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FIrst Online Multiplayer Review for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

This is the very first review for IW's upcoming shooter! No embargo necessary as the site already found the game for sale!

DualShockers writes:

"Want to know what's better than getting your hands on Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2? Getting your hands on it by buying it from a "mom and pop" video game store that can care less about release dates, that's what! With that said we (DualShockers) are not held under any review embargo as we've purchased the game ourselves. Now let's get to the multiplayer review, shall we?

I came. I saw. I pwned. Oh and I loved every single minute of it. That sums up what was my experience with the multiplayer found in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. We've decided to break up our review of this year's most anticipated game into 2 parts, simply because the multiplayer is so deep that including it within a full game review simply will not do it justice."

5 / 5

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Published: 46 days 6 hours ago | Review | PlayStation 3 | Xbox 360

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BROOKLYN N-M-E - 46 days 19 hours ago

1 - Haha

That's awesome! Kotaku did the same thing earlier with Borderlands! Gearbox never sent them the game, so they bought it in the store before it was released and reviewed it that way! Good Job, and good review!

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deadreckoning666 - 46 days 19 hours ago

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I don't thk this is a surprise at all. With all the customization and ridiculous options IW gives the gamer, the only thing that surprises me is that it didn't get a 6/5.

@taz- Lol, it would be hilarious, but we'll see at least one 6/5 score in the next week or so. Thats certain.

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taz8080 - 46 days 19 hours ago

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@ deadreckoning - that would be hilarious if someone gave it a 6/5, lol

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slugboss - 46 days 18 hours ago

1.3 - Hilarious as in...

A joke. I don't think I could laugh much harder though.

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kira42 - 46 days 17 hours ago

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Uncharted 2 got 21/20 O_o that was surprising

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Perjoss - 46 days 17 hours ago

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people like naughty dog, thats why we saw a 21/20 (oh and the fact that U2 was amazing), but because activision is tied to this title you will never see a score like that for MW2.

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talltony - 46 days 17 hours ago

1.6 - BEST MP GAME EVER MADE...SERIOUSLY!

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Poopface the 2nd - 46 days 16 hours ago

1.7 - I love borderlands and U2 so far his month

didnt you see, hiphopgamer gave uncharted 2 a 100/10 cause hes a joke.

I feel bad for the gimped pc version but I have a feeling that this game will be better than 4 for consoles.

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11 360s and counting - 45 days 11 hours ago

1.9 - NO.

This game is sh!t. There is no seperation from the first one. You will see.

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komp - 46 days 19 hours ago

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I wish they would explain how a game with the same engine as the last one and a few adjustments to weapons and the wtf nuke justifies all this hype along with the price.

This could have been done as DLC in all honesty. Sucked in, not I.

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taz8080 - 46 days 19 hours ago

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Interesting point of view, I heard that form another friend as well about it being unbalanced also.

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toaster - 46 days 18 hours ago

2.2 - OMG

They just reviewed CoD4!!!!!

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corneliuscrust - 46 days 18 hours ago

2.3 - I'm with you

I still have a lot of fun just playing Cod4 and the community is still decent for that game.

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Caffo01 - 46 days 18 hours ago

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i agree with you.

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TooTall19 - 45 days 19 hours ago

2.5 - I hope this game has a strong community

can't even play KZ2 anymore cause there's usually only 1 game in the whole world that plays the DLC maps. It seems like all the other one's are usually just Radec.

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Ninferno - 46 days 19 hours ago

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cant wait to play this, gonna be playing for a long time.

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BROOKLYN N-M-E - 46 days 19 hours ago

3.1 - Well....

You don't have to wait until Tuesday night, that's for sure. All of the small game shops are getting them in yesterday and today.

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Grevan - 46 days 19 hours ago

4 - Played it

love the graphics, love the upgrades, love the weapons, and angry about the 5 kill streak weapon. It is an automatic kill wherever you put it. Unfair!

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BROOKLYN N-M-E - 46 days 19 hours ago

4.1 - Hahah

The predator missile = definite death!

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Chadness - 46 days 19 hours ago

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If I was an FPS fan, I'd be all over this.

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iiprotocolii - 46 days 19 hours ago

6 - Wow ...

Pretty nice review! I too picked up my copy from a "mom and pop" game store...haven't slept since!

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divideby0 - 46 days 19 hours ago

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9 vs 9 wth ?

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GR8 1 - 46 days 18 hours ago

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This game is a perfect example of what a online fps should be like.

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D4RkNIKON - 46 days 18 hours ago

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So you think 9v9 is perfect? ok.... I think you meant to say COD4 is what multiplayer online should be. This game would have been better off as DLC adding new weapons perks and maps to COD4, that way the PC gamers would have no reason to cry, even if it was still a $60 release. Hell if halo can get away with it, IW could.

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corneliuscrust - 46 days 18 hours ago

8.2 - haha yep

COD4 was (is) the perfect example of what online MP should be

MW2 is the perfect example of how a company can still manage to fck up the sequel

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D4RkNIKON - 46 days 18 hours ago

8.3 - @corneliuscrust

+bubble for not riding the hype train and seeing through the BS

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iiprotocolii - 46 days 18 hours ago

8.4 - @ 8.1, 8.2, 8.3

How about playing the game for yourselves before drawing such conclusions.

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Esena - 46 days 18 hours ago

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Actually, I'm starting to think the train for this game is only for those opposing it. You guys have really made yourselves look fairly pathetic. The game isn't out yet. Every aspect of this game is different besides keeping the same (excellent) formula. So until you play it, stop exclaiming how it preforms.

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Unicron - 46 days 17 hours ago

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I've played it. It looks solid, but can easily be mistaken for CoD4. Some areas look gorgeous, some look really bland. The setups are really cool though, without a doubt.

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S4NDM4N - 46 days 18 hours ago

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overhyped. Over rated. It is the next GTA4. Perfect scores, everyone wants it, but the game falls flat on its face.

lol Does anybody actually know the details about multiplayer?

IW has added some retarded stuff.

First they have only 4 snipers, no G3, M1911 pistol, and a lot of other weapons they took out.

Hardcore mode only for TDM and SnD. No team tact either.

But IW made sure they added dual shotties, throwing knives, nukes, sentry guns etc..

Honestly IW just made this game for casual players. There is no recoil. That is my biggest problem. IW just added a lot of crazy weird stuff, so a lot of younger players would like woah!

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corneliuscrust - 46 days 18 hours ago

9.1 - Amen

MW2 to MW1 is like skate2 to skate1

I can't believe they managed to screw it up so badly

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JeffGUNZ - 46 days 18 hours ago

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Have you shot modern day combat weapons? Most have little to no recoil. Shoot an M4 or and M1, you will be astonished of how little recoil their is. I found CoD4 weapons to be actually really close to what they would be with someone who is trained to fire them. I have fired tons of weapons throughout my career so far and I was shocked of how new improved and advanced barrels have reduced recoil.

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Unicron - 46 days 18 hours ago

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No G3?

Crap. I Was a beast with that.

I Think the perk system is a cool idea, but I can't stand how FPS's are becoming reliant on gimmicks for the casuals instead of just being a better shot/aim than your opponent.

I really hope this game balances out, but so far I'm still a bit worried.

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Pennywise - 46 days 18 hours ago

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MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO .

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JeffGUNZ - 46 days 17 hours ago

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haha I love this site. I got 2 disagrees. I'm a tactical firearms instructor for the federal government and have more experience with firearms than most people; yet I still get disagrees from people who probably have never even held a loaded firearm.

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Bilbo65 - 45 days 23 hours ago

9.6 - @9.5

That reminds me, i need some more weed soon

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toaster - 45 days 21 hours ago

9.7 - @Jeffgunz

People are entitled to their opinion. The Agree Disagree button isn't there just to look all cool and fancy shmancy.

"I'm a tactical firearms instructor for the federal government and have more experience with firearms than most people"

Or are you....
On the internet you're just the same as every other person who makes an account on a news site.

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Bodster - 46 days 18 hours ago

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The biggest weapon in cod4 IMO, the M40A3 sniper rifle, doesnt make an appearance either, no more "no scoping" montages with M40's anyways...

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iiprotocolii - 46 days 18 hours ago

10.1 - Well

You'll be happy to know that there is a sniper rifle, simply named: Intervention. Awesome.

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Bodster - 46 days 1 hour ago

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Haha yeh i know, i have played the game. A friend of mine has a flashed xbox (tut,tut) so iv played it ;)

Really really good game :)

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II C o L o R z II - 46 days 18 hours ago

11 - OMG

i love this game!!!!!

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Pennywise - 46 days 18 hours ago

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Gamers.. get KY out. The reviewers are going to praise this one even though there is plenty of proof it is worse than COD4.

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DreamcastFanboy - 46 days 18 hours ago

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How so?

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Unicron - 46 days 18 hours ago

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Of course. If you haven't learned by now how hard the hype train roles... what's funny is when you have these same sites 2 years down the line doing "retrospectives" about how "MGS2 wasn't as good as we reviewed it." Then why did you assign it that score in the first place eh?

Oh well, all I care about is whether or not this game is any fun, and how balanced the MP will be? Turrets? Bleck. And frankly, watching the guys at work play it, it could easily be mistaken for CoD4 visually. And yet, some of their setpieces/setups are really, really clever. I need to see the final game to judge it...

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Relientk77 - 46 days 18 hours ago

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Awesome

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dragonelite - 46 days 17 hours ago

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maybe having fun playing a game is more important then the best graphics and most people dont take the 60 fps into account.

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monsterduc1000 - 46 days 17 hours ago

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The great thing is that IW is going to reset all the leaderbords the night before the official release. All that ranking up for nothing.

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Caffo01 - 46 days 17 hours ago

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i can't understand all the fuss for the stats reset...what's the matter if someone is 10-20 levels ahead of you?i'll be playing this in 2010 when all of you will be at cap level but i really won't care..

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kingboy - 46 days 17 hours ago

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Not on my payroll

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BROOKLYN N-M-E - 46 days 19 hours ago

1 - OMG

The Anticipation for this game is numbing!

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taz8080 - 46 days 19 hours ago

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I am curious what the ration of 360 to PS3 discs sold, I am thinking 3 to 1

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Murderdolls - 46 days 18 hours ago

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Sounds about right.

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the worst - 46 days 17 hours ago

2.2 - 3 to 1 is right

since there's nothing else on the 360
thats good to play

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buying1999 - 46 days 15 hours ago

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Yeah I'd say that's about right since the only other things to play are full priced expansions packs and/or full priced, renamed, recycled racing games.

PS3...Get on board or get left behind.

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Grevan - 46 days 19 hours ago

3 - I love it!

Totally better than number 4, especially with more maps already put into it.

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taz8080 - 46 days 19 hours ago

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I guarantee naohter GOTY edition in 6 months, so they can add in even more maps.

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Ninferno - 46 days 18 hours ago

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i hate it when they add maps... might as well wait for the GOTY edition

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xxPIETROxx - 46 days 18 hours ago

5 - glad they have

used the classic spiderman ps3 case rather tha the new logo on it. might get the game, depends if i can persuade m,y dad to buy it as its rated 18 here in UK

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XBLGT B1GMACNFR1ES - 45 days 20 hours ago

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lol you have to ask your dad if your allowed to play a game.

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