In the meantime, there’s plenty of fun to be had in its campaign. You can expect a selection of ten maps when it launches on 4 November, as well as the same weapons and perks as the original, but I’ll be updating this review once the multiplayer portion goes live. The multiplayer portion of the game is locked off until the release of Infinite Warfare, so I haven’t yet had a chance to test this out.

Guns have barely any recoil, and it’s very easy to pick up, so newcomers to the series shouldn’t be put off. There are plenty of weapons on offer, with each gun having its own distinct flavour, damage and sound. I breezed through the campaign in around seven hours on regular difficulty, but if you’re lucky enough to have never played the original, it might take you a little longer.

Some might say this is a rather needless bit of padding, but for me it only makes Modern Warfare Remastered feel that much more modern and up to date. Instead of simply knifing watermelons and shooting at metal men, you now also have to run an obstacle course and try your hand at different types of explosives. The story remains intact, with all its plot twists still holding up even a decade later, but the opening tutorial level, for instance, is now much more fleshed out. That sense of newness isn’t just limited to its looks, either: Raven Software has given certain parts of the game a complete overhaul. Capt Price’s iconic moustache looks fancier than ever, and explosions are particularly gorgeous, shaking the screen and almost blinding your character with bright flashes of light and falling debris.įind out the definitive list of 2016's best PC games In-game cut scenes look remarkably better in Full HD, too, with the difference between then and now like night and day. It’s these moments of contrast and expert pacing that define Modern Warfare, and they’re just as impactful now as they were nine years ago. The first half of the mission is deathly quiet, but when the terrorists catch on, all hell breaks loose, with thousands of bullets piercing the darkness. Here, you’re sent in to infiltrate a terrorist-ridden cargo ship in the Bering Strait to help secure a nuke, all the while silently dispatching enemies in their beds and wandering the corridors with bottles of booze in your hand.

The first SAS mission, for example, remains one of my absolute highlights.

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