ryanwmullally

Even though I feel this game isnt as good as the first, I still think Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 is a brilliant standalone game that continues the story of Price and Soap. Despite being a direct sequal, this game is very different in it's mood. While the first game arguably had a very dark and disturbing depiction of war, this game is a complete action-packed Micheal Bay fess. But just beause it's different, doesn't mean it can't be good too. I personally think this sequal is a hit-or-miss, but I overall enjoyed playing.

Campaign: Taking place five years after the first game, it follows Soap who has now earned the rank of Captain since the previous game, and is now leading his own group of soldiers, along with Simon "Ghost" Riley who are all members of Task Force 141, a special task force formed by General Shepard, who had previous lost thirty-thousand men as a result of the nuke in the first game, and has now presumably dedicated his life to hunt down wanted terrorists from all around the world. You first play as Joseph Allen, an American soldier recruited by Shepered to take down the Ultranationalist terrorist, Vladimir Makarov, a former associate of Imran Zacheav who has been responsible for terrorist attracts all over Europe. Joseph Allen is assigned to go under cover as one of Makarov's men during a massacre at a Russian airport, killing thousands of civilians, in the most controversial level in video game history "No Russian", and is probably even more shocking than the nuclear explosion in the first game. Just before they escape, Makarov shoots Allen, knowing he was a spy, and leaves him to die. And after the Russian's discover Allen's body, they believe America is responsible for the attack, and immediately declares war on the United States. Soon after, Russia starts dropping paratroopers into Washington D.C and while you play as Ramirez trying to stop the Russian invaders from invading America and capturing the White House, it is up to Captain Mactavish and his team to hunt down Makarov, bring him to justice, and to finally prove America's innocence. But in order to find Makarov, they need to find Makarov's worst enemy who's locked up in a gulag somewhere in Russia. And that's all I'm gonna talk about, because if I reveal any more, I would ruin it. All I can say is that this game's story is an extremely interesting idea. Kind of like a what if scenario, like if the Cold War turned into an official war or something. And I gotta admit, it's both awesome and horrifying to see America being attacked. Definitely one for the books.

Multiplayer: I'm usually a Campaign guy, but I don't mind playing Multiplayer now and again. And will say that this game has pretty good Multiplayer, with every map being different and big to run around in, and having a bunch of cool weapons. Not to mention the cluster strike where you can use missles to kill enemy players. Pretty good in terms of multiplayer.

There are some stuff that I like about, and some stuff I don't like about it, but I ultimately enjoyed it and don't think it should be overlooked.