2009-11-11, 08:21 PM
(This post was last modified: 2009-11-11, 08:28 PM by Smooth Criminal.)
Got my game on Sunday. Apparently, there was some rumor that this town near me was selling copies of Modern Warfare 2 at its local GameStop so I checked it out; and what do you know? It happened to be true; and apparently, the employee there told us that he was authorized to sell them in addition to another GameStop around New Jersey; and that he himself played through all of the campaign on Saturday evening. Apparently, this was some kind of business ploy to get publicity and attention to GameStops with really low business; and I could tell from the tiny as hell GameStop I went into.
So: Sunday, I played through Spec Ops mode for about 30 minutes because I was busy with a bit of work that day and my brother was hoarding the game to himself. Hooray for an obligatory Hoard/Zombies/Firefight! (This one being moreso like Firefight) Played through this with my brother who refused to share until we did Spec Ops. I love how the first thing of spec ops is running through the training pit in the beginning of the game.
Monday, doing projects. No time; but I got wind of epic spoilers from my brother such as:
Tuesday: played through campaign for the first time. I had a LOT and LOT of fun; stopped after Burger Town-level for the day. Things I enjoyed the most: snowmobile, Soap tackling Rojas from the top of building down onto a car, and running around America in shambles [with certain places like "Taco To Go" (with a vaguely familiar logo) and "Burger Town" with a logo around the commercial center in the level) I'm sure many are familiar with and downing helicopters, tanks, and other stuff with Stingers and the remote missile-things. The snowmobile scene was EPIC; the physics were insanely stunning and realestic, and the speed that thing plows down the mountain at is awesome- while it's no Warthog race from Halo: CE and 3 which had epic orchestral music in the background and random crap exploding in the background, this thing was awesome in its own right, especially the amazing leap near the end. And oh my god, when I saw Rojas on top of a building, I was like "FFFUUUUUU- now I have to run up some crappy building?" when I see Soap charging and tackling Rojas off the building while I was looking at it on my screen and falling onto a car. And oh god, the airport level was excellent. Not because running around and killing random civilians was fun for me, the storytelling interaction here was excellent. I gave civilian killing a rest most of the time to watch Makarov's group killing and spraying everyone. Still, the storyline seems a little... loose and poorly told from what I've seen so far. Oh well, I'm not playing for storyline, but a good game.
Also: I'm impressed by the dialogue given by the squads, it's ACTUALLY USEFUL!
From IGN's review:
Today, I've done a bit more campaign, but I had to turn the Xbox back to my brother.
So: Sunday, I played through Spec Ops mode for about 30 minutes because I was busy with a bit of work that day and my brother was hoarding the game to himself. Hooray for an obligatory Hoard/Zombies/Firefight! (This one being moreso like Firefight) Played through this with my brother who refused to share until we did Spec Ops. I love how the first thing of spec ops is running through the training pit in the beginning of the game.
Monday, doing projects. No time; but I got wind of epic spoilers from my brother such as:
Spoiler
Tuesday: played through campaign for the first time. I had a LOT and LOT of fun; stopped after Burger Town-level for the day. Things I enjoyed the most: snowmobile, Soap tackling Rojas from the top of building down onto a car, and running around America in shambles [with certain places like "Taco To Go" (with a vaguely familiar logo) and "Burger Town" with a logo around the commercial center in the level) I'm sure many are familiar with and downing helicopters, tanks, and other stuff with Stingers and the remote missile-things. The snowmobile scene was EPIC; the physics were insanely stunning and realestic, and the speed that thing plows down the mountain at is awesome- while it's no Warthog race from Halo: CE and 3 which had epic orchestral music in the background and random crap exploding in the background, this thing was awesome in its own right, especially the amazing leap near the end. And oh my god, when I saw Rojas on top of a building, I was like "FFFUUUUUU- now I have to run up some crappy building?" when I see Soap charging and tackling Rojas off the building while I was looking at it on my screen and falling onto a car. And oh god, the airport level was excellent. Not because running around and killing random civilians was fun for me, the storytelling interaction here was excellent. I gave civilian killing a rest most of the time to watch Makarov's group killing and spraying everyone. Still, the storyline seems a little... loose and poorly told from what I've seen so far. Oh well, I'm not playing for storyline, but a good game.
Also: I'm impressed by the dialogue given by the squads, it's ACTUALLY USEFUL!
From IGN's review:
IGN Wrote:When your friend shouts, "Two tangos behind the yellow station wagon!" you'll actually see two enemies behind a yellow station wagon. It's a pretty engaging experience.This obviously isn't babble or trivial stuff, the dialogue is actually engaging; and there's some interesting story and actually decent interaction to be gained from it.
Today, I've done a bit more campaign, but I had to turn the Xbox back to my brother.