^That level is awesome but much more graphic and disturbing than I was expecting. It's just the way the civilians act real as well and drag themselves while bleeding across the floor and others come to try and help them. It's pretty heavy stuff but I like controversial things like that.
Anyway as you may of known I went to ASDA to get MW2 at midnight. I had no idea how busy it'd be so decided to leave just over an hour to get there. I arrived at the store at about 10:40pm and the queue was already coming out the door. Security and staff were checking ID's and giving people numbered tickets. I was number 22 so I'm guessing I was the 22nd person to get it. By about 11pm the queue had gone down the entire length of the car park and people were still joining it. It was crazy as I didn't expect it to be that busy. People in line were nice though and all seemed excited about the game and it got lots of people who hadn't met before talking which was good. When midnight came they started selling them. It seemed to take ages to get to the till even though I was near the front as they only had one till open for each platform they were selling it on.
Got my copy at about 12:15am and went home. Been playing it all night and have already completed the story so here's a little review on what I think of it.
Modern Warfare 2:
All you can say really is that it's ****ing amazing. Easily lives up to the hype and surpasses it. The levels are great and are full of intense action that keeps you on edge. The enemy AI is really good. They seem to have their own plans and try to out flank you so you end up being fired at from all directions which is pretty hectic. It had quite a few moments when I literally said "WOW" out loud which I don't think I've done with many games before. The airport level really stands out though as expected and shows why the game definitely needs it's 18 rating. It's just that it's something you've not seen in a game before and the way they've done it makes it feel like it's real and you do have to think about your options before you make choice.
The story took me roughly 6 hours to complete. But bare in mind that's on normal difficulty and playing it almost non-stop.
The only downside I can think of is that I can't make heads or tales of the story. I'm not very good at understanding military based narratives but because I don't get what's going on the levels don't seem to link together as well as they should do.
But the level of detail is incredible and the graphics are amazing. Also almost everything is fully destructible. And they react weird as well. For example if you shoot a wall it will make a crack and scold mark or whatever but if you shoot a basket it'll burn the material. Also if you shoot a fan etc the blades stop spinning (if they're still intact) and all things like paper that were moving and flapping stop. Another section I liked was when you're in a market and all the animals get spooked by the gunfire and all the chickens in the cages go crazy and if you pop a bullet into it it dies and feathers go everywhere.
Also played Multiplayer quite a bit as well. Still getting used to the maps but I have to say right now there doesn't seem to be much variety. Yes you've got snow and dessert etc but whereas in the last COD game I could think of distinct features about each map and plan out my tactics I can't do it with this one as they all seem slightly samey. The custom perks and kill streaks are great though.
So yeah it's a great game and definitely worth getting if you can get hold of a copy.
9.5/10
EDIT: Also has anyone else had any problems unlocking trophies? When I first played through the game the game hadn't even appeared in the trophy section and now it has but when I do something to unlock one nothing happens.
