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Modern Warfare 2 Review from GamesOnMash.com

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We found this post on GamesOnMash.com. It is a review by Worsecase/Wynton Harris which gives 4.5 out of 5 for this game.

“The hype of Modern Warfare 2 is really high considering the memories that everyone has of Call of Duty 4. Well, Infinity Ward and Activision come together once again to bring you the newest installment of the call of duty franchise called Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.

I’ll start off where fans of the game weren’t so fond of and that’s the single player campaign. There are three acts, and there are three to four chapters in each act. You will get about 6-7 hours of game play in Modern Warfare 2. One thing I did love about Call of Duty 4’s campaign is the pacing from stealth to fast to epic event and so forward. The pacing of Call of Duty 4 returns to Modern Warfare 2’s campaign. You play as two characters, a guy named Roach and Call of Duty 4’s main character Soap. When you’re playing as Roach he seems to get hurt in some overly exaggerative way when every chapter ends and it makes me wonder how he’s still alive. After a while, it begins to get too predictable and boring although the ending does some what make up for it. The single player is a bit disappointing considering how epic Call of Duty 4 story was. However, the single player campaign is still worth a play through.

The game play of Modern Warfare 2 is more of the same but just modified a bit. The control set up is the same as COD 4, so you will feel right at home with Modern Warfare 2. The enemy A.I is smart even on an easy difficulty setting. Your enemies will take cover, shoot, call for back up, and react as a real person would. One thing that is different from the last installment is that when you get shot at, you will see some kind of blood mixed with water come on your screen indicating that you have gotten shot. As the previous games, the more red the screen gets, the closer you are from dying. Modern Warfare 2 also has dual wielding weapons. There’s a new mode in Modern Warfare 2 called Special Ops. There are five different Spec Ops modes. You start off with Alpha’s Spec Ops and you will need four stars from Alpha to move on to Bravo and so forward. The good thing about Spec Ops is that you can do it split screen, two player co-op or solo. There are also about four to five chapters in each Spec Ops mode. Here are the five different Special Ops modes:

* Alpha – Alpha’s Spec Ops features predator drones, favela games, sniper riddles and stealth. Since it is the first Special Ops mode, you can expect them to be short and sweet.

* Bravo – Bravo’s Spec Ops features AC-130 gun ships snowmobile races and Vulcan mini guns with explosive ammo. Bravo’s Spec Ops mode is considered to have something for everyone.

* Charlie – Charlie’s Spec Ops features time trails, explosive breaches, bone yards and enemies in ghillie suits. In Charlie’s Spec Ops, things are expected to get tougher than previous.

* Delta – Delta’s Spec Ops features blizzards, airports, estates and bridges and there are five challenging modes in Delta’s Spec Ops.

* Echo – Echo’s Spec Ops features an oil rig and a favela full of Juggernauts. Echo’s Spec Ops which is the last one is defiantly the most brutal to go through but it’s also very fast to play through for experienced players.

Modern Warfare 2 runs at a very smooth at 60 frames per second. You will experience minor frame rate drops here and there but it’s nothing that will deter you from playing the game. Modern Warfare 2 looks a tiny bit better than Call of Duty 4. The lighting in Modern Warfare 2 is a whole lot better than Call of Duty 4’s. Also there is less texture pop-ins in Modern Warfare 2 than its predecessor. One thing that impressed me about Modern Warfare 2 is that the frame rate remains smooth while playing online and there is so much going on screen.

The thing that a lot of people enjoyed the most was Call of Duty 4’s multiplayer, and in Modern Warfare 2 people should enjoy just as much. A lot of stuff from Call of Duty 4 has been brought back to Modern Warfare 2. Also, for those who are curious, none of the maps from Call of Duty 4 were remade and put in Modern Warfare 2; there are sixteen brand new maps to play. To move on to the new features, there are now five new modes online. There is Capture the Flag, 3rd Person Teams, Hardcore Ricochet SD and 3rd person Cage matches. I’ve played 3rd person view and it’s actually an interesting mode, but it seems to feel as if it was tacked on. Usually when you play a game in 3rd person, the character is set to the left or to the right of the screen. In Modern Warfare 2, the character is set in the middle of the screen. The game play of 3rd person mode isn’t on par with other 3rd person games such as Uncharted, Socom and GRAW. Despite the fact that in 3rd person mode, the zoom in of the gun is practically broken, you should still give it a try.

You now have titles and emblems that you can unlock depending on your performance and ranking online. Another new feature in Modern Warfare 2 is one called Accolades, it basically keeps track of what you do online and gives you rewards for certain things you do. For instance, it gave me a reward called unstoppable, which means I had the longest kill streak in an online match. One thing they did to the perk system in Modern Warfare 2 is that they cleared it up and only added what was necessary. So this time around there isn’t four or five good perks and eight unnecessary perks in the menu. Also, perks have a level up system, so when you use that perk enough it will level up and enhance the perk. They also took out Martyrdom and Juggernaut from regular perks and added a new perk called Death Streak. Death streak is activated when you die three-four times in a row. You have four death streak modes to choose from, they have Copy Cat, Painkiller (Juggernaut), Final Stand and Martyrdom. There are also a decent amount of customizable kill streak’s rewards which goes as following:

* 3 Kills – UAV
* 4 Kills – Care Package
* 4 Kills – Counter UAV
* 5 Kills – Sentry Gun
* 5 Kills – Predator Missile
* 6 Kills – Precision Air strike
* 7 Kills – Strike
* 7 Kills – Attack Helicopter
* 8 Kills – Emergency Airdrop
* 9 Kills – Pave Low
* 9 Kills – Stealth Bomber
* 11 Kills – Chopper Gunner
* 11 Kills – AC-130
* 15 Kills – EMP
* 25 Kills – Tactical Nuke

So at this point you could be asking me two questions. Will Modern Warfare 2 bring memories and be as addictive as Call of Duty 4? Does Modern Warfare 2 live up to the hype? Honestly, Modern Warfare 2 is just as addictive as Call of Duty 4. As far as living up to the hype, that depends on how hyped were for the game.

Pros:

* Addictive multiplayer
* Addictive in Depth Spec Ops
* 60 FPS
* Customizable Kill streaks
* Perks level ups
* Host Migration

Cons:

* Damage makes things hard to see at times
* Disappointing story
* Annoying Riot Shields and Dual Wielding online

Overall: 4.5/5

PS3 and Xbox 360 gamers will have tons of fun with Spec Ops and the multiplayer. Also, for some people, the campaign might be enjoyable. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is probably the most addictive multiplayer and co-op game of this year and will defiantly give you your money’s worth.”