Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II

The campaign was pretty good, but the multiplayer side of things is a complete mess. The User interface (UI) is all over the place and not easy to navigate. They've experimented with a new perk system which is a complete shambles. The gunsmith has become unnecessarily complicated; for some reason you need to use other guns to unlock attachments for the gun that you are using or want to use. It is completely baffling to me why they've changed so much (for the worse) after the success of MW2019.

As of writing this you are currently unavailable to check your statistics such as wins, kill/death ratio so on and so forth; I imagine they will add this in near future as this has been a staple of call of duty for many years. There are also a number of game modes missing most notably the hardcore mode which a lot of people are extremely frustrated by. Overall I give this game a 5/10 would be higher if I was only reviewing the campaign, but the online multiplayer has been lacklustre to say the least.

I don't think I've been in a match yet that didn't have a normal player that doesn't hide behind a corner and sit there, roast some marshmallows, tell a ghost story, and just wait for a player to happen to walk by. Camping isn't fun. It's stupid, unskilled and boring. Why am I complaining about this? This is a mechanic. Sure. So, why isn't there game modes with small maps? Like shipment 24/7. That's what I played on MW because I was getting sick of everyone just camping. Where are those game modes? Enough about that though.

A lot of the maps were poorly made. You know that map with all those cars? I don't think I have to explain myself to help understand why it was made horribly. And there's many more maps to go with just that one.

Campaign? Solid. One complaint: not long enough. I beat it in one day on the hardest difficulty.

Where is rust?

Where is terminal?

You're remaking an original game, so why not bring those legendary maps back? I don't understand.

Didn't enjoy this other than the campaign, I genuinely feel like I wasted money on it.

I'm seeing a lot of SJW's defending this game by saying "just get better at it. Stop wishing for old cod back" Well, I'm not wishing old cod was back. The argument of getting good falls apart on itself when everyone besides you is just hiding behind a corner waiting. That's not getting good, that's being lame.

Just because a video game looks incredible, doesn't make it a good game. Example: Max Payne 1 and 2 were amazing games with pretty raunchy graphics. Max Payne 3 had outstanding graphics and mechanics, yet it was the worst out of all of them.

My point: don't put all of your effort into graphics and mechanics and half a$$ everything else. Fix this video game.

This game is really fun, it's got the classic call of duty gunplay which is pretty good and in my opinion the campaign was pretty enjoyable for the most part, although the stealth sections near the end could have been a little more fun and i found them to be pretty tedious because the crafting system wasn't really anything special. I got this game for the multiplayer though, and honestly i don't know if i like it or not. One one hand, the guns feel great and the new attachment system is refreshing, on the other hand the severe connectivity and optimization issues mixed in with quite a few bugs ruins the flow of the game for me. 6/10.

Despite the interesting new survival type missions and the sporadic dialogue options I didn't feel connected to any of the characters. Where MW1 dared to show the ugly side of war and made you care about characters like Farah, this MW doesn't really do any of that. Backstories aren't really explored and the villains don't get enough exposure to be truly hated or iconic in my opinion.

The previous game also promised to be a prequel to the existing series but this game seems to overwrite the established storyline, which is a confusing choice.

Overall the campaign is enjoyable and not terrible, but I expected a lot more and it doesn't live up to the previous installment.

Multiplayer is great fun though!

I was really excited when getting this game. I absolutely hate it to bits. There is way too much stealth and not enough shooting. I rather the older games where you go into battles and have fun. These games have gone too far now and should go back to when you just shot people. These games are just too hard now and should go back to being fun and simple. Hopefully the creators make next years game a lot simpler and actually enjoyable. I haven't even finished the game and I don't won't to. This is the worst call of duty game to date and should have never been made. I give it a 1/10 and this game sucks.