Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II

 PlayStation 5
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4.8

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 687 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 263 out of 687
  2. Mixed: 83 out of 687
  3. Negative: 341 out of 687
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  1. SavageJim
    Jan 31, 2023
    4
    Another failed COD, even worse than MW2019 (which was also a failed COD). I didn't think they could get any worse, but they just keep recycling old garabge with a new battle pass to sell.

    Skip this one, you're truly not missing out on anything.
  2. Manson_fan25
    Oct 30, 2022
    4
    Lacklustre the game. I had held up and copy of this and Gotham knights, now I wish I went with the later. Campaign is short and uninspired, it literally reminded me of when I use to play COD which was many years ago, I think the last one was the first MW. This felt the same but different and I see the main thing the positive reviews mentioned was it feeling the same or nostalgic…why isLacklustre the game. I had held up and copy of this and Gotham knights, now I wish I went with the later. Campaign is short and uninspired, it literally reminded me of when I use to play COD which was many years ago, I think the last one was the first MW. This felt the same but different and I see the main thing the positive reviews mentioned was it feeling the same or nostalgic…why is that a good thing? It’s next gen by a huge studio that now seems committed to mediocre… don’t waste your money.… Expand
  3. Edward3599
    Oct 30, 2022
    4
    They said:" This is a new era ". But they just give me a few upgrade, the number detail same with 2019 version more than number detail different, even they using old gun, old attachment and old soundtrack =)). This is new era LOL
  4. MasterHepburns
    Nov 1, 2022
    4
    The game is not worth the price. Campaign ain't as good as mw2019. Those armored enemies breaks the realism.

    The multiplayer is so horrendous. Crash for like 2-3 times. Performance is trash. The UI is dreadful. Incomplete mess. This like a beta all over again. Can't believe I pre ordered an unfinished game. There is no hardcore, no player stats, no reticles and the maps are a maze.    The game is not worth the price. Campaign ain't as good as mw2019. Those armored enemies breaks the realism.

    The multiplayer is so horrendous. Crash for like 2-3 times. Performance is trash. The UI is dreadful. Incomplete mess. This like a beta all over again. Can't believe I pre ordered an unfinished game. There is no hardcore, no player stats, no reticles and the maps are a maze. Don't buy it now. wait for sale or skip the game ffs    … Expand
  5. Davidrah
    Jul 11, 2023
    4
    It's totally full of bugs and Activision is bringing out pay to win features all the time.
  6. LiveFox
    Nov 3, 2022
    4
    Missing key components, nothing special or new about this game. Same old **** Very boring and repetitive multiplayer. Feels stale quick.
  7. hammbone18
    Oct 29, 2022
    4
    Game is half finished. No hardcore mode and the constant crashes. Don’t waste your money.
  8. Lionhart
    Jan 14, 2023
    4
    Without cheaters swarming the game this game would be a solid shooter 8/10, however because it is filled with cheaters and the company who created it supports them my 8/10 turns to 0/10. TOTAL GARBAGE! Fix this crap or the real gamers will leave!
  9. rick_x
    Nov 1, 2022
    4
    Derivative, incomprehensible and so boring compared to the phenomenal MW I remake. The story makes no sense, the fan service is so cringeworthy and feels forced at every stage, it's like nobody at IW could come up with a single new idea and went for the worst option possible. The actors are wasted and there's hardly any decent dialogue, the relationship of Price and Gaz descending intoDerivative, incomprehensible and so boring compared to the phenomenal MW I remake. The story makes no sense, the fan service is so cringeworthy and feels forced at every stage, it's like nobody at IW could come up with a single new idea and went for the worst option possible. The actors are wasted and there's hardly any decent dialogue, the relationship of Price and Gaz descending into childish banter and a seeming lack of respect for rank. Ghost is Dick van Dyke in camo doing his best Lah-n-don accent and Soap, dear God Soap has the worst acting, accent and character modelling you could imagine. Such a cheap cash in with none of the imagination, emotion or intelligence of the first installment.Avoid.… Expand
  10. Solidsnake69
    Dec 11, 2022
    4
    The spawning points are horrible, the upgrade system is even worse. Why do I have to use weapons that I don't want to in order to unlock equipment and weapons I do want to? Anyway. There's no way I would have bought this game. It just came free with one of my friends ps5 purchases bundle. The gunplay is good. Just a lot of bad decisions to go along with it.
  11. Kettelord
    Jan 17, 2023
    4
    Stop sbmm.
    And stop categorize people in not ranked games!

    If this is not officially is stopped, I’ll never buy cod again.

    Loved to play in an open lobby in the old mw2. Played there for hours with the same people and found friends.
  12. TMaxx93
    Oct 31, 2022
    4
    At first I have to say the last 3 days of playing were real fun. The game looks, sounds and feels good. But some things made me a really bad feeling. As mentioned after playing the Beta I thought it will be a UAV spam party. And so it is. The new perk system with the none showing minimap + the too loud footsteps audio took away the flow by half of a match. Now the UAV is the mostAt first I have to say the last 3 days of playing were real fun. The game looks, sounds and feels good. But some things made me a really bad feeling. As mentioned after playing the Beta I thought it will be a UAV spam party. And so it is. The new perk system with the none showing minimap + the too loud footsteps audio took away the flow by half of a match. Now the UAV is the most overpowered streak you can earn by just 4 kills.
    The perk system really needs to be overhauled! Give us back 3 perks which we can choose ourself and maybe add a improvement system for this perks. What I have seen is that this is a major problem. In a lot of matches there where just teammates which shot on every UAV to avoid this camping behavior some people have which is due to the minimap/perk system/footsteps audio. Why change a running system which worked for years?    … Expand
  13. crazycat199
    Nov 1, 2022
    4
    Has to be one of the worst cods of all time. I thought vanguard was garbage but this game gave a whole new meaning to trash. It's a copy and paste from the 2019 MW. The game constantly crashes and is always putting you in lobbies with no lives that do nothing besides eat and play cod.
  14. Moielkillo
    Dec 24, 2022
    4
    Juego más de lo mismo,echar unos tiros sin pensar mucho,y pasar ratos cortos ,que no puedas dedicarle ala consola
  15. uncleblazer
    Dec 26, 2022
    4
    single player is fun. game looks and sounds great. mp is crap this year. maps suck. guns are unbalanced. spawns are the worst i think they've ever been for insta deaths from fire fights or kill streaks you're spawned into. don't bother with objective based modes no one even does the objective, every mode is just team death match. was hoping to enjoy the mp before micro transactions takesingle player is fun. game looks and sounds great. mp is crap this year. maps suck. guns are unbalanced. spawns are the worst i think they've ever been for insta deaths from fire fights or kill streaks you're spawned into. don't bother with objective based modes no one even does the objective, every mode is just team death match. was hoping to enjoy the mp before micro transactions take over and ruin it like vanguard but even this form of the mp just isn't fun to play.… Expand
  16. censored
    Dec 16, 2022
    4
    Where do I start, this is possibly one of the worst COD games to release in some time. I never understood when they thought it was a good idea to make cod games more realistic, as that has never been their selling point. It has always been an arcade shooter, meant to be user-friendly, but is quite literally the opposite. People complained ghost was too powerful, how do they nerf it? make aWhere do I start, this is possibly one of the worst COD games to release in some time. I never understood when they thought it was a good idea to make cod games more realistic, as that has never been their selling point. It has always been an arcade shooter, meant to be user-friendly, but is quite literally the opposite. People complained ghost was too powerful, how do they nerf it? make a horribly designed system that allows you to get your "ultimate" perk pretty much halfway through the match. They had a system that worked before, it was called pick ten. If a perk was good, it would take up two slots, sometimes three meaning, you'd have fewer options to choose from i.e maybe you couldn't care about a lethal or a tactical. there are hundreds of different attatchments to choose from. of those hundreds, 95% of utterly usless. Also, why should I unlock an smg, to get an attacthment for an ar? there is no correlation between those weapons. I could understand battle rifles and ar's, marksman rifles and snipers sure, but that is stupid. Not to mention to unlock certain attatchments you also need to level a pistol. Makes 0 sense. Not. One. Good. Map. Not to mention only 9 on release, now there's 11 yay, oh wait their old maps that have already been in the game and somehow, they made them worse due to how **** their spawn system works. The sun on some maps, is blinding to the point you can't see three feet in front of you. Let me not get started on all the bugs that happen, the crashing that is still occuring from time to time, random lag spikes, and frame drops. How does a multimillion dollar game company screw up time and time again? Epic games with fortnite was able to come out of pretty much no where, and make the most popular game for almost 5 years straight. The devs do not listen to the community, it is evident. If they did, the games would be fun to play. only reason this gets a 4/10 is because the campaign was fantastic. That is it though. No other redeeming quality about this game.… Expand
  17. bembite
    Jan 10, 2023
    4
    It is not playable COD at all. I have glitch with "transparent walls for lighting", which does not appear in any mode except campaign. I cannot fix it and cannot finish campaign mode. There are so many bugs for such price, do not waste money. This game was made for selling skins and not for players.
  18. VonBlazer
    Mar 5, 2023
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Game engine is garbage. Since the old MW2, COD brand is worst every year.
    Game allows "some type of players" take advantage from details, and year after year the fans the made COD brand, leave the game because this new generation.    … Expand
  19. Kadeemluvmusic
    Oct 29, 2022
    3
    It’s just basically what you expect from the same old thing, another bland NEW Call Of Duty game every year. When is this franchise going to take a break? I’m not going to play Modern Warfare II because you’re disrespecting the memories of how great the original Modern Warfare II was during the PS2/PS3/XBOX 360 era. Skip it and don’t waste $70.00 to buy one of the most overrated games ofIt’s just basically what you expect from the same old thing, another bland NEW Call Of Duty game every year. When is this franchise going to take a break? I’m not going to play Modern Warfare II because you’re disrespecting the memories of how great the original Modern Warfare II was during the PS2/PS3/XBOX 360 era. Skip it and don’t waste $70.00 to buy one of the most overrated games of 2022.… Expand
  20. jeck77
    Nov 7, 2022
    3
    Sniper rifles outclassing SMG’s at 5 feet. Bunny hoppers and Jacques Cousteau wannabes diving all over the place. Terrible maps. Horrendous UI. whose bright idea was it to force you to use other types of weapons to unlock the class of weapon you like to use? Waste of $70.
  21. Sunykamey
    Oct 30, 2022
    3
    Horrible campaign, incredible unbalanced weapon sandbox in multiplayer, the worst lineup of maps for mp, idiotic cross-platform-only for invasion - playing against hardcore PC is always fun - bad progression, atrocious UI, limited content but what is has a quantity over quality approach, lag and bugs, lots of crashes, physical disk worthless because all is online-content, blurry visualsHorrible campaign, incredible unbalanced weapon sandbox in multiplayer, the worst lineup of maps for mp, idiotic cross-platform-only for invasion - playing against hardcore PC is always fun - bad progression, atrocious UI, limited content but what is has a quantity over quality approach, lag and bugs, lots of crashes, physical disk worthless because all is online-content, blurry visuals (not next generation), lazy attempt at MW2 (OG), overall disappointing and below mediocre.… Expand
  22. Lilkingnoar
    Oct 29, 2022
    3
    Doesn't come close to the original MW2. Infinity Ward has also reached a new type of low with that awful campaign.
  23. 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!
  24. 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
  25. Triantafyllos
    Nov 4, 2022
    3
    Another masterpiece from activision that delivers the same disappointing experience that we’re used to ever since ghosts dropped. Same problems as mw2019 but this time we have newer things like this amazing ui or the big and sophisticated campaign that is as forgettable as every installment before this bar every game before bo2 and even those where not that groundbreaking but you haveAnother masterpiece from activision that delivers the same disappointing experience that we’re used to ever since ghosts dropped. Same problems as mw2019 but this time we have newer things like this amazing ui or the big and sophisticated campaign that is as forgettable as every installment before this bar every game before bo2 and even those where not that groundbreaking but you have something to do other than play mp. The mp on itself is terrible we have this so brilliant thing called sbmm that doesn’t actually bring any fun to the game making matchmaking a pain in the ass and a company that still after so many years refuse to understand that to actually this game to work and be fun they need to implement a system that is connection based like it was before. It’s so funny that Sony fights so hard to keep **** ass game on ps. Let them have it no one will miss it. Save your money and buy something else… Expand
  26. fps_
    Nov 2, 2022
    3
    Same old COD trash. Boring map design, loads of hackers, bugs and crashes galore.
  27. Jimmy81
    Nov 2, 2022
    3
    I enjoyed the campaign, was fun. Content is okay, but the UI is horrible, confusing weapons, day 1 release looks like a beta, I'm using weapons i hate just to unlock stuff, u don't know what you unlocked, filled with bugs, losing interest, adaptive triggers are less intense than Cold War, just garbage day 1 release.
  28. Beyhey
    Nov 10, 2022
    3
    Beside campaign there's nothing much to do. It's unfinished product with full priced DLC coming next year...
  29. Aws_abbadi
    Nov 6, 2022
    3
    Excellent game in terms of game-play and graphics, but the story phase is bad and tends to portray Arabs and Muslims as terrorists.
  30. Supahgloo
    Nov 4, 2022
    3
    Dreadful. Such a disappointment. All that hype for a half baked game. The campaign is lackluster, the multiplayer adds nothing new and it's expensive. It's just bad.
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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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