CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2 CAMPAIGN REMASTERED

Deserves to be in its own museum

- Ian Dean

With a plot conveyed equally through radio chatter and explosions, it’s clear storytelling in videogames has come a long way since gunning down civilians in an airport was seen as edgy narrative design. No matter how much ‘real’ army talk it features – I’ve learned “Hooah!” isn’t a posh greeting – this classic shooter is pure comic-book blockbuster entertainment.

For the most part Modern Warfare 2 still clicks. Each mission can feel like explosive vignettes, and the constant need to “Oscar Mike” from event to event can distract, but this variety, whether it’s breaching doors aboard an oil rig or skidding between trees on a snowmobile, masks the basic gameplay.