Modern Warfare 2 worth the buy?

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#1 JangoWuzHere
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I mainly want it for spec ops and single player, but I will look into the multiplayer for a bit afterward. I'm wondering if it stands on its own for single player, I did actually play through the Call of duty 4 single player about 4 times before getting a bit bored.

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#2 millerlight89
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No it is not worth it. The single-player is short and just uninspiring. I would stay away and get something else.
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#3 adv_tr00per
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Only if you have friends to play online with. Otherwise you'll regret it.

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#4 SF_KiLLaMaN
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No. It is terrible. Especially for PC.
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#5 mkaliaz
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Kinda a waste of money just for the single player and spec ops. MW2 is the only game in my life i have done in a single sitting....its very very short. Was very fun though, i have to admit. I was glad it was just a rental though.

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#6 0Tyler0
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I bought it for the multiplayer. SP is short. The multiplayer is great though. It's really fun if you are in a clan and have people you can go pub stomping with :D
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#7 Blackbase88
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Multiplayer is good Sp is short but great moment as well Sops is alight too

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#8 IvanElk
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It was fun, but really only cause of the multiplayer. In general the campaign is 5 hours of fun, Spec ops gets about 5-6 as well. Multiplayer is what this game was for though, and it is decent to say the least, though I wouldn't say it is the best out there (tf2 for the win). It has quite a few unaddressed bugs, as well as the known lack of dedicated servers (and with that comes the problems with the hosts and such). Playing with friends sometimes can take around 30 mins of configuring router settings (ports) as well. When it works it is fun, when it doesn't it is a pain in the &*(.
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#9 monkeymoose5000
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Single player is horrible, spec ops I honestly don't know about, and multiplayer is fun but VERY overrated.
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#10 DasVolks
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Waste of money. Campaign is stupidly short, spec ops was fun on the 360, only because I got to play with my dad, multiplayer...um lol.
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#11 Realmjumper
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Do not buy this game. Activision fired the original devs of Infinity Ward and won't pay up what they're owed. Activision can go to hell.

http://kotaku.com/5485703/ousted-infinity-ward-founders-lawsuit-against-activision-the-court-documents/gallery/

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#12 biggest_loser
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Depends how much it is. If you can get it a bit cheaper then it might be a good purchase. The SP campaign is relatively short but it has some inspired, cinematic moments and it is a tougher campaign than 4. You can also try out the MP as long as you don't play with a party. The party organisation mechanics are poor.

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Don't support companies like Ifinity Ward. If you want to get it, buy it used for a console.

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#14 psn8214
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Its a good deal of fun, but its relatively flawed, and I can hardly stand the online anymore.

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#15 Spewaged
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This game is definitely worth the buy. Of course you're going to have numerous people in here claiming it's horrid just because thats what people do over this game for whatever reason when they are terrible at playing online. Often times you'll see them saying the multiplayer is infested with hackers when in reality, yes there are hackers but not near the level they're claiming. This game is great, the Single Player campaign is short, yes, but very very fun. Spec ops is also fun, and the multi-player is amazing. You actually are rewarded for doing good in multiplayer unlike other games. With this you get so many kills you get a new bomb, or whatever you choose. It's very fun, the main reason people don't like this game is because the killstreaks get them killed =(! WAHH! Play Battlefield where it takes a whole clip to kill someone with no reward if that suits your fancy. If you've played other COD games in the past, definitely get this.
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#17 Spewaged
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[QUOTE="Spewaged"]This game is definitely worth the buy. Of course you're going to have numerous people in here claiming it's horrid just because thats what people do over this game for whatever reason when they are terrible at playing online. Often times you'll see them saying the multiplayer is infested with hackers when in reality, yes there are hackers but not near the level they're claiming. This game is great, the Single Player campaign is short, yes, but very very fun. Spec ops is also fun, and the multi-player is amazing. You actually are rewarded for doing good in multiplayer unlike other games. With this you get so many kills you get a new bomb, or whatever you choose. It's very fun, the main reason people don't like this game is because the killstreaks get them killed =(! WAHH! Play Battlefield where it takes a whole clip to kill someone with no reward if that suits your fancy. If you've played other COD games in the past, definitely get this.DasVolks
False.

Not at all. Prove otherwise. I still play the game, it's doubtful that you do. So I know for a fact that the hacker issue is totally overexaggerated on this forum.
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#18 DasVolks
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[QUOTE="DasVolks"][QUOTE="Spewaged"]This game is definitely worth the buy. Of course you're going to have numerous people in here claiming it's horrid just because thats what people do over this game for whatever reason when they are terrible at playing online. Often times you'll see them saying the multiplayer is infested with hackers when in reality, yes there are hackers but not near the level they're claiming. This game is great, the Single Player campaign is short, yes, but very very fun. Spec ops is also fun, and the multi-player is amazing. You actually are rewarded for doing good in multiplayer unlike other games. With this you get so many kills you get a new bomb, or whatever you choose. It's very fun, the main reason people don't like this game is because the killstreaks get them killed =(! WAHH! Play Battlefield where it takes a whole clip to kill someone with no reward if that suits your fancy. If you've played other COD games in the past, definitely get this.Spewaged
False.

Not at all. Prove otherwise. I still play the game, it's doubtful that you do. So I know for a fact that the hacker issue is totally overexaggerated on this forum.

I say false to your claim that 'this game is def worth the buy' because it isn't true. Also, the other CoD games are much better than this one, everyone knows it. And the people who say this game sucks are not saying that because they are 'bad at playing games'...
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#19 Spewaged
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[QUOTE="DasVolks"][QUOTE="Spewaged"][QUOTE="DasVolks"] False.

Not at all. Prove otherwise. I still play the game, it's doubtful that you do. So I know for a fact that the hacker issue is totally overexaggerated on this forum.

I say false to your claim that 'this game is def worth the buy' because it isn't true. Also, the other CoD games are much better than this one, everyone knows it. And the people who say this game sucks are not saying that because they are 'bad at playing games'...

This game is awesome. I don't see how it varies just so much differently from the other games. It doesn't, and just like the lot of you there is a lot of others that love this game. It's the most played game on STEAM. It's sold extremely well on PC, to this day still doing well.
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#20 DasVolks
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[QUOTE="Spewaged"] This game is awesome. I don't see how it varies just so much differently from the other games. It doesn't, and just like the lot of you there is a lot of others that love this game. It's the most played game on STEAM. It's sold extremely well on PC, to this day still doing well.

Hmm, I wonder why it sold so well. It's because the previous games in the franchise were good. This one was an abysmal failure. It is not worth $50 and that is a fact.
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#21 Spewaged
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[QUOTE="DasVolks"][QUOTE="Spewaged"] This game is awesome. I don't see how it varies just so much differently from the other games. It doesn't, and just like the lot of you there is a lot of others that love this game. It's the most played game on STEAM. It's sold extremely well on PC, to this day still doing well.

Hmm, I wonder why it sold so well. It's because the previous games in the franchise were good. This one was an abysmal failure. It is not worth $50 and that is a fact.

Well I'm betting that not every sell was the day of it's release. Certainly some of that is hearsay. Word gets around my friend. On top of that I'm sure that the next game in this franchise will be a major success. Will that just be coincidence to you? Oh wait no it will be "We're hoping "Treyarch" will make it better.
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#22 millerlight89
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[QUOTE="DasVolks"][QUOTE="Spewaged"] This game is awesome. I don't see how it varies just so much differently from the other games. It doesn't, and just like the lot of you there is a lot of others that love this game. It's the most played game on STEAM. It's sold extremely well on PC, to this day still doing well.

Hmm, I wonder why it sold so well. It's because the previous games in the franchise were good. This one was an abysmal failure. It is not worth $50 and that is a fact.

Agree with DasVolks, $20 is about the right price.
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#23 psn8214
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My take on the Modern Warfare 2 debate: its both overrated and underrated. Overrated in that it is not the greatest game ever, and it has many apparent flaws (as one can tell when they are being killed more by knives in a first person shooter game); underrated in the sense that it is actually a good deal of fun for an amount of time. I still regret paying sixty for it though...

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#24 JangoWuzHere
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Ok, I think ill get Chaos rising now and maybe MW 2 later if I can find it for less then 60$

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#25 psn8214
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Ok, I think ill get Chaos rising now and maybe MW 2 later if I can find it for less then 60$

JangoWuzHere

If you want it for campaign and Spec Ops, don't get it at sixty.

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#26 JangoWuzHere
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[QUOTE="JangoWuzHere"]

Ok, I think ill get Chaos rising now and maybe MW 2 later if I can find it for less then 60$

psn8214

If you want it for campaign and Spec Ops, don't get it at sixty.

I'm mostly a single player kinda guy. I bought BC expecting a great singleplayer and multiplayer, and while I do like the multiplayer I was pretty disapointed by the single player portion.
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#27 psn8214
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I'm mostly a single player kinda guy. I bought BC expecting a great singleplayer and multiplayer, and while I do like the multiplayer I was pretty disapointed by the single player portion.JangoWuzHere

I see. Modern Warfare 2's was ... ok, I suppose. Compared to 4, it is a much poorer campaign, at least to me. There are parts that just don't *work* and on whole it's an unsatisfying affair. I felt no desire to replay it, as I had with 4. It has its moments for sure though, and I know there are those who love it, but it just didn't do it for me.

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#28 Jamex1987
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The game is a blast and I don't even play with friends.
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#29 Solar-X
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It's decent. but it does get boring fairly quickly for a online fps.

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#30 the_mitch28
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I say false to your claim that 'this game is def worth the buy' because it isn't true. Also, the other CoD games are much better than this one, everyone knows it. And the people who say this game sucks are not saying that because they are 'bad at playing games'... DasVolks

Yes keep telling yourself that your opinion on the game is fact and is grounds to overrule other peoples opinions.

Anyways I think this game is good fun, the SP is ok, SpecOps is great fun with friends and the multiplayer is solid even if it is P2P and is good fun to just jump in and out of when you have some free time.

Hackers are about as much of a problem as they are in any other MP FPS game on the PC so there's not much to complain about there.

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#31 Lach0121
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I bought it on pc for about 40-41$ including shipping brand new from amazon.com, would i say its worth that price (40), ehh, idk its pushing it, (but i have yet to get to the single player part of it so i could be in for a treat.)

so i would say about 35-45$ imo

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#32 scoots9
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Single Player is short and the story is terrible. Online is broken. Spec-Ops is good, but not worth $60. I'd say maybe wait until it is $20, but judging by the price of CoD 4 it will never hit that price.

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#33 MyopicCanadian
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I'm not sure if it's worth it for SP and Spec Ops. But the multi is very fun. I have countless hours into this game, and I think I played SP for all of 10 minutes or so.

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#34 RichardStallman
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Not at all.
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#35 Bikouchu35
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I liked the SP though is fairly epic, but is like 3hrs long...

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#36 sasdx
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As anyone thought of suggesting the original with Dedicated servers and a very large and active community?

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#37 screamingdoom
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Spec Ops is one of the best additions to a game in recent times imo, but you need a friend to do it with for the most fun. Single player is similar in style to COD4, so if you enjoyed that you will enjoy this. Multiplayer is both good and bad, just visit the COD MW2 forums to see what I mean.
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#38 Dark_prince123
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for SP I don't think so cuz the campaign is only six hours ind Spec-ops is Pain in the A$$, I bought it for MP but if you don't mind wasting 60 $ just do it
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#39 Barbariser
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Short answer: No.

Long answer: No.

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#40 Anarchist-TKC-1
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The graphics are nice, the play is solid, however... IWnet is lame at trying to connect players via P2P. You can have a few good games, but if the host leaves or lags out, then you all wait a minute until it finds a new host. It's OK for fast paced action, no tactical aspect to it AT ALL. It's a matter of if you see the guy first, you shoot first, you kill first. G18's own. I personally like the tactical aspect, BC2 offers this with more squad play, MW2 is pure spawn, shoot, die, log off in rage etc.
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#41 mo0ksi
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Just wait for a price drop.
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#42 morrowindnic
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[QUOTE="DasVolks"][QUOTE="Spewaged"] This game is awesome. I don't see how it varies just so much differently from the other games. It doesn't, and just like the lot of you there is a lot of others that love this game. It's the most played game on STEAM. It's sold extremely well on PC, to this day still doing well. Spewaged
Hmm, I wonder why it sold so well. It's because the previous games in the franchise were good. This one was an abysmal failure. It is not worth $50 and that is a fact.

Well I'm betting that not every sell was the day of it's release. Certainly some of that is hearsay. Word gets around my friend. On top of that I'm sure that the next game in this franchise will be a major success. Will that just be coincidence to you? Oh wait no it will be "We're hoping "Treyarch" will make it better.

The next MW3 will be a flop on PC, Unless they put back in dedicated servers. And even then a lot of people still won't buy it.

I would buy a Treyarch game over IW games anyday.

Look on Xfire.com, MW2 is WAY behind MW1 and COD2. Yet you said it's doing good? Yea right.

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#43 DanielDust
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MW 2 is doing fine right now, it should have around 70K players online anytime and xfire means nothing because MW has around 14K max online. The game isn't good, but let's not fantasize about facts. Though there is a problem, it used to have around 120K players almost two months ago a 50K loss per hour isn't a small thing.
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#44 JangoWuzHere
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Well I saw this game for only 40$ on amazon. It was 20$ less then I was willing to pay, so I bought it. Hope I have fun with it.

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#45 SF_KiLLaMaN
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Well I saw this game for only 40$ on amazon. It was 20$ less then I was willing to pay, so I bought it. Hope I have fun with it.

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good luck, you're gonna need it.
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#46 dakan45
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Yeah it worths it, you know why? Because i had fun with it. 50 bucks? still? Its 35 last time i checked.
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#47 SRTtoZ
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What if you're friend gives you his copy for free because he doesnt want it anymore? Then is the singleplayer worth it??