Modern Warfare 2

get hype!!!!!!!!!

Soap is in the game as a "grizzled vet" NPC.

Single player enemies will have "customized" weapons similar to the multiplayer component of COD4.

The ice mission shown to GI demonstrated the game's open-ended approach to combat, showing how stealth can be implemented if the player chooses.

While the gameplay is open-ended, the story is "on-rails".

Infinity Ward realizes that the "invisible line" where enemies will stop coming in COD4 wasn't great, so they're trying hard to eliminate that. Also, they are lengthening the single player past the 6-10 hour mark of COD4.

"Special Forces Mode" is a major part of MW2, a series of missions in the spirit of the Mile High Club from COD4. It will also have co-op in this mode. Gears-style bleed-out-and-partner-revive will be used.

Co-op apparently won't exist in Story Mode.

Riot shields will be implemented in the game.

Zakhaev's former associate, Makarov, is the "new face of global terrorism."

Snowmobiles are used as a form of escape in the demonstration. Unclear whether or not the player will drive, shoot, or both.

Players will alternate using the two triggers to climb ice-walls.

Movable turrets will be used in SF mode and Single Player, no official word on online use.

IW wants to implement an accomplishment system to online, as they want to make their players famous.

Online mode will use a "Live-Patching" system, where IW can manipulate spawn logic or certain parts of a multiplayer map without doing a full-blown patch.

Another demoed area shows an enormous desert setting where Task Force 141 drops into a wasteland and must navigate a "lengthy trek" to a fully-rendered valley with scattered caves, reminiscent of Iron Man.

IW is focusing on details for the COD4 sequel, citing iced-up tire treads in the Russian level.

The game will run in 60fps (duh).

siked for this!

not naming this thread "call of duty: modern warfare 2" will end in duplicate threads and tears

when is it expected ?
what does open-ended gameplay mean ?
My problem with the CoDs is the on-rail thing which is a bit annoying.

due in November.

Cannae wait.

november 10

there goes another 400hrs of my life

My problem The thing that is awesome with the CoDs is the on-rail thing which is a bit annoying awesome.

― AleXTC, Wednesday, May 13, 2009 1:53 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

not naming this thread "call of duty: modern warfare 2" will end in duplicate threads and tears

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otm... : /

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji_Y13COqTQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4PMRFkx07g&feature=channel_page

fucking gies it.

all over my face pls

silenced shotguns and silenced sniper rifles? have IW jumped the shark?

Customizable Kill Streaks. Possibly the most anticipated new feature is a pretty darn cool one. You now unlock kill streaks as you rank up, and though you can still only take three into a match with you at one time, you can at least have some control over how many kills you need to rack up to use them. Some of the kill streak rewards require three, four, five, six, seven, nine kills… In addition to old favorites like the UAV, there are things like a care package that's parachuted in and grants you a random upgrade; stationary sentry guns you can put down to beef up defenses, especially in objective-based games; and of course the AC130 gunship, which requires 11 kills to use (and which, consequently, I did not see). Best of all, it seems like kill streaks stack, since I was able to use my five-kill Predator missile, then immediately activate the four-kill care package right afterwards.

Death Streaks. Death streaks? Yes, you will now be rewarded for dying too many times in a row, in an effort to prevent frustration for those just getting into Modern Warfare 2. The only two in the demo I played were Painkiller, which starts you with a triple health boost after you're killed three times without making any kills of your own, and Copycat, which lets you use the loadout and perks of the last guy who killed you for one life.

Secondary Weapons Replace Pistols. No more piddly sidearms. Well, not quite true; pistols are still in there if you want them, but you can pass up the lo' Desert Eagle in favor of tactical shotguns, automatic machine pistols, and other nice gear to augment your primary rifle. All these secondary weapons can take attachments just like the primaries can, so if you want to throw a suppressor or digital camo on your shotgun, more power to ya.

Fancy New Equipment Instead of Grenades. Toss out your frag grenades, if you want, and replace them with some nifty gear that serves a variety of other purposes. Perhaps you would prefer Semtex timed sticky explosives? How about some throwing knives? The most abstract but perhaps coolest piece of equipment I saw was the tactical insertion, which looks like a typical flare when you throw it down. In practice, it acts as a mobile, single-use spawn point, so anytime you're moving into a heated area, throw one down and that's where you'll restart if you die.

Experience Boosts Galore. It seems like you get experience point bonuses for doing damn near anything in the new game. I'm not just talking headshots; any stylish or meaningful kill is going to give you some kind of experience boost. Kill a guy just before he's about to get a kill streak? Bonus. Take out the guy who just killed you? Bonus. Get the last kill in a match? Bonus. IW says the leveling (which now caps at level 70) has been tweaked to take the faster accumulation of points into account, and you'll get something gameplay-related for prestiging this time around. They aren't saying what, though.

Callsigns. Infinity Ward has been playing a lot of Street Fighter IV. The title and emblem system from that game is reproduced almost exactly here, with dozens upon dozens of descriptive phrases you can unlock and slap on your profile to give other players a sense of exactly how you've been putting it down online. The titles and emblems you can get will correspond to your behaviors, so if you spend a lot of time camping or you rack up a ton of melee kills, everyone will know it. The titles I saw in this demo version

NO BETA. THERE IS NO OPEN OR PUBLIC BETA PLANNED FOR MODERN WARFARE 2. NEITHER OF US (YOU OR ME) WILL PLAY IT UNTIL IT'S OUT. THAT'S KIND OF A BUMMER. INFINITY WARD PLEASE RECONSIDER.

I get to work on the MW2 campaign at my job! I already submitted a request for a free copy! exclamation points!

how so!

Gotta say - the death streak thing sounds HORRIBLE. You're telling me I now have to shoot a shitty player three times more than he shoots me to kill him (every third life)!

it really does sound like they're throwing their all at it

I'm cautiously optimistic

so... this is rumoured to have a 3rd person/SOCOM mode o_O

^^confirmed btw

http://g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/700231/TheFeed.html?utm_source=g4tv&utm_medium=twitterblog&utm_campaign=so-0907-twitterthefeed-700231&cmpid=so-0907-twitterthefeed-700231

ummmmmmmmmmmmmmm the opening of this game is fucked

it's going to upset a lot of reviewers, for sure

spoilers, obv:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4QQxUnZFsE

yikes

i bet you don't have to play it like that, though

oh the video is down :(

I haven't been this excited for a game since GTAIV.

seen it now and i reckon abanana is right.

Are more people here gonna play on XBOX or PS3? Could we have a quick rundown of PS3 gamertags in this thread, for my benefit so I don't have to chase them down?

“The scene establishes the depth of evil and the cold bloodedness of a rogue Russian villain and his unit. By establishing that evil, it adds to the urgency of the player’s mission to stop them.

“Players have the option of skipping over the scene. At the beginning of the game, there are two ‘checkpoints’ where the player is advised that some people may find an upcoming segment disturbing. These checkpoints can’t be disabled.

“Modern Warfare 2 is a fantasy action game designed for intense, realistic game play that mirrors real life conflicts, much like epic, action movies. It is appropriately rated 18 for violent scenes, which means it is intended for those who are 18 and older.”

^^activision's statement on the leaked footage

that is really a lot of civilian murdering.

only 10 days till this out and info is leaking left right and centre

weapons list is out, perks list is out, prestige rewards being rumoured, campaign videos leaked too

SPOILERS

tactical nuke kill streak wtf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m09NeDrZxPw

fight against grenade spam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnLxFkWv5SM&fmt=22

disappointing.

nooo

nnnnghh no game shop in town I work in, don't want to pay exhorbitant pre-order prices, can't get to midnight launch at cheap supermarket ggggggggggggggguhhhh

They charge you extra for preorders in England?

scotland. nah it's just supermarkets tend to do big games as super-cheap loss-leaders while pre-orders are all RRP and activision are scalping cunts when it comes to MW2's RRP

Well, while you're saving your five "squid" or whatever I'll be levelling up to destroy you

So the CoD in space rumors were true?!?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=robhx9Fgdag

loving the lack of hype on ILG :)

I really hope shopto despatch my copy today: GF is away for the weekend = 48 hours of solid MW2 and some hardcore poopsocking

Heh, we were selling this yesterday for £65. But we nearly ran out, and had to bump it up to £75. It's still selling. And this is what, a <10 hour game? People are dumb!

i played the multiplayer of the first Modern Warfare for months, sometimes several hours a day. Easily 200 hours plus. I prestiged!

For coz it's a 300+ hour game!

JimD, it's really all about the multiplayer. Single player campaign is more like the bonus content.

I just checked and I played a little over 64 hours of CoD 4 multiplayer, so I think that's a pretty good value. Probably the only game I played more in the last few years (ever?) is Team Fortress 2.

Does the new game have an aracde mode that unlocks, like the last, and if it does, can it be played multiplayer, like in World at War?

I had 400 hrs logged on CoD4. 700 on SFIV. that's funemployment for you (except the 400 on cod were when I was a lolwyer o_O)

:O

:O'll me about it

700 on SFIV? jesus, no wonder you were so bitter

:***********(

^tears of bile

it's a great game, but that much online with that game would ruin it for anybody

30 second nuke
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNk-znYOopM

DAMN - 2.5M sales in one week!

Stimulus Package Sets New Xbox Live Sales Record
2.5 million downloads in the first week alone.
by Jim Reilly

April 7, 2010 - Activision announced that the Stimulus Package, the first map pack released for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, was downloaded over one million times on Xbox Live in the first 24 hours of its release on March 30.

Priced at $14.99, first-week sales reached 2.5 million downloads in total. The Stimulus Package is currently only available for download on Xbox Live, making these sales all the more impressive for Activision.

Comparatively, first-week sales of the first map pack for Call of Duty: World at War reached one million downloads across Xbox Live and PlayStation Network, and only cost $10 at launch.

DOUBLE DAMN!

http://twitter.com/fourzerotwo/status/11788641646

Wow. Modern Warfare 2 players have invested more than 1.75 billion hours (200,000+ yrs) of #MW2 gameplay on #xboxlive alone since release.

@fourzerotwo

The Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus Package DLC will hit PS3 in North America on May 4th, everywhere else May 5th. PC gets it worldwide on May 4th

How do I get better at not sucking?

same route as you would take to Carnegie Hall.

After playing this on PC because of the free steam weekend, I don't think I can go back to playing it on console. I don't know how I forgot that first person shooters just play better and feel more right on PC. Also my PC runs the game surprisingly well. The PC experience forced me to double dip on Bad Company 2.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbJGES9FxQk

whole series is pretty fascinating, well done too

damn this game was buggy

On some matches, I'm dominant, and on others, I totally blow. I can't explain this except maybe the matchmaking system keeps putting me in the wrong place?

Picked this up again after a few weeks and went 30-4 first thing in a free-for-all game. Decided that was enough and turned it off.

RIP Infinty Ward, btw.

Surely they'll still have several years of Neversoft-esque franchise burnout.

Er, no.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/killing-the-goose-article

hello mr map pack

What I meant was, there will be some kind of company there with the IW name, or they'll move them to another studio that will keep cranking out CoDs, at least two more, that will continue to sell gangbusters, the franchise is that strong enough now (basically just like Neversoft and Guitar Hero).

another free weekend on Steam, btw...
http://store.steampowered.com/news/

hey so another map pack with more recycled CoD4 stuff

I'll probably jump back in when they release the goty edition

doing the whole midnight launch thing again tonight. going straight on the multiplayer. if i haven't prestiged by friday i consider myself a complete failure of a human being.

is that bc on friday you'll have to abandon all your progress to start playing skyrim?

i don't even know what the hell that is.

i'm off work until thursday. the girl i'm in love is several thousand miles away. i'm trying to cut dowen on the booze and stay out the pub. i have no excuse not to poopsock this like a complete fucking loser.

poopsock check
toni-c check
MW3 check
???
profit check

it would have to be the first proper baltic night of the year wouldn't it.

one of the first and of this winter but whatevs.

Think I might be having a sick day tomorrow..... And I've not really been enjoying battlefield so.... Ach well. Poopsocking here we come.

Stupid Amazon says I'm not getting this until Friday or later?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

It'll be sainsburys for me in the morning after dropping the boy at school.

I might actually buy this

oh my

I'm of a mind to go to one of these midnight COD events, just to pick up a copy of Battlefield 3 in front of everybody and yell, "IT'S FINALLY HERE GUYS! YEAH!"

oh god fuck queues

omg latebloomer hahahaha

but yeah, i might get this for pc soon. looks decent.

Let me know how many dudes have prestiged by tomorrow morning

Oh I forgot to tell you but cex have been selling this since Saturday.

Bugger, still just got it for 29 quid from sainsburys (spending 30 quid on nappies to get a tenner off a computer game? Not whether I win hard or lose badly at life for that.........)

Right, off upstairs, what's the betting this lurgy gives me motion sickness.

Hmmm normally I leave the default classes well alone once I have customs, but that grenadier class is a proper deal. Always nice to get an ac130 on your first goodie drop too.

eavesdropping is GENIUS

best idea in a cod since ever

what is?

when you kill someone you get to hear the next 2 seconds of their voice comms over the headset

the number of "FUCKs" "FUCK YOUs" "YOU PRICKs" "WTHs" is brilliant

oh that's magnificent and sure to be swiftly abused.

lol.

im enjoying this well enough.only level 30 or so so my prestige for friday idea is looking ambitious.

And there was me chuffed to bits with getting to 17 on first day.... Mind you by tea time I was seeing through time thanks to this lurgy. As witnessed by me going from loads of kills per match early in the day to piss poor shows all afternoon.

Jesus, underground I just can't get my head around. Loving hard hat though

least this game isn't complicated

seems like you need to go through 7 menus just to pick a gun

Game has put me back 7 levels. Wtf.

So pissed off.

With resulting loss of weapons? That blows.

yup,it's the time i care about. 3 or 4 hours to get back where i was. Wtf. Weirdly has kept my progress for some challenges but has ones ive already completed still to be done. Guh.

Fuck. Main menu hover over multi. 14 hrs it says. Go in and it says 6. Fml.