Modern Warfare 2 made me eat my own words

A few days ago I blogged on how I wouldn’t be buying the recently released Modern Warfare 2, which came out on the 10th November. Of course, as you can see by my Gamercard on the right side of the site, you can see that I, quite clearly, have in fact, purchased Modern Warfare 2, and have played it quite a lot, too.

So, what’s the reason behind this purchase? Well, the main reason is that I got it for pretty freaking cheap. The supermarket Tesco (Americans: Think of it as Walmart) was doing an offer in-store. You could buy any game in the top 20 chart (I opted for Borderlands), and get Modern Warfare 2 for £25. Not a bad deal, methinks.

But hooooly shit, am I glad that I went and bought this game. Although it almost pains me to say so, because Activision were absolute dicks about the whole thing, but ultimately, there’s no denying it: This is the best game i’ve played all year so far.

Some things still irk at me though. I’m still annoyed at how Private Chat is disabled for certain playlists – all I want to do is unwind after a day of work. I don’t want to listen to some prepubescent kid on the other side of the world screaming at me down his mic, I just want to talk to my friends.

I originally said that I disliked the removal of the co-op campaign option, and I still do. That said, the special-ops mode in Modern Warfare 2 is done extremely well. For those of you not in the know, Special-ops is a co-operative mode where you and a friend can complete missions that usually require teamwork.

Perhaps the best example of this is the special-ops mission involving an AC130 Gunship. One player in the game is on the ground, trying to get from point A to point B, while another player is actually in the gunship itself. The player in the gunship must assist the player on the ground by taking out infantry/vehicles. It’s a simple idea that works really well.

The multiplayer, for me, is the main improvement over the original Modern Warfare. My main problem with the multiplayer in MW1 was that everyone, and I mean, everyone, whored the Martyrdom perk. For those of you not in the know, Martyrdom was a perk that dropped a live grenade automatically when you die. This can become extremely annoying – as you’re killing people, live grenades are dropping around you, and before you know it, you’re dead because you killed another player. What a fail.

Thankfully Modern Warfare 2 addresses this issue. While I haven’t leveled up enough to obtain the Martyrdom perk yet, it’s presence has already been significantly decreased. Instead of being a regular perk, Martyrdom is now a “death streak”. This means that Martyrdom is only active if you’ve died several times in a row. You’d probably be surprised at how much more enjoyable the multiplayer in Call of Duty is with this perk far less common.

So there you have it – I bought Modern Warfare 2, and i’m damn glad that I did. I still can’t justify a £45 pricetag though. I think that you should get it for £32 instead.

~ by pokeh on November 13, 2009.