Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

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6.6

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  1. AidanG.
    Apr 18, 2010
    4
    I'm going to give an honest to god review from a REAL TENTH PRESTIGE. I started with Single Player. It was pretty good but a little short, but Ghost was a lovable character, I suppose. Ok so we're at a 9 with this. Spec Ops is incredible fun with a buddy and the missions are great. At this point, a 10. Now multiplayer. I expected it to be great fun just like Single Player and I'm going to give an honest to god review from a REAL TENTH PRESTIGE. I started with Single Player. It was pretty good but a little short, but Ghost was a lovable character, I suppose. Ok so we're at a 9 with this. Spec Ops is incredible fun with a buddy and the missions are great. At this point, a 10. Now multiplayer. I expected it to be great fun just like Single Player and Spec-Ops was; boy was I wrong! I kept playing now for a couple months and have gotten tenth prestige. I honestly hate multiplayer, but yet it is so addicting, I can't get away from it badness.… Expand
  2. sanderl
    Feb 10, 2010
    4
    Alright, most people were pretty hyped for this game, including me. this game was the most played game on PS3/Xbox360/PC as it was released...which is really odd considering this game has nothing new AT ALL to offer coming from Call of Duty 4. except maybe the new killstreak rewards which are also incredibly dumb and not balanced at all. perhaps the only good/decent thing in this game was Alright, most people were pretty hyped for this game, including me. this game was the most played game on PS3/Xbox360/PC as it was released...which is really odd considering this game has nothing new AT ALL to offer coming from Call of Duty 4. except maybe the new killstreak rewards which are also incredibly dumb and not balanced at all. perhaps the only good/decent thing in this game was the intense single player campaign, I've never WOW'd so much in a game's campaign. (there was also "adrenaline" going trough my body when playing it) either way, if you liked Call of Duty 4 and don't care if it's the same old sh*t, buy it. otherwise stick to CoD4 because it is by far a better game.… Expand
  3. JimTheClownkilla
    Feb 5, 2010
    4
    I have to give this game a 5 because the single player was absolutely amazing and with spec ops I think it adds to the game length which doesn't make the game short at all. On the other hand the multiplayer is completely flawed. For one the spawn system is absolutely not good. Matchmaking is terrible, I'm lvl 70 prestiged 3 times and most of the time Im going against complete I have to give this game a 5 because the single player was absolutely amazing and with spec ops I think it adds to the game length which doesn't make the game short at all. On the other hand the multiplayer is completely flawed. For one the spawn system is absolutely not good. Matchmaking is terrible, I'm lvl 70 prestiged 3 times and most of the time Im going against complete noobs at lvl 20 which is no fun at all. I liked mw1 because it was a somewhat realistic which this game lacks. Just the other day a guy was shooting at me so I ran around a steel barrier nonetheless he killed me I watched the killcam he had a vector. Waiting for March the 2nd I'm taking this game back and getting Battlefield 2.… Expand
  4. KyleD
    Mar 1, 2010
    4
    I have to admit, the single player is great, I understood the story, really epic scenes, but when it gets to the multiplayer, I then realised my £45 was wasted, it's an exact copy of CoD4. It's like they couldn't be arsed making a new multiplayer, so just took the CoD4 multiplayer and threw the new engine over it. It's the exact same! And yet, all of my friend I have to admit, the single player is great, I understood the story, really epic scenes, but when it gets to the multiplayer, I then realised my £45 was wasted, it's an exact copy of CoD4. It's like they couldn't be arsed making a new multiplayer, so just took the CoD4 multiplayer and threw the new engine over it. It's the exact same! And yet, all of my friend won't shut up about the multiplayer! It's not that good people! Get over it! It puts other good games like Halo or Battlefield Bad company all the way down. Everybody is playing CoDMW2! Even my friend who loved halo and wouldn't stop playing it, once he got a copy of codmw2, he totally abandoned his love for halo, now it's all Throwing knives and the new guns he has. It's not the good people, get over it!… Expand
  5. AdamW
    Mar 20, 2010
    4
    I was looking forward to this game ever since I first played the online component in CoD4. IW got way over there heads with this. The campaign is fine, while it is to short and there's a lot of plot holes, it's still very fun, while still being challenging on Veteran difficulty. The online, on the other hand, is horrid. It felt like CoD4 at first, but then it turned to some I was looking forward to this game ever since I first played the online component in CoD4. IW got way over there heads with this. The campaign is fine, while it is to short and there's a lot of plot holes, it's still very fun, while still being challenging on Veteran difficulty. The online, on the other hand, is horrid. It felt like CoD4 at first, but then it turned to some camp-fest full of idiots going around with the same gun, getting nukes. (Nukes, really, IW?) I tried playing like I do in CoD4, but it just didn't work. Teamwork is almost nonexistent unless you have friends and everything seems so unbalanced. Unlike CoD4, there are way to many overpowered guns, and then there's a perk to carry around two of them at once! I could keep ranting, but I'll let you decide if you should buy this or not. Buy CoD4. It's cheaper, more intelligent and IW actually put some love into it.… Expand
  6. MichaelV
    Mar 5, 2010
    4
    Most overrated game of all time!!!!!! *Spoiler alert* The story is crap. They don't even explain that the soldiers you're killing at the end are part of a private army the General controls. I had to look that up on one of Infinity Wards formers where they explained it. The Airport scene where you go through and kill innocent people is almost completely pointless. This could have Most overrated game of all time!!!!!! *Spoiler alert* The story is crap. They don't even explain that the soldiers you're killing at the end are part of a private army the General controls. I had to look that up on one of Infinity Wards formers where they explained it. The Airport scene where you go through and kill innocent people is almost completely pointless. This could have easily been shown in a cut scene. And if you don't do it the game completely skips over the end of that area which is the ground work for why all hell breaks loose. Plus, this scene of the game is suppose to have a lot of shock value to it. Making you hate the terrorists even more for what they've done. And then at the end you're not rewarded with going after the bad guy, not you go after this general to get revenge, because your team got set up for starting this war between Russia and the US. So, the terrorists go free at the end. Lame. The campaign only took me a little over 5 hours to complete the first time through and just under 4.5 the second. Thats sad. What the heck. What happened to making campaigns a complete experience? I was so pissed off at the end, because there I was thinking sweet, now we're going after the real bad guys. Nope, just ends. Infinity Ward was completely lazy about the campaign. I'm glad they didn't win Game of the year. They don't deserve it for this one. The only reason I didn't give this a lower score is because the online is great. It's literally the only reason to play this game. So if you aren't into multiplayer, do yourself a favor and skip this one. Not worth the full price. Wait for it drop down to 20-30 bucks. Then consider it.… Expand
  7. LiamF
    Mar 6, 2010
    4
    This game is very over-hyped by magazine reviewers for what it is. The story is good, although very short, the multiplayer at first appears to be good.. until you start playing it properly. The multiplayer is unbalanced, ruined and frustrating. No other multiplayer game makes me want to smash the Xbox up like this one. Akimbo Shotguns with stupid ranges, n00b tubing, ridiculous perks and This game is very over-hyped by magazine reviewers for what it is. The story is good, although very short, the multiplayer at first appears to be good.. until you start playing it properly. The multiplayer is unbalanced, ruined and frustrating. No other multiplayer game makes me want to smash the Xbox up like this one. Akimbo Shotguns with stupid ranges, n00b tubing, ridiculous perks and stupid kill streaks ruin this as a multiplayer FPS. COD4 was fun, simple, and alot more fun than this, COD6 is just a paradise for dirty players having a field day. I shall be trading my copy for Bad Company 2 very soon.… Expand
  8. RachaelB
    Nov 10, 2009
    4
    Considering the hype for this game, the fact that Infinity Ward/Activision issued a patch to disable trophies means I can't play the single player. Add to that the friend invite system is broken and you can only play in random online matches means I was sold a bill of goods that doesn't live up to its claims.
  9. ZachS
    Nov 10, 2009
    4
    This game is very bad. I have had it for a week, and I must say that this is THE worst first person shooter of all time hands down. Haze? Perfect Dark? They don't even compare to the level of poor graphics and gameplay contained within the game. I give this a 4.0 for poor effort.
  10. NathanielD
    Nov 10, 2009
    4
    An extreme dissapointment, where CoD4 brought great change and new features, This just improves it slightly. With the asking price so high, the 7 hour campaign is utterly insulting. Multiplayer is of course great, if you somehow figure out how to filter out the idoits.
  11. Brandon
    Feb 19, 2010
    4
    What to say about Modern Warfare 2. Over hyped? Soulless? Scripted? Any of these comments and more fit in to this awful excuse for a "sequel" (I do use the term loosely) Campaign is fun , but overall short experience, and definitely needs work on the story. Special-Ops can be great when played with a close friend, but can be extremely frustrating, especially on higher difficulties. And What to say about Modern Warfare 2. Over hyped? Soulless? Scripted? Any of these comments and more fit in to this awful excuse for a "sequel" (I do use the term loosely) Campaign is fun , but overall short experience, and definitely needs work on the story. Special-Ops can be great when played with a close friend, but can be extremely frustrating, especially on higher difficulties. And then there's multiplayer. I'm sorry but, what? this is fun, balanced combat? I apologize for my directness, but modern warfare 2 has THE WORST multiplayer I've ever experienced in my entire life. I'm sure you've read the other negative reviews, and you may feel that these are the same reasons, but I'll state them anyway. Extreme latency issues cause many battles to become teleporting spray and pray battles, which is not fun. Perks are ridiculous, usually I spend all my time spawning into the liquifying orgy that is killstreaks. When the other team is winning, chances are they'll have ac130's and such along with harriers and chopper gunners making the match unplayable and unfair for the losing team. Also, balance has been removed completely. I end up on incredibly unbalanced teams and usually can't walk 2 steps after spawning without being insta-killed by an extremely overpowered weapon. I'm not going to talk about akimbo models and commando etc. because I would need an entire blog spot about that. IW was obviously more focused on creating content than fine tuning it. The maps are catered to campers, which pisses me and my friends off. Now, I'm sure many of you are have probably writ this off as a pathetic non-FPS fan's attempt to make the game look bad, but I have always loved FPS's, and have given this game a fair shot. In fact I'm level 55 (no prestige, but nonetheless). The people who write negative review's opinions matter too. Just because you believe the game is UBER AMAZING!!11! doesn't mean it is. In short, waste of $60, get it or don't, it's your decision. Don't say you weren't warned though.… Expand
  12. TD
    Feb 21, 2010
    4
    After playing Call of Duty 4, this game was a huge letdown. The campaign was interesting, with some twists that surprised me. Spec Ops was fun for a while. The multiplayer is what kills MW2. I would have to say the multiplayer system is almost as broken as the system in Two Worlds, my least favorite Xbox 360 game of all time. It is funny that I find myself getting so angry at going 4 and After playing Call of Duty 4, this game was a huge letdown. The campaign was interesting, with some twists that surprised me. Spec Ops was fun for a while. The multiplayer is what kills MW2. I would have to say the multiplayer system is almost as broken as the system in Two Worlds, my least favorite Xbox 360 game of all time. It is funny that I find myself getting so angry at going 4 and 20 on MW2, and then switching to Call of Duty 4 and going 30 and 1. I hope, with all of these unfavorable reviews, Infinity Ward decides to care more about their multiplayer mode. Or, they will find themselves without a devout fanbase like they had after Call of Duty 4.… Expand
  13. JuicyBear
    Mar 17, 2010
    4
    The game is awful and only is fun if you play spec ops. The campaign would have been fun, but i blinked during it so i missed the whole thing. The multiplayer is set up to promote camping in order to obtain a killstreak. "You are just a noob and don't know how to play." Bad players are the ones who think this game is balanced and good because they are successful from camping. I play The game is awful and only is fun if you play spec ops. The campaign would have been fun, but i blinked during it so i missed the whole thing. The multiplayer is set up to promote camping in order to obtain a killstreak. "You are just a noob and don't know how to play." Bad players are the ones who think this game is balanced and good because they are successful from camping. I play on the 360, have a 1.90 k/d(i was over 2.00) but i let my friend boost off me, and i still hate the game. Having a 1.9 k/d and still thinking the game is terrible certainly is an eye opener. Akimbo shotguns and noob tubes with danger close are the only way to consistently be successful at this game because of how laggy and glitchy it is. The good connection always wins because the aiming is so forgiving you get killed if someone looks at you funny. Terrible game. If you suck at video games by all means, BUY IT TODAY, but if you arent a complete idiot then save your money....juicybear86 xbox live....1.8 k/d of CoD4:MW.… Expand
  14. AndrewZ
    Mar 19, 2010
    4
    Campaign is short. I thought playing co-op with friends was the best part but those missions don't take long to complete either. Everyone makes a huge deal about multiplayer but it is complete garbage. Overpowered weapons, cheap perks, camping, and this all adds up to a multiplayer experience that is devoid of teamwork or any type of fun. A few other really frustrating things in Campaign is short. I thought playing co-op with friends was the best part but those missions don't take long to complete either. Everyone makes a huge deal about multiplayer but it is complete garbage. Overpowered weapons, cheap perks, camping, and this all adds up to a multiplayer experience that is devoid of teamwork or any type of fun. A few other really frustrating things in multiplayer are the kill-streak awards that last entirely too long, javelins (one of the cheapest weapons I've ever seen in a multiplayer game), and shotguns that count as secondary weapons and kill you instantly from long distances. When you look beyond the pretty graphics you can see that MW2 is an overhyped, half-finished game.… Expand
  15. JohnS
    Jan 25, 2010
    4
    The campaign, at times, was really fun, when you were shooting and blowing stuff up. The story itself was very weak and I didn't feel like there was enough development. It should have been twice as long to allow for more in-depth detail. It seems like it is a multiplayer game with a campaign and co-op tacked on. The multiplayer itself was a let down. There is so much unbalance in the The campaign, at times, was really fun, when you were shooting and blowing stuff up. The story itself was very weak and I didn't feel like there was enough development. It should have been twice as long to allow for more in-depth detail. It seems like it is a multiplayer game with a campaign and co-op tacked on. The multiplayer itself was a let down. There is so much unbalance in the overly-deadly guns and outrageous perks. Of course, such criticism is considered 'biased.' There is nothing they could patch to fix this atrocious mistake. No significant improvements besides quantity were made. It seems quality was not even considered when developing this game. Map design also makes for a less-than-enjoyable experience. I would suggest renting it first to see if you can handle the frustration. Some may enjoy it, but it's not what a game is supposed to be. I cannot believe that nobody stepped in at one moment during development and said, "Hey, that might cause some problems." The real sad part is Infinity Ward and Activision reaped the benefits because they knew people would eat it up.… Expand
  16. TimK
    Feb 15, 2010
    4
    What little single player there is can be forgiven because the game clearly put all of its love in the multiplayer component. Spec-Ops is a diversion, nothing more. Now, after CoD4 we all were excited to see the improvements to the formula from the better studio. Honestly, quantity seemed to reign over quality in this department. Guns, challenges, perks pro, equipment, etc. Generally the What little single player there is can be forgiven because the game clearly put all of its love in the multiplayer component. Spec-Ops is a diversion, nothing more. Now, after CoD4 we all were excited to see the improvements to the formula from the better studio. Honestly, quantity seemed to reign over quality in this department. Guns, challenges, perks pro, equipment, etc. Generally the game had potential if not for the inclusion of two huge problems. 1. Side-arm shotguns. Akimbo models, the atuo-shottie, running classes utilizing the shotgun. Allowing everyone to take a shotgun really takes a lot of the fun out of the game. People can spray and destroy you from unreasonable distances (models). 2. Custom Killstreaks! I play CoD4 every now and then and scratch my head wondering why camping is so prevalent in MW2 and not CoD4. What I have reasoned is that custom killstreaks are to blame. Every....single.......player wants their precious predator missle so they can get their harrier and finally a chopper gunner/ac130. To do this they simply sit in a corner and wait. Hop on to CoD4 and you realise that everyone is running around, having fun. I can only speculate it is because they aren't worried about getting that damn pave low to get uber-mega kills. Whatever the issue, for a game that relies on its multiplayer for 95% of its gameplay I think that it fails completely. That's why I give it a 4 out of 10.… Expand
  17. RinduriC.
    Feb 18, 2010
    4
    Ugh, what a horrible experience. It was fun for awhile, until you realize how much shit is wrong with it and how many exploits there are. The perk and killstreak system is completely broken, now everyone simply camps, or does cheap shit like run around with a damned care package. It shouldn't even have a 6.0 user rating, it should have a 4.0 at best. Way to go IGN and the rest, you Ugh, what a horrible experience. It was fun for awhile, until you realize how much shit is wrong with it and how many exploits there are. The perk and killstreak system is completely broken, now everyone simply camps, or does cheap shit like run around with a damned care package. It shouldn't even have a 6.0 user rating, it should have a 4.0 at best. Way to go IGN and the rest, you all are blind.… Expand
  18. JJC.
    Apr 15, 2010
    4
    I think they evened out the XBOX360 version and a bit more playable. Although they need to get rid of this damn glitch where you hop super fast sideways. Damn glad they got rid of 3rd person cage match. Many cheaters used it to get uber weapons. Akimbos need to go! Getting pissed by my friend who has Model 1987 x2 and gets long range kills. Also many asshats who play the game don't I think they evened out the XBOX360 version and a bit more playable. Although they need to get rid of this damn glitch where you hop super fast sideways. Damn glad they got rid of 3rd person cage match. Many cheaters used it to get uber weapons. Akimbos need to go! Getting pissed by my friend who has Model 1987 x2 and gets long range kills. Also many asshats who play the game don't blame me if this sounds familiar in free-for-all they shoot-crouch-prone-crouch-shoot. Then repeat. Infinity Ward dumbed down the game for people who are n00bs and can't play like adding the perks: Cold-Blooded, Danger-Close, and of course stopping power. Don't forget ridiculous UMP45 kills. The Aim-Assist makes a n00b god and hackers. Don't get me started how hackers made leader boards pointless. That is all.… Expand
  19. SkullScience
    Nov 13, 2009
    4
    The game us uninspired and far too short. It is worth it if you don't own the original modern warfare. Otherwise just rent it for one night and complete it (that ain't difficult). The corruption withine the media must be rife as many far superior games didn't get the proverbial blow job reception the critics have been giving this. As an older gamer (32) I remember when the The game us uninspired and far too short. It is worth it if you don't own the original modern warfare. Otherwise just rent it for one night and complete it (that ain't difficult). The corruption withine the media must be rife as many far superior games didn't get the proverbial blow job reception the critics have been giving this. As an older gamer (32) I remember when the critics constantly said "graphics do not make a game". Especially when, conveniantly, the ps2 (the console with poorest graphics performance out of that, xbox and gamecube). How perceptions have apparently changed, yet money still talks and many an idiot reading magazines and websites base their gaming library and consoles they own on the aforementioned corrupt views. I guess activision and infinity ward had money to influence critics. Can anyone honestly say that this game is original, ground breaking or intuitive in any way. It is an average fps. I may have scored it higher but the ass licking associated with this game is shameful. Many superior games have been released this year with little fanfare in comparison.… Expand
  20. alect
    Dec 2, 2009
    4
    I was anticipating this for so long. And now i am sad to say that this game is not very good. The story is very good, a great sequel for the storyline and some very cool gameplay moments. Plus no grenade circles of doom like in WaW. After the single player i went on to special ops. It is very fun at first but there are barely any missions! Also the missions are usually only 5 to 10 I was anticipating this for so long. And now i am sad to say that this game is not very good. The story is very good, a great sequel for the storyline and some very cool gameplay moments. Plus no grenade circles of doom like in WaW. After the single player i went on to special ops. It is very fun at first but there are barely any missions! Also the missions are usually only 5 to 10 minutes long. Then at long last is the multiplayer. TERRIBLE! If you want to unload clips of ammo into one person to kill them (sometimes you don't kill them anyways) and get spotted on radar by gods all seeing drone then fine. You may thing " I will just play hardcore where it doesn't take as many shots to kill someone." Well then you would be on the right track. Hardcore is almost bearable. ALMOST! The camping is only matched by the spawn killing. You would need to camp the entire match to get a kill death ratio higher than 1.0. So if you liked the story of the first game then this is a define rent. But if you want to play multiplayer, get ready for camping, auto or dual wielding shotguns, god like supports, and unloading on people to kill them that so many people seem to love. P.S. even though its called Modern Warfare 2, the tech in this game is not anything like the real counterparts.… Expand
  21. JerryG
    Dec 30, 2009
    4
    Mostly hype. I've played a number of good combat games and I've never like the way COD forces you to follow a specific path to get to your goals. Mecenaries and Bad Company gave me so many options - vehicles and free roaming I feel like I'm on tracks in this game. I was completely shocked when I finished the campaigne. I think it took me 4-5 hours. No option to use tactics Mostly hype. I've played a number of good combat games and I've never like the way COD forces you to follow a specific path to get to your goals. Mecenaries and Bad Company gave me so many options - vehicles and free roaming I feel like I'm on tracks in this game. I was completely shocked when I finished the campaigne. I think it took me 4-5 hours. No option to use tactics - just a bullet blizzard and "hurry up and get there" scenes. Graphics are good. Nice mini-movies. Not even close to Battlefield Bad Company. Maybe multi-player will make up for it? Find it on sale and it's worth a play.… Expand
  22. BrekR.
    Dec 11, 2009
    4
    Its rather immature that people seem to feel the need to call out others opinions and deem them wrong because they dont like this game, and saying the reason is because they suck at playing it. Grow up 5 year olds. This game is as medicore and over the top as they come. Because you like it, does not mean end of story, its amazing. Your opinion, whatever. Play some other games, get a life, Its rather immature that people seem to feel the need to call out others opinions and deem them wrong because they dont like this game, and saying the reason is because they suck at playing it. Grow up 5 year olds. This game is as medicore and over the top as they come. Because you like it, does not mean end of story, its amazing. Your opinion, whatever. Play some other games, get a life, and you'll realize that this is nothing what it could have been, purely marketed to look better and offer something thats non-exsistant in the game... so many other titles have done a better job and offered a hell of a lot more. Sure, the single player is alright, completly pointless as it may be and micheal bay inspired (i wonder how many of you complained about transformers 2, yet are praising this? hmmm. hypocritcs.), but it gets old. Its a basic run and gun with absolutly zero thought involved, other than point and shoot until you complete it 4.5hrs later with as many explosions happening at one time. Characer models look good, but environments are flat, boring, almost 2D stills at times. No decision making, no cover mechanics, a total lack of reaslim in; recoil, physics, body damage, and gore. This could have been rated T, but they didnt because it would have turned away older gents. An on rails, linear ride that was ok while it lasted, but you'll never go on it again. Spec ops is rather useless, you may play it once, but never feel any need to go back to it. Again, COD is stuck with a low amount of total players at 2 in spec ops. Thats rather pathetic. A minimum of 4 should have been allowed. Multiplayer gets old, its a useless grind to lvl 70, to see who can have the least life and play the most to unlock guns and perks that make the game completely unbalanced or fair to anyone a lower lvl than you, or somebody who has a life and doesnt play 10hrs a day like most 13 year olds rating this a 10. I've no problem getting a good score in this game, all you have to do is camp. This game has taken everything bad about mw1 and multiplyed it by 12 in mw2. Spawn system is hilarious, glitches run rampant, as do hackers. Still 6v6, with 1 game mode you can do 9v9 on, rather stupid, they can allow more players and they know it. All in all, a rather redundant tool in the gaming world that has offered nothing new, only copied and pasted its predecessor. I feel like I woke up in, when did MW1 come out, 07? Total let down, I doubt I will ever purchase another Activison game. I'm selling this asap. Its rather sad that developers who try new ideas, new ips, or push the envelope with games are going out of business or barely breaking even to continue game creating, while this piece of crap is thriving, or did at least at launch, i see alot of people arent happy. Its the new Madden. Now you all can buy your 2 or 3 maps for $10, and then buy COD7 in a few months. Waste of money... never again.… Expand
  23. Mr.Anderson
    Dec 12, 2009
    4
    Huge amount of hype, and then all the critics love it, so I decide I must have this game. So I get it, and play the campaign and spec ops with my brother (campaign is short but fun and spec ops are a cool addition, I wish it had 4 players...). OK. So now I want to play live. Of course, like every other CoD game, you can only play 1 person per console. But whatever, as long as its fun. But Huge amount of hype, and then all the critics love it, so I decide I must have this game. So I get it, and play the campaign and spec ops with my brother (campaign is short but fun and spec ops are a cool addition, I wish it had 4 players...). OK. So now I want to play live. Of course, like every other CoD game, you can only play 1 person per console. But whatever, as long as its fun. But the problem is that its not fun. At all. In any way. Everything about the live play is just wrong, wrong, wrong. It's not skill-oriented--if you're level 70 you have awesome guns and perks and can just completely pwn everyone else in the match, even if you can't aim well and play stupid and rush into the middle of everywhere. If you're level 1, you have crappy guns and perks and stand no chance whatsoever. It still confounds me that any game would pit a level 70 against a level 1. Even my brother, who rapes at CoD5, can't win in MW2 at his low level. And on top of that, the maps are waaay too big. Maybe if it was a 32 person/match standard, it would be OK, but its not. And once again, people have no say in choosing them...And then I play a match where I am actually doing really good (like 15 kill streak), and its kinda fun, but no, I'm not allowed to do well. Somebody ends the game with a tactical nuke. Worst idea ever. Seriously. Too easy to end the game--happens every 6 or 7 matches, and it drives me nuts. And normally, just because you don't win a lot doesn't make a game bad (take Gears of War 2. Holy crap is that hard to win sometimes but at least its fun and when you lose you're like "OK they're definitely better than me and deserve to beat me.") You don't get that feeling in MW2, usually when you are losing badly you can look at your kill cam and realize it's some fag camping in the corner of a room with his gun pointed at head-height at the entrance to the room. And then you get pissed and end up having to camp yourself so you don't keep dying and it just ends up being a boring, stupid battle of who has the patience to camp for longer. Screw this game, I'm gonna sell it once I beat all the spec-ops and go back to games that are actually good, like maybe the first Modern Warfare, Halo, Gears, and Super Smash Bros (Brawl FTW!!!).… Expand
  24. Clone25
    Sep 25, 2010
    4
    This game is just like the others for xbox 360. the graphics don't improve nor does the gameplay. Its just another call of duty game. the sniper is so annoying to use its like your character is drunk while sniping. In my opinion, its just another call of duty game
  25. JoeMtW
    Apr 24, 2011
    4
    Although at the release of this game, the same with black ops, I enjoyed it extremely much - I now find myself playing Call of Duty 4 a lot more. This game is really plain after awhile and nothing ever gets exciting. You can't really find yourself having a new and exciting time every time you play. Call of Duty started to go downhill after this one. But on the other hand, the story mode isAlthough at the release of this game, the same with black ops, I enjoyed it extremely much - I now find myself playing Call of Duty 4 a lot more. This game is really plain after awhile and nothing ever gets exciting. You can't really find yourself having a new and exciting time every time you play. Call of Duty started to go downhill after this one. But on the other hand, the story mode is better. Although short - Good. As for the multiplayer ... pretty plain.… Expand
  26. XeXs
    Jun 17, 2011
    4
    This is the worst **** I have ever played! Full of bugs, graphics in this game are like it was relased in 2004! Textures of weapons are like made by stupid yeti. Everyone compares it to Battlefield: Bad Company 2. Why, I am asking? If I would compare both of them, I'd say: Bad Company has the destruction, physics, maps are 10x bigger, you need to use brain when you are playing. I don'tThis is the worst **** I have ever played! Full of bugs, graphics in this game are like it was relased in 2004! Textures of weapons are like made by stupid yeti. Everyone compares it to Battlefield: Bad Company 2. Why, I am asking? If I would compare both of them, I'd say: Bad Company has the destruction, physics, maps are 10x bigger, you need to use brain when you are playing. I don't see any positive arguments to buy this game. You can just borrow it from your friend. And I don't know, why the reviewers gave 100 to this game! Oh, sorry! Not a game, a piece of **** Ok, so now I'm going to say good things about this game: when you kill a person in multiplayer, you feel badass, killstreaks are good point and weapon customization. Think about, before you buy this game...… Expand
  27. Bahamutalee
    Nov 1, 2011
    4
    The singleplayer is the star in this game because the multiplayer is absolute garbage. Which blows because you can see that the single player takes back seat to the abortion that really could have been a fun thing.
  28. Rexnos
    Feb 24, 2012
    4
    The campaign and special ops were both passing decent, but the multi-player was a painfully large step back from the brilliance of the original Modern Warfare. The guns were poorly balanced, the spawning system was horribly flawed, and snipers can carry shotguns. Snipers. Can carry. Shotguns.
  29. Josh_47ra
    Mar 6, 2012
    4
    One of the most dissapointing games of all time. An awful awful awful singleplayer with a stupid stupid ploat. (Seriously, Russia invades the US over a civilian terrorist attack, wat?). A hilariously unbalanced multiplayer that was incredibly frustrating. Bad DLC map packs. I'll admit Spec Ops was really fun, but that was such a small chunk of the game.
  30. xghostvirusx
    Jun 23, 2012
    4
    From this game I can basically tell you how one makes a new Modern Warfare game: Simply take the previous game, bump up the graphics a little, add a few new guns, change the setting of the maps and tweak the storyline. and BAM, there you have it, a new, best selling game.
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#1 Best Xbox 360 Game of 2009
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#1 Most Discussed Xbox 360 Game of 2009
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#3 Most Shared Xbox 360 Game of 2009

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Metascore
94

Universal acclaim - based on 100 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 100 out of 100
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 100
  3. Negative: 0 out of 100
  1. Telegraph
    100
    Modern Warfare 2 crosses into the must-have category of video games effortlessly. It offers an unmatched shooter experience, a compelling story mode, a slick package of mini missions and a multiplayer which is pretty much unparalleled in depth.
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  2. Cynamite
    100
    Modern Warfare 2 offers epic gameplay, a stunning Spec-Ops mode and a huge amount of adrenaline.
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  3. GamesRadar+
    100
    Anyone who already has issues with the single-player ‘style’ of IW’s games will still find fault with the scripted, linear experience, but in terms of sheer drama and show-stopping set-pieces accompanied by laser sharp FPS controls, Modern Warfare 2 is your daddy. And that’s without Spec Ops and Multiplayer.
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