Why Is Anybody Still Playing CoD?

Platform Nation: Over the years, I’ve built up a mental list of stuff that I struggle to understand why any sane human being would enjoy: Those awful spoof movies, the music of Razorlight, the comedy of Lee Evans, and, lately, Call of Duty.

[GWAVE]

"The masses" have no taste. It's why cheap "lite" beer always sells more than quality. It's why McDonalds will always outsell quality hamburger joints. It's why Madden still exists. It's why Wii Sports exists. It's why CoD is one of the top-selling franchises in the industry.

The masses. lulz

[D4RkNIKON]

Oh god no! I went back to Killzone 2 till KZ3 comes out. That's the only shooter I need.

By the way, if any one does play KZ2 here and wants to join a clan we are recruiting and we are 24 wins with 4 losses.. Hit me up with a PM if you're interested

[paladin_veltron]

agreed. i dont even touch mw2 anymore, been playin killzone 2 and uncharted 2 mp everyday. people who didnt like KZ2 probably didnt like the fact that they actually had to aim and not rely on auto aim. i played mw2 after playing KZ2 and it just felt dumbed down. KZ2 requires skill and precision. headshots and kills feel so much more rewarding on KZ2 than mw2. still want to get mag but not enough cash. by the way, age of zombies, the mini on psn i got fo free with ps+ is really fun and hilarious. i know its off topic but i love that little game.

[Snakefist30]

Dude pleazz add me MY PSN ID is Jokerkid20 I wanna join ur clan.

[BlackSpartan187]

Send me a clan invite, I been playing KZ2 since the beta, my PSN is Black Spartan 187

[VoicesInMyHead]

I felt KZ2 was sluggish ....but it was better than that CoD rubbish.....I can't wait til Socom 4 comes out (no rap line there)

[moparful99]

I am so sick of MW2.. Only part of the game I enjoyed was the single player campaign which I beat the night I bought the game.. I dont know why the masses flock to a game where you can absorb a clip of bullets while doing some kind of raiden dash from 30 feet away to knife someone... Btw how does a single knife wound kill someone instantly whereas a healthy dose of 5.52mm rounds just gives a jello screen?? Oh well killzone 2 destroys this game in and out.. Graphics, controls, gameplay and so on... Alot of people complained about the weighty feel of the controls but thats one of my favorite designs.. It adds alot of realism and depth that the arcadeyness of mw2 cant touch... Well thats my two cents PSN id: moparful99

[ViciousBoston]

Paladin hell yeah man. I played Age of Zombies last night and I was ROLLING. So funny and really handles well. I like the bosses and stage setups.

[IHateYouFanboys]

i honestly dont understand how people still think that Killzone 2 has no auto-aim lol.

do you not remember the horrible 'shotgun light' auto-aim fiasco for the first few weeks? have you guys ever actually played the game? if youre on one team, get a mate on the other team and have them just run backwards and forwards in front of you, across your screen, and watch your character auto-aim to them with ANY gun. its quite slight compared to some other games, but it definitely still has it.

its a combination of being on a controller with huge dead spots and loose analogues, having the 200ms of input lag that the game has, and being a 30fps game - if it DIDNT have a slight auto-aim noone would ever hit anyone unless you all stood still lol.

on topic, people play MW2 because its fun, its fast, and it provides many ways to play the game and have fun. also, its fun. did i mention its fun? regular people play games to have fun, no other reason. MW2 is fun, if i havent already mentioned that.

if you dont like it, great, dont play it - but to abuse other people because they enjoy it is stupid - especially when its one of the biggest selling games of all time, and regularly has 800 000+ people playing it every day on Xbox Live alone. it has more people play it on xbox live alone in a single day than play Killzone 2 + Uncharted 2 in 6 months. add people playing it on PSN in to the mix and it would probably have more in a day than those 2 games get in a year.

also, i took this pic a good 6 months ago now and have never gotten an answer on what it is: http://tinyurl.com/2793s7k

MW2 subscription on the way? this article also made mention of a supposed subscription service.

[peowpeow]

I miss out on alot of good MP games since no aussies play and the lag is a painnnnnnn

[BX81]

@D4RkNIKON As much as I hate MW2, KZ2 is trash in comparison. You are better off talking about BFBC2! 24-4 and the game has been out for a min. Who da FK has ur clan been battling? KZ2 cannot match W@W let alone MW2! Sorry sweetie!

[Aphe]

To say "The masses" have no taste is quite unfair. What you mean is "The masses" don't have your tastes. I never understood the appeal with MW. it's the same with Halo, The Sims and anything else I don't really enjoy. But obviously it's something that a lot of people do enjoy, and if they are enjoying it then why knock it?

There's a majority on this site that are ps3 gamers. Now a lot of this majority think Killzone 2 is the greatest FPS to have ever been made. I don't agree with this, but I would be outnumbered. Does that mean I have taste while the majority doesn't? Or does it mean it's just a game I don't like?

[CYCLEGAMER]

BRAVO my friend bravo....well said!!

[Kurylo3d]

Its cause modern warfare 2 is extremely fun and satisfying. People die easy and its like an action movie. And it has that rpg element of building up your character and unlocking new weapons and abilities. So every player has their own abilities. Mixes things up. And its just sick to take out an entire team yourself... its a lot of fun.. There is a reason why this game is that popular.

[Consoldtobots]

I call BS on your assumption that "many think it's the greatest FPS ever made" blah blah blah. I have NEVER seen anyone other than some raging fanboy say that about KZ2. What I have seen said is that it's head and shoulders above the other FPSers that have come out this generation and I think that's quite reasonable.

besides, KZ3 will be the greatest FPS ever made. ;D

[deadman121]

Guess what guys, I don't like Final Fantasy 7! Or any Final Fantasy game, is this because the 'masses' have no taste? Or is it because It is simply not my type of game!

[cyborg6971]

Because the game makes noobs feel good about themselves.

[Hideo_Kojima]

So what? Isn't that why we all play games?

Or do you play games and than cry about yourself?

[cyborg6971]

No gun. I make peeps cry let's get that straight. And as far as this pos game is concerned the hype was so huge and the let down even bigger. I cant take anyone seriously who thinks they are good when it comes to this game. This game has the most amount of aim assist in fps history. And that's what ruins it for me. If you could have a playlist with zero aim assist only three killstreaks and most importantly dedicated servers I would still be playing.

[ALFAxD_CENTAURO]

Maybe COD is death because of BFBC2 and MAG.

[FragGen]

Maybe because COD is fun as hell and everyone else plays it so it provides common ground, culturally?

The last thing video games need is a bunch of elitist cork sniffers who take themselves way too seriously, IMHO.

[TruthbeTold]

Isn't that what what Bobby Kotick and Activision are though? That's why I'm done with CoD personally. The games are decent, but most definitely not all that. And certainly not worth buying from a group of people who see consumers as mindless puppets whom they can treat, and insult anyway they like.

[willie6289]

^ What he said. bbl for you. The only way any of us can effect this industry is with out money. If you dont agree with a company, dont buy their games. I think Activision isn't worth spending my time and much less my money on. so i dont buy their games.

It seemed to work with EA. They are still no the best, but they are much better than they used to be.

[mastiffchild]

I'm not disputing that COD games can be fun-they can. however, I'm so sick of the Activision milking machine that never gives a toss abut the gamers who oil it's massive wheels and pay all it's wages that I will never give them a penny again until they change considerably.

I like lots of other shooters just as much(and some more than)as MW2 and find the fact they stuck with P2P all round purely for profit insulting when I see that amount of lag on what is the market leading shooter in 2009/10. It's disgraceful that they didn't give everyone dedicated servers on a game that profitable and shows exactly what they think of us , the people who keep them in beans and felt berets.

Acti spent twice as much on marketing a game which needed barely ANY marketing to sell as IW got to develop and test the game, there wasn't enough QA or anything like enough beta testing for the online game. Ally that to the fact it was the third time we'd had the game(COD4 and WaW ARE the same damn game in a different wrapper and sillier story every time)and they divided the community with the PC server strip,EU hike and PC hike and (oh, Christ the inanity of the FAGS video and No Russian exercise in feeble notoriety)you'ree some way to seeing just how wound up I am with Acti/IW over this game.

Again, it's a fun game and is inclusive(which is why people like it) but I like a learning curve and after a week everyone is basically as good as they're getting on COD games. They're so pick up and play that IW realised this issue and that's the reason you get MORE help as you get a biot better with perks etc-otherwise after day two you'd never know you were because the differences would be so tiny as there's precious little left to learn once you know the damn maps. I get a little sad that more complex shooters struggle but when people have busy lives I suppose they don't want demanding but sure to God they can see how giving their cash for the same basic game every year with few, if any, real improvements isn't clever.

Really, we should be ashamed at buying Activision games whether we like them or not because making Acti more powerful only weakens our position and they WILL continue to rip us off and cut corners while running good series into the ground for every last cent while not giving one crap about quality or dedicated servers.I also find it incredible just how many gamers have no idea what either P2P or dedicated servers are but it shows just what an easy job Kotick has(and he needs it to be easy considering he knows nothing about games himself)in fleecing most gamers and it's why it's the duty of people like us to tell other gamers what the actual truth is-sometimes it's more important to make a point than give in to the "I want t now!" urge. Fun or not doesn't matter to me as Acti need taking down a fair few pegs but while [people are both ignorant of the evil they do and too desperate to hand over their cash because it's all short term selfishness we're a bit screwed.

If Warhawk can have dedicated servers can anyone give me a decent reason why bloody COD can't?

[Jamegohanssj5]

They have no lives.

TGSI

[gypsygib]

It's why democracy fails in so many areas...

[thedisagreefairy]

now the terrorists won.

:(

[Consoldtobots]

democracy was NEVER meant to work, only to lead the world into totalitarian socialism. Go read Karl Marx, he made no bones about the role of democracy in the 20th century.

[swice]

Democracy could totally work, and could be awesome. The problem is that nobody knows how the fuvk to do it right

[mastiffchild]

Democracy doesn't exists and never can while the choices are all virtually the same and the majority of those eligible to vote know sod all about anything. When the last UK election was going on I remember wincing in terror at the idiot members of the public(not everyone but easily the majority)that got interviewed about their voting preferences and the whys and wherefores behind them-these people have a massive say in the future of a major country and , imho, were just too stupid for the job.

I'd much rather we got rid of party politics(which isn't true democracy anyway)and just trained people up to run areas of the government so they actually knew what to do when they arrived at their jobs in defence, health, welfare or whatever. When all the parties say the same basic crap why not? At least we'd be spared the idiot race every four years where we're asked to choose between three identical brands of centrist Conservatism-while the know nothings just vote for who the papers tell them to. Farce and so is western democracy.

Can't we have a proper Worldwide revolution and try something new because neither democracy nor Capitalism works in any real sense? If nothing else it would be exciting for a bit and way better than elections. We might even thin out the idiots who clog up the voting as well! Bloody politics, i SH1T it.

[Inside_out]

C'mon now, MW2 represents all that is evil and immoral BUT Battlefield is OK...What kind of teacher rationalizes like that. Activision is bad because??? they are successful and he thinks it's ok for a developer to " explore " other publishers, even though they are under contract with Activision...right.

MW2 is extremely popular because it is giving the players what they want. Plain and simple. It deserves all the praise and money it gets. How many games have released at the same price and offered NOTHING.

[NYPunkster]

and this is the conclusion I came to
http://i48.tinypic.com/35ao...

[ThanatosDMC]

These people need to get MAGed and then they'll see how useless their so-called "skillz" are. But usually, they get kicked out for being whiners and hateful for losing or not being able to kill anyone.

[XsteveJ]

Agreed. I do love me some MAG

[CYCLEGAMER]

Because they PAID FOR IT!!

[Dee_91]

for playing a game that you dont like ...

[AAACE5]

Because for all of it's flaws, it is still one of the best shooters around!

Hear me out before you disagree!

You may like Killzone 2 or Halo 3 or whatever, but neither of those moves at the speed of CoD! CoD is a good mix of realistic shooter play and arcade play! You will get pissed off playing against people with a higher rank, but if you adjust your play style, you should do well.

I have Killzone 2 and Halo 3, and they just seem so slow! I look over at the cases and say I will play them, but never do. It may be because I just don't really like the sci-fi aspect of the games or something else.

I refuse to pay for the map packs for CoD, but for some reason, I keep going back to it! I like to be able to jump right in get some kills, drop javalins on peoples heads, snipe with the .50 cal. with thermal and all of that!

But the most important point i'm trying to prove is.... every game won't be a good fit for every gamer! Some people may think that Perfect Dark Zero or Haze were the best shooters ever created! But that's just their personal choice. They liked how the game was made and the content that was provided.

You may never be able to understand why people like or dislike anything unless you have an open mind!

[moparful99]

Just because its addictive doesnt translate to a "great game" Hell alot of people have gambling or drug addiction does that make them great recreations? (rhetorical) You even stated "Because for all of it's flaws, it is still one of the best shooters around"
Ok for me a game full of flaws is a bad game.. I too had a semi mw2 addiction until I started getting soo mad I was having chronic headaches and trouble sleeping and I noticed all the warning signs that I needed to stop... So thats precisely what I did.. Every once in a while I will go back and have a pick up match but I dont spend hours on end playing.. I quickly get bored and find something else to play..

[Redempteur]

where is the realism in COD ?
Soory where is it ? running like crazy die, drop a grenade , get kills ?

COD might be fun for some but it's certainly Not realist

[Hallucinate]

yea um i would really like to know what realism is in call of duty...? the is it thats every soldier has 2 legs 2 arms and a head? cause that really is the only real thing about CoD

[AAACE5]

I doubt most of you have actually held a real gun... more importantly ran with a gun! When you run with a gun, you have to stop and adjust yourself really quick to aim and take a shot! The hard thing is, your body is tired so aiming takes a couple seconds. Obviously, this makes a game kinda boring. It would be like using a sniper scope for each aim. So they made the aiming arcadey to eliminate the frustration of trying to aim, which slows the gameplay down.

When someone gets shot or a grenade blows up on them, their bodies react to it realistically. Most times things are moving fast and you don't get to notice little details. I'll admit, sometimes CoD does piss you off and make you hate it, which is where most of you probably got mad and sold it! The problem was you were playing against people who were better than you! A few days ago, I had a kill/death ratio of 29-4. Yesterday, I got 0-11 in a match. Stepping away from the game for a second, you can see the difference with experience.

If you were in a real war, usually the person with the most experience will win. So basically when you're playing, you are playing against who has put a lot of time in on the game... of course they are going to kick your ass! It makes me mad too, but I adapt my play style and do better in the next match!

Nevermind! No matter what I say, it will never change anyone's mind about the game...lol... I almost sound as bad as one of those fanboy's who think their opinion is actually going to change someone else's mind...lol! I think I come here too much. This site is starting to rub off on me!

[RedSavage]

If you think COD MW2 if fast paced, you've obviously have never played Quake or UT

[AAACE5]

Yes, I have played Quake! I liked part 2 a lot! I have played Unreal as well... all of them!

That's where they are different! Those are wild shooters. CoD requires just a little more strategy and thought!

But if you hate the game, my point will be pointless to you, and we will keep going back and forth on this with no end!

[RedSavage]

I wouldn't say MW2 takes more thought and strategy, because that almost means more skill. Quake and UT take waaaaay more skill to play than MW2. I guess is that they would be different since COD is way slower, you don't have to process your strategies as fast as you would have for Quake or UT.

[ape007]

that this is their "opinions", they hate it so much cause its outselling their favorite soul mate games (I know how they think), they hate it that much cause everyone is proving them wrong, the sales, the reviews, guys on their friendlists, dlc sales on both xbl and psn (even with 15$ price) and most importantly the LASTING EFFECT and REPLAY VALUE, guys lol don't go delusional, just realize\understand the difference between FACT and OPINION

you hate it it's ok don't cry LoL

"modern warfare 2 N4G's nightmare"

and @ GWAVE, that's the most "private universe" comment I've seen, the majority have no taste and I have, what kind of "closed minded\one sided thinking" is that, comment like these remind me of me when I was young, I used to say, Im the best and everyone is wrong hahaha, you don't like it, it's ok but respect other gamers and understand the differences of brain cells LOL in each person

[Pumbli]

Ladies and gentlemen, may I interest you in the best comment I've seen on these "news" so far?

You should also give this guy a bubble and an agree, I sure did.

[EVILDEAD360]

Ape hit it on the nail...+ BUBZ

N4G.com has no idea..actually it's only a small part of N4G.com who make up a fraction of a pebble of a molecule of the amount of COD:MW2 players out there..

The game is FUN..period..

I haven't played in a long time..but it's a game that when a few of your buds are playing and your in the mood..you throw it in and dust off the skills..similiar to Halo

The funny part about the major sheep on the net is they are actually not mad at MW2..it ALL came from the Activision's infamous Sony comment..

Fast forward and NOBODY is touching Call of Duty:MW2..that's why you see at least 5 copies at E3.

If you asked anyone would a console FPS outsell Gran Theft Auto..they would have laughed at you..on the 360 you have two

Evil

[iHEARTboobs]

Everything else is just politics.

[rezzah]

My guess is that Cod has become a favorite amongst the casual-harcore gamers. Yes, those that exist within the range of both sides (lol). Also you're are forgetting that the "masses" dont really pay attention to the industry like im how im pretty sure the way you do. To them its a game and its fun, so they do what any other person would do...play it.

[bluefresnoday]

Well said, GWAVE. "The masses":
Hypnotized to follow...
and buy, buy, buy, what and when they're told to do so.

[DaTruth]

To be fair, Madden still exists because of a lack of any Football alternative.

This is what monopolies lead to!

[fossilfern]

Well im having plenty of fun playing BC2 and also Lost Planet 2 online which may sound stupid but it is fantastic online :D

[Luchiano]

I have been looking for a good BFBC2 clan....... Any good ones out there?

[iPad]

This is may sound a little "no lifey" but I only play Mw2 to get high up in the leaderboards.

[pixelsword]

Because theyyyy... want to?

[UnSelf]

i thought it was just me

[f789790]

Developers always underestimate its power.

[PoSTedUP]

idk... why did over 20 million people BUY cod?

[socomnick]

Not correct, the reason Cheap Lite beer always sells more is because the three companies who manufacture Cheap Light beer, the makers of Budweiser, Miller, and coors have a stranglehold on the market. They spend So much money on advertising and have deals with retail chains to place their products in prime space.

[sid4gamerfreak]

wait...isnt COD a fish?

[Legosz]

The sad thing is, the "masses" as you say, are stupid americans.

[BX81]

The masses seem to have taste since the masses approve, It's da minority such as your self that dis approve! Don't hate cheese toast! GWAVE LULZ!!!!!!!!!! Now let's watch all ur male mates and BFF'S disagree! Bring it on ladies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jeseth]

COD is popular because it is easy enough for a novice to pick up and play and also hard enough to where you really have to practice to be elite. Its fun to play with friends and easy to play alone.

As for your other analogies :

Lite Beer = Mass Production, Average Grade Ingredients, Easy Drinking = Less $$$
Craft Beer = Smaller Batches, More Time To Make, Higher Quality Ingredients = More Money.

McDonalds = $1 Double Cheeseburger in 1 minute.
Restaurant = $9 Burger that takes 20 minutes.

Madden is FUN.
Wii Sports is FUN.

Give me Sam Adams Boston Lager or Dogfish Head IPA for the price of Bud Light and a 1/2 lb. Swiss Mushroom burger for $1 and Lite Beer and McDonalds will be out of business. Your food and drink analogies suck because they only boil down to money and convenience.

Your gaming anology is kind of sad because it sounds like you are too good to play games many others find fun. There are all kinds of games for all kinds of people.

You aren't any better than the guy drinking Coor's Light, eating Chicken Nuggets, and playing COD with his buddies. In fact, the way you put yourself above people I'd say you are probably less of a person than "the masses".

Get off your soapbox.

[ape007]

yeah people saying they are better than everyone usually have emotional problems and inferiority complex, most of n4g posters are (im very sorry to say that) totally pathetic

[Bubble Buddy]

It's because as bad and broken and horrible COD is obtaining many complaints from me and my friends, it's still addicting and as much as we play U2, NBA 2K10, K2, we still end up playing COD.My friend b*tches about COD 24/7 and got Battlefield but still ends up playing COD most of the time. Perhaps the friends who are always on it contributes a lot to it. Friends who aren't really "gamers".

[gtamike]

Cause no skill is needed in COD4/MW2, if the same players started playing Unreal, Quake or even HL2DM they would get owned big time.

[Syronicus]

Just asking...

[gtamike]

cause it's crap/buggy/no skill/campers and has over priced map packs, thats for starters.

[Syronicus]

It's funny to me how BF:BC2 was going to be the savior for those so upset about MW2. Now look at y'all... Can't just let it go.

[ThatIrishGamer]

Autoaim was patched out of KZ2 just after launch. There's no autoaim anymore - hasn't been in AGES.

[Hellsvacancy]

Two weeks of online was enough for me, far too borin, i played COD3 online more then i did MW,MW2,WAW put together

Gettin PROPER bored of BC2 now aswell, i might sell it, it needs more maps ASAP

[theonlylolking]

free maps

[outlawlife]

you won't get free maps, EA already exhausted the supply of free maps that were already on the disc

another reason I ditched that game, the vip code business sucked, they made you think you were getting free stuff but really all they did was lock things already on the disc

very weak startegy, but not everybody realizes what is actually going on

[a_squirrel]

@above
Actually, DICE said themselves that the only thing that ISN'T going to be free (VIP members) are things like optional modes, costumes, etc.

They specifically said that maps themselves are free for VIP members.

Yes, those maps were on the LIMITED EDITION game. Not too sure about the normal version, but still ,they're trying to cut down on pirates and used games.

[D4RkNIKON]

I told you to get your ass on Killzone and you said you were drugged up and in too much pain to play. Drugged is how I roll, it's not an excuse

[Downtown boogey]

Killzone 2 was pretty good but after you get EVERYTHING in it like I did, it gets boring as well. Though I always disliked the fact that Killzone 2 didn't have much depth when it came to basic shooting gameplay, meaning that no matter how good you were, when you came head to head with some noob, both equipped with the same weapon, the outcome could easily be in favor of either one of you.
Do not disagree if you won't be able to back it up as well!

[Gawdl3y]

Are you crazy? Any old noob can't pick up KZ2 and perform well.
When I was new to it, I constantly got my ass kicked when I played with people not near my level. Even when we had the same weapon, I'd be outgunned because they're better at aiming. Now that I'm good at the game, many times the same but reversed happens. I see someone at the same time that they see me, we start shooting at the same time, but if my aim is better I kill them. It's not easy as 1-2-3 either.

[thong_pounder]

@ Downtown boogey I'll agree with u, the reason when i got killzone 2 and in the first match my kill death ratio was around 30/5. the single player is fun, but online is boring not too many weapons every single player has the same weapon, i stopped playing it after my first day, don't know why people keep saying killzone 2 has the best online

[TrailerParkSupervisr]

Threw my back out last Sunday, been laying on my floor ever since. Just went to doc and got steroids shot into my lower back, a script for hydrocodone 10m and 10, 5 mili of valium.

You're on 10 well buddy I'n on 11!

[The Meerkat]

Because Halo: Reach isn't out yet.

[Xwow2008]

thats the problem with most of the 360 users:halo>gears>cod,hal o>gears>cod..etc.

[Cold 2000]

The problem with most PS3 gamers is that they care what 360 gamers play while 360 gamers dont give a damn that PS3 gamers prefer playing COD rather than KZ2 or Resistance or whatever.

[Lionhead]

You seem the opposite of what you are preaching ;)

[bjornbear]

of obnoxious frat boys' games line up

depressing

[pixelsword]

@ cold2000;

You might have had a point until you crapped all over yourself.

[Downtown boogey]

Dude... Four of my friends on PSN... MW2 pretty much every day. One of them even first played it hours a day for months and when he stopped he mocked it in his comments in several childish ways.
And guess what?
He got right back to it. I just keep calling him a hypocrite.

[Gawdl3y]

Hehe, gotta love the comment mocking. When I got sick of MW2,
my favorite comment to use was, "Shit > MW2."

[Nike]

Well, MW2's got it's issues. And so does Halo. And well, so does the first MW. But in some way, they can still be fun.

Though to clarify, this is how my preference usually goes when I have those 3 games in front of me for multiplayer:

Call of Duty 4>>Halo 3>>Halo 3: ODST (4 player firefight local's got me hooked)>>>>>> ;>Modern Warfare 2 (I'm still amazed at times how many choices they gave - and how so many of those can break the gameplay)

Haven't even factored Gears 2's Horde mode into the equation.

[Lex Luthor]

@The Meerkat

Oh Snap!

Halo:Reach is gonna murder all.

[BubblesDAVERAGE]

Will not sell as much as COD.....it will probably to about the same as reach

[PantherDST]

I've Quit COD ever since MAG and BFBC2 came out. There was simply too much glitching, boosting and the like going on for me to enjoy it.

[knightdarkbox]

because mw2 was awesome?

why does every1 hate on mw2 anyway? that game was a solid FPS and i ha loads of fun with it.. maby the haters just suck at it?

Infinity ward makes good games and they definitely improve upon the mistakes they made in cod4 and just make it better in general.

deal with haters of mw2..

[LordMarius]

so you associate ones hatred with their skill.
Guess you must really suck at Heavy Rain then...

[Lionhead]

lmao +Bubs

Just saw his bashing and hating of Heavy Rain earlier

Fool troll

[OSU_Gamer]

Thats the same argument that people make with Demon Souls, its acceptable then?

[Lionhead]

Demon's Souls wasn't as ridiculously hard as people make it out to be.

9 times out of 10 when you die, it's your own mistake. So yes.

[DaTruth]

Demon's Souls isn't so hard as it is punishing! Every little misstep will leave you dead and every little dude can potentially kill you. If you die, there are no save points, you go back to the beginning(well technically there are in the form of shortcuts, but they are few and far between) and sometimes you're carrying lots of Souls(cash) and you lose that shit and it hurts!

[ZombieNinjaPanda]

They improve upon their mistakes?

So you mean to tell me the outrageous online is improved on over the last game? You mean to tell me that now that Juggernaught is gone, we have nothing to counter stopping power? That you can knife someone from literally 10 feet away? That you can have unlimited grenade launcher rounds in about 10 seconds flat?

Okay, I understand people's definitions of improved upon are different, but you're kidding yourself if you think MW2 is anywhere near improved.

[xHarvey]

I agree with you it was a solid FPS but that's about it. It's over rated and in my opinion very unbalanced. This game encourages Camping with its over powered kill streak rewards. They tried topping Call of Duty 4 by simply making everything bigger and giving you more( Rewards,perks,guns etc). Call Of Duty 4 is a much better game. The only features I love from Modern Warfare 2 are the round winning kill cams,host migration,titles, and emblems.

[gypsygib]

I loved COD4 and got bored of MW2 after 3 weeks; it had a far worse single player and poor online due to the excessive reliance on comboing hapless users with constant air attacks.

[RememberThe357]

I spent a lot of time with COD4 and MW2 disappointed the shit out of me.

[bjornbear]

xD

[Al Bundy]

Because sales = quality.

[huzzaahh]

/s

[theonlylolking]

I still play it because I am good. Most of my friends that dont have over positive K/D have stopped playing.

[acky1]

my mates were the same... less than 1 K/D is shocking in any online game i have to say, especially COD with the heavy aim assist...I think if I had that I would stop playing too.

I stopped playing because of the ridiculous knife kills and unbalanced gameplay. Whereas I still love playing MW cos thats actually fun.

[moparful99]

I myself have a 1.47 k/d ratio and consistently get 20-30 kills a match.. Let it be known my skill level is above average on mw2 but I quit because there are some serious flaws... I remember all of the reviews praising how balanced this game is supposed to be but when you can get knifed from 20 feet away while unloading a barrage of bullets into your attacker I think balance is not the right word... I think the one incident that pushed me over the edge was a match in quarry.. I was the highest ranked member on my team.. Needless to say we were getting hammered.. I was keeping my team afloat. Well I kept getting sniped by someone and I had no idea where he was.. I checked all of the usual spots, I finally happened upon him sitting on top of the chiseled rock wall that borders the large warehouse at the top of the hill.. I snuck up behind him and put my reticle to his head and pulled the trigger.. To my shock which quickly turned to disgust, said player didnt die rather he spun around and no scoped me with his sniper rifle insta killing me... I was so freaking furious I broke my favorite dualshock 3... That was the day I left cod for good... I know everyone on here has had similiar experiences.

[acky1]

moparful99, that sounds ridiculously akin to my experience with MW2...except I somehow managed to not break my dualshock lol. Cant count the amount of times I felt like it tho!

[DARK WITNESS]

I was kind of the same...

my KD is 2.25, in cod4 my KD was 2.66.

I just like to think as being able to hold my own in most matches and I have often gone into games halfway through on the loosing side and then pulled it back and won the game.

I hate MW2, I really hate it... you can go through my comment history, I really have not had anything good to say about it from day one. I ended up selling the game for a while, but bought it again after loads of friends were telling the update released just before the first map pack fixed a lot.

I bought it again and found it was better, at least it didn't lag so much.

since the new maps released I have noticed it's got worse again with the bullet lag.

MW2 is a strange one. you play the game and everyone is just bitching and moaning. After what Activision manged to do with the pricing and dlc ... I mean there is not one logical reason to want to play the game.

HOWEVER... there is something about it, despite all the crap that comes with the package, there is something about it that keeps people playing it. In the end thats all that matters.

Killzone 2, Halo 3, BFBC2, Gears.. I have owned and played all those games, yet I keep going back to MW2.

I hate MW2, I really really do hate the game !....I think I am showing classic signs of addiction.

[DA_SHREDDER]

Oh whatever. The COD series is obsolete compared to MAG and BC2. Yeah its better than Medal of Honor, but now its time to move onto greener pastures.

[FragGen]

Too bad no one plays MAG. That game is DEAD already and it came out months after COD. Good luck getting into a game of Domination with under a 20minute queue time in non prime time US hours.

BFBC2, on the other hand, PWNs.

[ALFAxD_CENTAURO]

Then why there are Thousends of Players every day on MAG?

You can even see the Thousends of Players in the Modes.

To bad MW2 is death because of MAG =(.

[CYCLEGAMER]

I still play it because it is fun, and I have friends that I play it with. I rarely experience half of the negative stuff people talk about on MW2, and when I do experience it I go to another room. Its just that simple in my opinion.

Edit: The only thing that truly annoyes me is the boosting, but like I said, when that happens I just go to another room.

[ClownBelt]

I still play it since that's the only online shooter I got lol...

[Active Reload]

Whats it to ya buddy?

[BeaArthur]

If people want to play that POS who are we to argue? I don't get it myself but I'm not going to tell someone what they should and should not play.

[Morituri]

I agree. I find it to be a crappy experience overall and I avoid it like the plague but if you paid your 60 bucks and can stomach it than go right ahead. Whatever floats your boat. If people prefer big macs over Peter Luger steaks, that's their business.

[XsteveJ]

Because people have fun with it?

I didn't, I promptly sold it, but I would imagine people are still playing because they enjoy it. Is it really that hard to believe?

[JD_Shadow]

The same reason why people still play Halo 3 or Counterstike or Killzone 2: because they think the game(s) is/are fun.

Sure, we may not see what they see in the game, but if THEY are having fun playing it, then why should we stop them (unless they try to shove it down our throats or something)?

[outlawlife]

I'm going to go with the fact that some people actually enjoy the game and the opinions of the cynical n4g crowd are not that of the average person

I still play, I don't regard it as the scourge on humanity that it is often described as on this site, actually me and my friends have quite a good time playing

I switch to other games but always go back occasionally

[rungunbeast]

need i say more? it's for casuals thats why.

[JeffGUNZ]

What a terrible statement. How is it for casuals? I have been playing video games for many years and I love MW2. It's a popular game and a lot of people enjoy playing it.

I am tired of people saying this is a noob friendly game. Whenever I play a person who hasn't prestiged and is below 70, they get murdered. Everytime, all the time. I never saw a low rank or noob finish top of the leaderboards.

[DARK WITNESS]

... unless they are not really a noob, they could just refuse to prestige so they appear like a noob.

I didn't prestige for a very long time when I hit 70 at first. I was constantly getting people crying about me not prestiging which I never understood.

but I do agree with you, people make it sound like any noob can pick up the game and compete with the better players. yes and no, if the person is a noob at shooting games in general then no matter what he will suck at MW2 as well.

if someone was say a level 51 in halo or like really really good at other FPS games, then even if they picked up MW2 for a day, they prob would do very well. there is still a huge gap between people that play with like a 2.0+ KD compared to someone who plays with a 1.0+ KD. sure some get lucky in the odd game, or get crazy lag and win.. but those are exceptions.

[Ripyealip]

I dont play it anymore since i got prototype but ill start playing it again probably when i beat the game im on the last boss.

why do people still play mario,zelda,GTA,L4D,Demon Souls, assassins creed its because their all fun games who approved this article its only flame bait

[HarryM]

Like it or not, Modern Warfare 2 is dominating online play.

[MrGunny94]

MW2 is made to kids and casuals.... long ago CASUALS DIDNT HAD A SPOT ON THIS INDUSTY... BRING BACK THAT OLD TIMES

[Cpt_Spacebound]

I think it will only get worse, but I don't mind pwning them in every match.

[Darkfocus]

ya i agree. I don't even consider myself good at online games but in my first ever match of MW2 everyone was level 30+ (don't know if that's high or not because that was the only match I played, I uninstalled it right after that) I had 17 kills and 2 deaths and I didn't camp at all.

[Mista T]

I play it casually, once every week for like 20 minutes. there's no such thing as a hardcore mw2 player or pro

[BYE]

Cod 1 was the best, it was much more fun playing it online when it came out than MW1 and 2, because it was new.

[sickbird]

my brother plays every damn day, i havent played it since january and its my game!

[HarryM]

I personally believe that Modern Warfare 2 is a great game. I mean, I don't play on it 24/7 with the sensitivity on "10" doing 360 degree spins trying to "Quick-Scope" people- I do play other games. My only problem with it are the modders with Xbox 360 controller buttons as their name and how Activision priced the DLC.

And no, I didn't buy either map pack..

[CellularAutomata]

Haters gonna hate.

[jagstatboy]

I'm not going to apologize for playing a game I enjoy. I do hate how Activision charges $30 for 6 new maps though...friggin ridiculous.

[Dellis]

Hardcore gamers are meaningless in the gaming market

that's why.

[CellularAutomata]

A hardcore gamer doesnt use N4G.

[VarloUK]

Its perfectly easy to pick up and play.....Thats why! Thats why all i play is COD and Joe Danger.

[e-p-ayeaH]

Consumers (aka so called gamers by media) nowadays are to influenced by reviews its laughable.I only got the game cause i really enjoyed cod4 and actually im enjoying mw2 even more.

i dont care if its meant to be for casuals or for gamers i care if its fun and thats whats important.

most kids with 360/ps3´s play mw2 cause its fun is that hard to understand?

Maybe some ppl just dont have fun with videogames but still call n00bs to ppl that actually have fun with them.

[BannedForNineYears]

I hate when people use "So many people still play it!!!" as a reason for a game being good.

[Dorwrath]

Maybe because people enjoy playing it.

It's a novel idea I know.

[Spenok]

Lol, yay for sarcasim. Though its hard to understand why people would deal with all the bugs and issues.

[streetking93]

I don't think the title of this article is grammatically correct.

[KillerPwned]

I love playing call of duty 1 on the pc and ps3 along with the first modern warfare. Two great games, its sad most people today only ever played call of duty Modern Warfare 1 and 2 but never played Call of duty 1 and 2 the true call of duty games.

[SoSLy]

Its because theres no other FPS out there like COD...

BC2 is too boring. its the same stuff every game, and the match last up to 40mins+ and most of all its a "team based game" COD players are (honestly) umm how should i say it... lets say selfish. Since COD multiplayer has only one goal and that is KD, and its alla bout getting a high KD.I played Halo, BC2, KZ2 in the past couple of months and none of them feels like MW2..

In MW2 you feel "GODLY" since the knife and the guns are overpowered, Its also easy to play and leave, unlinke Halo 3 you dont have to wait for the quite long matchmaking. And to be honest i found MW2 more challenging than BC2(shocking)... since in MW2 you are playing with imba grenade launchers, teleportation knives, and most of all its fun bashing on little kids telling you that you suck

[BabyTownFrolics]

come play MAG, we need to up the player count, so if your one of the 30 million plus people that own a PS3 but not one of the 800,000 who purchased MAG go pick it up. If you are one of the 800,000 who purchased MAG but are not one of the 6000 average daily players, put that disc back in the PS3 buy the Interdiction DLC and lets get this going.

MAG is a great game, and a great alternative to the rest of the modern console FPS games available.

oh yeah... pick Raven

[sickpup]

There is only one answer...lack of other good alternatives. The game doesn't have as many kids and if so just mute the idiots. There are way to many glitches. There is lots of rampant cheating/boosting. This is the only game I get tons of SPAM messages from (by the way I file complaints to Xbox about each one). It is amazing people still play but its a decent FPS compared to others. The only other good ones are Halo, Gears and Bad Company. Last time I played Bad Company the game was alright but seemed very sluggish in the gameplay. Halo just doesn't have enough to the multiplayer to keep us interested. I have taken my time to play Borderlands, Crackdown 2(soon), and other old games I haven't completed yet.

[DuneBuggy]

LOL..Why is anyone still playing CoD?
The author would be real upset if he/she knew I still play Twisted Metal II from time to time, and have done so for nearly 14 years.
Maybe the response headline should read "Why should you care what other people play?"

[MyWordIsGospel]

Because COD players are sheep, and we all know sheep just follow!!

MW2 is a joke of a shooter, full of kids, poor gun physics, too much camping and too many glitches, MAG and BC2 are the two best available on consoles.

The author made some good points, as the only reason people play this game is due to gaming media commiting a heinous crime, giving mw2 97% across the board. People should have lost jobs or quit due to this biased review that made the 'sheep' buy on impulse, personally I played the single player (meh) and multi (bug ridden) and went straight back to KZ2 that takes a level of skill to master.

[TANUKI]

Not so much that I hate the game, just... I'm terrrrible at online play. K/0 ratio usually averages 1:2, lol... :/

[DarkSpawnClone]

i say let the cod'ers play there cod it keeps them out of our real fps! most none stop cod player's even play a game outer then cod have there ass's handed to them! seriously,my friend is a die hard call of duty player and he gos on battlefield bad company 2 gets his ass kicked go's on killzone 2 and gets destroyed ,so he just gos back on cod where he knows he can get 20 kills a game lol,i was playing call of duty for a while and i go to play my other games and its like cod makes you suck at playing fps, i will not play cod because it's soo noob friendly,if i play cod its for nazi zombies

[mushroomwig]

I love Lee Evans, so neeeh.

[scar-leg]

I think it was a decent game, although I stopped playing it a while ago. My only problem with so many people playing it, is that it takes away the publicity that other great games like Killzone 2 and BFBC2 deserve.

In my opinion BFBC2 is far more amusing to play that COD, but not many people will play it because the publicity for the FPS genre is all centered around COD. For example, around a quarter of my PSN friends only play on Modern Warfare 2, and will gladly keep doing that until the next Call Of Duty comes along, which I think is wrong and ruins the industry.

[Brklynty1]

Well 2 weeks ago I went to gamestop and bought a copy along with SSFIV(idc screw you joe), and guess what, I'm freakin enjoying it. I bashed this game to no end without even playing it. I had CoD4 and said it was tons better. Well, no, no its not. I really see no glitches yet and only think that irks me is noobtubing and when the noobs glide to me and stab with commando. I'm not gonna judge a game based on word of mouth anymore.

[ironwolf777]

"I bashed this game to no end without even playing it."
Do you even know how freakin annoying that is.

[Vip3r]

I had a game of MW2 last night and I quit half way through. The game is overdone.

CS:S has got my attention again after the recent update.

[oliverasadi]

exactly

[faraany3k]

Because MW2 is undoubtedly fun, people prefer fun games over reality or hardcore games. Mw2 is a perfect mix of arcade and realism.

[Neoicelord]

Because you are a stupid dumb ass that only plays games that are popular? Because you have bad taste in entertainment? or is it because you are completely dimwitted?

Take you're pick!

[BloodyRedMARKER]

...at least to Americans. Anyone can get into it, it's played by everyone and their friends. It's not really a difficult/confusing game, just like NASCAR is not difficult/confusing either. You run fast and shoot 5000 bullets, they drive fast and make 5000 right turns.

Why is Starcraft popular in Korea? Same reason, just a different culture and game. Why is Japan into Love Plus? Too many guys with DS's and not enough girls.

[Koromaro]

People don't like change is the real thing. People who hate Killzone, Battlefield, and Medal of Honor usually go in with the state of Mind of will this play as COD. If it Does to them it's a Copy (Medal of Honor) and If it doesn't it's crappy game (Killzone 2 and Battlefield). All these games are great and they have their crappy side to them

[chisox100]

I played the sh1t out of WaW. Nazi Zombies and Hardcore S&D are amazing game modes that when playing with friends beats any other gaming experience.

Same goes for playing Ricochet on MW2.

[Microsoft_Spokesman]

My feelings towards that is that the game is simply addicting. It has this spark to it that makes you addicted to it and keep returning to it even with all the problems, listed in the article + glitches, lag, boosters, idiots and noobtubers. Maybe it is the quick run n' game play of the game where you don't have the fight wit sluggish and "weighty" controls, or the quick jump and play game modes where you can play a nice quick match of team death match or capture the flag before you go to work/school/anywhere you go. People keep hating on the Call of Duty series, but in the end it is one of the top selling series and in my opinion one of the best multiplayer experiences and an action-packed-Hollywood-like movie campaign. This is a reason I know I am buying Black Ops, it's because the CoD series is the one of the only series that can make me enjoy a game for a full year and maybe even more (CoD4 almost 3 years).

[KEEPNITREAL]

i can't understand why all these people try to put a good game down. Same with killzone 2,halo3,resistance 2,bayonneta,gears of war 2,mag,socom confrontation,dantes inferno,demon souls,alan wake,mod nation racers ect.all these are great games but some don't sell well cause fan boys always contaminate people into not buying ( all )these good games. I'm a gamer and I play games . PS3 AND XBOX360 GAMES THEY'RE ALL GOOD PEOPLE. Stop being fan boys and start being gamers. ( I also have the Wii , just don't tell anybody ) LOL.

[AliTheBrit19]

Crazy Thought here....now it is out there, so bare with me on this.....

....Because people find it fun and enjoy playing?........

[FwanK]

Friends...

[itsralf]

I play it because it is simple. Takes about two minutes to get in a match and game modes are easy to pick up. I love MAG and KZ2 also. I'm actually better at those two games. I just like simplicity...

[CaptainPunch]

I don't play MW2 as much as I used to, I see myself playing Uncharted 2 a lot more now.

[xtremeimport]

i've never been a CoD fan. But i love BC:2..play it almost every day.
the CoD series map packs make this question even stronger...i mean $30 for 10 maps...some of which are just recycled from the first game.

[xtremeimport]

oh, also..people love a success story. the more more people it, the more other people want to buy it and play it. mind boggling to myself as to why people dont game for themselves anymore, they just read reviews and other sorts of media and make up their minds from there.

[STONEY4]

Eh, I play COD4 now and then, from what I played of Modern Warfare 2s multiplayer, it's just lame, laggy (P2P on PC, wtf?), and the maps suck compared to COD4.

[ironwolf777]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but MW2 has been THE #1 played game on xbox live since it was launched.
And that must mean it sucks right? That's your bloody logic?
I think anyone hating on this game either gets raped in it or they just want to seem like elitist wankers.

[Jab-dees-nuts]

i only like it cus i get to fuck people up. good way to vent only if your on the short end of the a$$kicking its not as fun. specially with people who glitch or use cheap tricks

[MadMan00]

Cool, more fan boy bait...Everyone on this site is a joke...360 this ps3 that Kill zone this Cod that..WHO GIVES A SHIT? Games are games if you don't like it then don't play it...Why waste your life with complaining about it?

You can't expect every sigle person in this world to like the SAME DAMN THING people have different tastes, it's nothing but opinion....I just don't get why people do this, they really must have no life and it's basically like 80% of this site if not more.

[retrofly]

I agree, for a game that people seem to hate so much, they sure do spend a long time talking about it, its been out for 8 months. Maybe its time some people moved on with their lives. (I personall belive that alot of the animosity comes from them sucking at the game, then using the game as a scapegoat for their crapness)

[Claudinho69]

because specially if you play with a party full of people from your clan or people you know, then the game dont piss you off instead its ton of fun...i had the same amount of fun on kz2 i just played kz2 to death so i'll b playing cod till kz3 comes out

[JJFNIGHTS80]

I will never play COD EVER. Cause one it's the same crap every year just new story line and update graphics just bout it. I bought the World at War version try playing it. didn't like it so I go back to KillZone and Resistance & Uncharted now that's multiplayer their for you.

[khellendros1]

I really enjoyed MW2 and i don't have a problem with game. What i love about it is the number of weapons you can use. I'm a huge fan of the P90 and it was the only game I could use it. With that said, I still think that KZ2 is a more satisfying shooter. Oh and MAG is a beast. Anyone who is a shooter fan should check this game out.

[RedSavage]

Because people like it because they feel they are good at something. COD is the most rewarding game ever made. You can completely suck at the game, yet the game still rewards you by giving you an overpowered deathstreak like Painkiller. If you're "good" at something, you're more likely to keep on playing it. COD is so unbalanced, the mass majority of people exploit this, and get a lot of kills (Shotguns, OMA etc.), giving them the false idea that they are good.

To top it all off, the game doesn't reward you for tactical team playing. You can play for stats and not FTW, and lose, and still get points and level up. Unlike Halo where if you lose, you lose. If you get 49 kills in a Halo TS game and lose, you aren't rewarded. In COD, you can get a massive number of kills, lose, get points, level up, repeat. Don't even get me started on Killstreaks...

[ForROME]

I boycott anything activision, period, they are trying to find new ways to squeeze us and get money, so the only way to hurt them is with money, lack there of, Boycott

[MoneyMeng]

BECUZ THEY GOT NO GAMES!!! LOL

[Paradise Lost]

Gave up my copy months ago, i feel amazing and i don't miss it at all.

[jujulolo]

Because today, even if it has a lot of issues, its the best shooter on console.
KZ2 was boring after the second week with too much explosive in small maps.
BFBC2 has way too much lag ans is a camper fest.
I'm waiting for the next COD, i don't like halo and the beta of medal of honor is bad.
I hope the next ghost recon will be fun.

[GodGinrai]

I agree with your KZ/bf:bc2 comments. I have a freind who is playing the beta and he says its shite.

I was playing the reach beta....loved it. pre ordered it. Dont know if ill get MOH.Crysis looks good but...im just not exited for it yet.KZ3 looks more of the same so far so ill buy it for story mode. just couldnt get into the mp for some reason..it did kind of feel boring.

I have high hopes for brink, breach, rage and bullet storm. stuff i aint already played. but for multiplayer its gotta be reach.i was owning with that jetpac in the beta.And fire fight will be a blast with my freinds.and my jet pac.

[n4gno]

Lol.

the best shooter for noobs (like most part of xbox crowd)

KZ2 is the best competitive fps (gamespot), and real gamers knows that, and battlefield, even with lag, is what call of duty would have been (cod is THE campers fest, "hiding/moving/hiding/mov ing/helicopters lol = no skill.

[retrofly]

This article is nothing but bait and you all took it. MW2 has been out for 8 months now, some of us actually like the game (actually quite alot if you check the xbox live stats). Some people need to get over this fact and get on with their lives instead of bitching and crying about it for 8 months, maybe they should start playing and discussing games they like, not hang on to the past about some shooter that didnt quite take their fancy.

[GodGinrai]

right now ya`ll can play RDR, ssf4, blazblu,gow3,alan wake , heavy rain etc. yet you all here. whining about MW2. try some TF2 or dust off that old copy of R6 vegas2.When was the last time some of you guys played warhawk online? there are plenty of other games to play. just let the go of your MW2 hang ups.

[Lilbambit]

its a fun game. end of discussion.

[dizzleK]

well i just played a few rounds of the moh beta....cod has absolutely nothing to fear.

moh is meh.

[Dogswithguns]

I dont even have the game....

[chewmystink]

@peowpeow which game are you having lag on? Aussie here too.
I get zero lag on MW2 99% of the time, they brought a patch around christmas where I only join Aussies which cured everything.
Here is why I play MW2, I can boot my PS3 up and I'm in a game playing in less then a minute online that reason alone I keep coming back.
UC2 brilliant and I loved it but it is quite slower getting into a multiplayer game.

[GodGinrai]

Its more enjoyable now that the glitch b*tches have calmed down.im still annoyed by thermal scopes.people running around with with marathon/light weight and akimbo shottys is....well lets just say it dont require much skill. The "pro" gamer in me would never use such a cheap tactic.If they took these things out the game it would be much better...but then, i got a 3.29 k/d so im ok with MW2.

Aint played it in a while. i been enjoying this weather to much. but MW2 aint as bad as people make it out to be.

[midgard227]

its simply because thats what everyone plays.

its same reason people pay for live, because their friends pay for it so they all wanna copy cat and do what friends are doing.

cod is the supposedly cool game this gen, so everyone is supposed to play it. well the regular gamers that is.

that game sux online. all people do is tactical insertion cheat, constantly nuking everyone because the friends wanna give their friend kill streaks, thats why i play offline with my bros split screen.

almost no bugs/ glitches or cheaters seen offline :P and for me its a once a week thing

[bikar]

i play it because is free :P

[StitchJones]

Run and gun modern day shooting at it's best. I myself hate the game from top to bottom but I know so many other people enjoy it. That's what it's really about, enjoying a game.

[jmmurillo86]

And it sucks, because we have MUCH better shooters around, like BF:BC2, Killzone2 or even MAG.

[kidalot]

He's bad for gaming and a tosser, I will never contribute a single penny towards an Activision game because of him and it's a shame more people don't vote with their wallets.

When it comes to basic food and fuel we don't have much power but with gaming the ball's in our court and if we get together we can make things happen. MW2 I don't care how good the game is and I can live without it.

[Pledius]

MW2 is very easy to pick up because if anyone played MW2 you know that it takes like 2 bullets to kill someone. so any new players wouldn't feel too bad and get some decent score which leads them to keep playing this game.

now there IS hardcore community in this game. I was lucky enough to meet one of competitive TWL clan and passed the recruitment stage and joined.

when I play pub and see lot of 7 year olds playing this game, I get annoyed but I also like seeing that because it introduce them to video game world through MW2. and as they grow up they'll expand and get more games and you can always mute them :x

video game market becoming big shouldn't be a bad thing

MW2 > MW1 or KZ2

the fluidity of this game is the best. MW1 is great game but IW really did it's job to improve their MW1 and created MW2

KZ2 is great game but I think they were trying to be "too-realistic" I did not like how much heavy you get because of it's weight. I think that destroyed the fluidity of KZ2's multiplayer

[Slade23]

Modders and Jtaggers. End of story!! not saying alot of reasons why. Because you know what they do, to ruined the game for us.