Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2: The Action-Packed Shooter Preview

It’s 2009 and Activision and Infinity Ward are bringing one of the best shooter experiences of all time to the market with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. The campaign convinces with a short, action-packed blockbuster story including a controversial mission that is a topic of conversation for a long time. “No Russian” is the name of the fourth act of the game, in which we witness a terrorist attack at Moscow airport. In Germany, this passage was not only hotly debated, it was even cut. The title’s multiplayer delighted fans to such an extent that iconic maps such as Terminal, Favela and Afghan are still being demanded as new editions to this day.

Modern Warfare 2, which will be released in October, has little to do with that game. Finally, in 2019, Infinity Ward decided to launch a reboot of the MW series. Well-known characters such as Captain John Price and Seargant Kyle “Gaz” Garrick are at least part of the party. The sequel to the shooter will be released later this year and is intended to bring the CoD series back on the road to success.

Heroic but human

Modern weapons and night vision goggles are just a small part of the equipment that we are allowed to carry in MW2.

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After Modern Warfare, Call of Duty took a detour into the Cold War with Black Ops Cold War, followed by Vanguard, which returned to the murky days of WWII. With Modern Warfare 2, the new part of the series takes us back to the present.

The focus is on the team around Captain Price, Task Force 141. The story is supposed to be fictional again, but inspired by real events. We continue to hunt down the terrorist organization Al-Qatala, after all we weren’t able to smash them in the predecessor. But a Mexican cartel is also getting involved in the dark machinations and so we face new enemies on top of that.

It is important to the developers that the characters in Modern Warfare 2 are realistic. For this reason, the story should not overshoot the mark this time, but be more convincing than ever.

Because of the new opponents, our team also has new allies. The cooperation of our troops with Mexican special forces plays a major role throughout the campaign.

“Gaz” is one of the characters we’ve known since 2007’s Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. He also plays a major role in the 2019 reboot.

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But Task Force 141 also gets prominent reinforcements. Already in the last sequence in the Modern Warfare reboot, Price assembles his team for future assignments. In MW2, “Soap” McTavish and fan favorite Simon “Ghost” Riley, among others, join the Sonderkommando.

We saw the latter in action during a segment of the Nightwar mission: After a helicopter dropped us off at the destination, it was hit by a missile and crashed into enemy territory.

Our team must rush to the rescue of the few survivors as quickly as possible, starting with dismantling a nearby house full of enemies using night vision gear. Atmospherically, Modern Warfare 2 takes another step forward. The impressive graphics, paired with a great background music, ensure an atmospheric overall picture. The oppressive silence between the gunfights completes the whole thing excellently.