Since I started buying gaming rigs for our internet shop I was hooked on playing Activision's Call ofDuty -Modern Warfare 2 developed by Infinity Ward. This is the sequel from the first Modern Warfare which I did not had the chance to finish due to the lack of time and lack of a video card since the first batch of PCs were bought without it. Anyway, I was glad to purchase new workstations with NVidia 9400GTand 9500GT giving me a good reason to devote some time into gaming. As for the newest Call of Duty series which is the one I am reviewing. Please take note that I am just an average gaming guy whom cannot even get a hundred lives out of that darn turtle from Super Mario. But with regards to first person shooter games I can say I'm a bit above the average since I am a Counter Strike veteran. I sometimes but not most of the time top on the terrorist list when the "Tab" key is pressed, if you are an SF or CS player then you know what I mean.
First impressions with the game is that its quite apealing with the green radar type communication spreading from one place to another like intelligence networks, and the explanations of the mission briefings are done while loading the game which is better than waiting in complete silence. It adds CIA feeling on gathering intel with deep undercover high-tech stuff. The beginning of the game is the familiarization of the keys & the function of each. The scene of an instructor teaching new recruits is the background and yourself showing how its done is a good way of learning the commands rather than learning it during the game. Next is when you go to practice your precision & speed by going to the pit where you do some practical shooting. Then after this your mission begins. You start up in Afghanistan where you will be engaged in a heavy gunfire and then will succeed with the next missions. What I like about this game is that it's not hard to kill enemy troops. The kill percentage is almost the same with left for dead 2 except that in this game the enemy shoots back. In other words you won't have a hard time killing people, unlike Crysis where enemy soldiers are all wearing vests which makes them difficult to take out. The gameplay is good from making decisions and strategizing your way through the missions. You do not need walkthrough notes to finish the mission when you are in Normal mode. You are guided by radio commands and on-screen instructions and things are pretty obvious. You gotta be aggresive sometimes since enemy troops are quite good at shooting at you. Anyone who will be trying out this game will surely enjoy the feel and touch of the quality gameplay it offers.
