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Started 14 years ago by Whiterabbit-uk
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Whiterabbit-uk
Games Guru

If you haven't already got the game here's your chance to play some of the best Call of Duty game play to date, with a skidoo ride down a mountain and an ice field to climb using ice axes as some of the exciting climaxes (though I'm not sure whether these are part of the mutiplayer campaign as I've only played the single player portion of the game.

After checking the system requirements will be met by your computer, it's now available for pre loading ready for the weekends free game play. Only the multiplayer part of the game is available unfortunately, but it's still well worth checking out. For those who love multiplayer, you join one of the many well established servers which have popped up since the games release back in November last year.

Check it out HERE

The Game

The most-anticipated game of the year and the sequel to the best-selling first-person action game of all time, Modern Warfare 2 continues the gripping and heart-racing action as players face off against a new threat dedicated to bringing the world to the brink of collapse.

Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare 2 features for the first time in video games, the musical soundtrack of legendary Academy Award®, Golden Globe® Award, Grammy® Award and Tony winning composer Hans Zimmer. The title picks up immediately following the historic events of Call of Duty® 4: Modern Warfare®, the blockbuster title that earned worldwide critical acclaim, including:

"Most Played Online Video Game" in history, 2009 Guinness World Records
More than 50 Game of the Year awards, including the Console Game of the Year and Overall Game of the Year, 2007, from the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences®

SPECIAL OPS CO-OPERATIVE

An entirely new gameplay mode which supports 2-player co-operative play online that is unique from the single player story campaign.

Special Ops pits players into a gauntlet of time-trial and objective-based missions.
Rank-up as players unlock new Special Ops missions, each more difficult.
Missions include highlights from the single player campaign, fan favorites from Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and all new, exclusive missions.

MULTIPLAYER REINVENTED

Setting a new bar for online multiplayer, Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer delivers new capabilities, customization, gamestates and modes, including:

Create-a-Class Evolved

Secondary Weapons - Machine Pistols, Shotguns, Handguns, Launchers
Riot Shields
Equipment - Throwing Knives, Blast Shield, Tactical Insertion
Perk Upgrades
Bling (Dual Attachments)
Customizable Killstreaks - AC130, Sentry Gun, Predator Missile, Counter-UAV, Care Package
Accolades (Post match reports)

Gameplay screenies on a video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQPOpnncHWA

Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TSP2ick8v0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nK0BUwbs3xo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4f3QYcvgJo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51Bq1E-UwZo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-f9Bq11uLwY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPvdmpwT0L8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe9R-7HJoXs

System Requirements

OS: Microsoft Windows XP or Windows Vista (Windows 95/98/ME/2000 are unsupported)
Processor: Intel Pentium 4 3.2 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 3200+ processor or better supported
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: 256 MB NVIDIA GeForce 6600GT or better or ATI Radeon 1600XT or better
DirectX®: Microsoft DirectX(R) 9.0c
Hard Drive: 12GB of free hard drive space
Sound: 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
Internet: Broadband connection and service required for Multiplayer Connectivity. Internet Connection required for activation.
Co-op/Multiplayer Hosting: To host Co-op or MP matches, a 2Ghz dual-core or better processor is recommended.

Posted 14 years ago #
Txnnok
Member

I'm not even going to bother. There is going to be so many people on their servers are going to crashing and if not down they will be lagging.

I havent had time to play the came out before this one. Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare.

Thanks for the heads up.

By the way. do you have any advice on fixing sticking keys? Will it hurt the keyboard to take the back off and clean those keys out that are sticking. I can see bits of dirt down there.

Posted 14 years ago #
judydog
Member

Hi Whiterabbit,like you I have only played the single player campaigns on modern warfare2 and the first one,I thought they where the best games i had ever played until i bought battlefield2 bad company last week,i never thought i would say this bit it stamps all over call of duty tears it into little bits and sets fire to it just for good measure.
The sound on battlefield 2 is just amazing and the single player campaign had me going wow a few times.If you havent played it yet and you like call of duty you are missing out on a real epic.

Posted 14 years ago #
Deserthead47
Member

I think I'll give this one a miss,I still prefer single player games due to the fact my reactions are way too slow(wouldn't last too long and would annoy the other players).Also I still have too many untried games bought in the last year as well.

Regarding keyboards,I have stripped down and cleaned out a few with no long lasting problems,just don't drop the small screws as they get lost very easily.

Posted 14 years ago #
2-SHEDS
Member

The ski-mobiling and the ice climbing are only part of the single player (and some spec ops). It's certainly not the best gameplay of CoD to date. CoD4 and CoD WaW were much better. That's for sure. Without dedicated servers the game sucks for MP. There will be no servers to crash as mentioned, because CoD is on IW.net now and it's a P2P matchmaking system that is just lag-tastic. There's no admins. There's tons of hackers because VAC as an anti-cheat is FAIL. The multi-player aspect is utter crap without dedicated servers. Single player and the spec-ops are much better and I'd recommend the game just on those modes. But if you're into multi-player, be prepared to be disappointed, especially if you liked CoD4 and CoD WaW.

Battlefield Bad Company 2 is leaps and bounds over CoD MW2. Single player and Multi-player. Dedicated servers makes the difference. That and EA/Dice know how to take care of their PC customers. IW/Activision (CoD) could care less. CoD MW2 is a console game ported over to PC. I play PC for a better game experience than you can get from a console. <-- Just another reason why Battlefield Bad Company 2 dominates the CoD MW2 game.

Posted 14 years ago #
Whiterabbit-uk
Games Guru

I agree Battlefield Bad Company 2 is much better than any of the Call of Duty games, but you're speaking to a Battlefield freak so I'm biased, lol. I've played Battlefield ever since the first game was released 10 years ago (and still do play them all).

I do disagree that EA/DICE are helpful as I've had several run in's with them (and know several other gamers who've had problems). I ended up buying the first booster pack for BF2 twice because of a mess up with the registration (the booster packs are now free with the v1.5 patch); they are telling me I have to purchase another Spore licence because I've used up all my activations (I format regularily) and my kids have not been able to play the expansions I bought them for Christmas because of it. I'm still awaiting instructions from them after almost four months. It took me over two years to get my pre-ordered copy of Battlefield 2142 to play and my Northern Exposure expansion has never worked. They keep saying my registration code is invalid; well..... need I say more. I don't think EA/DICE are helpful, though they have released some brilliant games over the last decade.

Posted 14 years ago #
2-SHEDS
Member

Well, I can't really say EA is helpful either. It's mostly Dice with BFBC2 anyway. EA just owns them. When I said they take care of their PC customers though I was referring to their release of info on the game, patches, and BFBC2 had a beta too. This made release day that much easier with regards to any problems. They take community input from their forums and actually listen. Take this in comparison to IW with CoD. CoD MW2 didn't have a beta. IW doesn't release any info to their patches. If they do it's by 402's twitter and it's usually Xbox 360 information. The game has updated countless times on its own (which is nice (like BFBC2 does)) but I can count on one hand the amount of times IW said what they addressed in their patch for MW2. Compare IW to Dice or even Valve with TF2 with regards to listening to the pc community and keeping them informed and it's no comparison. IW/Activision just want you to accept what they have made and that's it.

I'm with ya on the multiple installations though. I format a lot too. BFBC2 gave you a choice this time. Limited installations or activating every time you install the game. I think that's what it was. The only previous experience I had with EA was with they're sports games (Hockey 20xx) and their EA downloader. It was just a PITA. It ran when it wanted. It would conflict with other games. I ended up just dropping it.

Posted 14 years ago #
Whiterabbit-uk
Games Guru

Ah right, sorry I must have misread your post 2 -sheds, plus I was in a really bad mood. (kids have been on their Easter vacation for nearly 2 weeks and are getting a little, well, I'm sure you can guess.

Battlefield rulz, lol

Posted 14 years ago #
triphammer
Member

At least this gives a chance to ppl who want to try it. I have the game and it's not bad.. but Battlefield Bad Company 2 is better. You can't beat the price of a free weekend though.

Posted 14 years ago #
Lester (Chip)
English Mod

@triphammer said:
You can't beat the price of a free weekend though.

Wrong! They could pay you to play it lol

Posted 14 years ago #
2-SHEDS
Member

Good point Chip. Not likely to happen though.

Chip, maybe you could change the title of this thread to reflect the dates of the free weekend. That'd help out many here so when the weekend is over we know that this thread is old. Then again, you could just close this thread when the weekend is over too. No reason for conversation after that.

The NY times had a review that sums up the BFBC2 vs MW2 debate pretty good:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/08/arts/television/08battle.html

Posted 14 years ago #
Whiterabbit-uk
Games Guru

There wasn't enough space to include the dates. I'll add an ended to the title on Monday.

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