Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Introduction
The best selling first person action game is back. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is back. The game is also called Call of Duty 6. The game was released on November 10, 2009 worldwide for game consoles Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. It was developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision. It is even out for PC users. It was released together with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Mobilized and Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare: Reflex. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Mobilized is for the Nintendo DS and Of Duty: Modern Warfare: Reflex is for the Wii console.
Gameplay
The game is similar like the old ones. The player will continue the game play from the previous game. The player will be a soldier who will have to arrive at exact location, kill enemies, defend someone or the civilians or a location, and plant bombs at a certain location or the enemies location. Friendly troops will follow the player everywhere the player goes but they cannot subject orders. Each mission or tasks have a series of abjections which the player needs to complete. Modern Warfare features a Special Ops in the cooperative mode which is the same as it was in the Call of Duty 4. Most of the missions in the campaign mode can be played by one player meanwhile in the cooperative mode can be played by two player together or online. In the cooperative mode, the two players can capture an enemy or the enemies together or killing enemies together or snowmobile race and etc. There are five separate groups of missions in the Special Ops which are Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, and Acho. In every mission, there are three difficulties which are regular, hardened, and veteran. Everytimes the player complete a missions, the player will earn a star. There are only three stars offered in each missions. Each star represents the difficulty levels. More missions will be unlocked once the player has earned enough stars. There are total 69 stars to earn which means the player has 23 missions to complete. After the player has completed a mission, there will be a display of the statistics showing how many enemies are killed by the player and how long the player did took to complete the missions. Modern Warfare 2 has the same game modes as Call of Duty 4 which are Free-For-All, Search & Destroy, Demolition, Domination, Team Deathmatch, and Capture The Flag. On the other hand, there are new weapons and new equitments. The player can also receive a supply drop after killing four enemies in a row, can order marauder missile after killing five enemies in a row, and can summon an AC-130 gunship to attack enemies below from the sky after 11 enemies killed. There is also a new characteristic in the game host migration which means if a host leaves a game, the game doesn’t end. In fact, it allows a new host to join in and continue the game.
Characters
In the Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 allows the player to play five dissimilar characters in the single player campaign. The player takes the role of Private First Class Joseph which is a ranger who later on goes stealthily under the name of ‘Alexei Borodin’; Private James Ramirez, who is a member of the 1st Battalion 75th Ranger Regiment as he has been promoted as the rank of captain in the Special Air Service, commands the majority of the Task Force of the 141 and its field operations. Captain MacTavish returns and serves as Roach’s superior officer and mentor. Captain John Price too returns to help Task Force 141. Sergeant Foley is the squad leader of Joseph Allen and then became the squad leader of James Ramirez. Nikolai also returns to help out in Task Force 141. Task Force 141 and the Army Rangers are commandeered by Lieutenant General Shepherd but near the end of the game, he betrays the Task Force members. The primary antagonist all through the story is Vladimir Makarov, which is a protégé of Imran Zakhaev.
“The result of all these multiplayer tweaks is a richer, more customizable experience and a busier battlefield. Fortunately, the action generally remains on the good side of hectic, and the stream of rewards is as satisfying as ever. Two new elements, title and emblem, are little graphics and titles that you earn through your match performance, and these range run the gamut from serious to totally goofy. While not exactly in keeping with the serious tone of the campaign, they add an amusing way to further customize your online presence. With a robust variety of playlists in which to ply your deadly trade, Modern Warfare 2’s competitive multiplayer is the best in the series and one of the best available on consoles. The inelegant campaign plot may make you feel like you’re just along for the ride, but it is such an intense, roaringly great ride that you will be glad just to have played it. The cooperative missions provide a uniquely fun angle on the action that rounds out the package superbly, making Modern Warfare 2 thoroughly entertaining, thoroughly rewarding, and thoroughly worth the wait.”(gamespot.com, November 2009)
