Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2

Great game.
Shame it's full of RCE exploits, which Activision doesn't care to fix.
DO NOT BUY

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☐ Paint.exe
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ Bad
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☐ Decent
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☐ Beautiful
☐ You forget what reality is
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☐ Just don‘t
☐ Starring at walls is better
☐ Meh
☐ It‘s just gameplay
☑ Good
☐ Very good
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☐ Ear rape
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☐ Eargasm
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☐ Kids
☐ Teens
☑ Adults
☐ Human
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☐ Check if you can run paint
☑ Potato
☐ Decent
☐ High Tech
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer
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☐ Just press ‚A‘
☑ Easy
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Difficult
☐ Significant brain usage
☐ Dark Souls
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☐ Nothing to grind
☑ Only if you care about leaderboards/ranks/achievements
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You‘ll need a second live for grinding
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☐ Story?
☐ Text or Audio floating around
☐ Bad
☐ Average
☐ Good
☑ Lovely
☐ It will replace your life
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☐ Long enough for a cup of tea
☑ Short
☐ Average
☐ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond
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☐ You could also just burn your money
☐ Not recommended
☐ If you have some spare money left
☑ Wait for discounts
☐ Worth the price
☐ It’s free!
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☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs
☐ FIFA 23
☐ Can get annoying
☑ Minor bugs
☐ Never heard of
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"History is written by the victors."
If there is a game that needs no introduction, it's Modern Warfare 2. There's a reason for whenever Call of Duty gets mentionned, it follows shortly after.
Tuned up to 11 pure mayhem, with soul, immersion and presentation.
A few notes before we get to it:
This will be covering the Campaign and the Special Ops. As much as I would love to talk about the multiplayer, there's the reason below.
If you are not aware, playing the multiplayer of the older CoD titles on PC is currently at your own risk. There is a "Remote Code Execution" exploit affecting every Call of Duty released prior to Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. Don't play MP and you'll be fine.
No controller support on this one. Only KbM.
A note for achievement hunters: Two Spec-Ops missions, being "Big Brother" and "Overwatch", require a partner to complete. There's no split-screen compared to the console version, so you'll need a buddy to get 100% completion. This affects 3 achievements :

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No major spoilers in this review.
Still with us? Good. We're Oscar Mike.
CAMPAIGN
S.S.D.D.
This is no war hero scenario. You'll find yourself playing on the frontlines in the boots of a rank-and-file Private of the United States' Rangers, and behind enemy lines as a Sergeant in the Task Force 141, dealing with the consequences of the actions of the world leaders.
Action-packed and thought provoking missions, a vast array of colorful locales, a memorable cast of characters, and blockbuster FPS gameplay, with a strong narrative. A lot awaits you, on this globetrotting journey through hell.
Up Your Arsenal
Something strike your fancy?
This game features some of the most iconic weapons in all categories. From your reliable M9, to the legendary Desert Eagle. The animation work and the sound design on those guns just makes it pure fun wielding and reloading them.
Side note: Unlike the newer entries, they used to do weapon licensing for CoD. You'll see familiar faces such as the M4A1, M1014, SPAS-12, the list goes on.
Level Design
The Only Easy Day.. Was Yesterday.
The level design is brilliantly executed. A healthy mix of linearity and open areas, a touch of verticality, with set dressing as far as the eye can see.
A strong artstyle/art direction can make a game timeless. MW2 has a perfect mix of the dark and gritty you'd expect from your run of the mill war game, but with an outstanding color palette. Makes every level pop out, without taking out your immersion.
The Score
Hans Zimmer and Lorne Balfe.
Enough said. (The only downside is that not the entire album is on streaming services..)
Side note: Hans Zimmer composed the main theme, Lorne Balfe composed all the other tracks.
Spec-Ops
"Hunter 2-1, this is Overlord. An enemy helicopter loaded for bear is approaching your area, over."
Special Ops is a challenge mode taking place in levels based off the campaign. Solo or Co-op, you'll have a variety of stealth missions, loud missions, races, you name it.
Some of them get quite tricky, but it's a blast running them either solo or with a buddy.
TL;DR
MW2 remains one of the CoD entries with the strongest identity, and it holds up wonderfully. Worth a revisit in 2023. If you enjoy strong narratives and single player first-person shooters, this is a must have in your library.

one of the best cod games the campain is emotional action packed and fun now heres a question for you how is a 10+ year old game still better then the third second and the first newest cod games

childhood memories this game. when me and my cousin played split screen at his dad house and we just had a really good time together. i miss those days..

Good Old COD
Rating: 9/10
I found it way easier than MW remaster after finishing both on Veteran difficulty. But I had ton of fun in campaign. I highly recommend to follow the Modern Warfare release order to understand characters and some story references. Good game. MP isn't dead either.
Just bring the damn remastered version here, activision mofks

DO NOT PLAY ONLINE.
The online mode has tons of hackers that can infect your pc and get access. It's not safe, so if you want to play mw2, just play the campaign.