Before I begin abusing Modern Warfare 2 more than an Asian hooker gets abused on a daily basis, I must let you know that I’m a huge fan of Modern Warfare 2 and the Call of Duty series as a whole. To hell with it, I’d even say that Modern Warfare 2 is one of my all-time favourite games. However, even the best of games have their problems and unfortunately Modern Warfare 2 has more problems than a paraplegic who has a bomb attached to their wheelchair. Join me as I talk through my top 10 issues with Modern Warfare 2 and explain the annoyances that make my time with game a real love/hate relationship.
10) Immature community full of underage kids
I suppose Infinity Ward can’t be blamed for this one, but it’s still an annoyance that I’m sure has put many people off playing the game. There’s nothing worse than listening to a 12 year old jacked up on Red Bull screaming down the mic and thinking he’s skilled at the game. To counter-act this, you can scroll down the list and simply mute the gamer but this isn’t possible during the loading screens and I swear they realise this and take advantage, taking our ear drums to hell and back in the 30 seconds or so that we haven’t got a choice but listen to their pathetic moaning and loud shrieks.
9) No vehicles
This could be seen as both a good and bad thing depending on your perspective. Tanks were a pain in the gluteus maximus back in the World at War days; when you were on the receiving end anyway. The addition of vehicles such as airplanes, jeeps etc could have added more variety to the gameplay if done correctly.
8) Lack of decent perks
The original Modern Warfare and World at War were full of perks and had a considerable amount more than Modern Warfare 2. Instead of giving us a good variety of perks to choose from, MW2 has fewer perks but instead upgrades the perks and adds features on to them when a certain amount of kills have been achieved with the perk attached. An example of this would be Stopping Power Pro allowing more damage to be done to vehicles. I personally preferred the larger variety of perks instead of the upgrade system as this allowed more customisation and different tactics to be used throughout the game.
7) Glitches plaguing the game
The glitches in Modern Warfare 2 have been well documented so I won’t bother mentioning them all; although I feel the Javelin glitch which pretty much guaranteed 1 or 2 kills for the cheater everytime you killed them is worthy of a mention. The possible reason so many glitches have been found could be due to the lack of a beta for the game. The original Modern Warfare had a beta and was, for the best part, clear of glitches, and the same can be said for Halo 3, so why did no beta occur for Modern Warfare 2? The fact that Infinity Ward took so long to fix the glitches is also an annoyance to me and a large majority of the MW2 community; having to suffer at the hands of the Javelin glitchers and cheaply die for a good three weeks just isn’t acceptable in my eyes.
6) Boosters
At least one in three free-for-all games seem to have what are known as boosters in them, and boosters are two douchebags who sit in the corner of the map and kill each other with the intention of earning killstreaks, mainly the Nuke. The amount of times me and my friends have been winning a game of Domination, Headquarters or a similar game mode only to see a Nuke called in from someone on the opposite team who has been achieving easy kills due to his friends just sitting there is unbelievable.
5) Lag/game ending
Lag, where the game jerks and doesn’t run smoothly due to the games servers, is a problem seen in pretty much all popular online multiplayer games but unfortunately lag occurs way to often in Modern Warfare 2. This could be due to the sheer amount of people who play MW2 and the servers can’t cope, but this isn’t a good excuse and should be fixed. Whilst on the subject of servers, dedicated servers weren’t included in the PC version of the game and this has angered many people, resulting in thousands of PC gamers boycotting the MW2 altogether.
A system where the game chooses a new host whenever the current host quits in order to keep the game running was implemented but simply doesn’t work and this is a real shame.
4) Poorly designed maps
It seems to me that Infinity Ward ran out of ideas when designing some of the maps for Modern Warfare 2. Of the 15 or so maps included with the game, I can honestly say that I only enjoy playing a maximum of 5. The other maps see to be bland and have too many camping and sniping spots for my liking. Compare this to the original Modern Warfare and World at War games where I only disliked 2 or 3 maps per game and you’ll see a big difference.
3) No party chat
The decision to not allow you to play team based games in Modern Warfare 2 whilst chatting with a party has got to be one of the most ridiculous decisions I have ever encountered. This was made so that you can’t help team mates after you have died by letting them know the enemies location on the map, but I don’t see why that was particularly a bad thing in the first place. The lack of party chat forces you to listen to the annoying kids and wannabe marines described in point 10.
2) Noob weapons
It is a common known fact that you do not have to be skilled at First Person Shooter games to be any good at Modern Warfare 2 due to the amount of what I like to call “noob weapons” available in the game. These are weapons that are stupidly easy to kill with and even a blind gamer with no hands would still be able to attain a positive ratio. Weapons that spring to mind are the Akimbo 1887’s which are double shotguns with a stupidly long range, allowing you to take people out from disgustingly long distances away and of course the “noob tube” which is a grenade launcher attached to the bottom of your gun and available with little work needed. These weapons have evened out the playing field for Modern Warfare 2 and therefore attract a lager community to the game, but it’s still a huge pain in the ass when you’re killed by a random noob tube fired from the other side of the map!
1) Campers
My number 1 annoyance with Modern Warfare 2 and the one thing that frustrates the hell out of me and has me cursing at the screen has to be the amount of campers there seems to be in Infinity Ward’s latest game. A camper is someone who sits in a certain space of the map for the whole game and doesn’t move due to being hidden well in cover and getting easy kills. The amount of times I have run around a corner to be shot by somebody just waiting for me with a shotgun is laughable.
So why does there seem to be more campers in Modern Warfare 2 than previous Call of Duty games? I believe the increase in campers is due to the longer killstreaks now available and people’s motivation to do whatever they can to achieve them. An example of this is a gamer camping until he has achieved 7 kills which awards him a harrier, which he then calls in and camps until the harrier has given him an extra 4 kills which by this time he’ll have 11 kills, resulting in a chopper gunner being activated and havoc being unleashed on the opposing team. The chopper gunner can easily get 15+ kills and this could result in a nuke being unlocked and therefore the game being won. You can’t blame people camping due to the over-powered killstreaks being available, but that doesn’t change the fact that I hate you all; play the game like a real man!
There you have it ladies and gentleman, the top 10 things about Modern Warfare 2 that piss me off. Do you agree with my choices? What else angers you? Leave us a comment below.
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I agree with it all. Personally, I despise what Call of Duty has become over the years. I’m one of the old guys who were there first on the PC. Good times, good times.
I agree with you completely. I was thinking if the game could realize that if someone has been sitting in one corner that it could just kill them and respawn them, only if they were holding something else besides a sniper and have certain locations programmed into the game where sitting for more than 10 seconds is not allowed. And I loved playing nazi zombies and cant wait for the new one to come out.
I whole heartedly agree. I wrote a blog about MW2 no longer being hardcore. After playing for several months (I too love/hate the game) I’m getting bored and frustrated with it for almost the exact same reasons you gave. Great article.
I completely agree with all of this. But hey, at least we have games like bad company to compensate for all of the horrible memories of MW2
I agree with all the points. I played this game for a week, maybe two. I got sick of always being killed by harriers, or missles or helicopters and never actually getting shot by the opposing team. They removed all the skill out of the game and made it way too noob friendly. Normally I don’t complain, but when some of my friends who were terrible at COD:MW and then all of sudden are tops in MW2, i knew something was wrong.
i could have sworn i wrote this list wothout knowing it when i was halfway through it. good job, it highlights most of the problems i had with this game.
i see myself as fortunate to have opted out and traded in the game before all of the hacks came rushing back, along with the 15 euro map pack.
I agree, but lets sum up problems 1-10 = The whole game is the problem!
the community issue that you mention is exclusive to the disgusting xbox live, if you play on PS3 it’s very different
there’s hardly any young kids because usually the PS3 audience is more mature (in age and otherwise)
also having played MW2 online on both I can honestly say that the campers issue is also a lot less frequent on PS3 and therefore the matches are more fun
for example, the map with the 2 bridges and the river going through is almost unplayable on 360, while on PS3 it still sucks but you can have fun with it
I’d like to add my hate for the killstreak rewards in this game. Players should NOT be given control of Gunner Choppers and AC130s… Were did the logic come from? Awrad good players getting alot of kills with an easier way to get more kills?? WHAT?? Topped off with a fouled up spawn system and it’s easy for the balance of the game to go right out the window.
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Yeah, be there in like 5 mins,. Hold on tight!!!
I don’t agree with everything but most. Personally, immature people is part of XBL in general. Best to have friends and party up, which leads to #3! I like the upgrading perks idea but do wish there were more variety. I don’t like noobtoobs either but they could level it out by making the grenade always explode after a given distance like the frags. The shotguns are just ridiculous all around. They need to rebalance that entire weapons set. As for the last one campers, part of life and nothing that can be done other than to prepare youself when going into a high camping area. I would like to see a refined weapon system. Instead of resetting all stats at prestige make high level stats that accumulate. Also, instead of resetting weapons just open a new set of prestige level weapons. There is lots they could do if they took some extra time. Before any enhancements they need to fix the networking issues, cheating, and modded controllers.
-Agree, but this is a Microsoft issue. Something should be done from a MS standpoint when an account is created that the person MUST put in an age. If the account is under 18 then they should NOT be allowed to play Mature rated games on XBL.
9) No vehicles
This is not a game for vehicles. If you want to drive around in a Jeep then go play Battlefield. This is a FPS you should have a weapon in your hand.
- The one perk that I missed the most from the original MW is Overkill. I want to be able to carry my Scar and have a sniper rifle as my secondary weapon.
7) Glitches plaguing the game
- Can’t argue this one. This game should have went through harder testing and things like this simply shouldn’t happen. Also, those who are doing this needs to be banned from XBL permanently, so harsher punishment would also deter this behavior.
6) Boosters
- This goes back to the age issue. I’m sure most of these boosters are kids so the age restriction would all but eliminate boosters.
5) Lag/game ending
- This game has made well over a billion dollars…don’t you think they could afford to implement dedicated servers???
4) Poorly designed maps
- I actually like the maps. I really like the Stimulus maps because no matter where you try to hold there are usually 3 ways into a building or location, so someone can’t cover all the entrances. I do agree that they could do more because bringing back Crash and Overgrown and include them as part of the Stimulus map pack was cheap. If they were going to do this then they should have just ported all the maps from COD 4…or they could just work on creating more new maps.
3) No party chat
- Party chat should be an option. I don’t want to hear some kids screaming/crying, etc., so just let me chat with my friends that I play with on a nightly basis.
2) Noob weapons
- I have no problem with the “noob tubes” because every person has the same option to use the weapons, so to say that it gives someone an unfair advantage is garbage. If you don’t like it, then learn how to use it and give them a taste of their own medicine. The “noob tube” is harder to aim, especially from long distances, but once you learn how to use it then it can play to your advantage. Personally I use it to clear out someone who is camping a position.
1) Campers
- This is where I disagree the most. You could call me a camper if that means that I am trying to get more kills than dying. I take control of an area and if you come in then I’m going to take you out. Don’t forget that you have methods of getting me out of the area, you could use flash bangs, grenades, noob tubes, you can use different perks to get passed my claymores, etc. Don’t cry if you aren’t good enough to take me out. Call me a camper, it will really hurt my feelings…I might even cry, but the object of the game is NOT TO GET KILLED! This game is tactical and if you don’t understand this basic concept then you really need to stop playing. I believe that if you want to run and gun the entire game that you should be playing Halo games instead of MW2.
Well would you look at that Bax. Yeeeehah!
I agree with SGT C on everything except the maps; there are only a few I feel do not “flow” well with team deathmatch but play well with CTF, demo, domination etc.
#5 lag
There is not ANY servers in call of duty mw2 even on PC. The game is peer hosted meaning somebody in the lobby is running the entire game from his house connection. That is why the game lags so bad.
mike ps3 has dedicated servers you dunce, cant stand misinformed/ignorant poeple spouting off
Dude you have nailed this spot on, i am pissed of with all the pussys in the game that have to use noob tactics and noob weapons. COD4 FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!
WHAT ABOUT THE STABBING FROM 10 FEET AWAY WHILE GETTING SHOT
You missed out one man army danger close and noob tube setup.
Perks they are missing (overkill to name one).
Commando getting stabbed from like 15 feet away is fun.
The time it takes to switch from a secondary to a primary weapon (unless the secondary is a handgun and even they are under powered..2 shots on core for 1 kill)…
This shows how bad this game is..trey arch took the call of duty 4 format and improved it. Im sure the next trey arch game will be amazing.
MW2 is complete garbage and im gonna trade that game in very soon.
I cannot support infinty ward after they released an unfinished game with almost 90 glitches and bugs which have been found to this date.
if the game is so noob friendly howcome you “expert” fps players cant conquer the noobs with expert tactics???? just curious
I blame activision for the relatively lower quality of this game. They wanted quantity over quality and rushed the game out by a deadline. I feel infinity ward would have done much better given more time. I no longer support activision. They bug me.
Agree 1000%. Plus the fact that the game turns into a First Person Stabber at times. All the reasons why I finally followed through on my threat to trade MW2 in. I don’t miss it.
i agree with the most of them,the first one was really cute,God bless you.
the worst thing that bothers me is when i am trying to kill an enemy,another foe comes and enterrupts by killing me,which irritates me.other things are tollerable though.
good luck
I disagree with campers being a problem. Just keep running to the same spot and get killed over and over again. It’s his fault you’re dying. Has nothing to do with how you’re playing, nope, not at all.
Want to end campers? Flash bangs, frags, and yes, noob tubes.
Most of your complaints are legitimate. But I’m going to take a step and point out that if you’re having a problem with people using noob tubes… why don’t you have blast shield on? If CoD:MC2 isn’t on something, it’s custom classes.
QQ noobs
agree with all of that except the “noob weapons” needs to be extended greatly and 1887′s are not really nooby (in fact are quite weak now after one of the very early patches) i say the: scar, FAMAS, M16, acr, Beret, ranger’s, spaz, rpg whoring, ump, noob tube (probably more i cant remember). about half the games weapons are so much harder to use and you resort joining in the noobs just to play the game.
n00b tube.
You say it requires no skill, you mean that same level as someone calling in an airstrike or harrier or nuke. In real combat, any soldier will use the best weapon to kill the enemy with the least risk or effort.
Are you going to demand that the United Nations tell the terrorists that they cannot use RPG’s because they are too powerful and too easy to get kills? Will they demand that the US stop using our advanced weapons because it is not fair to the terrorists?
Give me a break.
o man i agree. i remember sum punk sitting behind a crate in the scrapyard with coldblooded, ninja,bling with silencer and heartbeat moniter…..wtf….and noobtubes are a problem with noobs and a HUGE pain in the arse when experienced players who know every inch of the maps start launching them out with pinpoint accuracy killing me right at the start of the match…..o and dont get me started on the lightwight,marathon,commando combo….jeeze theres sooo much annoying stuff in this game
first of all there was an update for the models, so theres no more long range. and second, every game with a multiplayer component will have camping, why the fuck are you blaming the game while its players choice? because thers bigger killstreaks? killcams are there so u can see wer the guy is. Still, dont blame the game while its just a play style
No vehicles is a good thing IMO, with tanks you would need bigger maps, and with bigger maps the gameplay would not longer be the fast paced gameplay that makes the game popular.
Noob weapons I agree with, the games unbalanced and the persk are terrible, combinations make the game so unfair unless you join in.
Camping is the players fault and you cant blame IW for that but you can say they provoked it with the nuke and with things like the heartbeat senser
let be real here guys complaining about a masterfull game that is pretty well balanced is being pretty picky dont you think. I was under the impression that each perk had its counterpart able to nulifiy said advantage. Name a perk and ill tell you the counter to it. Kill streaks add an element that is hard to counter however for every harrier/chopper there is a javelin, really the only killstreak that cant be countered is the nuke for good reason as it does end the match.
how can infinity ward fix imiture community. every game has it
Sounds like you need to get Battlefield Bad Company 2, its pretty much got it all.
I agree with all the BS in this game. I hate these people that use the marathon run across the board in a flash stab ya, I also hate that I am using an Acr or some type of assault rifle unload on people and get stabbed. I think someone needs to monitor some of this crap that goes on and ban the players. I did enjoy the game when it was played like a fighting game, Campers dont bother me I do it to try to take out cheaters. To killed by a pistol at 50-100 yds, after I just unloaded a clip into them sucks. Quit early tonight again! because I was killed by a knife thrown halfway across the board only problem when killcam came up the knife was 4-5 ft. the otherside the alley way. Also these people that seem impossible to kill takes the enjoyment out of the game. No way someone can run around the board get 19 of 20 available kills without a death you aint that good. Yep the game is headed back due to gameplay and the fact when all users are mixed together takes the fun out and of the 63 friends I had only 3 still play. I do enjoy it more when mostly PS3 users are on a whole different game. BYE BYE MW2
Its interesting to me that nobody has mentioned hackers. I agree with Sgt. C on everything he said especially his point on camping. The point is not to die. Soldiers don’t run around in the open spraying and praying and killing people in chance encounters. Soldiers camp because they only have one life and don’t want to lose it. Camping is only about trying to play the game more realistically instead of running around the map like an idiot that would most certainly kill you in real life.
Back to the hackers. This has been the easiest hacked COD game of all time and its not even designed to be modded unlike previous versions. This game has the worst lag and glitching even if you add all other COD games up together. You are non-stoping dodging aimbots, wallhacks, speedhacks, health hacks, etc. You name it in this game and there is a hack for it. Worst fo all you don’t even have to be smart to hack, all you need is $20. There is nothing like playing against an intervention quickscoper with an aimbot….instant targeting, no shake, no recoil, instant death with 1 shot 1 kill. Running around out inthe open with a bolt action sniper rifle that can respond faster than an assault rifle and kill with one bullet is rediculous. I don’t mind sniping but he intervention quickscoping hackers with aimbots is out of control. I won’t even play in Wasteland anymore because the maps are filled with them. The hacking issues are directly related to no dedicated servers and Valve anti-Cheat being completely inaffective. I could go on about this topic all day but I think I’ve made my point.
The issues you have highlighted regarding the modern warfare 2 is quite impressive and good one.4,5 and 6 according me are main issues..
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