Modern Warfare 2

[chopemon]

This turned up from Zavvi earlier and I have had a quick blast on a couple of multiplayer maps.



It is the MW we all know and love but everything just feels better.

The game looks great and everything feels super smooth and precise. the timings on all the actions and animations feel perfect.

The mutliplayer at least is as you'd expect with the new kill streaks creating really interesting scenarios. People sprinting for care packages and being ambushed is excellent.

Not tried the single player yet but I'm booking the afternoon off for it

[SuperBeatBoy]

I read somewhere they finally got rid of the respawning enemies, is this true? Its my major pet peeve of the series. Other than that, can't wait to get stuck into it when it arrives, whenever that is.

[Matt]

And is it correct they've removed the cheap arse Martyrdom perk? Talk about a way to ruin game flow!

[PeteJ]

I've heard the respawning enemy thing is still in, won't know for sure until next week though :/

[mr_woo]

I read somewhere they finally got rid of the respawning enemies, is this true? Its my major pet peeve of the series. Other than that, can't wait to get stuck into it when it arrives, whenever that is.

Was reading GAF earlier and they were saying about how the game constantly pushes you forward with enemies coming at you from all sides so it's very hard to stay back and pick people off. Though other people have stated how they've killed everyone in an area and got a checkpoint. Be interested to see how different it is compared to COD4.

And is it correct they've removed the cheap arse Martyrdom perk? Talk about a way to ruin game flow!

It is now there as a deathstreak rather than a perk. So if you get killed 4 - 5 times in a row quite quickly you'll drop a grenade. But it's not for every death and not all the time as far as I can see from watching multiplayer streams/videos



Another interesting thing is apparently the Modern Warfare port to Wii is very good but due to politics, apparently, it's getting buried by Infinity Ward and Activision as much as possible. A few interesting threads out there about it.

[Matt]

It is now there as a deathstreak rather than a perk. So if you get killed 4 - 5 times in a row quite quickly you'll drop a grenade. But it's not for every death and not all the time as far as I can see from watching multiplayer streams/videos
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Thanks for that. Sounds like a great deathstreak addition to help crapper players pickup a kill, while not ruining the game (I really hated that ****ing thing in CoD4).

Still can't decide if I'll pick this up. There are various factors putting me off (mainly ethical issues, I take **** far too seriously) but if Tesco/Asda/Sainsburys hit the ?30 mark I imagine I'll be there at midnight

[Charlie]

My mate's been playing an illegal copy for the last 6 days and he claims it's better than CoD4 in every sense, both single and multiplayer, with Special Ops mode being the icing on the cake.

[Uli]

The game looks great and everything feels super smooth and precise. the timings on all the actions and animations feel perfect.

the looks have never been a problem. it's astounding how much visual fidelity can be put in just 1024x600 pixels...

but the sound is! it would be a nice surprise to find proper gunfight FX and better sampling quality in the 360 version of Modern Warfare 2.

Oli, could you please try Spec Ops and report back if you can gain XP in this mode?

[Number45]

I've heard the respawning enemy thing is still in, won't know for sure until next week though :/

I'm sure I remember IW flat out denying that was in there for MW, so I'd take any insistence that it's not in this with a pinch of salt.

[Spatial]

Can I just express my disappointment with Chopemon that he didn't put `R0x0rs your B0x0rs` in that sign.

[Uli]

just picked up my preordered UK copy... seems half of XBL Germany is already playing this...

[FelixofMars]

If they are I am off to IW to sh!t on their desks. Fight fire with fire.

I've heard the respawning enemy thing is still in, won't know for sure until next week though :/

[Number45]

Who's going to be the first to upload pics of them with their goggles on?

[Uli]

played through the first campaign mission - overpowered Rangers vs. RPG terrorists. business as usual and unfortunately pales in comparison to the SAS tanker mission.

seems technically nothing's changed in MW2. graphics have to be scaled to your screen size - for whatever reason - and look lush as ever. still no body and shadow though. and - no surprise - gun sounds are still piss poor. but at least they've included the cartridge clings. the score is very dominant and it seems the music volume can't be lowered, which is annoying.

[nonny]

Can anyone check this, Does MP have a locale filter like COD5 allowing you to search for region specifc matches?