Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (PC)

Betrayal. That's the single word that best summarizes this sham of a release by Activision and Infinity Ward.

They have betrayed everyone possible at every step they could. They betrayed their own PC roots by not including dedicated server support, a staple feature of practically every multiplayer first person shooter in the past 10 years. With the removal of dedicated servers also goes custom map support, mod support, and competitive (clan) gaming support, again, all staples of practically every multiplayer first person shooter in the past 10 years. They further betrayed all PC gamers by raising the price by $10, with absolutely nothing to make up for it.

I would claim that they even betrayed Steam, the very platform they base the game's activation server and anti-cheat server, by not allowing digital download copies of the game to be activated on release day. This will no doubt cause a flurry of cancellations from Steam as impatient gamers go out to buy the boxed copy instead.

It's also ironic that they betrayed the very reason that they gave for dropping dedicated server support: simplicity for casual players. Instead of browsing a list of available servers, many players are now told that they must change their NAT settings from "strict" to "open". If you don't know what I just said, don't worry, I'm sure most people have no idea what a NAT even is.

I can give many other examples of such betrayals, but I'll leave it with this: I believe that Activision has betrayed the entire gaming industry. Activision CEO Bobby Kotick said that one of his goals was (and I quote) "to take all the fun out of making video games." Supporting this game would in fact be supporting the very antithesis of what gaming is all about.

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The game is nothing but a downgrade. Less features, less fun.

here is what you loose if you go from modern warfare 1 to modern warfare 2

console commands (lack of console prevents you from modding the game experience)

no dedicated server (no server mods, no custom maps, and much more lag since instead of a powerful server hosting the game, it is another users computer, and even worst that user will get a 0 ping while everyone else has a high ping, this gives them a unfair advantage)

all this is is modern warfare 1 with 70% of the features removed and a few new single player missions.

save your money and wait for this game to hit the bargain bin for $10

or boycott it until the makers of the game, fix these problems

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Nonstop action, incredible graphics and great story, a must have game; a record breaking game of the next generation!

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