I completed Modern Warfare 2 in 4 Hours 44 Minutes and 23 seconds – Is that a record?

LazySAGamer - 44 days 9 hours ago

The time recorded was for how long the game took to review... the game can last a lot longer on a harder difficulty and obviously Multiplayer is a HUGE factor but the single player can be completed even quicker than this... it wasn't raced

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iron_sheik - 44 days 9 hours ago

Now thats a real shame

charging full price for <5 hour campaign
cant believe that reviewers have given the game a free pass

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Strange_Evil - 44 days 9 hours ago

Lol frankly speaking ODST's single player lasted more than MW2 in my play through lol. Although MW2 is definitely a better game, but frankly this is the GTA effect where people just wear blinders and review the game and give straight 10s just cause Activision has deep pockets.

Don't get me wrong, the game is nice and multi-player is as addictive as always, but getting 10s all round shows the amount of free pass multi-plat games get. I heard that IGN gave this a 10 in graphics lol seriously!!! I mean an open world game coming a week after this has better graphics than MW2 and a linear game fails to even trump that.. Pity.I can understand people giving UC2 10s cause it actually covered all bases be it SP or MP with jaw dropping graphics and gameplay.

In my books, this game gets an 8 for single player (mainly cause it's intense) and 10 for the spec ops and multiplayer mode (it's addictive). So overall a 9, but anything more than that means you judge the game more on the multi-player aspect then the single player. SP always comes first for me.

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Natsu X FairyTail - 44 days 8 hours ago

Strange_Evil

I agree with your point.

EDIT: mugoldeneagle03

You speak the Truth my friend. Bubbles+

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donator - 44 days 8 hours ago

Eh, flawed logic. You get the full game (Single player, co-op, and multiplayer) for full price. Whether or not you choose to indulge in all aspects of the game is your choice, but you are given the entire game anyway. So it is not fair to ask whether or not MW2 is worth it for that price if you only take single player into account.

The IGN video reviewer also stated he beat the game in around 5 hours.

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thor - 44 days 8 hours ago

A speed run of most FPS games takes under 2 hours. Half-life can be completed in under half an hour on the hardest difficulty, Halo 3 in under an hour and a half, but I imagine MW2 will be quite short indeed on a speed run.

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mugoldeneagle03 - 44 days 8 hours ago

And by "these" I mean Modern Warfare 2 hate articles to garnish hits from the N4G-MW2-hate community. I mean really, does anyone remember the length of the original Uncharted? Or Heavenly Sword? Because both are fairly short games and I'm 99% sure I beat them both in one sitting. Hell, I platinumed Uncharted 2 in two days, partly because my sleep schedule was royaly screwed up, but still.

I'm just saying if you try to beat something as fast as you can, you'll usually succeed, and you'll also succeed in ruining the games value...For any game, not just MW2.

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soljah - 44 days 8 hours ago

btw did anyone see this in the joystiq review

Disclaimer: The preceding review is based on an event organized and paid for by Activision, in which media outlets were provided hotel rooms, each equipped with an Xbox 360 and copy of Modern Warfare 2. As this was Joystiq's only opportunity to review the game in advance of its release, we willingly deviated from our standard policy of not accepting accommodations and used the room. We did so because we felt that participating in this event best served the interest of our readers.

For more information on the Joystiq Editorial Ethics Policies, please click here.

Tags: Activision, Call-of-Duty, Call-of-Duty-Modern-Warfare-2, Infinity-Ward, Modern-Warfare-2

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shane025 - 44 days 8 hours ago

MW2 has a multilpayer mode that'll last you for years to come.

I've been playing this game since Friday and at first we were only about 3000 people online, but just now I checked again and we're almost 300.000 online! INSANE

It's probably going to be 400.000 - 500.000 during the holidays.

Oh Btw, just for comparison's sake,Uncharted 2 has 7000 people online playing at the same time. Killzone 2, even less.

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Darkeyes - 44 days 8 hours ago

@Solijah... i won't be even surprised if they gave all the reviewers a prestige edition (one with the NV goggles)... This always happens with huge games. It's a milder form of bribery you can say....

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shane025 - 44 days 8 hours ago

Except on N4G off course, most people buy the game for the multiplayer. The SP is just an after thought.

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toaster - 44 days 8 hours ago

No. Wait until March when everyone will have a REAL game to play.

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shane025 - 44 days 8 hours ago

So you admit you'e got nothing to play that's why you're here trolling 24/7?
You also admit it's the best we've got now till March?

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toaster - 44 days 8 hours ago

Shattered Horizon, Dragon Age, Torchlight, L4D2, . There are a whole slew of games to play. I can wait a few months for a better product.

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SL1M DADDY - 44 days 7 hours ago

Sorry, but the easy setting is for folks who have not played shooters and is expected to last a little longer for those who are unskilled at these games. Your attempt to slam the game is just silliness.

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HolyOrangeCows - 44 days 5 hours ago

Reviewers will give ANY game a perfect score if the words "Call of Duty" or "Halo" are on the cover.

Even if the game is less than 5 hours long and mostly just a regurgitation.

Bcause usin teh n00bz toobs on teh Muliplayr make it teh worths itz!

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siyrobbo - 44 days 5 hours ago

try completing the game on veteran, get all stars in spec ops and get to the first prestige level in under 5 hours

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zeeshan - 44 days 5 hours ago

It is easy to get a full 10 or 9.5 score when you got buttload of money like Activision does, if you know what I mean :)

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sikbeta - 44 days 3 hours ago

Why everyone is so surprised, the SP of the first one wasn't so long either, so this is the same, I thought people already know and don't care

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harrisk954 - 44 days 3 hours ago

This is not a PS3 vs. Xbox argument... it is about how reviews are (generally) skewed higher than they should when it comes to high profile games (i.e., GTA4, Halo:ODST, etc.)... Regardless of whether or not Xbots believe MW2 to be somehow more theirs than the PS3's, the bottom line is that MW2 is on BOTH the PS3 and Xbox.

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jammy_70 - 44 days 3 hours ago

and its sooo short!!!!!

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Ravage27 - 44 days 2 hours ago

well said, the way 360 fans are talking, you would think mw2 is their exclusive lol.

This is turning out to be eerily similar to the GTA4 fiasco, reviewers are either blinded by (A) the fear of backlash from the huge COD fanbase
(B) Activision's $$$

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nycredude - 44 days 2 hours ago

Shane stop defending the game already. Face it the sp is short as hell. And for people who say any game is short if you speed run, let me ask what else are you supposed to do in a completely linear fps. are you going to walking around oggling at the enemies and wait for them to shoot you a few times and then say ok i killed like 15 minutes so let me move on now? How do you play a game that is linear any slower without hurting the experience?

@mugoldeneagle03

Heavenly Sword took me 8 hours, Uncharted 1 took me about 9-10 hours and Uncharted 2 took me 13:15 hours the first time and I finished it twice going on three times and this is before the multiplayer and coop. I'm like 20 hours into borderlands and I am not halfway through. What ever your argument it doesn't change the fact this game is extremely short! More so than most games.

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Prototype - 44 days 1 hour ago

A lot of people who can beat a game in hours isn't always playing on easy or sitting in front of a tv for hours on end; some people are just naturally good at certain games. I can beat a fighting game under 10 min but takes hours to beat a FPS.

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Shepherd 214 - 44 days ago

Is it really fair to review a game and judge its definitive length when you played it through on the lowest difficulty?

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The_Denzel - 43 days 23 hours ago

Don't play the game on easy.

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The_Denzel - 43 days 23 hours ago

@nyrcdude

I cannot fathom how you are 20 hours into Borderlands and not even halfway through the game. I was 22 hours at the end of the game with all side missions done.

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Alcon Caper - 43 days 23 hours ago

This game is redefining "play-value." It's easily one of the greatest multiplayer games to be released. Why would one get angry about this price, when another large multiplayer game, World of Warcraft charges a monthly fee for its play.

I think Infinity Ward has realized this and puts the single player in the back seat.

Its multiplayer is something that I've gladly spent a one time fee for. It's a game that has play value that far exceeds its price.

Going back to games that are not known for their multiplayer, or may not have any multiplayer (Grand Theft Auto, Mass Effect, Heavenly Sword, even Metal Gear Solid). Compare the number of hours you spend actually playing the game. Call of Duty 4 has me clocked at TEN DAYS of multiplayer (240 hrs). Who can say that this is not worth an extra $5-10?

It's a price that I'll gladly pay.

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mugoldeneagle03 - 43 days 22 hours ago

When did I say anything about the 360 v PlayStation 3 argument? I was simply stating that there are tons of games that can be beat in one sitting if you try to beat it as fast as you can. I don't even own a 360, yet all of you are quick enough to hit that disagree button as fast as you can because the two games I mention are PS3 exclusive.

Oh how I love the N4G community, aha. Sacrifice intelligence for ignorance, all for that tiny disagree instead of a voice. Kudos for at least replying though...

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Elaine Benes - 43 days 21 hours ago

speed demon indeed.
but to be honest, this game may have a great story--but its really all about the multiplayer.

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kelo123 - 43 days 21 hours ago

lol i know right? maybe this guy needs to get a life lol

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ReviewsArePolitics - 43 days 20 hours ago

Whoever buys this is a sheep that follows what, just like all the halo ODST buyers

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Tony P - 43 days 20 hours ago

I'm surprised I'm the first one to point this out but... speed run? From lazygamer?

Anyway, I don't like short SP as much as the next guy, but look: it's a shooter.

Shooter games are SHORT. They have been that way for a long time now and everyone keeps buying them because it's the MP that sells the game. So while I don't approve, the point is pretty moot the next time you run out to buy the next MP fragfest.

On another note, people saying "try a harder mode" kind of need to rethink that. There isn't *more* content on a harder mode. It's just more difficult... Not lengthier.

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Sarcasm - 43 days 20 hours ago

I finished the main SP in around 5 hours also. But the Special ops, and hundreds of hours with MP with my friends will more than make up for it.

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FACTUAL evidence - 43 days 19 hours ago

I bet he played regular. play veteran a good 12 hours ciao!

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Mars Attacker - 43 days 17 hours ago

LOL. That means it will take me a month to finish. Then turn around and play it again on the next hardest setting. Well worth the $20 (I'll sell it for $40 on eBay after I am done with it).

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enkeixpress - 43 days 12 hours ago

The meat of the game is it's multiplayer component.

Need I say more? :D

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Milo Garret - 44 days 7 hours ago

Captain obvious strikes again!

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vigilante_man - 44 days 3 hours ago

I actually paid £3.50 as I had £22.50 from my Nectar Points (Reward card)!!

Guess I'm glad. SP should be a real treat, not a add-on.

We all know reviews with "GTA, Halo, COD, etc" will get top scores regardless. So don't trust the integrity of reviewers. Sad, but true.

As I only paid £3.50 for the game, I won't feel short-changed.. (you pays your money, you takes your choice).

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Halo3 MLG Pro - 44 days 8 hours ago

Why? I'm sure this was a speed run. I mean their are reports of people beating MGS4 under 5 hours. The average gamer would probably beat this around 8-10 hours which is about the norm for most games.

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thor - 44 days 8 hours ago

Not a speed run.

Speed runs are MUCH faster. Speed runs of MGS4 probably take under 2 hours (seeing as if you don't care about being spotted you can just run through the entire game).

A speed run of MW2 may take under an hour. Certainly under 2.

The poster of this article states, "it wasn't raced" in post 1.1

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beardpapa - 44 days 7 hours ago

I don't think reviewers are so inclined to perform a speed run on their own time just to baffle us on how short the game truly is. Afterall, they're paid to tell us how the game is in an average experience.

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2Spock - 44 days 6 hours ago

Well when you review a game you are suppose to play it at default settings and harder settings. Obviously if you turn the game to the easiest setting then you are trying to see how fast you can beat it. Which normally it will probably take 7-10 hours on the harder settings to beat. But me personally i would pay 60 bucks just for the multiplayer.

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SoX FireBlade - 44 days 4 hours ago

well recruit difficulty is like the easiest thing on earth

i don't mind a short game as long as its fun

i really enjoy call of duty games they are short but enjoyable

I play veteran for the first time because i got used it so it will be longer for me

and you are not paying 60$ for only campaign, you got spec ops and multiplayer that will take you months or even years to complete

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HDgamer - 43 days 18 hours ago

Thats a speed run and we both know you never played MGS4 to come to that conclusion just stop it. This really makes you look even so more sad.

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FanboysSuk - 44 days 8 hours ago

Witty nelson...way to go little guy, you come up with that all by yourself?

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MichaelJackson - 44 days 8 hours ago

LOL.

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Cueil - 44 days 2 hours ago

haha... pretty funny for an idiot :p

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borgome - 44 days 1 hour ago

Picking this sh!t up today, Wooooooo!!!! Pumped!!!!

Anybody who isn't picking this up today, suffer being a retard.

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Bloodraid - 44 days 6 hours ago

Cutscenes, my friend. They're part of the game. Don't skip 'em.

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Cueil - 44 days 2 hours ago

Man of the Year brings up a good point regardless of your preferance... the size of the medium doesn't equal game play... I don't think any modern game last me longer than Wizardry 7 did... I put probably over a thousand hours into one party on that game. and that was on a 3.5 inch floppy

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Obama - 44 days ago

Mgs4 surely can't be completed in 4 hours in your first play through. (took at least 15 hours) You know a lot of games can be completed under 5 hours if you know exactly what to do and where to do, but we are talking about the first play through here. If he completes cod in his first play through, then the game is short period.

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ReviewsArePolitics - 43 days 21 hours ago

MGS4 is not 4 hours, lol you've never played it dipsh1t

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Kleptic - 43 days 19 hours ago

MGS4 has an unlockable earned for beating the game in under 5 hours...with zero alerts, zero deaths (obviously if you can't set off an alert), and zero kills of enemy players...I believe even bosses have to be tranqued...

watch the youtube vids of it on what you need to do...its sprint past everything...skip every cut scene immediately...and have an almost god like knowledge of where to go...

no chance in hell it can be done on your first play through without a guide...and the only reason it can be completely so quickly is because its checkpoint system is not set up like that of any cod...in MGS4 you either start the action, or it doesn't happen at all (assuming they don't see you)...thats why under 5 hours is a possibility...it can be 15 hours if you 'take sides' and actually actively engage enemies...

MW2 is not like that...no other way to cut it; just like cod 4...the campaign is insanely short...and thats ok...there is a lot more to a game...if you are still one of those fps fans that smells their own farts and insists that online play is not a selling point of a game...you are not going to get much out of MW2...but if you accept the fact that its easily one of the best multiplayer games to date...you'll love it, and its well worth the money...MGS4 only had its single player...Japan doesn't get online gaming, and MGO is a perfect illustration of that...MW2 is FAR from the best single player game this generation, I wouldn't even put it in the top 10 so far from what i've played...but its easily one of the top 5 best games of this gen overall so far...

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Microsoft Xbox 360 - 43 days 11 hours ago

Man of the year is truly an idiot. If you want to time a game based on knowing the the ins and out of it, most games can be beaten in under 4 hours. Look at Uncharted for example, if you played the game already you would know exactly how the puzzles work and it would be a breeze. You sir are the definition of a retard. Trust me nobody can beat a game like MGS4 under 4 hours on their first play through.

Jeez, the logic of a 360 fanboy these days. :rolleyes:

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abc1233 - 43 days 19 hours ago

lol, it even costs more than the average game on 360 and PS3 which is BS considering that the single player is so damn short and there are better multiplayers out there like MAG and Battlefield. Besides, you shouldn't be expected to pay more than other games like uncharted and halo which actually have pretty good single players and multiplayers.

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TheTeam06 - 44 days 1 hour ago

And although there is a multiplayer component, a game like Heavenly Sword reaches at least 7 hours, but gets points deducted from certain sites because of it.

Yet, of course, Modern Warfare 2 didn't. Personally, I think points should be deducted for bad performance under a category that is factored into the score and that the game already has (multiplayer, co-op, split-screen, etc.) and not deducted for things that the reviewer "wishes" it had.

Also, points shouldn't be taken if a game is short. It could've been the developers decision. The story might've dragged on if it kept going, and if the reviewer doesn't like it, they should add it as a note, not a point taken off.

The review system, like our US judicial system, is broken and outdated in some cases. The whole thing just wreaks of corruption.

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Darrius Cole - 44 days 1 hour ago

I think points should be taken away if the single-player is too short.

There is a steady trend of the game makers giving use less content for the same money. A four hour campaign is much too short. I would rather the game just ditch the campaign altogether and be multi-player only. Next week there will be some DLC for sale for this game.

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TheTeam06 - 43 days 21 hours ago

If they had it that way, Warhawk would've had terrible review scores because the campaign was stripped altogether, yet the multiplayer had enough power and replay value to keep gamers going. And if Uncharted 2 were to be any longer in campaign, it wouldn't have been as compelling story-wise. Sometimes it's best to have a short story, unless it's a story that was simply cut in half. That just wouldn't make sense.

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DonCorneo - 44 days 3 hours ago

yeah, SP is short but there's co-op and MP which will last months

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napoleon_ist - 44 days 3 hours ago

sounds logic to me.

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ZBlacktt - 44 days ago

Regular = same time. So harder is going to justify the price, lol. Either way, the game is short as hell. Is there any game shorter than 4hr 40mins that took 2 years to make? Someone is cashing in bigtime on this game, lol.

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Foliage - 43 days 20 hours ago

That's like telling someone that if they find a game short that they should only use their left hand next time. Don't get the duration of the game confused with the duration of a play session. If that was the case, you can almost claim that xbox game "x" or PS3 game "y" had a longer duration because you achieved every trophy/achievement. That is just not how it works.

Dying twice as much doesn't make a game longer. Standing in a corner for an hour doesn't make a game longer. Standing in cover for an extra hour doesn't make the game longer.

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DonCorneo - 43 days 22 hours ago

graphics are the same. i really do not see any improvements. it's still good-looking, don't get me wrong. but after being blown away by kz2 and uncharted 2, i wouldn't give this a 10 for graphics.

MP is still fun, though. haven't tried spec ops yet. they said there are some cool stuff in it but no way it will top uncharted 2's co-op.

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ZBlacktt - 43 days 13 hours ago

Under 6? More like under 5, lol... Like you could get up. Start playing at breakfast and be totally done by lunch, lol...sad.

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