Modern Warfare 2 IGN Review Leaked?

From the offcial playstation forums.

"I was on IGN browsing through the MW2 **bleep** when I saw the review score. I flipped out and clicked on that **bleep** and it brought me to a page not found. So I knew it was a mistake post so I quickly print screened. This could very well be the real score. "

[gareno]

uncharted 2's 9.5 and now mw2's 9.5 make it a perfect fight for Game of the Year!!

[Saaking]

MW2 is gonna have an overall lower average than UC2.

[BX81]

@Saklicking... Keep hating cheese toast! MW2= GOTY! If not and Uncharted 2 gets it I will admit I was wrong but after the footage I saw during the World Series... and yes my Yankees won! MW2 looks to have great single player and very dominating multiplayer, but like I said if I'm wrong I'll be the 1st to admit it!

[chrisulloa]

Hey Saaking, I'm happy for you and I'mma let you finish, but I just wanna say MW2 is the best game of 2009.

[DonCorneo]

just to keep the bots and pc nerds happy

yeah, it's totally unfair that only ps3 owners get to play the best game of the year.

but AIAS Game of the Year goes to uncharted 2, no doubt about it
http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

[CernaML]

Wow did you seriously just use that played out meme that got old before the first week? Good job.

[deadreckoning666]

@Saaking- Why are AVERAGES so important to you? Do u base ur life off others opinions? Do u judge every game based off OTHERS opinions? Grow a brain and stop being a damn robot. Theres a place for you in the PS3 community where actual GAMERS reside.

"Just as I predicted bots laughing it up over a multiplatform"
If Droids don't care about MW2, WHY ARE THEY HERE?? LOL, u give so much attention to somethg that u claim to hate. SHOO...

[chrisulloa]

@CernaML

Wow did I just catch your attention and make you mad?

[HolyOrangeCows]

LOL! Xbox fanboys claiming a multiplatform game as their own?
What else is new?

[kagon01]

PC gamers happy for this rehashed title without its previous main features? I don't think so, their game was gimped thanks to the power of the underwhelming architecture-less 360...

PC gamers are getting a poor 360 port as well...

As a PC/PS3 gamer, I feel pity for Naughty Dog, they worked a lot with sweat and brains to create a beautiful piece of art, just to get thrown away for an overhyped piece of $h!t...

If I buy this game I'll buy it used, but since I despise FPS, COD MW2 can rot for all I care...

[The real killer]

"Hey Saaking, I'm happy for you and I'mma let you finish, but I just wanna say MW2 is the best game of 2009"

Ring ring, wake up boy it's time to play Halo.

[ambientFLIER]

chrisulloa - HA!

[Mo0eY]

Hey chrisulloa , I'm happy for you and I'mma let you finish, but I just wanna say MW2 is multi-platform and on the PS3 too.

So your entire comment is retarded.

[CernaML]

Not mad, but irritated that I read like 5 other comments just like yours in the same day.

[swiftshot93]

uh-oh....

[Saaking]

So, MW2 isn't bringing anything new AT ALL, yet it still gonna get extremely high scores? And yea, most reviews will be 9-9.5.

[Natsu X FairyTail]

Maybe the game is That good.

have you even played it ?

On the other hand Uncharted 2 did not Innovate also. It was a Great looking game with elements of Various Other games mixed in one hence the score it recieved.

The graphics arent the same also they've upgraded.

[Rigmaster]

I really hope for IGN's sake this is a joke.

I remember all the people who laughed at the idiot who wrote the IGN Killzone 2 review saying they couldn't wait to see if IGN would embarrass themselves with the CoDMW2 review.

If this joke score turns out to be true it looks like we have another GTA4 review fiasco where fanboy reviewers and giant wads of marketing cash created absurdly high undeserved review scores.

[deadreckoning666]

9.5 is EXACTLY what I expected from IGN. Anyone whose pissed of about the score needs to asks themselves why IGN's opinion is so important to them?

How in the hell are you judging this game without playing it yet? COD4 got a 9.4 and was GOTY when it came out and all IW has done is improve, WHAT-DID-U-EXPECT?

"uncharted 2 will win AIAS Overall Game of the Year"

Dude, WHO CARES??? Thats not gunna stop anyone from playing MW2 to death. I thought u guys would be a bit more mature about this, but I was wrong. LOOK, Modern Warfare is the best thg to happen to the gaming industry since HALO. It'll elevate the popularity of online gaming to a new level. If ur against that, U AREN'T A GAMER. Period.
Day 1 baby, day damn ONE lol!

[josuttis]

I'm not surprised by this absurd fanboy score from IGN. Remember IGN is the site that embarrassed themselves by giving Killzone 2 a 9.5/10 score for graphics.

Killzone 2. The game that people claimed had graphics that were so far beyond anything we would ever see this gen that they were obvious 'Sony lies'. And then:

http://generationdreamteam....

So that means that the same old crappy Call of Duty 4 graphics that the MW2 has must have gotten a 9-9.5/10.

What a joke. What a disgusting joke.

And forget about the graphics. People who have played the game say the single player is just as short as CoD4 and no different. No dedicated servers. Tiny game sizes with only 9 player per side. The game obviously brings nothing new to the FPS world.

While games like Killzone 2 brought innovations like the revolutionary first person cover system. The state of the art enemy AI. And the awesome non-stop action of the multiplayer Warzone setup. And of course the incredibly immersive gun controls that were no longer the tired old 'weightless gun on a stick' that is standard in FPS games.

You have to wonder if destroying their credibility is really worth it for IGN to avoid having Uncharted 2 be their top rated game of 2009...

[swiftshot93]

-Most games dont have dedicated servers
-How do you know its laggy? CoD4 wasnt. And now they've fixed Host ending the game.
-It may be on the arcadish, but its still awesome. What were you expecting? And honestly Id rather have the precise controls MW has over something like Killzone or battlefield because it makes the game way more fast paced. Which is funner IMO.
-In case you forgot CoD4 had some of the best graphics when it came out in 2007. Now MW2 still runs at 60 FPS, there more detail on screen, and now the game has color (something absent from most games this gen). The game looks great.
-Tell me of a game this year that was innovative.

[Darkstorn]

It's going to be a great game, but I have no interest in it since I'm still replaying MGS4 and Demon's Souls. The 360ers have nothing else to play, and will devour MW2.

[josuttis]

P2P networking means that your game is at the mercy of whatever clown is hosting.

If that clown, or someone else at their house, is downloading porn or mps3 or whatever your game connection gets killed.

Even if whoever is hosting your game isn't blowing their connection with downloads you are still limited to tiny player counts because of the crap residential upstream connections.

PS3 and PC gamers don't put up with that garbage. Every major FPS game has dedicated servers for lagfree online play with epic game sizes, 40, 64, or even 256 for MAG.

It's no wonder Xbox fans aren't complaining. There's nothing else to hype on the 360 and they are use to a garbage online service with laggy P2P networking in their games like Gears of War and Halo.

[StanLee]

First, PS3 fanboys are fu*king morons. While I play Episodes from Liberty City, Fifa 2010, Borderlands and Forza 3 and in a couple weeks Left 4 Dead 2, Modern Warfare 2 and Assassin's Creed 2, all on my XBox 360, keep claiming the XBox 360 doesn't have games to play. Second, Uncharted 2 is what it is, a great game but fu*k it, it's not the be all and end all of video gaming. Enough already.

[WonderboyIII]

Yes its that goodd I am not speculating, I played the game and as I said in a previous article, its gameplay is much better than any FPS around in this generation. Killzone 2 is the other FPS I am playing at the moment and its greaet but MW2 is just better. The graphics are not Killzone 2 quality offcourse as KZ2 is the best looking console FPS existing yet, but now that I have both games I can easily say its great to be a gamer, because we gamers are getting good games from all ends, fanboys are unlucky, they themselves have denied themselves some really good games and they have no one to blame, but themselves.

[Unicron]

9.5 is EXACTLY what I expected.

Thanks for demonstrating exactly why review scores mean jack crap. When we know what to expect without knowing the quality of the title, well... that says something.

[Shepherd 214]

i love when people who are butt hurt are telling me how much im not going to enjoy my game before they have even played the fvcking thing. Its absolutely hilarious how the fanboys on this fantasy site tell more than 10 million people that they are not enjoying Halo because "its resolution is just below 720p!". I absolutely immerse myself into my love for those who say that modern warfare 2 is simply not as good as their new favorite PS3 exclusive because its graphics are not mind-blowing or, BEFORE-THEY-HAVE-EVEN-PLAYED-I T.

Wake up morons, there is a world much bigger than that of N4G, and that world is also much, much different as far as opinions go. Have fun on your little website playing with yourselves, idiots. Intelligent people will be enjoying their games and not overflowing with piss and vinegar over great games like Halo and COD.

[god_o_war]

@swiftshot93

no lag in cod4? LOL when the game first came out it just wouldnt connect online that infamous downloading game settings screen where it would jus freeze, and no uncharted had the best graphics november 2007

[WMW]

if gears of war 2 taught us anything it is with enough hype reviewers will lie to make the game sound good so i suggest people rent it instead of reading reviews if you aren't sure about buying it. also there is no need to bring up UC2 this game of course won't be that good but hey not many are it should be a ok game since it is not innovative it is a safe game nothing to crazy. lastly 360 fanboys its good you finally have something to play but the way your defending this game makes it seem like its exclusive which it isn't so stfu and calm down @ss holes you idiots do realise that when you say ps3 fanboys are judging the game before playing it that your doing the same thing saying it is good without playing but i wouldn't expect a bunch of brain dead monkeys like you to have notice that.

[blahblah123]

-Most games dont have dedicated servers

Killzone 2 anybody? COD4 PC servers are the best. Matyrdom banning cleans up the game for sure.

"-How do you know its laggy? CoD4 wasnt. And now they've fixed Host ending the game. "

I have put in more than 30 Days logged on COD4 on PSN and near half that for PC. COD 4 is NOTORIOUS for lag on consoles, XBL or PSN. I have played them all.

"-It may be on the arcadish, but its still awesome. "

COD4 is the Mario Kart of FPS. So yes its a LOT of fun but thin on gameplay depth nonetheless.

"-In case you forgot CoD4 had some of the best graphics when it came out in 2007."

It's nearly 2010, so 2007 graphics are hard to argue in favor of.

"-Tell me of a game this year that was innovative."

Little BIg Planet, making your own levels is much more fun than checkpoint running in most other games.

[WonderboyIII]

people with more mature logical non fanboyish opinions have less bubbles than fanboys?

[nix]

giving high points to over-hyped games. encouraging games like this won't do anything for the game industry.

i guess they won't be cribbing about "it does not bring anything new to the genre", eh?

[nix]

if you look around the score box where GAME RATINGS is written.. it's surrounded with "noise" but the same is not there in the rest of the grey box. and the problem with the "noise" is that it's in a shape of a box... normally the noise is suppose to surround the letters.

[soxfan2005]

Because many of the comments here are by one person with multiple accounts. It's easy to give yourself bubbles.

If his points were really valid, there would be no need for the multiple accounts.

[XKRUCI8]

Because fanboys, especially PS3 fanboys, run the comments here on N4G, and if you say anything demeaning about the PS3 or one of it's exclusives your bubbles are going down. Also your agrees to disagrees ratio is about 1 to 10.

In order to get more bubbles you must act like so:

UNCHARTED IS THE BEST GAME EVER!!! IT GOT 9.5 FROM IGN, THATS BS MAN, THATS BS, XBOX CANT DO DAT!!! MODERN WARFARE 2 IS NOT AS GOOD AS UNCHARTED!!!!!!! IT DESERVES LESS THAN 9 FOR SURE. OH AND HOW BOUT OUR OTHER EXCLUSIVES LIKE KILLZONE 2 AND INFAMOUS, NO ONE TALKS ABOUT THEM ANYMORE, BUT THEY'RE THE BEST GAME EVUUUUURRRRR TOO.

XBOX 360 R HAS NO GAMES, DUR DUR DUR DUR, PS3 EXCLUSIVEEZZZZ 4 LYFE.

Give me bubbles.

[nix]

you know the irony is whatever you said is true.

"XBOX 360 R HAS NO GAMES"
"MODERN WARFARE 2 IS NOT AS GOOD AS UNCHARTED!!!!!!!"

[SIdepocket]

@Wonderboy

That's because josuttis, Walther, Porcelaingod, Rigmaster and blahblah123 are all the same person. His points are stupid so he has to sign in to multiple accounts to make them seem valid.

And josuttis, the central fallacy in your argument is that PS3 games with all their graphics and dedicated servers just aren't as fun, and don't perform as well. The laggiest games I own currently are on PS3 - LittleBigPlanet and the two Resistance games. Never had much trouble with COD4 on PS3 or Xbox and I don't forsee any trouble with this title either. Plus, COD4 is a hell of a lot more fun to play online than Killzone - despite all of it's graphical prowess.

Fail Nasim, fail.

[Madusha]

Fake: http://youremgn.com/main/la...

See the bold text, this has been photoshopped.

[ProperFunked]

i just got my copy today, the only thing new is the venues, gun models and a rehashed perk/streak system. other then that the texture are pretty much exactly the same and they changed the voice of Mactavish to make him sound more Scottish instead of bristish<---lame move. a few new animations here and there but its the same game+rehashed story. i dont see why this would get a 9.5....9 at best.

[vhero]

Yet another over inflated score like with GTA the score is purely from hype and nothing more. They let the hype get the best of them like most reviewers.

[mega BIG time]

I finished the campaign 2 nights ago. I got sucked in and was disappointed it only took me 7 hours, but I found myself laughing uncontrollably at how epic the ending felt. I played through MW1 and was impressed, but never blown away. Game of the year contender for sure. This game will get all sorts of attention when it officially releases and unfortunately for you ps3 nuts, will probably overshadow the greatness of Uncharted 2. I haven't played any MW2 multi, but singleplayer 10/10.

[NoBias]

But I don't praise it constantly on this site because I don't like being associated with the Elitist PS3 fanboys on this site. For some reason to them it seems that every game that isn't a PS3 exclusive isn't worth playing. Multiplats for some reason get no love unless it's Batman AA or DAO (Hmm... I wonder why...)

I feel sorry for "gamers" (and I use that term very loosely) that have that mentality. I play the hell outta Uncharted 2 but I don't feel the need to go ramming it down peoples throats every time they mention another game. Why? Because I appreciate and own a LOT of games. Not just games that come out on a certain console.

What is with the "360 fans have nothing to play" weak ass comments all about??? Borderlands, Forza 3, MW2, L4D2, Assasins Creed 2, DJ Hero, DAO, Brutal Legend, I could go on... Why do PS3 fanboys conveniently ignore all of these titles?

Fanboys are sh!t. Simply sh!t. Heaven forbid somebody enjoys a game that they don't (even though they may have never even played it yet or ever).

[WonderboyIII]

Well, proper mature gamers should be supporting each other too as well. I really dont understand why XKRUCI8 has two bubbles. SO I am giving as much bubbles as possible to those who deserve it. And admins or whatever you call yourself on this site, you need to do something about registration. Like accepting only non-free emails for that and other techiniques that can be usefel. It is not acceptable to have bacteria like nasim or saaking, polluting this site.

[Xbox Avatars Shoe]

I KINEW IGN was going to give MW2 a 9.5 when I saw Uncharted 2's 9.5. The big sites are afraid to say a exclusive is much better than other games. Uncharted 2 deserves a 9.9 IMO but when I saw that IGN gave it only a 9.5, I knew it was another big game was getting a 9.5 too. IGN took 0.5 points away from U2 just for not explaining well enough, which was a lie by them anyways.

The big sites always have to score hyped games similarly.

-MW2's graphics SUCK compared to, um, modern games.
-It's cinematic campaign can't live up to U2's.
-Spec-Ops looks meh
-Multiplayer will be good but does that really justify a 9.5?
-Restriction of XBL party chat in almost all playlists = Fail

IGN keeps slowly draining my respect...

[krisq]

Only?? Jesus, man...:/

[Perjoss]

"While games like Killzone 2 brought innovations like the revolutionary first person cover system"

you mean like the one on R6: Vegas?

[solidt12]

I understand why so many people would be quick to say 9.5 and nothing new but can you wait to play the game first. Unless you have a copy don't judge the game just yet. Have you played the single player? Im sure Modern Warfare 2 will be a solid game. I doubt IW would MW 2 not as good as MW 1, and that would be only reason i could see anyone giving MW 2 a lower score.

[krisq]

R6: Vegas didn't have first person cover system. Camera was switching to third.

[bloop]

Where's all this hate for MW2 coming from???? As for people comparing a game they haven't played yet to Killzone 2?!?!? KZ2 was graphically superb, but overall it was just a slightly better than average FPS, nothing to write home about. I wouldn't consider myself to be a huge COD fan, but I think the the fact that a LOT of people still play MW1 to this day 2yrs after release speaks for itself. Why can't people just wait and see what they think for themselves, AFTER they've played it?!?!

[DaTruth]

Lol @ 360 fanboys only ones bringing up Uncharted 2 and pointing at PS3 owners and saying that they're the ones bringing up Uncharted 2.

Aside from you 360 fanboys, the only place Uncharted 2 is coming up is in the GotY conversation!

Lol at 360 fanboys looking for ammo to call PS3 owners irrational! Now that their console is proven inferior in every aspect, the only thing they have left is; "Those PS3 fanboyz are teh worst!"

[Ravage27]

'LOOK, Modern Warfare is the best thg to happen to the gaming industry since HALO.'

quite the opposite...both are slightly above average games (with mountains of hype) that steals too much attention away from more deserving games that have taken risk by innovating and raising the bar. Think about it,they are both FPSes - the SAFEST (and arguably the easiest) genre to develop for,and the fact remains that they don't even stand out much from the competition. Having mass appeal isn't everything.

If anything, i feel they are the worst thing to happen to the industry and they are responsible for the nothing-but-FPS feeling you get when you visit the game stores nowadays.

I'm not asking everyone to not buy mw2, just to think hard if there are other games that you are genuinely interested in. Never blindly buy games just because of the hype.

[ceedubya9]

Here's what I don't understand. You have people on here, claiming games like Halo and Call of Duty are "overhyped" or "average" games. Mass appeal means nothing...

But, I don't know how these things can really be said when many, many people buy these games year after year.

I'd understand if the game was hyped to high heaven and people ran out to buy the first game without knowing what they were getting into.

But these are sequels. Its obvious that people are finding something in these franchises that they love and continue to purchase them when they come out. If the games weren't that good, people would not get them, especially not millions upon millions of people.

The games may be average to you, and some other out there, but there a large group of people that feel differently. And that has nothing to do with supposed padded review scores that many around here claim.

[DaTruth]

Brittany Spears! Any questions???

Are you going to argue she is the most talented artist ever!

[Tavaras]

Ya'll some major HATERS! This has been the most wanted game this year by far... It will sell more than any game this generation probably. Why hate? If you don't like it, don't play it. Go back to playing whatever the hell it was that you were playing and leave the rest of the world alone... When it comes to this game, you haters are definitely in the minority...

[ceedubya9]

nice one Truth!

Seriously though, I'm not a fan myself. But there are lots of people who really like what she brings to the music industry. We may not agree with it, but who are we to tell millions of people that their opinion is wrong?

She must be doing something right......whatever that is.

[Perkel]

lol @ people who think that cod4 mw ( which single player was short but was heel of a ride ) succesor won't be as good :)

comeone why so much hate, sure graphic isn't best of all games but it's quality and details of graphic not quantity defined cod4.

mgs4 is also like cod 4 in therms of graphic, quality and details above all

[cLiCK_sLiCK9]

Im tired of COD. COD4, COD5, and blah blah. Running around in circles hitting prestige several times...sigh. I mean, who isnt tired of this franchise??? Are people really expecting a whole new experience????? Give me a reason why i should pick this up day one. After playing so long, these games got boring. Seriously. It can definitely wait.

I wonder what tryarch is doing? Another Multiplayer with 55 levels and prestige? Wow. EPIC right? Is this game really worth arguing about? Mindless shooting, aim assist? For all i care Activision can suck it.

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[Unending Punishment]

Oh sh*t...Uncharted 2 just lost GotY to a multiplatform FPS with admittedly better gameplay.

[sikbeta]

For all of you saying MW2 isn't bringing anything NEW, but still gonna get high scores

What are you expecting?, really

Is the most anticipated game in the year, it has the most bigger hype-Storm I see in my life, reviewers gonna make it GOTY in a heartbeat, this happened last year with GTAIV and is not gonna change, this Gen big Multiplats are automatically GOTY candidates, exclusives are put in a second place and you'll see it, don't get shocked If you see MW2 GOTY 09 either

I'm not happy with is, I don't like at all, but I can't do anything either, so that's what you get

@Unending Punishment

"Oh sh*t...ODST it can't be GOTY candidate even if I whine as a 5 year old kid, just being happy with my console of choice that can't bring good exclusives and I'm stuck with a multiplatform FPS with admittedly better gameplay than my lovely exclusive"

That's sounds better for a kid like you lol

[STONEY4]

@josuttis

"Killzone 2. The game that people claimed had graphics that were so far beyond anything we would ever see this gen that they were obvious 'Sony lies'. And then:

http://generationdreamteam....

If you're gonna post a comparison, at least use the 2009 version. The 2007 version looked like crap imo.

Anyways (on-topic) I'd take IGNs reviews with a grain of salt. They overrate alot of meh games, and underrate the best ones. I mean, they're the ones who gave best graphics of E3 2007 to COD4 instead of Crysis... really... and I bet whoever reviews the PC version is gonna think that the matchmaking isn't a problem.

[house]

like you? theres no way in hell you have one account because every single thing you say is sorry to say stupid i have seen you get 51 disagrees and still come back with 4 bubbles.... so how does that work?

go yanks!

[LordMarius]

Playing it safe eh

[thedisagreefairy]

6 hours like i heard it was...then this game doesnt deserve the 9.5

theres too many games with bigger and awesome campaigns that deserve scores like that.

but if it around a 9 hour game and it ends up being as cool as the new trailer shows us then it definently deserves the good score.

but if its the 6 our campaign, and gets extremely high scores from everyone. then this is proof that the scoring based on innovation thing that brought down killzone 2 scores is complete bias.

[LordMarius]

I'm waiting for the GT review, lets see how original this game is

[cyberwaffles]

alright, look guys. even though i think CODMW2 is overhyped and overrated, it doesn't mean it's a bad game. i mean IW has always made pretty solid single player campaigns, albeit short, but good nonetheless so that leaves the game at a pretty decent score itself. the co-op is new and sounds like it's a million times better than nazi zombies. i mean it has over like 13 different kinds of missions, not all of them are objective based or round survival, there's variety. there's also a pretty decent graphics update and the gun design and wobble looks a lot better than what it used to be in COD4. it actually looks a little weighty this time around. the competitive and online gameplay is going to be great for those who liked the first one.

even though a majority of the online component was user feedback rather than the devs themselves, they made some nice adjustments that may seem small on paper but may change the game dramatically. you can upgrade your perks, some perks were replaced with weapon attachments or weapon slots, you no longer have to use Overkill for two primary weapons (though i think it makes the handguns obsolete), there are a lot of new guns and weapon designs and those have always been the biggest thing for FPS gaming which is the way the gun looks and operate, and some other stuff.

i can see why the game would get good scores because fans of the series are going to like these improvements and in my book, that's not making a bad game, that's called catering to the fans.

with all that being said, however, i still detest a lot of things about COD and it's multiplayer. people like it so much because it's so easy and too user-friendly. its mainly the aim assist that drives me nuts and i feel like there's no real skill involved in the game. i see killcams where people are spraying inaccurately at my feet and they somehow get the kill on me. that pisses me off along with the john elway grenade throwing, which does not compliment the small maps, and the mindless run 'n gun nature it has.

i guess i don't like it as much as other shooters just because it can be cheap, too easy, and doesn't satisfy my team based shooter kind of games. this is why COD will never beat battlefield at a multiplayer game. maybe for single player, but certainly not multiplayer.

[ia_studio]

probably 10/10

[ProperFunked]

its actually not a bad game, its pretty fun, especially with commando perk...you pretty much teleport knife kill now. its like 3x the jump as COD4 knifes did.

COD4 knife jump = |------------>2-3feet
MW2 knife jump with commando perk = |----------------------------- -------------------------->m iles

you'll know what i mean when you play it...i think its fun, but i can tell by how easy it is to knife kill now...ppl are gonna think it's totally unbalanced...which is actually kind of is...

[DaTruth]

I have exhausted all my bubbles trying to explain to you guys that nobody is saying it's a bad game. I haven't seen anyone here openly state that the game sux donkey balls!!! Your jumping in to proclaim that people are bashing MW2, when nowhere in the thread is that actually occurring is not helping the debate. Please stick to the facts!

The question and the discussion from the beginning has been the biased review process that docks some games for having problems or not having features that other games have a far greater problem with, but suddenly omitting those from the review process.

I do not want to go out and rent every game to find out if it's good or not. That is what reviews are for. But, when people are missing great games because a certain reviewing magazine has a bias and buying less attractive games because they were ill advised by unprofessional reviewers, then an injustice has occurred and excuse people for fighting against injustice.

If you didn't have the internet and were getting all your reviews from one biased magazine(not like you could buy them all, or do that and compare), you would miss out on some great games and why would any gamer want to lead you down the wrong path. This is our $60 we are talking about here; It is not a joke to be toyed with by some fanboy journalists!

Go here for the lowest review score ever! http://www.n4g.com/ps3/News...
Just for laughs!

[ThePlaystationFour]

Still Game Of The Year.
Just bought it.

[Rigmaster]

A PS3 exclusive can't be Game of the Year.

Halo 3 and Forza 3 obviously would be laughed at. CoDMW2 is pretty much all the gaming media has left to avoid being forced to give a PS3 exclusive GotY.

[Saaking]

UC2 IS GOTY; however, most are just gonna play it safe and give it MW2 (a multiplat). That's just pathetic.

[DonCorneo]

websites will give it to mw2, just like the mtv movie awards giving best movie of the year to twilight or something LMAO!!1!

mw2 looks like a rehash graphics-wise

multiplayer is more of the same. single player looks good, though.. but this is COD, so infinite enemy respawn FOR THE WIN!

the only reason i'll buy this is because i skipped WAW.. otherwise, i won't be able to stand the same MP for 3 consecutive years.

[WIIIS1]

Uncharted 2, for all its brilliance, was pretty much the same game as Uncharted 1. I'll still score it high, just as I would Gears 2 and Modern Warfare 2 (if the latter is at least as good as the first one).

[zaza126]

this is pretty much the same game as uncharted?
are you kidding me
uncharted df was an amazing game but uncharted at took everything good in uncharted df and made it better. A fantastic sp campaign, arguably the best graphics this gen, a better control system and fixed cover system
and to top it all off it added on an amazing multiplayer
where as in mw2 pretty much the same graphics
same multiplayer with different maps and perks and weapons (sound like dlc type thing to anyone?)
and i cant judge the single player campaign but if i were to guess id say it would not be that great
that is what i call pretty much the same game

[ProperFunked]

cuz it is a rehash graphics wise. you look at the texture in game and they look like crap now (maybe i should say the look the same as cod4)

imho the hype is unjustified unless your like....12-14 years old and think cod4 is the greatest game ever made

[vhero]

Uncharted broke so many barriers in story telling/looks etc.. This is a basic FPS game you go round killing people with the missions your given. No story the graphics are not even on par with Gears of War a 3 year old game. Yet it still gets a 9.5? IGN rates graphics and story and this game has neither. I would prefer Fable 2/Uncharted 2/Borderlands over this anyday its over hyped crap.

You only say its great to justify your purchase. Well whatever helps you sleep at night eh? We know your gonna buy it because everybody else does not because its quality. Which to be honest makes sense but you should do it with quality games. IGN and other reviewers are the same they give a good score because heaven forbid they gave it bad score they would be bombed by a million fans crying out for blood.

[Doletskaya]

9.5????I thought only a COD fanboy would give MW2 such a high score.I know this coz many people have played and finished the campaign already and said it was almost the same as COD4.Tell someone who doesn't know anything about COD4 to play both games and he will think that hes playing the same game.Even the endings are almost exactly the same.Moreover,MW2's campaign is just six hour long.If a game like this gets 9.5 and GOTY,its all because of the hype and fanboyism.

[batman2million]

the original mgs for ps1 is a lot shorter and won a lot of GotY awards.

Quality > Quantity

[rhood022]

The original MGS was about 15 hours for the first play through.

[Doletskaya]

and next thing you will find out is MW5's SP is 4 hours coz Quality>Quantity,right?A sequel is all about improvements in terms of graphics,story and gameplay as well as expansions of the campaign.Thats why MGS4 is much longer than MGS and still got perfect scores.If we can hardly see any of these in a sequel,does it really deserve a 9.5?or you are gonna say a sequel is supposed to be the asme now?

[spike]

I have this game, and its very good. More of the same though. A must buy but Game Of The Year should go to Uncharted 2.

[rhood022]

Not surprising if true.

This game was pegged AAA from the moment it was announced. In fact, the recent controversial decisions by IW will not even be reflected in 90% of the incoming reviews (of which I predict 99% will be a 9.5 and up.)

The ones that do mention them will explain them away as "small blemishes on an otherwise exceptional game."

When games reach the "sacred cow" status--that just happens.

[batman2million]

Why do people have so much trouble admitting that this just might be a good game?!

Finding every little detail to pick on to put it down.
Graphics, length, lack of innovation.

As for GotY, I think Mario Galaxy won 2007 GotY from many publications and clearly there were many games that over powered it, graphic wise.

Graphics don't make a game, they're just a part of it!!!!

[Dutch Boogie]

"Finding every little detail to pick on to put it down."

"Graphics, length, lack of innovation."

Congratulations, you just described Killzone 2's situation and all ps3 games lol.

[ceedubya9]

Because its not a PS3 exclusive. Don't get me wrong, I love the exclusive PS3 games that I have gotten, but this is just something that I've observed.

The thing around here (and on the net period) goes like this.

-A game that is multiplatorm is usually seen as inferior to a PS3 exclusive.

-A 3rd party game that was previously thought to be PS3 exclusive is no longer good or exciting because it is multiplatform (see Devil May Cry 4 and Final Fantasy XIII)

-If a multiplatform game or 360 exclusive game scores higher or similar to a PS3 exclusive, then the review site was payed off by Microsoft.

I'm sure I'm missing some, but that's the message I've been getting.

Not sure how Mondern Warfare 2 became such a bad word for PS3 fans all of a sudden. Probably still won't stop the game from selling millions of PS3 copies though.

[LordMarius]

Just as I predicted bots laughing it up over a multiplatform

[shutupandplay]

Because we get the superior version that is more heavily supported and has a stronger community. After seeing the pre-order numbers, I can rest assured that I get the best version. P L A Y B 3 H I N D.

[cyborg6971]

Even with the amount of xbox users online I really doubt live will be able to handle it and will crash, I mean come on what's the most players any box game can have in 8 on 8. Live fails and you pay for it which makes bots a failure.

[HolyOrangeCows]

Because more people will play it on LIVE?

Pfft, post holidays 2007, LIVE crashed and wasn't functioning normally for a week because of COD4. So much for your "heavily supported" theory.

So "heavily supported" that they don't bother to keep up with the P2P servers?

[LordNador]

Why all the negativity? I have both systems, both are excellent in their own right, and we should give credit where it's due. The first Modern Warefare was excellent, and if it ain't broke, don't fix it. I'm a gamer, and I want to play great games. This generation is overflowing with hatred for console xyz, and it's quite old and lame. I just wanna play great games, not bicker.

[DaTruth]

It's a multiplatform game, what does having both systems have to do with it!

[ceedubya9]

He has both consoles, and sees no reason to get into a pissing contest about who has the best games, or get involved in a fanboy war. He can play whatever he wants, and doesn't need to complain about Modern Warfare 2 getting higher or scores as high as a PS3 exclusive.

he just wants to enjoy everything. I thought we all did...

[DaTruth]

There is no pissing contest. The debate is the biased reviews, not whether the game is good or who has the most games.

Anybody saying 360 has no games is just taking shots at 360 fanboys who did the same thing in 2007! They are probably taking much joy in the fact it is hurting so much too, as 360 owners wouldn't care what was said if it wasn't!

[ceedubya9]

Every day on this site is a pissing contest.

Maybe you personally aren't the one doing the complaining, and your gripe is something different, but there are plenty of people here whose arguments are something completely different from yours and completely out of whack. As long as you've been on this site, I don't know how you can't see that.

Also, any PS3 fan taking shots at 360 fans for something they did back then doesn't make it any less wrong. Why counter ignorance with more ignorance? That "but he did it first thing" doesn't fly. Its just an excuse to be a jerk.

[WIIIS1]

PS3 fanboys seem very threatened by potentially great multiplatform games. They're always trying to put them down, it is just a sad sad syndrome.

[Bathyj]

Its just that we pretty much know already, a good multiplat will get GotY over an excellent PS3 exclusive.

[PirateThom]

It must be terrible that a multiplatform game is the only thing you have to look forward to in a year without exclusives.

[Morbid Bulldozer]

This just proves that PS3 fanboys are indeed the worst. What we have here is bunch of kids crying that a sequel to a multiplatform AAA title is rumored to get a high score on IGN. In other words, they are upset, that one reviewer POSSIBLY thinks that a game THEY CAN PLAY is excellent. I guess they switched from "a game can't be good if it's not on PS3" to "a game can't be good if it's not PS3 exclusive". This is b3yond childish.

[DaTruth]

Obviously you guys aren't reading properly. The problem isn't the game, it is the reviews that put down one game for something(KZ2 no innovation) that it doesn't for another(CoDMW2 no innovation), especially when the previous game has more of that then the latter!

If one game has undeniably better graphics than the other and both launch in the same year, why would they get the same score for graphics. Do you not see a problem here??????

And if MW2 had anything innovative, we would have read about it by now, not like they will hold back to surprise us!

[ceedubya9]

But there are exclusives. Maybe not as many as coming out for the PS3 but there are some.

I still don't get this. There are so many good games coming out, exclusive or not. Who has the money to buy them all? I know I don't, but I can get quite a few.

If I didn't have any exclusives to buy on my 360 or my PS3, I wouldn't care as long as I had SOMETHING GOOD to play.

If there was no Uncharted 2 or Ratchet, or Forza 3, or ODST, L4D2, or Demon's Souls......I'd still have Batman, Dragon Age, Assassins Creed 2, Tekken 6, Modern Warfare 2, and many other good to great 3rd party games to look into. I really don't see the problem here.

[unrealgamer58]

but uncharted was one of the first next gen titles that really pushed the question, are games at the same level of movies?.

But mw2 (from what i've seen, and trust me i've seen alot) it seems to not innovate AT ALL.

[TitanUp]

batman i don't think its about the graphics have you seen what they done to the pc version they have ruined it,its like half a game for the pc crowd.

not only that the ceo from activision said they could price the game anyway they want it and people would still buy it. 2 months after he said that modern warfare 2 jumped by 10$.

and a lot of people still don't know that infinity ward is not supporting party chat on the 360 version.

[DonCorneo]

it frees up some bandwidth on xbox fanboys' already slow p2p connection

still bummed that no dedicated servers for the pc

[ambientFLIER]

What are you talking about, it's only for certain playlists due to cheating. They aren't "not supporting it". Jeez.

[Ninjamonkey82]

[URL= http://img12.imageshack.us/...

Its a fake?

[theDutchFella]

I'm friends with the poster, Sabres9 on PSN and talk to him on the official PS forums. I don't think he would post anything fake.

[BonhamZ0S0]

Dead Reckoning is a crack head.

[xMAx Sadistik]

I love how some of you are saying, "This game's campaign might be shorter than Call of Duty 4's, so it CAN'T be a 9.5". Personally, I would rather have four hours of wet my pants awesomeness and intensity over 8-12 hours of generic FPS missions. The PS3 fanboys need to understand: YOU ARE GETTING THIS TOO! They are just so afraid that a multi-plat game will pose a threat to their beloved Uncharted 2 that they can't allow it to stand. Quit attempting to justify your the $300+ you spent on your console and make yourselves seem more insecure.

[swiftshot93]

Couldnt have said it better. I actually really prefer the PS3 and I bought Uncharted 2 on launch day, amazing game, but the need to bash another amazing game like MW2 because the fanboys feel threatened from it is not justifiable and just sad.

[DaTruth]

Again, the problem is not the game itself, but reviewing one game and reducing its score for short campaign and then giving MW2 a free pass.

It doesn't matter how awesome a movie is, when it ends too soon, I am disappointed! That's why there are no 60min movies!

[bigrudowsky]

People act as if innovating is the only thing that warrants a great score. If thats the case then most "AAA" titles should be at the most sevens. Its absurd to expect every game to be a innovative. Most people on n4g are ridiculous very few deserve to call themselves gamers so much hate for a game they have never played.

[DaTruth]

Everybody here feels the same way you do! Again, the problem is that KZ2 and UC2 have to innovate, while MW2 does not! The only difference here is that the previous two are PS3 exclusive and the bias it entails!

[cheameup]

KZ2 is a good game. It looks amazing and the online is fun and runs really well but the story, dialogue, voice acting are all average .

I cant understand why people are using it as a yard stick for unfair reviews

and yes I own it

[XDF]

I bought over 25 games this year and 20 of them are on X360 and 5 on PS3.

I guess exclusives like Halo ODST, Halo Wars, the 2 GTA4 expansions, Shadow Complex, Star Ocean 4, L4D2, Ninja Blade, Forza 3 don't count and multiplat games such as SF4, RE5, Prototype, MW2, Asssasin's Creed 2, Brutal Legends, Dragon Age don't count.

Give me a break, stop with these childish "my xbox is collecting dust" "xbox has no game to play" or "I haven't touch my X360 in___" BS.

This topic is about MW2 (on both PS3 and X360 and PC) so stick to topic.

[Doletskaya]

Looks whos not sticking to the topic now?

[DaTruth]

After 2 yrs of PS3 has no game, even when Warhawk, Heavenly Sword, Uncharted and Lair all released in the same window, on top of all the 2007 multiplats and CoD4.

You guys amaze me! suddenly, it's not Okay to do that!

PS3 fanboys are the worst? Now you know what the entire 2005-2008 felt like for us; except 360 fanboys were far worse and invaded every game site... not just N4G! You guys are still at it everywhere else!

Turnabout = fair play!

[Anti-Fanboyer]

They say they're all about originality after stating Uncharted 2 had a low score for no originality.

Now I want to know what they have to say about a sequel to COD4.

[ceedubya9]

How is Uncharted 2's 9.3 a low score????

Plenty of games don't even come close to that. They really shouldn't have had to even say anything about why they scored it that way. PS3 fanboys, not fans, but fanboys getting all hurt over the game not getting a perfect score? Give me a break.

However, it will be interesting to see how this game scores. I can only imagine the storm that will arise if it even comes close to 9.3

[xMAx Sadistik]

If Modern Warfare 2 was a PS3 exclusive, these comments would be filled with, "Uncharted 2 (the greatest TPS ever) and Modern Warfare 2 (the greatest FPS ever) is the perfect storm, PS3 FTW!!'. Get over yourselves. Oh, and MW2 does not innovate? Hmmm...let's see...what did Uncharted 2's MP do this weekend? Double Money? Is that to be confused with Double XP? I know Call of Duty didn't start that, but you have to wonder where they go the idea...Oh, and how many games let you customize killstreaks? How many games have killstreaks? Or fully customizable weapons? Or both TPS and FPS gameplay...

[ryano23277]

We all know that Killzone 2 is the best FPS on the market.

[CBaoth]

They're lame. For noobs who can't shoot people legitimately, they're included to make the game pick-up-N-play easy so lesser inclined players can get MVPs. Why do you think aim-assist is turned on by default? Rank isn't even determined by skill but playtime. COD4 was a great game for a couple months, then most of us realized it's just a FPSlite for casuals and moved on.

[tatotiburon]

ps3 fanboys in damage control?...sad...really sad

[LastDays]

Damage control? It's a multiplatform game.

[kumashii38]

don't get things wrong.
people who are bashing MW2 are Wii only owners.
PS3 owners get both UC2 and MW2. both are great games that they will buy this holiday.
so why they need to bash MW2?

[ceedubya9]

I think a lot of us are wondering why PS3 owners are bashing the game.

[Knghtz]

japwow

No offense or anything but you're wrong.

[TheHater]

IGN played it safe. CODWF2 will also win game of the year from them, just as Fallout 3 did last year. IGN WILL NOT give a PS3 exclusive GOTY for various reasons.

[Digitaldude]

Let the inflation begin.
If thats true which i am comfortable it is, i am losing respect for IGN reviewers by the day.
I think the games good, just not as good as its made out to be.
Its funny how everyone is bagging on PS3 fanboys when they are getting the game also, which shows that they dislike the hype.

[bekum_aka_jarhed]

wow wtf shouldn't be higher than 9.5 ? cod4 got 9.4 mw2 9.5 ?? lamee

[blu_yu_away]

Who would have thought a screenshot of a suppossed leaked score would cause such a damn uproar...

[TitanUp]

im ps3 and pc owner was going to buy this for pc new but now im buying it on ps3 USED.

[The real killer]

It seems that 360 user fear the most about first party developers from Sony. They see MW2 like 360 exclusive.

But 9,5 is way to much.

The same old engine with some modifications.
The same old crappy auto aim, just for noobs.
Lag Peer to peer network.

Modern Warfare is at least 8.0 worth.

[Obama]

How sad that the bots are bragging about a multiplatform game that performs the same on both system. Sad indeed.

[kagon01]

I have nothing to say...

[RYU HAYABUSA]

the developers must be doin something right for it to win that

[Doletskaya]

how some people bash everybody who says bad things about MW2 for being PS3 fanboys even though some of them may not even own PS3s.Most of them are just telling the truth,unlike those who treat MW2 like second coming of Jesus.

[RYU HAYABUSA]

Have you or they played it?

[the_union_of_PS360]

@ sakking hey dumbass come over here and fight like a man i know what's good and what's not i'm tired of you posting GOTY , GOTY stop it! now i'm tired of you crying like little brat and how him and his little toy is the best! modern warfare 2 didn't change anything since call of duty 4 was so damn awesome why change. it's like you saying final fantasy needs to change into a first person rpg! that will ruin the whole game you need to grow up ask your mom to give you money get a PC, wii, xbox 360 since you like to whine like a btch! well deserved score yea uncharted changed the action adventure genre goty yes but modern warfare 2= replay value, fun, great campaign ( not better than uncharted 2 but the boss was lame :( ) stop complaining and play uncharted 2 or is it that you don't have time since your a
c o c k sucking mother fuker!

[Digitaldude]

Yeah your right.
However, does not changing anything warrant a 9.5 score?

[MajestieBeast]

Same multi-player with more perks for even easier kills, short campaign and the same engine without any improvements removed dedicated servers and even asking more for less ye thats a 9.5 in my book 2...

The union the post you just made makes you look like the child that challenges the other child.

[Soldierone]

Of course some sites are gonna bite into the hype and give the game too much credit, but why should that make everyone so angry?

1 No one here has played it! For all you know it is an amazing game. IGN played it, they know how to review it, you havent even held it in your hands....

2 This can EASILY be faked without any skill at all. There is absolutely no reason why he couldnt go to uncharted's score, copy the score into photoshop, head on over to call of duty where it says NA and screen shot it, then overlay uncharted's score. Hell in a recent article about the airport scene IGN even noted "we have yet to play the game"

Calm the eff down, its not the end of the world. Its an opinion, a opinion we dont even know is official yet. The game already has 3 million pre orders, a bad or good review isnt going to do crap.

[Omega Zues]

oh boy, this one will NOT end well.

All this over a screen shot too...

terrible.

[The Tour Man]

im a ps3 fan, but whats with the hate from other ps3 owners? sure it may have got the same score as AAAcharted 2 but we should be proud, we get best of both worlds. great exclusives and great multiplats. win-win for ps3 owners. think about it.

[the_union_of_PS360]

MajestieBeast i know sales don't mean sht but it means the millions play a fun great game

and about the engine umm good job little droid modern warfare 2 looks like a very well done game i gave uncharted 2 an 8.75 but like i said graphics don't mean anything. it's the fun, replay value that counts. and that's what uncharted 2 didn't bring to the table . many peeps on my freinds list don't even play uncharted 2 anymore since multiplayer didn't have that really fun expireince. and were the heck are the 360 fanboy o_O? you guys make excuses that the 360 fanboys will die but all i see is droids now that's fail

[The Tour Man]

thats all opinion man and i disagree, but i respect it. Although about the fun and stuff, i agree. graphics are great but gameplay should be top priority imo and i think Uncharted 2 was a good representation of that but thats me. to each there own

[The Tour Man]

Bots make me sick. cant believe our society is filled with these idiotts.

[chrisulloa]

You mean droids right? Anything that is the result of SDF deserves to be ridden of.

[JonnyBigBoss]

Damn this game is good. Go PS3!

[god_o_war]

why is every one saying ps3 fanboys? and why all the UC2 talk i dislike this game solely because i hate activision

[Knghtz]

So you play games based on companies, not games?

Wow...

[horndog]

Was expecting a higher score. This game is going to own this holliday.

It's always funny to see the ps3 fanboys trying to trash this game every chance they get. LOL. The funniest part is that this game will sell more on the ps3 than any other ps3 title to date including UC 2. Stupid kids. LOL

[MajestieBeast]

The union you are acting like a butthurt 12 year old cussing on xboxlive all day. Im a ps3 and pc owner i didn't even bring uncharted 2 in to it you did, although uncharted 2 is leaps and bounds better then this overhyped trash. Im pissed at the fact pc gamers made this franchise and now they get backstabbed twice by activision with a higher point for no reason seeing as the game doesn't look any better then cod4 and the removal of dedicated servers so that they can charge 10$ for a crappy map pack that they made in 1 a day. So right now im more a pissed off pc gamer then a pissed off ps3 gamer.

[silverchode]

lol ps3 fanboys cry about everything

[psycho360]

When did you change your allegience ? You were with the ps3 crowd. What changed it?

[OmarJA]

You mean how the bots are crying & resorting to a multiplatform title in here?

[Tesselation 360]

They will cry for the next month or so seeing MW2 trump uncharted in every review. This game has soooooooo much more depth then tomb raider 2 ermmmm i mean uncharthed 2 and this is from a third party developer.

The x engine is coming.

[silverchode]

im part of the crowd that doesnt care who wins the "console war"

[Digitaldude]

Its so fake.
FAKE
FAKE

Theres no black outline on the left hand side of the box, it was just ripped off the the ballad of gay tonys box.

[Raider69]

N4G is ruin by the childish fanboys and theres multi-accounts!It piss off,some of them think the true nature of games are the graphics?!For them i reckon they shoud get a first generation of games to truly get to know the meaning of gameplay VS graphics,and the meaning of the word GAMER!

[ia_studio]

I'm not a GAMER, I just play games.
I PLAY video games.
congrats for generalizing.

[Ninjamonkey82]

Seems the xbox guys are claiming this game as there own lol. Its multiplat you idiots ^^ A few maps timed thats it. Oh thats right you got a sticker ona console aswell :D FS you have to look at the amount of stuff ps3 has had this year and this added on top of it. Then think to yourself. We have ahd a bad year havent we. Oh no wait we will claim this (Multiplat) Game as ares and all will be ok.

[PS360dagreatest]

i believe all the ps3 fans are a pissed of because in all the reviews of Killzone 2 there was a statement "GREAT GAME BUT DOESN'T REINVENT THE GENRE". That was a very harsh statement that must be portrayed in the modern warfare 2.

[Digitaldude]

That sums up what many people think, i also heard some reviewers say Uncharted 2 brought nothing new to the genre.

[ia_studio]

I agree most games don't bring that much to the genre.

[snp]

Probably the most sensible post here.

I couldn't care less if this gets GOTY - unlike PS3 diehards. I also don't buy into this reverse psychology of anti-PS3 diehards - consistently pointing out (and trying to reinforce) antagonism between this game and the PS3 platform as if by by doing so it'll somehow 'belong' more to the Xbox; the game is multiplatform, no more MS's than Sony's or the open plaform that is the PC's (deal with it, everyone).

But, while i'll wait on getting a chance to have a slash at it myself first hand (likely on the PC) before judging, there's definitely room to be peeved if this or another 'big name/hype' multiplatform game is getting a free pass on stuff like innovation whilst other slightly lesser name and/or exclusive games are having their scores shredded on those grounds.

[digitalpowershot]

you've got "our" point!

Everytime a great game is coming exclusivley for the PS3, reviewers find always something they have not found in other games before, and that is making this conversation so long ("Uncharted2 got nothing new; nothing new in Killzone2 just good graphiscs" etc, etc.)

AND the best thing is, THERE IS PROOF in this whole BIASED REVIEWS. But as a gamer you move along, just buy the game and play it. Don't look at this dirty industry and just buy a good game if you can afford it, without making it down just because it is on the other console or you can not affort it.

[-MoOkS-]

MW2 will destroy everything on ps3. It will also be alot better on the 360. We will get DLC before ps3 and will enjoy brilliant multiplayer features thanks to xbox live

[Queers of War]

Bots clinging on to multiplats and pretending that they're exclusives. Seems like you xtards have been doing that all year. More features like what? P2P and $50/yr? LOL

[DeathMetal]

like paying for internet gaming so 9 v9 can play while a person not a server hosts the game. Have fun retard. I just moved to Colorado 3 months ago and know 4 people that can't play mw2 on xbox cause their system died LOL, and that is like 40% of the people I know in this state.

[Stretchystrong]

I still love how none of you have played the damn game and you are crying. Start complaining about reviews in a week.

[Pika-pie]

I hope they factor in the increased price when considering the final score. Should at least go down .2 points for making us pay more when other publishers dont.

A 9.5 from IGN wouldnt surprise me one bit. It seems to be their safe score when reviewing AAA titles. 9.6 means better than AAA, 9.4 means you get hammered by fanboys.

LBP - 9.5
GOW2 - 9.5
RE2 - 9.5
KZ2 - 9.5
U2 - 9.5

Nuff said

[RYU HAYABUSA]

Could be a score of the preview

[Ps_alm3k]

I'm Sorry but if they put mw2 graphic higher then u2, ill be piss!
not so much of ign, i'm waiting for game trailer and there quote on quote! " Innovation"

[DelbertGrady]

Lots of obsessive hate against MW2. Coming mostly from one side. Some of you guys are more interested in whining about exclusives than playing great games it seems.

[marcindpol]

its fcuking PREVIEW score!!! people

[kraze07]

Damn, I've never seen so many cases of severe fanboyism is one place. All these people bashing MW2 and I'm pretty sure 99.9% of them haven't even played the game yet. Saying things like "It's the exact same game, with out of date graphics, and more noob friendly controls, oh and don't forget it's a lagfest," for f*cks sake give it a rest. If you don't like the game then don't play it. I can understand being pissed of with IW/Actiblizz, but all this hate on a game that hasn't been released yet is ridiculous. You guys, or should I say person with multiple accounts, need to give it a rest already and grow up.

[LastDays]

How does bashing a multiplatform game's score make you a fanboy?

[monkey602]

Okay N4G just re-merge the Gamer Zone and Open Zone back together. It's getting far too hard to tell the difference these days anyway

It was a nice try

[TheMailman]

MW2 is like Halo... Franchise milked to the bone... New Marketing & package and the same old game. Please Infinity Ward don´t take me for a Fool. Go make your easy fortune elsewhere. I´m really sick of this she*t…

[Knghtz]

Good lord do you ever say anything that makes sense?

[xg-ei8ht]

Milked to the bone, Mi mi mi mi milked.

Dan dan - da dan dan

Will take a look, Also will have a good look at BC2. Before i purchase either.

[sak500]

Droids am cry.. Are they getting toffee support? or last gen rumble ? Maybe enhancement via software for the blutooth devices since those tend to disconnect all the time.

[Karlnag3]

I've had this pre-ordered for a while. I got an email yesterday saying that my copy has been despatched. I'm now sitting here waiting to see if it turns up today (I expect tomorrow but ya never know). If it does come today it'll probably be while I'm at work and if I have to sign for it that'll be annoying coz it'll mean I'll have to drive to the parcel force offices to go get it when I come home. That will p1ss me off. Why am I bothering to type this? Well, because I'm showing that I REALLY want this game. And most of you probably know I favour the PS3. Infact I've ordered the PS3 version because my live has been reverted to silver and I'm sick of paying for gold. It isn't worth it. I have CoD4 on the 360 though, so I'll be one of those people that are "defecting" as that article said yesterday. I'll be doing the same with AC2. But yeah I really am getting fed up with all the hate on this. Shut up already, FFS. We know all the 360 has is multiplats but will all the fanboys stop hating on them like they aren't getting to play them. It's on both consoles so stop screaming uncharted 2 BLLJAHSGDFEGURJER! Yes, Uncharted 2 is probably a better game. So? CoD4 is better than W@W, I still enjoyed W@W for a bit. Then I went back to CoD4. Same as I will enjoy MW2 then probably go back to UC2. If I enjoy it; it's worth it. So please. Enough. Thanks.

[Inferno]

This is hilarious, I can't believe bots are bragging about a Multi game.
Sony may feel sad for those poor bots, and develop a game on the 360 so they can taste the flavor of the AAA games.

[taylork37]

I don't think the bots are bragging at all. I think some of you fanboys just feel a little threatened because the best game on PS3 might get beat out by a multiplatform game.

I'm not sure how GOTY is judged, but if it is based at all on hours played, then UC2 better watch out.

UC2 is the best single player experience there is to date on any system, but the multiplayer cannot even think about competing with MW2, especially when it is on only the PSN.

[digitalpowershot]

I just ordered my PS3-copy of this game!

Last week I bought Uncharted2 and it is the best game I have ever played! I love Killzone2! I love all exclusives the PS3 has and I love all the good multi-platform games out there!

So WTF? Just be a gamer! I love my PS3 and I will love CoD MW2 too!!!!!!! (just like I liked CoD4)

So one copy is sold to me. (what I really don't like is the high price of the even "normal" version)

[Feral Gamer]

All the exclusives including Haze and Lair?

[digitalpowershot]

well not Haze, but I talk about

Uncharted2
Killzone2
Resistance2
inFamous
MetalGearSolid4
LittleBigPlanet
GranTurismo5P
and so on and so on

so GAMERS (!) out there, just play the MW2 game and enjoy it!

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

THANK YOU!

[MegaPowa]

its getting annoying.

[bjornbear]

Creepy obsession growing there eh? ;) Let it go, everyone does this. Wii fanboys go on about Metroid Trilogy if you bring up any FPS, 360 fans go on and on about Forza if you bring up GT, its the same w PS3 fans.

No fan is different, don't be a hypocrite.

* Can't wait for this game =)

[Knghtz]

lol@ ps3 fanboys who lol@ 360 fanboys who lol@ ps3 fanboys.

I just wanted to fit in...

[beardpapa]

I wonder if journalists should be honest with themselves and give out proper scores to games. It seems as that they only become neutral when the condition is right and give out ridiculous bias to be fair, without realizing that this can potentially hurt their readership.

It's almost as if they've become as biased and opinionated as those "gaming" blog sites, and is very lacking of professionalism. I would say they're slowly becoming less commendable and credible, and it's truly a shame this is how gaming journalism is becoming.

[cygnuszero]

Its a CoD game, its probably going to be yet another shooter, a pretty average one, and still get 9.5's. That's how it works.

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

Shut the F#@K UP!!!

COD4 was a great game.

You just don't like that it's popular.

Grow up.

[bjornbear]

You're going around every comments section hunting for anti-COD people and lynching them.

YOU grow up, and go play games.

^^cygnuszero

It won't be an "average shooter" if it gets 9.5. Inflated scores don't mean a game is average, it can be amazing, and still have an inflated score (GTAIV)

[Knghtz]

ALL OF YOU grow up!

[RYU HAYABUSA]

OPINIONS ARE LIKE A** HOLES EVERYONE HAS ONE

[Erich Rhoemer]

cod has some of the worst textures in a fps these days, adequate animations,full of noobs yet it is video game crack.

[divideby0]

I dont see this game scoring that high. No way...
Obviously havent played it, but after playing UC2, 95 is not enough separation between the games

[bjornbear]

It says PREVIEW. Its fake. Unless its a BIG booboo, its fake. However don't doubt it'll get an outrageously high score just like GTAIV did =P

[taylork37]

How is UC2 that much more innovative.

Everything from UC2 is exactly the same as UC2 if not worse, except for the graphics and multiplayer.

The story was just plain better in UC1. It was more entertaining, and it made me fall in love with the franchise. But to call the story in UC2 better than in UC1 is like telling me the story was better in Transformers 2 than it was in Transformers 1.

Even the multiplayer offers absolutely nothing new to gaming. It steals the replay system from Halo 3 and the tacked on "booster" option from the COD games.

Even if you don't think MW2 will be innovative, it will still be played a countless number oh hours more than UC2. That's why it should strongly be considered for GOTY.

[TheBrit]

That half of you are probably grown men and your all getting bent out of shape over each other regarding a score an online magazine gave a game.

[Ravage27]

quite the opposite...both are slightly above average games (with nonsensical amount of hype) that steals too much attention away from more deserving games that have innovated and raised the bar. Think about it,they are both FPSes - the SAFEST (and arguably the easiest to make) genre, they don't even stand out much from the competition. Having mass appeal isn't everything.

If anything, i feel they are the worst thing to happen to the industry and they are responsible for the nothing-but-FPS feeling you get when you visit the game stores nowadays.

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

Introducing a leveling system in FPS's wasn't innovative enough for you?

*sigh*

[Knghtz]

Thanks for your opinion but you need to realize that it is no more than an opinion. People need to stop preaching their opinions as if they are some godly factual evidence.

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

You're all f@gs.

: )

Open Zone...here I come!

MW2 is awesome. Uncharted 2 is awesome.

Get over yourselves.

[PS360PCROCKS]

Ign wtf? Quit scoring all big games equal to avoid people getting mad at you.

[Frag Monger]

I'm willing to bet they based their review on a demo ratehr than the full game... again.

IGN is going downhill fast.

[Knghtz]

I'm willing to bet you didn't realize this was photoshopped (AND deemed fake by ign) and you just take any garabage anyone throws at you as truth.

[RYU HAYABUSA]

yet your on the most biased site ive ever seen

[Crystallis]

The real review we should be waiting for Gametrailers review...if they review it higher then 9.3(Uncahrted 2)then they have really lost all creditability.

[davidj88]

Clearly the multiplayer aspect is the only main selling point yet it received 9.5! I'm sure the story will be fine ( but short ) as well as the graphics and gameplay too, but if you compare this and uncharted 2 ( i know they a different ) you'll see why this is just dumb. I don't normally speculate however i very much doubt MW2 received 9.5 for presentation, 10 for graphics, 9.5 for sound, 9.5 for gameplay ( possible ). MW2 could receive 9.5 for lasting appeal but only due to the online multiplayer which COULD be ruined by lag . Somehow no game should get 10/10 however it is ok to give every game 9.5 if we liked the first one, except uncharted 2 as that did actually deserve a high score for setting a new standard.

[kewlkat007]

of the gaming community.

~CLOWNS

[ChartedMetalTurismo]

If the PS3 version scores a 9.5, then the inferior 360 version should score at least an 8.9. LOL!

[taylork37]

Unless you are joking, you are ignorant.

[bigjclassic]

To me KZ2 is still king of the FPS. (still play it daily)

GG went all out and tried to innovate on many different levels and deliver a quality title that was different than other FPS games. It didn't have co-op and the press urinated on it because of that. But what KZ2 did do (Incredible enemy AI, immersive environments, addicting MP, great storytelling, innovative cover system) were not taken for what they were and was just treated as a meh title by the gaming press.

Now we have MW2, sequel to the biggest gaming fad currently. Which in a lot of ways did not improve upon CoD4 and will be seen as the best thing since sliced bread as far as FPS titles go.

I know it's the fad and skilled gamers along with no0bs are waiting for it like fiends, but the gaming press has to show some consistency which they clearly don't do.

[gijsbrecht]

Glad I'm not the only one who is seeing it like that.

[XxCYONIDExX]

He probably photoshopped it in.

[qwertyuiopasdfghjkl]

I'll wait for the video review.

Lets just hope the folks at IGN wipe their lips and take a cold shower before putting their thoughts out all over the internet.

There's no doubt MW2 will be an above average game, but it's GOTY worthiness is a farce.

[AliTheBrit19]

Damn, this game is getting very high scores so far! but then nobody really expected any lower did they?..:P

[zdudynot]

because of the online. its addicting as feck, has the best ranking system ever

[skottey]

That's intelligent Mr article writer with the screenshot. Running Limewire on your main box I mean. Somebody is asking for trouble. As for 9.5 being the real score, it doesn't come as much of a surprise. We were all expecting it to be good, wheren't we?

[Barcefut-09]

I CANT WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!

[DeathMetal]

but i wanted the PC version, i would have more fun letting my dog crap on my 60 bucks than supporting this unploished turd of a game. fvck you IW

[Trebius]

I truly am very surprised and disappointed at the reactions people are having to this thread.

No one is attacking MW2 and saying it will NOT be a good game. We all know it WILL be great because it was destined to be, they cant fudge that game up considering most of it is copy/paste.

The problem is with the REVIEW system that current big name game magazines are using and brutally murdering the concept of game reviews in the first place.

The reason this review score would turn heads and annoy a great number of people is because of the whole KZ2 fiasco.

The game was given a lower score than it deserved (opinion), but it was deducted points for silly reasons like innovation (even though KZ2 did some amazing things.)

The point of the matter is, the gaming media has exploded on the internet to the point where it's not even taken seriously anymore by real gamers.

The frustrating part of it all is that the avg consumer has no clue what goes on behind the curtains, they see a review, and they buy the game, or they shun it. Which is terrible if someone is partial to "Edge" or something along those lines, you'll miss out on many games.

What everyone wants to see is a review system that WORKS, which will never happen in this generation of gaming.

I'm not saying MS is hand delivering xboxes and bonuses and candy to reviewers even though it's KNOWN they've done it in the past, obviously this is multiplat and has nothing to do with MS. i'm just talking about the fact that if this game is given perfect scores across the board like GTA4, ill be left with a bad taste in my mouth, because i can easily say GTA4 was the most overrated experience ever, i still to this day have not beaten it, because it has no substance...

BOTTOM LINE (dont usually write so much)

Reviews dont mean anything to the REAL gamer.

Let the sheep worry about that.

[Tito08]

lets see how it is!!!!

[Sheikh Yerbouti]

that should matter is your own. (Likewise with GOTY) That is why we have demos, the fine folks at the Bitbag and Gametrailers. I only use IGN for its walkthroughs.

Why must everyone, including devs, need to be so reliant of ratings and metacritic scores?

[abczby]

http://s306.photobucket.com...

Looks like they updated their review...

[multipayer]

Raaaaaaaawr *turns green*

[Jake1111]

I have both 360 and Ps3. I am in no way a fanboy and only want the very best with respects to gaming. I have been a gamer since Pong. Had an intellevision, atari 2600, all the way up to now with the 360, ps3 and wii.

I can honestly say that I am completely blown away with the PS3 exclusives. I have been playing UC2 for a few weeks now off and on and I cant believe that the PS3 has achieved this. It seems like it should be a game that would come out next gen but the ps3 is capable if this now. I am amazed!

My point is this. I have played all of the COD series and still play MW1 and a few others. I do not in the least see this game at the same overall level as UC2. To give this game a 9.5 and UC2 a 9.5 shows one thing:

IGN is afraid of losing advertisement dollars if they are honest with their reviews....

I mean seriously. UC2 is like playing a movie. The music alone makes any 360 game look like an XBOX game.... For MW2 to be multiplatform, it means they will have to compress the hell out of the music and fit the game on a 360 disk....

Therefore, I dont read anymore IGN reviews as they are bias towards the 360....

[Scotty056]

An Xbox Fanboy would mention Halo in here ;)
I think it's probably an accurate score. The gameplay looks promising, and the online looks even better. 4 Days Left