MW2 isn't bad at all.

Everybody here kept telling me not to buy this game because of how down right HORRIBLE it was. Well I took the risk anyway and don't regret it at all.

The single player alone has given me 25+ hours of enjoyment with the single player and spec ops. Both are great fun especially spec ops when playing with a friend. The single player isn't bad by any means, its very fun for 1 or 2 playthroughs and its a lot like call of duty 4, but yeah it isn't as good as cod4 sadly.

The multiplayer does not have dedicated servers sure. I thought I was going to hate the multiplayer because of this, but I was pretty wrong I must say. I haven't encountered any cheaters or lots of lag at all. I still prefer dedicated servers, but to call this system downright unplayable isn't fair at all honestly.

It isn't perfect, but the insane backlash against it is uneeded. People praise Bad company 2 a lot as an amazing alternative for MW2. While the multiplayer is much better then MW2, I sadly can't say the same for the single player, which was nothing more then average honestly.

Anyone agree?

The game is 60$ when the normal cost for PC games is 50$ and MW2 is not nearly as good as some of the other pc shooters on the market. games like BF2, CSS, BBC2, TF2, COD4 and plenty of more games are better for PC than MW2 is, by all means MW2 isn't a bad game but it isn't a game you should buy since it is not the best bang for the buck.

I beat the single player in 5 hours on normal difficulty. From what I noticed, it's full of plot holes and not nearly as epic as Call of Duty 4. In my opinion, the single player in COD4 is leaps and bounds better. The multiplayer is about the same to me, but I prefer the maps in Call of Duty 4. Also, the lack of dedicated servers is extremely dissapointing if you're used to playing COD games on PC.

Edit: And yeah, very, over priced. Expansion packs marketed as full games honestely shouldn't be more than 30 dollars.

The game is 60$ when the normal cost for PC games is 50$ and MW2 is not nearly as good as some of the other pc shooters on the market. games like BF2, CSS, BBC2, TF2, COD4 and plenty of more games are better for PC than MW2 is, by all means MW2 isn't a bad game but it isn't a game you should buy since it is not the best bang for the buck.

Kaisos

It's awesome, i played almost 40hrs to get 36 achievements in single player, i still need more 2 or 3 hours to get the last 4.

And the multi is ok, could be better if we could play with dedicated servers. ¬¬ Anyway the game is still a gem, worth the damn $59. lol

Bad Company 2's single player was underwhelming, but MW2's wasn't any better IMO. It felt like one of those big budget movies that tries to pack in a bunch of special effects and big moments just because they can. The entire campaign just rubbed me the wrong way, like it was trying incredibly hard to impress me or win me over, but the whole experience just felt fake. Spec Ops was okay, but after we finished it I didn't have much desire to play through it again.

MW2 multiplayer was incredibly buggy for the couple of months I played. So many people exploiting glitches and boosting like crazy. It was enough for me to put away the game permanently. I personally think that the killstreaks are a huge joke and really screw up the game's balance.

Dedicated server fiasco aside, I didn't really expect much of this game to begin with, so I wasn't really disappointed.

I didn't find it all that bad, but not all that great either. Spec Ops kept me going throughout the game, but Mutliplayer could use some patching up.

Sure, it was good. But it wasn't stellar, and not really a big improvement on the previous game. I only got about 10-15 hours of fun out of it, which I do not think was worth the cost of a full game, and it certainly what I expect from a AAA title.

MW2 was like a really big firework. Great for an instant...but then it's over.

I definitely agree, although I really don't like the matchmaking and party system. Still, I've received a ton of enjoyment from the game.

Its not as bad as people say, i gave it a 8/10. I think my biggest problem is that IW is so talented, each CoD before MW2 was a big step up from the one before it - 2 brought the series into DX9 and introduced many mechanics which have become industry standards like regenerating health and pressing G to throw grenades (wait, maybe FEAR did that).

with CoD 4 we the series moved to modern times and introduced basic physics, a hollywood movie style campaign, as well as the somewhat revolutionary multiplayer leveling/unlock system (although to be fair the battlefield games were doing it first) which made the series insanely popular.

then Modern Warfare 2 comes along, takes two steps forward, then three back. Sure, we now get death streaks, improved grenade physics and spec ops mode, but we also have lean taken away as well as dedicated servers and a direct console port instead of a multiplat. We now pay for map packs we got for free with COD4. it simply isn't any kind of improvement over 4, in fact its overall worse because of the lack of PC-centric features.

still not a bad game, just not up to the standard of what IW is capable of.

Its not as bad as people say, i gave it a 8/10. I think my biggest problem is that IW is so talented, each CoD before MW2 was a big step up from the one before it - 2 brought the series into DX9 and introduced many mechanics which have become industry standards like regenerating health and pressing G to throw grenades (wait, maybe FEAR did that).

with CoD 4 we the series moved to modern times and introduced basic physics, a hollywood movie style campaign, as well as the somewhat revolutionary multiplayer leveling/unlock system (although to be fair the battlefield games were doing it first) which made the series insanely popular.

then Modern Warfare 2 comes along, takes two steps forward, then three back. Sure, we now get death streaks, improved grenade physics and spec ops mode, but we also have lean taken away as well as dedicated servers and a direct console port instead of a multiplat. We now pay for map packs we got for free with COD4. it simply isn't any kind of improvement over 4, in fact its overall worse because of the lack of PC-centric features.

still not a bad game, just not up to the standard of what IW is capable of.

with_teeth26

It certainly lacked the 'wow' feeling I felt playing CoD4.

I do not agree, the game is not that good.millerlight89

yea, but, dude...its not bad

:P

I am very happy to say that as a PC gamer I do not have to settle for mediocrity. I dont have to settle with MW2

Its a very solid package, on and offline. biggest_loser

tbh I haven't played the single player of either game, lol... that portion never interested me. I agree that MW2 gets kind of a bad rap. Everyone likes to hate on the game and praise Bad Company 2, but I don't think either game is perfect.

BC2 has the benefit of dedicated servers, but I've joined enough low-pinging servers where the hit detection is still really bad... and I also have issues with all the maps being set up for easy sniping and camping, and serious chokepoints to abuse this.

But then on the other hand, I'll decide to play MW2 with a friend of mine and it sometimes takes us 5-10 mins to find a server, since we keep getting disconnected, cant join each other's lobby, host migration failed, join in but its a really laggy match and it isn't migrating.. all sorts of that stuff happens on a regular basis. But when you join a good room and a good host stays around, it is quite fun.

I have dislikes about both games, but in the end I do enjoy them both in their own way..

It is definitely NOT TERRIBLE but ultimately I just didn't like it as much as CoD4. The single player campaign is like a Michael Bay flick, which is dumb as a rock. The multiplayer is fun but rewards you for the most stupidest things. You get more health from dying too much and people calling down nuclear strikes to wipe out the entire team? No, I just can't deal with that, I like the more in-your-face gunfights of BC2. Just look at me when you kill me, don't use a nuke! =Pspiderman120988

MW2 multiplayer is pathetic. The killstreak rewards is what turned me off of MW2. I played it on 360 though. But man, constantly getting hit by predator missles, air strikes, helicopters, the helicopters that other PLAYERS control, with a gun that never overheats or runs out of ammo? lol..so frustrating. The gunplay is as stale as a box of ceral left open for a week. The same crap from like 10 years ago, point shoot and the bullets all go in the same place. Not fun at all and way to easy. The only strategies in the game are rush left, rush right, rush mid then camp. Or rush then run alll the way back to spawn when you're the last one left and camp. Objective games aren't even objectives, they're just team deathmatch with flags and cases laying around to block your view. Nobody cares about objectives so you might as well just play tdm so you don't have annoying icons blocking your view. Oh yea did i mention getting hit by predator missles that only take 3 seconds to pull out and shoot? I think I did, but just wanted to reemphasize how incredibly annoying it is to get killed by a person that has a rocket in their pocket on call.

And just the overall mentality of the game its like for idiots and children. I had to think more about what I was doing in halo 3 than I did in MW2. Theres no need to think or plan or anything, just rush and shoot at stuff, even if theres no one there because your 9mm handgun bullet will shoot through brick walls anyway. I forgot to ask who likes grenade launchers? Nobody? Surprising cause the first sound I hear every round in MW2 is the dooonk sound from a tube shooting into spawn, or some doorway cause theres only 3 ways to go every map and everybody knows you're going to be there in exactly 12 seconds.

Yea that was pretty much just a bunch of complaining but, those are all the thoughts that came to mind when I asked myself if the game is good. So the answer is no, its bad if you have a brain. If you like mindless explosions/shooting and like watching yourself die from an air asset twice every 40 seconds then this game is for you.

MW2 multiplayer is pathetic. The killstreak rewards is what turned me off of MW2. I played it on 360 though. But man, constantly getting hit by predator missles, air strikes, helicopters, the helicopters that other PLAYERS control, with a gun that never overheats or runs out of ammo? lol..so frustrating. The gunplay is as stale as a box of ceral left open for a week. The same crap from like 10 years ago, point shoot and the bullets all go in the same place. Not fun at all and way to easy. The only strategies in the game are rush left, rush right, rush mid then camp. Or rush then run alll the way back to spawn when you're the last one left and camp. Objective games aren't even objectives, they're just team deathmatch with flags and cases laying around to block your view. Nobody cares about objectives so you might as well just play tdm so you don't have annoying icons blocking your view. Oh yea did i mention getting hit by predator missles that only take 3 seconds to pull out and shoot? I think I did, but just wanted to reemphasize how incredibly annoying it is to get killed by a person that has a rocket in their pocket on call.

And just the overall mentality of the game its like for idiots and children. I had to think more about what I was doing in halo 3 than I did in MW2. Theres no need to think or plan or anything, just rush and shoot at stuff, even if theres no one there because your 9mm handgun bullet will shoot through brick walls anyway. I forgot to ask who likes grenade launchers? Nobody? Surprising cause the first sound I hear every round in MW2 is the dooonk sound from a tube shooting into spawn, or some doorway cause theres only 3 ways to go every map and everybody knows you're going to be there in exactly 12 seconds.

Yea that was pretty much just a bunch of complaining but, those are all the thoughts that came to mind when I asked myself if the game is good. So the answer is no, its bad if you have a brain. If you like mindless explosions/shooting and like watching yourself die from an air asset twice every 40 seconds then this game is for you.

noodles297

Confirm... BC2 is more up my street for squad play/tactical. MW2 is a nice game, but just not my style with spawn & die on small maps. I just see no real fun in that plus the added IWnet crap with no dedicated servers, I've put MW2 on the shelf since BC2.Anarchist-TKC-1

While the multiplayer is much better then MW2, I sadly can't say the same for the single player, which was nothing more then average honestly.

Anyone agree?

JangoWuzHere

yeah i much preferred mw2's sp

. People praise Bad company 2 a lot as an amazing alternative for MW2. While the multiplayer is much better then MW2, I sadly can't say the same for the single player, which was nothing more then average honestly.

Anyone agree?

JangoWuzHere

I'm 118 hours into BC 2, and only played 1/2 of the sp campaign (in the second day, when the servers were out). I didn't play MW 2, but I must say that I heard the OST from Hans Zimmer and is a amazing masterpiece. Aside from this, I have even less interest in MW 2 campaign than in the BC 2 campaign. I bought games mainly because the multiplayer, and MW 2 lacks in too many aspects in the mp department.

Ever since I burned out on CSS late last year I started playing Cod4 multi followed by MW2 when it came out and I really like both of them and to be honest I don't really enjoy Cod4 anymore than I enjoy MW2 (except for SP)......

There's nothing else really out there in the genre that I can enjoy at the moment (BC2 was a huge disappointment), guess I'll just wait till Cod7 or the Medal of Honor game.

Everybody here kept telling me not to buy this game because of how down right HORRIBLE it was. Well I took the risk anyway and don't regret it at all.

The single player alone has given me 25+ hours of enjoyment with the single player and spec ops. Both are great fun especially spec ops when playing with a friend. The single player isn't bad by any means, its very fun for 1 or 2 playthroughs and its a lot like call of duty 4, but yeah it isn't as good as cod4 sadly.

The multiplayer does not have dedicated servers sure. I thought I was going to hate the multiplayer because of this, but I was pretty wrong I must say. I haven't encountered any cheaters or lots of lag at all. I still prefer dedicated servers, but to call this system downright unplayable isn't fair at all honestly.

It isn't perfect, but the insane backlash against it is uneeded. People praise Bad company 2 a lot as an amazing alternative for MW2. While the multiplayer is much better then MW2, I sadly can't say the same for the single player, which was nothing more then average honestly.

Anyone agree?

JangoWuzHere

Of course people will make their "hate" toward the game more heard due to its popularity. It's not a horrible game. But it's also not as good as the sales speak for, in my opinion. BF:BC2 all the way!

If you had fun with it that is all that matters. Some people hate pizza, some evenhate sex. Think about that next time you think about listening to what someone else says it good or not. Saying that, when I hear alot of bad things about a game I typically wait till it is bargain bin to give it a run for myself.

Confirm... BC2 is more up my street for squad play/tactical. MW2 is a nice game, but just not my style with spawn & die on small maps. I just see no real fun in that plus the added IWnet crap with no dedicated servers, I've put MW2 on the shelf since BC2.Anarchist-TKC-1

BC2 is pretty bad too, spawn next to your squad then a sniper calls in a mortar and you die. Spawn next to your squad, theres a tank then you die. Otherwise you can spawn at base, run to the front lines then die. I cant say I like IWnet but if you gave me the choice of a bad port or no port at all id take the port any day...

[QUOTE="Anarchist-TKC-1"]Confirm... BC2 is more up my street for squad play/tactical. MW2 is a nice game, but just not my style with spawn & die on small maps. I just see no real fun in that plus the added IWnet crap with no dedicated servers, I've put MW2 on the shelf since BC2.OnFive

BC2 is pretty bad too, spawn next to your squad then a sniper calls in a mortar and you die. Spawn next to your squad, theres a tank then you die. Otherwise you can spawn at base, run to the front lines then die. I cant say I like IWnet but if you gave me the choice of a bad port or no port at all id take the port any day...

Wth? Calling BC2 bad, because you suck is a lame excuse.

1. Never died by motars when spawning on my squad.

2. Don't ever remember dieing cause of a tank after spawning on my sqauds.

Hate to break it to you, but BC2 isn't a run a gun type of game.

[QUOTE="OnFive"]

[QUOTE="Anarchist-TKC-1"]Confirm... BC2 is more up my street for squad play/tactical. MW2 is a nice game, but just not my style with spawn & die on small maps. I just see no real fun in that plus the added IWnet crap with no dedicated servers, I've put MW2 on the shelf since BC2.morrowindnic

BC2 is pretty bad too, spawn next to your squad then a sniper calls in a mortar and you die. Spawn next to your squad, theres a tank then you die. Otherwise you can spawn at base, run to the front lines then die. I cant say I like IWnet but if you gave me the choice of a bad port or no port at all id take the port any day...

Wth? Calling BC2 bad, because you suck is a lame excuse.

1. Never died by motars when spawning on my squad.

2. Don't ever remember dieing cause of a tank after spawning on my sqauds.

Hate to break it to you, but BC2 isn't a run a gun type of game.

lol I suck. Typical BC2 fanboy, everybody who has a problem with my game sucks at it and thats the only possible reason. What does sucking have to do with dieing when I spawn next to my squad? Insulting me just makes you look like more of an idiot fanboy so flame away...

@OnFive, seriously you're calling him a fanboy because you can't see in front of you and you can't watch out for tanks? no he's not acting like a fanboy, what you said there means that you actually do suck, you won't get auto aim/wall hack and a 2km tank radar to fix your issues, in any game.

Anyway imo both games are about the same, difference is I find the BC 2 campaign fun compared to MW 2 as for the multiplayer, BC 2 is more intense and it has huge maps but the lag absolutely sucks, exactly like MW 2, what is this madness, 170ms ping on average for all players and that's on servers that should have 63ms according to the server browser...can't wait to get rid of this false dedicated servers that are strictly hosted only by EA, I just hope that time will come soon, the time when they'll release server tools for all users, the time when we will get rid of lag.

I do not agree, the game is not that good.millerlight89

Its a very solid package, on and offline. biggest_loser

It just lacked alot. The price is ridiculous, not of all of us would be having juciy internet able to handle all of the server problems. Single player wouldnt really be anything without a steam account. It was to darn short anywais. But i still like this game and spent quite a bit of time playing multiplayer. Its still good, you just gotta bite the bullet once in a while.

The game is not bad but the thing is...after playing MW2 and going back do MW1 you will see how bad in comparison the sequel is. Most people complain becouse it is a stripped down version of the previous game.

[QUOTE="biggest_loser"]Its a very solid package, on and offline. Shadowhawk000

I love how people act like MW2 is the first FPS to be affected by hackers, the hackers are as much of a problem in MW2 as they are in any other multi FPS game.

Also almost every game has guns that are better and worse, just like racing games have cars that are better and worse. And to be honest I see most of the weapons being used when I play. Lots of games suffer the plight of an abused weapon though ahem magnum ammo M60 in BC2 anyone?

I dislike the direction they took the game - it has almost no versatility to speak off, meaning that its highly polished levels are only enjoyable for about two or three playthroughs. I don't do multiplayer, so the fact that I couldn't do anything with the game other than shoot crapt over and over again in the exact same manner every time irritated me to no end.

I dislike the direction they took the game - it has almost no versatility to speak off, meaning that its highly polished levels are only enjoyable for about two or three playthroughs. I don't do multiplayer, so the fact that I couldn't do anything with the game other than shoot crapt over and over again in the exact same manner every time irritated me to no end.

Barbariser

youve only just noticed cod games are like that?

Yes yes of course it isn't bad at all if you don't mind the price tag of 60 bucks, noob tubes fest, AA-12s fest, dudes with knife with commando, marathon and lightweight perk, worse than MW1 etc. then you will definitely love the game.