Tue, Jun 23, 2009 | 17:37 BST
Modern Warfare 2 will have two-player Special Ops mode instead of co-op
Modern Warfare 2 will not have a campaign co-op mode, but will instead have two-player Special Ops.
Infinity Ward’s Robert Bowling said that this was so the story wouldn’t be “ruined”.
“We don’t do co-op in our story because we’re crafting a very specific experience and we don’t want to ruin that by cramming co-op into it,” he told VideoGamer. “We take the moments that work really well with co-op, we bring them out and we put them in Special Ops.
“Story’s all about pacing. Sometimes moments get toned down because they don’t fit with the pacing of the experience you’re trying to deliver. There (in Special Ops) it’s all about fun. It’s about playing over and over again, getting a better time – you’ll have a time at the end of it – it’s about challenging a friend going in on co-op and trying to beat it on veteran.
“Two player seemed to be the magic number for co-op. That’s when it stayed really fun and intense without becoming a clusterfuck of things. We just found that two-players was the most fun.”
Game’s out November 10.
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Posted in: Action, Activision Blizzard, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: infinity ward, modern warfare 2, robert bowling
10 comments
#1
Gekidami
23/06/09, 5:39 pm
Sounds like Terrorist hunt to me… Oh well, hope it atleast has local multiplayer.
#2
Shatner
23/06/09, 5:48 pm
Well, I certainly hope the review sites that mark down other FPS’s for a lack of co-op campaign mode show some consistency in their attitudes when it comes this game.
#3
NiceFellow
23/06/09, 5:53 pm
^^
I like the sarcasm… but you know they won’t.
#4
Psychotext
23/06/09, 6:00 pm
Good idea. If co-op doesn’t work for your game, don’t put it in… but at least throw the co-op lovers some sort of bone like this.
#5
Dr.Ghettoblaster
23/06/09, 6:15 pm
Yeah this makes sense to me. Good call IW.
#6
G1GAHURTZ
23/06/09, 6:19 pm
Looking forward to this new mode.
It must have taken me about 4 or 5 hours of retrying just to do the mile high achievement, so I hope this has something equally as challenging…
#7
DrDamn
23/06/09, 8:40 pm
Co-op is great, but I don’t want it in all games. Sometimes it’s nice to have a proper solo crafted experience. A dedicated co-op experience as a side dish is nice to have though
#8
absolutezero
23/06/09, 8:49 pm
Co-op in the picking up and throwing back of grenades.
Can’t wait bro.
#9
crippledhooba
23/06/09, 9:21 pm
I couldn’t see how co-op would work in certain scenes in the first modern warfare, and i’m assuming they’re going for the same sort of thing in this. So I can see where IW are coming from.
#10
Dr.Ghettoblaster
24/06/09, 2:32 pm
I keep hearing little things like this and it confirms in my mind how bad ass IW is.