Still, this is preferable to the moments where the game tells players every single thing they should do at any given time, like "stay still in the grass, pull out your heartbeat sensor," etc. No matter what players do, the outcome is going to be the same, and they always end up on the ground shooting enemies. The Modern Warfare 2 campaign gives players the illusion of choice, allowing them to make decisions like if they should enter a warehouse by breaching the door with C4, throwing tear gas through the vents, or coming through the skylights. Missions are even more hand-holdy than ever before, with the obligatory sniper mission having Captain Price fixing players' mistakes by killing the enemies they miss. Levels play out like a shooting gallery, with enemies popping up to get shot and putting up little fight. Anyone that has played a Call of Duty campaign in the last 15 years knows exactly what to expect from this. Gameplay-wise, the Modern Warfare 2 campaign fares better, but it's nothing to write home about. As it stands, the entire story is one giant set-up to more interesting things, and its inability to finish the story started by the 2019 game makes the whole thing completely unsatisfying. The new game's campaign ends on a chilling cliffhanger that it seems will likely be concluded in the upcoming Warzone 2.0 battle royale or maybe the rumored Modern Warfare 2 campaign DLC. Unfortunately, it looks like this trend will continue with Modern Warfare 2. This baffling narrative decision will leave players trying to follow the overarching narrative from one game to the next utterly confused, and it's a choice that makes an already lackluster story even worse. The reason for this is because that story was actually wrapped up as part of limited-time Call of Duty: Warzone events. One would think that Modern Warfare 2 would continue that storyline, but it doesn't, and Zakhaev is hardly even mentioned. Those that remember the 2019 Modern Warfare campaign will recall that it ends with Captain Price putting together Task Force 141 to take on Victor Zakhaev, one of the main antagonists of Call of Duty 4. If all that wasn't enough to make the Modern Warfare 2 campaign story easily one of the worst in the series, it completely fails to follow up on the cliffhanger left by the 2019 Modern Warfare game, though there's a reason for that. Everyone is one note, spouting emotionless military babble at each other, with Gaz's constant use of the word "rog" especially grating. The story in Call of Duty: M odern Warfare 2 is a complete bust, crossing the line into Fast and Furious-levels of absurdity with zero care for establishing a believable world with believable characters. Apparently, the military leadership in Call of Duty has no problem committing war crimes or assassinating people, but they draw the line at kidnappings. Yet, in a previous mission the orders were to capture him or kill him. After catching this person, Modern Warfare 2's protagonists are told their captive must be let go because holding him would be illegal. In one mission, players completely obliterate countless Mexican army and cartel members in an attempt to capture someone. ![]() Modern Warfare 2 suffers from serious jumps in logic throughout the entire campaign. In real life, this would be an Earth-shaking political scandal, but in Modern Warfare 2, foreign forces murdering American citizens on American soil is brushed off and never mentioned again. In one mission, Mexican special forces cross the border, break into Americans' homes, and kill them when they try to defend themselves. The campaign is full of problematic story beats, with Modern Warfare 2's supposed heroes committing all kinds of crimes and general atrocities. There's been a great deal of hype for the 2022 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 thanks to the positive buzz generated by the 2019 game, but unfortunately, Modern Warfare 2 fails to live up to its predecessor, with the most disappointing part of the package being the single-player campaign. The 2019 Call of Duty game came out swinging with a brand-new engine, the return of fan-favorite characters, and a commitment to classic boots-on-the-ground gameplay. ![]() In 2019, Infinity Ward and Activision released the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare reboot and brought the beloved sub-franchise back in a big way.
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