I do.

Its certainly not as revolutionary as CoD4 which basically saved the CoD franchise and is now the game that everyone tries to mimic, but it takes everything CoD4 did right and made it better. Better graphics, customizable kill streaks, more challenges, more ranks, more gun attachments, etc.

Sure it's more like Modern Warfare 1.5 but its still amazing and worth the $60.

Worse online, less players and no dedi servers. Weaker story. Costs more. They unbalance things with riot shields and shotguns that any nub can own the best player whove ever lived. It actually goes back in some things. I thought it was one of the worst ones yet tbh. For me, W@W>MW's. I honestly cant see it being the best one, nowhere near. Cod 2 trounces it.

"You die too easily." This is exactly why people like Halo. They can run and gun, mind you while absurdly jumping in the air and still maintain perfect aim. Think about it, if this ever happened in real life, or in a future war these people would die insanely quick. That's why I hate Halo, it has absolutely zero realism. Zero.

This of course explains the mass appeal, because anyone can pick up and play it effectively. The score page only shows kills not deaths during the game, which is absurd. Because the person with the most kills on your team could also have a .25 k/d ratio and still be in first place. (you can look at the in depth stats after the match, but no one really cares).

I switched to modern warfare and have never looked back. In real life it only takes a couple of bullets to kill. Although, if MW2 didn't have auto aim it would be better, but then it wouldn't be massively successful.

i do see you're point and i respect it.  for me though, i do not play games for realsim, i play for fun.  i enjoy halo much more because of how accessible it is for people and for being exaggerated in it's physics.  that being said, i can enjoy a good match of cod every now and again, but i usually feel that games should be less focused about being realistic, and should be based more on entertainment.  i still wouldn't say any game is all that realistic in it's portrayel of war, if i want realism, i'll join the military.  but if you like the cod series, then by all means, enjoy it man.  doesn't matter what i think

Im absolutely amazed how CoD have gained a massive Casual Appeal this generation, i know few people that bought their consoles just for it, or people that never played anything but FIFA that got absolutely sucked in by it it is some sort of phenomena how popular it has become.

For me CoD like Halo and other Shooters is fun for few minutes (local Multi) but after a while it bores me , but i just dont like shooters.

When people talk about COD taking skill are they being serious? Because I can't tell. I can just run and gun the whole round and most of the time get a KDR > 3. Then when I tried to play it with a bit of tactics the rest of the people just playing run and gun killed me. With run and gun you just have to get to 11 kills and hide while using the AC130 and you can pretty much get up to 25 kills and nuke, game over. Doesn't really take skill, just a bit of luck that you don't get shot in the back.

agreed. i watch my gf's bros play, and they seriously just use the red dot site and hold down shoot. theres like no recoil at all.

Because all of their friends play it. It's a lot more fun to brag about game skills to friends who play the same game than to those who don't. That and the illusion that they'll be alpha male if they beat everyone of their friends in any game.

Evolutionary-wise, it makes sense. Quality-wise it's pretty much crap shoved into their faces and forced through their nostrils. It's like joining the military, nobody really wants to join but if all your friends are joining you would probably do to.

they like it because for one it has the best easy friendly online experience. so anyone can pick up the game and start playing but frustration will build considering they will be getting thrashed by the well addicted call of duty users. also another reason people enjoy it is because the single player experience is certainly awesome with story-telling and it makes you feel and sense the feeling of how it would be in a real-life situation like call of duty.

I never played the very first call of duty because it was only available for pc but as soon as they released call of duty 2 on the xbox 360 i finally understood where the pc gamers was getting their excitement from.

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