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

SolidMGSnake - 58 days 17 hours ago

ITs called discounts and Amazon had a pretty good deal and other merchants. Or you can get it used.

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IkariX - 58 days 15 hours ago

Picked up my copy from CNA this morning. And guess what, I'm all ready done with the single player. But, seems like some of the sites are really being dumb-asses with their reviews. Giving the game a 10 for graphics etc. Damn...so that means it looks better than Killzone 2, Better than Gears of War 2....wait....even better than Uncharted 2. Don't be stupid. Guess if you buy the game only for the SP, you are going to feel totally ripped off. Or worst case scenario....feel Bobby's weener in your ass

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PS3_HAS_GAMES - 58 days 14 hours ago

its funny how xbox gamers are denfeding mw2 like its thier own game lol...must be pretty lonely over there on micprobesoft's side..jump out

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Pennywise - 58 days 14 hours ago

5/5 for 5... hours.

To be fair this game is all about the MP... but they mark every other game off for being so short. Here's to overhyped and biased reviews!

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Dorwrath - 58 days 14 hours ago

Glad I decided this would be a rental.

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gamingisnotacrime - 58 days 14 hours ago

$60 are better used in Borderlands, which gives over 20 hours of gameply, and takes away your life at the same time like all RPGs lol

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akumous - 58 days 14 hours ago

I think MW2 is an evolution to the series but I have to agree with everyone that the short campaign is an undermining factor. Maybe the game should have been 50 bucks instead of 60 because it has a short campaign. However, the majority of gamers are buying it solely of the online and the don't care about the story or the story is pretty much second to them. Well, if so, then the game should have been sold as online only pricing at 40 bucks instead of 60. In conclusion, this game doesn't deserve 60 bucks at all and once all of the hype dies down gamers will be coming about the short campaign, it is inevitable.

Uncharted 2, if I should compare, is really the complete package here and should be game of the year or the best game of all time...

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Deios - 58 days 14 hours ago

Yes is a record. But only your record.

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divideby0 - 58 days 13 hours ago

this game is a rip-off...just look at the facts

< 7 hr SP
2 player CoOP
18 player MP

graphics pretty much the same
and there is a another COD coming out next year...

sure it will sell well...but you can see a milked engine which just is not keeping up with games like UC2..

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oldsnayke - 58 days 13 hours ago

The multiplayer took a lot more time to work on than campaign mode, and that is the main focus of IW's games - not the campaign, hence why the stories tend to be so short.

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MGL_Gamer - 58 days 13 hours ago

i completed story in 7 hour (^^)

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thehitman - 58 days 12 hours ago

If you play game on easy sure its short trying playing on hard or veteran and try again.. and theres ppl who beat MGS4 in 5hrs on hardest and that game is by no means short lol.

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ironcreed - 58 days 12 hours ago

I remember the days when the campaign was the heart and soul of a game. Hell, it was the game. Now days, 5 hour campaigns and rehashed multiplayer first person shooter frag fests are what is considered the cream of the crop. How many rounds of capture the f*cking flag, death match, ect does it take for you to realize you are doing the same damn thing in every one of these shooters? The only difference is the weapons, gameplay and maps.

Yes, COD plays great, but it is still the same damn thing over and over again and they barely even give you a campaign to make it a better all around package. Yet, it get's a free pass and perfect scores based on the multiplayer alone. I am sorry, but if a full priced shooter is going to get such high scores, it damn well better have a fully fleshed out campaign in addition to the rehashed, frag fest multiplayer they dole out in sequel after sequel. As the latter has been done so many times, I don't know how in the hell any reviewer worth his salt can dock points from any game for "not doing anything new." As they seem to conveniently ignore the very same fault in the never ending hordes of multiplayer driven first person shooters that Call of Duty is very much a part of, but is held to a near mythical status based 90% on brand name alone.

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bjornbear - 58 days 12 hours ago

This MW2 looks like a multiplayer FPS with a single player tacked on (very well tacked on).

Still, might get eventually.

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Edews - 58 days 12 hours ago

Right so; on PC you get short sh!t SP along with sh!t console MP? Should i buy it just for Spec-Ops? Fck no.

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sgtmus - 58 days 12 hours ago

The game itself looks and sounds fantastic. I am a little disappointed about the single player campaign length. I'm really not into the online gaming, I'm not that great at it. However I've seen and given it a try and it's nor for me.
The Spec-ops is pretty decent. For the price I paid, I really wish the campaign was longer, it left me wanting more to play of the single player.

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Qui-Gon Jim - 58 days 12 hours ago

Ask yourself these two questions:
"What did I say when Killzone 2 got criticized for a short campaign?"
and
"What am I saying now that Modern Warfare 2 gets criticized for a short campaign?"

If you have different answers for these, then you may be a fanboy. Note: this works for fanboys of both sides.

Both these games have now had a story about being beaten in about 5 hours, and both have a meaty multi-player component to supplement the excellent campaign.

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Dorfdad - 58 days 12 hours ago

Wow doing some rough math at 62.00 per game including taxes that comes out to be about $0.22 per minute of gameplay 284 minutes 4 hours 44 mins.

Or 13.20 For the first hour, 26.40 for 2 hours, 39.60 for 3 hours, 52.80 for 4 hours, and 9.68 for the final 44 minutes.

I do understand the whole appeal if probably for online gameplay but that's a bit expensive for a game to be bought if your primary goal is single player. (kind of makes you wish they made all games single player dropped the cost, and charged for the online portions) So you could decided yourself.

Now with that $62.00 you could have bought a 3 month gamefly account played Dragon Age, Uncharted 2, Medal of Honor, and 15 other titles.

Buying games just doesn't make sense to me anymore.. To many new games coming out to be a collector. Very few people replay old games as they are mostly linear in nature.

Plus I could just rent it again should I care to. Of course the instant gratification isn't there.

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turricanes1385 - 58 days 11 hours ago

.... games for the single player campaign and it seems like they only cared about multiplayer. I actually buy games for the single player but it seems as if multiplayer is the only thing that matters nowadays. I'm shocked that no one tried to implement multiplayer in God of War 3.

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JJFNIGHTS80 - 58 days 11 hours ago

I doubt anyone have time to finish the game in 4 hours just after few minutes or hours of game release.

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streety519a - 58 days 11 hours ago

This guy completed the game on Veteran difficulty, and got 3 stars on all of Spec Ops and has prestiged 3 times in multiplayer in under 5 hours? This guy must be the greatest gamer of all time! I really want to hang with this dude he sounds cool. Just wow.

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boJABER - 58 days 11 hours ago

it would be nice to have a longer campaign but the game offers spec ops and multiplayer options. those offer limitless time of fun :)

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Commodore - 58 days 11 hours ago

...Dont run through the game with out shooting anyone on easy.

Actually play the game, you obviously tried to do it quick so you could write an article about it....Idiot

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Rio-Hustla-Inc - 58 days 10 hours ago

Sounds like a DVD ROM problem to me.

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jleack - 58 days 10 hours ago

Well, if you want a single-player game than Uncharted 2 definitely kills MW2 in that regard, but the multi-player in MW2 has more replay value.

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gtamike123 - 58 days 10 hours ago

5 hours thats just as bad as ODST.
Just wait a better game that does not look like mod.
M.A.G 256 players or battlefield bad company 2.

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sofocado - 58 days 10 hours ago

What Modern Warfare 2 has to do with GTA IV?

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Magna Farta - 58 days 9 hours ago

It's been pretty established that CoD is about 90% multiplayer-focused.

I'm willing to bet that over half the copies of it sold won't ever have the single-player option selected during their ownership, especially the 360 version

Case in point, when i bought my 360 from someone a few months ago, they had halo 3 included with it, and I tried out the single player there to test the 360 and everything. The kid I was buying it from looked at it and said "Huh, never seen that before."

I asked him if he ever even tried the single-player campaign. and he replied that he hadn't, he had owned the game for 2 years and never once played single-player.

I also feel that this behavior is increasing and I'm also willing to bet that by next year, CoD won't even have a single-player campaign. If the devs want to save some money, just make it a multi-player game like Warhawk or Battlefield. Just don't charge $60 for it if you go that route.

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Ether - 58 days 9 hours ago

Dunno about the campaign, but that mini-skirt is DEFINITELY not too short.

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sam2236 - 58 days 9 hours ago

So why aren't lots of people complaining about this being a four hour game when Termina-oh wait, Terminator Salvation was a movie game so of course everyone will tear it to shreds, whereas MW2 is GOTY ALL YEARZ!!1!!11!!1! before anyone even played it.

Looks like I'm dropping this off of my list. I don't play online and having the game clock in at only four hours is a disappointment.

Why are all games so short this gen?!

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Darkspade - 58 days 9 hours ago

I don't think it counts on easy

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ASSASSYN 36o - 58 days 8 hours ago

The moment I read he played it on recruit it became pointless to continue. Stupid article.

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Somnipotent - 58 days 8 hours ago

but seriously, you didn't intend to just play the single player campaign when you bought this game right? multiplayer is the sole reason my friends and i bought this game. i spent $120 on this game (both xbox and ps3 versions) and i will enjoy the countless hours of fragging and headshots. well worth the money.

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111111 - 58 days 8 hours ago

Thats not really short. Where were you when games lasted 20 minutes, mate? Also arent first person shooters all about the multiplayer experience, hum?

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Rocco Siffredi - 58 days 7 hours ago

so if MW2 doesnt deserv a 9 or 10.. than KZ2 or even HALO3/ ODST should got a 7 or 8.. cause nearly all reviewers complained about the "new controls" (KZ2) and many gamers didnt like the controls from KZ2.

And like mentioned above... MW2 has right now 80x more players online (PSN!!), this shows how popular the game online is!

So stop talking about the reviews, because MW2 offers much more compared to KZ2 or Halo3.

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bigrudowsky - 58 days 7 hours ago

well he played it on recruit... should have played at least on normal.
Either way it seems short but im sure it was full of excitement.
If you skip all the scenes in uncharted and play on easy its prob a 5 to 6 hour game..

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kelo123 - 58 days 6 hours ago

that isnt a recored cause someone i know beat it on veteran in ike 3 hours yes he has no life and you do also

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xtremeimport - 58 days 6 hours ago

the multiplayer and online visuals looked almost the exact same when i saw someone play it today. I havent played it yet, but seeing the online and then reading that the story can be beat quick isnt really a good thing for me. cause the game is expensive and the only reason i am given so far to buy it is because no one will be on the original soon.

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monkey602 - 58 days 6 hours ago

Just finished it in 4hrs 57mins on normal. Yeah it's pretty short.
But Spec Ops is a nice addition and the multiplayer is great. I got the game cheap too so no hard feelings really

EDIT: Or at least I wouldn't if I anyone on the PSN could join their friends. That has to be fixed ASAP!

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Andrez92 - 58 days 5 hours ago

maybe he is just a huge nerd wit no life dat had notin else to do? daz y he beat it so fast

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AndrewE - 58 days 5 hours ago

but the mutliplayer playtime is OVERRR 9000!!!!!

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