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The Infamy of Modern Warfare 2

More of the flavor and background on Infinity Ward's latest.

Oct. 4 2009

Posted by: Jeff

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still looks cool

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@Nomin said:
"Glenn Beck would love this game as this utter collapse of America is just as what he envisions being inevitable with the failure in chief Obama turning the great US into a socialist nation, vulnerable to attack from within and outside. "
Wow.. someone referenced Glenn Beck and they weren't using the words "is a complete moron" or "stain on humanity" after his name... 
 
That fact alone scares me.
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well i'm sold.  Damnit, I was trying not to want this game at launch. 

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Holy shit! Infinity Ward made a Fallout game!!!!
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Amazing.

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@Some1StoleMyTortilla said:
" WELL FUCK........ now i have to buy it "
My thoughts exactly. My brain is excited but my wallet screams in terror (maybe I need a new wallet...)
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Im very offended that the age gate only goes up to 80, not 82. Its discrmination, my great great great grandmother wanted to check out the new trailer so she could tell her friends if it was good or not, and was sad that she was older than the age gate.
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Edited By EndlessMike

Sounds fun but the whole plot seems busted. Invasions on American soil always seem super far fetched, not to mention the capital. If they're just like "OH NO UNNAMED MIDDLE EAST COUNTRY LANDED BOATS AT WASHINGTON" that's going to be super dumb. I know it's a game but I think if you set it somewhere real you have to give at least a semi-realistic reason for it. Hopefully they will.

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Im interested in the story now, i used to not give a crap.  Im interested to see whats invading America.  Though i usually find most any invasion of America unrealistic.  It would take an ungodly amount of resources to even make land fall.  It looks as great as the COD4 so i cant wait.

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i still get the feeling that kids everywhere are going to be yelling "BRAP BRAP" every time they get into a snowmobile and start firing. ugh...

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Great writing for that trailer

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EPIX

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GB thinks Im 80

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At this point I am more interested in the story than I am multi-player .

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Whenever I played Fallout 3 I was always left wondering what the fuck happened (like I know what happened but i wanted to see it). This is what happened. This game looks 24 style epic!

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@Renegade said:

" @Ertard said:

" It got delayed two weeks today - for the PC. It's also 60 euro/dollars on PC as well.   Basically, Activision is telling you to pirate the game. That's what I'll do anyway, til they lower the price to 40-50 which is a reasonable price. I'm sorry, but I just don't see why MW2 is worth 20 euro more then any other game, and Activisions bullshit tactics (they tried to sell Prototype for 60 on PC as well) are just pissing me off and turning me off a purchase. "

If putting the price to match the console prices means more games that take advantage of the PC, and more companies focusing on PC only, then count me in as supporting making this a standard. I know that this probably won't be the case for MW2, but if it has that impact, I will be more than happy to pay the 10 dollar premium.    However, as stated above, the graphics will likely be the same on PC and console for MW2, and that is what I'm sick and tired of. I'm also tired of the QUAKE 3 ENGINE. I mean honestly, do we really need to be using this engine for games anymore? I can understand from a business standpoint that this sequel will rake in a ton of cash for them due to low costs on engine development, but come on Infinity Ward, you're using an engine that was made in the 20th century! Get with it!  "
Actually for Call of Duty 4 they've been using a propriety engine (i.e. they made it themselves), with MW2 using an updated version of that dubbed as "IW4". Call of Duty 2 was the game that had the Quake 3 engine.
 
There's no reason to push for a new engine for every new game release unless there's a significant gap between each sequel, namely a minimal of 4 years. Even then most developers still use the same game engine until much later. 
 
Game engines take time, resource and money to make. Why make something new when Infinity Ward already made a engine that renders objects photorealistically, plays fairly well and can still run locked at 60 fps amazingly enough? There are probably other developers that are wondering how the hell did IW manage to pull that off. IW should be proud of their engine and will continue to use it until they see it is time for a new leap or when hardware limitations have been lifted.
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@Cynic04 said:
" And the ESRB said "let there be age gates", and then there were age gates, and the age gates were good. "
This was the first day.
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DUDE...do you get to operate the Mini Gun in this game? That'll be the bee's knees....

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And the ESRB said "let there be age gates", and then there were age gates, and the age gates were good.

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 Looks like the game was directed by Roland Emmerich. 
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Edited By rateoforange

Really, really excellent trailer for a video game. Heck, if it were a movie I'd be sold.

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WELL FUCK........ now i have to buy it

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Crazy amazing shit. Can't wait!

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That was...a pretty amazing trailer. Looks awesome. Can't wait.

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cant wait for this....... and rest of the hundred games coming out now and round Christmas, which i cant all afford.
 
damn you publishers for pushing all the best games out at once........
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@Psyx2 said:
I won't be getting MW2 until Christmas (if I even decide to buy it) so it shouldn't affect me, but these PC delays are getting old. "
People are starting to suspect a coordinated deliberate attempt by the publishers to force the PC players into abandoning that platform. Until now, I dismissed such rumors as nonsense, but I am slowly growing suspicious myself.
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Looks GREAT! but i think uncharted2 is gonna get my 60 bucks first, the reviews are just off the hook, and i prefer 3rd person games.

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Wargame taking place on American soil is good.  
 
Did anyone else notice that the TV screen uses the same texture as COD4. Like... the exact same.

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Game looks really good. That said, this trailer wasn't that interesting, it sounds like some guys from IW just recorded their voices on some Saturday just for fun and later used it in a trailer. And Infinity Ward(the high ups at least) and in particular Robert Bowling, are butt fuckers.

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@Sushbag: Didn't expect people to take the irony so seriously. What can you do?
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Lots of slooooow mo.

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@kingchris28: I just looked at the dictionary.
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IW know how to make trailers. Man this game looks effing awesome. 

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No, how old are you!?

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This game looks SOOOO EPIC AND AWESOME....

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@ip007:@ip007 said:
"  (Cain and Abel stuff was weird at first but then why not - biblical references you know).   "
Everything about that trailer, including that part, was brilliant.  What better way to open up than to remind you about the origin of all war and conflict?
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SWEET FUCKIN BABY ELEPHANT!!! This is quite excellent for a video game.

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Fuck, and here I thought I had shaken the hype from my mind.

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Looks excellent. I like the fact that the single player is looking thought-provocative as well as literally explosive.

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Woah.... what?

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Not so impressed with the visuals, alot of bad textures in there. Uncharted 2 will be best looking game this year methinks.

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:)

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Holy fuck! It takes place on U.S soil? Awesome, I was hoping for that 
  
Great trailer btw

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<3 RPGs.
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@emkeighcameron: You got something against orange juice?
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@funcmode said:

" @Atomasist said:

" Would everybody give the whole D.C. thing a break, and what that guy says in the trailer about the United States fighting all over the world is correct. This is due to the fact that the Unites States is considered the watchdogs of the world, and we go to other countries to help establish a sense of democracy so that crazy dictators or whomever can't shit on the people who live there. Does it work all of the time? No.  Why because the U.N. is too full of babies that won't do anything. I am not saying other countries have not helped us e.g. United Kingdom, Australia, and Spain, and others not including France.  This is just the facts, and in no way have any disregard for any countries and or people. "
 No offence but you're pretty misguided if you think the reason the USA does all this is to spread democracy. There's one motive and one alone, and it begins with "M". "
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmILOL55xP0
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Kickass - always thought the White House and surroundings would make for an awesome battlefield.

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awesome trailer 
the music was fucking great. i can't wait to see how the story comes out / how the soundtrack is.  
the game music is important to me, and this doesn't seem to disappoint 

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@Ertard said:

" It got delayed two weeks today - for the PC. It's also 60 euro/dollars on PC as well.   Basically, Activision is telling you to pirate the game. That's what I'll do anyway, til they lower the price to 40-50 which is a reasonable price. I'm sorry, but I just don't see why MW2 is worth 20 euro more then any other game, and Activisions bullshit tactics (they tried to sell Prototype for 60 on PC as well) are just pissing me off and turning me off a purchase. "

I just wondered a few minutes ago if they would delay the PC version. Then I saw your comment. 
 
It seems like every multi-platform game is doing this lately. I won't be getting MW2 until Christmas (if I even decide to buy it) so it shouldn't affect me, but these PC delays are getting old.
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This is a very, very impressive trailer. I'm now super curious to see how the story unfolds, along with the incredible multiplayer of course. I really hope the servers are going to be ready for the heavy workload when this game drops.