This review contains spoilers
This sequel is awesome, but not as much as it's predecessor.
The Story is that General Shepherd hires an American soldier to infiltrate a terrorist group, but it leads to his death, and the General now has to use his taskforce to stop World War 3 between USA and Russia. This is another great and surprising story to the Call of Duty franchise. It is something that is common now, but was extraordinary when it first came out, especially for a videogame. The best moments include the Terrorist attack, reuniting former characters, Killing the Twist villain, and Captain Price's plan to stop the Russians with the Submarine. Now some annoyances I have inside the story include General Sheppherd telling us about Makarov as opposed to showing us "show don't tell". Also Soap doesn't get any build up from the last game, he's simply appears.
The New Characters are good, Ghost is awesome and mysterious, Foley and Dunn were alright, and Soap finally getting to show his character is awesome to see. But Allen, doesn't give me anything "i'm including him, because he speaks in one cutscene". Makarov is a cunning villain, who feels like a guy you could never suceed in killing. General Sheppherd is mostly good, his personality is fun to watch, and I do understand his betrayal, and his motives. The only problem I have with it is that the game doesn't do a good job of making it clear what his motives are, which is something you should do if you want us to like seeing his defeat.
The Graphics are even more polished than the last game, with many opportunities to give off many details, thanks to the levels.
The Gameplay has you first person shoot enemies, sneak past them, collect intel, or impersonate a member of their group. This gameplay is very addictive, thanks to a variety of levels, locations, tasks, and good characters you want to see succeed. New items like Heart beat sensors, and riot shields are weapon stealers, and even the Level "No Russian" with it's ability to allow the game to continue without having to follow the exact story is very clever. The only minor negatives I had with the gameplay are. Why does Sheppherd stand out in the open where he can be shot. How would task force members let Rojas' assistant over power them? Why program it so Makarov could shoot you through a wall if you know what's coming? and why put a disclaimer on a game that is for mature people only, when only immature people complain about this stuff? Multiplayer is back and it is still great, with only main differences include added weapons, new maps, and more ranks. I actually like this multiplayer more than Modernb Warfare 1's one, due to it being the same, but with more options, and more variety of the types of maps. Special ops is a great Co-op game to test how good you perform in different challenge types that the game can bring to you. The Museum after the campaign is also nice to look at, and fun to fun off if you press the button.
The Music is great, many tracks capture the emotion of each scene, and will stick with you forever.
Modern Warfare 2 holds up as a sequel which is good, but not as much as the first.
The Story is that General Shepherd hires an American soldier to infiltrate a terrorist group, but it leads to his death, and the General now has to use his taskforce to stop World War 3 between USA and Russia. This is another great and surprising story to the Call of Duty franchise. It is something that is common now, but was extraordinary when it first came out, especially for a videogame. The best moments include the Terrorist attack, reuniting former characters, Killing the Twist villain, and Captain Price's plan to stop the Russians with the Submarine. Now some annoyances I have inside the story include General Sheppherd telling us about Makarov as opposed to showing us "show don't tell". Also Soap doesn't get any build up from the last game, he's simply appears.
The New Characters are good, Ghost is awesome and mysterious, Foley and Dunn were alright, and Soap finally getting to show his character is awesome to see. But Allen, doesn't give me anything "i'm including him, because he speaks in one cutscene". Makarov is a cunning villain, who feels like a guy you could never suceed in killing. General Sheppherd is mostly good, his personality is fun to watch, and I do understand his betrayal, and his motives. The only problem I have with it is that the game doesn't do a good job of making it clear what his motives are, which is something you should do if you want us to like seeing his defeat.
The Graphics are even more polished than the last game, with many opportunities to give off many details, thanks to the levels.
The Gameplay has you first person shoot enemies, sneak past them, collect intel, or impersonate a member of their group. This gameplay is very addictive, thanks to a variety of levels, locations, tasks, and good characters you want to see succeed. New items like Heart beat sensors, and riot shields are weapon stealers, and even the Level "No Russian" with it's ability to allow the game to continue without having to follow the exact story is very clever. The only minor negatives I had with the gameplay are. Why does Sheppherd stand out in the open where he can be shot. How would task force members let Rojas' assistant over power them? Why program it so Makarov could shoot you through a wall if you know what's coming? and why put a disclaimer on a game that is for mature people only, when only immature people complain about this stuff? Multiplayer is back and it is still great, with only main differences include added weapons, new maps, and more ranks. I actually like this multiplayer more than Modernb Warfare 1's one, due to it being the same, but with more options, and more variety of the types of maps. Special ops is a great Co-op game to test how good you perform in different challenge types that the game can bring to you. The Museum after the campaign is also nice to look at, and fun to fun off if you press the button.
The Music is great, many tracks capture the emotion of each scene, and will stick with you forever.
Modern Warfare 2 holds up as a sequel which is good, but not as much as the first.