Comments on: Modern Warfare 2: A Cynical View

By: Payasoplas

Payasoplas — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:19:47 +0000

At last somebody who cares about the part of the game taht requieres more of your brain and more development work, the single player campaign.

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By: Kevin M

Kevin M — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:02:42 +0000

I really enjoyed Modern Warfare 2. However the single player is still way too short, and as has been mentioned is a load of nonsense. Multiplayer is as fun as always, although it’s very familiar. I think the re-use of some textures and in-game items fuels that notion. Also, why is there no clan support? Killzone 2 has a great way of getting clans battling with leaderboards and the ability to challenge clans. For a game that is the biggest online multiplayer game on console, this is a major omission.

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By: steven g

steven g — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:41:52 +0000

MW2 is like Disney World Ride. Its amazing, full of thrills and has no meaningful narrative. Indeed it is experiences like that which produced the Pirates of the Caribbean series of films (they were actually based on a real ride)!

Unlike those, at least they kept MW2 short. The single player is quite simply a taster for the other aspects of the game and an engine designed to run DLC when they release it in January.
MW1 which only ever had 1 DLC pack – expect a ton for MW2.

Regarding the narrative: it was nonsense. It has holes in it the size of Wales. How come these British Special Forces had lost the ability to talk to THEIR central command in Blighty? And just because an American (who was shot in the head by his accomplices) was left at the scene of a terrorist attack – you launch World War 3?

I think not.

Still what a great ride.

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By: Snezana N

Snezana N — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:06:00 +0000

I’ve just started playing MW2 yesterday, and I must say that I like the fact that the singleplayer gives me a bit of a bigger challenge than the first MW. More enemies, and you now have to be more careful about enemies coming from behind or flanking you.

I was actually pretty much enjoying the story. Until half the world got blown up and the good guys were the bad guys and I never realised it because it was just too vague. I was just excited about cars falling from the sky, imagining flying saucers to attack me and for McTavish to suddenly have a huge, green mohawk. But that could just be me.

You are completely right about the story. I didn’t even realize how off it was until I read your review. A magazine in my home country gave MW2 a 10/10, about which a lot of discussion arose amongst game journalists. Yes, I like MW2, it’s a solid shooter, looks great and is definitely an enjoyable experience. But it’s the shortest CoD ever and is definitely overhyped. I agree with mantis about this being a truthful review. Nobody’s saying MW2 is a bad game. Contrary to that, it’s a really good game, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t have any flaws. And a good reviewer also spots those, and doesn’t get carried away with the rest of the media adoring CoD. You may call it cynical, but it’s pretty much a critical look. And isn’t that what you’re all about!

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By: dude

dude — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:09:49 +0000

Spoiler! Your review sucks! CoD6MW2 roxxors!!! You suck! And all people who hate CoD or dont play multiplayer suxxors! The game was awesome! How 133t didnt McTavish look with a mohawk? NOBODY expected Cpt Price to reappear! Hell, nobody even expected to see McTavish! Multiplayer is where its at! You simply refuse to accept that the best game ever was just made. Plus the pc version has better gfx (since that seems to be all you look at…), and is cheaper than the console version. You SUCK!!!

Note: That is what I was expecting to see someone reply, but while your review was overly cynical, it was quite spot on, and since im not a multiplayer person as well, I couldnt agree more. Well said.

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By: Howler3366

Howler3366 — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:34:46 +0000

Yeah, I had a weird respawn issue in single player as well. There is one area when fighting in the town in VA. Well, I died due to a car exploding next to me. Well, I respawned next to the same car, it exploded again. It took a good 10 to 12 times before I had any chance of getting out of the way. It was like I was inching my way just far enough so that I could run and at least have a chance to live. Very annoying that.

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By: R_Shackelford

R_Shackelford — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:10:46 +0000

[applause]

Yes, the MP is fun as hell, but the SP story is pure drivel. And even though I made my first play through on Veteran, and it took me well longer than 3-4 hours, aside from four or five frustrating checkpoints, it was damn easy if you’re patient and are measured with your movements. Half the time (or more) I could hang back and let the NPCs do most of the work.

I fully agree. 7/10… 8/10 tops.

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By: Howler3366

Howler3366 — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:11:39 +0000

Very well done. I thought that I was the only one who had issues following the story along with its plot holes. I really enjoyed the action of the game, but felt like they relied too much on putting a lot of information (or lack thereof) into the loading screens.

It felt more like a bunch of interesting scenarios strung together and not a complete story.

It had a lot of much potential for a great single player campaign as well as multiplayer provided that they could explore the story more, get more indepth. It could have provided them with a considerably longer single player game that made more sense and was very gratifying.

Just my take. Great job on the review, I think it was right on the mark!

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By: ColdFire

ColdFire — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:14:59 +0000

Totally true. The story is very rushed. They said they made the levels, (like cliffhanger), then ordered then, and made a story. It shows.

You keep mentioning graphics, they are mealy average, beaten by games that are 2 years old easily. The artistic style is good, but not the graphics.

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By: Benjamin Lopez

Benjamin Lopez — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:02:27 +0000

I agree with your review.

You’re right about the Airport Level. If they wanted gamers to understand how big, bad and nasty the terrorists are, they could have placed gamers in the shoes of a civillian trying to escape.

I can only play Online Spec Ops by inviting someone of being invited?! WTF?!

And for those that aren’t very interested in Multiplayer (such as me, as I totally suck in it), this game doesn’t offer much replay value.

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