When I booted up Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2’s marketing campaign remaining week and was once in an instant requested to substantiate that “I perceive” some scenes come with “graphic or intense content material” earlier than enjoying, I was given a bit of anxiety. The first time I will recall digitally consenting to be traumatized via a videogame was once the unique 2009 Modern Warfare 2, remembered best possible for the headlines of its notorious mass-taking pictures undertaking, No Russian (opens in new tab), made internationally when it introduced.
No Russian drew grievance on the time for being empty, useless surprise worth, however our trendy local weather of continuous concern of gun violence within the United States makes the unique stage particularly tough to look at. Infinity Ward’s new Modern Warfare reboots are utterly other tales than the overdue 2000s originals, however making an allowance for that the primary reboot reimagined characters and occasions from Call of Duty 4 for its marketing campaign, I opted into Modern Warfare 2’s realize dreading a possible No Russian 2.
It by no means got here, fortunately, however, the marketing campaign does ultimately depict its No Russian second within the type of post-credits scene that is truly simple to omit. Go no additional if you have not completed the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 marketing campaign, as a result, we are diving into the spoiler zone.
Modern Warfare 2 ends with Captain Price and his posse of less-iconic bros combating the destruction of the White House via disarming a missile from a Chicago highrise. The tale, which travels to Amsterdam, Spain, the Middle East, and settles most commonly in a fictional town in Mexico, has nearly nothing to do with 2009’s Modern Warfare. The major parallels are that Shepherd, the overall that betrays Team Price and ultimately catches a throwing knife to the face, does ultimately betray Team Price once more, however for various causes (and without killing somebody).
It’s now not till the very remaining cutscene of the marketing campaign that CIA handler Laswell sics Price on his subsequent bounty, Vladimir Makarov, the villain of the unique MW2 and culprit of the No Russian tournament. Then, reduce to credit. If you withstand skipping the lengthy credit collection (or like me, simply return to the Cinematics segment of the marketing campaign menu), you might be greeted with a post-credits scene. A faceless determine on an aircraft starts assembling a pistol out of portions hidden on his frame and Three-D-printed plastic.
We see textual content from an “M” (most definitely Makarov) that claims “Ready?” adopted via “No Russian.” The terrorist will get up, walks away with the gun drawn, and the scene ends.
So it kind of feels like Infinity Ward is concerned about revisiting Makarov as a villain, possibly he’s going to also be a central determine in subsequent years’ rumored tale expansions for Modern Warfare 2. I could not care much less about Makarov or no matter plan for western domination he is cooking up, however, I’m satisfied that we were not subjected to extra-playable civilian massacres. Modern Warfare 2 is, then again, now not without its cringey moments (opens in new tab) of army enthusiasm.
