COD: Modern Warfare 2
Having played COD: World At War and enjoyed it, I was quite eager to get stuck into Modern Warfare 2. The promise of tactical manouvres in squad-level combat with modern weapons really got me excited. The reality, however, falls far short - at least in single-player. I expected the inane machismo and the inevitable betrayal of characters I don't care about, by characters I don't care about, for items/plot points I don't care about. What I didn't expect was them to take the confusion levels to such heights as to eliminate the tactical element almost entirely. It really is reduced to the level of "I'll try running here....Oh I died. I'll try running to a different spot next time"....and repeat. In order to make tactical decisions, you need to either be given information directly, or time in which to gather that information yourself. You get neither here. But confusion in battle is surely realistic - it's only part of the immersive expe