Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2: 8.5/10
I'm not a big shooter fan (and some would argue that I'm not even a big fan of video games) but I found it for a good bargain price of $40 so I decided to pick it up and have a go. The campaign was pretty interesting and the plot twists were a good balance of the morality between the different countries. The level designs were good with plenty of places to get cover and tactically take out the enemies (though certain levels where you have almost NO cover is a real bitch on a harder difficulty). I like the different types of variations with gurellia fighting, tactical espionage, snowmobile/land boat riding, and my favorite part, sniping! I'm glad the AI was much improved over the last game with less grenade spam in Veteran mode and they don't always charge at you leading to quickly react and get overwhelmed.
It does everything that a first person shooter game should involving improvement in making it a very action packed game that brings the player up hand and personal with the surroundings and allies/enemies. The story is pretty gripping when you enter Washington D.C. and see the complete destruction of the entire place and the events that lead up to this as well as the aftermath. Quite shocking if you've been there multiple times like I have and can recognize areas like in Fallout 3. The score also does very well in the right mood and creating the at times desperate or thrilling part of the respective missions.
I haven't played the Spec Ops mode yet (waiting for my friend to get free from work) but I've tried the multiple player mode and it lives up to expectations just as it should with good fun with friends, not so much with strangers. Overall, despite having a short campaign (20 hours to beat the game on Normal and Veteran), the game delivered in each mission with a thrilling and exciting roller coast feeling of ups and downs as you follow through with the story. My only real criticism stems from not being a big FPS fan in the first place, but the game definitely can turn some people if they give it a shot.
