Today the internet gave us the new trailer for the latest iteration of Call of Duty. Black Ops 3 is the first Treyarch production on next gen consoles and just continue the trend of merging all these games together. It looks like you get some news guns in BO3 that allow you to shoot under water if you’re into that. It also appears the “Halo Jumping” continues into Black Ops 3 and that’s about where they lose me.
I miss the glory days of Modern Warfare 2. I got a paying internship in college and went right out to purchase a 46″ TV and tossed MW2 into the basket because Best Buy was offering no interest finance and my roommate had nothing but good things to say about the series.
It took some getting used to but once I knew my way around the map I was all in. Long days turned into late nights chasing more and more unique challenges and accolades. Grenade launchers worked from point black range, you could camp safely with claymores, and you seldom whiffed on a knife to the throat.
Today while going down memory lane I came across an online petition to remaster Modern Warfare 2 for next gen systems. I don’t know how CoD corporate would feel about this idea but I have to imagine it’s a cash cow opportunity waiting in the wings. All it needs is a fresh coat of paint to tighten up the edges and round out the curves this could be epic.
Hell I could be happier than a pig in shit with just my favorite 5 maps.
5. Highrise There were a lot of opportunities to hide around corners and gun down the runners on this map. If you had a claymore there was a great roof to take cover on and let you see most of the map. Just make sure you honker down after the adjacent oil tank explodes.
4. Favela Fun to say and fun to play this Brazillian city had multiple levels and long times to shoot through. A recurring theme, there were plenty of awesome rooms to one claymore protected entrance to hole up in a lay some lead.
3. Afghan One of my two favorites to run around with our clan TIT$ using strength in numbers to overcome other groups also rolling in packs. My favorite to launch grenades across the map, I also achieved an all time great moment where my falling care package landed on an opponent for the final kill and was featured in the kill cam.
2. Sub Base I absolutely loved the upstairs of one of these building. Again under the protection of a claymore I could sit in the window and drop bombs on idiots rolling around the corner. The real payoff was sensing some heat from my twelve o’clock and taking out an enemy who thought they were about to get one up on me.
1. Estate Ahh the estate. I still have sweet dreams about the evolution of playing this map with TIT$. After initially achieving a great deal of success utterly dominating the house itself we made a strategic change months into the game to reposition to a lower point. With myself in the weeds and my partner in the garage we were seldom both taken out and happily expirienced long rounds of success and multiple kill streaks.
It’s only a fan boys dream but hopefully one day we get a remastered Modern Warfare 2. If you’ve thrown this in lately you’ve seen its in ruin with hackers modding the shit out of the game and sucking its heart out through a straw. I popped on last years CoD for PS4 but played only a few days worth before losing interest, I doubt we’ll move on Black Ops 3.
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