
There was a time when Call of Duty games would sweep Game of the Year deliberations. At its height in the PS3 days, the Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfares of the world would regularly scoop up awards while Uncharted: Drake's Fortune could only sit and watch. A lot has changed since then, which is perhaps a testament to the quality of 2022's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 as the franchise returns to the conversation of what takes top honours.
Building on 2019's rebooted Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Infinity Ward delivers another exhilarating and intense campaign that breaks away from the traditional FPS levels of old with some gimmick missions involving driving, stealth, and that classic AC-130. It's easily one of the best single player offerings from the Call of Duty series in a while, which with a growing list of co-op levels to tackle, provides those uninterested in online multiplayer with something to keep coming back to.
It is those ferocious bouts that many fans play the game over and over for, however. While some of the changes made to levelling and unlocks take some time to get used to, the action itself is at an all-time high. It's a compliment to say the shooter doesn't ship with a single disappointing map, and the list of locations to settle your differences on will increase with post-launch support.
Modern Warfare 2 may not reinvent the wheel, but in combination with Warzone 2, it feels like the series is once again dominating the competitive shooter scene on consoles. After a few years out of the game while Fortnite and Apex Legends dictated the course of the online scene, the king is back on top. The FPS genre doesn't get much better than this.
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My wife dropped the controller yesterday and accidentally purchased this one as the controller rolled off the sofa. Yep, true story. Horrifying that it’s so easy to purchase a title.
At least it’s the best CoD in probably a decade or more. Still wouldn’t put it in the top 10 though.
Great single player campaign, good fun multiplayer and DMZ is a good addition as well.
Haven't played it so can't comment on if it should or shouldn't be here but i'm sure this spot will be popular with others.
@somnambulance Disaster. Are you not entitled to a refund up until you start the download?
I actually just recently picked it up and man you gotta give COD some props. It may not surprise in any way but there's no denying it's just good fun. I'm not sure where I'd put in on my list but I certainly wouldn't argue with anyone putting it high on the list.
Though please Infinity Ward do something about that user interface! Why do I have to select Modern Warfare 2 in a menu in order to play Modern Warfare 2 after loading up Modern Warfare 2!? 😄
Game is really good, BUT what kills warzone 2 for me is a fast TTK.
@somnambulance I guess it's stuff like that is why Amazon has 1-Click ordering. They want you ordering things randomly while your phone's just dangling in your pocket. Auto-renewal is also part of that family.
@TheArt At least Amazon lets you return something or cancel it though! Lol. Sony customer service is awful.
At least she accidentally bought a solid title and I’ll dip my toes into it. Could’ve been FIFA or some annual sports title, I suppose.
This game is a blast to play and that's all there is to it. Campaign was awesome too it is a solid 8/10 for me. The only thing horrible is the UI
@Shepherd_Tallon Lol. It didn’t even need to download. I had Warzone on the console already. 🫠
This is not Call of Duty. Call.of Duty died in 2019.
@Tasuki ....eh ..?
It's called Call of Duty Modern Warfare II.....So yeah it's Call of Duty
This is a brilliant game. End of.
I've seen this "movie" before,
And it ends with God Of War...
On December 31
It'll be chosen Number 1 !
I might play the single-player campaign one day if it is any good
@Styledvinny79
Easily my most played MP game this year.
So much fun and brillaint indeed sir!
Not a huge fan of the multiplayer in call of duty but I wouldn't mind playing the single player campaign. But I don't think that's worth paying £50-£60 for, this is the only thing I look forward to with Microsoft buying ABK, getting to play all the single player campaigns of the previous games as well.
@somnambulance wouldn’t even put this above black ops 3
@Tasuki yeah but the people that never liked call of duty to begin with , and played battlefield , think this is the best battlefield-i mean , call of duty game “in a decade” .
and the people that liked the golden era arcade run and gun CODS with medium to small maps and fictional guns agree that COD has been hot garbage for a while , and that infinity ward hasn’t made a COD with mostly good maps since MW2 .
@nomither6 Respectfully disagree. Black Ops in general is sort of where I feel like CoD started to jump the shark… but I also only played them as mp titles and always ignored the campaign. MW2 is the best the mp has been since the other MW2 easily for me.
The Modern Warfare sub-series of COD is, EASILY, the best of them all. Always has been too. Not even close. Among the many things that makes it stand apart for me is the inclusion of an actual military themed mode in Spec Ops as opposed to a completely out of left field and out of place zombies mode.
@somnambulance I have to ask, but how does that even happen?
You one had to have somehow put the game into your basket, then go through like 3-4 screens before actually purchasing the item from PSN & have had auto download on (which I don’t know is even a thing because after a purchase I have to manually hit the download button from the store page). All this occurred by dropping a controller? Genuinely curious.
@Fight_Teza_Fight Yes, that was how I felt too. And yet, at the same time, I can’t fathom why she would purchase it for herself or for me. I was told that the controller tumbled down a blanket, rolled off the sofa, slid across the floor and she accidentally pressed a button when she picked up the controller. It seems so ridiculous, but it’s highly plausible. Stuff like that happens to her.
@somnambulance I’ve seen stories like this on here before over the years & have wondered how that can happen. Just a serious of unfortunate events I guess.
It might be difficult as the game has been downloaded but it might be worth getting in touch with PlayStation customer service. A lot of people have been given refunds before due to accidental purchases even if the game has been downloaded as a ‘one time only refund’ if you explain the situation & get a sympathetic Sony CS person.
@nomither6 i really enjoyed the black ops story with the old cold war,brain washing mk ultra thingy going on especially that chapter where you are navigating the vietnam river..big apocalypse now vibes and it was awesome..never really liked the multiplayer as much because its these entrys into the franchise that seemed to speed things up too much and dont get me started on nuke town. So call of duty for me is an odd game..i prefer the story arc of black ops but really love the mw2 multiplayer..
@somnambulance Sounds equal parts terrifying and hilarious, I am so sorry. Though it does make for a great excuse to make unreasonable purchases if you ask me!
Every time I see art for this game, it's the dude with a skull mask on his face. Is it just supposed to be a striking visual, or is there something plot-relevant there?
@KingPev It may be called CoD but it's not CoD. It is not a arcade style shooter like CoD was it had become a campfest like Battlefield where your are punished for moving around the map. So yeah not a CoD. CoD died in 2019.
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