[Multiplatform] Modern Warfare 2. 50 THOUSAND RUSSES USED TO CHEAT HERE.

Originally Posted by GRAPE-2

Oh man I can't believe I forgot about the noob tube...

Now, I have issues on general principles with the tendency of folks to dismiss grenade launchers as such, what with their having a place in the ORBAT just like everything else. This said, I think y'all might be amused at the level of whining in this GameTrailers.com thread.
I must disagree with Terminus and OmagnusPrime (and, incidentally, agree with a couple of folks in the abovecited thread): story matters; it's why we're pulling on our combat boots, locking and loading, and getting ready to go into the sharp end.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Shin

A game without big enough airstrikes.

There is a measure of irony here: considering that the ISA cruisers' nose-down atmospheric orientation means that their spinal cannons (if present, suspected to be a lesser form of the Halo universe's MACs) would be available as heavy support fire...

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by russ

If you guys caught the gameplay video from the other day, the one where you and your boss are scaling the cliff face and then assaulting the enemy base during the blizzard, you may have noticed that your superior was named MacTavish, as in the SAS player character from Modern Warfare, Soap MacTavish.

Saw that; it was a handy bit of continuity.

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The assault rifle with the built-in radar was pretty nice, and it looked like the game has a full-auto pistol this time around (assume it is a Glock). The game looks pretty sweet so far.

The 'radar' is in fact a heartbeat tracker (also seen in some Rainbow Six incarnations); if it's an available accessory in competitive MP I expect to hear some griping about it... Of course, it is possible that the UAV Jammer perk might be 'expanded' to shroud players from this as well.
Speaking of multiplayer features, I wonder if it would be possible for the host to disable killcams and (as in America's Army 3) kill messages.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

A trailer showcasing some of the competitive MP goodies is now in the wild (it can be found here among, presumably, other places). Seen therein:

• one of the new killstreak rewards is Spectre support;
• yes, the heartbeat sensor is an available (unlockable?) accessory - thank you!;
• there's a special callout - Buzzkill! - for killing someone who is (presumably) one kill away from a streak reward

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Originally Posted by Terminus

MP has the heartbeat sensor? What the fuck.

In before full abuse. Jesus Christ.

And this is a problem? Quite aside from it probably being something you'd have to earn, I'm fairly sure there'll be a countermeasure of some form. One possibility: decoy emitters (as a perk like the RPG or an unlockable loadout item); another would be an expansion of the UAV Jammer Perk (to something like Sensor Shroud, which would cover UAVs and heartbeat sensors both).
Technical nitpick for MalkHead: the AvP sensor is not the same thing. From the USCM Tech Manual (Lee Brimmicombe-Wood):

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Essentially, it is a high-powered ultrasound scanner that uses doppler-shift discrimination to filter out moving objects from the stationary background.

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