Vivian on 3/12/2009 at 05:18
I don't get you
gunsmoke on 3/12/2009 at 14:23
I don't remember GTA centering missions entirely around civilian murder. It was on option in the game, but I doubt a mission was based on it. If there was, I certainly don't recall it.
Koki on 3/12/2009 at 14:25
Gay bar. Chainsaw.
CCCToad on 3/12/2009 at 16:40
Quote Posted by gunsmoke
I don't remember GTA centering missions entirely around civilian murder. It was on option in the game, but I doubt a mission was based on it. If there was, I certainly don't recall it.
Back in highschool somebody I knew was talking about how San Andreas had a mission where you brutally massacre a team of construction workers and then dump the boss(who is inside a porta-john) into a pit of quick-crete.
Weird thing was he thought that mission was awesome.
gunsmoke on 4/12/2009 at 01:16
Quote Posted by CCCToad
Back in highschool somebody I knew was talking about how San Andreas had a mission where you brutally massacre a team of construction workers and then dump the boss(who is inside a porta-john) into a pit of quick-crete.
Weird thing was he thought that mission was awesome.
That I do remember. Though that was a guy who your family (sister) had a Beef with. Not 'innocent' per se. I mean, someone you have a beef with is one thing. Just walking into a public place an opening fire on hundreds of civs, whom have nothing to do with anything in related to the story or anything else whatsoever, is COMPLETELY different.
henke on 29/11/2010 at 20:32
Just finished the singleplayer camapign. Wow. This game is not short on amazing setpieces. The first 2 or 3 missions are a bit slow, but then the controversial "No Russian" mission comes up. And let me tell you, the "No Russian" mission is absolutely essential. It sucks you into the story right away. And it has to be something you play. If it was just a cutscene it wouldn't be the same thing. If it was just detailed in the briefing it wouldn't be the same thing. Acts of terrorism are so common in todays world that we hardly bat an eyelash at them anymore, even less so in a videogame. But to put the player in that position, to actually be there but helpless to do anything, and it's much more shocking. It really brings the brutality of it home. And the way that mission ends! Man.
I was totally hooked on the story after that. But that's not even the story's emotional highpoint. There are a dozen memorable setpieces after that one and particularly a couple near the end that manage to shock the same way the airport scene does. There were a few parts that even made me feel something that I can't recall many other games have managed to stir in me. Despair. You know? Like when Emperor Palpatine tells Luke about the trap he's set for the Rebel forces. Or that bit in Toy Story 3, when they're in the the junkyard. Game narratives usually can't inspire that kind of despair in me, I always know that no matter how bleak things may look just before the ending, a few well-placed combos and a good number of quickloads will mean that the good guys win in the end. But there were parts near the end of MW2 where I sat with my controller in my hands, staring at the loadingsceen, not sure whether a new level was loading or the endcredits were about to roll and the badguys had indeed won.
Fantastic story throughout, and well presented. As for the gameplay: well it's an above-average shooter. There were a few parts that I felt were a bit trial-and-error-y and also a few parts where I didn't really know what I was supposed to be doing. The game also looks fantastic and the animations are top-notch. This game is quite cheap by now, so even if you're, like me, not all that interested in the multiplayer it's still a price-worthy purchase. I got the Hardened Edition for around 25 euros, which included a downloadable version of CoD1(which I haven't played before).
SinglePlayer Campaign: 8/10
june gloom on 29/11/2010 at 20:37
Yeah MW2's a fantastic game as long as you don't play multiplayer. It's got some serious flaws (fuck you Brazil, among a few minor issues of poor research) but the plot isn't half as incoherent as I'd feared it was and the overall premise makes a frightening amount of sense.
Koki on 30/11/2010 at 06:45
Quote Posted by henke
And let me tell you, the "No Russian" mission is absolutely essential. It sucks you into the story right away.
That's funny. I finished MW2 four times and I skipped "No Russian" each time precisely because it's so fucking retarded and doesn't make any sense story-wise.
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But there were parts near the end of MW2 where I sat with my controller in my hands
With the controller, you say...
henke on 30/11/2010 at 09:33
Koki's reason for not playing the No Russian mission is the same reason I'm not replying to his post.
PS. This is not me replying to Koki's post. I'm just writing stuff to the general public but noone in particular ok.
Koki on 30/11/2010 at 10:01
Quote Posted by henke
PS. This is not me replying to Koki's post. I'm just writing stuff to the general public but noone in particular ok.
Ok!
