VIDEO GAME REVIEW: It's no secret there's nothing in the video gaming world as immersive as a first-person shooter which is why there's a sea of them out there but nothing quite like the Call of Duty series. Infinity Ward's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is hands down the cream of the crop and sets the bar for other FPS games.
The first Modern Warfare broke all kinds of barriers in which most other FPS games call standard. Modern Warfare 2 goes even beyond that with jaw-dropping realism, supremely stunning graphics, eye-drying intense action, and a storyline that reflects real world current events.
MW2 takes place five years after the original. This time Task Force 141 must stop Imran Zakhaev's successor Vladimir Makarov, the new leader of the Russian Ultranationalists. Makarov has proven to be the more daring and more cold-blooded of the two making him a more dangerous and elusive man to deal with.
There are a total of 4 playable characters in the Campaign Mode, including Soap Mactavish. Soap is now the captain of Task Force 141 and will have a few missions alongside former mentor Capt. Price. The missions (23 in all) are short but each packed with a lot of action and are different in situations and locations. Some of these missions require you to drive a snow mobile, shoot the mini-gun of a helicopter, shoot the 50-caliber gun of an armored transport, maneuver a speed river raft through a rocky Colorado basin. But there is, however, one level in the game that will test your sensitivity towards terrorist attacks. It's so disturbing that Infinity Ward has included an option for the player to skip this level before a new campaign is started.
As usual, there are plenty of weapons to choose from with most having either a shotgun or grenade launcher as a secondary fire. There are also two new features available for certain guns in certain missions. Some guns with a scope now have the ability to see body heat and is quite effective even in daylight. And some now have a built-in feature that detects an enemy's heartbeat (similar to the proximity detector seen in the Aliens movies). You will also have the ability to wield two sidearms, but only if you happen to kill an enemy who has them.
A few elements have been thrown into the game, including climbing the side of a frozen mountain in Russia and swimming out of a submarine to launch a search and rescue inside in an oil rig. The player will also have a Predator that could launch an air-to-ground missile at your command and in your control during some missions. While the reloading speed is extremely slow, its results are satisfyingly devastating. The placement of the enemies are now random and is never predictable. You will often find yourself looking over your shoulders frequently and rely on switching from your primary weapon to your secondary gun and back even on normal setting.
All in all, Modern Warfare 2 does more and will keep your trigger-finger happy even if it only takes about 8 hours to finish it. The level of difficulty between the settings is quite remarkable. The added Special Ops that allows you to play co-operatively offline, solo, and online is a nice touch considering that the online multi-player gameplay isn't that much improved.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Infinity Ward/Activision). Platforms: XBox 360, Playstation 3, and PC. Genre: First-Person Shooter. Player(s): 1 and Multi-Player (online and offline). ESRB Rating: Mature (M)
GAMEPLAY: A+
GAME DESIGN: A+
STORY: A
GRAPHICS: A+
SOUND: A+
MUSIC: A
VOICE ACTING: A
REPLAY VALUE: B
RENT OR BUY?: Are you kidding me? Go out and buy it NOW!
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