Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

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  1. isaacj.
    Apr 16, 2010
    6
    This game has been hyped like no other, i have a feeling that many of the reviewers were paid off by activision to not notice the glaring flaws. Now i can understand why this game draws many in, stunning graphics, good controls, and many weapons are some of the perks that this game has, but there are some glaring flaws that need to be adressed. First lets start with the campaign, any This game has been hyped like no other, i have a feeling that many of the reviewers were paid off by activision to not notice the glaring flaws. Now i can understand why this game draws many in, stunning graphics, good controls, and many weapons are some of the perks that this game has, but there are some glaring flaws that need to be adressed. First lets start with the campaign, any sense or feeling that this is a war game has been completely stripped off, it plays like an action shooter, most of the levels involve running through corridors mowing countless people down, just like older shooters. The story line is not muhc more than Red Dawn directed by Michael Bay in the 21st century, the plot twists are so unbelievably stupid and full of holes. Lets start with the 'no russian' mission. SPOILER ALERT Why would the CIA be stupid enough to send an american soldier who has been with them for 2 days into a terrorist cell, let alone a mission that involves killing thousands of innocent people, which in turn could cause an outrage among other nations? most likely they would have hired a russian mercenary or just cut and run to cover their tracks. Thats not even the biggest plot hole, when your character dies and is left in the airport the russians immediatly turn to war, no negotiations, no questions, just war, because all russians are brutish savages right?? right??? oh yeah, and despite the fact that Makarov, a well known terrorist, was caught on CAMERA doing the act, they could not recognize his face and immedietly see it was a terrorist job? yeah fucking right? the game makes no attempt to explain any of these things, but instead ships you right off to brazil to track down the man who sold the weapons to Makarov. This is the way the plot works, you jump from one place to another with barely any background info, and the dumbest plot twist of all 9spoler alert) the General of the Army Betraying the SAS, HAHAHA! and his big 'plan' was to avenge his fallen soldiers by starting another nuclear war? makes perfect sense. ANd of course the two heroes decide to take him on alone, they dont call the help of the SAS or anything. Plot holes aside, the campaign did have some fun moments, like riding down a hill on a snowmobile taking people out with a Glock, and the Washington DC level, but unfortunatly the campaign seems to serve more to tell the story which is in itself, extremely flawed. Multiplayer is a different story, it can be a blast at times, the game offers a multitude of new weapons and customizations to give the player incentive to play well. However, Perks are now a much larger part of gameplay, some of these perks give the player faster running speed, more melee distance, more health, faster reloading and better aiming, in otherwords, unfair advantages, this goes back to me saying that it has lost the feel of a war game, the multiplayer feels like a high speed arcade shooter, in which those who exploit the perks, get the most kills. The maps are designed in a way that there is no safe place to hide, as someone is always bound to sneak up on you and knife you, you are never safe and always must be on the move with no time to plan out your actions, while it is a fun ride, its a very frustrating one as well. SPec ops is the one shining light in the package, as it is the one mode that focuses on teamwork to complete objectives, Completing these objectives leads to acheivements. While Modern Warfare 2 features some great things and stunning graphics, its glaring flaws make it a step down from the last modern warfare, not a step up. I traded this game for Bad Company 2, which i like much better.… Expand
  2. PanzerStrike100
    Feb 2, 2019
    7
    I liked this game. The campaign was good so was the special ops. The multiplayer was kind of good but it is very flawed. There are a lot of hackers in the lobby. Some hacker in the lobby maxed out my rank and prestige for some reason. And for that reason I get put in with the really good people who got their ranks by playing so I do really bad against them. Overall it is a good game. B+
  3. DWlubu1998
    Apr 14, 2011
    6
    We can all say the campaign wasnt fantastic but it had alot of HOLY CRAP moments. The graphics are some of the best iv seen in a long time. But the campain was laughably short. And now the multiplayer ohhhh nooo this is the main reason I dont play this anymore the hackers. I loved it when it first came out but then a couple months later it is a hacked mess. And i just want to say thank youWe can all say the campaign wasnt fantastic but it had alot of HOLY CRAP moments. The graphics are some of the best iv seen in a long time. But the campain was laughably short. And now the multiplayer ohhhh nooo this is the main reason I dont play this anymore the hackers. I loved it when it first came out but then a couple months later it is a hacked mess. And i just want to say thank you to the people who hacked and made a game that could have been the greatest game of all time very bad. But it is also Infinity Wards fault for letting it get like this they could have built it better but they didnt im truly disappointed.… Expand
  4. KingerSays
    Sep 6, 2011
    7
    Battlefield fanboys are the only people who rate this game downwards. The single player campaign is absolutely FANTASTIC, although it is unfortunately let down in some points by the multiplayer - these points being the unbalance of certain weapons in the game and perks.
  5. Vio
    Nov 20, 2011
    7
    I enjoyed some levels in this game, generally I thought the action was too chaotic on most levels with too big a team to be enjoyable. Many times the game felt more frustrating than joyful. Graphics wise not much of a improvement over MW1. Story was plain, but this is a war shooter... Liked it? - It was OK.
  6. davenbettridge
    Aug 2, 2011
    7
    The Call of Duty creators must be criticized for having the greatest opportunity in the industry with unlimited resources to only coming up with something half good and not a masterpiece. Call of Duty MW2 has its production values, its popular, it has high quality models, shooting animations and sounds which do provides players some immediate satisfying gameplay (for a short time). But theThe Call of Duty creators must be criticized for having the greatest opportunity in the industry with unlimited resources to only coming up with something half good and not a masterpiece. Call of Duty MW2 has its production values, its popular, it has high quality models, shooting animations and sounds which do provides players some immediate satisfying gameplay (for a short time). But the overall 'game' of MW2 is a mixed bag and fails to be something really special, not just a 'fun' or 'popular' game. The single player story is a bad joke, the themes and meanings the story portrays are a contradictory muddled mess. The special Op missions do offer some well designed gameplay but why the story mode is not intertwined is confusing, I would have preferred the entire story dropped for more Special Ops. The multiplayer can be fun for short periods of time but does lack depth which is why it has not resonated as a competitive Esport title. I do recommend MW2 due its surface fun and value for money but it lacks to what should have been something much much more.… Expand
  7. Buttfudder
    Sep 21, 2011
    6
    look the first modernwarfare game was innovative and an excellent game but modernwarfare 2 was a dissipointing. The campaign was ok, nothing was bad about it but it had been all done before. The new perks were a small positive which was blown out of proportion by fanboys as only stealth perks can be used and if you didn't snipe you were an 3p1cn00b... oh god why? Noscoping quickscopinglook the first modernwarfare game was innovative and an excellent game but modernwarfare 2 was a dissipointing. The campaign was ok, nothing was bad about it but it had been all done before. The new perks were a small positive which was blown out of proportion by fanboys as only stealth perks can be used and if you didn't snipe you were an 3p1cn00b... oh god why? Noscoping quickscoping JUST STOP IT. Montage after montage on quickscoping aargh. The fact that is has call of duty slapped infront of its title brought it huge revenue and drew players from other games. these players then when they had had their 19th game in a row where they were 0-19 and raging at everybody for using assault rifles and small machine guns, they would then migrate to another game and spread the 'snipe or you los' cancer. Look the game is an alrounder alright game. To sum it up the campaign was nothign new but didn't suck and the multiplayer was barable. Im happy to take up any argument you have with my comment, my xbox live is boxylyric oh and i think i have an unpositive kill death ratio but its not like the mw2 community cares about the type of thing right?… Expand
  8. mrogers0130
    Mar 31, 2012
    6
    Great commerials and great marketing from Activision, and great anticipation for the greatness of Infinity Ward brought to us in cod4, but the greatness stops there. The game itself is poor for a call of duty. Its story is confusing and genereic. An invasion f America is unemotional and Shephard's betrayal is hard to understand. The game itself is like a Michael Bay film. Sure it looksGreat commerials and great marketing from Activision, and great anticipation for the greatness of Infinity Ward brought to us in cod4, but the greatness stops there. The game itself is poor for a call of duty. Its story is confusing and genereic. An invasion f America is unemotional and Shephard's betrayal is hard to understand. The game itself is like a Michael Bay film. Sure it looks good and has some exciting cinematic moments, but the story is told in a horrible way, and the characters are uninteresting. The multiplayer is a downgrade from 4 and waw. It puts in place two many over powerred kill streaks and makes the focus from getting kills to win the game to getting a chopper gunner ac130 or tacnuke. The secondary shotguns are completely unbalanced and the multiplayer grows more and more frustrating the more you play. One of the worst cods. A not so glorios end to infinity ward… Expand
  9. davidm
    Nov 10, 2009
    5
    Decent game but doesn't improve on much from Cod4, graphics are nice but the game still doesnt run at even 720p, frame-rate is really good though, controlls are still good, but like i said this game feels more like CoD4.5 than ModernWarfare 2.
  10. TheQuietGamer
    May 7, 2011
    5
    Infinity Ward in my opinion isn't as good as Treyarch at making Call of Duty games, I was hoping that this would change my opinion about that, and it let me down, let's start with the basics, the graphics are hit or miss during the first half of the game, but during the second half there breathtaking, the same goes for the sound, as a matter of a fact that's how the whole campaign is, theInfinity Ward in my opinion isn't as good as Treyarch at making Call of Duty games, I was hoping that this would change my opinion about that, and it let me down, let's start with the basics, the graphics are hit or miss during the first half of the game, but during the second half there breathtaking, the same goes for the sound, as a matter of a fact that's how the whole campaign is, the first half is just kinda lame and just feels like more COD 4: MW, but the second half is fantastic, with large set pieces, and shocking and amazing battles, trust me it's WAY better than COD 4: MW's disappointing campaign, but it's to short and the story is confusing up until the second half, however most people won't even bother with the campaign and just stick with the multiplayer, which now is filled with bugs, glitches, and hackers and is almost unplayable, the game also has Spec Ops missions, which can be played solo but are more fun with friends, but they aren't that great, and most are just reused levels from the campaign, all in all if you liked COD 4: MW you'll probably like this, as it's mostly more of the same, but others should avoid, I would recommend a rental at most.… Expand
  11. DomF
    Jan 9, 2011
    5
    The release of Modern Warfare 2 was incredibly hyped. I remember the buzz around everyone on the day of release, and the excitement that day made it probably one of the most fun times on the Xbox 360 that I've ever had. I started with single player and, as expected, it was over-the-top fast-paced action and that's what made it good. The campaign was short, but it was incredibly excitingThe release of Modern Warfare 2 was incredibly hyped. I remember the buzz around everyone on the day of release, and the excitement that day made it probably one of the most fun times on the Xbox 360 that I've ever had. I started with single player and, as expected, it was over-the-top fast-paced action and that's what made it good. The campaign was short, but it was incredibly exciting despite some of the questionable plot choices. Notable missions include the one with the snowmobiles and the final level. Although they were obvious gimmicks they were extremely enjoyable; so all in all the campaign was quite good in my opinion. The Spec Ops mode offered a nice change from the zombies mode of World at War and was good fun, although I was disappointed to see a lack of support for it - but I'll come to the later. Then we come to the multiplayer mode. At first it was very exciting with awesome new guns and attachments and of course the addition of a multitude of killstreak rewards that you can pick and choose rather than being given the standard 3-5-7 seen in Modern Warfare 1 and World at War. Later on the inevitable and infamous "Cod rage" took hold and although this was to be expected with a Call of Duty game, Modern Warfare 2 took it above and beyond. It soon became apparent that the game had been made extremely "noob-friendly" with very luck-based gameplay, extremely easy-to-use combinations and clearly overpowered weapons, perks, attachments and killstreak rewards. Furthermore, once the insane power of the killstreak rewards was realised, the game revolved around it and this simply caused camping as players would play Domination (for example) purely so it's a longer match and they can therefore get their nuke with their generic 7-11-25 killstreak set-up. I could go on about multiplayer's flaws but I won't. Support for the game seemed to be a big issue for Infinity Ward. Each new map pack charged us ridiculous prices for a few of new maps and one or two old ones. 1,200 points is far too much for a map pack in my opinion, especially since, in spite of this, Spec Ops saw absolutely nothing new. As well as this, multiplayer was not otherwise changed very often at all to balance the game. The only updates on the game game were when particularly glaring flaws (such as the care package glitches or the Model 1887 issues). Overall, for me the multiplayer simply became more of a stress than fun and it was Infinity Ward's lack of listening to gamers that caused them to do nothing about it, but rather milk the cow with each new overpriced map pack. But that's not to say the multiplayer was entirely bad - private matches and playing with friends could often still be fun, but overall I found the experience lack lustre.… Expand
  12. codisgay
    Nov 9, 2010
    5
    The only good thing about this game was the campaign, which wasn't even that good to be honest. The mutli-player was terrible, it was always lagging for a lot of people, and incredibly unrealistic. The campaign was fairly good, but it was WAY too short, which was a big let down. Everything else on the game was mediocre.
  13. Heath
    Nov 10, 2009
    5
    Im sick of everyone Sucking this games D!%K. It is not the game of the century and it is not ground breaking. Yes It is a good game but with Average graphics and a 6 hr campain I think there is more to be desired here. WAY OVERRATED!!!
  14. KBeat
    Nov 10, 2009
    7
    I guess I'm among the few that purchased the game primarily for the single player experience. As such, I'm disappointed. It's far too short and way over the top. There isn't any single moment that stuns you like the nuke in Modern Warfare 1, because there are too many over-the-top events to make any one stand out. It's a good game, but a let down from the first.
  15. johnnyg
    Nov 10, 2009
    7
    Mw2 is a very fun and intense game but graphics are outdated and the single player campaign is again too short.you can complete the entire sp campaign in about 6 hours at normal level.add 2 hours at hard level.the core of this game is the multiplayer perfect and very satisfating.However Mw2 don't worth the price for the single player campaign.It'a a shame that developers put so Mw2 is a very fun and intense game but graphics are outdated and the single player campaign is again too short.you can complete the entire sp campaign in about 6 hours at normal level.add 2 hours at hard level.the core of this game is the multiplayer perfect and very satisfating.However Mw2 don't worth the price for the single player campaign.It'a a shame that developers put so much effort only on multiplayer and not for the single player.… Expand
  16. RanaR
    Nov 10, 2009
    6
    Single player campaign too short - very let down again, 'cause I don't give a monkeys about online multiplaying.
  17. GlennD.
    Nov 10, 2009
    6
    Campaign was way too short and nowhere near as good as the first, if you haven't played Uncharted 2 yet do yourself a favor and pick that up instead.
  18. MikeF
    Nov 10, 2009
    5
    Single Player: Single player is pretty standard. You won't find too much different from MW1 as far as mission types/objectives. Fairly standard. Integration of new weapons, perks, and vehicles, like the snowmobile, are nice additions. Multiplayer: MW1 was an amazing multiplayer experience. It always amazed me how balanced it felt regardless of the differences in unlocks between a Single Player: Single player is pretty standard. You won't find too much different from MW1 as far as mission types/objectives. Fairly standard. Integration of new weapons, perks, and vehicles, like the snowmobile, are nice additions. Multiplayer: MW1 was an amazing multiplayer experience. It always amazed me how balanced it felt regardless of the differences in unlocks between a level 1 player and a level 50 player. This was partly due to the M4, one of the most powerful guns in the game, being unlocked from the beginning. With that said, MW2 throws this all out the door. Its not until you reach the high-teens in terms of leveling that you feel truly prepared to fight. The available guns at the start are very disappointing and underpowered. Once you do unlock a somewhat decent weapon, you then need to unlock the challenges for it, then unlock the sights by completing the challenge. Ridiculous. Then comes the custom perks/kill-streaks. For the first dozen+ levels you are stuck with 3 perks. The higher level kill-streaks are incredibly overpowered and leave players who have yet to unlock them in the dust. Game balance is completely thrown off and damaged by this. As far as the new maps go, they look nice, but don't play too well with Team Deathmatch in particular. This is because the map design literally encourages camping. This type of gameplay leads to one team ruling the map, and the other trapped spawning in one location. I feel MW2 is more of an expansion to MW2 than a sequel. The campaign is a little short by today's standards, and the multiplayer introduces nothing new aside from the toys. It seems to me like the design process for this game was something along the lines of "Lets see how many cool new weapons and abilities we can add!" without calculating the consequences of flooding the game with overpowered tools. (i.e. 25-killstreak nuke that will end the game, regardless of score).… Expand
  19. ZackC
    Nov 10, 2009
    5
    The single player experience is as great as always but with the consolesque changes made to the PC version the game has hemorrhaged any value it might have had in what really matters, the multiplayer.
  20. turdsandwich100
    Sep 2, 2010
    6
    Well to be honest this game is quite overrated. I was just looking through halo 3 and mass effect 2 reviews and was shocked to see people saying halo was a bad version of cod and mass effect needed to be more like it! Cod is just daft! The story is pretty unbelievable and nowhere near as good as the previos mw - not waw (that was terrible). The multiplayer is very good though until you getWell to be honest this game is quite overrated. I was just looking through halo 3 and mass effect 2 reviews and was shocked to see people saying halo was a bad version of cod and mass effect needed to be more like it! Cod is just daft! The story is pretty unbelievable and nowhere near as good as the previos mw - not waw (that was terrible). The multiplayer is very good though until you get some lifeless cod obsessed idiot who knows nothing about good games, probably has a nodded controller and was tenth prestige the week it came out killing you over and over again! Then there's the fools who run around with an unbelievably long range knife using a "perk" that makes you run very fast who kill you in one slice! It's ridiculous! Listen to my advice and get this game but please don't waste your time that could be spent on something brilliant like fallout 3s or red dead redemptions amazing storylines. Or gears of wars amazing battles getting to be ridiculously good at multiplayer for this massively overrated AVERAGE game. Oh yeah and infinity ward beat treyarch… Expand
  21. chrisanderson36
    Oct 9, 2010
    6
    this game is a really good fps and the campaign was very good indeed with a variety of mission and levels. the multi player on the other hand was awsome to start with but after a few months of playing it had to happen didnt it ....... yes im talking about the no scopers and the quick scopers which absoloutly ruined the game for me :(
  22. Iron_Mal
    Dec 20, 2010
    6
    I honestly didn't give a damn about the lack of dedicated servers (it's something we console gamers have gone without for a long time so allow me to say to PC gamers 'suck it up and quit complaining').

    Anyway, back to MW2, to be frank it's one of those 'alright' games that you can play for a while...but it's not going to change your life majorly. The single player is ok while it lasts    I honestly didn't give a damn about the lack of dedicated servers (it's something we console gamers have gone without for a long time so allow me to say to PC gamers 'suck it up and quit complaining').

    Anyway, back to MW2, to be frank it's one of those 'alright' games that you can play for a while...but it's not going to change your life majorly.

    The single player is ok while it lasts (although the plot suffers from what I like to call 'Silent Hill syndrome' where you have to play through the game a few times and look it up on forums just to understand what the hell happened and why) and the co-op is actually very fun (when played with a friend, hopefully one who won't aim for you and only you in the AC1-30 level) and the multiplayer...it's like Halo in that it's one of those games you'll only really have fun with if you play it with friends (it helps deal with how annoying and infuriating players online can be).

    Lots of people have complained about lots of weapons and playstyles being unbalanced and overpowered so let me settle all discussions and arguments over this once and for all: EVERYTHING IN THIS GAME IS UNBALANCED AND OVERPOWERED, most times you will be forced to take Stopping Power as a perk not because you want to, but because everyone else will so not taking it will result in you being unable to match their firepower. Quickscoping is almost endemic (I once bumped into a game where everyone was pulling out Interventions, apparently those things are so common they're given away with breakfast cereals now) along with it's ugly cousin, boosting.

    With all that bashing out of the way allow me to be clear on my overall message, MW2 is still a fun and good game but it's so easy to abuse that you'll find most other players doing everything in their power to ruin your game.    … Expand
  23. SpartanEdge
    Apr 14, 2011
    7
    I will start by saying This is 'Technically' a good game.Graphics are pretty good,& Good Gunplay.but thats it.Thats all thats good about it.This has to me the most overhyped & overated game of ALL time! which seems to have gotten alot of critics over excited with their scores!.. As i've said,sure,its a competent game,but it fails in so many other ways.First of all,The Campaign.First ofI will start by saying This is 'Technically' a good game.Graphics are pretty good,& Good Gunplay.but thats it.Thats all thats good about it.This has to me the most overhyped & overated game of ALL time! which seems to have gotten alot of critics over excited with their scores!.. As i've said,sure,its a competent game,but it fails in so many other ways.First of all,The Campaign.First of all,its EXTREMELY short.Secondly,the story itself is ludicrus(as they seem to increasingly getting now with CoD,Black Ops for example).The Plot is more James Bond,than serious military storyline.CoD will be having Moonraker style space station fights before long at this rate.. Thirdly,No Campaign Co-Op.The ommission of this is inexcusible! especially when Tryarch managed it in World at War! though where was Co-Op in Black Ops though Treyarch? Tut Tut.. Co-Op really should be catered for in most games now,like multiplayer is(which doesnt interest me a great deal).& not rubbish 'Side Modes' like Spec Ops,or Onslaught Mode in Bad Company 2.When will developers learn,we dont want that,we want CAMPAIGN Co-Op. & fourthly,Re-Spawning enemies?! Come On!,this is not the retro era,we should be past this by now.. The multiplayer is pretty good though,& can see why alot of people like it.Though both the Single player & Multiplayer in CoD are both looking really tired now(Black Ops included),& the series needs a boot up the backside.In fact,in future,if i'm to buy any more CoD's,Campaign Co-Op is a minimum requirement.If it doesnt,NO sale,from me anyway.The far superior singleplayer & multiplayer experience can be found in Battlefield-Bad Company 2.That game too,sadly lacks Co-Op,but is still the superior game by far.… Expand
  24. bighead6000
    Jul 4, 2011
    7
    In my opinion, Modern warfare 2 is not even close to being as good as the first modern warfare. I feel like the multiplayer in this game is not that good, along with the maps that come along. The campaign is OK, but jumps from place to place to much. I do think the spec ops mode is good though. Overall this call of duty is good, but not as good as the past ones.
  25. fail4me
    Oct 3, 2011
    6
    First things first, the multiplayer is the best. Campain, to short and stupid. Infinity Ward kinda screwed up with this game, don't waste your money. This is just mindless killing.
  26. Mako5
    Feb 26, 2012
    7
    The campaign was interesting yet unrealistic and sometimes incoherent. I liked the ideas it had, but its delivery of it was flawed. The online is great and highly enjoyable. Overall its a good game, but nothing to make it stand out other than the fact that it's highly addictive. Unremarkable, but fun.
  27. potatoes351
    Nov 14, 2012
    5
    Modern Warfare 2 takes place 5 years after the events of Call of Duty 4. After a calm period the terrorist organisations in the middle east and Russia have a new leader by the name of Vladamir Makarov. Bent on avenging Imran Zakhaev, Makarov sets in motion a plan that will bring about WWIII and place the world in control of the ultranationalists. The game does little to change upon theModern Warfare 2 takes place 5 years after the events of Call of Duty 4. After a calm period the terrorist organisations in the middle east and Russia have a new leader by the name of Vladamir Makarov. Bent on avenging Imran Zakhaev, Makarov sets in motion a plan that will bring about WWIII and place the world in control of the ultranationalists. The game does little to change upon the well established Call of Duty gameplay and offers nothing new to the franchise as a whole, however the story narrative the campaign has gives this game a reason to still be bought.… Expand
  28. Mattyice
    Apr 22, 2012
    6
    Good game. very similar graphics to MW1 and same guns. Great maps though. Overall, a very mediocre performance by infinity ward. Buy with a lot of caution. For hardcore gamers, this may not be worth your money.
  29. wesker2012
    May 27, 2012
    6
    game is okay, nothing special, more of the same.
  30. DSPReviews
    Jun 29, 2012
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is the successor to one of the best first person shooters out Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. But the question does Modern Warfare 2 live up to the Call of Duty franchise? Well you'll find out in this review.

    -Single Player: The single player in Modern Warfare 2 is action-packed and a blast to play through and feels like a Michael Bay film. There are a variety of locations and each one of them looks fantastic, going from the favelas of Rio de Janeiro to the war torn streets of the United States. The story this time around happens several years after Call of Duty 4, and is about a Russian ultra nationalist named Vladimir Makarov who has sparked a Russian invasion into the United States, due to a massacre at a Russian airport., you being a undercover agent tried to stop him, but failed. The game itself does a poor job explaining the plot and is really focused on the action rather than the story, you'll also beat it in a heart beat.

    -Multiplayer: The mutiplayer is the main highlight of Modern Warfare 2, and I strongly dislike it while it can be very addicting, the problem is there are too many game breaking problems for me to enjoy it, and I can create a laundry list of how many flaws it has but the number one thing that breaks it, is an s*** load of balance issues, from overpowered kill streaks to even game ending kill streaks that just break the action very often, dual wielding shot guns, explosive damage being too affective, places where players can sit all day and rack up kills, firing rates on weapons meaning that anyone can mod their controller to make their Barret 50. cal shoot like and M60, there are just soo many game breaking flaws that need to be fixed. There are also a handful of glitches in the mutilplayer that haven't been even patched years after release, the mutiplayer should've had a beta test period to iron out all of the flaws it has.

    -Graphics: The graphics look decent, they definitely don't look as striking as World at War did, Ive seen better looking games than Modern Warfare 2, some places look awesome but there is just no enough to satisfy you due to the fact that in the multiplayer your always in small concealed areas. Besides that some textures look great on the surface while other look muddy, fortunately you see less of the poor textures.

    -Sound: Hans Zimmer creates a striking sound track for the single player it's top notch and movie quality, and some of the best music I've heard in a video game. The weapons however just sound flat and sound like modified Call of Duty 4 weapons and the explosions are nothing special either they are ripped straight from Call of Duty 4 and are not changed.

    -Extras: Modern Warfare 2 provides a fun spec-ops gamemode that you can play with a friend either split-screen or online, and all the missions have a good variety.

    Overall Modern Warfare 2 falls flat on its main highlight, the multiplayer and is a real disappointment. In my opinion it's overrated and it's clear that the multiplayer is a rushed mess that should've been taken into consideration, it's a perfect example that sales don't make a excellent game. New comers may like it but for veterans of Call of Duty 4 and World at War will most likely not like the changes.    … Expand
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  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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