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Gamers go crazy for Modern Warfare 2

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James Flath, Sports Co-Editor
November 13, 2009
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The biggest and most anticipated video game release of the year didn’t let anyone down. The game sold over seven million copies in the first day of release and had over 2.6 million preorders. The developer Infinity Ward also produced the 2007 game of the year, Call of Duty Modern Warfare.

When you start the game it looks just like the old one, but this is not the same game. The first thing you see when the game starts is a warning players that some of the levels may offend people and you can skip them at anytime if you accept. This is in regards to levels where you kill many innocent people, not to give too much away.
The biggest part of Modern Warfare 2 is the online multi-player. The game released at midnight on 11/10/09 and at 3am the same day there were over one million people playing online. When you start the online play it is very similar to the old game, but there are tons of new guns and perks. There are less than 15 guns that they from the old one. The perks have been changed and now even has “pro” perks. My favorite new part are the customized killstreaks. You can change what you get from the killstreaks, ranging from a supply drop to a tactical nuke. The prestiges are back and now the level players have to reach to prestige is 70. Players rank up slowly and most were only level 25 after 12 hours.

The campaign, as said earlier, is controversial and has been talked about across the news. The first levels are amazing and it connects back with characters from the original Modern Warfare. Some have said the campaign is short, but after playing it for ten hours what do you expect. The campaign is enjoyable and has many fun things about it that are unexpected.

The campaign was clearly written with action in mind.  Each level takes the player to one exotic location after another.  The level in Siberia has the player using stealth tactics through a snowstorm to evade enemy guards.  The player climbs up a mountain only to be chased down while driving a snowmobile.  And that was just the first level.

The newest mode is Spec Ops. Fans of the old Nazi Zombies from World at War will be happy to see it. There are 23 different modes that have all kinds of tasks for up to two players. There are tasks ranging from crossing an enemy filled bridge to snowmobile racing. This mode gives players a change of pace from the constant online killing or the methodical campaign.

This great mode has so much content packed in to it that Infinity Ward probably could have shipped it out as it’s own game.  Players can track the amount of stars attained online and compare scores from all over the world.  A highlight of Spec. Ops. mode was a level titled “Big Brother” which had one player operating a turret mounted inside of a helicopter defending their partner who would try and make their way through heavy opposition.

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 had the biggest expectations ever for a video game and everyone can agree that it not only meet them but passed them. This is easliy the best game ever created and everyone can agree players are going to be spending more time on this than the old one.

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