Call of Duty: Modern Warfare review – great game, shame about the politics

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare review – great game, shame about the politics

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https://www.theguardian.com/games/2019/oct/31/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-review

PC, PS4 (version tested), Xbox One; ActivisionThere are pulpy thrills, cinematic visuals and heart-stopping gameplay to enjoy here – so long as you can stand the rewriting of history and cheerleading for US militarism

It doesn’t take long for the guilt to set in. You’re holding a handgun in London’s Piccadilly Circus as terrorists run wild with assault rifles and flames bloom from a recently ignited suicide vest. As terrified civilians run past, screaming and wounded, you’re thinking: “Where is the next mission checkpoint?”

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare review – great game, shame about the politics

Nov 1, 2019, 8:13am UTC
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2019/oct/31/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-review > PC, PS4 (version tested), Xbox One; ActivisionThere are pulpy thrills, cinematic visuals and heart-stopping gameplay to enjoy here – so long as you can stand the rewriting of history and cheerleading for US militarism > It doesn’t take long for the guilt to set in. You’re holding a handgun in London’s Piccadilly Circus as terrorists run wild with assault rifles and flames bloom from a recently ignited suicide vest. As terrified civilians run past, screaming and wounded, you’re thinking: “Where is the next mission checkpoint?”