Opening words: Big production, lots of new tweaks. Is this enough? Does this game live up to the hype? It sells and sells and sells.

Presentation: 8.5
No frills, perfect. Menus are easy to navigate. The look and feel is great, the loading screens that tell you the intel are really well done. The characters are ok. The way the story is told is ok.

Single Player: 9.0
Very cool. My favorite out of all the call of duty games to date. They flank you, hit you from all sides. The game play is spot on. This is a ton of fun, even with the controversial part of the game on or off. I played through the controversial part. It made me laugh, but I know it’s just a game. IT’S JUST A GAME. I like how they push the envelope. I give them props for that. I just think they should make it even more realistic on both sides of the war. There are a few parts in the single player campaign that I loved, going to DC, and fighting in the american suburbs in a taco bell, now that really made me go WOW(never have seen this before in a game, but I some how fear that this will be our reality soon, like hollywood and these games are just a prelude of what is to come in real life). The only bad thing, IT’S TOO FUCKING SHORT! About 4 to 6 hours.

Multiplayer: 7.5
Ok, there are pros and cons. They really tweaked this since the last game. Pro’s first. The spec ops mode is AMAZING. 2 player combat missions. This is so cool if you have a buddy to play with. We spent a lot of time doing this and having a blast! If they add more DLC missions of this, I will be so happy, now to the normal multiplayer aspect of the game. The upgrade part of the multi player is really well done. This is fast paced, hop in, and have a fun arcade like fps experience. They have host migration now, so if the host drops out, it will pause the game and find a new host. The guns are much different this time around. I really like some of the perks, how now you get random crates when you get 5 or 6 kills, you have to get it before the others after you throw down the helicopter marker for the drop. This was so much fun. The new kill streak perks in the game really kicked so much ass, AT FIRST. now the CONS: Let me start by saying the hit detection in this game is a joke. Half of the time on the kill replays, you can see the cross airs not even on the target but the shots are still hitting the target. WOW. The hit detection is super easy, and the auto aim as well, in my opinion ruins the game, and gives skill to people who really have none. The kill streak perks have now lead to the worst thing “CAMPING”.

The above video pretty much nails the problem. The CAMPING ruins a game like this that is based on fast twitch arcade fun. Now it’s read a book, roast some marshmallows and pitch a tent, and wait for some bad guys. NOT FUN AT ALL. and playing against these jerks that do this, really takes the piss out of all of it. Ok, Also, there are perks in the game that make it so you can run fast and knife people from 10 fucking feet away. A guy in my clan thinks this is fun. I think it is completely stupid. Super human strength and agility. Man, they really fucked this up, I would rather go back to the original modern warfare and play shipment with my buddies than any of this new Camping shit. Really a shame because the new multiplayer maps rock, the air port, and the house in the woods. Some of the best yet. They made the famas burst fire only making the gun useless in my opinion. Sorry but I would rather play the old version of this game, uncharted 2, borderlands, or SOCOM than this online. The multiplayer was fun before people figured out the camping. Now, forget this frustrating piece of shit multiplayer mode, only spec ops is worth playing on this game.

Visuals: 8.5
They barely made it better. The blood splash looks better. On the ps3, it’s decent looking, but no where close to uncharted 2 or killzone 2. Not even close. This game looks more like dlc for the original modern warfare to me. Good, but not really coming close to being the best, uncharted 2 owns the title now.

Audio: 7.0
Nothing ground breaking. Typical. Voice acting is ok in parts. The in game chatter is really well done on the single player part of the game though. I still think Socom has the best sounds.

Game Mechanics: 8.5:
For newbs, this is as easy as it gets. Its tight, fast, responsive and really well done. The problem is that the hit detection in this game is far to forgiving. Other wise, this is just like any of the other call of duty games. I do really like the guns, and the riot shield is a lot of fun at first. I am not a huge fan of auto aim glitch twitch gaming mechanics, and this is why I always go back to socom in the end.

Story: 6.5
The story is hard to follow, you jump around in the game, and take on the role of several different soldiers before the game comes to an end. This is poorly executed. I felt like I was playing DLC, not a new full game. Can you remember the story from the last modern warfare? I don’t really. This is the same. Forgettable.

Replay: 7.0
With all the other stuff that is out, like the new socom dlc, uncharted 2 etc, this really bores me. They made the main multiplayer worse with the pro camping game perks. The spec ops rocks, but once you beat them all, hmm, boring. If new spec ops dlc comes out. I will keep this around for that. For everything else, it’s a rent.

Total Score: 7.9 out of 10:
Over all I was disappointed. I am glad I waited to review this after my initial glee for the game wore off. This is a RENT. Camping ruined the arcade run and gun fun. They offered no fix for this camping either. If you like camping, by all means, buy this game. It is worth playing. The single player is great, but super short. The spec ops is mega fun with a buddy, but there are not enough missions. The regular online multiplayer mode is CAMP FEST CENTRAL. Lame.

GO BUY A PS3 NOW, ONLY $299 and it does everything! and Slim!