Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2 (2009)

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If you are looking for the absolute "golden era" of Call of Duty, I highly recommend picking this up. The campaign is a total blast, essentially a Michael Bay movie brought to life (always been the case with Call of Duty, but this one crank it to the max), packed with explosives and a genuinely interesting plot. The later half of the story involving Price, Makarov, and General Shepherd’s infamous "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" dynamic is still fantastic to experience. The level design is remarkably good for a game that came out in 2009 (17 years ago by the way). It perfectly captures the pure panic of the U.S. invasion arc, the suburbia levels in particular are incredibly well done, and the maps themselves are almost completely faithfully recreated (you should see the video on Youtube, though i forgot the channel) As a massive sucker for the M4 and militaria gear in general (Pro-Tec bump helmet is widespread for some reason, i dig the Rangers for making the UCP looks cool and not cringe though), the weapon design here is a hilarious mixed bag. You get some gold, rare weapon choices for the era like the WA2000 and the ACR, but you also get some outright sins. Because gun knowledge was still a pretty niche hobby back then, a lot of the weapons were clearly modeled after generic airsoft AEG replicas (with the M4 based/modeled on the Jing Gong M4 S-System instead of actual ARMS rail). If you look closely at the character models, the magazines literally have feeding holes molded into them for 6mm airsoft BBs (commonly used for an AEG). You also have the "G18" being modeled after a standard Glock 17 without a selector switch, and the M4 having a totally mirrored texture on the receiver that flips the ejection port. It hurts to look at if you love realism, but given the era it was made, it's an understandable quirk. The sound design is a bit of a roller coaster, ranging from punchy and satisfying to downright obnoxious. Some guns sound great, while others sound like peashooters or paperclips. The suppressor (or silencer, whatever) audio also completely fabricated the playground myth that silencers fully mute a gun. Fortunately, the radio chatter is absolutely top-notch and does a ton of heavy lifting for the immersion, backed by an awesome cast of memorable voice actors (especially Craig Fairbrass as Ghost, i love Ghost). Do I recommend it? Yes, absolutely, but only for the Campaign and Spec Ops. DO NOT PLAY the vanilla multiplayer. You are either going to get stuck in matchmaking limbo because the game is trying to pair you with the three other people on earth who own the Variety Map Pack (absolutely do not buy it, I made that mistake), or you are exposing your PC to actual security risks from cheaters using remote access exploits. If you have the itch to play the multiplayer, skip the official servers entirely and look into a custom third-party client like ♥♥♥♥. Price-wise, never buy this at full price. It’s a game from 2009. Wait for a deep Steam discount or track down a cheap key.