Download Opera GX today for FREE: mtchm.de/4i4az So I had a couple sections on SBMM and some other multiplayer stuff that I ended up cutting from the video cuz it’s too damn long. I’m thinking about review Warzone 2.0 in a separate video or at least doing a gameplay/highlights video for it but we will see. Also I had sex with your mom last night. It’s good to be back.
Disregarding the video title, the fact that this review came out less than a month after the game’s release is a testament to how much Act Man enjoyed this game compared to Vanguard, with its review coming months after launch.
@@TheActManare you a good player? (Sweaty) or trash player (campy sentinel rat) since being one of the either makes the game completely different from which pov you’re coming from
Perfection. Honestly I stopped buying cod since mw 2019... never been happier in my life. Tho baulders gate 3 got my balls in a cast iron visgrip, and I'm loving it
@@roxashenry8315 I mean I'm currently playing lies of P which I wasn't expecting to love. Also decided to camp grind bo4 zombies while i wait for payday 3 content
I think we can all agree that Alejandro Vargas is EASILY the best character in the whole campaign. If they make him an operator, it's gonna be impossible to kill him. The only one who can kill him is Alejandro
@@TheButterAnvil idk why everyone loves graves, his name is cool but he was a whiny little bitch, my man threw a temper tantrum. That and he had the literal worst boss fight ever, p.s. there's no way he's dead
11:10 another little tidbit to add on to the immersion, is that soldier doesn't even die. His protective plates take the brunt of the gunfire and it just knocks the wind out of him, hence why he collapses against the wall. Once he takes a few seconds though, he gets back on his feet and heads back downstairs with you.
I'm pretty sure no-one is going to mention it, so I will: I really appreciate you including a segment at the end of the video where you respond to questions from your Patrons. It's a really nice way to wrap things up, and I hope to see it return in the future (maybe you could use it as a chance to give your take on current issues like MandaloreGaming does).
It’s a rarity to see The Act Man enjoy a modern CoD game. It’s a beautiful thing. Like seeing a quadruple rainbow, watching a solar eclipse, or catching a glimpse at what’s under Ghosts mask. Wonderful.
Hello? Have you seen his reviews on World at War and Black Ops 1? Your agreement works if you add the word "new" before "COD game" but like this, it seems like you know nothing about his opinions and if that's the case, why pretend you do?
turns out they lied and there will be a new cod this year, sequel to the newest one, modern warfare 3 or might be called modern warfare III to follow the last theme
I'm honestly, legitimatelly surprised they don't have themes for when you drop in. I may be a sucker for CoD speaking from nostalgia, but those fucking themese are so iconic to me, they gave so much character to the factions and let you put yourself in the mood for waging (a tiny) war. Gone but never forgotten, CoD themes ♪♫
@@chickenpotbiebro202 enough for the game to be completely not worth playing?, i dont think so, you also got warzone and dmz, raid, spec ops, campaign, they also resently added 10 v 10 mosh pit infection gun game etc, as he has said before his opinion on the game still stands
I haven’t played a Call of Duty since WW2 back in 2017, so I can’t comment on any aspect of the actual gameplay or game design, but holy shit, the newest version of this engine looks insane. The fact that the character models in the cutscenes look so human-like but there’s no feeling or sense of uncanny valley is shocking. Also, Graves’ voice actor played Rafe in Uncharted 4.
Honestly tho, mw2 was better for some shit, like graphics etc. mw3 has insane potential but needs some changes, like the armory needs gone for instance
This video didn't age too well. (update) Thanks for the likes. I didn't expect a whole argument in my comment, but it's fun to look at. But yeah, I still think MW2 multiplayer is extremely ass SBMM sucks, and Maps are incredibly campy. I also just played the MW3 campaign, and It was also horrible. It's sad to see this franchise fall apart. If you still like these shitty new cods, that's your opinion idc whatever makes you happy. Wish everyone the best.
@@deerecoyote2040 I think he meant the part about no more annual releases and post launch content. The game itself ain't bad but their promises only lasted 3 months 😂
I think the most important thing you said came during the Spec-ops talk. Warzone 2, DMZ, Co-op Raids rely heavily on a good PVE experience. I think devs are trying to expand the viability of the franchise
The coop missions are cheaks, its 2 people, when it couldve been 4 easily, and the missions are just sections of other maps, i think the OG mw2 missions were better and couldve been changed to fit the mission but I guess
In the betrayal scene, I love how Graves's name color switches from blue to red. I like that attention to detail because, to me at least, it's subtle and if the story wasn't so "meh", then I feel as if it could've become an more amazing scene.
Graves is a character who could fill the role of a "betrayer" fantastically, but like you said the story was meh and they handled his transition so badly. I'm personally annoyed that we had that last tank battle; the mission itself was fun, but trying to C4 a tank with his voice over speakers vs actually gunning/CQBing someone down... there's just no comparison. Plus I'm 99.999% sure they did that so he could suddenly somehow come back later.
If that's attention to detail enough to you then were ignoring scenes when Alejandro speaks on his native tongue. The bar is so low we praise it like it was a milestone. What's next figuring out gameplay settings this pass decade were accessibility settings?
I was really bummed when Shepard just ended up being the “twist” villain again. Especially since the scene where he betrays you in the original MW2 is one of the most memorable moments in gaming history. Would have been cool to write his character as an ally, that would have been an actual surprise since everyone and their mother knew was going to betray you the second his name was mentioned
@@issacguz5602 At the very least neither Graves nor Shepherd were necessarily evil, they just made some really dumbass decisions that ended them up in a situation that would be devastating if word got around. They could have wrote them a bit better but I like it more than how it was done in the original where Shepherd basically incites WW3 to boost his reputation
What i absolutely loved about the Campaign is the bond between, Soap and Ghost it shows they are more than 2 soldiers. But being best friends as well when they actually are cracking jokes to each other. To ease the tension, as well as this I feel for the Los Vaqueros have a genuinely closer bond like a band of Brothers in general they made these characters actually human.
Still wish they showed more with Price and Gaz Gaz ain’t meant to the FNG anymore also price is the main character he should’ve had a good amount of focus
Ngl I feel like Los Vaqueros doesn’t really have that much of a brotherly feeling it’s mainly just Alejandro and Rodolfo while in Shadow Company it felt like the entire company were brothers even though they’re mercs
I feel like you should have waited to do this review cause it's kinda easy to have fun with a new cod when it first comes out. The lack of significant updates in the game is pretty obvious and I find it kinda crazy that they're even dropping the ball with warzone.
I don't really see that as an issue. They have enough content to keep me coming back a couple times a week, and that's all. Nothing spectacular but it's fine. Then again, maybe being a Halo fan has set my bar for live service I'm recent years a bit too low.
@@ActuallyZee CoD isnt a game that has a very long shelf life. Its hard to describe but its not a game that keeps most people around for longer than a year like halo, titanfall, or battlefield does. They make the game to be addicting rather than long term fun so it gets stale really quick. So they have to keep pumping out content or else the game isnt fun anymore
@@ActuallyZee you really think theyve kept much of their fanbase? Ofc you’re gonna find games, im not saying everyones gonna drop, but certainly most people have and that trend has already started with MW2
I felt it was a missed opportunity to not use Price in the same way that the OG MW2 did. Price had already been set up as a "get hands dirty" type of guy in MW 2019 so it would have fit his character well if he got control of one of the missiles and used it on shadow company after having been betrayed. Ghost: "Price, do you copy? The silo doors are open, I repeat, the silo doors are open!" Price: "Good."
Characters are a 10, Missions are a 10, Plot is a 5. My man you NAILED IT! That is the perfect description of this campaign. I wasn't sure about how to describe it until you said it like that. Simply perfect.
The story is literally a 2/10 or 1/10. It's been told a million times and has so many major holes. A 5/10 is fine. This is absolutely not fine. Although cod fans don't know basic quality so I'm not surprised
@@brandonnelson94. What made it even worse is that you couldn't even see the grip on your weapon because your character would just be holding the grip the entire time you played, which then begs the question: What was even the point?
There will never be a better soundtrack in Call of Duty than the original MW2. Hans Zimmer is a legend and we are all lucky to have had that score enter our eardrums.
@Alejandro Vargas I get that, and it could very well be the reason, but I view music as an essential part of the story. Music is the gateway to an emotional story, and it is a motivational tool when done correctly. Music when done right, only adds to the realism. That’s why Hans Zimmer is so good. He makes you feel the emotions of not only the actors and story, but your own emotions are amplified.
I absolutely love how much they put into Ghost's character in this game, especially with that scene where the Shadow Company troops are heard being frightened of him (also, I was laughing my ass off during the banter between Soap and Ghost during Alone). He has such an awesome, commanding presence in this game 🔥🔥
(mild spoilers) wish he didn't go back to the old mask after the ghost team level. It was pretty rushed as far as character arcs go, but I liked it, and switching back to the other mask kind of undoes it to me
The one and only thing I don't understand or probably misheard is why he is calling this game so awesome if a bunch of features are missing from previous MW2019
@@Deathmare235 he doesn't like soap. Then he helps soap. Then he has a moment with soap and rodolpho at the safehouse, then the arc finishes. I'm not saying it's bad, I actually really like it, it's just not that well supported.
i forgot how intense the start of games were in og mw2. The intro music pumps you up with the countdown and then at the start it gets almost eerily quiet like shits was about to hit the fan at any moment. Sucha little detail that honestly just feels huge. Also that ac130 call out is about as good as it gets because thats exactly what you should expect while the entire battlefield is getting erased by it
It’s a breath of fresh air to finally see someone who isn’t as negative about everything like the rest of the CoD community. Sure, the game has its problems, but I’m still having lots of fun. Glad you feel the same way, Act Man.
Well to be fair most of the community that you see are negative because they aren’t having fun on the game they do it out of passion not just to be negative. Some people are douchebags about it but honestly I just don’t enjoy cod anymore. I’ve been playing since cod 2 and the games just suck in my opinion. And I know it’s not just a recency thing bc I actually enjoyed black ops 4
Yeah the gameplay is fun. It’s ruined by countless changes that make it u playable. 1 example is the visual recoil which was not mentioned once in this video. Actually none of the real issues were actually mentioned in this video.
@@STDxHammer Most of the negativitiy is surrounded around either SBMM (which should be hated) or the fact that Infinity Ward nerfed several crutches. The CoD community loves its crutches.
@@Adizzle235 yeah like I think it has so much potential but so did all of the last cods besides vanguard. I’m plagued by terrible latency because of the sbmm and menu freezing and a plethora of other issues in game and out of game. I play one game and I start wondering why I’m on because it just gives me headaches and I get off
I love how they actually cared for the downed helicopter in one of the first missions, it's just not another fallen helicopter that gets shot down for show.
Reminds me of Cod4's Helicopter rescue before the nuke hits, not as impactful as pulling the pilot from the wreckage and carrying her to exfil obviously but seeing it have some gravity in 2022 vs "HELO DOWN, HELO DOWN" and moving on was an enjoyable sight.
Yeah, typical Activision fashion (New cod release, Hype up Campaign, etc.) (Usually bad multiplayer because of sbmm) And some atrocious p2w sh1t Release another wz (in the future probably?) Then months later they will give less fucks
True, and that's cool. But for the love of god why am I squadding up with The Easter Bunny, Homelander, and Nicki Minaj in a fucking CoD game? The endless and extremely cringe operator bundles are by far my least favorite part of the game.
Could you or someone else elaborate how it’s a lack of content? It’s a multiplayer fps game where the gameplay is more or less “shoot the bad guy”, and they add new guns and maps with every monthly season for free. Something even BO1&2 couldn’t accomplish, making players buy the dlc packs if they wanted those things. Not to mention the game has the raids, the big battlefield-esque game mode, a designated ranked play, battle royale modes, something that resembles escape from tarkov, on top of the already existing multiplayer. Not trying to make this sound rude if it comes off that way, just genuinely curious what the perspective is.
@@workdayfiddle From my perspective, most of the content is either contributing nothing to the game, or just fixing issues that should have been fixed from the start. All the new maps are atrocious, and while new guns never hurt, who needs them in a game with 51 guns at launch. Tons of QOL, some garbage maps, and new guns that shouldn't be the focus in a game with about as many guns at launch as previous titles had at the end of their life cycle, is all the content that has been added, unless I am missing something. I wasn't around for the golden days, and their constant worship is exhausting to say the least, but this game had no soul, and that is a fact.
The pistol switch tip: In the multi-player it's actually an attachment to be able to hold your gun and pistol at the same time. It's also a little different than you might initially seem. The attachment is on the pistol, it's got a perk called "pistol fast-draw" Running out of ammo on your primary automatically draws your secondary instead of reloading Sprinting, reloading, vaulting, any action really, will stow the primary and you will hold the secondary with both hands. It's very nice for those "Oh shit" moments so you don't have to manually switch to it or reload. But personally I run akimbo... the akimbo is actually good this game.
I don't get the idea of akimbo pistols. Like that's cool and all... But from a practical standpoint, what benefits do you get? Wanna shoot fast like you do with two auto glocks? Use some SMG then. Wanna oneshot people like you do with those akimbo revolvers? Just use a shotgun. Like for example I've seen a video on akimbo revolvers (basilisk? I don't want to memorize those bullshit ingame gun names), right? The video was about how cool it is to run and mow people down with those revolvers. I spent a day maxing out the revolver, got the akimbo "attachment" and tried it... What I got is a fucking 5 shot shotgun basically. And it's fucking even worse than a shotgun. No accuracy, very short range. But it's akimbo revolvers, wow. Cool but not practical. Yeah, you run a bit faster. That's it.
@@-R.E.D.A.C.T.E.D- Damn. That's like a fair point, my dude. I'm so obsessed with grindning camos (and for that reason I play whole games using only one weapon) that I forgot you can use two weapons simultaneously. Even when I don't grind, my secondary is always a launcher for UAVs so the only reason I may use pistols is grinding. And they become my primary weapon through the whole game. Yeah, having a lame shotgun (akimbo revolvers) as a secondary but without Overkill perk is okay, I guess. Damn, my whole point doesn't work because I forgot you can use a normal gun while still having akimbo pistols.
can we all appreciate how organized and well thought out this mans videos always are? hes been consistent since i started watching back in the halo 5 days
Wouldn't it be great if Activision would release a comprehensive collection of all the single-player campaigns for those who don't really play multiplayer? I'd buy it, and I'm (fairly) sure others would too.
I honestly thought that letting Hassan go was a pretty dumb plot point too. As you said he crossed the boarder illegally, assaulted someone, attempted murder and was an arsonist, but how about we list all his crimes… 1. Assault with a deadly weapon 2. Illegally crossing the boarder 3. Arson 4. Attempting to murder a law enforcement officer 5. Successfully murdering a law enforcement officer 6. Acts of terrorism 7. Associating with the Cartels 8. Theft 9. Grand Larceny 10. Possession of illegal weapons 11. Trespassing onto private property All this shit and you’re telling me that they “weren’t allowed to arrest him”? As someone who trained in the Military Police Corps I gotta say that is a load of bullshit. I mean, MPs are pretty careful about who they arrest and I’d say that even they would be willing to jump on that guy pretty damn fast.
I would assume Shepard would be like "Oh we can't let that guy tell them about what happened. I'll have them release him" That's a VERY loose theory but it's the best I got
The campaign was Interesting to me, soap was a lower rank than ghost and he was being commanded by him. Even though most of the story was awesome it’s weird hearing soap say he wants be like ghost. Also graves betraying 141 was kind of predictable he was being to nice to them
Whenever someone you don't really know that well calls you brother it's usually a sign that they're about to betray you or something will happen "now the clock is ticking so you gotta hurry brother alright?"
I love how Act Man said the story is 5 out of 10 but the characters and missions are 10 out of 10. This is how I felt with both MW 2019 and MW II, although I think the worst two villains in the two games are Barkov and Valeria. Both of them are hyped up to be the meanest, dangerous villains, but they ended up falling flat and in Valeria's case, it was obvious she was El Sinombre because she is that poorly written.
I absolute agree, however I say that 2019 at least showed you what the gas was capable of, ya we see the missile in action but I wanted to see it hit an actual city or something adding to the stakes
@@tbrown5836 you actually see the missile's capability during the "prologue" mission "Strike", when Ghost, Shepherd, Laswell, and Graves send the same missile on General Ghorbrani
one of my favorite things so far about this game is that i don't HAVE to spend money to get cosmetics. you can earn some really nice blueprints from dmz, there are some great calling cards you can get from challenges, and some of the best weapon camos in awhile. it makes just playing the game feel so rewarding and still gives you something to work for even after the camo grind.
yeah too bad DMZ is an unbalanced dogshit mess. theres legitimately like 6 guns that dont hit like marshmallows and 3 of them are submachineguns. also with button input delays and all. "oh but its a beta" yeah didnt know trying to plate up and having to wait a whole second between inputs to have it work was exclusive to DMZ
The enthusiasm from the announcers are vastly important. I seriously don’t hear if there’s serious killstreaks like choppers cause they’re so monotone. Its more of situational awareness then being reminded. One time the chopper didn’t even make audio and just killed 5 people, it was so jarring.
I think they’re just trying to go for realism, every time I see a “special forces operator reacts to call of duty” they complain about the screaming and swearing during missions as you need to stay calm and collected to not lost your head. I still prefer the old announcers but I can see why they changed it
@@robloxpwnr7604 Yeah, you kinda have to be dispassionate. But although it's better for realism (and on my ears), it's important for gameplay as it sells the power that a killstreak may have. You don't need to be told to find cover when a cruise missile or a chopper gunner is inbound in older CoDs, the announcer's panic would tell that to you immediately.
I will say I live in Chicago and the game recreates the city almost perfectly. On the rooftop I looked across different directions and specific skyscrapers I've known since I was a little kid were in the exact spots they would be.
Strangely enough, the Shadow Company reversal could have been substantially improved with just some minor tweaking to the context. Have the oil rig mission end in some sort of failure, either with the missile successfully striking New Orleans or with Soap disabling it on the launchpad, only for it to explode and kill a bunch of Shadows on the oil rig. Then, as the team gets back to base, they discover that Valeria has escaped. Shepherd orders Soap and Ghost to go home while giving the now-unstable Graves full authority, which he uses to annex the base and seize all the Vaqueros (on the pretext that one of them helped Valeria escape) before sending Shadow Company into the town to seize every cartel associate they can find and squeeze Valeria or Hassan's location out of them. Soap and Ghost attempt to stop Graves from detaining Alejandro and that escalates into a firefight and the rest of the canon storyline (perhaps with a section where Soap and Ghost contact Shepherd for help, only for him to support Graves). After that, all you would need is some way to get Hassan's location out of the escaped Valeria (maybe Shadow Company had recaptured her right before Ghost Team assaults the Vaqueros base, or maybe she offers the intel to Soap in exchange for him getting Shadow Company out of her territory) and you could have everything else as is. These things aren't too hard to fix if someone just gave them some thought. (The "let Hassan go" thing is much harder. Maybe he was badly injured in the capture and so they can't question him right away, forcing them to go after El Sin Nombre?)
Right? I enjoyed the campaign, but for a modern warfare game, it was so underwhelming. Like nothing significant happens in the story, unlike the original games with the nukes and ww3
Honestly I don't care if "the world is gonna end" cause that's a pretty generic and boring plotline. This story was about Shepherds screw up with the missiles constantly escalating to the point where he was almost responsible for the capitol being blown up. Good stakes in a story has nothing to do with the scope. I didn't think the plot holes were actually that terrible, it was definitely a stretch but it didn't ruin the story for me.
Act man looking like the Tact Man with all his gear lol. I've heard mostly good things about this game, it's above average at least for the CoD franchise, with the mutliplayer and/or campaign offering a little something for everyone.
The only people who dislike or talk bad about the game are die-hard COD youtubers who like to stay in the past, pretending COD back then was perfect, sooo good watching The Act Man actually having gun again
@@rx7fd927 No, I dislike it because its came out with less content than the original. Also, perhaps its time for the TTK to be made slower so we can have actual gunfights again rather than whoever aimed in first... CW really hit the sweet spot for that, arguably the only CoD after BO4 with actual gunfights.
I know you said you don’t go for camos and stuff. But you should have definitely went over the whole camo challenge overhaul they’ve done for this year. Instead of having to get 1000+ kills and 100 longshots and mounted kills and headshots for one gun to get gold! They’ve really simplified the camo grind and I really appreciate that!
@@sgtroach1510 most of the maps are either trash or remakes, we’ve only gotten one original map since launch and it’s not even that good. The reason everyone is crying is because they paid $60 for multiplayer and there’s nothing to do or any good maps. And the sbmm doesn’t help anything either
@@speedietruck4861 the maps are fine idk what you’re talking about. Also, I don’t get everybody bitching about map remakes. I say give us more to pad out map variety
@@sgtroach1510 are you really defending a game that re-released a beta map as new content? Or defending them for creating a bunch of pay to win bundles? I feel bad for you
This video is a prime example of why time is such an important factor in these type of games. They literally lied about their 2-year cycle, the movement is ass, Warzone 2 is garbage, so why is this game "awesome"? This isn't what MW2019 used to be. You call this game "awesome", yet all of us have watched it dissolve into shit.
They never lied about a 2 year cycle, those were leaks you morons believed I do agree the movement was bad, and the current movement should've been in the game in the 1st place but if you complain how it isn't mw19 movement you need to adapt I'm looking forward to mw3s movement as a change of pace, but bitch all you want, MW2s movement is perfect
exactly, some of the worst movement; especially when compared to mw2019s movement. and yea warzone is still ass; i think they shouldve took the good features of verdansk and caldera and combined them and you literally wouldve had a perfect map. and idk why they changed the looting, the looting in mw19 was fine
On the real, I can NEVER get mad at a melee main player. Their agility and finesse and their ability to bippity bop around the map can only be remitted with a my life. take it. you deserve it for the anguish I imagine you put yourself through to get to that skill level
No idea how it is now, but in the original MW2 knife runners were the lowest trash of the low. The maps were so small and tight that it took no skill or tactics to just knife everyone before they could react, and even more "fun" there was originally a bug which doubled your running speed or so if you were holding a care package flare.
I appreciate how weapon leveling isn’t nearly the grind it used to be, albeit a little more confusing. On another note; great video Act Man! I can’t believe it’s been 10 years since a CoD came out that could be called Awesome.
This biggest plot hole to me is when laswell is captured, even though that mission is awesome, it serves no real purpose to the story, it’s not like Hassan captured her and you have to fight until the end of the game to get her back, you just go and get her right back, it’s almost like it was just a way to bring in Farah for a cameo
Okay, what the issue. All the points he makes still stand. I haven't noticed anything wrong with the base game. I don't play it all the time, but just playing multiplayer it's fine.
@@deerecoyote2040the whole video was just tone deaf to how stale this cod was and how much the devs were shitting on the players. It took everyone way too long to realise
God I was really hoping for the return of factions and announcements. I really adored spetsnaz and it was awesome to get super excited when you saw a flying sword appear and then “who dares wins” would sound in a heavy ass accent, I had no idea back then just how influental the SAS really was. And all the awesome music and callings for kill streaks aw man, I wish they could make a dlc for that
I thought I was the only one with this gripe with the game. But it seems like modern shooters have gotten rid of factions that ground us in the world. It really blows. Like we have chinese soldiers on the same side as tf141, makes no sense.
@@allent1152 Yeah they replaced the factions with PMCs. It's nowhere near as bad as "My Team vs Enemy Team" from Vanguard but I miss the individual factions that MW2019 had, as well as the different personalities therein, seriously where is my BOI YEGOR!?
I absolutely LOVE the detail in how Graves' text colour goes from blue to red like shepard from the original game The betrayal would've worked better at the end though to further establish that connection to the original
Agreed. Though to be frank, it's not the first time this cool detail happened. In cold war, if you decide to betray your team, (Which you should definitely do.) Adler and the team's names turn to red. Since your character establishes them as the enemy.
@@Doey135. Just a nice little detail; It ain't revolutionary, but it gets the job done. It's interesting, but nobody is saying it's somehow the greatest thing since sliced bread; It ain't.
I'm pleased to hear you bring up the gun name issue, because that's something that really pisses me off. It's a modern warfare game. All of these guns are recognizable, it's not like we wouldn't notice. Maybe it's literally just to save money on licensing.
From what I've heard there seems to be a legal issue regarding the licensing and not a monetary issue. Think the Russian guns were license free but clearly that's changed.
@@acertainname7247 Also i remembered Infinity Ward getting sued for having a Vehicle in there game without having Permission from the Creators of that particular Vehicle
@@stuffedpie1388 Really?? I'm Canadian, and I wasn't aware of that, but now that's got me confused. Why would the gun industry care? Or the Californian government for that matter?
The first review of the game gave me that "ah shit, here we go again" feeling and I became hesitant of getting the game as soon as I upgrade my rig. But oh boy this content lift my hopes up for the game. Love how they gave Alejandro such character despite being a new member of Task Force 141, he's charismatic. And Ghost? Man he's the GOAT!
As a Latino, I was so stoked to see Mexican's in a more noble position, fighting alongside 141. Obviously the cartel are the bad guys, but playing with Los Vaqueros felt so damn cool. It was a nice change seeing our people doing good and fighting with the heroes for once. I never expected to get that feeling from a Call of Duty game. Plus, like, Valeria...
I swear, at least a quarter of the US military is Latino. I know the Marines work a ton with the Mexican military too, so glad to see this reality actually shown
8:12 the music choice gives me chills 26:29 I also love how Graves subtitles change colours as his allegiance changes 47:44 that issue is gone but the easiest way I found to fix it was select a different gamemode, search for a match till it gets past the connecting issue, then go back and search for the gamemode you originally wanted
I’m honestly interested if they can create a sort of atmospheric and emotional appeal in the campaigns like the American missions in the original MW2. Those were my favorite missions, seeing war on civilian soil in a modern setting seemed so foreign yet sad and realistic considering how long and peaceful the world has been at until recently (as in how long it’s been since a gigantic war between nations) And I’m hoping to see the war through eyes of frontline soldiers, maybe even Navy Seals or Delta Force teams. Sandman and his crew were so great.
I hope the rebooted MW3 takes this approach. I understand what they were going for with the realism, the NVG, and stealth missions for the first 2 new MW games, but I feel like to not have any spectacle to fighting Makarov would be an insult to the original. I'm also getting the feeling that a main character is going to die on us. It's been too calm these past two games...
It would have made more sense if after they captured hasan (and kept him) they would've found out that a third party was involved (makrov) and after that, you also have to find the missles, and around 60% through the game, you get the missles, shepard and graves betray you, then you have to go against shadow company, and you get a couple glimpses of Makrov and the russians, then at the end, you find out it's Makrov who's the third party, and that leads to MW3.
Dude I totally agree, the random bs changes in the story make me think that the upper management had problems with the original story, because this story makes much more sense
i swear to god, this new mw2 is the only time ive really seen my friends and people at my school love it. and not only the multiplayer, but absolutely love the single player! its honestly heartwarming to see people actually talking about a game this much, let alone loving the singleplayer.
I think the story was made more low stakes on purpose. As cool as the world war 3 scenario from the og mw2 would be in a modern game, it simply doesn't fit with the whole stealthy spec ops "bravo 6 going dark" style they had for 2019. Obviously this campaign takes a lot of inspiration from movies like Sicario and Zero Dark Thirty, where the focus is more on small, surgical operations rather than an all out war. If I had to guess, mw3 will be Makarov causing ww3, and that'll be the big finish.
@@TopTwom agree, though one could hope the next cod game would be as good as their og counterpart, not that the new ones sucked in gameplay and graphics its just that the characters and some parts of the story just felt less impactful than the ogs, given you don’t have to be bombastic every now and then to have a good story it just that the characters to me just doesn’t have the same feel as the old ones but that could be my nostalgia and boomer shid kicking in, though I had moments where I was just as hyped as act man when it comes to some parts and characters, like graves and ofc new ghost since new ghost just looks badass imo but yea all I find lackluster is the antagonist and the story.
my only critique about this review can be associated with: Saving the world, a thousand times later the reason why the plot was only about repossession of portable ballistic missiles was because not just stopping a second war on terror, youre preventing said thing from happening in the first place this allows the gameplay and story to be a lot more grounded, but also make you feel like the stakes are almost just as important as ending a war
Can definitely say it's the most fun I've had playing CoD in a long time. Something about it just feels so much more fun compared to the last few games
I just wanna say, they actually DID add barracks into the game with the launch of season 1. It is now possible to check ur K/D as well as ur performance with various weapons
@@Welsh7133 it’s where you can see ur lifetime stats, like ur k/d and how many kills you have with each weapon. It even shows ur k/d with specific weapons too. Although it’s not called Barracks this time, you can find all this under “stats” in the game menu
@@ParagonMitchell because season 0 was basically released to flush out bugs and have the community put the game and servers under stress and do millions of situations etc, think of season 1 as the proper launch
This aged like milk Crashes still happen every other game, Only 2 maps have been added and they’re both remakes, campers run the game because it was designed for them, Warzone and DMZ are just straight up not fun, the lighting quick ttk and slow movement speed makes for the most tiring gameplay experience
@@officialam8772 I know dude. Wz2 just isn't fun with the movement being nerfed to the ground. It feels like im running around with ankle weights and a 200 kilogram chestplate. Same thing with mp, I moved onto other games now. Tired of playing this garbage
I personally really like the paused reloads even with partially spent mags because it really makes you think about whether or not you should reload or use the bullets you have left. It also gives more reliance to side arms when you get caught with a mag out of your rifle. especially with you have the quick draw perk to the pistol.
This is the correct answer. Realism for the sake of realism isn't necessarily good, but punishing bad decision making and encouraging sidearm use is sick. Also helps with lmgs, since you don't have to do the whole reload at once
I feel having Graves kill someone big in the story by Shepards orders would have been a better plot than the missiles. I actually thought this is how the game was going to go by seeing all the characters in multiplayer have ghost masks. I thought we were going to go rouge against Shepard/Graves and that would be the main plot.
To be honest, I still think the story would have ended up better if, because of Task Force 141 constantly chasing Hassan without hesitation, they accidentally bring the world closer and closer to the edge of World War III by ending up getting various political figures and innocent people killed along the way including the destruction of a town near the U.S-Canada border. This could then result in General Shepherd backstabbing Task Force 141 not because of evil motives or generic bad guy reasons, but because he deems such an action necessary in order to stop World War III from starting due to Task Force 141's recklessness.
@@dragonbornexpress5650 they want this game to be more realistic those types of things happening so close to the US border just really isn't likely they don't want the Big world war 3 types thing this time around that's why they chose a country in the Middle East not Russia as the big bad
While this is small i feel like it would've been cool if Ghost died again, and when they grabbed the skull masks would've had more meaning and be like an homage to Ghost in a way
When I'm hungover I am a tough crowd to please, but I kid you not, I could watch you all day Act Man! It's just unlucky for me that I've already seen all of your videos at least twice... Keep up the good work brother. You are a TH-cam legend 👊
The campaign was definitely better than I expected (although it's a AAA title) and kept me playing the game over most games from the past - it also had a feeling that the story had more than just bare bones and there was a clear bond between important characters
Yes because this game is trying to copy the original OG GODLIKE MW2. U GARBAGE PLAYERS SHOULDNT BE ABLE TO PLAY SUCH NOSTALGIA IF U THINK THIS GARBAGE IS GOOD. THIS GAME IS A FAKE WITH AN IDENTITY CRISES. ENJOY YOUR STICKERS AND PAID FOR WEED CALLING CARDS SCRUBS. HOPE THE HACKERS AND BUGS BRICK UR CONSOLE
37:59 I didn’t even know they added that, thanks for including that because I much prefer score streaks to kill streaks, especially with how hard SBMM kicks my ass
The fact that they are going to re create the most infamous mission of all time in the campaign dlc is insane. It’s gonna be one hell of 2 years for MW2
@@bldontmatter5319. That doesn't make a lick of sense; If they were straight up copying, it wouldn't be a reboot, yet it clearly is. I recall Imran Zakhaev dying in COD 4 in a very different way and at a very different time compared to MW 2019; I also recall General Shepherd being more compelling as a villain in the original MW2 compared to the reboot.
@@dragonbornexpress5650 thats what i mean, like shepard was just unlikable the whole time, like you knew he was a bad guy even without ever playing ogmw2, iam one of the few that personally dislikes mw2(2022)
I have no idea why people say this video aged like milk, as if MWII was "AWESOME?!?!?!" on release and not even more broken and contentless. This video was obvious paid shilling back then and so is today.
Fr lmao, when I first saw this video released, I immediately knew act man went the shill route. I didn't buy mw2 but I game shared it from a friend so basically got it for free. And holy fuck on ps4 the amount of bugs and crashes beats dayz console lol. I could barely navigate the weapon menu without my game freezing, or everytime i tried searching for a match and setting up my classes it would fucking send me all the way back into the main menu and erase all the progress I made.Or whenever me and my friends wanted to go into gamechat to mess around with comms and people, EVEN THE VOIXE CHAT WOULD BUG OUT AND STOP WORKING HOW TF WAS THIS GAME RELEASED ON PS4. Even if this game had worked as intended idk how anyone could pay full price for a mp that only had like 7 maps, AND ALL OF EM WERE COMPLETE SHIT LOLLL. I only played shoothouse cus every other map was just completely unfun. I will say I did have fun going for orion I acc enjoyed some of the weapons but the entire grind I did for orion was solely on shoothouse. Once I had orion I just completely dipped from the game a week before shipment released
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So I had a couple sections on SBMM and some other multiplayer stuff that I ended up cutting from the video cuz it’s too damn long. I’m thinking about review Warzone 2.0 in a separate video or at least doing a gameplay/highlights video for it but we will see.
Also I had sex with your mom last night. It’s good to be back.
okay zaddy
Happy black Friday everybody and thanksgiving 😎
Amongously 🗿
That’s okay Actman, If anyone can its you lol
SIR YES SIR.
“No longer on a yearly cycle” Aged like milk
Fr 😂
Did they even explained the reason why they changed their mind? I can't find anything about it
@@meromute4016 Nope, They just did because Yes😑
@@GEK0dev bruh
@@meromute4016 Ikr
Disregarding the video title, the fact that this review came out less than a month after the game’s release is a testament to how much Act Man enjoyed this game compared to Vanguard, with its review coming months after launch.
LMAO true. I did not want to play Vanguard at all
@@TheActMancan you do a review of the longevity of Team Fortress 2?
@@TheActMan I'm glad you're having fun. I haven't touched modern CoD since Bo2, but this seems playable.
@@TheActManare you a good player? (Sweaty) or trash player (campy sentinel rat) since being one of the either makes the game completely different from which pov you’re coming from
@@TheActMan can you do a review on the bf3 campaign and maybe the game in general it’s campaign might be better than all the cod ones
Man I'm really glad you won the fight for your monetization because your videos deserve it.
Man, I think that's awsome too my guy
What happened ?
@@KenKill Look back through his videos, there was a big drama which resulted in his demonetisation, which was stupid.
quantum maniac happened
"Call of of duty modern warfare 22 marks a major turning point for the franchise; the end of annual releases."
Arbiter: Were it so easy.
Perfection. Honestly I stopped buying cod since mw 2019... never been happier in my life.
Tho baulders gate 3 got my balls in a cast iron visgrip, and I'm loving it
The next installment was never in that tank
@@roxashenry8315 I mean I'm currently playing lies of P which I wasn't expecting to love. Also decided to camp grind bo4 zombies while i wait for payday 3 content
@@roxashenry8315the only good CoD you missed was Cold war
@@thebillygoatgamer7053 yah lies of p was amazing when I played it too. Hoping for a update to payday 3 to fix everything
I think we can all agree that Alejandro Vargas is EASILY the best character in the whole campaign. If they make him an operator, it's gonna be impossible to kill him. The only one who can kill him is Alejandro
Only other players with the alejandro skin can do damage to you
Nah, if you ignore how cringe he is at the end, graves is way at the top
He aight
@@wlot28 Except they're almost always on the same team, unless you're playing warzone or DMZ
@@TheButterAnvil idk why everyone loves graves, his name is cool but he was a whiny little bitch, my man threw a temper tantrum. That and he had the literal worst boss fight ever, p.s. there's no way he's dead
11:10 another little tidbit to add on to the immersion, is that soldier doesn't even die. His protective plates take the brunt of the gunfire and it just knocks the wind out of him, hence why he collapses against the wall. Once he takes a few seconds though, he gets back on his feet and heads back downstairs with you.
It’s really awesome seeing Act Man finally review a recent Cod game as awesome, and it’s good to see that he’s actually enjoying it
He's definitely smoking crack to give it that review
Its a legit campaign!
It looks like a MW2019 reskin, what's the difference really?
played warzone 2.0 and damn the bugs are so bad that i enjoy talking to other people screaming about moving like a power point presentation
Especially after ww2 (the cod not the war)
Well this didn’t age well… the “expansion” for MW2 is literally just MW3.
aged like a fine wine.... XD
Still better then Bo2
And it costs $70 more than it should.
and its better than mw2 2022
@@taelin-rh3wiNope, it still suck balls
I'm pretty sure no-one is going to mention it, so I will: I really appreciate you including a segment at the end of the video where you respond to questions from your Patrons. It's a really nice way to wrap things up, and I hope to see it return in the future (maybe you could use it as a chance to give your take on current issues like MandaloreGaming does).
ur ghey
Reminds of of Racevick videos. Very appreciated!
Yes I should do it more often 😅
@@TheActMan Thank you so much for taking the time to read and respond to my comment! It really means a lot.
It’s a rarity to see The Act Man enjoy a modern CoD game. It’s a beautiful thing. Like seeing a quadruple rainbow, watching a solar eclipse, or catching a glimpse at what’s under Ghosts mask. Wonderful.
I mean, he really enjoyed Cold War’s campaign.
Still a rare thing. Cold War was two years ago at this point, so it’s happened twice in a two-three year span?
@@MaraMarmalade When there's a new cod every damn year and almost every year they are shit yeah I suppose this would be a rarity.
@@goofball1_134 you get me, thank you.
@@anakinlowground5515 not the full game though
I never thought I’d see a day where the act man approved a COD game , what a time to be alive
He liked World at War!
If omly the story was good (the plot, gameplay-wise is awesome though I hate to admit it)
@@TheTheshiznitseriously
Hello? Have you seen his reviews on World at War and Black Ops 1? Your agreement works if you add the word "new" before "COD game" but like this, it seems like you know nothing about his opinions and if that's the case, why pretend you do?
@@Kappe-ds5uh I think he meant that's a first when Act Man approced a new COD game
This game singlehandedly cured my COD and Warzone addictions. It's going to save me money when I don't buy the new COD this year.
turns out they lied and there will be a new cod this year, sequel to the newest one, modern warfare 3 or might be called modern warfare III to follow the last theme
@@stoegerz6697 No one lied but the "insiders" that jumped on the hype train.
yeah tbh this video aged really badly
Does he know?
@stoegerz6697 by sledgehammer too the worst of the trio
I'm honestly, legitimatelly surprised they don't have themes for when you drop in. I may be a sucker for CoD speaking from nostalgia, but those fucking themese are so iconic to me, they gave so much character to the factions and let you put yourself in the mood for waging (a tiny) war.
Gone but never forgotten, CoD themes ♪♫
Yeah, the intro and endgame themes were incredible and they just stopped doing them altogether. What a waste
Yeah I miss tryharding my nuts off just so I can hear that rangers victory theme. It made the game much more intense
Because cod is ass now. Remember the end game kill cam on militia or rangers? Felt heroic right? But u clowns would buy a booty cod.
Because those themes had soul and were made by people who cared. This game isn't.
@@EyePatchGuy88making a game about war is probably on the lower end of soul having
This didn't age well.
fr
How
@@wickendiana8310 this game has less content has REALLY Strict SBMM, we are going to have 19 maps, and game modes are constantly being removed.
@@chickenpotbiebro202 enough for the game to be completely not worth playing?, i dont think so, you also got warzone and dmz, raid, spec ops, campaign, they also resently added 10 v 10 mosh pit infection gun game etc, as he has said before his opinion on the game still stands
@@wickendiana8310 they are going to remove 10 v 10 mosh pit in a week.
I haven’t played a Call of Duty since WW2 back in 2017, so I can’t comment on any aspect of the actual gameplay or game design, but holy shit, the newest version of this engine looks insane. The fact that the character models in the cutscenes look so human-like but there’s no feeling or sense of uncanny valley is shocking. Also, Graves’ voice actor played Rafe in Uncharted 4.
ok grandpa
@@creatorsfreedom6734 for no reason
@@tommyrandall3489 😃 i was bored , WW 2 was a long time ago sonny
@@creatorsfreedom6734 I stopped playing COD in 2012. 🤣🤣
@@solid5502 want a medal?
We’re prolly gonna need an updated review of this game
Especially since they kinda, sorta, follow back on to the yearly release per entry in the series.
Honestly tho, mw2 was better for some shit, like graphics etc. mw3 has insane potential but needs some changes, like the armory needs gone for instance
its the same graphically, not better at all@@Jay410S
MW2022 was an Awesome game but man this game had non existent post launch support
@@ChandranPrema123 isn't that pretty much every COD game anyway. Apart from a few, COD games die the instant a new one comes out
This video didn't age too well.
(update) Thanks for the likes. I didn't expect a whole argument in my comment, but it's fun to look at. But yeah, I still think MW2 multiplayer is extremely ass SBMM sucks, and Maps are incredibly campy. I also just played the MW3 campaign, and It was also horrible. It's sad to see this franchise fall apart. If you still like these shitty new cods, that's your opinion idc whatever makes you happy. Wish everyone the best.
How so?
@@deerecoyote2040 this game will no longer be a two year game and the post launch content is laughable.
I came here just to say the same 😂
@@jaymorrow8058 How does that make the game bad?
@@deerecoyote2040 I think he meant the part about no more annual releases and post launch content. The game itself ain't bad but their promises only lasted 3 months 😂
I think the most important thing you said came during the Spec-ops talk. Warzone 2, DMZ, Co-op Raids rely heavily on a good PVE experience. I think devs are trying to expand the viability of the franchise
DMZ would be fantastic if they lowered the aimbot sweaty...bots... and made a better solo experience. I'm enjoying it with my two friends though.
The coop missions are cheaks, its 2 people, when it couldve been 4 easily, and the missions are just sections of other maps, i think the OG mw2 missions were better and couldve been changed to fit the mission but I guess
making games that are not ABSOLUTE GARBAGE ( like MW19; 2022 Reskin Edition ) is LITERALLY how you expand the viability of the franchise.
@@brandoncoolguy1606 one of those types. Impossible to please
A ground war dmz mode?
In the betrayal scene, I love how Graves's name color switches from blue to red. I like that attention to detail because, to me at least, it's subtle and if the story wasn't so "meh", then I feel as if it could've become an more amazing scene.
Graves is a character who could fill the role of a "betrayer" fantastically, but like you said the story was meh and they handled his transition so badly. I'm personally annoyed that we had that last tank battle; the mission itself was fun, but trying to C4 a tank with his voice over speakers vs actually gunning/CQBing someone down... there's just no comparison. Plus I'm 99.999% sure they did that so he could suddenly somehow come back later.
If that's attention to detail enough to you then were ignoring scenes when Alejandro speaks on his native tongue. The bar is so low we praise it like it was a milestone. What's next figuring out gameplay settings this pass decade were accessibility settings?
Cold war also has that in the campaign when you decide to betray Adler and his crew
I actually liked it all
The story was dog shit
"end of annual releases"..... i fucking wish
I was really bummed when Shepard just ended up being the “twist” villain again. Especially since the scene where he betrays you in the original MW2 is one of the most memorable moments in gaming history. Would have been cool to write his character as an ally, that would have been an actual surprise since everyone and their mother knew was going to betray you the second his name was mentioned
To dO SoMe gOoD YoU'vE gOT To Do sOmE BaD
I agree if you played the og mw2 or the remaster then yah this plot is very predictable
Agreed, they should have referenced the idea of Shepherd being evil again but keep him good, same with Graves
@@issacguz5602 At the very least neither Graves nor Shepherd were necessarily evil, they just made some really dumbass decisions that ended them up in a situation that would be devastating if word got around. They could have wrote them a bit better but I like it more than how it was done in the original where Shepherd basically incites WW3 to boost his reputation
There should have been a loose ends cop out mission
I liked how the duty was called on this one, specially considering how modern the warfare was.
Boo🤣
truly one of the games of all time
i agree, this game represents one of the warfares of all time
My favorite part was when Call Of Duty said "it's Modern Warfaring time" and Moderned Warfared everyone a second time but now in 2022
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What i absolutely loved about the Campaign is the bond between, Soap and Ghost it shows they are more than 2 soldiers. But being best friends as well when they actually are cracking jokes to each other. To ease the tension, as well as this I feel for the Los Vaqueros have a genuinely closer bond like a band of Brothers in general they made these characters actually human.
Still wish they showed more with Price and Gaz Gaz ain’t meant to the FNG anymore also price is the main character he should’ve had a good amount of focus
Ngl I feel like Los Vaqueros doesn’t really have that much of a brotherly feeling it’s mainly just Alejandro and Rodolfo while in Shadow Company it felt like the entire company were brothers even though they’re mercs
To bad they messed up the graphics in the campaign after season 1!
@@kevincarneling7118 wdym
@Novem's Natural Roll well it’s not a movie is it numbnuts???
I feel like you should have waited to do this review cause it's kinda easy to have fun with a new cod when it first comes out. The lack of significant updates in the game is pretty obvious and I find it kinda crazy that they're even dropping the ball with warzone.
I don't really see that as an issue. They have enough content to keep me coming back a couple times a week, and that's all. Nothing spectacular but it's fine. Then again, maybe being a Halo fan has set my bar for live service I'm recent years a bit too low.
why do you need new content so often, this is why we're plagued with battle passes...
@@ActuallyZee CoD isnt a game that has a very long shelf life. Its hard to describe but its not a game that keeps most people around for longer than a year like halo, titanfall, or battlefield does. They make the game to be addicting rather than long term fun so it gets stale really quick. So they have to keep pumping out content or else the game isnt fun anymore
@@edun4513 then why can I find games from the past 4 cods within seconds?
@@ActuallyZee you really think theyve kept much of their fanbase? Ofc you’re gonna find games, im not saying everyones gonna drop, but certainly most people have and that trend has already started with MW2
I felt it was a missed opportunity to not use Price in the same way that the OG MW2 did. Price had already been set up as a "get hands dirty" type of guy in MW 2019 so it would have fit his character well if he got control of one of the missiles and used it on shadow company after having been betrayed.
Ghost: "Price, do you copy? The silo doors are open, I repeat, the silo doors are open!"
Price: "Good."
that line is goatd
i agree but he was still sick
I agree I feel like Price becomes a bit more soft in this one but oh well
Characters are a 10, Missions are a 10, Plot is a 5.
My man you NAILED IT! That is the perfect description of this campaign. I wasn't sure about how to describe it until you said it like that. Simply perfect.
My opinion is a little bit different.
9/10 - Characters
7.5/10 - Missions
4.5/10 - Story
Overall pretty similar
@@GameOver-226 you're so cool
The story is literally a 2/10 or 1/10. It's been told a million times and has so many major holes. A 5/10 is fine. This is absolutely not fine. Although cod fans don't know basic quality so I'm not surprised
Characters are a 0, Missions are a 10, Plot is a minus 10. Here fixed it for you.
@@diamondhamster4320. In your opinion.
Those ww2 pistols grips will forever live down as one of the most hilarious things cod has done in a video game
I honestly thought the pistol grips looked cool but my god was it overdone
@@brandonnelson94. What made it even worse is that you couldn't even see the grip on your weapon because your character would just be holding the grip the entire time you played, which then begs the question: What was even the point?
MWII Part 2 2022’s perk system is by far one of the most laughable things they’ve ever done in the franchise
My biggest problem with this game is its style of it. MW 2019 nailed the style and feel of it, but I don't see it in MW2
Agreed i was very underwhelmed, felt bored through most of it
There will never be a better soundtrack in Call of Duty than the original MW2. Hans Zimmer is a legend and we are all lucky to have had that score enter our eardrums.
Cod4 🎶 as well
idk why they wont invest in a better composer
Bo1???? Bo2?????
Hans didnt do all of the ost
@Alejandro Vargas I get that, and it could very well be the reason, but I view music as an essential part of the story. Music is the gateway to an emotional story, and it is a motivational tool when done correctly. Music when done right, only adds to the realism. That’s why Hans Zimmer is so good. He makes you feel the emotions of not only the actors and story, but your own emotions are amplified.
I'm so glad I wasn't the only one to love Alejandro as a character and his voice actor, I hope he is released as an operator one day.
What a useless comment. Now go to your room son. Tell your mother to wash up and prepare.
Orale!!!
definitely going to be a 20$ bundle
So it’s ghost story a group of 22 men stood against 300 enemies we call them ghost lol
He’s such a badass but still humanized so evenly and perfectly
I absolutely love how much they put into Ghost's character in this game, especially with that scene where the Shadow Company troops are heard being frightened of him (also, I was laughing my ass off during the banter between Soap and Ghost during Alone). He has such an awesome, commanding presence in this game 🔥🔥
(mild spoilers) wish he didn't go back to the old mask after the ghost team level. It was pretty rushed as far as character arcs go, but I liked it, and switching back to the other mask kind of undoes it to me
The one and only thing I don't understand or probably misheard is why he is calling this game so awesome if a bunch of features are missing from previous MW2019
@@KingDanikMort nobody cares it gets patched in anyways regardless. It’s expected and I laugh when people act surprised
@@TheButterAnvil tf did you even pay attention to his character arc
@@Deathmare235 he doesn't like soap. Then he helps soap. Then he has a moment with soap and rodolpho at the safehouse, then the arc finishes. I'm not saying it's bad, I actually really like it, it's just not that well supported.
This aged badly
i forgot how intense the start of games were in og mw2. The intro music pumps you up with the countdown and then at the start it gets almost eerily quiet like shits was about to hit the fan at any moment. Sucha little detail that honestly just feels huge. Also that ac130 call out is about as good as it gets because thats exactly what you should expect while the entire battlefield is getting erased by it
It’s a breath of fresh air to finally see someone who isn’t as negative about everything like the rest of the CoD community. Sure, the game has its problems, but I’m still having lots of fun. Glad you feel the same way, Act Man.
Well to be fair most of the community that you see are negative because they aren’t having fun on the game they do it out of passion not just to be negative. Some people are douchebags about it but honestly I just don’t enjoy cod anymore. I’ve been playing since cod 2 and the games just suck in my opinion. And I know it’s not just a recency thing bc I actually enjoyed black ops 4
Yeah the gameplay is fun. It’s ruined by countless changes that make it u playable.
1 example is the visual recoil which was not mentioned once in this video. Actually none of the real issues were actually mentioned in this video.
@@STDxHammer Most of the negativitiy is surrounded around either SBMM (which should be hated) or the fact that Infinity Ward nerfed several crutches. The CoD community loves its crutches.
@@Adizzle235 yeah like I think it has so much potential but so did all of the last cods besides vanguard. I’m plagued by terrible latency because of the sbmm and menu freezing and a plethora of other issues in game and out of game. I play one game and I start wondering why I’m on because it just gives me headaches and I get off
Yea I'm actually able to run around and have fun in this game
I love how they actually cared for the downed helicopter in one of the first missions, it's just not another fallen helicopter that gets shot down for show.
Reminds me of Cod4's Helicopter rescue before the nuke hits, not as impactful as pulling the pilot from the wreckage and carrying her to exfil obviously but seeing it have some gravity in 2022 vs "HELO DOWN, HELO DOWN" and moving on was an enjoyable sight.
@@Weebsaurusthere’s been so many call backs to the original MW series it gives me goosebumps. It’s awesome!
I would like to know how you feel about the game now. I've been mostly disappointed with the game and the lack of content
Yeah, typical Activision fashion
(New cod release, Hype up
Campaign, etc.)
(Usually bad multiplayer because of sbmm)
And some atrocious p2w sh1t
Release another wz (in the future probably?)
Then months later they will give less fucks
How is there a lack of content now? They've steadily been adding 2-3 new guns and maps a season
True, and that's cool. But for the love of god why am I squadding up with The Easter Bunny, Homelander, and Nicki Minaj in a fucking CoD game? The endless and extremely cringe operator bundles are by far my least favorite part of the game.
Could you or someone else elaborate how it’s a lack of content? It’s a multiplayer fps game where the gameplay is more or less “shoot the bad guy”, and they add new guns and maps with every monthly season for free. Something even BO1&2 couldn’t accomplish, making players buy the dlc packs if they wanted those things.
Not to mention the game has the raids, the big battlefield-esque game mode, a designated ranked play, battle royale modes, something that resembles escape from tarkov, on top of the already existing multiplayer.
Not trying to make this sound rude if it comes off that way, just genuinely curious what the perspective is.
@@workdayfiddle From my perspective, most of the content is either contributing nothing to the game, or just fixing issues that should have been fixed from the start. All the new maps are atrocious, and while new guns never hurt, who needs them in a game with 51 guns at launch. Tons of QOL, some garbage maps, and new guns that shouldn't be the focus in a game with about as many guns at launch as previous titles had at the end of their life cycle, is all the content that has been added, unless I am missing something. I wasn't around for the golden days, and their constant worship is exhausting to say the least, but this game had no soul, and that is a fact.
The pistol switch tip:
In the multi-player it's actually an attachment to be able to hold your gun and pistol at the same time.
It's also a little different than you might initially seem.
The attachment is on the pistol, it's got a perk called "pistol fast-draw"
Running out of ammo on your primary automatically draws your secondary instead of reloading
Sprinting, reloading, vaulting, any action really, will stow the primary and you will hold the secondary with both hands.
It's very nice for those "Oh shit" moments so you don't have to manually switch to it or reload. But personally I run akimbo... the akimbo is actually good this game.
I don't get the idea of akimbo pistols. Like that's cool and all... But from a practical standpoint, what benefits do you get? Wanna shoot fast like you do with two auto glocks? Use some SMG then. Wanna oneshot people like you do with those akimbo revolvers? Just use a shotgun. Like for example I've seen a video on akimbo revolvers (basilisk? I don't want to memorize those bullshit ingame gun names), right? The video was about how cool it is to run and mow people down with those revolvers. I spent a day maxing out the revolver, got the akimbo "attachment" and tried it... What I got is a fucking 5 shot shotgun basically. And it's fucking even worse than a shotgun. No accuracy, very short range. But it's akimbo revolvers, wow. Cool but not practical. Yeah, you run a bit faster. That's it.
@@KeksimusMaximus It's literally a secondary weapon.....
@@-R.E.D.A.C.T.E.D- Damn. That's like a fair point, my dude. I'm so obsessed with grindning camos (and for that reason I play whole games using only one weapon) that I forgot you can use two weapons simultaneously. Even when I don't grind, my secondary is always a launcher for UAVs so the only reason I may use pistols is grinding. And they become my primary weapon through the whole game. Yeah, having a lame shotgun (akimbo revolvers) as a secondary but without Overkill perk is okay, I guess. Damn, my whole point doesn't work because I forgot you can use a normal gun while still having akimbo pistols.
Tarkov tried to do this but only if your weapon jams. Would love if it had a proper animation and worked more like COD.
The akimbo is a little too good…
the Amsterdam downtown area they recreated is also almost 100% like real life, insane how much effort they put into that
NPC models dont look too great
It’s amazing for the campaign but an absolute detriment for the MP lmao
@@JustLikeYou. odd I’m loving the MP lol
@@kennypowers1945 I’m talking about map design my guy lmao
Wish there was an MP map in the streets of Amsterdam, rather than some hotel.
can we all appreciate how organized and well thought out this mans videos always are? hes been consistent since i started watching back in the halo 5 days
Appreciate it, boss. I do my best
Can we appreciate on how wrong this video was.
Wouldn't it be great if Activision would release a comprehensive collection of all the single-player campaigns for those who don't really play multiplayer? I'd buy it, and I'm (fairly) sure others would too.
I honestly thought that letting Hassan go was a pretty dumb plot point too. As you said he crossed the boarder illegally, assaulted someone, attempted murder and was an arsonist, but how about we list all his crimes…
1. Assault with a deadly weapon
2. Illegally crossing the boarder
3. Arson
4. Attempting to murder a law enforcement officer
5. Successfully murdering a law enforcement officer
6. Acts of terrorism
7. Associating with the Cartels
8. Theft
9. Grand Larceny
10. Possession of illegal weapons
11. Trespassing onto private property
All this shit and you’re telling me that they “weren’t allowed to arrest him”? As someone who trained in the Military Police Corps I gotta say that is a load of bullshit. I mean, MPs are pretty careful about who they arrest and I’d say that even they would be willing to jump on that guy pretty damn fast.
I would assume Shepard would be like "Oh we can't let that guy tell them about what happened. I'll have them release him"
That's a VERY loose theory but it's the best I got
Plus it’s the US military they don’t give a shit about international law if they did every president would have been charged for war crimes
Lol and they were working with grey area of the law, might aswell just have the PMC shoot him and caulk it up as him resisting.
@@DoctorTheo loose theory...loose...loose ends
@@DoctorTheo the only problem with that is shepard isnt the one who says to release him, laswell is.
Act man is definitely a unique human being in that he actually enjoys the border crossing map. Maybe out of spite but even so.
I think it's a great map lol
@@jrodgers211 Yeah! It's a good map
@@Kiwi-qd2fe nope
It's my fav map besides shipment
I love it lol
The campaign was Interesting to me, soap was a lower rank than ghost and he was being commanded by him. Even though most of the story was awesome it’s weird hearing soap say he wants be like ghost. Also graves betraying 141 was kind of predictable he was being to nice to them
Ngl would’ve been cooler if Soap was captain and Ghost was playable would’ve made the 141 seem more badass
@@Deathmare235 never gonna live that down, eh?
@@TheGhost-rp3ko let me guess ghost fanboy
Whenever someone you don't really know that well calls you brother it's usually a sign that they're about to betray you or something will happen "now the clock is ticking so you gotta hurry brother alright?"
@interviolet exactly bro the way he was saying such nice things just made it suspicious
Well this aged like old milk
I love how Act Man said the story is 5 out of 10 but the characters and missions are 10 out of 10. This is how I felt with both MW 2019 and MW II, although I think the worst two villains in the two games are Barkov and Valeria. Both of them are hyped up to be the meanest, dangerous villains, but they ended up falling flat and in Valeria's case, it was obvious she was El Sinombre because she is that poorly written.
I absolute agree, however I say that 2019 at least showed you what the gas was capable of, ya we see the missile in action but I wanted to see it hit an actual city or something adding to the stakes
2019 was8 to 9 out of 10 for me
Barkov was a better villain because we saw his evil acts first hand throughout the game. We didn't see Valeria do anything.
i argree
@@tbrown5836 you actually see the missile's capability during the "prologue" mission "Strike", when Ghost, Shepherd, Laswell, and Graves send the same missile on General Ghorbrani
one of my favorite things so far about this game is that i don't HAVE to spend money to get cosmetics. you can earn some really nice blueprints from dmz, there are some great calling cards you can get from challenges, and some of the best weapon camos in awhile. it makes just playing the game feel so rewarding and still gives you something to work for even after the camo grind.
forgive me if I'm wrong but aren't cosmetics never necessary
@@chowdermonkey6289 and how exactly does their necessity relate to them being a rewarding feature in the game?
@@porterj9360 ngl lie I thought he said he didn't have to buy cosmetics anymore but he said he doesn't need money to get cosmetics
yeah too bad DMZ is an unbalanced dogshit mess. theres legitimately like 6 guns that dont hit like marshmallows and 3 of them are submachineguns. also with button input delays and all. "oh but its a beta" yeah didnt know trying to plate up and having to wait a whole second between inputs to have it work was exclusive to DMZ
@@chowdermonkey6289 valid
The enthusiasm from the announcers are vastly important. I seriously don’t hear if there’s serious killstreaks like choppers cause they’re so monotone. Its more of situational awareness then being reminded. One time the chopper didn’t even make audio and just killed 5 people, it was so jarring.
I think they’re just trying to go for realism, every time I see a “special forces operator reacts to call of duty” they complain about the screaming and swearing during missions as you need to stay calm and collected to not lost your head. I still prefer the old announcers but I can see why they changed it
@@robloxpwnr7604 Yeah, you kinda have to be dispassionate. But although it's better for realism (and on my ears), it's important for gameplay as it sells the power that a killstreak may have. You don't need to be told to find cover when a cruise missile or a chopper gunner is inbound in older CoDs, the announcer's panic would tell that to you immediately.
12:46 rest in peace Coco
Yeah. 😭💔
What happened
@@maryeast209 coco passed away due to natural causes
I will say I live in Chicago and the game recreates the city almost perfectly. On the rooftop I looked across different directions and specific skyscrapers I've known since I was a little kid were in the exact spots they would be.
Did you see your house from up there?
South side chicho 🤡
@@lilreeseakathechiraqgrimre1995 Same, I'm from Bridgeport originally.
Strangely enough, the Shadow Company reversal could have been substantially improved with just some minor tweaking to the context. Have the oil rig mission end in some sort of failure, either with the missile successfully striking New Orleans or with Soap disabling it on the launchpad, only for it to explode and kill a bunch of Shadows on the oil rig. Then, as the team gets back to base, they discover that Valeria has escaped. Shepherd orders Soap and Ghost to go home while giving the now-unstable Graves full authority, which he uses to annex the base and seize all the Vaqueros (on the pretext that one of them helped Valeria escape) before sending Shadow Company into the town to seize every cartel associate they can find and squeeze Valeria or Hassan's location out of them. Soap and Ghost attempt to stop Graves from detaining Alejandro and that escalates into a firefight and the rest of the canon storyline (perhaps with a section where Soap and Ghost contact Shepherd for help, only for him to support Graves). After that, all you would need is some way to get Hassan's location out of the escaped Valeria (maybe Shadow Company had recaptured her right before Ghost Team assaults the Vaqueros base, or maybe she offers the intel to Soap in exchange for him getting Shadow Company out of her territory) and you could have everything else as is.
These things aren't too hard to fix if someone just gave them some thought. (The "let Hassan go" thing is much harder. Maybe he was badly injured in the capture and so they can't question him right away, forcing them to go after El Sin Nombre?)
Right? I enjoyed the campaign, but for a modern warfare game, it was so underwhelming. Like nothing significant happens in the story, unlike the original games with the nukes and ww3
The easiest way to fix the scene of letting him go is by never capturing him in the first place would’ve added more tension too
Honestly I don't care if "the world is gonna end" cause that's a pretty generic and boring plotline. This story was about Shepherds screw up with the missiles constantly escalating to the point where he was almost responsible for the capitol being blown up. Good stakes in a story has nothing to do with the scope.
I didn't think the plot holes were actually that terrible, it was definitely a stretch but it didn't ruin the story for me.
@@harmoeneven then it wasn’t good stakes since all the bad guys were incompetent
@@Deathmare235 stupid people can be very dangerous
"No more yearly releases!" That one didn't age quite so well...
Act man looking like the Tact Man with all his gear lol.
I've heard mostly good things about this game, it's above average at least for the CoD franchise, with the mutliplayer and/or campaign offering a little something for everyone.
The only people who dislike or talk bad about the game are die-hard COD youtubers who like to stay in the past, pretending COD back then was perfect, sooo good watching The Act Man actually having gun again
Tact Man. That was pretty clever.
dollar store Dr. Disrespect
CoD consumers have such low standards
@@rx7fd927 No, I dislike it because its came out with less content than the original. Also, perhaps its time for the TTK to be made slower so we can have actual gunfights again rather than whoever aimed in first... CW really hit the sweet spot for that, arguably the only CoD after BO4 with actual gunfights.
I know you said you don’t go for camos and stuff. But you should have definitely went over the whole camo challenge overhaul they’ve done for this year. Instead of having to get 1000+ kills and 100 longshots and mounted kills and headshots for one gun to get gold! They’ve really simplified the camo grind and I really appreciate that!
Act Man, you need to follow-up this video...
@@jurassicparkenjoyer not really there’s now 22 maps and a bunch of new modes I think your just whining
@@sgtroach1510 no the reason is that they just announced that they are canceling the two year plan and releasing a game this year in 2023
@@sgtroach1510 most of the maps are either trash or remakes, we’ve only gotten one original map since launch and it’s not even that good. The reason everyone is crying is because they paid $60 for multiplayer and there’s nothing to do or any good maps. And the sbmm doesn’t help anything either
@@speedietruck4861 the maps are fine idk what you’re talking about. Also, I don’t get everybody bitching about map remakes. I say give us more to pad out map variety
@@sgtroach1510 are you really defending a game that re-released a beta map as new content? Or defending them for creating a bunch of pay to win bundles? I feel bad for you
This video is a prime example of why time is such an important factor in these type of games. They literally lied about their 2-year cycle, the movement is ass, Warzone 2 is garbage, so why is this game "awesome"? This isn't what MW2019 used to be. You call this game "awesome", yet all of us have watched it dissolve into shit.
They never lied about a 2 year cycle, those were leaks you morons believed
I do agree the movement was bad, and the current movement should've been in the game in the 1st place but if you complain how it isn't mw19 movement you need to adapt
I'm looking forward to mw3s movement as a change of pace, but bitch all you want, MW2s movement is perfect
exactly, some of the worst movement; especially when compared to mw2019s movement. and yea warzone is still ass; i think they shouldve took the good features of verdansk and caldera and combined them and you literally wouldve had a perfect map. and idk why they changed the looting, the looting in mw19 was fine
@@tonyy920 Factual my brotha
Loved that you used Live and Learn when the missile was launched. I appreciate the sonic reference
On the real, I can NEVER get mad at a melee main player. Their agility and finesse and their ability to bippity bop around the map can only be remitted with a my life. take it. you deserve it for the anguish I imagine you put yourself through to get to that skill level
When I run out of ammo, I go bat shit crazy and charge at them like I'm a Cloaker from Payday 2
No idea how it is now, but in the original MW2 knife runners were the lowest trash of the low. The maps were so small and tight that it took no skill or tactics to just knife everyone before they could react, and even more "fun" there was originally a bug which doubled your running speed or so if you were holding a care package flare.
@@theliberation9061 Its only when I run out of ammo, calm down.
"Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 2022 marks a major turning point for the franchise, the end of annual releases".........wow that did NOT age well at all
nine months after this video came out, im looking back at it and thinking: nope, this didnt age well
It's still my favorite campaign in the last 10 years
@@milkywayhuizar5641bruh, mid
I appreciate how weapon leveling isn’t nearly the grind it used to be, albeit a little more confusing. On another note; great video Act Man! I can’t believe it’s been 10 years since a CoD came out that could be called Awesome.
It really isnt. If u havent bought it, dont.
@@kousseye155 I personally haven't had any major issues with the game.
This biggest plot hole to me is when laswell is captured, even though that mission is awesome, it serves no real purpose to the story, it’s not like Hassan captured her and you have to fight until the end of the game to get her back, you just go and get her right back, it’s almost like it was just a way to bring in Farah for a cameo
Now that I think about it
Yeah, story's stupud
Admittedly that is a weak point. It was a fun mission though.
If Hassan had captured her it wud have added more weightage
@@MeTaLISaWeSoMe95 exactly fun gameplay but literally filler story
@@MeTaLISaWeSoMe95 mission was repetitive af
35:36 im sorry but that guy spamming the fart sound was the funniest shit i seen in a while
This is the video that made me realise again that everyone makes mistakes
fr, this video aged like milk
Okay, what the issue. All the points he makes still stand. I haven't noticed anything wrong with the base game. I don't play it all the time, but just playing multiplayer it's fine.
@@deerecoyote2040 I think he was talking about the two year cycle activation had planned out
@@deerecoyote2040the whole video was just tone deaf to how stale this cod was and how much the devs were shitting on the players. It took everyone way too long to realise
Tbf campaign wise he's still right
You uploading 50+ mins reviews of games I enjoy is always a rare gift. Keep doing you mr acting manager.
God I was really hoping for the return of factions and announcements. I really adored spetsnaz and it was awesome to get super excited when you saw a flying sword appear and then “who dares wins” would sound in a heavy ass accent, I had no idea back then just how influental the SAS really was. And all the awesome music and callings for kill streaks aw man, I wish they could make a dlc for that
I thought I was the only one with this gripe with the game. But it seems like modern shooters have gotten rid of factions that ground us in the world. It really blows. Like we have chinese soldiers on the same side as tf141, makes no sense.
At least in mw they bought em back as subfactions even in cw and then vanguard ruins it and mwll brings it back to the ghosts-bo4 times
100%, I think that’s what made the older cod games each standout and feel memorable with the multiplayer portion
Politics in games are fine like disco Elysium and FONV. Post modernism hive mind as twitter can't take the pill
@@allent1152 Yeah they replaced the factions with PMCs. It's nowhere near as bad as "My Team vs Enemy Team" from Vanguard but I miss the individual factions that MW2019 had, as well as the different personalities therein, seriously where is my BOI YEGOR!?
I absolutely LOVE the detail in how Graves' text colour goes from blue to red like shepard from the original game
The betrayal would've worked better at the end though to further establish that connection to the original
They even used this in cold war, really cool
Agreed. Though to be frank, it's not the first time this cool detail happened.
In cold war, if you decide to betray your team, (Which you should definitely do.) Adler and the team's names turn to red. Since your character establishes them as the enemy.
I mean it’s not that hard of a thing for them to do is it, does it really deserve praise?
@@Doey135. Just a nice little detail; It ain't revolutionary, but it gets the job done. It's interesting, but nobody is saying it's somehow the greatest thing since sliced bread; It ain't.
This video aged like fine milk
I'm pleased to hear you bring up the gun name issue, because that's something that really pisses me off. It's a modern warfare game. All of these guns are recognizable, it's not like we wouldn't notice. Maybe it's literally just to save money on licensing.
It's because they got sued before for gun names and don't wanna risk another
From what I've heard there seems to be a legal issue regarding the licensing and not a monetary issue. Think the Russian guns were license free but clearly that's changed.
@@acertainname7247 Also i remembered Infinity Ward getting sued for having a Vehicle in there game without having Permission from the Creators of that particular Vehicle
theres a california law that doesnt allow them to use actual names for guns
@@stuffedpie1388 Really?? I'm Canadian, and I wasn't aware of that, but now that's got me confused. Why would the gun industry care? Or the Californian government for that matter?
The first review of the game gave me that "ah shit, here we go again" feeling and I became hesitant of getting the game as soon as I upgrade my rig. But oh boy this content lift my hopes up for the game. Love how they gave Alejandro such character despite being a new member of Task Force 141, he's charismatic. And Ghost? Man he's the GOAT!
He’s not a member of the 141 not yet
As a Latino, I was so stoked to see Mexican's in a more noble position, fighting alongside 141. Obviously the cartel are the bad guys, but playing with Los Vaqueros felt so damn cool. It was a nice change seeing our people doing good and fighting with the heroes for once. I never expected to get that feeling from a Call of Duty game. Plus, like, Valeria...
I swear, at least a quarter of the US military is Latino. I know the Marines work a ton with the Mexican military too, so glad to see this reality actually shown
No cap Alejandro is a real nigga fr 💯🫱🏽🫲🏾 the whole campaign felt like a real action movie
It's latinx
@@thetreethatbleeds4079 No. Y En Español: No
@@thetreethatbleeds4079learned recently that most Latino/Latina people hate the term latinx
0:45 that aged well☠☠
he does say “we will see how they monetize this game” like 2 seconds after that
8:12 the music choice gives me chills
26:29 I also love how Graves subtitles change colours as his allegiance changes
47:44 that issue is gone but the easiest way I found to fix it was select a different gamemode, search for a match till it gets past the connecting issue, then go back and search for the gamemode you originally wanted
I love how the stakes could be raised just by having them describe how the missiles could be used for nuclear weapons
I’m honestly interested if they can create a sort of atmospheric and emotional appeal in the campaigns like the American missions in the original MW2. Those were my favorite missions, seeing war on civilian soil in a modern setting seemed so foreign yet sad and realistic considering how long and peaceful the world has been at until recently (as in how long it’s been since a gigantic war between nations)
And I’m hoping to see the war through eyes of frontline soldiers, maybe even Navy Seals or Delta Force teams. Sandman and his crew were so great.
Nah just play the original mw2
@@knrz2562. Not a good answer.
@@knrz2562 No
I hope the rebooted MW3 takes this approach. I understand what they were going for with the realism, the NVG, and stealth missions for the first 2 new MW games, but I feel like to not have any spectacle to fighting Makarov would be an insult to the original.
I'm also getting the feeling that a main character is going to die on us. It's been too calm these past two games...
I want MWIII does another DC invasion story because that would be cool asf with the new engine and also because I want SGT Foley again
"The end of annual releases"
8 months post release of MW2: "Here's the MW3 trailer LMAO"
It would have made more sense if after they captured hasan (and kept him) they would've found out that a third party was involved (makrov) and after that, you also have to find the missles, and around 60% through the game, you get the missles, shepard and graves betray you, then you have to go against shadow company, and you get a couple glimpses of Makrov and the russians, then at the end, you find out it's Makrov who's the third party, and that leads to MW3.
its MAKAROV
I disagree
Dude I totally agree, the random bs changes in the story make me think that the upper management had problems with the original story, because this story makes much more sense
do we get to know how Price ends up as a prisoner in the Gulsg in the old MW2?
You do find out a third party (which is makarov) is involved. But I do agree we should of seen him a couple times
i swear to god, this new mw2 is the only time ive really seen my friends and people at my school love it. and not only the multiplayer, but absolutely love the single player! its honestly heartwarming to see people actually talking about a game this much, let alone loving the singleplayer.
It always was this way, before Ghosts.
@@bldontmatter5319 ghosts wasn't even bad
@@UltraLegendCooler yeah man, AW and BO3 were also pre dope
@@jaxastro3072 bo3 for spectre
My sweet summer child, if only you were around for the golden age of CoD and gaming in general
I think the story was made more low stakes on purpose. As cool as the world war 3 scenario from the og mw2 would be in a modern game, it simply doesn't fit with the whole stealthy spec ops "bravo 6 going dark" style they had for 2019. Obviously this campaign takes a lot of inspiration from movies like Sicario and Zero Dark Thirty, where the focus is more on small, surgical operations rather than an all out war. If I had to guess, mw3 will be Makarov causing ww3, and that'll be the big finish.
yeah but if we don't get a ww3 arc, that means no Sgt Foley, which means no chad Keith David voice acting, and that's just a complete net loss.
"You can get the cool shit later, with another purchase, years from now" seems to be the current prefered method for most storytelling these days.
but where is zakeav? he was teased in mw2019 and shows up in cold war. i wanna snipe his arm off again.
@@TopTwom agree, though one could hope the next cod game would be as good as their og counterpart, not that the new ones sucked in gameplay and graphics its just that the characters and some parts of the story just felt less impactful than the ogs, given you don’t have to be bombastic every now and then to have a good story it just that the characters to me just doesn’t have the same feel as the old ones but that could be my nostalgia and boomer shid kicking in, though I had moments where I was just as hyped as act man when it comes to some parts and characters, like graves and ofc new ghost since new ghost just looks badass imo but yea all I find lackluster is the antagonist and the story.
I have a feeling IW wanted to make 3 more Modern Warfares as they stated they wanted to make 6 new ones no?
my only critique about this review can be associated with: Saving the world, a thousand times later
the reason why the plot was only about repossession of portable ballistic missiles was because not just stopping a second war on terror, youre preventing said thing from happening in the first place
this allows the gameplay and story to be a lot more grounded, but also make you feel like the stakes are almost just as important as ending a war
Your videos are so entertaining. The amount of effort gone into them really shows
Can definitely say it's the most fun I've had playing CoD in a long time. Something about it just feels so much more fun compared to the last few games
i agree!
I just wanna say, they actually DID add barracks into the game with the launch of season 1. It is now possible to check ur K/D as well as ur performance with various weapons
What is Barracks? This is my first MW I’ve never even heard of it
@@Welsh7133 it’s where you can see ur lifetime stats, like ur k/d and how many kills you have with each weapon. It even shows ur k/d with specific weapons too. Although it’s not called Barracks this time, you can find all this under “stats” in the game menu
Which begs the question; why didn’t it launch with the game to begin with? Lmao
@@ParagonMitchell because season 0 was basically released to flush out bugs and have the community put the game and servers under stress and do millions of situations etc, think of season 1 as the proper launch
@@MattyMadderzz isn't that what betas r for ? Cant tell if this is supposed to be facetious lol.
"The end of annual releases!" That one didn't age quite so well
You know Act Man's a quality TH-camr when you watch his sponsorship segments.
L
This game is still on it’s early stages, imagine 2 years later with all it’s maps and guns
This aged like milk
Crashes still happen every other game, Only 2 maps have been added and they’re both remakes, campers run the game because it was designed for them, Warzone and DMZ are just straight up not fun, the lighting quick ttk and slow movement speed makes for the most tiring gameplay experience
this isnt a very good review in my opinion I must say. I personally hate the game and how slow it is. don't even get me started on the maps and wz2.
@@officialam8772 I know dude. Wz2 just isn't fun with the movement being nerfed to the ground. It feels like im running around with ankle weights and a 200 kilogram chestplate. Same thing with mp, I moved onto other games now. Tired of playing this garbage
Activision: “ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT”
I personally really like the paused reloads even with partially spent mags because it really makes you think about whether or not you should reload or use the bullets you have left. It also gives more reliance to side arms when you get caught with a mag out of your rifle. especially with you have the quick draw perk to the pistol.
This is the correct answer. Realism for the sake of realism isn't necessarily good, but punishing bad decision making and encouraging sidearm use is sick. Also helps with lmgs, since you don't have to do the whole reload at once
It also makes belt fed LMGs a lot better, since you don't have to start all over again with a 10 second reload if you have to swap to your sidearm
I feel having Graves kill someone big in the story by Shepards orders would have been a better plot than the missiles. I actually thought this is how the game was going to go by seeing all the characters in multiplayer have ghost masks. I thought we were going to go rouge against Shepard/Graves and that would be the main plot.
To be honest, I still think the story would have ended up better if, because of Task Force 141 constantly chasing Hassan without hesitation, they accidentally bring the world closer and closer to the edge of World War III by ending up getting various political figures and innocent people killed along the way including the destruction of a town near the U.S-Canada border. This could then result in General Shepherd backstabbing Task Force 141 not because of evil motives or generic bad guy reasons, but because he deems such an action necessary in order to stop World War III from starting due to Task Force 141's recklessness.
I agree, they pussyfooted around the actually dark and impactful segments of the story that the og had, It's pathetic
@@dragonbornexpress5650 so the 141 was the incompetent one also they said it’s meant to be realistic so I doubt they’d do WW3
@@dragonbornexpress5650 they want this game to be more realistic those types of things happening so close to the US border just really isn't likely they don't want the Big world war 3 types thing this time around that's why they chose a country in the Middle East not Russia as the big bad
While this is small i feel like it would've been cool if Ghost died again, and when they grabbed the skull masks would've had more meaning and be like an homage to Ghost in a way
When I'm hungover I am a tough crowd to please, but I kid you not, I could watch you all day Act Man! It's just unlucky for me that I've already seen all of your videos at least twice...
Keep up the good work brother. You are a TH-cam legend 👊
Agreed. Act man is special.
Why is The Act Man so AWESOME
I'm officially requesting Act Man to make a follow up video in which, he apologizes for calling this game, so awesome.
Act Man never disappoints with the thumbnails and openings of his videos.
The campaign was definitely better than I expected (although it's a AAA title) and kept me playing the game over most games from the past - it also had a feeling that the story had more than just bare bones and there was a clear bond between important characters
you search for 3 boom sticks and you have a great character make a random shock betrayal because we needed to shake the plot a little. kinda small
Genuinely bummed that the museum is permanently cut, it was one of my favorite maps in the beta
Yes because this game is trying to copy the original OG GODLIKE MW2. U GARBAGE PLAYERS SHOULDNT BE ABLE TO PLAY SUCH NOSTALGIA IF U THINK THIS GARBAGE IS GOOD. THIS GAME IS A FAKE WITH AN IDENTITY CRISES. ENJOY YOUR STICKERS AND PAID FOR WEED CALLING CARDS SCRUBS. HOPE THE HACKERS AND BUGS BRICK UR CONSOLE
“The end of annual releases” talk about aging like milk
37:59 I didn’t even know they added that, thanks for including that because I much prefer score streaks to kill streaks, especially with how hard SBMM kicks my ass
The fact that they are going to re create the most infamous mission of all time in the campaign dlc is insane.
It’s gonna be one hell of 2 years for MW2
They're not recreating it, they're just ripping stuff from the original. Copying. They've done this for decades.
@@bldontmatter5319. That doesn't make a lick of sense; If they were straight up copying, it wouldn't be a reboot, yet it clearly is. I recall Imran Zakhaev dying in COD 4 in a very different way and at a very different time compared to MW 2019; I also recall General Shepherd being more compelling as a villain in the original MW2 compared to the reboot.
@@dragonbornexpress5650 thats what i mean, like shepard was just unlikable the whole time, like you knew he was a bad guy even without ever playing ogmw2, iam one of the few that personally dislikes mw2(2022)
Pray the dont move makarov's storyline to warzone
@@bldontmatter5319 based name, shit take
THE ACTING MALE DROPPED 🎉
I have no idea why people say this video aged like milk, as if MWII was "AWESOME?!?!?!" on release and not even more broken and contentless.
This video was obvious paid shilling back then and so is today.
Fr lmao, when I first saw this video released, I immediately knew act man went the shill route. I didn't buy mw2 but I game shared it from a friend so basically got it for free. And holy fuck on ps4 the amount of bugs and crashes beats dayz console lol. I could barely navigate the weapon menu without my game freezing, or everytime i tried searching for a match and setting up my classes it would fucking send me all the way back into the main menu and erase all the progress I made.Or whenever me and my friends wanted to go into gamechat to mess around with comms and people, EVEN THE VOIXE CHAT WOULD BUG OUT AND STOP WORKING HOW TF WAS THIS GAME RELEASED ON PS4. Even if this game had worked as intended idk how anyone could pay full price for a mp that only had like 7 maps, AND ALL OF EM WERE COMPLETE SHIT LOLLL. I only played shoothouse cus every other map was just completely unfun. I will say I did have fun going for orion I acc enjoyed some of the weapons but the entire grind I did for orion was solely on shoothouse. Once I had orion I just completely dipped from the game a week before shipment released