![]() That being said, unlike the first game, MW2 has a bigger scope and consequentially more set pieces. Unlike the previous remaster, which was done by Raven Software in tandem with Beenox, the MW2 remaster was done by Beenox alone and despite the smaller team, they did a fantastic job with the game. While the game overall looks great there are certain segments and sequences that are especially impressive. Modern Warfare 2 Remastered is a stunning game with the weapon and character models being super high detailed. One place where the remaster absolutely does hold up is visuals. I’m looking at Clean House from 2019’s Modern Warfare and Desperate Measures from 2020’s Black Ops: Cold War when I say this. ![]() Although that change of gameplay doesn’t quite hold up against the standout sequences of modern Call of Duty campaigns. There is also the gameplay variety that has since become a staple of the series, adding on-rail shooting and driving sequences into the FPS mix. But when you get into the swing of things and find your rhythm the game is pretty fun. This does mean that the ridiculous flinch that I complained about in MWR still exists, so on Veteran difficulty, it’s easy to get dropped super fast if you get hit once since none of your shots after that will hit their target. For example, Modern Warfare 2 Remastered‘s gameplay is just as tight and responsive as its predecessor. ![]() This review will be shorter than the one for Modern Warfare Remastered because a lot of what I said about that game applies directly to this one. I don’t mind tough games but, by God, make A.I. Perhaps the thing that made me the most irrationally mad playing though the game on Veteran is seeing the NPC teammates just jog through the bullet fire like it’s a Sunday morning in Central Park while I struggle to get out the front door before a Russian man comes and knocks my teeth out. Mainly in the mission “Loose Ends” where you have to get out of a safe house to the evac site while being surrounded by dozens of bad guys. But even with that scene removed, the story still jumps around to lots of different locations, and as someone who has played a good few hours of Call of Duty: Warzone, it was cool to see areas like the Gulag in the context of the Modern Warfare storyline.īeing the Trophy hunter I am, I played through the game on Veteran difficulty and while I am pleased to say that there isn’t anything as infamously brutal as “One Shot, One Kill” from the previous game’s campaign, there are still plenty of frustrating moments in Modern Warfare 2. Though, I would argue that the coolest perspective in the game only lasts about 2 minutes and that’s of the astronaut looking down at from the ISS, which was originally a full space sequence that was cut from the original game for pacing. If this sounds like a lot, it is, but the story isn’t too convoluted despite how often it jumps perspectives. One skippable airport sequence and a prison break later, 141 is tasked with stopping the international conflict while American forces in the US are fighting an invasion. Vladamir Makarov takes Zakhezev’s mission into his own hands and starts to ignite fires between Russian and United States relations. Despite the Task Force’s efforts in the last game, the fall of Imran Zakhaev has the inverse effect for the Russian Ultranationalists. Modern Warfare 2 takes place five years after the first and continues the story of Task Force 141 along with some new perspectives to make it a truly globe-trotting adventure fit for a Call of Duty campaign. Anyway, now that you’re all caught up, let’s get on to the review. With this I will have officially played all the Modern Warfare story modes, having already played Modern Warfare 3 when it released in 2011, though I will admit that my memory of that campaign is hazy except for a scene where the Eiffel Tower comes crashing down which I still vividly remember from the trailers. It was the start of the slow widdling down of my video game backlog and, though in the months since then I haven’t had the chance to make much progress in that regard, my priorities having since shifted to covering new and upcoming games that we’re lucky enough to get our hands-on, I finally found some free time to play the sequel. ![]() Earlier this year, I played through Modern Warfare Remastered and experienced the famous COD4 campaign for the first time.
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