Terrible ideas like the Commando perk, which let enemies zip towards you with a knife in an unavoidable dash, are gone. I've probably just been lucky, but the changes Infinity Ward made are all designed to make multiplayer a fairer and less frustrating experience. Every game of Modern Warfare 3's multiplayer, by comparison, has ended with a flurry of "gg"'s. My time with Modern Warfare 2 was spent mostly being blown up from the sky, being stabbed in an instant from a dozen feet away, or being made fun of for sucking. In all my experiences so far, the multiplayer is similarly good-natured.
The experience is so straightforward that, although sometimes dull, its seven hours of stupidity feel almost good-natured. Everyone you meet has a gun glued to their hands, but it doesn't feel as objectionably aggressive as some of its peers. Example: why is that American family holidaying in London while their country is being invaded by Russia? But these moments are always brief, quickly setting up the next violent sprint. When the story interjects in between shooting, like a Time Crisis "WAIT" command, it's complete gibberish. You again play Captain Price, Soap McTavish, and other soldiers from America, Russia and Britain as they try to finally stop the supervillain, Makarov. The events of Modern Warfare 2 - particularly the dismal "No Russian" mission - have tipped the world in to all out war. The rest of the singleplayer isn't so cynical. I walked towards my family with the camera pointed in the opposite direction, killing us all while I filmed the side of a phonebox. It's crude, leering, pathetic, terribly written, and a cynical attempt to court headlines. The explosion doesn't happen until you do. You're the father of the family, filming the scene, and your wife turns to you and says, "Are you getting this?". I had already watched the scene, set in London, in which an American child is blown up. "Some players may find some game content in one of the missions disturbing or offensive." You're asked if you'd like to skip that content, with no idea what it really is, and the options are "Yes, ask me later" or "No, I will not be offended." There's a warning message at the very start of Modern Warfare 3. The whole sequence lasts around 90 seconds, and it's brilliant.
With each turbulent shake and twist, you and your enemies are hurled into the walls, or cast weightless as you try to line up a shot with your pistol. The good has you tumbling through a plane as it falls from the sky. There are two moments that do stand out from that, one good and one bad.
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