Comments | theswede: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

theswede

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

Dec 01, 2009 23:09

With many people, CoD:MW2 doesn't require an introduction. In brief, it's a first person shooter game in the popular and entertaining Call of Duty series. The game is first person with strong emphasis; even all cutscenes are from that perspective, from varying people, many of whom do not survive the cutscene. The setting is 5 years after the first ( Read more... )

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jjjiii December 1 2009, 23:23:37 UTC

Since the last FPS game I've played much of was the original Unreal Tournament, I was completely blown away by how much graphics have improved when I saw the trailers and realized what I was watching was in-engine, not a pre-rendered cutscene. I'm thinking about getting it, but probably won't until I figure out which platform to buy it for.

I've heard a lot of negative stuff about the PC version, much of which I'm not sure would bother me, but I don't want to have to pay $200 for a video card + the cost of the game. I might get an XBox 360 eventually when they are cheap and if MS ever gets the build quality of the hardware up to snuff. I'm still waiting on the word for the "Jasper" revision to see whether it really does address the issues as claimed. And I'm not convinced I would enjoy it controlled by a gamepad rather than keyboard and mouse. There's always PS3, but same thing about the controller. So, dilemma.

theswede December 2 2009, 00:14:39 UTC

I played it on the PC and found no real issues with it, though I haven't played online any. I just got myself a new Q9550 CPU and a HD5770 GPU, which the game runs fine on (but not in 1920x1200, sadly). I'm considering getting it for my PS3, as I just purchased a Frag FX controller for it. I'll try the controller out with some other fps games first though, to see how well it works.

And the games today have become pretty darn stunning. At least some have. Dragon Age is beautiful as well, although much more taxing on the system, and Borderlands has very nice cartoony graphics. CoD:MW2 wins for sheer splendor so far though. I was sitting on the side of a Cayuse flying out over arctic waters and it was *so beautiful* I almost failed to realize we were being shot down by rpg's.