MW2 scored a 94 on metacritic and a 9 here on gamespot giving it AAA status. This means that reviewers everywhere were pleased with cod and thought it was a good game.
The campaign which everyone rags on for being so short is actually perfect at the 5 hr mark. Its been said before why make a game thats 12 hours with only 5 hours of real content and 7 hours of fluff and repetition. As a action game, its important to have a lot of things happening and if you were to keep the high pacing for 10+ hours, after a while the "plot twists" would become expected and not have as huge of an impact. Also some say the cod storyline is over the top and just rediculous, but honestly tell me one game that isnt.
Even if you felt you were gimped on the campaign, Spec-ops is a great addition to cod. Instead of copying treryarchs popular zombie mode, IW made a just as equally addicting coop mode. There is a huge amount of replayability that extends the playtime making up for short campaign.
Multiplayer is a huge component for cod and no one can say they failed to deliver content wise. They have a wide variety of guns, attatchments, gametypes, etc. than what most devs have. Sure maybe you have some problems with some design choices, but nothing there that completely breaks the online. There isn't one game where someone doesn't complain about certain guns, maps, equipment, etc. As you get well adjusted with cod, or any game for that matter, you learn how to handle or counter those things you have a problem with.
The matchmaking that people compain about is better than 90% of online console games out there. It matches you up quickly and alows easy partying up and does a fairly good job of choosing host. Other console games have persistent lag and isnt as smooth or as quick to finding a game like cod.
The glitches and bugs are expected from a big game. Exploitation of games is not new and has always been a part of gaming. When playing big games its expected to run into more people who choose to cheat. And people seem to exxagerate the amount of cheaters and glitches in this game, there are far more games without cheaters than there are with.
People are angry over no beta and thats why there were so many things wrong with the online that could have been prevented. Very few games have betas and its completely up to the dev whether or not to have one, its not something we as gamers are owed.
PC gamers are angry over lack of dedicated servers, however I own both pc and xbox versions of the game and the pc version is not as bad as people make it out to be. Sure you get your laggy games, but be honest having dedicated servers does not get rid of lag. I play a lot of online games and people still lag on dedicated. Also not every pc game supports dedicated servers. Once again its completely the devs choice on how they want to present a game, nothing is owed to you.
Those who complained its a reskinned cod is wrong and they have obviously done more than they are given credit. Its a sequel not a new IP so you wouldn't expect something radically different. To do so would be silly. U2, Halo reach, BFBC2, GOW3, SMG2 are all sequels and all handle very similar to their predecessors and they don't add any more content than IW did to their games.
You not liking a game =/= a bad game
The graphics people say are sooooo bad. Sure they are sub hd, but most "next gen" games are anyway. And running a smooth 60 fps really makes a difference over 30 fps. And to have a consistent 60 fps is a huge feat. I would take cod's sub-hd 60 fps over barely 720p 20-30 fps
Having a coop and online mode is more than most devs do. They did give you enough content for your money, whereas some expect you to pay 60 bucks for a 12 hour game you may play through once.
$15 dollars for 5 maps, 2 of which are old maps. Halo had $10 dollars for 3 new maps as well as many other games. Some games like socom, MAG, expect just as much as cod. So while pricing may be a bit high and work of a greddy publisher, its isnt as outrageous when compared to somegames.
Now you not liking a game is all personal preference and you are entitled to your opinion, however to say the game is a bad game is unfair. I may hate MGS4, however that does not in no way make it a bad game. I still appreciate it for the things it does, however I will not play the game again. Same for cod if you don't like it, fine. But it isnt the abomination people make it out to be.
Of course cod isnt perfect and I too have my problems with it, but this game is a solid game and those who say its the worst game ever is being unfair.
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