I'm not saying it was necessarily a deep or profound look at military culture, fundamentally this world view still has good guys and bad guys, but it did feel quite shocking. People remember that AC-130 gunship mission because it was so deeply uncomfortable and seemed to be bringing something to light about the horrors of modern conflict. Rich Stanton: I vividly remember the original Modern Warfare's arrival, because it was like nothing that had come before it in terms of its hard-nosed look at military reality. It's a different story, but also seems to reference the original? Today's oil rig mission shares a striking resemblance to the "The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday" (opens in new tab) mission from MW2 (2009). It's confusing to keep up with (partially because Activision opted to use the same exact name as the old game). Why make it look so much like the intro mission to Call of Duty 4? Maybe the point is to feel nostalgia for games that are pushing 15 years old, but what I got instead was "ah, we're doing this again."Īnd what's weird is that, just like the 2019 Modern Warfare, this Modern Warfare 2 isn't exactly a "remake." It's taking old characters like Soap, Price, and Ghost and using them for a different story that might be similar, but certainly not identical to the original 2009 game.
Morgan Park: Yea, it does come across like Infinity Ward has some boxes to tick that hold this back from feeling new.
I'm not really sure where these 'remakes' fall either, because it feels like they're so scared of altering something beloved that they don't ever push the envelope. Rich Stanton: We're in an age where the 'classic' games seem destined to be remade every 10-15 years, and Call of Duty has chosen this weird route of more-or-less directly remaking games that aren't all that old.
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