Look folks, I've been playing video games for over well over 20 years. So it doesn't take long for me to pick apart a game's strengths and weaknesses. This game took about 2 minutes.
Quick - check yourself - how many hands do you have? Two? Okay - then forget playing this game.
This game tries to use the face buttons, shoulder buttons, AND the touch screen all at once. The D-pad and YXAB buttons do the same thing - left and right positions strafe, and top/bottom positions walk forwards or backwards. The shoulder buttons shoot. The touch screen - used with the stylus of course - controls rotation and angle. Now, if you're right handed, this might feel a bit more natural - like using a mouse in an FPS game on a PC. Meanwhile your left hand - while holding the DS of course - is used to move/strafe/shoot. I'm left-handed, however, and this control scheme is unbearably awkward. In addition, you use the touchscreen to reload, change weapons (which requires a touch-drag-release maneuver instead of a simple button click) AND to "look down the sight" of your weapon. What THIS means is that in the heat of combat, you'll be removing your eyes from the top screen - which shows the action - to find your buttons on the bottom screen. The ONLY good feature is that when using the stylus to aim/turn/angle, it ignores the other buttons, allowing you the full width of the screen to control your character.
The graphics - like pretty much any other DS game - are terrible. Any NPC further away from you than (roughly) 15 yards is nearly indistinguishable from the surrounding scenery. The only thing that helps you know you're pointing at someone is your aiming sights changing color. Prefer to pick off targets from a distance? Forget it.
This game is unplayable. In fact, I've spent more time writing this review than I have playing the game - it's really that bad. Sometimes you just have to accept that some games don't work on a handheld console. Wonder why WoW isn't on DS? Maybe for the same reasons that Call of duty SHOULDN'T be...
MAN am I glad I rented this!!
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So...I've heard what people have said, and I've played it. Usually the multiplayer online isn't the BEST, but it gets the job done. I much prefer playing with friends and find the lag to be little to none. As for the graphics...good enough. I love the reload animations, guns and sounds which remind me of Modern Warfare 2.
The reason so many people complain, is that they forget something... ONE: BUY A GODFORSAKEN Thylus, or Ds Wrist Strap for six dollars. That way you aren't cramping up. They are under ten bucks and last a good while. And since this is a FPS, you need one. Even IGN points out that having a ds strap for ANY fps on the ds, helps it out infinitely.
I would reccomend this game to any Call of Duty fans, as long as they accomplish the above. As for the weapons and campaign...I loved them, and kind of was disappointed that you couldn't just unlock them during campaign. But all well. Better than no auto shotty's right?
Lol.
Any questions? Email me at wolfyudashi@yahoo.com
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Purchased as Christmas gifts for grandson. These were top two of ten on his list. Very interested in military. Preteen age had mastered game end of second week.
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Bought this for my 10 year old son, who is a "Call of Duty" addict on the computer. Gave this to him on vacation, and it kept him busy during all of our down time and the plane ride. He didn't complain about it like he does with some games (its stupid, or its too hard, etc) and it was the only game he played the whole time!
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As an avid COD4 and MW2 player, both me (an adult) and my son both found this game to be unplayable. You move and strafe with the D-Pad, but if you want to aim (like using the right stick on a regular controller) you have to use the stylus. So you have to move and shoot with one hand, the same hand that holds the DS, and then aim with the stylus.
It renders this game pointless and unplayable. Bought it brand new for Christmas--neither me nor my son felt like getting past the training mode.
They should have never put this game out. Horrendous.
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This was a Christmas request for my 12 year old son who was already a fan of the Call of Duty series. He wishes that Missions included the snowmobile level and were more similar to the xbox or Wii version. But this is good for the DS.
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I have it and love it its the story between modern warfare and modern warfare 2 I think I'm not sure but... one MAJOR problem no perks,awards, ranks,or modern warfare 2-like maps because its more like COD MW2 NOT COD 4!!!!!
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I got this the day it came out, and I beat it in one day, but that is not why I believe it is lacking.To sum it up I am going to go over the pros and cons of the game:
Pros
Gameplay- Enemy AI is extrodinary.They will fire while running, take cover, and much more.Playing through the campaign is fun, and with multiple mission varieties, you can't stop playing until you beat the game.
Animation- Animation is very smooth for a DS game, but gets a little choppy in some places.Some of the effects will amaze you.
Cons
Storyline- N-space being let off the chain to create their own storyline may seem fresh, but the storyline is nothing more than complete crap.Modern Warfare's was better, even the though it closely tied in to the console version's.
Multiplayer and Wi-Fi- Six-person multiplayer is the biggest gimmick to this game, but that's not why multiplayer is under cons.The maps are small, the match types no different than the other games, and have no sniper rifles.
Weapons- The weapons set is very disappointing for those wishing to have a satisfying handheld experience.There is no create-a-class for multiplayer, and limiting the number of weapons to twenty is liberal.So much for variety.And last time I checked, a M40A3 is not high-caliber.
This concludes my reveiw.If you want to have a DS game that is exciting for only a month or two,well, this game could last until the new call of duty comes out for some people.
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For a DS game the online matchs are really good. It supports 6 players and the moves at a very good speed. The graphics are good for a DS game but not the best that has been seen on the system. The controls are simple and very easy to learn. The game is the best DS shooter and will be for awhile.
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This game is awesome! Although I didn't get it on Amazon.com (I got it at Target while on Christmas Vacation), that doesn't mean I can't review it on here. All together, for a DS FPS game, it is a very good buy. Now, most people say that, "DS shooters aren't real! Get a life!", or (about Call of Duty on the DS), "Does it have Nazi-Zombies?", "No...", "Then that isn't a real Call of Duty game.", so what? At least it's on the Nintendo DS.
I think that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Mobilized is a great game for any FPS fan. Here are the Pros and Cons about the game:
-- PROS --
*Pretty good campaign/story.
*3 difficulties. The Hardest difficulty is VERY CHALLENGING, which is rare in ANY NON-NINTENDO BRAND GAME.
*Bonus games! Survival, Arcade, Challenge and Mini-games, which make the game last even longer!
*Quick-play! Go back and replay the levels that you have beaten in Campaign mode.
*Collectibles! Hidden Star-Shaped items in each level (except the AC-130, Black Hawk gunner and Tank levels). Similar to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2's Intel feature.
*Multiplayer! Local Multiplayer and Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection! You can now play against 5 other players (compare to Call of Duty: World at War's 3 other players on the DS), making up to 6 player matches!
*Unlocks!
*Achievements! Do certain things while playing in Campaign, Quick-play and Multiplayer to achieve certain stuff. (i.e. Get 5000 Multiplayer kills to earn the achievement of "Multiplayer Madness", Get 250 single-player kills with a pistol to earn the achievement of "The Hard Way", etc.)
*Statistics! See your stats for Single-Player and Multi-Player. (The Achievements page is under here.)
*Training Mission! If you remember playing "F.N.G" from Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, the level has been downsized/remodeled and put into Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Mobilized as the Training Mission!
*Graphics! Since Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and Call of Duty: World at War on the DS, the graphics have been updated. Modern Warfare Mobilized has a significant up-scale of graphics since Call of Duty 4.
*Not as many glitches as the past few games.
-- CONS --
Okay, this is mostly stuff for Wi-Fi.
*Multiplayer Matches (specifically Wi-Fi). It is hard to find matches on Wi-Fi. Don't expect to get a full 6 player match every time you play on Wi-Fi.
*Create-A-Class? No, there isn't a create-a-class feature. There are also none of the following:
*Perks
*Titles (Only your name is shown.)
*Emblems
*Killstreaks
*Chat
... Okay! n-Space basically screwed up Wi-Fi on the game. However, after playing a few matches, you won't really care about this stuff.
Also, n-Space saved our butts by putting in a Friend Code feature. If you want to get matches, use Friend Codes. You can find them all over the internet.
So, all together I give this game a (drum-roll).....
9.4/10!
If you have the game and want to fight, put your friend code in the comments. Mine is below:
2794 - 1555 - 7961
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This was my son's requested xmas gift. He did not enjoy this game as much as the older Call of Duty 2 game set for PS2. DS' screen may be too small to play this type of action games as much.
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I played through more than half of the campaign. As a NDS game, the graphics suck; but probably the best 3D graphics you could get out of a NDS. The campaign story is stupid. You suppose to find a nuke that some dude is going to kill terrorists with and stop him from killing them. I don't get it. More than half of the campaign all you do is search through warehouses with robots and stuff. In every level of the game, you play with only 2 other people in your squad. In the SAS, both of them look exactly alike. The teammates are idiots; they miss probably 99% of the time trying to shoot enemies, and when they are all dead they shoot into the sky and at walls where nothing is. Like idiots. The enemies are easy to kill, most of the time they are staying still. All you have to do is shoot them once in the head. Like in most of the other COD games, enemies are stupid and take 10 seconds to kill you when you are right infront of them. This game is different. They aren't idiots, so if you get hit about 4 times, your done for. Controls in the game are pretty nice. There are both left/right hand controls, and you can change the sensitivity of the touch screen. Moving the stylus half way across the screen (at max sensitivity) makes you almost go 360 degrees. The campaign is okay, you can look past all the drags easily. I bought this game for the multiplay though. Multiplay on NDS FPS games are super fun, especially if you have 5 swearing, screaming idiot friends. That's what I got. There are 9 great maps and most of the COD game modes. In COD 4 NDS, you can play multiplayer with 3 friends with one game card. That doesn't happen in CODMW2 DS. You have to have multi game cards. You probably won't have a friend with the same game locally, so you can also use Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. I tried to set up a connection, but my internet isn't compatible or whatever with the gamecard. That means I can't go online to play multiplayer. Nobody I locally know has this game, so I have no freaking idea how multiplayer is like. All I know is every 50 people you kill, you unlock new weapons; and you can play with up to 5 other people. I wish I could do that.
This game is not all that bad. If you just want to shoot people and don't care about how cheesy the campaign is, you should get this game. The multiplayer is the best part, with up to 6 people shooting up eachother on 9 maps and a whole bunch of game modes. This is the perfect multiplayer game with only one problem: you can't play single-card matches with friends without the game.
I give Call of Duty: Mobilized (Modern Warfare 2) for the Nintendo DS 3/5 stars. It's fun for multiplayer, but don't expect to set up the wi-fi so easily. :)
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The person I bought this for was used to playing on an X box. They tried this game, but I think they ended up trading it in because it was too difficult on the DS.
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