COD: Modern Warfare 2

Okay so Technology Blogged is about Technology Hardware, and apart from mobile phone operating systems I have never done a post about any sort of software.

I wanted to stay clear of games I really did – but having played (and got it for a gift this Christmas) the new Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 I just felt  obliged to post about it.

Okay I’m going to get straight to the point – this game is the best shoot em’ up I have ever played. It is far better than COD WaW and pummels the first Modern Warfare into the ground.

As soon as you put the disc in to your PS3 or Xbox then it automatically says ‘There is a level which could cause offense to individuals, would you like to skip this level’ – I clicked no ‘I will not be offended’ and carried on with my ‘Duty’.

On the third level, having cut some terrorists in half with a turret gun, I could see what they meant by ‘offensive’ as it was now my turn to be the terrorist – A Russian one, and I had to shoot hundreds of civilians dead. Pretty bad huh? Not because of what I actually did but because of what a reverse in roles it was to traditional gameplay.

So I shot the ‘goodies’ dead and then got killed myself by the terrorist leader who knew I was an undercover agent of some sort.

The story or ‘campaign’ mode is brilliant – the graphics are second to none, the sound effects are  fantastic and the realism of body shots are incredible.

Then I switched to multiplayer mode and that was even better, the graphics took a dip but apart from that gameplay remained intact – Split Screen mode is my favourite, with my favourite level or ‘Map’ being the terminal which laid home to the thousands of innocent dead civilians I blew away earlier.

I can’t help but feel that I miss Nazi Zombies though, and would love there to be a ‘Nazi Terrorists’ add on available for download, as with the new modern weapons I’m sure I could survive ‘Nach der Untoten’ past level 21.

So there we are -  not the usual post, and by the way if you are easily offended make sure you select the ‘yes I would like to skip the offensive level’ option.