And don’t get me started on the “help” of your squad. They are freakin’ idiots. An enemy will waltz right into the room and aim straight for me, and my guys keep their backs turned!!!! Game of the Year??? I can’t wait to rip this game’s single player mode apart in the final review, which has been delayed because of the fact that I simply don’t care about this game anymore…and I don’t suck at it.

Simply put, the single player campaign is a disappointment, if not a full disgrace. SpecOps is broken and is basically the same experience if you play it as a single player. Multiplayer is great. I like the game, enjoy it, and do rather well at it. It’s not a question of fun, it’s a question of critiquing it with an open mind, rather than a closed one.

I appreciate your comments, and thank you for respectfully disagreeing rather than flaming.

Spec ops is an ingenious idea, and as always, multiplayer is second to none.

I’m going to go get another nuke. Peace

I suppose I shouldn’t expect so much from one so young, but if said individual isn’t part of the pre-pubescent stage of human growth, then the situation is far worse than any of us suspect. LOL Thanks GW. You and others who’ve commented give me hope that perhaps I am doing a good job of being an honest reviewer.

“Why is that when you increase the difficulty in a game, it never means ‘let’s make the AI smarter’? Instead, it’s always ‘let’s have this guy take three head shots, ten shots in the torso, and two grenades before he dies. Oh, and if he gets shot in the head, he doesn’t stumble – he walks through it and pistol whips the player in the neck.’ Losing like this makes a game frustrating, not fun, and it makes players less likely to try completing a game on higher difficulty settings. A defeat would be more acceptable if it happened by being outsmarted, as opposed to facing an HP-pumped, guard-breaking, demogod AI. I’d prefer a challenge of the mind and less of a challenge of chance and endurance.” – Tyrell Zimmerman, Richmond, VA

Reponse:

“The sad, short answer is that good AI is difficult to create, but it’s easy to give enemies more hit points. When developers are making games, they need to prioritize their efforts. It doesn’t make sense to painstakingly craft a realistic AI that only a fraction of players will see on extreme difficulties; that time and those resources should probably be spent tuning the aspects that more gamers will experience. Even in light of that reasoning, however, we totally agree with you. The thrill of outsmarting an intelligent opponent is far more gratifying than just filling a meat shield full of lead, and we’d love to see more games (not just shooters) implement more cunning AI at all difficulty levels.”

So, for those who insult me that I can’t play difficult games and therefore shouldn’t review games, I’m a level 12 PS3 gamer, with 6 Platinums to my credit, and over 700 total Trophies. I’ve beaten VERY difficult and challenging games on crushing difficulty levels, but there are games – like MW2, fanboys – whose AI doesn’t compare to other games whatsoever. Cheap parlor tricks…that’s what I call them and that’s exactly what it is. I will beat it, so I don’t suck. I’m simply making a true and honest critique of a poor system in this game, which I know makes me such an evil person. LOL

Go back to the cookie jar before I tell your mother you’re cursing online. I enjoy this game very much, and my review gave it an “above average” rating, something your fanboy mind obviously can’t wrap its head around. You must not be able to realize it’s a good score, but MW2 isn’t the ground-breaking game everyone is making it out to be. Trust me dude, I will Platinum Trophy this game, regardless of my kill-to-death ratio, which was simply an estimate…I didn’t actually look. Thanks for proving my points.

The multiplayer is fantastic. Spec Ops is decent. Campaign is laughably bad. Totally agree with your overall rating. If you look a the whole package it’s a B game.