realease.
If this wasn't enough, they increased the price from that which standard nex-gen games cost...does this mean more money went into the game? NO, it went to Hans Zimmer for his crappy soundtrack to the clichéd single player. They calculated that people were willing to pay for such a hyped game, buying it is conferming their thoughts, which will lead no doubt to a price boost in the next game.
COD4 was successful because it was completely new, in MW2, they have failed to fix the previous title, neither have they made a new game...it still has the same sucky matchmaking and interface, same lack of proper physics.
I could go on and on and on, but thats enough slating of this rip off...Infinity ward thought it was plain sailing, they saw their grasp on the market, and strong community...they spat in its face, and drained it of every last penny until their fanbase predictably collapsed under their failing rule over the market,
as a hardcore gamer and call of duty fan...this game is a disgrace, they have no care for the players, only their own profit, wealth has corrupt this corporate machine, and I along with many others stand broken and bewildered.
This is the last investment i will ever make into Infinity Wards rotten bowels.
You have lost a fan, I shall be stabbed in the back no more.
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All of the people saying that there's too many campers, and easy kill streaks are stupid.
Multiplayer:
The multiplayer in Modern Warfare 1 was awesome, but this is amazing!!!
There are about 6 new game modes including 3rd Person Cage Match, 3rd Person Team Tactical, HQ Pro, Hardcore Ricochet SD, Hardcore Ricochet HQ Pro
There is only about 10 guns from MW1 but the rest are brand new with new attachments and designs.
The new attachments include: Thermal Sight, Holographic Sight, FMJ (More damage), Rapid Fire, Akimbo (2x guns), Heartbeat sensor, and extended mags.
Some of the new perks are: Bling (2 attachments), Ninja (Undetectable by Heartbeat sensors), Cold-Blooded (Undetectable by UAV, Thermal sights, and Missiles) One Man Army (Change class at any time) Sit Rep (Able to seek out Tactical Insertions and explosives) and many more.
A new feature is Killstreak rewards, so there is more than just UAV, Airstrike, and Chopper.
There is about 12 new killstreak rewards such as: Counter UAV (Block off enemy radar), Care Package (Random Ammo or killstreak dropped from above) Precision Airstrike (Aim exactly where and what direction you want the airstrike) Harrier Airstrike (An airstrike followed by a hovering Harrier Plane killing enemies) AC130 (Be the gunner of a AC130 airplane) Chopper Gunner (Be the gunner of a Helicopter) and Nuke (Ends the game and eliminates everyone in it for 25 killstreak)
New weapons: FAMAS, UMP45, Ranger, Model 1947, FAL, SCAR-H, Striker, .44 Magnum, M93 Raffica, GI3, PP2000, and many, many more.
There is more equipment like trowing knifes, semtex grenade, blast shield and more.
There is much much more to explore in the game which is too much to write.
Highly recommended!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
5/5 10/10
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I'm not going to say this is the greatest game of all time because it's all really a matter of opinion, what I am going to say is that this is my favourite game of all time.
This game takes everything COD4 did and improves upon it in every way.
First up the single player campaign, now you may have read from several other reviews on this site and else where that the campaign is far too short, all I can say is that it took me about 7-8 hours to complete on Veteran and then another hour to run through on Easy to collect the hidden Intel, if that sounds too short to you then so be it, but what I will say is that the quality of the missions are second to none.
From escorting jeeps through the tight streets of South America with mounted machine guns, to a desperate escape through rooftops in which you have no weapons at all, to close quarters fighting in the caves of Afghanistan there is a lot of variation in the missions despite being a FPS and the quality throughout never dips with amazing set pieces and incredible graphics and sound which immerse you in the game.
Now for those who thought the single player campaign was too short Spec Ops should provide them with more than enough to occupy their time.
Essentially smaller missions which can be completed either solo or co-op (with the exception of 2 missions which have to be done co-op) these are real challenges when put on Veteran difficulty, (which you were surely want to do in order to get all those lovely achievements).
I have completed all of these missions on Veteran (hooray) and it took me and my brother around 13 hours to complete, mostly due to the really hard missions which crop up towards the end involving Juggernauts (essentially super soldiers with huge levels of armour)
Overall these missions are very good and whilst some of them are rehashes of scenarios from the main game they are all extremely challenging and a lot of fun to do, in particular the missions involving the AC-130 and a mission entitled Wreckage which involves you destroying vehicles as quickly as possible with an assortment of rocket launchers and grenade launchers.
Now finally for those who still haven't had enough there is the Multiplayer, quite simply this is the most amazing Multiplayer ever taking everything that COD4 did and making it bigger and better.
One complaint that you may have read a lot about is that Kill Streak rewards are overpowered and un-balance the game, this is quite frankly a load of rubbish, if some one on the opposing team calls in a Chopper then you can either hide in doors or use a rocket launcher to blow it out of the sky (and get a nice XP reward to boot) and if you have the perk Cold Blooded equipped then you are invisible to the Choppers and Harriers etc and can't be killed!
Another complaint I have seen given is that the guns are not balanced and that riot shields are stupid, as with the helicopters, Harriers etc, everything can be countered if you have the right set up of weapons, i.e. if someone has a riot shield use a grenade launcher/rocket launcher against them, it's not rocket science and if you play the game according to the situation then you will have a lot of fun and will enjoy unlocking all the cool titles and emblems of which there are many to collect
On a side note the first time you call in a Tactical Nuke has to rank as one of my favourite moments in gaming.
All in all this game sets a new bench mark in gaming and will become the cornerstone against which all FPS's in the future will be measured against, quite where Infinity Ward go from here is anyone's guess.
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First of all the graphics are stunning, the gameplay is excellent with loads going on, what more could you want from a war "shoot em up"? There's enough to keep you entertained with the different skill levels and special ops too, definitely a 10/10.
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I realise that at present there are over 200 reviews of Modern Warfare 2, so this is unlikely to be read, however I just think that any customer who wanted a COD veteran's honest opinion should hear it. Naturally, this game is fantastic, but does it match up to COD 4? No, not in my opinion. The campaign was the main part of the game for me (not having online), therefore I was slightly dissappointed that the storytelling has slipped slightly. At the end of the game, I was struggling to see why the villan I had just killed did what he did. It seemed so weird. Still, this game is awesome, with the gameplay being so much better than COD 4, and some missions will be remembered through gaming history. If your wavering over the purchase, this is my message for you: Buy it.
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One of the best game i ever played on xbox. excellent graphic and game-play. Also the music score by Hans Zimmer is superlative. And, most important, every time i play, this game totally drag me in the best game experience (for a FPS) of the last few years. Must Have for all FPS lovers!
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This game (although very expensive to buy) is very very good. Graphics are amazing, the storyline is captivating -especially the heart-renching scene near the end. I am not a person who buys a game and then times how long it takes me to finish it, and so the length of the campaign was not too much of a problem. However I do agree that after such a long wait, some more levels could have been included.
The multiplayer side of this game is the main reason I bought it, having played on World at War and Modern Warfare (original). I absolutley love playing along side my friends or against them - no other game offers such a wide range of opportunities for social gaming online and this is why it has become such a phenomenom. Although there is a lot to get your head round if you have never played call of duty, after a while you will get used to it. The new perks system is better, and the kill streak and death streak perks being customisable is a great new feature. The new maps are good fun and offer a range from large scale to close quarter combat I especially like the different terrain included like snow- However it is a shame that some maps seem to come up more than others - Rust for example I have only played once out of atleast 100 games.
Overall I would reccomend this game to anyone who enjoys competition in a game, I would reccomend if you are new to Call of Duty, to set up a Private match and practice how to use the movement/visual cameras with the sticks, and how to shoot/aim in a multiplayer environment.
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I got this game for christmas. All my friends talked about this game being sooooo brilliant and addicting. I decided on getting this game after playing on the previous call of dutys (cod4&waw). As soon as I got the game I insisted on playing it. The first thing I did was enter the multiplayer feature (stuff the campaign). I wanted to play with my friends on xbox live, I started this game and after 1 minute of playing found it was different from all the other call of dutys. This call of duty is much more tactical. I rated this game 5 stars because the second I started I thought "wow" and I would rate this the best game I've ever played in my life. I recommend this game to all you people who love 1st person shooters. In this game there is a special feuture named 3rd person which makes the game a lot harder but very fun.The multiplayer mode is brilliant if you have xbox live and also there is the system link and splitscreen mode if you want to play in a different way. The campaign mode is very long and tricky a good storyline and very tactical.
The new special ops mode is where you play certain missions (not in campaign) in a certain time limit for instance rescuing the hostages in 4:00 minutes. I reccomend you buying this game for any console.
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I have been disappointed with MW1, World at War and MW2 is no different. There is no 'wow' factor in the gameplay, graphics, physics or AI; it seems rushed. I feel that the developers have ripped me off, it's a poor game and I am very disappointed. Again. This will be the last COD game I buy I think, three times and you're out.
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