Quote Originally Posted by A Very Super Market View Post
To be fair, most of them probably joined just to see what was happening. The lesson being re-learned today is that internet boycotts are silly.
unfortunately, the majority of players lack the will to boycott such an anticipated game. i probably wont buy it...ever, but i know if someone said "Everyone, let's boycott CoD WaW until they give us a new free zombie map!" I would start off playing Bioshock for maybe a week, get back into battlefield bad company, and then lose my willpower. and guess what. i dont have any fortify willpower potions (if youve played morrowind or oblivion you know). and id go back to WaW.

Quote Originally Posted by Warluster View Post
Okay I just finished the SP in four hours (MW2).

My opinion on SP;

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The first three hours are quite brilliant. I read somewhere that they have cut out all the 'filler' shooting bits and made it all highly intense. And it was. Obviously the series has taken a nosedive from the slight reality of the first four Call of Duty's, and it feels like an action movie then a war FPS, but its still a magnificent ride worth playing (Even just a weekend rent is enough).

Sometimes the SP felt like it was showing off all the new stuff for MP. Especially the American missions. The Gulag mission was incredibly amazing and the first Cliffhanger snow mission was superb, and some moments are memorable.

But when I really started to get into the plot (Yeah, it was really cliche, but it was still done well) it got really, really unbelieveable; in a bad way. I don't want to give too much away for those who will play it; but basiclly it ditches the old CoD formula and goes James Bond-style.

And a horrible, horrible ending.

MP returns, and its updated and improved from the last game (CoD4). It has titles, embelms, more ingame achivements, and a lot of stuff which makes it fun, but I really miss the 64 player game, or even 32 players. Haven't entered any grenade festivals yet, and the new Killstreaks are fun and well implemented.

I honestly think the best part about this game is the Spec Ops mode. Me and a mate have been churning through it and its really. Its not coop like WaW, but you get singular missions which are unique to Spec Ops. If you've beena round the gaming world for the past few years you've surely heard of the AC - 130 gunship mission in CoD 4; well you can replay that in Spec Ops but instead your covering a friend on the ground who has to race to a finish line. After moments of said friend blowing you up with the 105 mm cannon it is really fun.

The only downside is the poor Internet connection we both have so its lags a lot sometimes; and the frustration some hard missions cause.

Thats my opinion. I was excited about MW2, and I will be hanging onto it mainly just to experiment with MP a bit more and wait for the DLC for Spec Ops. SP can hide away for another year. I am interested in the next CoD to see where Treayarch heads for (I am one of the freaks who enjoyed WaW!). Not the game of the decade but a fun game.
spoiler'd for length.

i agree that MP is still great, but think of why it is: it is the same engine running in CoD 4 and WaW. i do adore the customizable kill streaks, and ninja deathstreak is useful if youre goin against like an uber team. i just simply cannot get over the fact that they made each kill 100 points instead of 10 (5 in FFA) like in the last 2 games. it throws me off.

I'll rent it this weekend and try out the SP. hopefully i'll be surprised. and regarding the plot, refer to this post:

not. overused. at all. russia and us have a misunderstanding and then have a massive war. never seen that.

note my over-use of sarcasm.