Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II

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4.8

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 687 Ratings

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  1. haha1124
    Oct 31, 2022
    0
    Bad multiplayer Deliberately punishing aggressive players Slow pace........
  2. Str1ker
    Oct 30, 2022
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Perk system is garbage! unlocking attachments never been more complicated! frame dropping , glitching, crashing all that is somehow fine because game is new and they need to fine tuned it. SMBB is disgusting! half of match sniper 1 shoot kill another half
    match 2 -3 bullets kill them. shootgun also. other weapons dont have chance, when smbb kick in. you shoot but enemy dont even getting shoot just go straight thru them. sometimes u win 1 match and everybody die from 1 bullet and then another round u cant hit **** i have high end pc and fiber connection! i am over 30 and played duty all my life. i am back at playing garbage like vanguard because right now is more optimized!    … Expand
  3. Elijahtantouri
    Oct 31, 2022
    0
    If you think vanguard was bad, this is next level bad. bad maps Design, bad connectivity, bad movement etc .....
  4. Booom_
    Oct 29, 2022
    10
    One of the best COD's since 2009, very good graphics, shooting feels fun, solid single player campaign. Miles better than Halo Infinite and Battlefail2021.
  5. 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.
  6. Firz4prez
    Oct 31, 2022
    0
    0 refund policy. Enough said. That shows the confidence they have in this game
  7. Ehsanhato
    Oct 30, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Gameplay 0
    Sound effects 0
    Wopens 0
    No HC
    Snipers sucks Its not Worthy to buy    … Expand
  8. 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
  9. Sammy7775
    Nov 2, 2022
    0
    Inifinity Ward used to be my favourite FPS developers. How they managed to distribute this half finished joke of a multiplayer mode is beyond me. Apart from the fact they’ve completely changed things that worked just fine before (perk packages????) they’ve also managed to put out one of the worst UI I have seen ever. The whole experience is such a downgrade from Modern Warfare 2019 and aInifinity Ward used to be my favourite FPS developers. How they managed to distribute this half finished joke of a multiplayer mode is beyond me. Apart from the fact they’ve completely changed things that worked just fine before (perk packages????) they’ve also managed to put out one of the worst UI I have seen ever. The whole experience is such a downgrade from Modern Warfare 2019 and a shadow of what was the original Modern Warfare. I think this might be the last CoD I buy, I can only see it going downhill.… Expand
  10. razwell
    Nov 3, 2022
    1
    Doesn't compare with mw 2019 at all , worst system to unlock new weapons , the maps are one of worst I played on. Then you get **** from every camping sniper kid "thinking that he is good at shooting". The warzone 2.0 is coming and the mw mp will die exactly like mw 2019 did , they are just concentrating towards warzone and not the classic cod anymore.
  11. 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.
  12. newbies
    Nov 1, 2022
    0
    콜오브듀티, 그것도 모던워페어 브랜드라 기대를 많이 했습니다만, 너무 실망했다.
    캠퍼들의 천국은 그대로이고, 전작대비 발전은 없음.
    시간낭비임
  13. MW2ISSHIIIIT
    Nov 3, 2022
    0
    embarrassing. idk how ANYONE could've looked at this and said "yeah, ship it"
  14. Chapa9dj
    Nov 3, 2022
    2
    Inferior to MW2019 in every single way.
    Starting from the awful, nonsensical and boring campaign which doesn't even comes close to the original masterpiece that was MW2 or even MW2019 which was incredibly good.
    Except for maybe two or three misions, the rest are forgetable. There's nothing memorable in it, except for the final mission which is unbelievably bad. Also adding cratting in    Inferior to MW2019 in every single way.
    Starting from the awful, nonsensical and boring campaign which doesn't even comes close to the original masterpiece that was MW2 or even MW2019 which was incredibly good.
    Except for maybe two or three misions, the rest are forgetable. There's nothing memorable in it, except for the final mission which is unbelievably bad.
    Also adding cratting in this game, it's a big NO for me.

    The multiplayer is absolute garbage, the maps are awful, awful all of them, not a single decent map and there's something off about them. They're all generic, with a pretty bad flow and most of them uninspiring. And that's my main issue, the maps are so bad this game cannot be saved unless they start from scratch. MW2019 had only 2 maps that were a bit a bad, but here every map is downright awful. Feels like i'm in some kid's playgrouns instead of actual combat zones or warfare maps.
    Also, the MP looks visually worse than MW2019, why is that? Everything looks downgraded, more cartoony and too colorful for my taste. The textures, the foliage, everything has been pretty much downgraded for no reason.
    The gameplay mechanics have changed for the worse, now everyone bunny-hops or just camps at the corner of the map. The movements have changed as well, it's clunkier.
    The guns feel different, and the recoil has been exaggerated here. Also, why did they replace their real names? Visually they look like plastic, that's another downgrade.
    Also, violence has been reduced, there's less gore and dismemberment is no longer there. What were they thinking?
    The UI is horrendous, problematic and hard to navigate. Same goes for the gunsmith and the weapon unlock, awful.
    The MP feels like it was developed by Treyarch Games and it feels absolutely bad, they make mediocre games and i absolutely avoid them. What's more it plays and feels like a mobile game instead of a PC and console game like the previous MW.
    SBMM has been cranked up to the max and there's no chill in this game anymore.
    The operator design are something straight out of a comic book and they're all horrible.
    Also, they added bots, another big NO.
    Coop missions are pretty simple and boring, nothing even close to the masterpiece of MW2019 coop missions.
    Ground War and Invasion are OK, but gets old real quick. Especially if there are bots in the match.

    I tried to like the game, but i just can't. The maps are too bad for me to handle, at this point i'll be going back to MW2019 real soon. There's no point in playing something i don't enjoy.
    That's it, i always trusted IW over any other developer that made COD, but they dropped the ball. I think i'm done for good with this franchise. This is just a sad end.

    We're probably talking about one of the worst Call Of Duty game ever created. I cannot believe i waited three years for this garbage.
    The only reason i'm giving this a two is because the gun sounds are even better than before, but that's all that there is too it.    … Expand
  15. Farzadbizzle
    Oct 31, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. ‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌… Expand
  16. PureJoyRide
    Nov 2, 2022
    0
    All that supposed horsepower and this is the hot garbage PlayStation produces and calls a $70 game. This game belongs in the dustbin and let’s be honest, it is just a propaganda tool for the warcriminal cia anyway. In real life the diapers will be filled on everyone who plays this, but morals aside, this so called game just goes to show that more horsepower doesn’t mean better games, lessAll that supposed horsepower and this is the hot garbage PlayStation produces and calls a $70 game. This game belongs in the dustbin and let’s be honest, it is just a propaganda tool for the warcriminal cia anyway. In real life the diapers will be filled on everyone who plays this, but morals aside, this so called game just goes to show that more horsepower doesn’t mean better games, less terrible graphics and less glitchy performance. How about they give us games with the lost arts of gameplay, replayability and value for money.… Expand
  17. TheMetalFan
    Nov 9, 2022
    1
    This is another bad COD, more focused on making money than being an enjoyable game to play that is pro-player.

    Pros:
    - None.

    Cons:
    - SBMM, TTK, Maps, Balance.
  18. RagamufinRoo
    Nov 3, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It's really bad. Xbox forced crossplay with PC. The overhyped weapon tuning has already been removed. No hardcore, no player cards, no emblems. The unlock system is unbelievably bad (look it up). Just pass, pass, pass.… Expand
  19. 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
  20. MaxwellIII
    Nov 3, 2022
    1
    Another disappointment just like the last few years. I don't know what's going on with Activision, but this dump has been churning out garbage CoD's for YEARS and never once listens to their damn fans.

    I don't mean to be insulting, but I'm just frustrated with this entire franchise anymore. Once again a CoD, which steals my very last nerve because you have to sweat for your honor in    Another disappointment just like the last few years. I don't know what's going on with Activision, but this dump has been churning out garbage CoD's for YEARS and never once listens to their damn fans.

    I don't mean to be insulting, but I'm just frustrated with this entire franchise anymore. Once again a CoD, which steals my very last nerve because you have to sweat for your honor in multiplayer.

    - SBMM (Skill Based Matchmaking) is once again extremely strong and you get into lobbies with only "equally strong" players. This makes virtually every match feel almost the same because SBMM rarely gets you into a round where you can really go off. This takes away from the fun factor and also has nothing to do with CoD for a long time.
    This game is NOT a competitive online game like Valorant and co., yet Activision tries to turn CoD into one. As an excuse for it, you don't want to "scare off" the newbies directly by good players, hence the SBMM, so that you just can't get into a round with exactly such noobs. Rarely heard such a nonsense.

    - What I find almost worse than SBMM is the ungodly short TTK, so Time-To-Kill. It doesn't take half a second until you or your opponent is down. You have no chance to react if you get shot from somewhere, because you are instantly dead. No normal human has such a good reaction time to be able to react to something like that. The TTK is total **** and I really want to know what the developers were thinking.

    - Because of this extremely modest TTK, aggressive playing (e.g. my playing style) is punished all the more harshly. You have almost no chance to react in time to an opponent when you run/move. At the same time, it encourages campers and almost the entire lobby just starts waiting somewhere instead of moving through the damn map. Please, what kind of **** is this?

    - This spasmodic realism since MW2019 gets on my nerves as well. The extreme realism was upped another notch in MW2 compared to its predecessor - and by god, realism and CoD are things that do NOT **** go together. Take a look at the essays: There are heaps of them, especially for the sights. Plus ultra detailed descriptions instead of simple ads about the pros and cons of the different attachments. Who on earth takes the time to read through all that and then select the appropriate attachments?

    - I don't have to say much about the maps. You just notice that they were once again designed only for campers and worse players, because you can headglitch and camp almost everywhere, so that the noobs can get some kills. This simple "three-way-system" doesn't exist anymore, instead the maps are extremely twisted and complicated, windows and doors everywhere and so on. What a disaster.

    Other points that upset me (and probably many others):

    - Where is the map voting please? NO ONE wants to play on the map with all the cars.
    - Why the hell don't you stay in the lobby after the round?
    - Why is it now so easy to get a gold camouflage for example? So that the noobs can also get a gold camouflage or what?
    - Where can you see your stats (KDA, Wins, etc.)? Did Activision remove this so that the noobs don't see how bad they are?
    - Why are there so many bugs that didn't even exist in the beta? Why the hell are you releasing an unfinished game?!
    - Who came up with these names for the weapons, please? "Lachmann", seriously?
    - Why are there hackers in this game NOW? Is your anti-cheat system really that garbage?
    - Which one of you programmed the spawn system? This is an impudence.
    - Why did you weaken the movement so much? Oh yes, so that the noobs are still protected.
    - The menu and the entire interface is an imposition.
    - The visibility in this CoD is just bad, you can't see anything.
    - Why is dead silence still not available as a perk?
    - Speaking of perks, the new perk system was a pretty modest idea.

    I think I've been upset enough up to this point. The only good thing about this game is the campaign, which is unfortunately very short. I can safely advise you against the multiplayer. Do yourself a favor and invest the 80-90€ somewhere else. As long as you support Activision with your money, nothing at all will change in Call of Duty and they will continue to enforce their damn ideology, just to "protect" some family men in their mid-40s, who rarely had a controller in their hands. Insolence.    … Expand
  21. eraforn
    Nov 4, 2022
    0
    Terrible game. I don't know how they screwed up so much after a good game like Coldwar. They broke the game for console players to play. Weapons are out of balance. Maps are crap. The controller OFFICIALLY has AIMHACK and PC players have to play with console players with aim assist like AIMHACK, but console players can turn this option off whenever they want. Map designs are crap. WhatTerrible game. I don't know how they screwed up so much after a good game like Coldwar. They broke the game for console players to play. Weapons are out of balance. Maps are crap. The controller OFFICIALLY has AIMHACK and PC players have to play with console players with aim assist like AIMHACK, but console players can turn this option off whenever they want. Map designs are crap. What genius job is it to make every map of a game full of camouflaged characters camouflage color? Money wasted. I definitely do not recommend.… Expand
  22. mulkster77
    Nov 9, 2022
    0
    Modern scopes don't have glint. Might as well shoot nerf darts and this game would be just as realistic.Double expierence tokens should only count down during in match time. This all feels lesser.
  23. ArteTakeOver
    Nov 4, 2022
    0
    PC: *AGGIORNAMENTO*
    - Giochi la campagna e ti crasha per conflitto con driver Nvidia (RISOLTO)
    - Metti la grafica al massimo o al minimo e letteralmente alcune texture di terreno non vengono caricate mostrando un quadrato nero (RISOLTO) - Multiplayer e Warzone pieno zeppo di cheater (ONNIPRESENTE) - Mira assistita su controller esageratamente op. Ha surclassato il livello di mouse e    PC: *AGGIORNAMENTO*
    - Giochi la campagna e ti crasha per conflitto con driver Nvidia (RISOLTO)
    - Metti la grafica al massimo o al minimo e letteralmente alcune texture di terreno non vengono caricate mostrando un quadrato nero (RISOLTO)
    - Multiplayer e Warzone pieno zeppo di cheater (ONNIPRESENTE)
    - Mira assistita su controller esageratamente op. Ha surclassato il livello di mouse e tastiera al posto di renderlo equilibrato (ONNIPRESENTE)
    - Time to Kill troppo troppo troppo troppo troppo troppo troppo troppo basso. (PRESENTE ANCHE SU WZ2, FA SCHIFO)

    70 euro sono una ladrata
    Questo gioco ne vale 19.99    … Expand
  24. 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.
  25. HerculestheGod
    Nov 3, 2022
    2
    Story is okay but the gameplay is improvement but it’s still glitchy and buggy and crashes too much
  26. hcww
    Nov 6, 2022
    0
    Pros:

    - The graphics are nice. - The campaign is decent if you can get through it without crashing (spoiler: you won't). - The gunplay and gun selection is decent. Cons: Literally everything else. - It's a buggy mess that crashes constantly. - The UI is atrocious. It's impossible to find anything in the menus. You can't even check your win/loss or K/D. Sometimes the menus    Pros:

    - The graphics are nice.

    - The campaign is decent if you can get through it without crashing (spoiler: you won't).

    - The gunplay and gun selection is decent.

    Cons: Literally everything else.

    - It's a buggy mess that crashes constantly.

    - The UI is atrocious. It's impossible to find anything in the menus. You can't even check your win/loss or K/D. Sometimes the menus just outright break and you need to restart the game to fix them. The social tab doesn't update sometimes so you can't report or block players because they don't appear in the post game. The list goes on with how garbage the it is. The in-game UI is mostly okay except for the stupid compass. What a useless piece of garbage and just poor game design.

    - Matchmaking is barely functional. It sometimes just outright breaks if you are in a party, and need to break the party to fix it. Cross-play is absolute garbage. No option to not play with console kiddies. To try and "balance" (and I mean completely break the game) the devs thought cranking up Aim Assist for console players was the appropriate option. No clue why considering the Aim Assist is no better than soft aim bots, where console players literally don't have to aim. The game does it for them.

    - The customization. Look, I get it customization is nice and all but this is too much. The progression system for weapons and attachments is completely unintuitive and frankly just stupid. It's overly complicated for no good reason. Why are you forcing people to use completely unrelated guns to unlock a different gun. It just makes no sense.

    - The multiplayer maps are awful. They are pretty to look at, but that's it. They are not well designed and the real deal breaker is the horrific spawns. I cannot count the number of times I've spawned facing an enemy or spawned with any enemy facing me (or vice versa). That's just poor game design. No one should spawn into the game with someone already shooting them from behind. Another thing that clearly no one had enough of a brain at Activision-Blizzard to consider.

    - The price. $70 is a steep ask for a game that is quite frankly barely functional. It's embarrassing. There's such a lack of polish on everything but VA and graphics (and there are still graphical bugs pretty consistently). I know Activision Blizzard doesn't believe in paying for QA, but maybe next time they should invest a little money it in, because they served us up a steaming pile of garbage that should have been delayed based on how it plays right now.    … Expand
  27. JojoJB
    Nov 7, 2022
    2
    the only thing good about this game is campaign. Multiplayer is very bad, it is very difficult outside of other cods. bad spawn points, they spawn all over the map so they can spawn kill you. 80% of my deaths are in my back simply because they spawn in my back. Saw it myself on the killcam. if i try to shoot someone it takes forever to kill him, if he shoot me then i don't even have timethe only thing good about this game is campaign. Multiplayer is very bad, it is very difficult outside of other cods. bad spawn points, they spawn all over the map so they can spawn kill you. 80% of my deaths are in my back simply because they spawn in my back. Saw it myself on the killcam. if i try to shoot someone it takes forever to kill him, if he shoot me then i don't even have time for aim down to sight. you die much faster on this game while i had the highest killstreaks on the previous cods. the way you have to unlock weapons and attachments is just pathetic and laughable at the same time. you need to unlock and level up other weapons to unlock a specific attachment/weapon. in short: you must have all weapons on a certain level to unlock everything. I don't get the point but luckily most agree. don't buy it, it's dramatic. it's even worse than the beta itself and you don't even feel it's finished. I forgot to say something. I wasn't even talking about the maps yet. worst maps ever. boring, just bad… Expand
  28. crazups
    Nov 7, 2022
    1
    Skill Based Matchmaking (SBMM) Has ruined Multiplayer Gaming.
    SBMM in Ranked is fine. Because, thats LITERALLY what ranked is. but whats the point of adding a ranked mode if CASUAL IS RANKED?

    Solution: Casual and Ranked mode exists, casual should be CASUAL and have no sbmm and ranked should be ranked, because ranked. is. literally. sbmm. Skill based matchmaking IS RANKED.
  29. Poisonedpillsuk
    Nov 13, 2022
    0
    Worst multiplayer experience I can remember. The publisher won't care because it sold so many copies but from a gamer perspective this is a real low point for the franchise.
  30. ReviewTheLies
    Nov 8, 2022
    2
    No way these good reviews are legit! Feels slow and nothing new. Maybe one map is ok. All camping. Something with the sound just isn’t right but I can’t put my finger on it, warzone had better sound
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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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