Modern Warfare 2 is bringing back the best Call of Duty mission ever
Modern Warfare 2 is bringing back the best ever Call of Duty mission, as footage from the FPS game’s new campaign trailer, alongside details from the actor playing Captain Price, reveal that there is a lot more to get excited for in CoD world than just multiplayer, Warzone 2, and the Modern Warfare 2 beta.
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, from all the way back in 2007, was a complete reconceptualisation of the war shooter genre. Until then, with respect to a few poorly-received or sleeper hit exceptions, if an FPS was set in a war, it was set in World War 2. CoD 4 changed all of that – with its contemporary setting, weapon customisations, and low-key missions focusing on secret, morally ambiguous special forces wetwork, it portrayed a grubbier, nastier side of war, emphasising the small atrocities over the big victories. The night-vision raid in Blackout, Price cooly executing Al-Asad, the C130 gunship – CoD 4 wanted you to get your hands dirty, and feel the tension and reality of what you were doing.
All Ghillied Up, the mission where you, as a young Price, accompany the soothingly-accented Captain MacMillan to an assassination in Ukraine, exemplifies many of CoD 4’s best qualities. Slow, steady, and laced with tension, it’s a showcase for the game’s focus on atmosphere and pacing over noise and bodycount. You crawl through the grass. You dispatch unwitting enemies from afar with silenced guns. MacMillan is constantly in your ear, praising you on a throat well cut. It’s the best and most memorable CoD mission to date, and now it’s back in Modern Warfare 2.
The latest gameplay trailer, confirming the campaign will become available a week early for fans who pre-order, shows a sniper, likely Price, lying in the grass,
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