Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (PS3) (Video Game)

Living with commando (or: how I learned to stop worrying and love the nuke boosters) Now, obviously the single-player campaign in MW2 is a glorified tutorial for the multiplayer, and in that respect its brevity and variety make it a complete success. But only as a tutorial. As a full price game on its own it kinda stinks the place out. As for the real deal, I have spent what amounts to twelve whole days on the multiplayer. I've killed over 26,000 noobs and died just under 19,000 times. It goes without saying that all of my kills were down to my elite skills and every single death was down to bad luck. And I know these stats are not impressive, but what an effort it's been to get them. First off, let's discuss lag. The times I've stood there shooting at bullet sponges only for them to casually turn around and kill me immediately. WHY? HOW? The answer is down to a lack of dedicated servers. In MW2 the host is god. If you come up against him he will smite you. And if you do manage to get the better of him, he'll most likely quit and the game will probably fail to migrate and award you with a loss. Now why would it do that other than to infuriate you? We need to address Commando Pro right now. What compelled a developer to make a knife the most powerful weapon in a first person shooter? I must admit I'm not averse to using the blade for the odd stealth kill myself, but you have these sheep dippers zip-zip-zipping and then stab-stab-stabbing all over the place for an entire match. And you can't kill them because they're invincible while lunging at you. I mean, c'mon, that's some BS right there. Has it been patched in the eight months that the community has been complaining about it? No. Do you want me to start on One Man Army noobtubers? Oh, I'll start on them but they'll finish the argument with endless grenade spamming and infinite claymores for ten minutes (with Danger Close Pro, naturally). Which leads me on to campers. Don't get me wrong, I'm not against someone holding down an area, but those dweebs who sit in the corner of a room behind a claymore waiting for an unsuspecting beast like myself to come running by need to be banned from online games for life. They must have a better way to spend their time. And then we come to boosters. So there you are enjoying a Free For All match and you notice the scoreboard is looking awfully suspicious. There's one guy with 18-0 and another with 0-18. And you know what that means. It means spending the rest of the game hunting for the infamous hissing sound of tactical insertions and filthy boosting cheats. We PS3 owners should be grateful that we don't have to endure half of the hacking that our 360 brethren are made to suffer. Let's end, for now, with Death Streaks. These truly are the summation of everything that's wrong about Infinity Ward's game. So you manage to counter all of the above nonsense and get on a winning streak and what does the game do? It rewards the enemy with painkiller. And when it's feeling really sadistic it rewards the person you've just shot not only with painkiller but also by respawning them metres behind you. Oh, but it does, it really does. You know it does. So why am I still playing this game in July and giving it five stars? The reason is because for all the times it makes you hate it, it will always draw you back like an abusive partner. An abusive partner who hits you and throws kettle water over you and takes garden shears to all your clothes and ridicules you in public before fluttering his or her eyelids at you and begging you to take him or her back, promising you he or she will change. And every now and then things do change and you get to play the game the way it's meant to be played. So you take it back time and time again and hope that one day it will learn to stop hurting you altogether. So you think you hate Modern Warfare 2, but you'll still be playing it right up until Black Ops drops because you know that beyond all the frustrations it is online gaming at its absolute finest. And when all else fails, you know what they say, if you can't beat them join them. So when you're at your lowest ebb, load up your cheap custom classes and fight fire with fire. Unless you're lagging badly in which case quit while you're only slightly behind.

A fantastic game, but not perfect This game is a very strong, exciting continuation if the COD:Modern Warfare storyline.There are several improvments upon the first game in the Modern Warfare series here, with very few downsides or shortcomings. The upsides to the game are as follows: Improved graphics. Much more responsive player and weaponry effectiveness and control. Compelling and involving storyline, full of 'special events' and movie-style cutscenes. The addition of an all-new Spec Ops mode, a special mode in which players complete challenges to test their skills to the absaloute, with the difficulty ranging from the easily completed, to the nigh-impossible. The improved multiplayer mode, now practically bursting at the seams with weapons, perks, player insignias and upgrades. As you can see this game is close to infallible in its completeness, enjoyability and replay value but this game is not perfect, with minor downsides which are: Weaker storyline than COD:Modern Warfare. Unfair 'killstreak' system I hope that this review will help you to make an informed decision when you consider purchasing this game.

Modern Warfare - now with added side missions. The campaign - is pretty much COD 4 but with a storyline that makes no sense whatsoever. It lays the bombast on thick, with very little downtime (not that this is a bad thing). The visuals - are a marginal improvement over COD 4, new streaming tech allows for more expansive environments. It also runs at a super slick 60fps (most of the time), though the resolution takes a hit, resulting in an ever so blurry image. The soundtrack - is scored by Hans Zimmer, a famous film composer whose credits include Black Hawk Down, Sherlock Holmes and The Last Samurai. It's suitably epic. The gameplay - is great. Well, it handles just like its predecessors, but even if you haven't played them you're sure to get the hang of things pretty soon (Aim. Shoot). The multiplayer - is great. Sure there have been bugs aplenty and various glitches to exploit, but overall the experience is a good one. Also, you can gain EXP for doing pretty much anything, and the lure of unlocking a new weapon or perk is hard to ignore. 'Addictive' best sums it up. A very special mention goes to - SPEC OPS. A series of unique challenges and missions for you and a friend to tackle together, even in split-screen. Examples include a modified version of the 'All Ghillied Up' mission from COD 4, and a snowmobile time trial/ race. All are fun, though some demand that you play with a friend, and cannot be accessed if you are on your lonesome. Overall - it's COD 4, but y'know, a bit better. Oh and there's a nuke that you can activate in multiplayer. It kills everone but you and your team, presumably because you're nuke proof. Realism, COD style.

CALL OF DUTY I bought this for my grandson who is late 20s I know from what he has said that this was a very very good GAME. in fact so good that I am on the look out for another similar GAME,I know that I ordered it from AMAZON and that they let me know the release date, and sent it to me when that date arrived. that was last year, and he said he would recommend it, highly. THANK YOU TO AMAZON THANK YOU TO SELLER.

Almost there Modern Warefare 2 has strenghts in certain areas and weaknesses in other. For example the Single Player is rather pointless, it is all over the place and half of the missions barely have any contribution to the game. Also the "No Russian" mission is abit pointless aswell as you actually do not achieve anything. It is only a good mission if you think killing innocent civilians is fun. However the multiplayer is better but it lacks the feel of warefare, you can run around with a submachine gun with two perks at insane speeds. Also the DLC is insanly priced and not worth a purchase. The multiplayer maps and game modes are adusted to saying in the same pot and killing all that runs past or trying to insanly unrealisticly kill someone. It lacks teamwork and is all The Special ops are good but they have glitches in and can be easily accomplished and you get lots of trophys. It is very fun when played with a freind and your in a AC130 blowing up everything infront, it has a good amount of co-operation in it. Fair game, Fair price, 3/5