- The Call of Duty franchise has always set the bar for the first-person shooters genre. Its action-packed and immersive environments have influenced the industry for years. Infinity Wards new game expands upon its recent foray into modern combat and is not stuck in the nostalgia that was WWII.

Modern Warfare 2's multiplayer component remains as compelling and horrendously addictive as past iterations, albeit this time with a few new twists. Your basic game modes remain in tact, whether it's the mammoth kill spree of Free For All or the strategic-based operations of Capture the Flag.

The stunning visuals; The gripping narrative and action-packed campaign; The utterly brilliant Special Ops and Multiplayer modes

The fact the main campaign mode is over too quickly

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Intense single player campaign with great characters and shocking twists; Tons of co-op missions with high level challenge; Multiplayer polished and improved with more options and unlocks

3rd person multiplayer modes are novelties at best

As one of the most critically acclaimed shooters of all time, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is a prime example of a tough act to follow. Yet, amidst a raging storm of anticipation and expectation, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has done it.

Intense; action-packed campaign; Engaging cooperative missions; Richer; deeper; more rewarding competitive multiplayer progression

Costs more; has fewer multiplayer features than other PC shooters; Campaign is short; Plot is muddled and inelegant

How on Earth do you review a game like Modern Warfare 2 ? A behemoth of a game set to be the biggest entertainment launch of 2009 (and possibly 2010) by a country mile. A 200lbs school bully whose intimidating bulk pushed a dozen weedier triple-A titles into 2010.

Even though the single-player campaign in Modern Warfare 2 is pretty damn short, it was probably a good day or so after completing the game I realized this. It takes time for my adrenaline level to return to normal and for my heart to revert back to a normal pace from the "about to blast through my...

The biggest game of the year is finally here. Infinity Ward created one of the most popular, well-crafted and subsequently imitated first-person-shooter games in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and a sequel was inevitable.

The graphics in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 are simply stunning. Seriously, this game series just keeps getting better and better and manages to top itself with every release. Your journeys will take you all over the globe, from the sweltering and dirty city streets of Rio de Janeiro, to a Gulag...

As a whole, MW2 is spectacular in all the right areas; building and refining on the most solid of bases. And although its political heart might not be in the ‘right' place, at the very least it might make a few people think rather than skim through on muscle memory and twitch reactions.

There's a very short list of game developers that can continually and consistently impress gamers with each new release and Infinity Ward is near the top of that list. Each new Call of Duty game somehow manages to top its predecessor, and the games' campaigns and multiplayer action maintain their...