Latest Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 preview trailer
Call of Duty 4 is my favorite Xbox 360 game of all time, and I am anxiously awaiting the launch of Modern Warfare 2 in November. Infinity Ward, makers of the Call of Duty “even” numbered franchises, released this trailer of the upcoming Modern Warfare 2 game for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation3. Watch it and then come back.
Okay, a few thoughts:
- The title of the trailer mentions the AC-130 gunship … but there was only a few seconds of footage of the new unlockable kill streak reward. What gives? What happens to you when you activate the AC-130 mode? Do you stand still with a lightbulb over your head, like in COD4 when calling down an airstrike? This shit’s important!
- The game looks much better than COD4, which I thought looked pretty good when I first bought it. The biggest thing that stood out in my mind was the greenhouse scene in the trailer; the detail and lighting is a lot more vivid than the original Modern Warfare.
- The weapons look great, does anyone know what the rifle with the radar readout on the left side is supposed to be?
- I like that the overall team score in the lower left hand corner now has a very simple “WINNING” or “LOSING” status. It would be even better if you could customize the user interface. I don’t really care about the score, I just care about winning or losing. If I could get rid of the score altogether I’d do that in a hot second.
- I don’t like that there are a ton of status messages that appear right in the center of the screen. Yeah, it’s cool to see that you just stopped DonkeyRapingShitEater from an 11-kill killstreak, but do I really need that flashed up in big letters in the center of my HUD?
- Is it November yet? This might be the first game I’ve ever pre-ordered and scheduled a day off for.
I’m not sure what the exact gun is, but it looks like a S.A.W. variant. That “radar” screen is actually a heart beat sensor, one of the new weapon perks! Let me know if you’re taking launch day off…I may need to burn some va-ca too 😛
P.S. The Semtex stick was hilarious at the end. I can’t wait to pull that one off.
So the 10th is a Tuesday, which means that I will be taking off Wed, Thur, Friday for sure! Holy crap I cant wait for November! 🙂