Modern Warfare 2 review: A few patches from greatness
Modern Warfare 2 (the sequel) continues the Call of Duty series’ tradition of delivering first-person shooters that look and feel like blockbuster movies and are a blast to play when they do. With a few major issues at launch, the game fails to make an impression despite the fact that the narrative is solid but unremarkable and the multiplayer may be entertaining at times but is often dull.
Modern Warfare 2 review: A few patches from greatness
You’d be forgiven for thinking that Modern Warfare 2 was still a ways off from its ultimate form had it been released with an early access designation. However, Modern Warfare 2 was not released under that name. For all intents and purposes, this AAA title, which launched on October 28, is unfinished. Those who can’t wait to plunge into the action have purchased a Call of Duty game that is far from complete.
Modern Warfare 2 review: A few patches from greatness
It’s hardly the best start for a game that has the potential to remain in the limelight for two years straight, what with missing fundamental elements, unneeded tweaks that simply complicate things, and numerous issues that impair the action. While future upgrades and content releases will undoubtedly fill in some of the gaps, any long-term fix won’t be able to save what’s available at launch. The initial condition of Modern Warfare 2 is unacceptable.
Campaigns in the Call of Duty series are all quite similar, so veterans will feel right at home in the latest entry. All of them are rather short portrayals of specific battlegrounds, where convoluted stories move quickly from one exciting set piece to the next. There is no high-caliber literature or ground-breaking innovations in game design to be found here. But if you’re prepared for a more relaxed action game with the best first-person shooter gameplay available, Modern Warfare 2 won’t let you down.
Modern Warfare 2 review: A few patches from greatness
It’s another nonstop action adventure that will have you hanging out of a helicopter in one scene and wearing a ghillie suit to take out distant enemies in the next. This reinterpretation of the original MW series has various but recognisable chapters and a large portion of the original cast. In spite of the fact that many of the characters’ names and looks are recycled from the original Modern Warfare 2 (how good are naming conventions? ), everything else about the game is brand new.
To a large extent, their trip in 2022 is just as fun as ours was in 2009. However, the whole campaign’s ambitious aims are thwarted due to a number of major faults and highly annoying oversights. Infinity Ward misses the mark by a hair, and the consequence is a good single-player campaign that falls short of being great.
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