Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II

 PlayStation 5
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4.8

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 687 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 83 out of 687
  3. Negative: 341 out of 687
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  1. JokeSociety
    Sep 11, 2023
    0
    Garbage game.

    Filled with cheaters and hackers. The devs clearly don't give a f*ck about the community. Skill-based matching is awful and needs to be gone completely.

    Absolute garbage.
  2. MWIInogood
    Sep 10, 2023
    0
    Half Life Alyx no vr works better than this trash!d
    Sons of the forest Goty
  3. Dark_Small
    Sep 10, 2023
    3
    Quand on télécharge le jeu, on n'installe pas Call Of Duty Modern Warfare II, on télécharge Warzone, le jeu vendu 80€ est en réalité le DLC d'un jeu gratuit. De plus après être arrivé à la moitié de la campagne, ma sauvegarde a été supprimée en relançant le jeu !! Activision se fout de notre gueule
  4. Ritchbird
    Sep 7, 2023
    0
    It is the most intense and realistic multiplayer game I have ever seen. The clothing, equipment and glitter effects are insane. Activision keeps the promise that it is the most realistic game in Call of Duty history. Sarcasm off! STOP IT!
  5. grantjackson112
    Aug 30, 2023
    3
    Garbage game.

    Terrible & boring maps, mediocre gameplay, skill based match making, loot boxes and seasons like Fortnite. The developers of Call of Duty have lost their touch years ago. The last 4 call of duty games have been half ass made without much thought or care put into them and it's obvious. This awful game is not worth $70. The only way this franchise can recover is by    Garbage game.

    Terrible & boring maps, mediocre gameplay, skill based match making, loot boxes and seasons like Fortnite. The developers of Call of Duty have lost their touch years ago. The last 4 call of duty games have been half ass made without much thought or care put into them and it's obvious.

    This awful game is not worth $70. The only way this franchise can recover is by remastering the older games, which they will never do. Call of Duty is dead...    … Expand
  6. Opfaklopfa
    Aug 28, 2023
    0
    -sbmm no need to say anything about it

    -gunplay feels luck based, way to much weapon sway/horizontal recoil/attachment make your gun absolut **** as soon as you want to add recoil control attachments -no red dots when shooting with unsupressed gun but with a suppressed gun when uav is active? Who thought about it and said yes that’s cool let’s do it. -the amount of shaky camera, gas    -sbmm no need to say anything about it

    -gunplay feels luck based, way to much weapon sway/horizontal recoil/attachment make your gun absolut **** as soon as you want to add recoil control attachments

    -no red dots when shooting with unsupressed gun but with a suppressed gun when uav is active? Who thought about it and said yes that’s cool let’s do it.

    -the amount of shaky camera, gas when shooting and visibility in general is ass -there’s only one good map with s design that’s not absolute **** and it’s from mw19 lol, every new released map is designed like a maze where you will eventually find an enemy, the enemy finds you, or you will have a gunfight. Complete ****. -The amount of spam Menues for paying for the battlepass, skin number 315 or just coins is absurd, I have played mobile games with less spam. OR HAVE YOU HEARD OF WARZONE?    … Expand
  7. NightVisionFive
    Aug 15, 2023
    0
    The game promotes homosexuality and drug use.
    Trash online rank up system. Game full of hackers and you also get kicked out in the middle of a rank game for" not being active" if you place yourself in a good spot waiting for the enemy and don't move( so now they tell us how to play our paied games), and at the end you lose 30 SP. I will sell the game and never buy one for this trash every    The game promotes homosexuality and drug use.
    Trash online rank up system. Game full of hackers and you also get kicked out in the middle of a rank game for" not being active" if you place yourself in a good spot waiting for the enemy and don't move( so now they tell us how to play our paied games), and at the end you lose 30 SP. I will sell the game and never buy one for this trash every year the same game, 6 Horus long campaign game company for the stupidity of 70$. Activision I hope you go bankrupt. Games were supposed to be fun. Not garbage like yours.    … Expand
  8. Unicron35
    Aug 25, 2023
    0
    A new low for the series. There is now a dlc skin that uses profanity towards you if they eliminate your player. Who at Activision thought this was a cool or good idea? Sad.
  9. Ortana
    Aug 22, 2023
    0
    Game not on disc. Rubbish. Campaign is trash. Boycott Activision for their bs
  10. Akatzu
    Aug 22, 2023
    0
    The gameplay in this game is completely awful and slow. Absolutely garbage, hope IW isn't making any COD again, at least for a few years. They don’t GIVE A **** about the feedback so that makes the game even more horrible. After 9 months playing this piece of **** I can say this game EASILY is the WORST cod ever made.
  11. Bentenison
    Aug 20, 2023
    0
    Filled with racist, bigoted, homophobic hate speech. Get called the N word almost all the time. A haven for hateful racist people to torment others.
  12. arostislavna
    Aug 18, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Updated review: 0/10 - INVADED BY CHEATERS AND IT IS UNPLAYABLE, STAKEHOLDER CAPITALISTS REMOVED NICKMERCS AND THE RUSSIAN FLAG
    _________
    4/10: A sequel to another propaganda game.
    To keep up with neoliberal revisionist ideology - this time bad mouths Iran, as if Iran has no reason to be upset, let alone retaliate because the "US EMPIRE" assassinated Qassem Soleimani.

    Campaign: Starts out fairly weak with the assassination of "Soleimani" character by the Imperial colonizers UK + US EMPIRE, then turns into Ghost Recon Wildlands and the Sicario movie and gradually becomes illogical throughout.

    The premise of the missiles being a threat is watered down because they're just normal HIMARS missiles in shipping containers. There isn't anything of massive tension, let alone concern with these missiles.

    Keeping up with revisionist tradition like MW I had, the opening scene with the cruise missile is implied to be hypersonic BUT the US have failed every hypersonic missile test to date. They do not have that technology.

    Characters: You basically play as Gaz and Soap throughout the game. (Rodolfo, Ghost, and Shadow Company are negligible because their characters are never really fleshed out, or are just one time use throwaway missions for plot)

    Supporting cast: Valeria is by far the best character in this entry. Perfectly cast and acted flawlessly.
    Hassan is an okay character initially, he is marred by bad writing, any sense of logic is thrown away and only exists for post-game plot. (i.e: the Al Qatala invasion of Mexico+US)

    Diego is here for a moment and gone the next. (Kind of irrelevant sicario to Valeria)

    Kate Laswell is now a 'lesbian tokenism checklist' character with a awful in-game character model, still is the enemy (CIA), has some actual field work, but doesn't really do all that much.

    Farah is a Xenophobic character that everyone seems to forget she's been designated as a terrorist.

    Nikolai's story/plot/writing claims he's a "Russian patriot"... but he works with the Imperialist enemy & Farah which hates all Russians - a patriot would not do these things.

    Coop has some design flaws - you have to pick a 'kit' (Assault/Medic/Recon) to use before you even matchmake, so you could end up picking the same kit with whoever you get matched with and then you're at a disadvantage, and you are unable to see your team mate's kit, nor able to change it after the match starts.

    Multiplayer is a different can of worms. It does promote movement in most maps (except Crown Raceway and Taraq), but the overall feel is endless running eSport twitch shooter, and devoid of actual "war", most maps are sterile environments that don't have a uniform vision (unlike MW I 2019) and much like the initial concern over how the beta testing periods felt very unpolished, the "full game" is an extension of the beta and is nowhere near finished nor polished enough to warrant a release.

    The game is filled with ungodly bugs up the yin yang, the UI is atrocious and SBMM has suked all the life out of the franchise and is here to stay even if people don't want it.

    Regarding the overall incomplete state of the release - to compare to MW I (2019) that game was miles ahead and felt finished upon release.

    There is still no way to choose a crossplay via peripherals. I still do not want to play against mouse-toting superior aim cheaters regardless of platform. It is not fun to do so.

    One additional comment,

    "Westerners live in denial, convinced they're the good guys" - Jonathan Cook (Independent Journalist)    … Expand
  13. Reqtix
    Aug 15, 2023
    0
    Worst Call of Duty ever played. SBMM ruins entire Game. Sad but the COD Franchise is DEAD
  14. moomoo1068
    Aug 14, 2023
    2
    This sad excuse for a AAA title has maybe a few positives: the mastery camo, gunplay, and campaign. The negatives are endless, especially how Infinity Ward and Activision destroyed the 6v6 multiplayer game mode.
  15. SoullessSarge
    Aug 11, 2023
    0
    Unskippable Intro Cut scenes for a game mode i don't play. even when i uninstall it. it wastes on average 1.5 mins of my time. Used to be an option to Skip Cutscenes that had to be enabled hidden in the options. They quietly removed that option.
  16. Davidrah
    Jul 11, 2023
    4
    It's totally full of bugs and Activision is bringing out pay to win features all the time.
  17. DobleC9106
    Jul 10, 2023
    1
    The matchmaking is the worst, and the respawnin shipment and another maps is a joke.
  18. Hazuna
    Jun 29, 2023
    2
    Seit knapp 10 Jahren spiele ich COD - davon 4 Jahre kompetitiv. Doch was in sich Activision bei den letzten 4 Ablegern gedacht hat, kann ich absolut nicht nachvollziehen. Die Entwicklung die der FPS nimmt ist mehr als besorgniserregend.

    SBMM, katastrophale Maps, ein völlig unnötig komplexer Klasseneditor, In-Game-Käufe zu horrenden Preisen und die Tatsache, dass dieser Teil für fast 24    Seit knapp 10 Jahren spiele ich COD - davon 4 Jahre kompetitiv. Doch was in sich Activision bei den letzten 4 Ablegern gedacht hat, kann ich absolut nicht nachvollziehen. Die Entwicklung die der FPS nimmt ist mehr als besorgniserregend.

    SBMM, katastrophale Maps, ein völlig unnötig komplexer Klasseneditor, In-Game-Käufe zu horrenden Preisen und die Tatsache, dass dieser Teil für fast 24 Monate aktuell bleiben wird sind für mich der Sargnagel in diesem Franchise. Da kann auch eine gewohnt passable und actionreiche Kampagne nicht darüber hinweg täuschen. Der Multiplayer allerdings ist ein Schatten seiner selbst.

    Hoffen wir, dass Ubisoft mit XDefiant die lang ersehnte Abhilfe schafft.    … Expand
  19. Cycycy
    Jun 29, 2023
    0
    All I played was single player, and I wonder how could it be so bad compared to the COD:MW release year before this.
  20. phidget
    Jun 28, 2023
    0
    I liked it at first, it had a big old sandbox of game modes and the dmz was a fun new addition however I bought this on the premise that we were told it would be a two year game then not long after release they scrapped that. I'm sure that was the plan all along as they have to have had something in the pipeline to be able to release something within a year so they lied through their teethI liked it at first, it had a big old sandbox of game modes and the dmz was a fun new addition however I bought this on the premise that we were told it would be a two year game then not long after release they scrapped that. I'm sure that was the plan all along as they have to have had something in the pipeline to be able to release something within a year so they lied through their teeth to everyone. In the midst of a huge cost of living crisis this is absolutely disgusting behaviour.

    The seasons are now all shortened with rehashed and rushed "content" using the same old maps we've had in previous games as they don't care anymore, they've made their money. Trying to grind through the battle passes with half the time I'd normally have is an utter joke so I've just stopped playing and won't be returning to the franchise. Being lied to and scammed like that tends to leave a bad taste!    … Expand
  21. TheRealSpoonie
    Jun 22, 2023
    0
    An enjoyable game at times with a lot of content but is ruined by EOMM (Engagement Optimized Match Making) designed to hook you for hours but it seems to have the opposite effect. I have to go through matches of getting stomped before a match that feels balanced appears. I have seen rumors of hit reg.etc being rigged to force wins/losses. When it works the game is very fun but that canAn enjoyable game at times with a lot of content but is ruined by EOMM (Engagement Optimized Match Making) designed to hook you for hours but it seems to have the opposite effect. I have to go through matches of getting stomped before a match that feels balanced appears. I have seen rumors of hit reg.etc being rigged to force wins/losses. When it works the game is very fun but that can feel far and few between… Expand
  22. Cummies
    Jun 20, 2023
    0
    This game has ads at every turn. Worse than previous game. Less features. Worse maps. Did I mentions this is a video game with ads in it?
  23. RolandOG
    Jun 18, 2023
    2
    Wanted to play the single player campaign while waiting for Final Fantasy 16 to release since I’m bored with everything else. Read some reviews saying it was solid so I thought why not. Wow, when I launched the game, for a moment I thought there was no single player because I had to create an online account and navigate through several layers of micro transaction menus wanting me toWanted to play the single player campaign while waiting for Final Fantasy 16 to release since I’m bored with everything else. Read some reviews saying it was solid so I thought why not. Wow, when I launched the game, for a moment I thought there was no single player because I had to create an online account and navigate through several layers of micro transaction menus wanting me to purchase some skins or in game currency. Finally I found the campaign somewhere hidden away at the bottom. Once I finally figured out how to play the game, the graphics were decent but the gameplay simply BORING. Not only does it not bring anything new, it’s a few steps backwards. This seems to really embody everything that‘s wrong with gaming now. You pay $70 for something that just tries to sell you more stuff. They spent more time on that than the game itself, probably. I’m so sick of this getting worse and worse. I’ve decided to personally boycott developers who do this. I won’t buy these games anymore. They’re mediocre to begin with, and when you add the micro transactions that come from free mobile apps for your phone, it takes it down several more notches, which is why this “2” is an honest one.… Expand
  24. Nardo45
    Jun 13, 2023
    0
    Modern warfare 2 has a really bad multiplayer experience which punishes you for trying to be aggressive. Grinding the battle pass takes too long with you only being able to gain 1 token in an hour which makes grinding the battle pass feel like a part time job. The best way to play this game is by camping otherwise you'll be dying every second by people who camp.
  25. YouWereAMistake
    Jun 12, 2023
    1
    Filled with bugs and hackers, but that doesn't matter to them unfortunately. Lousy business practices and they do not have gamer's best interests in mind. Better off using that money for toilet paper than buying this game.
  26. MAFIOZOS3
    Jun 11, 2023
    3
    The campaign was great. Weapons behaviour is good especially with ps5 triggers controller. But after playing many hours of multiplayer and warzone I realised that there are a lot of cheaters that using cronus zen and aimbot as a result to destroying the game. In general multiplayer experience is really bad and boring!
  27. Kinonolfa
    Jun 11, 2023
    0
    This game made me give up on call of duty after 12 years of playing the franchise. It is just a horrible game with many features to extinguish skill gap and poorly made... No proper hit reg. **** UI. **** servers. **** coding. Poor on content. Crazy SBMM. You play 3 good matches and your bullets stop hitting the enemies. The perk system is the worst I've ever seem and they are too proud toThis game made me give up on call of duty after 12 years of playing the franchise. It is just a horrible game with many features to extinguish skill gap and poorly made... No proper hit reg. **** UI. **** servers. **** coding. Poor on content. Crazy SBMM. You play 3 good matches and your bullets stop hitting the enemies. The perk system is the worst I've ever seem and they are too proud to change it. The maps are horrible and they lied about them during the conference when they said they focused on 3 lane maps. Straight BS It is probably the worst call of duty I've ever played in my life. Right now the game is slowly dying because no one can stand playing this **** They even use SBMM to make you buy more skins and actually give you disadvantages if you don't... Activision and infinity ward are just a bad joke. It's been a month since I deleted this garbage and never felt better.
    After what Activision has done to this game and the 2 previous ones, I just hope this franchise dies already so no one has to ever play their crap again. Activision has no value or dignity    … Expand
  28. Rizaun
    Jun 9, 2023
    0
    Call of Groomers. Activision supports child grooming and will take action against you for not wanting the rainbow mafia to groom your kids.
  29. GamerGeo
    Jun 2, 2023
    2
    How can I play Resurgence Solos as a Level 47 against a sweat @ level 400+?

    This is a terrible game, thank the lord, I got it as part of a PS5-bundle. Never would I pay for this shallow and pathetic printed game. The flexibility of the campaign is laughable. Constant reminders of staying in the Mission Area, and against leaving it, and then being stuck in Spain, w/locked doors, and    How can I play Resurgence Solos as a Level 47 against a sweat @ level 400+?

    This is a terrible game, thank the lord, I got it as part of a PS5-bundle. Never would I pay for this shallow and pathetic printed game.

    The flexibility of the campaign is laughable. Constant reminders of staying in the Mission Area, and against leaving it, and then being stuck in Spain, w/locked doors, and no explosives, then had to restart, made me close the game.

    I do not play like that. I play like an adult, not a toddler.

    Waiting patiently for Microsoft to takeover, so we can finally get the games, we deserve.

    The abuse is enough. Activision has made the people addicted to COD, like alcohol did in the 20s and crack in the 90s.
    They have used, abused and generally disrespected the OGs, and given the modern world, a pretty, but non-practical game.

    Nobody talks in Multiplayer, and games are over, unless you are the person, to carry ungrateful bastards to Victory.

    I am not, and never will be. You better follow an order, or fall out of favor.
    I'd like to see one get abandoned in a real Warzone, and see how they'll react.

    If you can't take a game serious, then what can you take serious?

    Quit the game, go to the Home Screen, and delete it. Either that, or play Soios ALWAYS.

    I hope some day, those kinds of individuals, feel one day, what I felt. Betrayed, down, and dirty.

    Added 2 scores for the sake of my man, Simon "Ghost" Riley. Nothing else matters.
    #ResignBobbyKotick    … Expand
  30. CointelBro
    Apr 27, 2023
    0
    Poor map design, poor connectivity, poor tick rate, poor UI, poor in every sense of the word.

    Its a shame because their attempts to create large scale maps prove they have little in the way of awareness when it comes to map creation. The large scale maps (64 players) have a very consistent loss rate on one side of the map. Quite telling that they have nearly no awareness and likely are    Poor map design, poor connectivity, poor tick rate, poor UI, poor in every sense of the word.

    Its a shame because their attempts to create large scale maps prove they have little in the way of awareness when it comes to map creation. The large scale maps (64 players) have a very consistent loss rate on one side of the map. Quite telling that they have nearly no awareness and likely are bulked up with equity hires that never played a competitive game in their life, and likely never even experience their own poor creations to boot.

    One benefit is youll never have a shortage of things to buy, even when youre lagging on your way into the laughable servers with your new 20$ skins and rose-colored glasses.

    Theyve accrued billions in assets and choose to neglect even the most basic of necessities for an online multi-player shooter.

    Stop giving these vultures your dollars and time, and perhaps maybe we'll see an overall uptick in the qualitative nature of the game, as opposes to the quantitative dollar counting they appear to be more content in doing.    … Expand
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Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 48 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 32 out of 48
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 48
  3. Negative: 0 out of 48
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 24, 2024
    80
    Let's be honest, there's really no bigger title to compete in the FPS genre at the moment, both in terms of the sometimes mediocre content and this year's very polished graphics. [Issue#324]
  2. Cubed3
    Oct 20, 2023
    50
    A somewhat droll campaign will greet players of Modern Warfare II. It's a short bombastic romp with some fun gunplay moments and fantastic graphics. The multiplayer, however, is a miss as it is no longer a properly combined entity and the lack of replayability is disappointing. A recommendation for CoD fans but for anyone even slightly on the fence perhaps keep shopping or waiting for a sale.
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  3. PLAY! Zine
    Dec 13, 2022
    70
    CoD MW 2 is a refreshing single-player experience, providing players with some of the best action-packed moments and great characters, but riddled with multiplayer balancing issues and extreme performance and technical problems. It still is CoD and is fun for anyone who finds its casual shooting gameplay compelling, but it plays safely and doesn’t present itself as something revolutionary for the franchise.
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