What Modern Warfare II Did RIGHT! | (Final Review Part 1)

[@arjayo]

A pretty minor thing that I really enjoyed was pistol fastdraw. Now that I think about it, the pistols in general were just all around great, each had their own niche, even among the full auto ones

[@tonedeaftachankagaming457]

I think it was underutilized, especially with staged reloads having the fastdraw has saved me so many times

[@bobdarrick2628]

Yeah the handguns were balanced great in this game. Most classes were good. LMGs, handguns, snipers, shotguns, etc. It was mainly just ARs that sucked. A lot of them looked the same as each other or had similar stats, so played almost the same. We had way too many ARs. They added a new AR basically every season. Besides S3 when they added a new battle rifle. The battle rifles were balanced well amongst each other but I don’t think we needed even more rifles (on top of ARs, marksman rifles and sniper rifles). It was just too many.

[@bobdarrick2628]

I didn’t like the weapon platform system much. Even though I prefer IW for Mp, I hope Treyarch’s game doesn’t have weapon platforms. That would be something to look forward to.

[@LearnedSophistry]

Pistols were great they had to be because they were competing with overkill which was a prominent perk in a relatively weak spot

[@tcritty2812]

Handguns on their own were awesome and felt very balanced. Akimbo pistols to this day are still infuriating and bull shit

[@arch5701]

It needs to be mentioned that they made pistols viable on their own in this game + the quick draw mechanic. Also the other little stuff adding more layer to movement like vaulting over the higher ledges and dolphin dive are a welcome addition. Scopes in this game were also done really well and were given more character with reticles and I loved that the game made you come out of your comfort zone and try out other weapons to unlock different attachments.

[@dankmctwist6575]

Idk if the vaulting over higher ledges can be counted. I fall off ledges alot because the wall hang mechanic is buggy, Plus cold wars and Bo4s vaulting was WAYYY higher

[@shidderalpha2293]

No joke, I've been running the 9mm deamon w/ a shield on my back, and it's the only way I can have fun anymore.

[@bencrawfo]

Pistols are the best guns in HC. They one shot across the map. Assault rifles take 2-3 shots. Depending on the point of view pistols are the most unbalanced thing in the game.

[@jamessharpe2625]

I personally didn't like the weapon attachment unlocking process. It forced people to use pretty awful weapons to level up for hours just to use the gun they want. For people like me, who have limited time to play, I don't want to spend my 2 sessions a week not enjoying the game because I've had to use a shite weapon. Not bad once ranked drops but until then, it's not enjoyable.

[@bbobson2k]

​@@jamessharpe2625and at least based on the beta MW3 has the same ridiculous level up mechanics. Sure all the MW2 guns are carrying over leveled to whatever state you have them in but I'm going all in with the new MW3 guns. So yep it's going to be a slow crawl to level them up after the launch. Upside is from the beta I know what early attachments unlocked while leveling up are valuable. 👍

[@dillonc7955]

I loved the balancing between pistols. They reminded me a lot of Black Ops 2 since they filled specific niches that fit every player instead of there being 1 dominant choice. The P890 was very competitive but a competent player with another pistol could easily compete.

[@scottjs5207]

The Auto Deagle being an absolute powerhouse was buckets of fun! One of my favorite pistols I've ever used over the years!

[@datboi2232]

i ran a mix of snakeshot, tec 9, and a glock setup that made it esentially a dmr

[@TheShapeshiftingReptilian]

You mean pistols no one used😅

[@CalzaTheFox]

The fact that the starting pistol could remain competitive in some fashion is a good mark of balance. I didn't feel like any one gun remained king for long. Many guns shared the throne.

[@strelitzia669]

Bro pistol balancing is ruined after tec9 came out. It's noticeably better than x13 and such a good full auto pistol will make other sidearms overshadowed.

[@daniguess]

This goes with animations, but I appreciate how many weapons had slightly different reload animations depending on if you had Fast Hands or not. Pistols were real fun this year too, especially with the quick draw handles they added.

[@blackstone1a]

Pistol fastdraw is the best thing ever and needs to be standard in every CoD going forward. Especially if your running a specialized weapon (shotty/sniper) it's so nice to whip out a pistol that covers the primary's weakspot and still be able to fight

[@xenclam216]

Sidearm power felt really good in the game. Pistols performed really well and felt really fun. DMZ was really fun as well. It was great to change things up instead of just playing MP all the time. The camos system was one of my favorites. Ultimately, the perk system and slow strafe speed was what killed it for me.

[@scottjs5207]

Team balance got it for me... I got fed up needing to carry my team even when I was using stupid stuff that absolutely killed my ability to do well, but I would consistently be top player on the team.

[@xenclam216]

@scottjs5207 Ugh yeah, if you have one solid round it would put you with 5 lower skill players vs the team you just rolled the server with. Definitely obnoxious.

[@tmytyson]

Following up on the camo system, I liked how the mastery system in MW22 had you use your gold weapons to unlock plat and so on, instead of immediately abandoning guns you already mastered like in years past.

[@arnorobberechts7596]

The toggle between killstreaks and scorestreaks was brilliant!!

[@ameenfarooq8172]

I think the sound of guns was very well done each sounded distinct and had its own characteristics

[@scottjs5207]

Really? Every SMG sounded exactly the same from third person from my experience. I couldn't tell if someone was using an auto Glock, MP5, etc. which really drove me up a wall.

[@TheKirBoi]

A downgrade from 2019, but still really solid.

[@starboyjedi13]

@@scottjs5207 for real. Literally every gun sounded the same. its worse when you add a suppressor.

[@keegangossett2896]

For me, I really enjoyed the camo structure with each gun unlocking 4 camos across the board. It actually encouraged me to go for for camos instead of a relentless grueling grind which I never went for in previous titles.

[@2MeterLP]

First game I did camos in because I knew it wouldnt take 2000 hours to get anywhere. Was a lot of fun!

[@lifestream1689]

I never thought we'd get here with mw2. I look forward to these videos in particular when the new cod is releasing. Just felt like a long year man

[@MarkOfAHero]

Maps were def solid in this game, some good underrated ones I’d like to see in future games

[@jasonsiegfried2952]

Loved that they added Quickdraw. Its realistic and fits extremely well gameplay-wise. Pistols in general were handled well.

[@LearnedSophistry]

A small thing that was added later, i really like the damage taken information when you die, it just lets you know how much damage you took from people when you die, and i like knowing if i took damage from 1 person or got teamshot

[@Tir918]

Never been here this early, noice, and thank you for your continued support of reviewing all of the changes this game has gone through

[@Pop_Shepski]

I back out of 81% of the maps in this game. It’s like they say “hey you want to play Border?! No? Okay how about Black Gold? No, How about Border?!”

[@mork6894]

Any guesses as to the length of part 2? I'd bet it's more than 30 minutes long with how the last year has gone.

[@SaifSKH]

As usual the CoD community over exaggerates everything, there’s not a lot of bad in this game besides dead silence and red dots on the mini map being missing and the movement being a little limited (which if we’re being honest is a subjective thing, some people prefer the movement the way it is)

[@xenon5493]

If it's under an hour it'll be too short

[@valor3918]

Better stock up on popcorn 😂😂

[@lHlydro]

spawns???? Time to kill???? @@SaifSKH

[@WhoDevv]

don't worry, next year they'll be saying how much they loved this game and how trash the current cod is.@@SaifSKH

[@Frost4Real]

I loved the changes they made to camos. Just 4 challenges to unlock Gold challenges, and having camos unlock on all weapons, rly improved the stale non-stop grinding we saw in the previous 3 games.

[@jackmcnally8706]

While I only touched the beta, the scorestreak toggle was fantastic and I’m so happy it’s coming back in MW3, which I do plan on getting.

[@Anonymo-US_1776]

DMZ! I know it’s not for everyone, but there is a large cult following. I was never a big WZ player unless I had my son or nephews that wanted to squad up so I used to play a lot of plunder. Eventually I tried rebirth and loved it! Fast forward to MW2… still not a big WZ mode fan so I’d play either MP or ground war based gameplay. Didn’t really understand DMZ until a few months ago when I was feeling burned out on the whole game. Figured I’d give it another shot and it’s the most fun I’ve had since Rebirth Island. Not too sure about this whole zombie thing, but I suppose I’ll give it a fair shake before I decide to move on to something different.

[@Doey135]

The weapon inspections were really good, I love a good weapon inspection

[@WelshTurkey]

One detail I really liked was the animation when you’re inside the gunship as it’s shot down

[@TeamMutuallyAssuredDestruction]

Here are mine -The campaign was fun with a lot of gameplay variety. -The gunplay felt really good. It’s one of those things that I can’t describe, it just felt great. -I know it was an extremely divisive feature but I kind of liked having to use different weapons to unlock certain weapons and attachments. I normally don’t run semi auto rifles in CoD multiplayer but I ended up doing it to get a few weapons unlocked and I’m glad I did -You can toggle between scorestreaks and killstreaks -The new camo challenge system made grinding a lot less frustrating. I liked how the camos looked and how each weapon had a unique set that could be applied to all weapons after unlocking them. -They didn’t combine assists and kills -The firing range was a great addition despite being extremely barebones. It sucks that this isn’t a mainstay in CoD games -Graves -I’m glad console players got an FOV slider -Inverted flashbang option -I didn’t touch the ranked mode but everyone who did seemed to really like it. Treyarch did a great job

[@kokaop3838]

Console has had fov slider since cw lol

[@vpv2036]

Your men have been... detained

[@TeamMutuallyAssuredDestruction]

@@kokaop3838 i meant for an MW game in the warzone era, my bad

[@calmoho7147]

This was first year I ever went for the whole mastery cano grind and I loved it, I’m glad it gave people who don’t have time to play the game all day the chance to get a pretty awesome camo. I hope it comes back in mw3

[@Bloodline2009]

Personally, I loved how good the game looked. The guns and weapon audio as well as the vehicle audio was very good. Shame the footstep audio was so inconsistent, perhaps with so many audio items available in the game, the servers and the engine wouldn't allow more than a certain amount to be played at any given time. I hope in future games and better tech, the devs will allow a larger player bubble for audio cues.

[@DevlVergil]

Gunplay and gun design (sound and animations) was 90% of the fun of the game for me tbh. Even though the less casual part of the community didn't like the visual recoil and muzzle smoke I personally really loved it, made the guns feel so much more punchy and immersive. Unfortunate that they are heavily decreasing this for MWIII imo.

[@sonfgodla5508]

I kinda agree with that…the visual recoil wasnt too bad but if they toned down the muzzle flash and smoke would have played better. In the night map you cant even see what your shooting

[@daywizzle]

Was a nightmare on mnk tho

[@arch5701]

Exactly the reason why I don't want to get MW3 lol!

[@Grabmyjohnson]

I feel you brother

[@adameriksson3741]

I really noticed how much I love the sounds in mw2 when I played mw3 beta, mw3 sounds like toy guns in comparison.

[@igreyfox9793]

Staged Reloads, I really liked it for all my guns and not just for LMG's. To me, it made some gunfights a bit more natural and more intense, especially when i had my pistol quickdraw in my back pocket just incase someone was about to rush me and i could somewhat take careof them and not have to reload all over again. "B-b-but muh ReLoAd CAnCel! ItS FAstER an MoRE EfFiCieNT!" As someone who's been playing CoD MP since CoD4 and has reload cancel literally ingrained into my brain/hands, I'm honestly over it.

[@jaskats1]

You are going to hit 1 Million subscribers when MWIII is released. The best coverage of COD occurs right here. Thanks for your dedication to this game.

[@noiseker]

I like that they nerfed the slide cancel for this one, it was great to not spectate a bunch of people sliding and getting up like maniacs...

[@b1gd1ckmaver1ck5]

Since everyone is already talking about pistol fast draw, I personally preferred the weapon progression style that MWII brought in. I know a lot of people didn’t like being forced to use weapons they didn’t like, but it was better than grinding 70 levels per gun. Plus we had DMZ, witch made grinding levels a whole lot easier.

[@mcnalga]

The headshot noise is one of the best out of all the CoDs. It might be a little too loud though lol

[@sonfgodla5508]

I think the weapons case in dmz to get the nuclear skin and the koschei complex ak skin scavenger hunt was actually really sick. Probably the only hype MW2 brought

[@gsflip00graham19]

I like how MWII buffed the damage rates for some of the weapons when you swapped them over into semi auto. I am fully aware of how unrealistic that is, however it gave the weapon a different feel and gave people who enjoy semi auto more or a chance in gunfights.

[@crownmajesty]

The graphics and sound were awesome!

[@nepharite]

I really enjoyed the flow of maps in this game. Modern Warfare 2019 already did a great job with giving the player many different areas to reach and explore, and ways to break the map flow, and I feel like Modern Warfare II only improves on that. The new mantling system allows your character to mantle higher up obstacles, and albeit it's very slow, I do really enjoy having it. And I agree with you on the camo system. Camos are something I look forward to in Call of Duty, and I'm always upset when they don't add in any post-launch camos and just focus on dumb blueprints with skins on them that could easily just be camos (*cough* Damascus blueprint from MWII *cough*). However, this game really delivered with offering even more camos for the player to get, with EVERY post-launch weapon coming bundled with new ones, alongside other events, such as the Raid events, offering the player camos as rewards.

[@RedBarchettaYYZ]

Unlocking guns and testing them out was very fun, i spent more time than i honestly should have in the firing range, putting on attachments and taking them off after testing them out was honestly really fun and i cannot wait to do that again in mw3 with the new guns.

[@wj8873]

You forgot the sound of the guns in this game ! M4 loud, Tac when someone else shooting it. Brilliant iron sights. The graphics of infinity ward games compared to sledgehammer. The ability to get lots of multi kills. As annoying sometimes but the audio phenomenal too. The funny comments the operators say. Maps some solid 3 lane maps. Great videos man

[@rockelino]

What they did right: animations, graphics, that's about it.

[@turbo558]

Personally loved the unlock methods for guns/attachments. It made people have to challenge themselves for once to get things they wanted. First cod that really rewarded players that grind the game and are willing to try different guns.

[@toughluck8012]

It seemed to me that it was overly complicated and annoying. I much prefer the classic unlock at level x or for post launch guns to complete a small-medium challenge. The weapon families thing just seemed like a lazy way to rehash essentially the same gun with minor changes, instead of just making up a different gun with its own identity. I also hated that you had to grind half way through one gun's levels just to use another one. And I find the argument that it forces people to experiment with other guns more completely invalid because i would have used every gun for the camo challenges anyways. This just felt restrictive and forced for no reason.

[@MonicaLewinski-d5s]

Great video. It’s refreshing to hear someone highlighting the positives that the game for a change had rather than just whining about the negatives constantly. Although I think there are a fair amount of negatives, the game has to have been doing a fair amount right for everyone to have stuck with it for a whole year.

[@Renegade-re4vs]

One of the absolute best things about this game was the tied progression system. I loved being able to take breaks, missing entire seasons and catching back up with a couple games of DMZ, unlock wise. One of my favorite parts of gun games is unlock challenges, but whenever a new gun was added, I almost never got it out of the battle pass because I would unlock it as I went.

[@Cheechers]

I know that the second part will obviously be longer because explaining what they did wrong will take longer than explaining what they did right, but it's gonna be funny to see how much longer that video will be. IN MW19 his "what they did right" review was 15 minutes compared to his "what they did wrong" was 48 minutes lol. I also can't help but notice that a lot the things in this video aren't big gameplay factors lmao

[@TheReversedCOD]

It´s nice that they continued to release every new weapon for free and also got rid of the boring "play X amount of matches to unlock" - challenges!

[@joshuachampagne3819]

One small thing I loved was being able to both slide and dive. I often use sliding when I'm pushing and diving if I need to get out of somewhere fast.

[@batsukamuro]

💯% agree. The level of detail in the options let’s you tailor you controls just the way want them. Loved DMZ. Had a great time infiling with friends and doing solos. Level design was great. Firing range is mad useful. The incentives to use new gear is pretty great. Shock stick and drill charge are some of my favorites. Quick draw is great.

[@jakob6below]

what i loved about invasion is how much xp i could get to level up my guns. it helped indefinitely, especially with snipers.

[@prototype27]

+1 to everything you mentioned. I also really enjoy the core gunplay and feel of shooting in MW2--I realize this may be unpopular, but I prefer the weightier and more tactile feel of the larger visual recoil here.

[@YAEteddy]

Sameee

[@1FifaGamer]

MP was so rough they had to get treyarch to help with the camo designs and ranked 😂

[@Elite04232]

One problem I had with suppressors in this game is it said that it helped with “recoil smoothness” and no matter how much recoil smoothness it gave you, I found myself feeling like the suppressors only made the recoil worse

[@MuhammadZhafran]

one thing that i really REALLY like about MWII is the camo progression, unique camo everytime the new weapon being added, and how there's seasonal challenges mastery camos (Shoutout to my beloved bowing blossoms camo and Ghoulie camo), it just give me a reason to play and comeback and the other thing that I like is (everyone know this by now) is the animation, 9mm Daemon inspect animation my beloved

[@daeladub]

As a solo player I wish they had a pve dmz mode or weekly rotating campaign missions that awarded loot.

[@Slayrron]

One little thing that is really well done for me is operators communication like for instance when teammates announce that they are right behind you covering your back it's not a lot but it's cool

[@the_lifeoftimbo]

A thing I liked about MW2 was weapon tuning but they had messed up on not giving us detailed stats like CW and Vanguard.

[@snoopcodd]

I’ve been waiting all year for the next part of this video

[@Yosh4761]

Honestly the most fun thing in this game for me has been the mid season events and the challenges that came with them. I hope we see some stuff like that in the next game

[@Renegade-re4vs]

I think the way they handle mid season events is a bit harsh, seeing how in some cases it is impossible to get it done if you only join halfway into the event

[@MoonDevoured]

I've always wanted a solid white camo in past CODs and then with MWII it was feasible, but the challenge was so out of my purview that i finally gave up and knew I'd mever achieve it. thats a fkn shame, I'd have to use a gun I'd otherwise never use to unlock something for another gun 🙄

[@ExorPraetor]

While visual recoil is egregious, I like that bullets actually go where the optic's dot is pointing. I'm not sure this is really a positive, though, because it's a band-aid fix for a problem that didn't exist before MW19.

[@jacobmiller6916]

Im honestly really happy you mentioned cheating in ranked but i had fun while i could with this game i definitely agree it was held back by a numerous amount of things but it was gun while it lasted. Really hoping that we can keep this style of ranked play system wise going forward:) cant wait to see part two of your review of the game Ace

[@jacobmiller6916]

@MrSirDrRevCapt I actually do agree with you on that. It was pretty sad hearing about major people quitting league because of that. Edit:Cheaters without a doubt ruined this mode for everyone and I say this for everyone. Warzone ranked was really bad too but we're talking about multi-player here lol

[@JEWxChasers]

Need to bring back the vibrant solid colors!

[@transmundanemusic]

This game got undue hate. Every time I play, I have a blast. The gun recoil is crazy, the visibility when shooting is trash, but overall the game just has great gameplay imo.

[@roscojenkins4740]

Been rocking with u since BO4. Looking forward to this MW3 grind with u.

[@travelerspooks]

Something that might be a bit weird to explain, but I did really like about this game - It rewarded game knowledge more than previous titles have. Especially on, say, the Warzone/DMZ side. Knowing the effectiveness of different guns at different ranges, being able to tell what your enemy is using before you get into the fight, and even on the multiplayer side, this game really rewarded taking a second to think things through and move more tactically instead of just dead sprinting around the map. I feel that this title did more for people who improve through exploiting superior tactical knowledge rather than their reaction time, which is more of the opposite of what previous titles have done. Used to just be if you were faster, you would win in most cases. I hardly found myself sprinting around the maps in this game, mostly just walking, and I maintained very good stats playing the way I would perform these actions in a more realistic way, the way I did during my time in the service.

[@PinpointG]

When I saw this title, I thought it was going to be a 3 minute video 😂 😅

[@JunoJPG]

My fav thing about mw2 is the gamemode variety i felt like there was a mode for every type of playet

[@turtleberries7530]

Dmz was definitely ruined by the sweaty player-hunting squads.

[@ninthm00n]

Letting us load into FFA with a party is a super WIN so much fun to play with your friends and randos while slaying each other. And i agree with the pistols the x12 was my highest kill weapon overall for a long while in the beginning.

[@kindofahater6385]

While I did get burnt out after I unlocked Orion, I really enjoyed the version of shipment they decided to go with instead of the spawnkill fest that was mw2019s shipment.

[@redline841]

Greatest addition in MW2 that I hope they continue working on is installing native gyro support to the game, and properly giving it love. This is unironically one of my most played games because of that one feature

[@Latinblood59]

I liked the weapon tuning. As someone who plays Forza/ GT and does A LOT of tuning on cars, tuning guns was also fun.

[@articcenturion8387]

Totally agree. It felt great, carefully adjusting a weapon until it felt just right and perfect for you.

[@AletuCoD]

It sounded cool at the beginning but it was just a gimmick, you literally just "tuned" every attachment as to where you would have the most positive and least negative, not really to your liking

[@2MeterLP]

The drillcharge was wonderful. Perfect against campers, and Ive gotten so ridiculously many kills against players who had every opportunity to run away but just kept standing right next to the wall that just started spewing sparks.

[@aarong2k138]

Weapon tuning, scorestreak animations, the gunplay, free rewards/login rewards, and weapon variety. It wasn't the greatest CoD but it was good. Had so much fun learning all the new things IW decided to bring into this title.

[@2MeterLP]

GUN SOUNDS! Thats really important to me and most guns sounded great! Using a gun just feels so much cooler when it has a good, bassy boom to it.

[@justpain9165]

2 things i loved, tac laser, that gives you the avility to half aim but faster than regular ads, that felt great, speacially for weapons that just had TOO MUCH visual recoil, so sad tac stance seems like an uncomplete version of that, so that'd be 1, and 2, the camo grind, having the freedome to say, "hey, i really don't want to do melees and launchers this year" was amazing, granted, yeah, i only got orion on like season 2 or 3, but still, having the choice to do it right from the start or do it my way down the line was definitely a step up in that regard for me. (note, that the last part of the grind, like unlocking the camo for each individual weapon, like platinum, polyatomic, and orion, was lengthy AF, but still, it had to feel grindy at some point, since weapons had less levels this year, and we shared so much stuff between them, it was only right that the mastery was the actual grind of it, not that i liked it, but i can understand where it came from).

[@farenhitegr6493]

DMZ, personally for me is something I wouldn't miss if it were to disappear come the release of S1 of MW2023. Given the state that it's in, with free UAVs in bundles, if you don't have friends that tolerate the game mode, you'll have a bad time.

[@hanztk247]

Honestly, been playing CoD since 2018 (wife, kids…) so since I had less and less time, this type of game was great for me (meaning multiplayer fps). I used to play BF, Siege, Cs, dirty bomb etc. I have played cod 1 and 2 even multiplayer (yeah Im an OG). MW2 2022 was a first CoD where I unoocked orion. Truly enjoyed that title. Probably wont be buying MW3. I was counting on MW2 to be 2 year title, cuz I dont really have that much time to game and I hate being behind everybody

[@Lucas_silvax]

Part 2 would be a movie

[@JonkoSplonko]

Oh boy! The best part of the year is here!

[@ph4tcat]

Pistol Fastdraw was a good edition, a real neat mechanic. Also SOUND, while the footstep audio is still shit, just overall sound of guns, impacts, headshot and hits, so good. One of the things that was pulling me out of MWIII was how bad the sounds were. It sounded so goofy, the LMG's sounds, the hit indicator, the headshot indicator. It sounded closer to a slot machine than a COD game.

[@ninjalemon9082]

MW2 has been one of my favorite CoDs. I put in quite a bit of playtime, and I enjoyed pretty much every minute of it. Weapon balance was spot on after all the guns that needed buffs got the buffs. I never felt like anything was really overpowered, and only a few guns were ever underpowered (M16, I'm looking at you.) Map design is amazing. Plenty of jump/parkour spots to flank or surprise people. Gunsmith and all the weapons are phenomenal. I DO miss how many grenade launcher types we had in MW2019, like flash, smoke, concussion, incendiary, etc. And the guns themselves? The way they actually kick, flash, smoke, etc is just great. I wish they were going with the same visual recoil in MW3. I prefer my guns to kick, especially when you move up in caliber. And the dot misalignment threw me off in the MW2 beta, but I grew to love it, as I love little touches of realism like that, and staged reloads. I have accepted reload cancelling, but never really liked it, as its a bit jarring in the way that its just not how guns work. If you remove a mag, it needs to be put back in. If you start a reload, and need to stop, you either put the mag back in, or you finish your reload. All in all, MW2 captures for me what CoD always has and will be: An arcade shooter with realistic touches on guns and equipment, but with the feel of moving around the battlefield like some legendary operator, who at the end of the day, uses all the tools at his disposal to win. MW2 makes me happy.

[@jamieseguin8576]

First MW game I've played since Black Ops 2. Overall, agree on the skins, gun range, and ability to tweak a gun within the boundaries they put. I enjoyed the pace, coming from slower shooters like Destiny 1-2. Love you vids!

[@internziko]

Damn, Ace! Your gameplay was fire in this video!

[@Joao-jl6xv]

The best part of this game is grind for camos and the secrets in dmz the gun balancing is pretty good too

[@infxmhc]

I really liked DMZ and the way the guns looked and felt in multiplayer.

[@ALI.x]

5:35 I wish we could toggle it in the beginning of the match depending on the mode, especially if I'm qued in a mosh pit playlist 6:10 Drill charges are still inconsistent and we still get a danger indicator when it's the teammates drill charge which is annoying.

[@publicsafetyhazard]

Personally I like that they kept the weapons in the game mostly modern. No WW2 bolt actions or 1911s that were underpowered. There's so many awesome weapons in 2023 now and even if they didn't see much development past initial testing like the Cronen Squall's real life counterpart, I'm happy a modern warfare game has modern guns.

[@tonedeaftachankagaming457]

The attachments and models in general are very realistic and well handled. I was very disappointed with sledgehammers handling of the guns and attachments- light bolt on a pump shotgun? bolt AK, weird SVD/AR hybrid, the 9mm AR abomination, the ugly AN94… That being said, I miss the WW2 weapons in MW2019. Insurgent style weapons have a place, I need the MG34 and K98 back

[@lunchpin403]

​​@@tonedeaftachankagaming457the SVD/AR hybrid you're on about is the SVCh, a modular semi auto dmr designed by Kalashnikov concern for russian SF. I don't think it's been adopted by any military but it's definitely a real gun in production. There's definitely also bolt action AKs in the wild somewhere but it's a really odd choice to add

[@tonedeaftachankagaming457]

@@lunchpin403 Hadn’t heard of the SVCh yet, thanks for the info. The bigger problem with the bolt action AK is that it’s a sniper rifle, not a marksman. It’s an odd choice either way but very weird putting it in class with precision rifle cartridges… IW put some thought into making the classes make sense. Assault rifles are in intermediate cartridges, battle rifles in full-power rifle with select fire, precision/Anti material calibers for snipers. Attachments usually make sense too, with the M1014 getting bolts instead of the pump, the semi auto mods as “high grain,” etc. Sledgehammer decided to invent guns- and ugly ones- while apparently doing 0 research on how they should work. Not to mention the optics. I’m just hoping the guns I can stand to use wont be garbage

[@TheJeevo92]

I liked that pistols were viable. I also enjoyed the dolphin dive and slide were both usable. Drill charge was a fantastic addition to gameplay. It could be annoying but it was fun and useful.

[@djabouty47]

One thing I liked was weapon balance. Meta guns weren't too powerful, pistols were incredibly viable, and all snipers were quite good.

[@L3XisLIVE]

The camo grind was great, it was my first mastery camo unlock (did it back in Jan), with the exception of long shots of course. Would love to see these changed to obj kills or something like that.

[@BigGriffDog427]

MW2 was great fun to play all year. I loved the various challenges and Camo grinds. Cheating players is my biggest frustration. So many hackers just ruin the game immersion completely.

[@DamBaker95]

Handguns were a highlight in this game. It's indeed a good reflection from BO2 back in 2012. Both game utilize handguns in a way that they are extremely viable in close-quater situations and even outclass primaries.

[@myytti16]

This game had amazing graphics for a COD. Guns sounded great also.

[@BCBtheBeastlyBeast]

For real. As someone who games on a big OLED, if MWIII ends up looking like the beta did, it'll be a massive downgrade imo. It'll still look between "okay" and "good" for what it is, but I could definitely see a difference between the visual qualities of MWII and the MWIII beta.

[@myytti16]

@@BCBtheBeastlyBeast yup. Unfortunately this game sucked in so many other ways so I will take MW3 probably anyway. The only two real issues in new MW3 were spawns and actual visibility. Maps were a bit boring also because I have played them in Xbox 360 days.

[@wulfywulfynrir1296]

I think this echoes a lot of my general thoughts that aside from the glaring issues in boots on the ground gameplay - a lot of the stuff that fell outside that scope was actually really impressive. I liked the drill charges, the maps were enjoyable, and the one thing that REALLY stood out to me when I went back to cold war recently (by far my most played COD to date), was that MW2 really nailed the sound design and animations to make the guns feel heavy and impactful. Im really glad they kept that intact for mw3 while still fixing some of the more aggressive parts of it that affected gameplay Honestly thats one of the reasons im actually really happy they're keeping 3 so close to it. Because 2 did a LOT of really good stuff, even if it wasnt enough to tip the scales imo

[@WhoDevv]

The camo progression was the best thing added to this game. its the only cod I've ever went for the mastery camo on.

[@odaxiumkirshinra6220]

I agree with pretty much everything except for the Drill Charge - aka the wallhacking aimbot grenade, which I absolutely despise. Part 2 is going to be spicy

[@DamBaker95]

The best multiplayer maps were added into the late game cycle which shows that IW does still know how to utilize proper 3-lane maps. The base game in november 2022 had like 3 good multiplayer maps. Ranked play was indeed goog but with sbmm, regular multiplayer is ranked play on it's own lol

[@r3cker]

I really enjoyed Invasion. It provided a haven from the sweat fest multiplayer and I enjoyed just getting home from work and after my evening chores just putting on some music or watching a video while killing bots and still able to work on weapon progression. I loved the camo system, loved all the events, and I loved DMZ. I also really liked the new gunsmith system, I like that I have to try everything to really unlock everything

[@colonelsanders7351]

MW2 honestly is an 8/10 CoD, I personally prefer IW's design philosophy, I can play the game how I want and still do well. More slow and defensive play styles are absolutely nuked in MW3. (No I am not bad at the game I hit crim in ranked) The weapon balance is very good, there are a ton of fun and interesting weapons and attachments to use. All of which is pretty viable due to a pretty perfect ttk imo. I think the map design is probably the weakest part of the game though, about half of all the dlc maps just are not it.

[@ViliTimonen]

I loved the Ground War mod, most of my played hours come from that mode alone. That was my favourite thing about the game.

[@Jake-cz9dt]

Dmz was the sole reason i purchased this game. I have twice as much time on it than multiplayer/warzone combined. All the games between 2019 and now I skipped…..but Dmz brought me back. So sad they won’t be supporting it long term, but it is what it is. The mode had so many memorable moments, good and bad, that regular multiplayer just could not achieve.

[@codemonkeyslikeme]

I will give this pos game a credit for adding trajectory to the throwing knife. Thats the only thing it has over Vanguard