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Telegraph: Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Review

Telegraph writes: "So here it is at last; the biggest game of 2009. The sequel to one of the most successful first person shooter (FPS) titles of all time. The most anticipated video game release of the year. The title which looks set to break international sales records in spite of the fact that its publisher has decided to charge £10 more than the standard price for a new release. The game that may yet reanimate the recently (and hopefully still) laid-to-rest debate on video game violence. The first video game of this year to receive its own premiere in Leicester Square. While it arrives creaking under the weight of its own hype, the press accolades and advertising campaign that herald its arrival make Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 sound like the entertainment revelation the whole world has been waiting for; it swaggers into retail outlets with all the confidence of a rock star taking the stage in front of its most committed fans. But can it possibly hope to live up to the ludicrous expectations heaped upon it?"
10 / 10
Cyrus365 - contributor
Published: 47 days 3 hours ago | Review | PlayStation 3 | Xbox 360 | PC
 
 

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Natsu X FairyTail - 47 days 3 hours ago
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AAA.
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Strikepackage Bravo - 46 days 21 hours ago
1.1 - agreed
day one purchase.
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Greywulf - 46 days 19 hours ago
1.2 - What makes people think MW2 wont be AAA by reviewer standards?
What about gamer standards...?
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testerg35 - 46 days 19 hours ago
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Greywulf, but yet I'm sure you jumped up and down with joy for every high score that UC2 recieved from these "reviewers".

Edit: Carl1412, what I love is how users, who have never even played the game, have already decided that MW2 sucks. So what if its an overdone genre.. if its fun, then who cares.
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Carl1412 - 46 days 19 hours ago
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1.3

Uncharted 2 was a brilliant game in a genre that doesn't have a lot of games this generation. It improved in every way upon the first one, and it did everything brilliantly.

It wasn't part of an over saturated genre where a game comes out every week. Also, MW2 does absolutely nothing different, is pretty much the same as MW1 in all but name, and actually has less stuff than MW1.
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DigitalAnalog - 46 days 19 hours ago
1.5 - Is it a Solid game.... yes.
Unlike this game, Uncharted 2 deserved it's high praises and scores. I dare you to compare MW and MW2 side by side and if it wasn't for the story or extra multi-player perks, you wouldn't have known the difference. Sad, because gaming journalism just told the whole world that you don't need to push graphics/gameplay/story. Just add a few multiplayer perks and add "controversy" as the icing and you're good to go.

Such cheap standards.
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Perjoss - 46 days 18 hours ago
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I have no problem ignoring this title, It's going to take me quite some time to finish Dragon Age on the PC and what a fantastic game it is, I'm not going to let Activision interrupt my playthrough of this game.

I hope MW2 does REALLY well to the point that Activision get cokky and pump chit loads of cash into new franchises that fail and bring the company down. I'm ashamed that Blizzard are associated with them.
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mint royale - 46 days 21 hours ago
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I can't choose between this or Super Mario for my November game. Its impossible!
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MariusElijah - 46 days 19 hours ago
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Super Mario, there
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Jikla - 46 days 19 hours ago
2.2 - Muramasa
I already pre-ordered muramasa (EU) instead of MW 2. And now I don't got money for MW 2 before christmas :/ At least I got dragon age...
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El_Colombiano - 46 days 18 hours ago
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Whoa! You can't be serious! Mario man!
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Carl1412 - 46 days 19 hours ago
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Advertising campaign? I haven't actually seen a signal advert for this yet.

On another note, i bought EyePet today and it is a lot more fun than i ever had with COD4.
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Danteh - 46 days 19 hours ago
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I'd like to sa that this is great for all gamers. I'm sometimes a PS3 fanboy but all of you who hate on MW2 should just accept that it's one of the best games of the year and will compete with UC2 for GOTY. Why is that a bad thing? I'm buying it (of course) for PS3, I prefer the controller, trophies.... and PSN now is on-par with Live. Oh, and ever better graphix (at some places :O).

So yeah there's room for MW2, KZ2 and UC2,

See ya on the biggest battlefield of the decade!
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bnaked - 46 days 19 hours ago
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a 10/10 game defines the genre and has a singleplayer longer than 6 hours.. Nuff said..
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Carl1412 - 46 days 19 hours ago
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Oh yeah. I forgot 10/10 meant that it is standout in the genre and does lots of new stuff.

Like these new weapon skins in MW2. And it has no dedicate servers, no mods, and charging for maps on the PC version. Hell of a USP.
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bnaked - 45 days 19 hours ago
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yo, MW2 is overrated, just because of the hype..
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ambientFLIER - 46 days 17 hours ago
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COD 2.2 LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL AMIRITE?!
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KionicWarlord222 - 45 days 19 hours ago
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Modern warefare 2 is just ....great .

Any other words anyone wont to add to the pipeline ?

:)
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