No dedicated servers. This game is useless to me in multiplayer which the only reason I play games these days. I can't give it a better score if I'm not going to even play. Might as well go play laggy pieces of crap like A.V.A. or Combat Arms and they are free.

The biggest problem with this game is the lack of developer support for the fans. When you take a PC game that was as great as Modern Warfare and make a sequel we as fans want something as good if not better. When you take the player limit and reduce it by 3/4 and you do not allow dedicated server support even with the lower player numbers really slaps your dedicated fans in the face. There will be those ignorant ones who buy this game, but I will not. Were it given to me for free I would not play it. There is no command console, no mods; two things which are central to PC gaming. When you take those out, you leave nothing special for which a PC gamer should be excited. Also charging another $10 over the normal price of a PC game is rather pompous. We WILL NOT take this insubordination and persecution. Infinity Ward and Activision has done something to the effect of corporate suicide by trying to force us gamers to take this. By changing a venerable series and turning it into a cash cow they have bitch slapped us. The retail release can play today but the steam edition cannot be played for another few days. If that isn't the biggest crock of shit I don't know what is. Fuck you Activision and Fuck you Infinity Ward, rot in hell.… Expand

Single player is ok but this game is all about the multi once the single player is dead and gone. Sad I can only play with limited people and it feels like I'm on Xbox live...sad it could have been epic.

Modern warfare 2 single player campagne is good. Short but very fun. There are somethings I don't like about the game plat. But overall it is good. Now on to the bad. The multiplayer is horrible. The new balanceing stratagies are annoying but I might get used to them however, IWNET is terrible. I am a gaming clan leader and this is totaly bad for us. We have clan members all over the world. The play just fine on our dedicated cod 4 servers. But not iwnet. We can't play anymore at all. This mabey the end to out clan. We are not the crazy compettitive clan. We just play for fun. But not with mw2. Matchmaking is for consoles not PC. Please don't waste your time with this game. Unless you only want the single player. Then it's cool.… Expand

Not even going to be buying this. Boycotting it due to the absurd decision regarding PC community support, and dedicated servers. The $60 MSRP on the PC copy is ridiculous enough on top of this unnecessary breach of customer care. Should IW/concerned parties change their mind about this, I'll change my mind about not buying the game.

I absolutely hate the multiplayer portion of this game. I am not able to connect with friends, and the small 9v9 games are horrible. I need to play against more people. Single player is ok, but I beat it in one sitting, and won't play it again. Multiplayer is where it is at for me, but I hate the multiplayer.

Awful multiplayer. Tiny boring games, packed full of lag and host swaps, no decent community (anyone that played any FPS ever online will remember having their own community of people on each server, just like a favourite pub / bar / club etc). Probably fine for consoles, but having learned how much FPS games suck on consoles I'll pass thanks. I'd like to add that all of the main reviews are not of the PC version exclusively.… Expand

As we all know, in today's internet-age no game will survive without genuine & solid multiplayer gameplay. Sadly, the only life-force that would have held this game above water has sunk to the depths of the ocean. I hope infinity ward drowns in the misery of their money-centered decision making. The choice to remove dedicated servers from this game is the biggest flop since duke nukem forever. 0/10 stars, the game is miserable without the multi.… Expand

Pure shite on PC, 100% port, all multiplayer futures removed(server support). Happy matchmaking, no admins and cheaters whom cant be banned. They have RIPPED OFF MODDERS from COD 4 and then on top of that prevented any modding to MW2. No stay away from this piece of garbage.

alright, let me put this in terms anyone can understand. Me and my friends like to party. We aren't professional party-goers like Paris Hilton, but we party alot. I mean alot. So we go to this bar nearby and have fun and play our party games and everybody is pretty damn happy with this setup. You always know there would be someone from our group at the bar plus the usual assortment of regulars, many of them are good friends too. In fact, the bar stays open pretty much thanks to my friends and me. Now we hear that this new version of a party game we like to play cannot be played at our bar. Instead we have to go to one of our guy's pads and party there. This is bad because: 1) the places we live at are too small to have a big party. And we like BIG parties, mkay? 2) you need to organize beforehand and all arrive at the same time instead of just showing up whenevr. 3) all kinds of random douchebags crash-in and there's no way to kick them out. 4) If cops show up and shut the party down everyone needs to go to a new place and that takes time and kills good vibes. Need I say more? This new party game is a non-starter for our group. We are gonna skip this BS altogether and stick to other stuff.… Expand

This game is a direct console port with nothing added. In fact, everything that made CoD4 so great was deliberately taken from the game. There is no modding, no dedicated servers, no console, no lean, no real LAn play, and on top of that they charge an extra 20% over normal retail price. Completely ridiculous.

This game just is not what it was supposed to be, which is a better game than the first one. It's completely ruined by the lack of dedicated servers, the lack of CONSOLE and the lack of modding. The single player is too short and way too hectic and you don't get to enjoy the nice sceneries available because there really is no pause from the gunfights. Add to that the multiplayer being only 9vs9 and most probably DLC on the PC which will not be free and you get a big failure of a game, which will sadly still sell too many copies for Infinity Ward/Activision to actually realize or learn anything.… Expand

If you want MW2, buy the console version, this is stripped of everything a call of duty game once was for PC. No custom maps, no mods, no 32+ player multiplayer. They want total control over this product, in order to finally charge money on the PC version for DLC. For people coming from console versions this might not seem like anything, but to people true to Call of Duty series from the first on PC this is a spit in the face to all of their fans.… Expand

They've removed just about every staple of PC gaming from this, save for mouse and keyboard control and text chat. Not only that, but they're charging $10 MORE(NONE of which will reach developers, as they were paid during development and when the game went gold) than ANY other PC game.

I'm not sure what IW was thinking when they released this. I understand that quality doesnt always go up but how did they make a sequel thats entirely based on its previous title and manages to be this bad.

Was heartbroken at the loss of Dedicated Servers, Mod Tools, and ~Console. Forced Steam Usage, IW.net, and the 3hr storyline killed the game for me. Anyone who said that this is the GOTY only played the console version. A great leap backwards for the PC version. After playing it at a friends house, I was throughly convinced not to buy the game. A terrible disappointment if you ask me.

The removal of dedicated servers and the console (the user of the ` key) is truly a shame. Custom maps, mods and gaming communities is part of what sets PC gaming apart from the consoles, makes PC games special. All of that is stripped in MW2. I hope the "dumbing down" of PC games stops with this title.

The game was absolutely horrible, no dedicated servers whatsoever, just crappy matchmaking like the consoles. The MP is completely unbalanced and plays like TF2, COD5 and COD4 all mashed together in one horribly stitched together nonsense. Already took both my xbox 360 version and PC version back to the store and complained.

The single player is incredibly restrictive, linear, and completely rediculous... not to mention is lasts an amazing 4hrs. Email 402, the idiot behind all this mess that has no idea whats going on, to go by a number as a nickname should give you a hint twords his inteligence. - robert.bowling@hotmail.com - multiplayer is as bad as feared, unbalanced, and a complete lag fest. anyone saying they have no problem with it, is because they are only 10 people playing, and there probably the one hosting the game, so they have the 0 ping advantage. I'll go spend my time else where with Dragon Age, an actual game that is worthy of its price even without multiplayer, and has a lasting, strong single player. Hope IW goes backrupt. Bad Company 2, prepare for some good sales.… Expand

I concur with all the low user scores on here, and they've put it better than I ever could. The single player's far too short for the money and the multiplayer sends a clear signal, that IW is far too successful to care about the most passionate and loyal group of gamers out there.

To increase the price and take out all the best parts and make it a worse then a console game is just an insult and the way IW talked to there customers that felt that way, the game deserves a 0 even of it has a great single player. sad to see such a great game be ruined.

This is a horrible game. Not only did it install Steam on my PC, but it failed to activate multiple times. After contacting Steam, I managed to solve that issue. I quickly jumped in and tried the single player game, only to beat it 5 hours later... The story was somewhat good, but it ended in 5 hours? I didn

Oh god, what have they done... turned a potentially fantastic PC FPS game into a XBOX360 kiddy console rip-off. Being honest IW couldn't give a damn about your game qualityexperience. All this stuff about IW-net "enchancing" your gameplay is a load of rubbish. The ONLY reasons they have implemented IW-net is to stop piracy (which i agree with) and for the downloadable content. But i tell you what, i laughed myself to sleep which i read an announcment by EA regarding their stance on dedicated servers. It pains me to say this but EA have got it right. People using consoles and IW themselves don't honestly realise how much dedicated servers enchance gameplay, 0 lag, good pings, able to kick cheaters and greifers off. If i were an FPS console gamer i would cut my left nut off to have the option fordedicated servers on a console but what i can't understand is why they just done implement BOTH systems... Matchmaking for people who just "wanna frag" and dedicated servers for people who run communities, clan etc. IW REALLY need to wake up and smell the coffee. We spend 1000's on our machines for the ability to play with more than 18 people and have NO lag, we spend 1000's on our machines so we can mod our servers and police them ourselves, we spend 1000's on our machines so we can run our communties not have them run for us, we spend 1000's on our machines so we can dictate OUR OWN gameplay. I hope to god that the PC version of this falls flat on it back, i really do.… Expand

The reason people play pc games is because of the rich multiplayer elements that the community supports itself with. infinity ward is trying to turn the pc into a nickel and dime platform which the consoles have become accustomed to . i look for pc games with a rich mod community (95% of them do) and when a company is trying to make me pay for DLC when the PC community could easily make them for free, that my friends is crap!… Expand

Disgusting, Awful, Pathetic. Just a few words I use to describe this garbage attempt at a port. If you use certain parts on a PC, you need to "trick your computer" into letting you play, after Steam spent 15 minutes trying to let me play, It decided to delete the 11gb download I just downloaded and try re-download this piece of garbage. I'll be complaining and getting a full refund the moment i can. Pathetic.… Expand

They expect us to pay $10 more than the typical MSRP for a ruined multiplayer system, a shorter campaign, and several less important features that almost every game of the past decade has had? Well I'm not buying and I recommend that you don't either. It's not even worth the bandwidth, if that's where your mind is wandering. I almost feel bad for the developers being forced by their bosses to pull this BS, because there is no way they couldn't know how wrong this is.… Expand

Second rate console port at best. IW has ruined the COD series with this garbage of a game. Multiplayer lags horribly when you can actually get into a server. This is suppose to be an experience? Its 2009, you need dedicated servers, your IWnet is a seriously flawed system. SAVE YOUR MONEY and spend it elsewhere.

Looking at the reviews, its fairly clear to me who Infinity Ward has payed to review the game. 100 out of 100? Surely you must be kidding!? this Travesty of a joke of a game should be buried with Toxic waste, on top of magnets. I cannot begin to fathom the idiocy involved in taking away dedicated servers. And the hide of them, using Valve Anti Cheat, that excuse for a fair play system. Its the worst possible choice they could have made. There are a few choice words i would like to use to express my feelings towards IW at the moment but I feel these words would be edited out, therefore I leave you with this sentiment. Hardcore gamers are the reason Infinity Ward and COD became popular, and to turn your back on us now is despicable. I hope you all choke.… Expand

Short singleplayer and not as epic as the first. IW.net sucks just as we assumed it would. Thanks IW for giving me time to player worthy games. BFBC2 was on the backburner to this but not anymore.

The game has become a CONSOLE game only. when they developed this game they completely disregarded the PC community. Ever since CoD2 the game has been gradually going downhill for Pc gamers and uphill for console players. Now that Next Gen is all the rage it was obviouse that is where the market was so thats what they aimed for. It annoys me so much that a game that was top notch on PC has become a hollow shell of its formerself, it sickens me. Obviously i will buy the game still for the campaign because that has always been good, except for World at War which was terrible but thats what happens when you lend the game to a third party developer. I think the thing that annoys me the most is no matter how much you say its terrible anyone who owns a console will think its the best game ever. You can tell its all about the console because when they advertis eit on TV it says available on xbox and PS3. It doesn't mention PC at all because they don't care, even on the interview with one of the main game developers talking about why they made the game like they did in the background there was a big xbox symbol. When you listen to what he has to say you can see why the game has become what it is. The developer says (And i Quote) "Perks are awsome, Trust me!" "Leveling your guy is awsome, trust me!". NO ITS NOT! If i wanted to level my character I would go play world of warcraft or something. As soon as you bring in "Leveling" you take the fun out of the game and turn it into one Big Fat Grind. It really is a sad day for PC players everywhere. Its 9v9 max, level grinding, third party software using console fun from here on out..... great (N).… Expand

I refuse to pay Activision's £10 greed tax for a gimped online multiplayer and 5 hour single player. There are plenty of longer, more original and better value games on the market and that's where I'll be putting my money. If you buy this game be warned you are contributing to a trend of churning out unoriginal, shorter and more expensive games.

It's a shame to see how one of the year's most hyped up games was shattered for the PC Gaming community. In less than a month, IW basically tore down everything that made the PC version of the game unique and made us pay MORE for LESS. For those who don't know, these are among the features removed: -No Dev Console -No Mods -10$ Price Hike (Never mind the fact that there is no mandatory Publishing fee) -No more Dedicated servers (HUGE BLOW) -Among with mandatory DLC To me, as a PC gamer for nearly 10 years. This is disgusting. Instead of pushing the boundaries of PC gaming, IW has done the exact opposite. They didn't just take a step back. They got in a time machine and went back 2 decades. Before all the previously mentioned things (Except the price) existed. Shame on you IW, shame on you and all the reviewers who gave this game a good score. Shame on the reviewers for refusing to stand up to Robert Kotick and say "NO" to the future of PC gaming. Single player? It's what you would expect from a Call of Duty Game. Linear, nearly everything is scripted with an artificial difficulty (ie. Enemies that never stop spawning) with an equally uninspiring Tom Clancy-esque story. To me, as a PC gamer for nearly 10 years. This is disgusting. Instead of pushing the boundaries of PC gaming, IW has done the exact opposite. They didn't just take a step back. They got in a time machine and went back 2 decades. Before all the previously mentioned things (Except the price) existed. Shame on you IW, shame on you and all the reviewers who gave this game a good score. Shame on the reviewers for refusing to stand up to Robert Kotick and say "NO" to the future of PC gaming. Shame on the PC gamers who bought this game Shame on the developers who made this game Shame on the investors who supported this notion Most of all, shame on you Robert.… Expand

Console port thrown together to make some quick cash. do not buy this hastily made console port. not only did they remove features like dedicated servers, mod support, 32 player battles, etc, they dared to raise the price $10 to match the price of the console version. stay far away from this.

A waste of time releasing this on the PC, it comes with the cancer wart which is Steam which you are forced to install. Then they removed all the features (modding/dds) that the previous game had. 4 steps back, 1 step forward. Get the console version, avoid this like the plague.

Multiplayer doesn't meet standards of this millenium. MW2 is bad console convertion. How can IGN say it's all about multiplayer and give 94 for game that only has 9vs9 games, no dedicated servers, only p2p horror servers, etc... BOYCOTT!

What a pile of trash. This game is one of the WORST console to PC ports ever made. No servers? No Mods? No Custom Maps? No PC game. Enjoy the XBOX 360 version because we do not want crap games like this on our PC.

A true kick in the nuts to PC gamers around the world. I had the same feeling when Rockstar released GTA4 on the PC. A terribly bad PC port. It truly is a shame to see the entire industry shifting away from PC gaming and focusing solely on console gaming. I'm not even sure why they even bothered to release a PC version...oh wait that's right, profits. As others suggested, if you truly feel you're missing out on this "experience", rent the game for a console. But stay away from the PC version and definitely don't buy a console version (that would in effect be saying it's ok for IW to screw PC gamers.) Host ping advantage alone is enough for me to never want to play this game again.… Expand

IW definitely released a dud with this game. Pure console port of a game that was already terrible, the lack of features is astounding. Compared to the first MW, we've reduced multiplayer capacity by 18 players, lost dedicated servers (matchmaking now averages each player to around 150 ping), leaning was removed, among other atrocities. This is an abomination among PC games and is a sad harbinger of things to come in the inevitable fall of PC gaming.… Expand

This game sucks. its the same as any other call of duty, dont see why i would buy it and not just play cod4.

I walked into an EB games to get the game yesterday for PC. I got home, eager to install it. Steam said I couldn't play untill thursdays..... There's no reason I shoul;dn't be able to play the game if I buy it in the store.

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Networking: Client/Server Avg Ping: 25-40ms Console Commands: Yes Lean: Yes Custom Maps: Yes Number of Players: up to 64 Competitive Mods: Yes Mod Tools: Yes Ability to Record: Yes Kick/Ban Hackers Immediately: Yes Profiles Saved Online: No Manually Select Server to Join: Yes Control Bad Language: Yes 0 ping Advantage for Host: No Lan Play: Yes Free Demo: Yes Price: $50 Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 Networking: Peer 2 Peer (downgrade) Avg Ping: 100ms+ (downgrade) Console Commands: No (downgrade) Lean: No (downgrade) Custom Maps: No (downgrade) Number of Players: up to 18 (downgrade) Competitive Mods: No (downgrade) Mod Tools: No (downgrade) Ability to Record: No (downgrade) Kick/Ban Hackers Immediately: No (downgrade) Profiles Saved Online: Yes Manually Select Server to Join: No (downgrade) Control Bad Language: No (downgrade) 0 ping Advantage for Host: Yes (downgrade) Lan Play: Yes Free Demo: No (downgrade) Price: $60 (downgrade) A game that costs more for hardly any progress, nay, most of it even puts us back a good decade in gaming features. IWnet failed me on numerous occasions. For one attempt the "best server" gave us all one red bar of ping. One host migration later we were up to two yellow. We then asked the question "Where is everyone from?" and the responses were New York and Philadelphia. Yep - it decided the best place for us was to play in the states. Mind you I'm from the Netherlands. I've also ended up in Canada, Brazil and Australia only once actually hitting a western European host. IW and Activision really screwed the pouch on this one.… Expand

This game spits on PC gamers by refusing to put in the game what is now standard in all PC multiplayer. This disturbing trend will likely be copied, leading to the evisceration of online PC gaming.

Oh god where to start... Im comparing this to the previous game (COD4: Modern warfare) No dedicated server, no lean, no SLI support...game runs like hell, multiplayer is all peer to peer which gives the game host a huge advantage. What the hell was infinity ward thinking? This feels like a super terrible console port. LEARN FROM THE REST OF US AND DO NOT BUY!

What a disappointment! I find it amazing how PC gamers have been treated by IW. PC gamers are the base. Like politics, if you mess with the base you will lose. IW has messed with the base and will lose. Unbelievable there is not dedicated server. Absolutely mind boggling. I am going to try to return the game. At least get a store credit.

The multiplayer is a huge step backwards over what PC gamers are used to. 9v9 is just not impressive in any way at all. Lack of modding support, graphics that barely look better than a console game and no option to host dedicated servers.

- Custom content on PC's; mouse and keyboard support. - Ability to change your graphics settings! - Additional $10 cost. (If it's more it must be good.) - Matchmaking! You can lag just like Xbox360 users! - 18 player limit online. (18+ is so 2002!) - Complicated things like lean removed. - No mod support. (STICK IT TO THOSE EVIL MODDERS!) - Paid DLC! - Exciting SP story that lasts for a whole 3 hours. Modern Warfare 2 is the Game of the Year, all years.… Expand

Horrible game. Dont waste your money. Instead of using the overly priced $65 on the game, use it to wipe your ass. Atleast you could get some use out of it. Do not support this horrible company

Holy crap! This game is awesome on the PC! It's completely the same as the console version, but it has custom things like mouse control, on-screen text, and video options! :O If that isn't custom, then I don't know what is. The best part is the lack mods. Ever gotten tired of playing on new, exciting, out of the ordinary maps? Well no worries because they took out modding so you can only play on the stock maps. The game has so much more replay value online now. Speaking of online, have you ever gotten confused looking through the server list? Can't seem to figure out what you're doing? Does it seem like there's too many buttons for your short attentions span? Well, no worries. IW has kept you in mind and they have taken out the server browser. In fact, they've taken out dedicated servers completely! Is your internet too crappy to play on P2P? Does your internet slow down when you download a big file that just so happens to be 11 gigabytes? Have no fear! IW.net will save the day! In fact, it's so amazing, that you have to pay TEN MORE DOLLARS for the game! It must be good! So go out and buy your very own copy of CoD: MW2!… Expand

Graphics are good, but the lack of dedicated servers killed the game for me. The story mode was OK at best, but everyone knows the Call of Duty series has always been about the awesome multiplayer, and CoD:MW2 took the great thing the series had going for it and beat it with a stick, burned in with gasoline, and threw it out of a 6 story building into a dumpster in the alley below.

I've recieved a nice briliant frisbee just for only $60! Another function such as playing a computer game was disabled here in Japan but who cares? I can't wait playing it with my dog next Sunday! Thanks!

I got the game and stormed through the single-player. Its exactly what you'd expect from it (thanks to all the hype about it), and then got to the horrid multiplayer. I'm being completely honest here: this simply BLOWS compared to CoD4's multiplayer. There's no dedicated servers, no custom maps, no mods, no skinning, absolutely no customization, no leaning, its always 9v9, host migration takes forever, host always has an advantage (P2P in general is fail) and it costs $10 EXTRA, and we'll be paying for DLC... Its simply not worth it. At all. I gave it a 0 because single-player was good and what I wanted. If it was worse, I'd go for giving it a negative score. Multiplayer is where CoD shone for me in all of its previous installments, and IW just ruined it to hell and beyond. Don't get me wrong here - If you live in a good location and get good connections normally, you'll find games easily and be able to play perfectly. Nothing is 'wrong' with the way the IWnet system works, its just a major slap in the face for hardcore PC gamers; like going back to 1997... You might think its worth it and get it anyway, but trust me, it will lose its 'fun' factor after a month or so because of absolutely no way to enhance the game to your liking/preferences (thanks to IW ruining the PC features).… Expand

They give us less and have the audacity to charge us MORE for it? The PC version of this game is a massive stain on Infinity Ward's credibility and an unfortunate reminder of the times we live in, with certain publishers doing whatever they want as long as the masses keep buying it. Everything about this game is a step back from CoD4, don't buy it.

Holy crap! This game is awesome on the PC! It's completely the same as the console version, but it has custom things like mouse control, on-screen text, and video options! :O If that isn't custom, then I don't know what is. The best part is the lack mods. Ever gotten tired of playing on new, exciting, out of the ordinary maps? Well no worries because they took out modding so you can only play on the stock maps. The game has so much more replay value online now. Speaking of online, have you ever gotten confused looking through the server list? Can't seem to figure out what you're doing? Does it seem like there's too many buttons for your short attentions span? Well, no worries. IW has kept you in mind and they have taken out the server browser. In fact, they've taken out dedicated servers completely! Is your internet too crappy to play on P2P? Does your internet slow down when you download a big file that just so happens to be 11 gigabytes? Have no fear! IW.net will save the day! In fact, it's so amazing, that you have to pay TEN MORE DOLLARS for the game! It must be good! So go out and purchase your very own copy of CoD: MW2!… Expand

It's a short, predictable, generic, shadow of an FPS that pales in comparison to it's predecessors. The multiplayer aspect is just as dull as its singleplayer . The lack of dedicated servers, small player capacities, and lack of access to console commands renders the game unenjoyable and almost unplayable. The poorest showing by far from one of my favorite game series.

Infinity Ward sure expressed it's hate toward the PC community with MW2 by stripping it down to console standards for $60. Avoid MW2 at all costs because this game is terrible in all ways especially multiplayer. What was once Cod is now nothing, thanks IW.

No dedicated servers, + 3rd person, no mod support, no server ip join, no customizations.. and the rest is the sam call-of-duty-map-pack. All this shit for 60

By skimming through all the reviews of this game, no matter where you go, it looks as if most people hated the game, but a few really loved it. However, upon closer inspection, all of the good reviews look like they've been written by 10 year olds, riddled with spelling and grammar errors, and generally just not knowing anything about what they're talking about. The reason these people gave Modern Warfare 2 a high rating is because they were to young to play the superior first person shooters and they too idiotic to see what a crap game they have bought. MW2 is a horrible excuse for a PC game, have pretty much destroyed my hopes for Infinity Ward.… Expand

The sad part is the single player is so much fun, but that not the main reason we buy cod games. I played a few multi games and after the host dropping connection or getting mega lag i uninstalled the game. The worst part is it has so much potential too. Sorry IW you've lost anymore sales from me.

I recently joined the CoD community with the last edition (WaW). However, I've found that while the single player mode is entertaining, replay value really is somewhat limited. I have been playing multi-player mods since that time and have not loaded up the single player version in months. Given the treatment that IW has given this version of COD, with the lack of dedicated online servers and all of the other critcisms previously mentioned I see no reason to ever buy this game and will be staying with COD5.… Expand

Having enjoyed the latest games like COD4 and CODWaW, the MW2 is just a muckery to the PC gamers. With no dedicated servers, P2P, no modding possibility, no way to actually look up and play with your friends - IW has kissed the PC gamers a certain farewell. I tip my hat to you IW for being so rediculously dumb.

This game is all about the MP experience but unfortunately it was gutted and coming from cod4 its a huge downgrade, using a p2p connection and rotating the server on a persons computer laggs and forces at least a 150ms ping but also limits the game to 9v9, removes user generated maps and has no mod kit. this is unacceptable for a game that's purchased for MP only.

I'm not going to waste my time or 60 bucks for a xbox 360 ported game...what a dissapointment. i have been playing the cod series since it first started on the pc. slap in the face!! money hungry industry.

Epic Fail. This game sucks (PC-wise) so bad it's ridiculous. It's a direct console port with the same stupid achievement and requirements to even obtain hardcore mode and such. No dedicated servers, stupid IWNet, blah blah the list goes on. Don't buy. Save your money for a real PC game, or just pick this up on a console where it belongs.

I find it amazing that such a hyped game could be this terrible. I mean, you have to disregaurd hype, but this is just above and beyond all reasoning. In an effort to stop "hackers" (read pirating) they've fucked the game up beyond reason. Hell it's not even worth pirating with the near portal length play time. Simply terrible. GG IW, GG.

These "professional" reviewers absolutely must have been paid off to give some of the reviews they did. They butchered the MP and considering the MP is the majority of the game, they butchered the game itself.

If this score was for the Xbox it would be higher. But this score is for the PC. No dedicated servers, No Mods, Short Single Player story. I don't see any reason to pay more than COD4 when COD4 has much more to offer. Player Matching? This isn't the console.

While I have nothing against matchmaking (It is great when you don't feel like endlessly searching servers) I think that any PC game needs dedicated servers. Without Mods, a comand Console, or any community support I really feel let down. Also: I don't understand why they removed lean. Plus the campain is nowhere near as good as CoD:4. The story is bad, the weapons feel unrealistic and, generally it feels unpolished. I don't lnow why IW has abondoned their PC community, but I feel personally hurt. … Expand

PC Multiplayer is horribly done. It killed all chances of competitive play, it lags, it ruins the ability to mod the game, it basically kills everything about PC gaming. How did they go from CoD4 to this?

The single player may be good but the removal of dedicated servers and the simple console port fov makes this a game not worth getting till the price is cut in half. Or just wait till Battlefield BC 2 comes out and see if that might satisfy the PC community that has been soo terribly negected by IW. So many features that have been taken for granted in recent fps games has been almost purposly removed too make this game almost feel like it does not want you to play it on PC. IW.net is a joke. Players have terrible ping and 1 lucky player always has an advantage over everyone else. And if that person ragequites then everyone on the server must suffer up to 15 seconds for IW.net to pick a new host. AS for keeping this game ballences and fair, the first time I played on a server the teams were soo unbelievably stacked that at the end one team had a score 3X that of the other. Noone was suprised of this due to one team being almost entirly built of level 20+ players. Just a few examples why this game deserves a terrible score for PC.… Expand

Total abandonment to the PC community that made the game what it is today. Look for the multiplayer to be dead in a few months just ask its brother Operation Flashpoint Dragon Rising. What a joke to try and say that this was made for PC. It's a broken console port with a $10 price hike.

No dedicated server, $60 price tag, console game play, idiotic storyline, 2 hours of game play, massive lag in multiplayer, 9v9 maps, and no LAN potential. There are $20 games with more replay value than this. I think hitting myself in the head with hammer would would have been more enjoyable and have more replay value. Save your money and your time, and look elsewhere, Infinity Ward screwed the pooch on this one.… Expand

No dedicated servers, 18 player max, no custom mods or maps allowed, no console, no kickbans, and no resaleability due to Steam DRM. Waste of money. Stick with CoD4 until IW figures out how not to screw over the gamers that made this franchise what it is.

This game is what you get when greedy companies try to screw people. The game is completely stripped down, bare bones, features no dedicated servers, no mod support, no special features for the PC version. Activision got too greedy and it shows. The game itself is generic and offers nothing we haven't seen before. Just another vanilla war sim shooter. Pass on this one, you're not missing much anyways, and you're won't be contributing to the moral decay of the industry.… Expand

Since a lot i want to rage about has been listed by the below users, i'm gonna cut this short. #1. 9 vs 9: Without the long whining, i'm just gonna say this, it would be ALWAYS nice to have an option for more players. #2. No deticated servers: do i even have to comment this one? #3. No moding: same as above #4. Price tag: Are you kidding me? Since the multiplayer is fucked, no mods for the game, i can't see any other reason why not to pirate it. Thepiratebay - here i come!… Expand

MP is way too spammy (tho they did fix grenade spamming slightly by removing/changing certain fucked up perks in CoD4). By spammy, I mean there's not a second without either a helicopter, a harrier or an airstrike going off. Impossible to hear ANYTHING. That, and they still havent made an option to turn down music volume without turning down the master volume. Currently, I rely on a mounted heartbeat sensor on my gun to "hear" where my enemies are, since there's no way you can hear anyones footsteps or clink-clanks in ladders and such. The game feels very much like a console-port in more aspects than just the auto-matchmaking, the mouse controls feel smoothed even tho I've turned off mouse smoothing, sensitivity-changes are... too sensitive. The auto-finding best host, tends to .. not find the best host (me), and if the host wants, he can just put on a download, and everyone except him will have a horrible game experience (happened more than once so far). The devs said they "balanced" the maps for 9v9, which is why the game doesn't support higher, but some maps are so small, that they don't feel balanced for 9v9 at all. I've several times spawned right in the face of an enemy. Balanced. All in all, there are tons of nuisances in this game, but when it actually works, it's not too bad. Hopefully they'll come to their senses with dedicated servers eventually. The p2p strategy they've chosen might work for RTS games, but does not work well with the CoD series, or most likely any action FPS.… Expand

The total disinterest in the PC platform and the core strength of having an unrestricted, multiplayer and mod community means this game is the worst ever, if only for the death-knell it sounds for the future of PC gaming. The amount of units sold will be taken as proof of the future of gaming despite the PC platform sales being a very small % of the total sold.

Wow, I can't believe how terrible this game is for people not within the USA. The ping is horrible, and single player is rediculously short and boring. these critics must have been paid off to release such high ratings just before Christmas. No dedicated server support, no console, limited to 18 people per server.. I seriously hope IW loses money on this garbage waste of perfectly good blank discs.… Expand

@ all the people that give this a perfect score. Removal of ONE thing? We are all upset over the removal of one thing? Not I. I am upset that they slaughtered the game that I was looking forward to. That "one thing" is the cause of horrible lag during multiplayer. I have emptied clips into enemies right next to me, only to have the game not register a single round. How about the fact that there is a wait if the host drops while the game picks another host? How about the fact that there are thousands of cheaters out there already, ruining the game for everyone? Also they didn't remove "one thing". -In this game, you actually can't lean! That's right. You can't LEAN around corners in a tactical FPS. -There is no cover system -You cant talk to your team mates. -The steam install is horribad and required contacting them for support just so that I could play the game I purchased! - The single player story takes a whole 4-5 hours to beat. - The multiplayer is limited to 9 v 9, although if you see more than 10 people on screen, odds are you are lagging so bad that someone will drop anyway. What I love the most is when the host drops, the game picks another host, they drop, the game picks another one, and they drop. Through all that you just wasted about 20 seconds staring at your screen, unable to do anything. The game is a spit in the face of PC gamers everywhere, and that is why it is getting low scores. PC gamer's don't pay $65 for a 5 hour story mode, and horribad multiplayer.… Expand

No dedicated server, max 9 vs 9, outdated anti cheat softwar, no ability have total controll over the game that "YOU!" are "HOSTING!!" cheaters, script kiddies, annoying buggars from TDeres to general nasty idiots can't be removed from the game .... Developler statements "Game is customabel fo PC" There's íngame text chat and mouse controll !! Like saying that reciving a car with steeringwheel and tires is something special instead of the normal ... The candy (eg. the game) looks sweet but tasts bitter and thus the rating. If the developer would listen to the community that made the COD series profitiabel then this could have been avoided.… Expand

No custom maps No mods No tweaking No dedicated servers No playing higher then 9v9 Higher pings Harsh DRM(Steam) No community Shorter single player from CoD4 No competitive play Forced hosting $10 extra price Don't even waste your time, critic reviews are paid.

Singleplayer aspect is roughly 3 hours of a confusing storyline, with a disgusting scene placing you as the terrorist on a shootout through an airport. Yeah, that's appealing. While the gameplay is nice, 3 hours on veteran doesn't make up for it. As for the multiplayer... well, no dedicated servers, player cap at 18, and a simply horrid system with IW that's just terrible to use. On top of that, hacks and cheats are out and about ANYWAY, despite the fact that dedicated server support was dropped so that they could possibly offer a game with less cheaters. Bravo, IW. I'm not even going to go into the terrible lag, as it may very well be just me, but my friends seem to be experiencing just the same. That said, there is no modding of the game allowed or lean, so you're already looking at less features, horrible multiplayer, and an extremely short single player experience that doesn't make a lick of sense. That's not even my own opinion either, but the general consensus throughout all versions of the game. CoD4 is better in just about every way, even in terms of price! Now, as I said, the gameplay was fun on singleplayer and the optimizations to the engine are certainly noteworthy, but I cannot give this game anything above a 0 because they're charging $60 for so much less. It really makes me wonder at what point in the development cycle did they think this game was worthy of the jacked up pricetag... I honestly wouldn't mind paying $60 if they actually kept the features the previous game had, but no, they didn't feel it was worth it. Just as well, I wouldn't recommend this game to be worth your money either.… Expand

I'm sorry this has to be said, the above reviews that rate this game highly... I don't know what they were thinking. Regardless of the quality of the single player campaign (which is very short indeed), multiplayer is a key aspect of this franchise (and PC first person shooters in general). The multiplayer in the PC version of this game is unplayable by most peoples standards. The omission of dedicated server support has not only made this game woeful in comparison to its predecessors, but it has also angered much of the PC FPS community. After all, publishers cannot be lead to believe that this will be suitable for future FPS games on PC... it's not!… Expand

1. You can not earn experience in Private Games. Therefore if you like to primarily play with your friends you can NOT level up your character. 2. If you decide to join with a group of friends into a public game YOU CAN NOT SELECT free-for-all!!! So you can't even play against your friends on a public server. 3. If you decide to join a public server and have your friends join it - 9 out of 10 times the server will be FULL! 4. No 'text-chat' in lobbies...really? 5. You may wish to play against certain people that are not on your "friends" list, but you enjoy playing matches against them. Previously (COD4) you could jump on the same server they normally use. Now you have no choice about who you are matched up against!! 7. What's up with the ridiculous wait time between maps? 8. The system is buggy - frequently start loading then get failures to join games. 9. What if you want to play a particular map - you have to get everyone to vote for it instead of just selecting a dedicated server that is on that particular map.… Expand

Ok people who didn't bought the game, "Please dont buy this game." Its just a rip off! I liked COD MW1, so I was waiting for this game COD MW 2 for a very long time and saved some money for this game... seriously "What a Disappointment?" I just wasted $60. Single Player is more or less same as Modern Warfare 1. Multiplayer is really terrible. Ofcourse I can host the game... My friends joined and some random players joined then just a LAAAAAG! and then COD MW 2 crashed. A new window opened "This application is closed due to unknown error" or something... I forgot this part. This happened like 4 times... really tired of game crashes. My friends all yelled at me that they just lost the connection to the host player... I dont understand why IW screwd PC Gamers.… Expand

This is bad, THIS IS FUCKING BAD. No deticated servers, cant play?? how come guys? clan sites will even buy maybe 50 $ a month for servers, but u guys just fucking ruining it all. deticated servers is maked in games! all peps who have buyed the game have rights to claim back the $ if u ask me when this fucking naziz making this fucking fucking bad!!!

No Mods, No Lean, No Dedicated Server Support, Xbox lines of code in the executable, console port, 9v9 only on one mode 6v6 in all others, this game is trash, I could go on but i'm wasting my breath do some research before buying this junk MW is a ruined franchise. BATTLEFIELD BAD COMPANY 2 FTW.

Need 2 votes one for single player and 1 for multiplayer. single player scores 10 Fantastic took 6 hours to complete and cant wait to start it again with harder settings, Multiplayer, scores 0 What a dissapointment played for couple of hours definatly needs work. will not play it again unless they change it. i will use the lowest score for my vote as that shows what i am dissapointed in.

This game for PC, is the worst game ever produced. It is blatantly obvious infinty ward and everyone else who produced this takes no pride in the quality of product they produce.All they want is to make money even at the expense of the very people who line their pockets.Personally I wish I had just used my 60 dollars as toilet paper, would have been a better use.

This game has such promise, but infinity ward took a shit on this game by using iwnet. Iwnet is the biggest fail i have ever seen. It is laggy as hell, when the host leaves you have to wait like 5 minutes for it to find a new host, reconnect, and restart the game. You cant restrict gay shit, or guns and the the iw net servers have the worst reg i have ever seen in a first person shooter. Dont buy this game until they make a significant patch.… Collapse

1st off , pls read COD 4 reviews and notice players rating compared to the quality of that game , players rating are the real note , most magazines are not clear , giving COD MW2 100 with all does problems in SP and MP is redicilus , MW2 in a Money machine , the game is totaly incompleted , pyaying the game on my ripped friend PC , ive noticed many glitches easy to find in singel player missions , whil COD 4 3 years now playing it and its clean or hard to GL , Weapons are totaly unreal with bad modelisation . the Squad Ai is just a total downgrade from version 8 to 1.2b , enemy vehicles have no AI , enemy are too stupid too . then the online totaly ruined by IW , not only on PC but all platform , and this is the sign of the big IW RIPP , the should be tested before release , and gamers should test teh demo on online , but no the knew the peoblem and they wont to break the calandar , so 5.000.000 people got ripped from IW sadly . I think call of duty series is officialy dead , bcz now its look just liek Rainbow six vegas , and just hope Battlefield bad company 2 looks beter a,d take us to a real tactical warl zone . i give it 0 bcz IW set us a scam , by ADS, no DEMO and lies.… Expand

Finally, the decline CoD series suffered from CoD3 and onwards culminates in this epic, overhyped disaster that makes Halo 3 look like an excellent game. It's amazing how there are actually no improvements whatsoever - graphics are the same with more filters added, sound is the same, far-fetched-from-the-Moon story is even worse than before, and the gameplay? Say hello to Grenade Warfare 2: More Grenades Oh And Respawns. Multiplayer? I think the endless stream of zeroes below my review explains that there is no multiplayer worth talking about. With this much negative karma, one can only wonder how come Mr. Kotick hasn't died in a fire yet. Although I'm sure none of us would be saddened if he did. Modern Warfare 2 is the ultimate insult to PC gaming. Do not buy it. Help knock some sense into Activi$ion.… Expand

Completely awful. the online experience is the worst, lag cheating, small maps, no leaning in game. No dedicated servers. 9v9 games is u can get into one, waiying around for games is a joke. this is a waste of $60.00. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMupHG21NVw&feature=player_embedded these guys deserve your money, they make a quality product. also over 250,000 pc gamers have boycotted and banned this game, get on the band wagon. read the infinity wardforums for Mw2 PC game… Expand

Total Crap. Single player is not bad, but honestly who buys a game like this for the single player experience, its not like this game is like a fallout 3 or anything. People buy FPS for the multiplayer experience cause single player can get boring really fast once you have beaten it a couple of times. MW2 fails in multiplayer. I would not recommend this game to anyone unless u enjoy being fustrated with lag, 9v9 games in huge maps, and loads of hackers.… Expand

>4-5 hr singleplayer >lean taken out >It's still CoD: Grenade Warfare in multi >no dedicated servers >matchmaking only, enjoy your high ping and being matched with some gimp in Timbuckfuckintoo >everything's through IWNet to lock down game >no mods, DLC only, most likely DLC will eventually become required to play on server >no SDK ever >$60.00 even on PC where the dev doesn9;t have to worry about licensing fees >Pay extra for DLC that's already on the disc you paid $60 for, devs are lying about not making content until after game is in stores >No dedicated servers, matchmaking and IWnet lockdown means you'll be forced to buy DLC maps when the brainless masses do It's a dark day for the consumer.… Expand

Its funny how IW have the guts to make there game seem the best on the market and have the arrogance to sell virtual copies for $90 US since the great response people gave CoD4. When IW grow up and release dedicated servers on a patch I'll give up on my priated version and think about giving those greedy people some more money to add to their large pile of shamfully earned money.

Multiplayer sucks! well its great for a couple of days.. but maps are all the same - smg galore daitona circle racing.. no sniper maps at all.. stupid console system.. no punkbuster. no dedicated servers. Jumping rangers shooting dual MP5s and Stingers are fun and unrealistic as hell. IWard bad job!

Completely overhyped garbage. There's very few truly visible changes to the graphics, the single player mode can be finished in like 4 hours, and is so linear it's like you're on a rail. There is no Lean in the controls. Are you serious? The realism is totally shot on the control side of things if you can't lean around corners. That's lame as all hell. There are no dedicated servers to play online, so you might as well not even consider it being worthwhile to play multiplayer... the entire system is flawed now, and completely gives the finger to the gaming community on whole. Infinity Ward should be ashamed of themselves (although they probably don't give a damn RE: over 30 million in sales on the first day) and should accept returns on the game. Another note... the controversial Terrorist level is completely ridiculous and shocking. I'm generally the last person that says "that's too much for a game", but come on. Are we as gamers viewed as that stupid that we need to have Infinity Ward (or whoever it was that wrote the storyline) put us in the shoes of terrorists to learn a lesson, or pull us deeper into the game? What are we, children? There's enough B.S. political overtones in the game already to choke a camel, give us a break. It's a GAME. Or was supposed to be, until IW screwed it up and consequently screwed the community at large. My hope is that somehow IW will get a spanking for this. Boring, unimaginative, quasi-cinematic crap.… Expand

Fine single player mode with crap story, keeps player busy for 8 hours or so. When you go to multyplayer you get horrible ping, no NORMAL hardcore modes choice (12 man team deathmatch with 10 sec cooldown to spawn makes me sick). I want my f-n 30 man hardcore FFA with no cooldowns, no killcams, normal ping, no lag, no host migrating every 5 minutes and other crap you made this game with. IW you got a middle finger at your face from all PC community. And btw, a lot of us actually GOT xbox360, we just want a normal multiplayer gaming with mouse and keyboard.… Expand