Few days ago I bought the highly anticipated game, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. I have to say the game reached all of my expectations and probably more. I will not touch up on the campaign more, but will say it was a load of fun, except for the confusing storyline. The multilayer is a huge improvement from the first Modern Warfare.

A lot of the old Cold War era weapons were rid of and the new generation or 'modern warfare' weapons made an appearance. Grenade spamming is no longer an issue online since Infinity Ward decided to decrease the grenade throwing range tremendously and even getting rid of the multi-frag perk. The ACOG scope is actually good now since it no longer takes up half your screen to look through it making it easier to get those precision long shots. And to make yourself even more deadly, you have new perks like Bling which allows you to put two of the many new attachments on your weapons. My favorite combo being the ACOG scope and heartbeat sensor.

Killstreaks is completely revolutionized now. When reaching certain levels you can unlock a new killstreak bonus and assign it to your three chosen killstreak bonuses to receive. And to make things better, killstreak bonuses carry over. For instance you can have three UAVs ready along with an attack helicopter and AC-130 and use them whenever you are ready. And no long do you have to wait to use the helicopters or airstrikes. Along with killstreaks you now have deathstrikes that are more of a pity bonus. They are given to you when you are killed a certain amount of time without any kills.

Multiplayer overall is very nice, perhaps my most favorite online game now that offers 16 different maps and a good variety of game types. My only complaint is party chat is no longer available in certain game types. For instance, in Team Deathmatach, you can no longer have a party chat with a friend but instead either have to mute everyone or listen to a bunch of immature people bicker over nonsense.

This is an upset for me because the only time I mostly play online is with one of my friends. And we always had or our party chat so we can talk freely about anything and get as loud as we want without annoying other people. We even tried Team Deathmatch to see how it would work out and it was quite awkward for us. We knew each other was there but could not communicate effectually as we could in a private chat or even really enjoy the game. Instead, we have no other choice but to play Ground War. It is not bad, but I prefer Team Deathmatch over the rest.

The main reason Infinity Ward is given the people on why they did this is to prevent 'cheating.' Honestly, I am not sure how talking to a teammate in private chat is considered cheating. Maybe they meant when the player is on the other team? Simple solution, disable party chat whenever that occurs. But they still thought it was necessary.

Really, I can see why disabling it for Search and Destroy or free-for-all, even though it is allowed in free-for-all. But it seems so necessary for such a popular game type such as Team Deathmatch.

But, there are ways around it so I will not complain too much about it. Hopefully Infinity Ward will listen to the players and fix it for us.